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They have three children. [6] The couple were also regarded as the "main economic players" in Syria and controlled large parts of Syrian business sectors, banking, telecommunications, real estate, and maritime industries. [7] Majd al-Assad (1966–2009), was an electrical engineer with a reported history of severe mental problems. [43]
Bashar Barhoum, 63, was one of the tens of thousands of prisoners freed from Bashar al-Assad’s prisons in Syria, as civil defence teams investigate underground cells to free more detainees ...
Families of those imprisoned by Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime desperately searched the filthy cells of Syria’s most notorious prison for any signs of their loved ones as the country comes to ...
On 8 December 2024, during the fall of the Assad regime, the prison was captured by rebels, who immediately began releasing political prisoners. Many of the detainees were overjoyed while others were confused. [33] Videos and images appeared on social media showing security cameras of imprisoned people, including families and children.
Sniffer dogs searched Syria's Saydnaya prison following reports that there were prisoners trapped in underground cells, footage posted on social media on Monday (9 December) shows. The Syrian ...
Following the fall of the Assad regime in mid-December 2024, graves attributed to the rule of the Assad family, including both Bashar al-Assad and his father Hafez al-Assad, were uncovered by NGOs such as Human Rights Watch along with several academic researchers associated with the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the University of Amsterdam.
Assad's immediate family, wife Asma and their three children, were already waiting for him in the Russian capital, according to three former close aides and a senior regional official.
Assad and her husband have three children. Their first child, a son named Hafez , named after Hafez al-Assad , was born in 2001, followed by a daughter in 2003, and their second son in 2005. [ 12 ] In January 2013, Bashar stated in an interview that Asma was pregnant; [ 59 ] [ 60 ] however, there were no later reports of them having a fourth child.