The rise and fall of Bashar and Asma Assad
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Who are Bashar and Asma Assad? All about the Syrian dictator and his wife.
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
Assad’s father, Hafez Assad, had been cultivating Bashar’s oldest brother Basil as his successor. In 1994, Basil was killed in a car crash in Damascus. Bashar was then brought home from his ophthalmology practice in London and put through military training, where he was elevated to the rank of colonel to give him the credentials to one day rule Syria. Story tips and ideas can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.
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