Educated, glamorous and independent, Asma al-Assad did not wear a veil like the wives of other Arab leaders - AFP What must Asma al-Assad be thinking right now? Bright, beautiful and British-born ...

Claudia Cockerell on the fall of Syria’s first lady Over a decade later and the wife of Bashar al-Assad has accumulated less favourable nicknames: Lady Macbeth or “the First Lady of Hell”.

On the run after the collapse of her husband Bashar Al Assad's dynasty, the former First Lady of Syria was once called 'A Rose in the Desert' but now she is a figure of reviled hatred likened to ...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has reportedly fled Damascus, signalling the end of his rule after more than a decade of brutal civil war. Rebel groups, including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...

What must Asma al-Assad be thinking right now? Bright, beautiful and British-born, she could be living an affluent life in England, with friends, family and a fine career, had she not sold her soul to ...

Now she’s in exile in Russia What must Asma al-Assad be thinking right now? Bright, beautiful and British-born, she could be living an affluent life in England, with friends, family and a fine ...

It caused controversy at the time for its glowing review of Bashar Al Assad's wife Asma which hauntingly coincided with war breaking out in Syria over the former President's brutally repressive ...

Before she was the wife of Bashar al-Assad, Asma Akhras enjoyed a privileged childhood in a terraced house in Acton, west London. The daughter of a cardiologist and a diplomat in the Syrian ...

In 2011 American Vogue published an interview with the first lady of Syria, Asma al-Assad. It described her as “a rose in the desert” and obsessed over her glamour and good looks. She was “the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Referred to as “A Rose in the Desert” by Vogue in 2010, Asma al-Assad, the former Syria’s First Lady, was once admired for her elegance and successful career. However, her ...