Syrian Kurds destroy the statue of Basel al-Assad, the late elder brother of the Syrian president, as they celebrate the fall of Damascus to anti-government fighters, in the city of Qamishli on ...

but for them to remain a military bloc ... is not right.” Syrian Kurds stand next to the destroyed statue of Basel al-Assad, ...

The Assad family's five-decade rule over the country ... And Bashar was not expecting to follow in his father's footsteps until his brother Basel died in a car crash in 1994.

Two days of fighting along the Mediterranean coast were among the bloodiest battles since rebels ousted the dictator Bashar al-Assad. By Christina Goldbaum Reporting from Damascus, Syria Clashes ...