Asma al-Assad has reportedly filed for divorce from former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and is seeking to return to London for urgent medical treatment.
According to major Turkish news outlet Haber Turk, Mrs. Assad, who has been diagnosed with leukemia, has submitted two petitions to a Russian court - one for divorce and another requesting permission to leave Moscow, where the family fled following the recent collapse of the Assad regime.
Sources close to the situation report that the former First Lady is desperate to return to London, where she worked as an investment banker before her marriage to Assad. Her mother, Sahar al-Akhras, a former Syrian diplomat with British citizenship, has already engaged top London law firms to expedite her daughter's return for medical treatment.
The development comes just weeks after the Assad family's hasty departure from Damascus, as rebel forces gained control of the Syrian capital. Asma al-Assad reportedly claims she is not receiving adequate medical care in Moscow, where the family has been granted temporary refuge.
This personal crisis adds to the mounting challenges facing the former Syrian president, who has already lost power after decades of authoritarian rule. The potential divorce could further complicate the Assad family's future and their remaining political influence in the region.
The British-born Asma al-Assad, once dubbed the "Rose of the Desert" by Western media, married Bashar al-Assad in 2000, shortly after he assumed the presidency following his father's death. Her potential return to London would mark a dramatic end to one of the Middle East's most prominent political marriages and could have significant implications for the future of Syrian politics.
The Russian and Syrian authorities have not yet commented on these developments.
Kikar HaShabbat contributed to this article.
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