Exiled dictator Assad’s ‘Desert Rose’ wife Asma BARRED from UK return amid cancer treatment and divorce rumours
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BASHAR al-Assad's wife Asma has been effectively barred from returning to the UK. The 49-year-old - who was born in London - will be unable to return home as her passport has expired. Asma, her weedy tyrant husband, and their family are currently living in exile on Moscow.
![[Asma al-Assad will not be welcome back in the UK]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/74fd1af8-dc40-4efc-94fd-6b9a331c1946.jpg?strip=all&w=920)
The couple fled the collapse of Syria as Assad's two decades in power were wiped away in a matter of days by rampaging rebels. Russian despot Vladimir Putin - a friend of the family - offered them refuge as they desperately escaped in the Middle East. But since their exile, there have been reports Asma wants to return to the UK - and may even be seeking divorce.
![[Bashar and Asma are now living in Russia]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/wife-asma-visit-exhibition-dedicated-959595548.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Asma is reportedly suffering from leukaemia and has only a 50/50 chance of survival. Asma is believed to have played a key role in her husband's blood-soaked regime. She indulged in a luxurious lifestyle and ensured her power and comfort while Syria's people were brutally oppressed.
![[Photo from Asma and Bashar's wedding found in the tyrant's ransacked palace]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/b2847cd0-5920-4c54-bc85-beace73c2442.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The couple sat on thrones built on war crimes, murder, torture, chemical weapons, massacres and unmatched cruelty. It is reported she seeked to come back to Britain without Assad so could continue her cancer treatment. And her cardiologist father, Fawaz Akhras, has reported left the UK to care for his daughter full-time in Moscow.
![[It was once hoped Asma would be a moderate and a moderniser for Syria]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ebf4d363-f3a3-4565-897d-d9a45df8fa02.jpg?strip=all&w=855)
Whitehall sources she is no longer in possession of a valid British passport - that expired in September 2020. But Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will reportedly not allow her to enter the UK on the grounds of ill health. It is unclear if the UK government has actively blocked Asma's attempts to renew her passport, or if it was allowed to lapse.
