Asma al-Assad: from private schoolgirl in Acton to being reportedly severely ill with leukaemia Media reports have stated that the wife of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has been diagnosed with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of surviving, as she attempts to return to the UK.
In May, the Syrian government announced that Asma, the country's first lady at the time, had been diagnosed with acute leukaemia, a blood and bone marrow malignancy.
She was once seen as a positive influence on the Syrian president with her focus on NGO and charity work but, as civil war broke out in Syria, her role turned towards aiding and abetting her husband’s brutal crackdown on dissidents.
According to earlier reports, Asma had attempted to divorce her spouse and seek medical care in London because she was unhappy with the limitations placed on her in Russia.
When the Syrian capital Damascus was captured on December 8 as a consequence of a swift rebel attack, the Assad family fled to Moscow earlier this month.
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