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Articles posted by Ribal al-Assad
Ribal al-Assad is the Founder and Director of the London-based Organisation for Democracy and Freedom in Syria. He is the son of Rifaat al-Assad, brother of former Syrian president Hafez, and cousin to Syria’s current President Bashar. Ribal al-Assad has lived in the West since his father was exiled from Syria in the 1980s. He currently resides in London, where he is also Chairman of the Iman Foundation, which promotes dialogue to strengthen international understanding and co-existence through the exchange of ideas, people, culture and religion.
I run an organization which attempts to foster freedom and democracy in Syria and am exiled from my own country. Although Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, is my cousin, I am not an apologist for the regime in Damascus. On the contrary, I hold Bashar al-Assad responsible for the behavior of his abhorrent regime. But, unlike More »