Asma, the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, is not stopping, according to sources in Syria, on her way to becoming an important factor in the Syrian economy.

The person who paid the ultimate price is her uncle, Triff al-Ahras, one of Syria's richest businessmen and one of the regime's most important financial backers since 2011.
He was accused that his company solely responsible for importing sugar to Syria had deliberately caused a shortage in the domestic market. What caused Asma to turn over like that on her brother's uncle is unclear. The regime may suspect that he has changed allegiance since his name was recently removed from the list of British sanctions without specifying the reason.

Some argue that the "elimination" of the uncle is part of the regime's way of surviving, that is, forcing the big businessmen to give up their businesses to continue funding the Assad regime.
Another possibility raised is that Asma Assad aspires to replace the wealthy old elite with young businessmen close to her in order to facilitate the transfer of power to her eldest son, Hafez ...

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