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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 .
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]
Jul 21, 2015 · Syria - Funeral of Bassel Assad. (22 Jan 1994) Arab leaders and tens of thousands of grief-stricken Syrians joined President Hafez al-Assad for the burial of his eldest son on Saturday (22/1...
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Jan 21, 2013 · The death of Bassel al Assad. It is 19 years since the heir to the Syrian presidency died in a car crash. His younger brother Bashar, would eventually become the next President. Hear from...
Syria - Funeral of Bassel Assad. (22 Jan 1994) A motorcade bearing the body of Bassel al-Assad, son of the Syrian president, was driven through the streets of Damascus on Saturday (22/1)...
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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.
