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Maher Al-Assad person

Named in 12 reports across 2 stories - 11 Aug – 18 Sept

also appears as Maher al-Assad

11 Aug 202618 Sept 2026

The web around Maher Al-Assad

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Maher Al-Assad. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Maher Al-Assad.

Syria and Syrian share 9 reportsDamascus and Syria share 8 reportsBashar Al-Assad and Syria share 8 reportsDamascus and Syrian share 8 reportsAtef Najib and Damascus share 7 reportsAtef Najib and Syria share 7 reportsBashar Al-Assad and Syrian share 7 reportsBashar Al-Assad and Damascus share 6 reportsRussia and Syria share 6 reportsAtef Najib and Syrian share 6 reportsRussia and Syrian share 6 reportsAtef Najib and Bashar Al-Assad share 5 reportsDamascus and Russia share 5 reportsAtef Najib and Deraa share 4 reportsDamascus and Deraa share 4 reportsAtef Najib and Syrians share 4 reportsAtef Najib and Russia share 4 reportsBashar Al-Assad and Russia share 4 reportsMoscow and Syrian share 4 reportsDeraa and Syria share 4 reportsAtef Najib and Moscow share 4 reportsDeraa and Moscow share 4 reportsDamascus and Moscow share 4 reportsDeraa and Syrian share 4 reportsSyrian and Syrians share 4 reportsSyria and Syrians share 4 reportsRussia and Syrians share 4 reportsMoscow and Syria share 4 reportsDamascus and Syrians share 4 reportsAl Jazeera and Syrians share 3 reportsDeraa and Syrians share 3 reportsAl Jazeera and Syrian share 3 reportsMoscow and Russia share 3 reportsAl Jazeera and Damascus share 3 reportsAl Jazeera and Russia share 3 reportsDeraa and Russia share 3 reportsAl Jazeera and Atef Najib share 3 reportsMoscow and Syrians share 3 reportsAl Jazeera and Syria share 3 reportsBashar Al-Assad and Moscow share 2 reportsMaher Al-AssadSyriaSyria - 10 shared reports (place)Atef NajibAtef Najib - 9 shared reports (person)DamascusDamascus - 9 shared reports (place)SyrianSyrian - 9 shared reports (place)Bashar Al-A…Bashar Al-Assad - 8 shared reports (person)RussiaRussia - 6 shared reports (place)DeraaDeraa - 4 shared reports (place)MoscowMoscow - 4 shared reports (place)SyriansSyrians - 4 shared reports (place)Al JazeeraAl Jazeera - 3 shared reports (organization)

The stories

Syria: Former President Bashar al-Assad is sentenced to death in absentia for "crimes against humanity"

63 outlets11 reports name Maher Al-Assad11 Aug – 18 Sept

Syria arrests 5 Assad-era air force officers over attacks on populated areas

3 outlets1 report names Maher Al-Assad18 Sept

People they appear with

Atef Najib9Bashar Al-Assad8Hafez Al-Assad2Abdullah Ali Mualla1Adel Issa1Ali Ghassab Al-Mahamid1Al Joura1Al Qusour1

Places in the same coverage

Syria10Damascus9Syrian9Russia6Deraa4Moscow4Syrians4

Organisations in the same coverage

Al Jazeera3Accountability Center2Armored Division2Political Security Branch In Daraa2Syrian court2

Who keeps naming them

Anadolu Agency (AA)2iheart.com2novinite.com1freepressjournal.in1sana.sy1Al Jazeera English1moroccoworldnews.com1news.az1al-monitor.com1grenadachronicle.com1

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