Ihab Makhlouf ( ar, 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 Bashar Hafez al-Assad, ', Levantine pronunciation: ; (, born 11 September 1965) is a Syrian politician who is the 19th president of Syria, since 17 July 2000. In addition, he is the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Armed Forces and the ...

. He is sanctioned by the European Union, US Treasury, and UK Treasury for violence against the civilian population during the Syrian uprisings, and for helping Rami Makhlouf or the

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evade sanctions.

Business activities

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

government. In 2020 the Syrian government awarded Ihab Makhlouf and his partner Kuwaiti businessman and former MP

Abdul-Hamid Dashti Abdul-Hamid Abbas Hussein Dashti (, born August 5, 1954), also known as ''Abdulhameed Dashti'', is a lawyer and former member of the Kuwait National Assembly The National Assembly ( ar, مجلس الأمة) is the unicameral legislature of Kuw ...

a contract to operate Syria's duty-free shops.

References

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