Asma yAsma and Bashar al Assad Photo: Secretary to the Indian Presidency GODL-India via Wikimedia Commons
Asma al Assad, the wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, is seriously ill with leukemia in Moscow, where she remains isolated with a 50% chance of survival, 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
The London newspaper, which cites sources in direct contact with the family, says that the leukemia she suffered from last May has returned after a period of remission, and Asma Al Assad, an Anglo-Syrian, “stays away from other people.” to avoid infections.”
Her father, cardiologist Fawaz Akhras, took care of her before and after her arrival in the Russian capital, where the Assads took refuge after the fall of the Syrian regime. Sources say he is “heartbroken”, according to the Telegraph.
Asma, 49, born and raised in the UK, had previously been treated for breast cancer, from which she was said to have recovered in August 2019.
In recent days, rumors had circulated that the wife of the deposed dictator wanted to return to London for treatment and to divorce her husband, which the Kremlin denied.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has made it clear that he will not be allowed to enter the country.
“I want to confirm that he is a sanctioned person and is not welcome in the United Kingdom,” he said in an appearance in the House of Commons after the fall of the Syrian regime on December 8 after 14 years in power. EFE
