Asma al-Assad reportedly has a 50-50 chance of surviving after she fled from Syria to Russia earlier this month.

Cliche has it that behind every great man stands a woman—and as it happens, the same also applies to murderous dictators.

Assad, Asma al-Assad, is said to be battling leukemia, with doctors giving her a '50/50' chance of survival. The 49-year-old ...

Israel's deadly strikes continue in the Gaza Strip, targeting the likes of Khan Younis, Gaza City, Rafah and Nuseirat.

QUTAYFAH, Syria — An international war crimes prosecutor on Tuesday said that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under toppled leader ...

Who is Bashar Assad's wife, Asma? Asma Asad, 49, was born in London as Asma Fawaz Akhras. Her father was a cardiologist and her mother a diplomat at the Syrian Embassy. She met her future husband ...

Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown after 13 years ... appointed president in a sham election in 2000 following Hafez's death, Asma disappeared for three weeks without notice.

Starved to death in a prison. They were the last to die of untold thousands of political opponents who vanished into Assad's jails over the decades. When word spread on Facebook that 35 were here ...

Half a century of dictatorship between Bashar al-Assad and his father ... world to be reminded of what has taken place. In 2013, death in Syria was as arbitrary as it was brutal.

Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown after 13 years of brutal civil ... Shortly after Bashar was appointed president in a sham election in 2000 following Hafez's death, Asma disappeared for three weeks ...