Ribal al-Assad an haife shi ne a Damascus, 13th na 'yan'uwa 16. Shi ne dan Rifaat al-Assad da matarsa ta uku Line Al-Khayer, surukar marigayi Sarkin Saudiyya Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, kuma ta haka ne memba na iyalin al-Assad. Mahaifinsa, Rifaat al-Assad, ɗan ƙaramin ɗan'uwan marigayi Shugaba Hafez Al-Assad, babban jami'in tsaro ne mai iko kuma kwamandan Kamfanonin Tsaro, wanda ke da alhakin kisan gillar Hama na 1982. Bayan yunkurin juyin mulki, shi da danginsa suka yi gudun hijira a Faransa, sannan Birtaniya. Ribal, yana da shekaru 9, kuma danginsa suka koma Paris, inda ya ci gaba da zama har zuwa shekara 16.
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