Paula Froelich

Tree of terror

futurejournalismproject:

Who’s Who in Syria, an Illustrated Explainer

Slate’s running an illustrated explainer of who’s who in Syria’s power family with brief overviews of how they got there.

So, for example, you have Bashar “the accidental dictator,” his younger brother “the elite army commander” and first cousin Hafez Makhlouf “the spymaster” among others.

Image: Detail from Syria’s First Family, via Slate.

(Source: futurejournalismproject)