Alma al-Assad
The First Lady of Syria, Alma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukaemia.
President Bashar al-Assad’s office made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
The statement also disclosed that Asma, who recovered from br3ast cancer in 2019, would undergo a special treatment protocol that would require her to isolate and that she would step away from public engagements as a result.
The statement read, “First Lady Asma al-Assad has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia.”