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Bassel al-Assad ( Arabic: بَاسِلُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized : Bāsil al-ʾAsad; 23 March 1962 – 21 January 1994) was a Syrian engineer, colonel, equestrian and politician who was the eldest son of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and the older brother of (later) President Bashar al-Assad.
The al-Assad family, also known as the Assad dynasty, is a Syrian political family that has ruled Syria since Hafez al-Assad became president of Syria in 1971 under the Ba'ath Party. After his death, in June 2000, he was succeeded by his son Bashar al-Assad .
Jan 22, 1994 · The death of the son, Maj. Basil al-Assad, who was 33 and one of the most popular figures in his father's inner circle, comes as a sharp blow to the President at an especially difficult time,...
Jan 22, 1994 · The web page reports the fatal car crash of Basil Assad, the son of President Hafez al-Assad, in 1994. It does not mention Bassel al-Assad, the son of President Bashar al-Assad, who was born in 1984 and is not related to Basil.
Nov 4, 2015 · The conflict in Syria has drawn in major global powers, some supporting and some opposing President Bashar al-Assad. The Assad family has ruled Syria for more than four decades, but how did...
Bassel al-Assad was a Syrian army general and the oldest son of Hafez al-Assad and the older brother of Bashar al-Assad. It was believed that Bassel would replace Hafez until he died in the year 1994 in a car crash. [1]
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Jul 21, 2015 · Bassel Assad was killed on Friday (21/1) when his car crashed in fog on the Airport Road in Damascus. ...more. (22 Jan 1994) Arab leaders and tens of thousands of grief-stricken Syrians joined...
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