Syrian government freezes assets of Assad cousin
The move to seize the assets of the businessman is the latest in a dispute that began to heat up late last year.
The Syrian government ordered the assets of President Bashar al-Assad’s cousin, Rami Makhlouf, to be frozen in the latest episode of the regime’s attempt to isolate the business magnate.
A Syrian Finance Ministry document posted online ordered a “precautionary hold” on Makhlouf’s assets, as well as those of his immediate family.
