First Lady of Syria Asma al-Assad diagnosed with Leukemia after breast cancer

Last updated: 2024/05/23 at 1:03 PM

starconnect Published 23 May 2024

First Lady of Syria, Asma al-Assad down with double cancer

Admin I Thursday, May 23, 2024

DAMASCUS – First Lady of Syria, Asma al-Assad, the wife of President Bashar al-Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia,(blood cancer) shortly after it was disclosed that she had breast cancer.

She was born in 1975 as Asma al-Akhras in London to the family of Fawaz al-Akhras, a cardiologist, her mother is a diplomat.

Asma studied in England, where she grew up with her parents but studied Arabic after her marriage to Bashar al-Assad. Her family professes Sunni Islam.

She is from Homs with a Circassian root.

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