She was once fawned over for her good looks and sharp mind, but is now seen as an accomplice to her husband’s cruelty. Claudia Cockerell on the fall of Syria’s first lady ...

Since the fall of his regime, the Syrian dictator has joined family and relatives who were already in Russia. For years, the ...

Assad’s wife have broken their silence amid rumours the dictator is getting divorced. It comes amid growing calls for ...

Nato is “not ready” to fight against Vladimir Putin’s Russia without the US, the leaders of the alliance’s three frontline states have told The Independent, as they called on allies to drastically ...

Asma al-Assad joined her parents in the Russian capital to undergo treatment for leukaemia, following her diagnosis earlier ...

Asma al-Assad grew up in Acton, west London and, after attending a private girls' school, graduated from King's College ...

Assad’s wife Asma has filed for divorce from the former Syrian leader in what is believed to be a bid to flee their exile in ...

THE British-born wife of deposed Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad has filed for divorce, reports claim. Asma al-Assad, 49, and ...

The wife of deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has filed for divorce in Russia as she prepares to fight bone cancer, ...

Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news ...

Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a ...