Ribal al-Assad a mụrụ na Damaskọs, nke iri na atọ n'ime ụmụnne iri na isii. Ọ bụ nwa Rifaat al-Assad na nwunye ya nke atọ Line Al-Khayer, nwanne nwanyị nke iwu nke eze Saudi Arabia nwụrụ anwụ Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, ma bụrụ onye otu ezinụlọ al-Assad. Nna ya, Rifaat al-Assad, nwanne nwoke nke Onye isi ala nwụrụ anwụ Hafez Al-Assad, bụ onye isi nchekwa siri ike na onye isi nke ụlọ ọrụ nchekwa, onye kpatara ogbugbu nke 1982 Hama. Mgbe ọ gbasịrị mgbalị ịkwatu ọchịchị, ya na ezinụlọ ya gara biri na France, mgbe ahụ UK. Ribal, mgbe ọ dị afọ 9, na ezinụlọ ya kwagara Paris, ebe ọ nọgidere na-ebi ruo mgbe ọ dị afọ 16.
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