Assad's wife 'has leukaemia & 50-50 chance of survival' & is desperate to flee Moscow for the UK

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.

It has since emerged that Asma is severely ill with cancer and is being isolated by doctors in a Moscow hospital for fear of infection, according to The Telegraph.

The dictator's wife is reportedly desperately trying to receive treatment in London after filing for a divorce from Assad, who she met in the early 1990s while holidaying in Syria.

The former first lady, once known as the "Rose of the Desert" for her elegance and charm, is being looked after her father Fawaz Akhras who works as a doctor on London's renowned Harley Street.

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