Asma al-Assad, spouse of deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is reportedly battling leukemia, an aggressive most cancers of the bone marrow and blood, and has a 50-50 likelihood of survival. The British-born former first girl has been remoted to reduce the chance of an infection and is present process therapy, reported The Telegraph.
In line with the report, Asma has beforehand battled breast most cancers in 2019. She had declared herself cancer-free after a yr of therapy. However the blood most cancers is believed to have reappeared after a interval of remission, the report stated.
Born in London in 1975 to Syrian dad and mom, Asma al-Assad has a twin British-Syrian citizenship. She accomplished levels in laptop science and French literature at King’s Faculty London earlier than pursuing a profession in funding banking. Asma married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000. The couple has three kids: Hafez, Zein, and Karim.
Asma has reportedly sought to exile herself in London along with her kids for the reason that Syrian rebellion started. Experiences urged that she has additionally filed for divorce from the ousted Syrian President as she is “dissatisfied” along with her life in Moscow. Nevertheless, the Kremlin has rejected the studies, saying, “No they don’t correspond to actuality”.
She has additionally allegedly utilized to a Russian court docket in search of particular permission to go away the nation, along with her software at the moment underneath evaluate by Russian authorities.
Bashar al-Assad, alongside together with his household, fled Syria on December 8 following an 11-day insurgent offensive led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), after years of civil conflict sparked by his violent crackdown on anti-government protests in 2011. The conflict has killed over 500,000 individuals and displaced greater than half the nation’s inhabitants.
Assad, now residing underneath asylum in Moscow, is reportedly dealing with extreme restrictions imposed by Russian authorities. Whereas his asylum request was accepted, he’s prohibited from leaving Moscow or partaking in political actions. The Russian authorities have additionally reportedly frozen his property – a declare denied by the Kremlin.