Bashar appointed family members to key roles, while also giving entrusted roles to Asma. In 2011, rulers in Tunisian and Egypt were toppled by protesters, though Bashar dismissed that it could ...

The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is deathly ... in direct contact with a family representative told the Telegraph of 49-year-old Asma al-Assad. The former first lady ...

The pair already knew each other, having met during her family’s trips back to Syria when she was a girl, but they became close during the year Bashar – 10 years older than Asma – spent in ...

Bashar al-Assad’s cousin. Asma’s financial acumen, bolstered by her banking career with institutions like Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan, reportedly played a critical role in her family’s wealth ...

the “ordinary” family that, under the rule of Bashar al-Assad, would reform Syria. They were polished; relatable, apparently – first lady Asma, the philanthropic, elegant “rose of the ...

Turkish and British media allegedly claimed that if Asma Assad gained the divorce she could travel to London to live with her family. Bashar Assad and his family left Syria for Russia's Moscow ...

The Assad family ruled Syria with an iron grip ... From eye doctor to brutal dictator: The rise (and fall) of Syria's Bashar Assad Asma Assad wanted more entrepreneurs, more civic-minded citizens ...

Russia scrambled to shoot down claims that exiled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s London-born wife Asma filed for divorce and wants to leave with her children to the UK. Turkish media dropped a ...

The Assad family has been living in Russia under ... in her health may explain the recent rumors of a split between Bashar and Asma. Turkish and Arabic media began reporting last week that Asma ...

Asma’s family is Sunni Muslim, while her husband belongs to the minority Alawite sect. Bashar al-Assad and Asma al-Assad with Tony Blair in 2002 (Picture: AP) She projected a glamorous image ...