Assad’s wife given ‘50/50 chance’ of survival as leukaemia returns
Ben Farmer
Updated
Asma al-Assad, the British wife of the ousted Syrian dictator, is severely ill with leukaemia and has been isolated by doctors who have given her a “50/50” chance of survival, The Telegraph understands.
Her father, Fawaz Akhras, has been caring for his daughter in Moscow and was described as “heartbroken” by sources in direct contact with her family.
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