A Syrian-born billionaire allegedly used a Trump-branded golf course, an engraved foundation stone and a multi-billion-pound resort partnership to curry favour with Washington insiders, as new reporting reveals how foreign business interests may have shaped the repeal of one of the United States' most stringent sanctions regimes.
At the centre of the account is Mohamad Al-Khayyat, one of three brothers whose family business is linked to more than $12 billion (£9.6 billion) in Syrian government-sponsored reconstruction contracts.
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