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Kremlin: No, Assad's Wife Does Not Want a Divorce

There are circulating reports that Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syria's ousted dictator, wants to divorce and move back to her birth country, the United Kingdom. But this is denied by Russia, where the couple fled.

» Published: 24 December 2024

Kremlin: No, Assad's Wife Does Not Want a Divorce
Photo: Sana via AP/TT

No, they do not match reality, says the Russian power hub Kremlin's spokesperson Dmitrij Peskov, according to news agencies.

It is Turkish media that have spread the information, and also reported that the al-Assad family lives under strict restrictions in Moscow and are not allowed to leave the capital, which is also dismissed by Peskov.

The Assad family was granted asylum in Russia after the rebel forces took over power in Syria about two weeks ago.

Asma al-Assad was born and raised in London and holds both Syrian and British citizenship. Like her husband, she is subject to Western sanctions due to the regime's brutal crackdown on opposition forces during the Arab Spring in 2011, at the beginning of Syria's bloody civil war.

Earlier in December, British Foreign Minister David Lammy said that Asma al-Assad is not welcome back to the UK.

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