Cyclist Bassel Soufi visits the summer resort of ousted Bashar al-Assad as he tours a part of his daily training in Burj Islam near Latakia, Syria, December 13, 2024. (credit: REU

Assad, the wife of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It was titled "A Rose in the Desert," and in the words of Joan Juliet Buck, the writer, Asma was "the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies".

As per reports, Asma al-Assad has expressed “dissatisfaction” with their life in Russia's Moscow, where they are living after Bashar al-Assad's ouster.

Assad, who fled with her family from Syria to Moscow, has filed for divorce in Russia, Al Jazeera reports. The Kremlin denies these reports. Asma al-Assad is reportedly unhappy with life in Moscow, where she ended up after the dictator escaped from rebels.

Reports have been circulating that the recently toppled Bashar al-Assad's wife is filing for divorce after they were forced to move to Russia.

Israel is celebrating the fall of Assad because it breaks the noose that Iran had been patiently tightening around Israel’s borders in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Tehran’s pincer is now broken and rendered useless. From the point of view of Israel’s wider conflict with the Islamic Republic, the collapse of Assad’s regime is a strategic victory.

My departure from Syria was neither planned nor did it occur during the final hours of the battles,” according to a statement attributed to Assad and shared on Telegram.

Assad, 49, is currently in exile in Moscow with the former Damascus dictator but is reported to be unhappy with her life under the guard of the Putin regime in Russia

Assad, who has British citizenship, is currently exiled in Moscow with the former Syrian dictator but reportedly wants to move to London.

Asma al-Assad has filed for divorce from Bashar in Russia and seeks to leave Moscow, expressing dissatisfaction with her life in exile. Born in London, she is eager to return to the UK, where she holds dual citizenship,