Power and kinship alike tie Najib to the Assad family. In addition to being a senior political security officer, he is the son of Fatima Makhlouf, the only sister of Bashar al-Assad’s mother, Anisa ...

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 ...

Hafez al-Assad's wife and Bashar's mother Anisa Makhlouf reportedly had a significant influence on the family, wielding enough power to decide on the ousted regime's strategies.

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.

It is an “absolute truth” that the investment funds industry can present a so-called systemic risk to the financial system, Central Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf warned, as the bank plots ...