al-Assad, Asma and Syria

Bashar al-Assad’s wife Asma given only 50% chance of cancer survival: ‘Asma is dying’
The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is deathly ill with leukemia — with doctors only giving her a 50% chance of survival, according to a report. “Asma is dying,” one source recently in direct contact with a family representative told the Telegraph of 49-year-old Asma al-Assad.
Syria dictator Bashar al-Assad's wife 'has leukemia and 50/50 chance of survival'
Assad, Asma al-Assad, is said to be battling leukemia, with doctors giving her a '50/50' chance of survival. The 49-year-old and her husband are currently in Moscow after being forced into exile when Islamist rebels overthrew Assad's brutal regime.
Ex-Syria President Bashar al-Assad's Wife Asma Filed For Divorce? Report Surfaces
Assad, has reportedly filed for divorce, citing dissatisfaction with life in Moscow. According to unnamed Turkish and Arab media outlets, she plans to return to the UK and has requested deportation approval from Russian authorities.
War in Syria: How Bashar al-Assad’s inner circle fled after his fall
A lightning rebel offensive early this month caught Syria’s ruling clan off guard. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, leaving behind many of his collaborators, some of whom sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
Why is Israel attacking Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad?
Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s borders in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Tehran’s pincer is now broken and rendered useless. From the point of view of Israel’s wider conflict with the Islamic Republic, the collapse of Assad’s regime is a strategic victory.
The Rise and Fall of Asma al-Assad, Syrian Dictator’s Wife Fighting to Live
Once a London schoolgirl, Asma al-Assad went from being Syria’s “desert rose” to a reviled figure.
Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
Lebanese officials say the wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad’s cousins have been arrested at ...
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Graphics track changes, uncertainty in Syria after rebels banish Bashar al-Assad
The Syrian rebels who forced President Bashar al-Assad to flee the country for asylum in Russia ... The U.S. has ...
Lebanon returns 70 officers and soldiers to Syria, security official says
Lebanon expelled around 70 Syrian officers and soldiers on Saturday, returning them to Syria after they crossed into the country illegally via informal routes, a Lebanese security official and a war ...
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Here is who is vying for power in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad
The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the culmination of years of ... has struck targets associated with the Islamic State in central Syria. Turkey, which controls a zone of Syria on ...
New York Post19d
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and family in Moscow after Russia granted them asylum: reports
offers support for Syrian people as US hits ISIS strongholds in moment of ‘risk and uncertainty’ Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and family in Moscow after Russia granted them asylum: reports Gunmen ...
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Syria’s Bashar al-Assad: The president who lost his homeland
Originally an eye doctor studying in London, al-Assad was never meant to become president. He was called back to Syria after the death of his older brother, Basil. In order for Bashar to assume ...
Bashar al-Assad Fleeing Syria Brings an End to Generational Terror for Some Syrian Families
Assad, our nation’s “father,” wasn’t born of loyalty; it was a survival tactic, rooted in generational terror that he was ...
Syria’s Alawite Minority, Favored by the Assads, Looks Nervously to the Future
Amid an outcry for justice and accountability and threats online, a once-dominant group is feeling deep anxiety after the ...