New details reveal how Assad smuggled millions in cash, data, and aides to the UAE as rebels closed in on Damascus.

Assad’s rule, a covert operation saw him flee to the UAE aboard a private jet, accompanied by his closest aides, family, and millions in assets. Orchestrated by his top adviser, Yasar Ibrahim, the ...

The involvement of the Republican Guard meant that "Bashar (al-Assad) gave the orders ... staff that Presidential Palace personnel and relatives of Assad - including teenagers - were due to ...