Dictator Assad’s wife ‘has leukaemia & 50/50 chance of survival’ as she tries to return to UK after ‘filing for divorce’

THE British-born wife of deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is reportedly suffering from leukaemia with doctors giving her a ’50/50′ chance of survival.

Asma al-Assad, 49, and her husband are holed up in Moscow after being forced into exile when Islamist rebels toppled the tyrant’s brutal reign.

AFPAsma al-Assad is reportedly suffering from leukaemia[/caption] AFPAssad and Asma arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris in 2008[/caption] Bashar and Asma married in 2000, the...