Syria Says Assad Cousin Involved in Drug Trade Arrested in Border Ambush

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Syria Drug Trafficking Wassim al-Assad Bashar al-Assad

Syrian authorities arrested Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, the interior ministry said Saturday, in one of the most high-profile arrests since the former president's ouster. Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia in December with only a handful of confidants, abandoning senior officials and security officers, some of whom ...