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

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

The critically ill wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is reportedly unable to enter Britain for cancer treatment ...

The wife of the fallen Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad will not be able to return to Britain, where she was born and raised, ...

Asma Assad, the wife of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, is reportedly battling for her life against leukemia while living in exile. Sources in direct contact with Asma's British family told ...

‘The first impression of Asma Al-Assad is movement ... By then, Bashar’s prospects had significantly changed, thanks to the death in a car crash of his brother Bassel, who had been the ...

Asma and Bashar al-Assad met during her childhood holidays ... shortly after Bashar assumed the presidency following his father's death. They have three children together: Hafez, Zein, and Karim.

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.

British-born Asma, who gave up a successful career ... al‐Assad was elected president in 2000, after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, with a 'startling' 97 per cent of the vote ...

Asma's husband, Bashar al-Assad, was elected president in 2000, after the death of his father, Hafez al-Assad, with a startling 97 percent of the vote. In Syria, power is hereditary. The country's ...