Ihab Makhlouf | |
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إيهاب مخلوف | |
Born | |
Nationality | Syrian |
Other names | Ehab Makhlouf |
Citizenship | Syria |
Known for | Syriatel |
Parent(s) |
Mohammed Makhlouf Ghada Adib Mhanna |
Relatives |
Hafez Makhlouf (brother) Rami Makhlouf (brother) Iyad Makhlouf (twin brother) Anisa Makhlouf (aunt) Bashar al Assad (cousin) Atef Najib (cousin) |
Ihab Makhlouf ( Arabic: إيهاب مخلوف; born 21 January 1973), also known as Ehab Makhlouf, is a Syrian businessman, a brother of Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf and maternal cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
He is sanctioned by the European Union, [1] US Treasury, [2] and UK Treasury [3] for violence against the civilian population during the Syrian uprisings, and for helping Rami Makhlouf or the Syrian government evade sanctions. [2]
Ihab Makhlouf was the vice chairman of Syriatel, the Syrian mobile phone company owned by his brother Rami Makhlouf. [4] He resigned from Syriatel in 2020 when his brother Rami Makhlouf fell into dispute with the Syrian government, pledging loyalty to the Bashar al-Assad government. [5]
In 2020 the Syrian government awarded Ihab Makhlouf and his partner Kuwaiti businessman and former MP Abdul-Hamid Dashti a contract to operate Syria's duty-free shops. [6] [7]