Bassel al-Assad

Bassel al-Assad was a Syrian army general and the oldest son of Hafez al-Assad and the older brother of Bashar al-Assad. It was believed that Basil would replace Hafez until he died in the year 1994 in a car crash. He was buried with his father Hafez in their family's native village of Qardaha later that year.

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Category:1994 deaths
Category:1962 births
Category:Syrian generals
Category:People from Damascus