However, one source said, he managed to fly to Iraq and then to Russia. The dictator also failed to inform his cousins, Ehab and Eyad Makhlouf, of their plans. According to Syrian and Lebanese ...

“Russia has been a haven to the Assad regime’s finances for years,” said Eyad Hamid ... And as recently as May 2022 Iyad Makhlouf, Assad’s maternal cousin and a major in Syrian General ...

Maher flew a helicopter to Iraq and then to Russia, one of the people said. Assad's maternal cousins, Ehab and Eyad Makhlouf, were similarly left behind as Damascus fell to the rebels, according to a ...