The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is deathly ill with leukemia — with doctors only giving her a 50% chance of survival, according to a report. “Asma is dying,” one source recently in direct contact with a family representative told the Telegraph of 49-year-old Asma al-Assad.

Earlier reports – denied by the Kremlin – suggest Asma al-Assad wants to divorce her husband and leave Russia for treatment in London.

Assad, is reportedly battling leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow and blood, and has a 50-50 chance of survival.

Assad's chances of survival are 50/50, and she has been placed in isolation by her doctors to minimize the risk of infection due to her weakened immune system.

Assad, reportedly diagnosed with leukemia, faces a 50/50 survival chance. She's undergoing intensive treatment.

Assad, the former first lady of Syria and wife of ousted President Bashar al-Assad is diagnosed with blood cancer, reports suggest. Earlier, she battled breast cancer in 2019.

This dark twist in Asma’s story is just the latest in a string of surprising turns in her life; from her days as a girl in London, to her time as Syria’s “desert rose” of a first lady, to her fall from grace during the civil war.

The family drama surrounding fallen Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad took a new twist Thursday as his wife was reported to be facing a “50/50″ cancer battle. The Daily Telegraph of London reported that Asma al-Assad is “severely ill” from acute myeloid leukemia,

Assad, the 49-year-old wife of ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. And the future does not bode well. A source at The Guardian reports that Asma al-Assad's chances of survival are now only 50%. “Asma is dying,