Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukaemia, the office of the country’s president Bashar Assad has announced. The president’s wife was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia “after presenting with several symptoms and following a comprehensive series of medical tests and examinations,” the statement said. She will “adhere to a specialised treatment protocol […]
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Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad has leukemia, presidency says
DUBAI (Reuters) -Syria’s first lady, Asma al-Assad, has been diagnosed with leukemia, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday, almost five years after she announced she had fully recovered from breast cancer. The statement said Asma, 48, would undergo a special treatment protocol that would require her to isolate, and that she would step away from […]