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A new move by Rami Makhlouf, the businessman and cousin of the Syrian regime president, Bashar al-Assad, was represented by his announcement to provide aid to the families of the dead and wounded of the regime’s army, after the grant was delivered. to the victims of the Lattakia fires, which struck the region between October 9 and 12. .
In details, Makhlouf announced on his Facebook account, this Tuesday, the change of the “destination” of his economic grant, which he announced in the amount of seven billion Syrian pounds for the benefit of the victims of the Lattakia fires, to benefit to the families of the dead and wounded of the regime’s army, after Asma al-Akhras, al-Assad’s wife, announced that she raised six billion pounds. For the benefit of those affected.
Makhlouf spoke publicly about what was happening in secret, about a rivalry between him and Assad, or between him and the wife of the head of the regime, and said on his blog: “Our role is complementary and not competitive”, without specifying the party. provided.
Message from Rami Makhlouf
On his blog, Makhlouf specified the amount of 100,000 Syrian pounds for each family killed or injured in the regime’s army, and 50,000 thousand lira for each family classified as poor, as mentioned in his post, announcing the result of the sum delivered with aid, which is five billion pounds for the families of the dead and wounded in Assad’s army. And two billion are for poor families.
Makhlouf acknowledged: “The direction of the grant has changed,” acknowledging at the same time, that there are people in the Assad regime, who collected donations for the victims of the Lattakia fires, without naming him, which is Asma al-Akhras, the Assad’s wife, when his association announced the “Syrian Development Fund.” It collected 6 billion Syrian pounds, to be provided as aid to those affected by the Lattakia fires, in response to Makhlouf’s earlier announcement that he provided them with aid worth 7 billion pounds.
Like his previous threats, Makhlouf threatened the regime, saying that whoever “deprives people of God’s mercy, God deprives him of his mercy, then his anger remains ruthless and his harmful, oppressive, powerful or humiliating name will be revealed. to destroy people, trees and stones … and God knows best. ” His words that were previously addressed to the Assad regime, in previous posts.
It should be noted in this context that it is the first time that Makhlouf has acknowledged that there is competition between him and the Syrian regime, especially in light of the news of the pivotal role of Asma al-Akhras, al-Assad’s wife, to fire and replace him. to businessmen as an economic front for the regime.
The competition was at its most intense, between Makhlouf on the one hand, and Asma al-Akhras, al-Assad’s wife, on the other hand, for al-Assad’s surroundings on the coast, especially, according to analysts, who They saw that Asma was able to “finish” Rami, and replace him with others he generally describes as the wealthy of the war, according to their records.
Asma al-Assad in Latakia
In the context, and in a semi-daily residence, Asma al-Assad appeared in several towns on the Syrian coast, after he announced the collection of six billion for the benefit of those affected by the fires, and some analysts believed that his intense appearance in the area told with Makhlouf is a final declaration of his defeat and the absence of any trace of him in the environment. León, especially on the coast.
The dispute broke out last year between al-Assad and his cousin Rami Makhlouf, who is being punished internationally and confined to his money, due to his participation in corruption cases that allowed him to collect vast fortunes estimated in billions of dollars, and for its support for Assad’s military actions that led to the death, injury and displacement of millions of Syrians, when it aired. The regime’s institutions decided to reserve the precautionary seizures of their money, due to al-Assad’s urgent need to obtain liquidity in dollars after his suffocating economic crisis, but Makhlouf refused to pay, for which al-Assad issued several punitive decisions against them, such as travel bans, seizure of most of their mobile and real money, and appointing a judicial guard over their most important companies. Xeratel Cellular Communications and Cham Holding Company.
Makhlouf is, in origin, considered the economic front of the Assad family, after his father Muhammad, and manages a wealth estimated in billions, accumulated at the expense of the livelihood of Syrians, but the dispute broke out between them, due to the Makhlouf’s refusal to advance billions of dollars to Assad, so the dispute broke out and reached social media. When Makhlouf began, since the end of last April, to appear on cameramen, addressing Assad, pleading or threatening him and his regime, on some occasions.
