Bashar al-Assad
US sanctions dozens including Assad wife in new Syria campaign
Middle East
June 17, 2020
US sanctions dozens including Assad wife in new Syria campaign
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s wife and dozens of others as it vowed…
For Syrian family with 16 children, life at Turkish border only gets harder
Middle East
June 16, 2020
For Syrian family with 16 children, life at Turkish border only gets harder
IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) — Providing for 16 children including four sets of twins is only getting harder for Ahmad Yassin…
Syria’s Assad fires his PM amid worsening economic crisis
Middle East
June 11, 2020
Syria’s Assad fires his PM amid worsening economic crisis
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad has fired his prime minister a month ahead of elections as the…
Airstrikes again hit Syria’s rebel area, displace thousands
Middle East
June 9, 2020
Airstrikes again hit Syria’s rebel area, displace thousands
BEIRUT (AP) — Suspected Russian airstrikes pounded villages on the edge of the last rebel enclave in northwestern Syria, sending…
Syria: New US sanctions set to make Assad squirm
Middle East
June 9, 2020
Syria: New US sanctions set to make Assad squirm
Wide-ranging new sanctions are designed to isolate anyone doing business with Bashar al-Assad’s government. But with the population reeling from…
Syrian pound hits record low ahead of new US sanctions: dealers
Middle East
June 9, 2020
Syrian pound hits record low ahead of new US sanctions: dealers
AMMAN (Reuters) — The Syrian pound sank to a new record low on Monday as investors scrambled for dollars ahead…
Syrian stock market halts trading for Assad cousin’s company
Middle East
June 2, 2020
Syrian stock market halts trading for Assad cousin’s company
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s stock market on Tuesday suspended trading for the largest cellular company in the country, owned by…
Syria bars Assad’s cousin from travel amid financial dispute
Middle East
May 22, 2020
Syria bars Assad’s cousin from travel amid financial dispute
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian court has ordered a travel ban on the cousin of the country’s president and one…
Former Syrian secret police officer testifies he’s innocent
Middle East
May 19, 2020
Former Syrian secret police officer testifies he’s innocent
BERLIN (AP) — A former Syrian secret police colonel testified in a German court Monday that he was not involved…
Syrian tycoon says government ordered him to step down from mobile operator
Middle East
May 18, 2020
Syrian tycoon says government ordered him to step down from mobile operator
AMMAN (Reuters) — Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf issued a video statement on Sunday saying officials had told him to quit…