Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Britain-born Asma al-Assad is married to overthrown Syrian dictator Bashar as-Assad. (AFP via Getty Images) (LOUAI BESHARA via ...

*This article was updated Dec. 9, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.* Asma al-Assad was always the friendly face of a brutal regime. The UK-born ophthalmologist married Bashar al-Assad in December 2000 just after he'd ...

Asma al-Assad, Syria’s now-ousted first lady, was known as the “Imelda Marcos of Syria” and is “much more cutthroat” than her notorious dictator husband — once demanding full editorial control over a ...

Former Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad is 'no longer welcome' in her UK homeland, the government has said — LOUAI BESHARA Once celebrated as an advocate of women's rights in the Middle East, Syria's ...