Al-Assad Family’s Massive Stolen Wealth in Panama Papers Helps Explain the Syrian Revolution

(Before It's News)

By Juan Cole

The revelation in the leaked Panama Papers that Mossack Fonseca and HSBC serviced the companies of corrupt Syrian billionaire Rami Makhlouf (first cousin of dictator Bashar al-Assad) long after the U.S. imposed sanctions on him is a reminder of why Syrians revolted against the regime in 2011.

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