8 hours agoThe Kremlin refutes reports that Assad's wife has sought divorce
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The Syrian president's wife, Bashar al-Assad, has not sought divorce, the Kremlin announced on Monday. Reports in Turkish media have suggested that Asma al-Assad, born in Great Britain, has demanded that she end her marriage and leave Russia, a place she and her husband have [...]
Reports in Turkish media have suggested that Asma al-Assad, born in Great Britain, has demanded an end to the marriage and leave Russia, a country that she and her husband have approved of asylum after a coalition of rebels has toppled the former president's regime and taken control of Damascus.
Asked about these reports in a conference room, Dmitry Peskov, has said they “are not in line with reality”.
He has also denied reports that Assad is isolated in Moscow and that assets are frozen.
Russia has been the staunch ally of the Assad regime and has offered military support during the civil war.
However, Turkish media reports have said that Assad's family is living under severe restrictions in the Russian capital, and that Asma has sought divorce and wants to return to London.
It has Syrian and British citizenship, but the British Foreign Ministry has announced earlier that it will not be allowed to return to Britain.
British Minister David Lami has said earlier in the month in parliament that “she is a sanctioned individual and is not welcome in the United Kingdom”.
In a statement issued last week, Bashar al-Assad has said he has never intended to leave Syria, but has been transferred from the Russian military base at Moscow's request.
Asma al-Assad, 49-year-old, was born in Britain by Syrian parents and grew up in western London.
She moved to Syria in 2000, and at the age of 25 she married her husband today.
In 2018, she said she was treated for breast cancer, and a year later she said she was completely cured.
In May of this year it was reportedly diagnosed with leukemia and started treatment.
Through a statement it had become known that it would temporarily withdraw from all public commitments. /Radio Europe Free
