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President Hafez al-Assad with his family in the early 1970s
From left to right: Bashar, Maher, Mrs Anisa Makhlouf (the new First Lady of Syria), Majd, Bushra, and Basel.

President Hafez al-Assad, in a rare photograph while playing with his children in the early 1970s
From left to right: Maher, Majd, Basel, Bushra, and Bashar. Standing with him is Mrs Anisa Makhlouf, the new First Lady of Syria.

President Hafez al-Assad in a family portrait during the late 1980s
Standing, from left to right: Maher, Bashar, Basel, Majd, and Bushra al-Assad. Seated are First Lady Anisa Makhlouf and President Assad

The Al-Musawwar Magazine in August 1971
The magazine shows a photo of Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi and Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat with President Hafez al-Assad in Damascus, ahead of the creation of the Federation of Arab Republics between Syria, Libya, and Egypt. The two children in the photograph are Assad's children Basel and Bushra al-Assad.

President Hafez al-Assad and his family at their home in Damascus in the early 1970s
From left to right: Basel al-Assad, Bushra al-Assad, President Hafez al-Assad, First Lady Anisa Makhlouf, Maher al-Assad, Majd al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad

A family portrait for the Assads in Damascus in the late 1980s
Seated from left to right: Bushra al-Assad, President Hafez al-Assad, First Lady Anisa Makhlouf. Standing left to right: Majd al-Assad, Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad, Basel al-Assad