She was once fawned over for her good looks and sharp mind, but is now seen as an accomplice to her husband’s cruelty. Claudia Cockerell on the fall of Syria’s first lady ...

Two African nations allied with Vladimir Putin have refused to allow Russian troops to station on their territory, further ...

Since the fall of his regime, the Syrian dictator has joined family and relatives who were already in Russia. For years, the ...

Assad’s wife have broken their silence amid rumours the dictator is getting divorced. It comes amid growing calls for ...

Nato is “not ready” to fight against Vladimir Putin’s Russia without the US, the leaders of the alliance’s three frontline states have told The Independent, as they called on allies to drastically ...

Asma al-Assad joined her parents in the Russian capital to undergo treatment for leukaemia, following her diagnosis earlier ...

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

THE British-born wife of deposed Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad has filed for divorce, reports claim. Asma al-Assad, 49, and ...

The wife of deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has filed for divorce in Russia as she prepares to fight bone cancer, ...

Syrians who remained loyal to him through years of civil war fume that he left without a word. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump’s US presidential election win, the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and the Paris Olympics were among the news ...

Galip Dalay explains why the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has diminished the Kremlin’s global influence.