Description
In this profile, The Syria Report provides an overview of Fares Shehabi, a prominent Aleppan businessman who is one of the few pre-conflict business figures to preserve their status within the country’s changing economic arena. The profile will closely trace Mr Shehabi’s involvement – as well as his family’s involvement – in various sectors of the economy, his official positions as a representative in business associations and in government, his tensions with the post-conflict business elite, and his ties to First Lady Asma Al-Assad. We also provide a list of the companies and institutions owned or managed by the businessman.