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Syria’s Assad seeks to control economy, goes after cousin

By SARAH EL DEEBJune 4, 2020 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — On a summer day last year, presidential guards drove out of the charity organization founded by Syria’s wealthiest businessman and a close cousin of President Bashar Assad, carting away boxes of documents and computers...

Facebook video pries open rift within Syria’s ruling family

By SARAH EL DEEBMay 2, 2020 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — A cousin who has been a bulwark of support for President Bashar Assad posted a video on Facebook late Thursday pleading with the Syrian leader to prevent the collapse of his major telecommunication company through what he called excessive and “unjust” taxation...

Facebook video pries open rift within Syria’s ruling family

by SARAH EL DEEBMay 1, 2020 GMT

A cousin who has been a bulwark of support for President Bashar Assad posted a homemade video on Facebook late Thursday pleading with the Syrian leader to prevent the collapse of his major telecommunication company through what he called excessive and “unjust” taxation...

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