Relative of Bashar al-Assad Convicted for Cocaine and Arms Trafficking to Colombian Terrorists

Relative of Bashar al-Assad Convicted for Cocaine and Arms Trafficking to Colombian Terrorists

An American court has exposed the deep entanglement of the deposed Syrian regime in supporting Colombian terrorist groups and enabling vast money-laundering operations. On Tuesday, March 24, a jury in the Federal Court of Alexandria, Virginia, convicted Antoine Kassis, 59, a dual Syrian-Lebanese national, on charges that included operating a transnational drug-trafficking network, conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organizatio…

Virginia Trial of ‘Assad’s Cousin’ Links Regime to Narco-Terrorism

A federal court case in the Eastern District of Virginia potentially establishes one of the clearest judicial links between figures tied to the former