The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is deathly ill with leukemia — with doctors only giving her a 50% chance of survival, according to a report. “Asma is dying,” one ...

Asma al-Assad was always the friendly face of a brutal regime. The UK-born ophthalmologist married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000 just after he'd taken over power in Syria from his late father.

Asma al-Assad is battling an aggressive form of leukaemia called myeloid leukaemia, and doctors say she has a 50/50 chance of survival. She is currently undergoing treatment in Moscow.

Asma met Bashar al-Assad through family friends as a child, and the pair became reacquainted when Assad moved to London in 1992 to train as an ophthalmologist Western Eye Hospital.

His wife, the disgraced First Lady, Asma al-Assad was also seen indulging in decadence and opulence as more than 300,000 ...

What must Asma al-Assad be thinking right now? Bright, beautiful and British-born, she could be living an affluent life in England, with friends, family and a fine career, had she not sold her ...