Ihab Makhlouf

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Ihab Makhlouf
إيهاب مخلوف
Born (1973-01-21) 21 January 1973 (age 51)
Bashar al Assad (cousin)
Atef Najib
(cousin)

Ihab Makhlouf (

Arabic: إيهاب مخلوف; born 21 January 1973), also known as Ehab Makhlouf, is a Syrian businessman, a brother of Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf and maternal cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
.

He is sanctioned by the European Union,[1] US Treasury,[2] and UK Treasury[3] for violence against the civilian population during the Syrian uprisings, and for helping Rami Makhlouf or the Syrian government evade sanctions.[2]

Business activities

Ihab Makhlouf was the vice chairman of Syriatel, the Syrian mobile phone company owned by his brother Rami Makhlouf.[4] He resigned from Syriatel in 2020 when his brother Rami Makhlouf fell into dispute with the Syrian government, pledging loyalty to the Bashar al-Assad government.[5]

In 2020 the Syrian government awarded Ihab Makhlouf and his partner Kuwaiti businessman and former MP Abdul-Hamid Dashti a contract to operate Syria's duty-free shops.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Syria: Assad, his cousins and a Moscow skyscraper". Financial Times. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "U.S. imposes sanctions on Syrians, entities linked to government". Reuters. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, HM Treasury. Financial Sanctions Notice, Syria" (PDF). 19 May 2022.
  4. ^ "U.S. imposes sanctions on Syrians, entities linked to government". Reuters. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Rami Makhlouf's brother Ihab confirms Syriatel resignation, declares loyalty to Assad". Al Arabiya English. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Will Ihab Makhlouf save his family's economic empire in Syria?". Enab Baladi. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ^ Staff, The New Arab (24 August 2020). "Assad awards duty-free contract to Rami Makhlouf's brother". Retrieved 23 May 2022.