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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A torn poster of Syria's Bashar al-Assad hangs near the flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers, in Deraa, Syria, December 27, 2024 ...

Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf said on Tuesday US sanctions would not stop him expanding his business empire and announced he was in talks to sell a majority stake in Syrian’s leading mobile operator ...

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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 ...

‘We will sit here. We call it a fight until the end.’ 1. RAMI MAKHLOUF, Syrian tycoon and cousin of President Bashar Assad, on the ruling family’s determination to stay in power despite widespread ...