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Mohamed Makhlouf, one of the most prominent Syrian businessmen during the 1970s and 1980s, was taken to hospital in the capital Damascus on August 23.
Bashar al-Assad has awarded a contract to operate Syria’s duty-free shops to the brother of Rami Makhlouf, Assad’s billionaire businessman relative who has fallen from grace with the regime.
Syrian tycoon says targeted companies were evading US sanctions
Rami Makhlouf said that overseas companies being targeted by the Syrian regime were set up to evade US sanctions.
Syrians vote for new parliament amid measures against virus
The vote is the third to take place in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011.
Syria's Asma al-Assad 'led' campaign against Rami Makhlouf
Syria's first lady has been implicated as leading a campaign to strip formerly powerful tycoon Rami Makhlouf of his assets.
How Abu Dhabi is helping out Damascus
Comment: Khaled Sid Mohand of The Justice and Liberties for All Committee discusses normalisation, and the UAE's monetary, military and security partnerships with the Syrian regime.
Syrian regime could be culprit in Italy's drug trafficking
Rome blamed IS for being the culprit in the 'biggest seizure of amphetamines in the world', but analysts have blamed the Syrian regime.
Syria ends tycoon Makhlouf's duty free contracts
The move comes as part of an ongoing dispute between Assad and his cousin, Rami Makhlouf.
Explainer: Who’s on the US’s new Syria sanctions blacklist?
Sanctions passed under the United States’ Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act have targeted a series of figures associated with the Syrian ...
Assad sacks Syrian regime prime minister following protests
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has sacked his prime minister, Imad Khamis, following the collapse of the Syrian pound and recent protests ...
Syria Insight: Syria's collapsing economy threatens Assad's rule
The Syrian economy has not looked in a worse position for decades with few options for the bankrupt regime.
Syrian pound drops to record low against US dollar
The Syrian pound has hit its record low against the US dollar following incoming US sanctions against the regime and the state's seizure of a ...
Charting the dramatic collapse of Syria's national currency
Covid-19, Lebanon's dollar crisis and the Rami Makhlouf saga have triggered the collapse of Syria's currency.
Syrian stock market halts trading for Assad cousin's company
Syria's stock market suspended trading for the largest cellular company in the country, owned by his cousin Rami Makhlouf.
Iran has spent $30bn propping up Assad regime: report
Iran has spent $20-30 billion in aiding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the money must be paid back, an Iranian lawmaker has claimed.
Syria imposes travel ban on Assad's tycoon cousin Makhlouf
Syria's justice ministry has banned Rami Makhlouf from leaving the country, following a public dispute over millions of dollars the government says it is owed by the telecoms mogul.
Syrian regime seizes assets of tycoon Rami Makhlouf
Syrian tycoon and cousin of President Bashar Al-Assad, Rami Makhlouf, has made three videos challenging the regime, prompting ...
Syrian lira crashes after latest Rami Makhlouf video
Rami Makhlouf has made a series of videos criticising elements of the Assad regime.
Makhlouf lashes out at Syria regime in fresh accusations
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf accused the regime of threatening to arrest him and close his telecommunications empire if he does ...
Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf says will not resign
The owner of Syria's largest telecommunication company said his business was pressured with several 'unlawful' demands from authorities who ...
Foreign hands in Syria's war creating problems for Assad
Foreign intervention has marked Syria's war. Now it could lead to Assad's downfall.
Syrian lira in free fall after 'Assad-Makhlouf' dispute
The Syrian lira has been severely dented by the coronavirus lockdown, sanctions, and now a domestic dispute.
Syria's Assad is more beholden to Russia than ever
Comment: Russia may be recalibrating its strategy in Syria, but it's unconvincing to think it would consider the risk of replacing Assad a ...
Human rights lawyers call for arrest of Assad’s cousin
Following a public dispute between Bashar Al-Assad and his businessman cousin Rami Makhlouf, the Guernica 37 human rights ...
Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in Syria during the war.
The rise and fall of Rami Makhlouf will be one of the great turning points in recent Syrian history.
The value of the Syrian pound against the dollar has fallen to its lowest rate in history.
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