Once off-limits to Syrians, Assad's former summer residence now attracts tourists
The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit ...
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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 ...
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Anadolu captures images of Assad family’s luxurious mansion in Damascus after regime’s fall
personal belongings of the Assad family remain scattered across the mansion. Photographs of Bashar’s late brother, Basil al-Assad, who died in a 1994 car accident, as well as children’s ...
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After 14 years of conflict, Assad's fall brings an end to Syria's dynastic rule
Bashar al Assad, right, attends military training games ... His father had been cultivating his oldest brother Basil as his successor, but in 1994 Basil was killed in a car crash in Damascus.
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In Aleppo, residents cheer, refugees return to a jubilant but ravaged city
ALEPPO, Syria — The many monuments of the Assad regime that once dotted the ... they brought down the regime,” said her husband, Basil al-Hassan. Their first stop had been to the 13th-century ...