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 probability of survival. The British-born former first woman has been remoted to reduce the chance of an infection and is present process therapy, reported The Telegraph.
According to the report, Asma has beforehand battled breast most cancers in 2019. She had declared herself cancer-free after a 12 months of therapy. But the blood most cancers is believed to have reappeared after a interval of remission, the report stated.
Born in London in 1975 to Syrian mother and father, Asma al-Assad has a twin British-Syrian citizenship. She accomplished levels in pc science and French literature at King’s College 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 because the Syrian rebellion started. Reports urged that she has additionally filed for divorce from the ousted Syrian President as she is “dissatisfied” along with her life in Moscow. However, the Kremlin has rejected the experiences, saying, “No they don’t correspond to actuality”.
She has additionally allegedly utilized to a Russian court docket in search of particular permission to depart the nation, along with her utility presently beneath assessment 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 struggle sparked by his violent crackdown on anti-government protests in 2011. The struggle has killed over 500,000 folks and displaced greater than half the nation’s inhabitants.
Assad, now residing beneath asylum in Moscow, is reportedly going through extreme restrictions imposed by Russian authorities. While 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.