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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
David Lynch

Wife of deposed Syrian leader Assad reportedly severely ill with leukaemia

Asma Assad in 2002 (Chris Young/PA) - (PA Archive)

The wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar Assad is severely ill with leukaemia and has been given a 50/50 chance of survival, media reports have claimed.

Asma Assad is being isolated to prevent infection and cannot be in the same room as other people, the Telegraph newspaper also reported.

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