Anadolu Ajansi5d
Anadolu captures images of Assad family’s luxurious mansion in Damascus after regime’s fall
While Syrians died under rubble, endured torture in prisons, lived in camps, Bashar Assad along with his family were living ...
Cfr.org28d
After Fall of Assad Dynasty, Syria’s Risky New Moment
On January 21, 1994, Basil al-Assad was killed in what the Syrian government described as a car accident. According to official dispatches, he had been driving too fast on the way to the airport ...
Al Jazeera English28d
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: The president who lost his homeland
Originally an eye doctor studying in London, al-Assad was never meant to become president. He was called back to Syria after the death of his older brother, Basil. In order for Bashar to assume ...
PBS27d
Analysis: Syria faces risky new moment after fall of the Assad dynasty
Read the original article here. On Jan. 21, 1994, Basil al-Assad was killed in what the Syrian government described as a car accident. According to official dispatches, he had been driving too ...
Syrian equestrian champion gets arrested on charges of possessing military bag with explosive bomb
Syrian equestrian champion Adnan Kassar was arrested at the Equestrian Club in rural Damascus on charges of possessing a milit ...
New York Sun27d
Russian Bloggers Are Writing an Obituary for the Kremlin’s Syrian Adventure
The Assad family in an undated photograph, with Hafez Al-Assad and his wife seated in the front row, and, from left to right: Maher, Bashar, Basil, Majid, and Bushra Al-Assad in the back row. Via ...
The New York Times24d
Revenge and Unease Shadow Effort to Restore Order
Young men, some of them rebel fighters, on a giant statue on Wednesday in Aleppo, Syria, that previously depicted Basil al-Assad, former President Bashar al-Assad’s late brother, riding a horse.
Outlookindia28d
How The 50-year Rule Of The Assad Family Ended
Hafez al-Assad nurtured his eldest son Basil, as his successor, but in 1994, Basil was killed in a car crash in Damascus. Soon after Basil's death, Bashar was brought home from his ophthalmology ...
The Australian28d
Bashar al-Assad, an ophthalmologist who became a dictator, is the last of a despotic dynasty
Meanwhile, back in Syria, Basil drove sports cars and rose to the rank of colonel in an elite army unit. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad waves to people from outside the parliament building in ...
Wall Street Journal27d
Bashar al-Assad, an Ophthalmologist Who Became a Dictator, Is the Last of a Despotic Dynasty
Bashar al-Assad was never expected to rule Syria. That job was meant for his older brother, Basil, who trained as a military commander while Bashar studied to be an ophthalmologist. He wasn’t ...
Sydney Morning Herald28d
The fall of Assad after 14 years of war in Syria ends decades-long dynasty
After then president Hafez al-Assad died in 2000, mourners carried posters of him and his two sons: Basil (left), who died in a car crash in 1994, and Bashar (centre), who succeeded him.Credit ...
Couriermail27d
‘Never supposed to rule’: Twist of fate that turned ‘geeky’ doctor into a ruthless dictator
That role had been reserved for his handsome and dashing eldest brother, Basil (sometimes referred to as Bassel). Hafez Al-Assad established the family dynasty in 1970. The air force officer ...