Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia
From exile in Moscow, ex-intel chief Kamal Hassan and Assad cousin Rami Makhlouf are spending millions in competing efforts to build fighting forces to lead a revolt along Syria’s coast. The ...
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Syria's Al-Sharaa to meet Putin in Russia as rival Assad remains in hiding
Syria's interim leader, President Ahmad al-Sharaa, touched down in Russia on Wednesday for his inaugural visit and will likely demand that former ousted leader Bashar Assad be extradited. In a recent ...
The New York Times
Putin Welcomes the New Syrian Leader While Still Harboring the Old One
The meeting in Moscow between President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria showcased the adaptability of two leaders once at odds. By Paul Sonne Reporting from Berlin ...
Foreign Affairs
Russia Isn’t Done With Syria
When armed factions led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham overthrew Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad last December, many observers believed that Russia’s days in Syria were numbered. For decades, ...
The New York Times
Syria’s New Leaders Are Talking to a Former Enemy: Russia
President Ahmed al-Shara is making his first trip to Moscow, which backed the regime his rebels overthrew. Both sides have reasons to put the past aside. Russian military vehicles near Hmeimim, Syria, ...
The American Conservative
Putin Meets Syria’s al-Sharaa, a Former Enemy, in Moscow
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa met Wednesday with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and promoted closer ties between the two ...
Asharq Al-Awsat
Report: Assad’s Exiled Spy Chief and Billionaire Cousin Plot Syrian Uprisings from Russia
Former loyalists to Bashar al-Assad who fled Syria after the dictator’s fall are funneling millions of dollars to tens of ...