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.

Born in 1960, al-Qassar endured 22 years in prison, a price he paid for excelling in equestrianism over Bassel al-Assad, who ...

Rounding a traffic circle, he struck a barricade, and the car flipped several times. Bassel al-Assad was 31. There is a story told, not confirmed, but believable. I will tell it, as long as the ...

Pressure on Mr. al-Shara to make changes to his government grew at home and abroad after violence in Syria’s coastal region this month. Clashes erupted between remnants of the Assad regime and ...