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Illustrative: Syria's then-president Bashar al-Assad visits the Flying Eye Hospital of the international ORBIS Charity at Aleppo international airport, on June 25, 2008. (AFP PHOTO/HO/SANA)
December 16, 2025, 4:16 am
Exiled in Moscow, toppled Syrian dictator said to make quiet return to ophthalmology
Report says Bashar al-Assad and his family are living a luxurious life in Russia and UAE, though cut off from political power and considered ‘irrelevant’ by Putin
By Nava Freiberg
Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, picks roses during the Damascene Rose Harvest Festival in the village of al-Marah in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, Thursday, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
December 23, 2024, 7:06 pm
Russia denies reports that Bashar al-Assad’s wife, Asma, filed for divorce
Kremlin also denies that UK-born ‘Desert Rose’ requested to leave Moscow, where the Assad family fled as rebels took Damascus
By Agencies
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (center) and his wife Asma al-Assad (left) attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 23, 2023. (Philip FONG / AFP)
December 13, 2024, 6:14 pm
Asma al-Assad: From Syria’s ‘desert rose’ to international pariah
UK-born Syrian former first lady stood by in silence as her husband’s regime carried out appalling acts of violence; accused of being ‘one of Syria’s most notorious war profiteers’
By Marie Heuclin
Syria's first lady Asma Assad, second left, listens to her husband Syrian President Bashar Assad as he speaks to the media after they voted at a polling station during the presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, on May 26, 2021 (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
May 21, 2024, 2:17 pm
Syrian first lady Asma Assad diagnosed with aggressive form of blood cancer
President’s office says she’ll undergo specialized treatment for acute myeloid leukemia; has previously been treated for breast cancer
By AP
In this frame grab taken from a video released on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Asma Assad, wife of the Syrian president Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel in Damascus, Syria. (Syrian Presidency via Facebook)
March 15, 2021, 4:34 am
UK police said probing Asma Assad for war crimes, could strip her of citizenship
Investigation centers on whether Syrian dictator’s wife’s support of army implicates her in its crimes, including the use of chemical weapons
By ToI Staff and Agencies
In this photo provided by the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and first lady Asma Assad, center right, speak during a visit to the Producers exhibition, in Damascus, Syria, Nov. 4, 2020 (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP)
March 8, 2021, 3:36 pm
Syrian dictator Assad and first lady test positive for COVID
Official statement says both feeling well, will isolate for 2-3 weeks; unclear if they’d been vaccinated; Israel reportedly funded shipment of Sputnik V doses to Syria last month
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Sept. 21, 2016 (Syrian Presidency via AP)
October 8, 2020, 11:29 pm
Assad: No talks with Israel without return of Golan Heights to Syria 
Statement dispels speculation Damascus may negotiate with Jerusalem in order to lift US sanctions that shattered its economy
By ToI Staff
Syria's first lady Asma Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, during an interview aired on state TV in Damascus, Syria. The photo was released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, August 4, 2019. (Syrian Presidency via Facebook)
June 17, 2020, 4:46 pm
Vowing new Syria campaign, US sanctions dozens including Assad’s UK-born wife
Secretary of state says ‘sustained campaign of economic and political pressure’ is aimed at stopping regime’s ‘brutal war’ on Syrian people
By Shaun Tandon
Syrian President Bashar Assad listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Damascus, Syria, January 7, 2020. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 2, 2020, 9:08 am
Unprecedented Facebook video pries open rift within the family of Syria’s Assad
Cousin pleads for ruler to prevent collapse of his telecommunication company; suggestions of a campaign against Rami Makhlouf, possibly at Russia’s behest
By Sarah El Deeb
This photo released August 4, 2019, on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows Syria's first lady Asma Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, during an interview aired on state TV in Damascus, Syria (Syrian Presidency via Facebook)
August 4, 2019, 3:47 pm
Asma Assad, wife of Syrian dictator, says she ‘totally conquered’ cancer
Breast cancer survivor praises support she received from her children, her parents and her husband, who has overseen the brutal repression and slaughter of his people
By AFP and ToI Staff
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife, Asma Assad, in July 2010. (AP/Hassene Dridi)
October 7, 2018, 4:35 pm
Photos of post-chemo Asma Assad roil social media
While some wish Syrian leader’s wife a speedy recovery, others say it’s time for ‘first lady of sarin and chlorine attacks’ to get a taste of her own medicine
By ToI Staff
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife, Asma Assad, in July 2010. (AP/Hassene Dridi)
August 8, 2018, 8:17 pm
Wife of Syrian leader Bashar Assad diagnosed with breast cancer
Tweet by presidency says Asma Assad has begun treatment for a malignant tumor discovered at early stage
By AFP
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife, Asma (photo credit: AP/Michel Spingler/File)
April 16, 2017, 6:04 pm
British MPs call to strip UK-born Asma Assad of citizenship
Syrian president should not be able to represent her husband and his ‘barbarous regime’ and retain her British nationality, legislators say
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Asma Assad, the wife of the Syrian president gesturing as she speaks during a meeting at the International Diplomatic Academy in Paris, December 10, 2010. (AFP/MIGUEL MEDINA)
October 18, 2016, 9:24 pm
Assad’s wife says she rejected offers to flee Syria
Asma Assad suggests assurances of safety for herself and her children were aimed at weakening her president husband
By AFP
A Syrian woman shows her ink stained thumb after voting at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Damascus on April 13, 2016. (AFP Photo/Joseph Eid)
April 13, 2016, 7:54 pm
Syrians begin voting for parliament in government areas
UK: Decision to go ahead with elections when hundreds of thousands cannot take part shows leadership ‘divorced from reality’
By Albert Aji
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