Fawzi recalled that the protests in Deir ez-Zor led to a huge event in the central square, in which some twenty thousand people assembled and a statue of Bassel al-Assad was knocked to the ground.

A fighter affiliated with Syria's new administration carries the decapitated head of an equestrian statue of Bassel al-Assad, brother of toppled president Bashar al-Assad, removed from the abandoned ...

When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much of their imported stock hidden for fear of arrest ...

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.

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. He had ...