Is wife Assad filing for divorce? Kremlin denies
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denies that Asma al-Assad, wife of fallen Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, has filed for divorce.
Asma al-Assad, who was born in Britain, fled Syria with her husband and found shelter in Moscow. No photos of Assad in Moscow have appeared so far.
Asma, 49 years' old, was born in Britain to Syrian parents and grew up in London. She gave up her job as an investment banker in 2000 to marry Assad. Asma al-Assad still holds British citizenship. She was diagnosed with leukaemia in May.
News of her desire to divorce appeared in Turkish media, but the Kremlin denies the story. Moscow also denies that Assad's assets have been frozen. He reportedly owns two billion dollars and 18 flats in Moscow.
(HL/Source: Reuters, Guardian, HLN/Illustration picture: picture-alliance/ dpa | Maxppp Guy Gios)