Wikileaks magicked up a document just this weekend, which stated that Anisa Makhlouf, mother of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, is dissatisfied with her son’s predicament, to say the least.

Bushra reportedly clashed with Asma over the latter's public prominence, preferring to keep the "First Lady" title associated with her mother, Anisa. Rami Makhlouf, a first cousin of Bashar ...

Anisa Makhlouf – the widow of former president Hafez al-Assad – also retained influence. “Decisions are made collectively in the family’s inner circle, but Anisa has the last say,” said ...

The downfall of Syria's tyrant leader Bashar al-Assad has marked a dramatic end to over half a century of his family's brutal rule. Rebel groups, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, made significant ...

Anisa Makhlouf, widow of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and mother of Bashar, may keep a low profile, but she holds the final say on all matters within the Assad family. "Decisions are ...

Then Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and his wife Anisa Makhlouf with their children (L-R) Maher, Bashar, Bassel, Majd and Bushra. (AFP image) Alawites emerge predominant Hafez consolidated power ...

"She backed her husband fully," said biographer Ayman Abdelnour. When her mother-in-law, Anisa Makhlouf, died in 2016, Asma embraced her status as the matriarch of the Assad family, and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On Sunday morning, as gaunt detainees flooded out of Syrian regime prisons and jubilant Damascenes streamed ...

In 2013, Bushra was joined by her mother Anisa Makhlouf, widow of Hafez al-Assad. Both were said to have outsized roles in Assad’s regime prior to fleeing.

Anisa Makhlouf; Anis El Roumy (Mazen Alnatour) is Bashar’s cousin, Rami Makhlouf. Haider (Abdlhakeem Kutifan) is Bashar’s security adviser, Ali Mamlouk. With these obvious parallels in mind ...

In 1957, Hafez al Assad was married to Anisa Makhlouf, a member of an influential Alawite family from Latakia. During his military and political career, Hafez was involved in several military coups.