Asma al-Assad
Asma al-Assad | |
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أَأسماء الأسد | |
 Assad in 2003 | |
| First Lady of Syria | |
| In role 13 December 2000 – 8 December 2024 | |
| President | Bashar al-Assad |
| Preceded by | Anisa Makhlouf |
| Succeeded by | Latifa al-Sharaa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Asma Fawaz Akhras 11 August 1975 (aged 51) London, England |
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| Mother | Sahar Otri |
| Father | Fawaz Akhras |
| Alma mater | King's College London (BSc) |
Asma Fawaz al-Assad (Arabic: أَسْمَاءُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, Levantine pronunciation: [asˈmaː elˈasad]; née Akhras, Arabic: أَسْمَاءُ فَوَّازِ ٱلْأَخْرَسِ: [ˈasma fawˈwaːz elˈʔax.ras]; born 11 August 1975) was the First Lady of Syria from 2000 to 2024.
She was born and raised in London to Syrian parents. She is married to the 19th President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad.[1][2]
In December 2024, she reportedly fled Syria for Russia alongside her three children following the Fall of Damascus.[3] That same month, it was revealed that al-Assad had leukemia.[4]
Asma Al-Assad Media
Assad and the First Lady of Brazil, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, looking at the statue of Iku-Shamagan in the National Museum of Damascus, 3 December 2003
Asma al-Assad (right) in 2020
Assad with her husband Bashar al-Assad in 2003
References
- ↑ "Assad's British wife targeted by EU as Annan pursues talks on ceasefire". The Scotsman. 24 March 2012. http://www.scotsman.com/news/assad-s-british-wife-targeted-by-eu-as-annan-pursues-talks-on-ceasefire-1-2194030. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ Ramdani, Nabila (10 May 2011). "Is Asma Assad in London?". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8503481/Is-Asma-Assad-in-London.html. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ Kilner, James (6 December 2024). "Assad's family 'flees' to Russia – but Kremlin won't come to Syrian leader's rescue". Yahoo News. https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-not-come-assad-rescue-172820336.html. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
- ↑ Farmer, Ben. Asma al-Assad given 50/50 chance of survival as leukaemia returns (25 December 2024)The Telegraph.