Assad's exiled spy chief and billionaire cousin plot Syrian uprisings from Russia
December 5, 2025
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as posted by the channelFrom exile in Moscow, ex-intel chief Kamal Hassan and Assad cousin Rami Makhlouf are spending millions of dollars in competing efforts to build fighting forces that would lead a revolt along Syria’s coast. They are also vying for control of a network of 14 underground command rooms stocked with arms and ammunition that were built in the dictatorship’s last days. Syria's government has deployed another former Assad insider — a childhood friend of the new president — to neutralize the plotters.
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