Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the ...

Towering over the junction is a statue of president Bashar al-Assad’s brother, Bassel, a Syrian army general who was widely anticipated to take over the leadership of the country from his father ...

His older brother, Bassel, was the one earmarked to succeed their father Hafez, who had seized power in a coup in 1971 to mark the beginning of half a century of Assad rule. Bassel, with his ...

Born in 1960, al-Qassar endured 22 years in prison, a price he paid for excelling in equestrianism over Bassel al-Assad, who monopolized the sport during the former regime’s era to pass it down ...

Bashar al-Assad took over the presidency in 2000 following the tragic death of his older brother, Bassel, in a car accident. When Assad came to power as a member of the Alawite Shiite minority ...

It also houses the tombs of other Assad family members, including Bashar's brother Bassel, who was being groomed to inherit power before he was killed in a road accident in 1994. On Sunday ...

Bashar al-Assad was never meant to become president, but his life changed radically when his older brother Bassel, who was being groomed to inherit power, died in a road accident in 1994.

Assad served as president since 2000 after taking ... Succession to the Syrian presidency had been "reserved for the eldest sibling," Bassel, who was the "opposite of Bashar: a loudmouth, famous ...

Worldcategory· December 13, 2024 Syrians explore Assad family's massive summer resort for first time Syrian cyclist Bassel Soufi rode his bike 40 km (25 miles) from the northwestern city of ...