Asma al-Assad is seriously ill with leukemia and has been isolated by doctors who have given her a "50/50" chance of survival, reports The Telegraph.
According to foreign media, the British wife of deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is being kept away from others to prevent infection and cannot be in the same room as anyone else.
Her father, Fawaz Akhras, has been looking after his daughter in Moscow and has been described as "heartbroken" by sources in direct contact with her family.
Assad and his wife sought asylum in Moscow after his brutal regime lost its grip on power after 13 years of devastating civil war.
Syria's presidency announced in May of this year that the then first lady had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the bone marrow and blood.
She had also previously been treated for breast cancer and in August 2019 announced that she was "completely" free of the disease after a year of treatment.
Her leukemia is believed to have reappeared after a period of remission, writes A2 CNN.
"Asma is dying," said a source who has been in direct communication with a family representative in recent weeks. "She can't be in the same room with anyone [because of her condition]."
Another source, who has been in contact with the family in Moscow, said: "When the leukemia comes back, it's bad."
"It's been 50/50 in the last few weeks," it added, writes A2 CNN.
Mrs Assad, a 49-year-old dual Syrian-British national, is believed to have flown to Moscow for treatment sometime before the Kremlin persuaded her husband to flee in the face of lightning-quick rebel advances. (A2 Televizion)
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