Asma al-Assad, 49, will not be able to return to her native London without her official travel documents, amid reports that she is seriously ill with leukemia and has only a 50-50 chance of survival.
This comes after her father, the famous cardiologist, Fawaz Al-Akhras, left his clinic in Harley Street It appears to be an attempt to care for his daughter, who fled to Russia after the fall of her husband’s regime.
Speculation has been swirling in recent days that Asmaa is looking to divorce Assad, and that she wants to return to Britain to continue her cancer treatment.
However, sources in Whitehall (British government office street) confirmed that the names, which also bear Syrian nationalityShe no longer has valid British travel documents after her passport expired in 2020.
Interior Minister Yvette Cooper also stated that the government would not allow her to return to the country, because the decision “cannot be based solely on health reasons,” according to the Daily Mail.
Earlier, Foreign Secretary David Lammy told MPs that Asma, who was born and raised in Acton, west London, was “not welcome here.”
Asma became the first lady of Syria in 2000 after marrying Al-Assad, 59, in Syria in the same year he took control of the country, after the death of his father, Hafez Al-Assad, at the age of 69.
Asmaa is currently in Moscow with her husband after the president granted them… Vladimir Putin Asylum when armed factions took control of Damascus in a lightning advance on December 8.
But the former first lady, who left behind a life of luxury, is said to be unhappy with her new life under the watch of Putin’s regime and is said to want to return to London.
She has applied to a Russian court for permission to leave Russia for BritainThis was denied by the Russian authorities.
Reports indicated that the ousted president and his family are subject to “severe restrictions” in Moscow, with Assad reportedly prohibited from leaving the city or participating in political activities.
After recovering from breast cancer in 2019, Asmaa was diagnosed with it Myeloid leukemia Acute in May of this year.
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