Asma al-Assad

Asma al-Assad
أَسْمَاءُ الْأَسَدِ
Assad in 2003
First Lady of Syria
In role 13 December 2000 – 8 December 2024
President	Bashar al-Assad
Preceded by	Anisa Makhlouf
Personal details
Born	Asma Fawaz Akhras (1975-08-11) 11 August 1975 (age 49) London, England
Nationality	Syrian British
Spouse(s)	Bashar al-Assad ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	Hafez Zein Karim
Mother	Sahar Otri
Father	Fawaz Akhras
Alma mater	King's College London (BSc)

Asma Fawaz al-Assad (Arabic: أَسْمَاءُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, romanized: ʾAsmāʾ al-ʾAsad, Levantine pronunciation: [asˈmaː elˈasad]; née Akhras, Arabic: أَسْمَاءُ فَوَّازِ ٱلْأَخْرَسِ, romanized: ʾAsmāʾ Fawwāz al-ʾAḵras: [ˈasma fawˈwaːz elˈʔax.ras]; born 11 August 1975) was the First Lady of Syria from 2000 to 2024.

She was born and raised in London to Syrian parents. She is married to the 19th President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad.^[1][2]

In December 2024, she reportedly fled Syria for Russia alongside her three children following the Fall of Damascus.^[3] That same month, it was revealed that al-Assad had leukemia.^[4]

1. ↑ "Assad's British wife targeted by EU as Annan pursues talks on ceasefire". The Scotsman. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
2. ↑ Ramdani, Nabila (10 May 2011). "Is Asma Assad in London?". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
3. ↑ Kilner, James (6 December 2024). "Assad's family 'flees' to Russia – but Kremlin won't come to Syrian leader's rescue". Yahoo News. The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
4. ↑ Farmer, Ben (25 December 2024). "Asma al-Assad given 50/50 chance of survival as leukaemia returns". The Telegraph.