(CN) – Two Syrian nationals with ties to President Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime have no basis to fight the freeze on their assets, Europe’s general court ruled Friday. The Council of the European ...

Assad’s cousins, Ehab and Eyad Makhlouf, were also left behind, with Syria’s rebel forces reporting that they were captured trying to flee for Lebanon.

Makhlouf may appeal the decision before the EU's top court, the European Court of Justice. ADVERTISEMENT. In 2013, the General Court also rejected an appeal brought by Makhlouf's son Eyad, whom the EU ...

Eyad is charged with bringing at least 30 protesters to the Damascus prison for torture in autumn 2011. Syria torture trial in Germany. ... The man in charge was Hafez Makhlouf, ...

It is reported that the second brother, Eyad Makhlouf, was with Ihab and was injured. However, this information has not yet been officially confirmed. Ihab Makhlouf is known as one of the largest ...

BEIRUT — A rift at the highest levels of Syria's ruling Assad family erupted into the open Thursday as President Bashar al-Assad's powerful cousin appeared in a Facebook video appealing for help ...