Assad, who is battling leukaemia, reportedly fled to Moscow for treatment amid rumours that she is seeking a divorce from Bashar al-Assad.

Assad, has reportedly filed for divorce as she is unhappy with her life in Moscow. The British-Syrian national, who was born and raised in London to Syrian parents, moved to Syria in 2000 and married Bashar that same year.

Reports from Turkish and British claimed that Asma al-Assad was encouraged by her mother to file for divorce because of poor conditions in Russia, coupled with a lack of adequate leukemia treatment