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FILE - Syria's first lady Asma Assad, second left, listens to her husband Syrian President Bashar Assad as he speaks to the media after they voted at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, on May 26, 2021. Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia, the office of President Bashar Assad announced Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syrian first lady Asma Assad diagnosed with leukemia, president’s office says

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2010, file photo, Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of Syrian President Bashar Assad and one of that country's wealthiest businessmen, attends an event to inaugurate a hotel project in Damascus, Syria. In a homemade video posted on Facebook late Thursday, April 30, 2020, Makhlouf pleads with the Syrian leader to help prevent the collapse of his telecommunications company through excessive and “unjust” taxation, exposing a major rift in the tight knit Assad family. (AP Photo, File)

Facebook video pries open rift within Syria’s ruling family

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2010, file photo, Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of Syrian President Bashar Assad and one of that country's wealthiest businessmen, attends an event to inaugurate a hotel project in Damascus, Syria. In a homemade video posted on Facebook late Thursday, April 30, 2020, Makhlouf pleads with the Syrian leader to help prevent the collapse of his telecommunications company through excessive and “unjust” taxation, exposing a major rift in the tight knit Assad family. (AP Photo, File)

Facebook video pries open rift within Syria’s ruling family

By by SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

This photo released Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows Syria's first lady Asma Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, during an interview aired late Saturday on state TV in Damascus, Syria. The wife of Syria’s president says that a year after being diagnosed with breast cancer she is now “completely” free of the disease. (Syrian Presidency via Facebook)

Wife of Syria’s Assad says she is free of cancer

Associated Press

This photo posted on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows the first lady Asma Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, looking at paperwork, in Damascus, Syria. Syria's Presidency says the first lady has had a successful surgery for breast cancer in the capital’s military hospital. The Presidency said Sunday Asma Assad is treating “the malignant tumor” with “strength, confidence and faith.” (Syrian Presidency Facebook Page via AP)

Syria’s first lady has successful breast cancer surgery

Associated Press

This photo posted Wednesday, Aug 8, 2018 on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad sitting next to his wife Asma Assad with an IV in her left arm in what appears to be a hospital room, in Syria. Syria's presidency said that the first lady has begun treatment for breast cancer. The statement said the &quot;malignant tumor&quot; was discovered in its early stages. Such announcements are uncommon in the Arab world. (Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency via AP)

Damascus: Syria’s first lady starts breast cancer treatment

Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma arrive July 13, 2008, for a formal dinner after a Mediterranean Summit meeting at the Petit Palais in Paris. (Associated Press)

Report: Syrian President Assad’s wife, Asma, is pregnant

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Syrian President Bashar Assad arrives July 14, 2008, with his wife, Asma, for the Bastille Day ceremonies in Paris. (Associated Press)

Syria’s first lady faces sanctions, contempt

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press