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Shadow Empire: Assad’s Hidden Billions and the Struggle to Reclaim Them
F or over 50 years, the Assad family ruled Syria with an iron grip, amassing a secret fortune while the country’s people endured poverty and war. The family patriarch, Hafez al-Assad, seized ...
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What next for Assad and his family?
Before Assad took office in 2000, his late father Hafez was president for three decades. Now, with rebels led by the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir-al Sham (HTS) forming a transitional ...
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Birthplace of Assad's father celebrates end of regime despite unease over Syria's future
The mausoleum of late Syrian leader Hafez Al Assad, father of deposed president Bashar Al Assad, has become a site of celebration after rebels seized the town of Qardaha in the coastal Latakia ...
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Bashar Assad, the second-choice dictator who could never fill his father’s shoes
As the second son of Hafez al-Assad, the uncompromising military dictator who established one of the Middle East’s most murderous dynasties, Bashar had been destined for a quiet life as an ...
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Tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father set alight after Syrian rebel victory
The tomb of the former Syrian dictator Hafez al-Assad has been set alight, according to numerous reports, just days after an uprising swept his son Bashar from power. Images taken from Qardaha ...
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Syria civil war: Statues of Bashar al-Assad's father toppled, trampled in various cities
AFPTV images also showed Syrians in the capital Damascus cheering on Sunday as they trampled on a toppled statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father. Hafez al-Assad seized power in a bloodless ...
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The Hunt for the Assad Dynasty’s Missing Billions Begins
The Assad family has built a broad network of investments and business interests over the decades since the patriarch, Hafez al-Assad, seized power in 1970. Among the international purchases made ...
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Syrian rebels burn the tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father
Syrian rebels have destroyed the tomb of Bashar al-Assad’s father, Hafez al-Assad, in his hometown. Verified videos obtained by the BBC show men chanting as they walk around a burning mausoleum ...