Posted on 01/28/2013 9:38:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Al-Arabiya is reporting that Syrian President Bashar Assad's mother has defected. She joined her daughter Bushra in the UAE, who had left the country last fall.
President Bashar al-Assad's mother Anisa Makhlouf and other members of his inner circle have fled to the United Arab Emirates as the regime of the embattled president appeared to disintegrate, recent reports confirmed.
Anisa has joined her daughter, Bushra, who had previously fled to Dubai, the London-based Asharq al-Awsat quoted Robert Ford, U.S. ambassador to Syria until the break of the relations between the two countries.
Anisa, the widow of late president Hafez al-Assad, is believed to be in her late seventies.Her daughter Bushra fled Syria with her children following the killing of her husband Assef Shawkat who was the deputy Minister of Defense of Syria. He was killed in a targeted operation by opposition forces in July 2012.
Ford was also quoted by CNN earlier this week as saying: "Members of the regime, little by little, are flaking off." "They themselves know they are losing," he added, stressing that Anisa's latest escape to UAE was a sign that Assad's regime was crumbling.
Syrian residents in the Gulf emirate said Bushra had enrolled her five children at a private school in Dubai where she had moved in September.
Analysts say that Assad is increasingly relying on the tightly-knit circle surrounding him, which includes Maher, his only brother still alive and who commands the army's notorious Fourth Brigade.
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“...Godzilla versus Bushra....”
Heeheehee....NICE!!!!
Note: this topic is from 1/28/2013. Thanks SeekAndFind. Their mom has joined the dictator's sister and eldest sibling. Another brother once shot the brother-in-law in the stomach; the B-i-L is now pushin' up daisies after getting capped in 2012 by the FSA. Poor bastard was screwed either way.
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Bushra? Probably named after President Bush for invading Iraq, putting Assad all alone at the very top as leader of the ever more influential Ba'thist world power brokers, in complete control of the ME yellow cake market.
Assad or ISIS. Assad or ISIS. Which would you rather have in-charge of Syria?
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