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 ...

A fighter affiliated with Syria's new administration carries the decapitated head of an equestrian statue of Bassel al-Assad, brother of toppled president Bashar al-Assad, removed from the abandoned ...

Mr Kassar was a close friend of Bassel al Assad but the achievement apparently drew the ire of his fellow equestrian, who had faltered during the competition. Bassel was the heir apparent to the ...

For Israel, this evolving situation presents a serious dilemma. Jerusalem remains deeply suspicious of the new government in Syria.

When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much of their imported stock hidden for fear of arrest ...

THE mom of a missing US journalist abducted by Assad’s savage regime has discovered a chilling clue about her son in a Syrian prison. Now that Assad’s bloody regime is gone, Debra Tice ...

Assad's top-secret conversations with Putin ... Bashar was not the first choice to succeed his father, with his elder son Bassel groomed to take over the role. Bashar was working as an ...

On the grounds of the Guard complex a statue of the president's brother Bassel al-Assad, atop a horse, has been toppled and Bassel's head severed. Bassel al-Assad died in a 1994 road accident.

Assad's government kept a firm grip on foreign ... be free and competitive," the interim government's Economy Minister Bassel Abdel Hanan told reporters. He said the new authorities would ...