BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Syrian court has placed a temporary travel ban on prominent businessman Rami Makhlouf, a copy of the court order posted on the Ministry of Justice’s Facebook page showed on Thursday.
Makhlouf, President Bashar al-Assad’s cousin and one of the country’s richest men, has been engaged in a high-profile dispute over funds the government says are owed by his mobile phone company Syriatel.
(Writing by Eric Knecht; Editing by Chris Reese)
