Kremlin denies rumors of Asma Assad divorcing deposed dictator Bashar

Published December 23, 2024 12:08pm ET



The Russian government is denying reports that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s wife, Asma Assad, is seeking to divorce her deposed dictator husband.

Turkish and Arabic news media set off a worldwide media blitz over the weekend after unsubstantiated claims emerged that Asma was ending her marriage with the former Syrian dictator and hoping to return to the United Kingdom, where she was born.

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