The British-born wife of deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is reportedly suffering from leukemia and doctors are giving her a ’50/50′ chance of survival.
Asma al-Assad, 49, and her husband are in Moscow after being forced into exile after Islamist rebels toppled the tyrant’s brutal rule.
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Asma al-Assad is reportedly suffering from leukemiaCredit: AFP
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Assad and Asma arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris in 2008. Credit: AFP
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Bashar and Asma married in 2000, the same year that Assad suddenly inherited the dictatorship in Syria
Since then, it has emerged that Asma is seriously ill with cancer and that doctors in a Moscow hospital are isolating her for fear of infection, writes The Telegraph.
The dictator’s wife is reportedly desperately seeking medical treatment in London after filing for divorce from Assad, whom she met in the early 1990s while on holiday in Syria.
The former first lady, once known as the “Desert Rose” for her elegance and charm, looks after her father, Fawaz Akhras, who works as a doctor on London’s famous Harley Street.
“Asma is dying,” said a source close to the family.
“She can’t be in the same room with anyone [because of her condition].”
The Syrian presidency revealed that Alma had been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer known as myeloid leukemia that attacks the bone marrow and blood.
She was previously treated for breast cancer before saying she was free of the disease after a year of treatment.
But now her leukemia has reportedly returned.
A source said: “When the leukemia comes back it’s vicious. It’s been 50/50 for the last few weeks.”
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Born in London to Syrian parents, Asma became the First Lady of Syria when she married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000.
Asma was known for her work promoting health and education initiatives in Syria, but her image has been severely tarnished by the now-fallen regime of her tyrant husband in the midst of the Syrian Civil War.
Now, reports indicate that Asma is unhappy with her life under the Russian regime, having fled to Moscow after Assad’s fall from power.
While the couple lived in exile, the former first lady reportedly wants to return to the UK, even filing for divorce from Bashar.
Their relationship began in the early 1990s when Bashar, then an aspiring ophthalmologist, moved to London.
Their marriage in 2000 marked the beginning of Asma’s role as first lady, just as Bashar inherited a brutal dictatorship after the sudden death of his brother Bassel.
But after their exile in Moscow, Asma reportedly became increasingly disillusioned with her life in Russia, a situation some describe as a “golden cage.”
She has applied to a Russian court for permission to leave Moscow and return to the UK, despite significant political and legal obstacles standing in her way.
It remains unclear how much weight those demands carry, given her family’s deep-rooted ties to the regime she married into.
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Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma fled the country to RussiaCredit: AFP
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Assad is now hiding in Moscow under the protection of friends PutinCredit: Reuters 
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Queen Elizabeth II receives Asma Al-Assad and Bashar Al-Assad at Buckingham Palace in LondonCredit: PA: Press Association
Her family denied initial reports of a divorce, and her father, Fawaz Akhras, said the claims were false.
But sources suggest Asma still wants to return to the UK, where she has connections and believes she will receive better medical care for her medical condition.
Although her family claims she is receiving the best possible treatment in Russia, there appears to be little chance of her moving to Britain given the sanctions imposed on her and the Assad family.
Meanwhile, British officials have repeatedly stated that Asma is no longer welcome in the UK.
Foreign Minister David Lammy pointed out that she should not be allowed to return.
Calls for her UK passport to be revoked have gained momentum, citing her continued association with her husband’s brutal regime, which is responsible for widespread atrocities during the Syrian civil war.
Pro-opposition analysts say Asma may be longing for a life outside Moscow, perhaps seeking to return to a career in investment banking.
However, with her ties to the Assad regime and her status as a sanctioned person, her ability to regain a foothold in the West is highly unlikely.
Instead, she could find herself forced to live out her days under the watchful eye of the Russian government, a stark contrast to the glamorous life she once enjoyed as Syria’s first lady.
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