How Drugs Propped Up Bashar al-Assad’s Luxurious Empire | Vantage with Palki Sharma
13 years of war have left Syria in ruins, but its former leader, Bashar al-Assad, lived a life of luxury. His palace in Damascus, filled with marble floors, crystal chandeliers, and priceless treasures, was a stark contrast to the suffering of ordinary Syrians. Assad fled to Moscow last week, leaving behind a collapsed economy and a trail of destruction. Meanwhile, rebels are dismantling the $10 billion Captagon drug empire run by his brother, Maher al-Assad. While the Assads live comfortably in exile, their legacy is one of opulence amidst tragedy. Palki Sharma tells you more.
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Dictator s never learn from History, musuveen the notorious African Dictator worse than Idd Amin and Milton Obote combined.
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Chief Adviser.. adviser to whom??
😢 Sad to all the people affected by drugs..God speed to help and protect all to live in decency and peaceful living.
Hey Palki…the new leaders are head chopping islam extremist…tell us about that.
😊🎉 Thank you Ms.Palki.and congratulatio to the youngest Indian world chess Gukesh!It is a Wow indeed!
How poor Bangladesh was when being liberated. If it was not for India there will be chaos and complete breakdown in 1971,72 and maybe till '75. Even George Harrisson started "concert for banglabesh." But they happily and willfully forget😮
FAKE NEWS, moderate rebels
Stop killing innocent muslims Sikh Christians and dalits and others please palki Sharma look at your self first world is not stupid 🙏
As iff…
Russia went in to liberate Ukraine from the war the U.S. & NATO STARTED in the first place . Stop these wars, all of them .
WHAT BAKWAS…
HE DID NOT RUN ANY DRUG BUSINESS TO BUILD HIS EMPIRE.
THIS NEWS IS A LIE.
US-CIA Palki Sharma not talking about US-NATO stealing Syria oil, gas and burns grain produce for more than a decade.
,,, it is good that Assad left Syria and give safety to his family.
,,, we will see if HTS-CIA can get back the Syria oil fields stolen by US-NATO.
,,, and get back the Syria Golan land.
Drug leader is Assad 😂😂
Why are you not talking about the pipeline the usa wanted to put across Syria
Let's have a look at the American president and his minions live all built on invasion murder and genocide, under the guise of "HELPING. " the civilian population.
We Dont Care what Trump Says or Does.Putin is Going Down.
When idiots from India and china and then America Give Voice to Brutal Regimes THEY LEGITIMIZE THE GOVERNMENT AND PLUNG THE BACKWARDS TO THE STONE AGES AND THAT DOES NOT HELP THE WORLD GO FORWARD AND TIRANY GO AWAY
What happened in Iraq???
It’s About Time the Kurds win the right for a state and autonomy
The captegon export shows who the government was trying to destroy or devastate with addiction for the next generation
By calling the new government selfish and greedy only points to the state of mind that plagues the nations around the world .
By calling the new government selfish and greedy only points to the state of mind that plagues the nations around the world . The country’s that have experienced Russias Wrath and brutality are spending what looks reasonable money for self defense
It shows beauty and integrity plus intelligence
Evolution drug dealers have been using children to commit crimes and have no problem using them and some of the crimes have been dealing drugs and murder so now governments are evolving to the new reality
Assad story is propaganda sadly it takes long to note CNN.
First Post claims no bias and fact based, but not for the Syria portion. Shame on First Post, shame on Palki Sharma!
Why don't you show the before and after economy of Iraq during Saddam Hussein's capture? Has their lifestyle improved or has it gotten worse. What does the majority of Iraqi's has to say since his downfall and a million deaths later? Hypocrites!
Men’s rights not important enough for you, Ms. Sharma? Look in your own backyard, society is crumbling.