Their six-year-old son, Adam, has lived his whole life in Lebanon. He travelled with Assaf to Zimbabwe for the first time in October, on a mission to renew his passport, which was about to expire.

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Syria's embassy in Lebanon has suspended consular services a day after two relatives of ousted President Bashar al-Assad were arrested at Beirut airport, allegedly with forged passports. The embassy ...