Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty Images Cliche has it that behind every great man stands a woman—and as it happens, the same also applies to murderous dictators. Syria’s ...

After filing for divorce, the wife of dictator Assad, Asma al-Assad, has leukaemia and a 50/50 chance of survival as she attempts to return to the UK. Asma and her despotic husband are probably living ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that Asma al-Assad, the wife of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, filed for divorce in Russia. The claims, which were reported by Turkish and Arab media, were ...

Media reports have stated that the wife of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has been diagnosed with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of surviving, as she attempts to return to the UK.

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 ...

The wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has reportedly filed for divorce and is now begging to leave Russia after the two fled from Syria. Asma al-Assad, who along with Bashar has been in ...

The Russian government is denying reports that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s wife, Asma Assad, is seeking to divorce her deposed dictator husband. Turkish and Arabic news media set off a worldwide ...

Asma Akhras Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, poses for the camera on May 20, 2007 with deaf Syrian children, unseen, at the Arab Cultural Center in Damascus, where the children were ...

Russia has denied claims that Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma wants to divorce the fallen Syrian dictator and return to Britain. Media reports in Turkish and Arabic suggested she wanted to leave her ...

Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday afternoon that at least 1,429 people were killed in the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria, including at least 426 children — evidence meant to bolster ...

Much intrigue surrounds Syria's ruling family that has controlled the country for decades. Bashar al-Assad, the 47-year-old president, went to school to become an eye doctor and never seemed to have ...

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