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Assad was born Asma Fawaz Akhras on 11 August 1975 [10] [11] in London to Syrian parents Fawaz Akhras, a cardiologist at the Cromwell Hospital, and his wife Sahar Akhras (née Otri), a retired diplomat who served as First Secretary at the Syrian Embassy in London. [12] [13] Her parents are Sunni Muslims from the city of Homs. [12] [14]
The Assad family ruled Syria from 1971, when Hafez al-Assad became president under the Ba'ath Party following the 1970 coup, until Bashar al-Assad was ousted on 8 December 2024. [1] Bashar succeeded his father, Hafez al-Assad, after Hafez's death in 2000. The Assads are originally from Qardaha, Latakia Governorate. They belong to the Kalbiyya ...
The Kremlin has sought to dismiss reports that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s wife is seeking a divorce, after the couple were forced to flee to Russia.. As his brutal regime in Damascus fell ...
“They took 40 working screens and the storage drives only to cover up for Bashar al-Assad and his criminals,” says Wali Subhi Nassar from Aleppo, crying tears of frustration.
Following reports in Turkish media, a Kremlin spokesman denies Asma al-Assad wants to divorce her husband and leave Russia. Kremlin denies reports Assad's wife has filed for divorce Skip to main ...
In this photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, second left, and his wife Asma, center, and their children Zein, left, Karim, right, and ...
The Assad family, 1992-93. Following the death of Bassel al-Assad in 1994, Makhlouf favoured Maher al-Assad, her youngest son and a Syrian general, as a possible successor for her husband. [4] Instead, Bashar al-Assad returned from London, joined the military, and succeeded his father as President of Syria in 2000. [4]
The marble mausoleum in the Assads' western Syrian hometown of Qardaha was stormed, looted and torched by rebels after they took the capital Damascus, ending a family dynasty that began with Assad ...