In May, Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf, a cousin and long-time ally of President Bashar al-Assad, took a once unimaginable step. In a video he published on social media, he lashed out against Assad’s ...

(CN) - The European Court of Justice on Thursday upheld an asset freeze that has been imposed for seven years against a cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The European Council, a body ...

Makhlouf accuses Ghiyath Dalla and regime officials of manipulating civilians for personal gain amid escalating tensions in ...

AMMAN, May 3 (Reuters) - Sanctions-hit Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf on Sunday said that security forces are arresting employees at his diversified companies in what he said were "mounting pressures" on ...

On Monday, Rami Makhlouf, Syria's most powerful businessman, spent over three hours chatting with Anthony Shadid of The New York Times about the Syrian uprising at the luxurious Damascus headquarters ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s telecommunications authority on Sunday said a deadline for a cellular company owned by the cousin of President Bashar Assad to pay back its debts to the state has ended, adding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian court has placed a temporary travel ban on prominent businessman Rami Makhlouf, a copy of the court ...

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Bashar al-Assad has been presiding over one of the Middle East’s most disastrous civil wars for nearly a decade. But his hold on Syria could slip due to opposition from family members, unprecedented ...