Jamil Al-Assad - Personal Life

Personal Life

His sons are Mundhir (born 1961) and Fawwaz (born 1962).One of his daughter married to Yarob Kanaan, a son of Ghazi Kanaan.

His eldest son, Mundhir, was arrested in 2005 at the Beirut Airport while entering Lebanon. He was reported to have been involved in arms smuggling to the Iraqi insurgents. In 2011, the EU placed sanctions on him for being involved with the Shabbiha militia in the repression of protestors during the 2011 Syrian uprising. The same sanctions was also placed on Fawwaz Assad in 2011 by the EU for being involved with the Shabbiha militia in the repression of protestors during the 2011 Syrian uprising.

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