Hafez Bashar al-Assad (Arabic: حافظ بشار الأسد; born 5 December 2001) is the eldest son of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad. [1][2][3] He was regarded as a …

The Assad family originates from Ali Sulayman al-Wahsh, Hafez al-Assad's father, who was born in 1875 and lived in the village of Qardaha in the coastal Syrian mountains. The locals …

Feb 14, 2025 · But the family's hopes rest on Hafez Assad, Bashar's eldest son (named after his father, the dynasty's founder), who completed his doctoral studies at Moscow State University …

Dec 13, 2024 · Meanwhile, Assad's eldest son, Hafez, is a PhD student in the city - with a local newspaper reporting just last week about the 22-year-old's doctoral dissertation.

Bassel al-Assad (Arabic: بَاسِلُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Bāsil al-ʾAsad; 23 March 1962 – 21 January 1994) was a Syrian military officer, engineer and politician. He was the eldest son of …

Hafez al-Assad, the eldest son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in mathematics at Moscow State University (MGU), marking a …

Jul 29, 2020 · The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on the 18-year-old son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, vowing never to let the war-torn nation's regime enrich itself.

Dec 8, 2024 · Over decades, ghastly, chilling images from Syria have cemented the Assad family’s legacy of savagely oppressing the country’s population. In 1982, photos showed the …

Dec 22, 2024 · Assad, the son of an Alawite farmer from Syria's mountainous coastal region, was one of a group of military officers in the Ba'ath Party, an Arab nationalist secular socialist …

Dec 8, 2024 · For 54 years Syria was under the rule of the Assads after Hafez al-Assad took power in 1970. After his death in 2000, he was succeeded by his son, Bashar, who was …