Asma al-Assad, the British wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is reportedly battling a severe case of leukaemia in Moscow. Doctors have given her a 50/50 chance of survival.
Bashar al-Assad's British wife is severely ill from leukaemia and has been given a '50/50' chance of survival by doctors, sources in contact with the family claim. Asma al-Assad reportedly fled to Moscow weeks before her husband to receive cancer treatment, before the Syrian regime fell earlier this month.
Amid contested reports the 49-year-old is now seeking to leave as her health condition 'cannot be adequately monitored in Moscow', sources told the Telegraph her 'devastated' father, a Harley Street doctor, has been looking after her in Russia. Ms Assad's leukaemia, diagnosed in May, is understood to have returned after a brief period of remission, the outlet reports. 'Asma is dying,' a source who has spoken directly to the family in recent weeks said. 'She can't be in the same room with anyone .' Ms Assad is understood to have been kept away from others to avoid complicating infections as she undergoes cancer treatment. The former First Lady has reportedly been in Moscow 'for several weeks' seeking medical supports, according to sources familiar with the escape. Rumours circulated this week that Ms Assad could now be seeking divorce from her partner of 24 years as a 'precondition' for her return to London as a return 'cannot be based solely on health reasons'. Ms Assad, a dual Syrian-British national, is undergoing cancer treatment in Moscow (pic 2010) Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma walk in a street of Paris on December 10, 2010 Bashar and Asma Al-Assad are pictured meeting with Vladimir Putin in 2005 Ms Assad, a dual Syrian-British national, is currently exiled in Moscow with her husband following the fall of the Syrian capital on December 8. Her father, Fawaz Akhras, is understood to have joined her earlier this month after the move to Mosco
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