Bassel al-Assad (Arabic: بَاسِل الأَسَد Bāssel al Assad; 23 March 1962 – 21 January 1994) was a Syrian engineer, colonel, and politician who was the eldest son of President of Syria Hafez al-Assad and the older brother of (later) President Bashar al-Assad. It was widely expected that he would succeed his father as President of Syria until he died in a car accident in 1994.
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23 March 1962 Damascus, Syria
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Died |
24 January 1994 (aged 31) Damascus, Syria
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Zodiac | Aries |
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