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

In the UK he met his now-wife Asma Akhras - a former investment banker at JP Morgan. They got married in 2000, the same year when Assad suddenly inherited Syria's dictatorship following the death ...

Once the "freshest and most magnetic of First Ladies", Asma Assad is now the wife of a war ... became First Lady as her father-in-law’s death at 69 saw her husband rise to power.

After his father’s death in June 2000 ... leader who might usher in a more progressive, moderate regime. Assad’s wife, Asma al-Assad, whom he married in 2000, a former investment banker ...

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.

After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator and his family had to flee to Russia. Asma al-Assad, his wife, was by ...

Vogue's surprising profile of the former First Lady of Syria is likely to resurface in the minds of many following the collapse of the al-Assad family's iron rule after five decades.

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.

Following Hafez’s death, Syria’s parliament swiftly amended ... This optimistic image was bolstered by his wife, Asma al-Assad, a former London-based investment banker. However, hopes for ...

After he came to power in 2000 following the death of his father ... kings and queens courted Mr. al-Assad and his glamorous wife, Asma, with the goal of achieving Arab-Israeli peace and breaking ...

and “Death to America ... militias in Iraq. Mr. Assad has reportedly fled to Moscow. You’ll note he did not choose to relocate to Tehran, where his wife, Asma, might have had to drape ...

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 ...