Asma Assad, the wife of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, is reportedly battling for her life against leukemia while living in exile. Sources in direct contact with Asma’s British family told the Telegraph on Wednesday that the former first lady is so sick she often “can’t be in the same room” with others and is

ALBAWABA - The wife of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad, Asma has been given a "50/50" chance of survival after being diagnosed with leukemia, a typ

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 source recently in direct contact with a family representative told the Telegraph of 49-year-old Asma al-Assad.

Assad, is reportedly battling leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow and blood, and has a 50-50 chance of survival.

According to the report, Asma al-Assad has been isolated and kept from others in order to prevent infections or contracting other illnesses.

Expiration of her British passport means government no longer needs to consider revoking Asma Assad's citizenship, Sunday Times reports - Anadolu Ajansı

Once a London schoolgirl, Asma al-Assad went from being Syria’s “desert rose” to a reviled figure.