DUBAI (Reuters) -Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday, almost five years after she announced she had fully recovered from breast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Britain-born Asma al-Assad is married to overthrown Syrian dictator Bashar as-Assad. (AFP via Getty Images) (LOUAI BESHARA via ...

The U.S. government has long imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has presided over more than nine years of a civil war that has claimed the lives of an estimated half a million ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Russia over the weekend, ending a nearly 14-year struggle to maintain power in his country amid a civil war that turned into a battlefield for international and ...

Asma Assad, the wife of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, is reportedly battling for her life against leukemia while living in exile. Her father, Fawaz Akhras, has been caring for her at the Assad ...

*This article was updated Dec. 9, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.* 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 ...