When, aged 25, Asma Akhras swapped pursuing an MBA at Harvard for marrying a meek-looking ex-ophthalmology student named ...

This article was updated Dec. 9, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.* Asma al-Assad was always the friendly face of a brutal regime. The UK-born ophthalmologist married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000 just after ...

Asma al-Assad, Syria’s now-ousted first lady, was known as the “Imelda Marcos of Syria” and is “much more cutthroat” than her notorious dictator husband — once demanding full editorial ...

Asma al-Assad was born in London in 1975 and has spent half her life in the UK, with her parents still living in the west of the capital city. She retains British citizenship, but foreign minister ...

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 ...

Rather, the Assads – alongside Asma’s family, the Akhras – possess a large network of power and influence that stretches far beyond Syria’s borders. Their reign in Syria began in 1971 when ...

Asma al-Assad, 49, will be unable to come back to her native London without her official travel documents amid reports she is severely ill with leukaemia and has only a '50-50' chance of survival.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Asma al-Assad was placed in isolation to “avoid infection” and was not allowed to share a room. Asma came to Russia with her children before her husband did ...

Now she’s in exile in Russia What must Asma al-Assad be thinking right now? Bright, beautiful and British-born, she could be living an affluent life in England, with friends, family and a fine ...

It is just the latest blow to the shredded reputation of a woman whose glamour and charm had been seen in the past as a key asset to the Syrian government. Asma al-Assad was born in London in 1975 ...

What must Asma al-Assad be thinking right now? Bright, beautiful and British-born, she could be living an affluent life in England, with friends, family and a fine career, had she not sold her soul to ...