Hafez al-Assad. Asma, a bit like Queen Rania of Jordan, does not fit into the classic image of wives of Arab leaders. She used to travel extensively, support humanitarian activities, and strongly ...

Assad's wife, Asma al-Assad, has largely stayed away from the ... which is now also under the control of rebels. She studied at Queen's College in London and later graduated from King's College ...

Asma al-Assad previously had breast cancer, which went away after a year of treatment, officials announced in 2019. The former Syrian government then revealed in May that Asma had been diagnosed ...

Asma al-Assad and her husband ... just off the A40 where Mrs Assad grew up. Mrs Assad, who was called Emma, went from a local Church of England secondary school to Queen’s College, the private ...