Asma al-Assad, 49, her husband and three children have sought refuge ... Feted by the Western media for her looks and style, ...

Asma al-Assad grew up in Acton, west London and, after attending a private girls' school, graduated from King's College ...

Assad: from private schoolgirl in Acton to being reportedly severely ill with leukaemia - She was once fawned over for her ...

The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is deathly ill with leukemia — with doctors only giving her a 50% ...

Kremlin also denies that UK-born 'Desert Rose' requested to leave Moscow, where the Assad family fled as rebels took Damascus ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Russia over the weekend ... Hafez ruled Syria for nearly 30 years, during which he established a Soviet-style centralized economy. He also formed an alliance ...

Asma al-Assad joined her parents in the Russian capital ... but has been accused of using her British education and Western style to try to mask the brutality of her husband's crackdown on dissent.

Asma al-Assad, 49, her husband and three children have ... Feted by the Western media for her looks and style, Asma became the toast of high society, hosting celebrities such as Brad Pitt and ...

Hafez ruled Syria for nearly 30 years, during which he established a Soviet-style centralized economy ... Syrias President Bashar al-Assad (C) and his wife Asma al-Assad (L) attend the opening ...