Fifth Floor - The Facebook posts gripping Syrians
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Rami Makhlouf, one of Syria’s richest men, recently took to Facebook to air his grievances against his cousin. As his cousin is President Bashar Al-Assad, the whole country took note. BBC Arabic’s Mahmoud Ali Hamad takes up the story.
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Picture: Rami Makhlouf's Facebook post
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Published on Friday, 15th May 2020.
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