Bassel al Assad was his father's original successor but died in a 1994 car crash. The death of the popular, vigorous military commander prompted Hafez al Assad to recall his shy, reserved son with ...

In Aleppo, a statue of one of Mr. al-Assad’s brothers, Bassel al-Assad, on a horse was toppled. The horse remained.

For weeks, Ziad Abu al-Dahab has been training for gold at an equestrian tournament near Damascus -- in a sport once dominated by Syria's Assad family and their inner circle.

Bassel al-Assad was 31. There is a story told, not confirmed, but believable. I will tell it, as long as the reader understands that it is a tale, not fact (however credible the tale).

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. He had ...

Bassel al-Assad was being groomed to be his successor until a deadly 1994 car crash. The death of the popular, vigorous military commander prompted Hafez al Assad to recall his shy, ...

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, Bashar, a Western-educated ophthalmologist with minimal ...

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have been granted asylum in Russia and are now in Moscow. Assad's departure marks the end of nearly 25 years of brutal rule.

Bassel al Assad was his father’s original successor but died in a 1994 car crash. The death of the popular, vigorous military commander prompted Hafez al Assad to recall his shy, ...

For decades, former president Bashar al-Assad, his relatives and allies enjoyed wide-ranging privileges before his overthrow in a lightning Islamist-led offensive in December. Equestrian sports surged ...