Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf says security forces are arresting employees at his companies days after Syrian regime authorities asked him to pay hefty taxes
People walk past the looted premises of cellphone company Syriatel, which is owned by Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad, in Deraa March 21, 2011
"Did anyone expect the security forces would pounce on Rami Makhlouf's companies who were their biggest supporters and their patron during the war?" Makhlouf said. Barabandi said Makhlouf's financial holdings and charities have played a central role during the war in financing and ensuring patronage, particularly among Syria's minority Alawite community — from which Assad hails.Others researching Syria's complex business networks say the rivalry is with Assad's younger brother, Maher, an army general who also has expansive financial dealings and ties with Iran.
"By God we are not evading tax or cheating the country and the state," Makhlouf said. "How can someone steal from his own family?"
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