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.

With pills to calm his heart and CCTV monitoring his stairs, one man set out to hold politicians, police and even regime ...

In 2011 American Vogue published an interview with the first lady of Syria, Asma al-Assad. It described her as “a rose in the desert” and obsessed over her glamour and good looks. She was ...

The critically ill wife of the former Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has reportedly been barred from returning to Britain for cancer treatment after her passport expired. Asma al-Assad ...

The UK Government has been urged to stop the British wife of Syria's deposed tyrant Bashar Al- Assad from ever entering the country again. Asma al-Assad, 49, fled to Russia after her husband's ...

Who is Bashar Assad's wife, Asma? Asma Asad, 49, was born in London as Asma Fawaz Akhras. Her father was a cardiologist and her mother a diplomat at the Syrian Embassy. She met her future husband ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London following her husband's exile in Moscow. Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a ...

Assad’s father, Hafez Assad ... Several months after taking office, Bashar married Asma al-Akhras, a British-born woman who is known for being attractive and stylish. The two eventually had ...

The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, media reports have claimed. Asma Assad is being isolated to prevent ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that Asma al-Assad, the wife of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, filed for divorce in Russia. The claims, which were reported by Turkish and Arab media, were ...

The wife of deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has filed for divorce in Russia as she prepares to fight bone cancer, according to reports. Asma al-Assad, 49, and her husband are in Moscow ...