Because they oppressed the entire Syrian people," he added. Bassel al Assad was his father's original successor but died in a 1994 car crash. The death of the popular, vigorous military commander ...

Amid the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War and talks with Israel, Hafez al-Assad's top priority was ...

The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...

Rounding a traffic circle, he struck a barricade, and the car flipped several times. Bassel al-Assad was 31. There is a story told, not confirmed, but believable. I will tell it, as long as the ...

Praising Türkiye’s regional role, Lebanon’s Future Movement secretary-general says: ‘Türkiye has never pursued a divisive ...

Syrian rebels entered Damascus, ending the Assad family’s 54-year rule and ostensibly the first phase of the Syrian Civil War ...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons condemned the attack upon releasing its findings Friday: 'The perpetrators of this horrific attack must be held accountable for their ...

That made Hafez’s eldest son, Bassel, the heir apparent. A decade later, however, Bassel al-Assad died in a car accident, which meant that Hafez’s heir would almost certainly be his other son ...

He staffed the military high command with fellow Alawites, in a majority Sunni country. Bassel al-Assad was being groomed to be his successor until a deadly 1994 car crash. The death of the ...