Anisa al Assad, matriarch of the Assad family, died in February 2016 of undisclosed causes. One video showed the rioters beginning to open up Hafez al Assad’s coffin as it burned. Though the ...

Anisa Makhlouf, widow of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and mother of Bashar, may keep a low profile, but she holds the final say on all matters within the Assad family. "Decisions are ...

Rebels set ablaze the tomb of Hafez al-Assad, father of dictator Bashar al ... cameras that they came to the graves of Hafez, his wife Anisa and his eldest son Bassel "to take a look at these ...

Bashar’s only sister, Bushra al-Assad, reportedly fled Syria in 2012 with her five children to Dubai. In 2013, Bushra was joined by her mother Anisa Makhlouf, widow of Hafez al-Assad. Both were said ...

Asma al-Assad, wife of deposed Syrian president Bashar ... preferring to keep the "First Lady" title associated with her mother, Anisa. Rami Makhlouf, a first cousin of Bashar, controlled a ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Bashar al-Assad, who was president of Syria from 2000 to 2024. 1994 – Syrian President Hafez Assad’s oldest son and heir apparent, Basel, dies in a car ...

Syrian rebels have desecrated the tomb of ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad's father, former Syrian President Hafez al Assad. Hafez al Assad ruled Syria with an iron fist from 1970 to 2000 ...

The tomb also houses the graves of Bashar al-Assad's wife Anisa and eldest son Bassel. Examining footage from the AFP news agency taken today it shows rebel fighters in fatigues and young men ...