Bassel al-Assad
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Bassel al-Assad was a Syrian military officer, engineer and politician. He was the eldest son of Syrian president Hafez al-Assad. He was expected to succeed his father as president until his death in
Al-Assad, c. 1994
Bassel rides a horse
Anisa Makhlouf
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Anisa Makhlouf was the matriarch of the Syrian Al-Assad family, which ruled the country from 1971 to December 2024. The wife of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, Makhlouf remained the Syrian F
Bassel al-Assad
…al-Assad was born on 23 March 1962 in the national capital city of Damascus into an Alawite family. He was the son of Hafez al-Assad, and his wife Anisa Makhlouf. He had an older sister named Bushra and three brothers named Bashar, Majd, and Maher. As a child, he was said to have bullied his brothers relentlessly…
Makhlouf in 1993
Anisa with her husband Hafez and their children in the early 1970s
The Assad family, 1992-93