A SYRIAN business tycoon and billionaire cousin of the head of the Syrian regime on Monday called on Bashar al-Assad to abide by the Constitution and return his seized property.
In a letter to the Assad regime, Rami Makhlouf demanded the implementation of constitutional provisions that protect private property, saying Assad has done nothing about the illicit seizure of Makhlouf’s properties.
In statements on social media since last May, Makhlouf claimed that “war profiteers,” whom he described as “disruptors,” sold his companies and all his properties, including his house, under fake contracts.
Makhlouf said in the letter that on Jan. 6 regime security forces raided one of his offices and seized all his documents. He added that all the lawyers he hired to challenge the seizures were threatened by the “disruptors.”
Makhlouf announced last September that he was taking his dispute with the regime to court.
The tycoon said he
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