Syria first lady diagnosed with leukaemia

Reports say she will undergo a specialised treatment protocol that requires social distancing to avoid infection,  adding that she will temporarily withdraw from all direct engagements as part of her treatment plan.
In 2019, Syria’s first lady had said she was totally free of breast cancer after battling the disease for a year.
Born in Britain in 1975, the former investment banker styled herself as a progressive rights advocate and the modern side of the Assad dynasty before the eruption of the country’s brutal civil war in 2011.
Asma often accompanies her husband during his rare official visits abroad, with footage of the presidential couple attending various state-sponsored functions regularly shared in official media.
The first lady, whose father is a cardiologist and whose mother is a diplomat, has two sons and a daughter with Assad.
News of her cancer diagnosis comes as three top security officers are put on trial in absentia by a Paris court for complicity in crimes against humanity and war crimes.
It is the first trial in France of Assad government officials and focuses on their alleged role in the deaths of two French Syrian men, Mazzen Dabbagh and his son Patrick, arrested in Damascus in 2013.
The Syrian civil war has killed more than half a million people and displaced millions more since it erupted in 2011 after Assad’s government cracked down on protests against his rule.