The youngest brother of Syrian President Bashar Assad died of an illness in Damascus on Saturday, the Syrian news agency reported. Majd Hafez al-Assad died "after a long struggle with a severe illness," reported the Syrian Arab News Agency . Majd Hafez al-Assad is survived by his brothers Bashar and Maher, and a sister, Bushra. Majd was born in 1966 in the northwestern province of Latakia. He had graduated from ...