Ayman Abdel Nour, a university friend of Bashar al-Assad, spilled the beans on how Hafez appointed his brother-in-law Mohammad Makhlouf to look after Syria's lucrative tobacco-import monopoly ...

He was estimated to be worth between $5 billion and $10 billion. Another Makhlouf cousin, Hafez, had a bank account containing around $3.2 million frozen by Swiss authorities in 2016, because of ...

Hafez consolidated his authority as commander ... Economic control fell to regime allies, particularly Bashar's cousin Rami Makhlouf, who reportedly dominated 60% of Syria's economy.

One photo featured Hafez Assad in his underwear ... including his reportedly maternal cousin, Ihab Makhlouf, who is wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with an image of Hitler. One video on social ...

Asma, much to the disgust of Assad’s mother, Anisa Makhlouf, was by his side ... by Islamists in the city of Hama in 1982, Hafez ordered the city to be carpet bombed. A massacre estimated ...

Also said to be in Beirut — reportedly at the five-star Phonecia Hotel — was Ghada Adib Mhanna, Assad’s aunt by marriage and mother of his close ally, telecom magnate Rami Makhlouf ...

Central Bank of Ireland governor Gabriel Makhlouf, a man who is normally always on message, went a little off-piste yesterday, wondering out loud if the Government’s many policies and ...

Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf has cast doubt on the Government housing policy while suggesting planning was the “number one” challenge. Responding to reports that the Government is ...

Gabriel Makhlouf warned the country is in a period of “significant change and volatility”. He said forecasting in a time of “extreme uncertainty” is challenging, adding that he was relucta ...

Iranian foreign minister to visit Moscow ahead of second Iran-US meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will visit Russia this week ahead of a planned second round of talks between Tehran ...

Syria (MNN) — Weeks of sectarian violence in Syria have triggered an influx of refugees into Lebanon. According to Amnesty ...