Bassel al-Assad بَاسِلُ ٱلْأَسَدِ | |
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 Bassel al-Assad, c. 1992 | |
| Native name | بَاسِلُ ٱلْأَسَدِ |
| Nickname(s) | The Golden Knight |
| Born | 23 March 1962 Damascus, Syria |
| Died | 21 January 1994 (aged 31) Damascus, Syria |
| Allegiance |  Syria |
| Service |  Syrian Arab Army |
| Years of service | 1980–1994 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit |  2nd Special Forces Regiment, 14th Airborne Division Republican Guard |
| Commands | 42nd Special Forces Regiment 12th Armoured Battalion, Syrian Arab Republican Guard. |
| Awards | Hero of the Republic Order of Salahaddin |
| Relations | al-Assad family |
Bassel al-Assad (Arabic: بَاسِلُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: Bāsil al-ʾAsad; 23 March 1962 – 21 January 1994) was a Syrian engineer, colonel, equestrian and politician who was the eldest son of Syrian President 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 crash in 1994.[1]
- ^ "Bashar al-Assad: behind the mask". Financial Times. 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.