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Assad Family Selling off British Property
The selling off of the property suggests see next paragraph the Assads are liquidating their assets in the chance the regime is forced from power in Syria. London property belonging to toppled dictators Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia, was seized soon after they fell. According to the French satirical and current affairs magazine Charlie Hebdo who offices were recently firebombed Rifaat, Bashar al-Assad's uncle, "has sold off his huge property portfolio in the United States, London, Spain and France", with the clan wanting to "liquidate their overseas homes as quickly as possible". The liquidation of the properties was reportedly being carried out by two of Rifaat's four wives, as well as his children. Posted by: Lord Garth 2011-11-03 |
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