Assad's wife has severe leukemia: she wants to divorce and go to London for treatment - media
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Asma al-Assad, the wife of the former Syrian president, is battling a severe form of leukemia with a 50% chance of survival. She is in isolation in Russia and plans to divorce her husband to receive treatment in London.
Asma al-Assad suffers from leukemia, and doctors give her a 50 percent chance of survival. The wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is being kept in isolation to protect her from infection.
This is stated in the material of The Telegraph, reports UNN.
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British-born Asma al-Assad and their children left for Russia before the former Syrian president fled. She is now reportedly being cared for by her father, Fawaz Ahras, a respected Harley Street cardiologist who is said to be “heartbroken.
According to sources who have been in direct contact with the family, the following is reported: “Asma is dying, she cannot be in the same room with anyone because of her condition,” one of the unnamed sources said.
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The publication also writes that Asma al-Assad is tired of the restrictions imposed on her in Russia and wants to divorce her husband and seek treatment in London.
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In May 2024, the Syrian president announced that the then-first lady had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow and blood. Previously, Asma al-Assad was treated for breast cancer and in August 2019 announced that she was “completely” free of the disease after a year of treatment. His leukemia is believed to have returned after a period of remission.
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According to media reports, the wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is now being kept in isolation to protect her from infection, it is explained.
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Asma, 49, was born in London to Syrian parents and also has British citizenship, but shortly after Assad's ouster, Her Majesty's Foreign Secretary David Lammy said it was not advisable for the former Syrian first lady to stay in the UK.
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Asma al-Assad has filed a request with a Russian court for permission to leave Moscow and plans to divorce her husband. Also, according to media reports, the former Syrian dictator is under strict surveillance in Russia, and his assets have been frozen.
Bashar al-Assad said that he remained in Damascus until the evening of December 8 and had no plans to flee the country. Reuters and Bloomberg claim that the escape was organized by Russian intelligence without warning his family.
