{"id":2383052,"date":"2024-12-23T12:35:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T17:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-denies-rumors-of-asma-assad-divorcing-former-syrian-president\/"},"modified":"2024-12-23T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T17:36:29","slug":"kremlin-denies-rumors-of-asma-assad-divorcing-former-syrian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-denies-rumors-of-asma-assad-divorcing-former-syrian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin denies rumors of Asma Assad divorcing former Syrian president"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkremlin-denies-rumors-of-asma-assad-divorcing-former-syrian-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2383052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Kremlin has denied\u2063 rumors circulating\u200b in \u2063Turkish and Arabic media about Asma Assad, the wife of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad, seeking a divorce\u2062 from her\u2063 husband. These claims ignited \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-russia-indictment-exists-to-associate-good-media-with-putin\/\" title=\"DOJ Russia Indictment Exists To Associate Good Media With Putin\">global media frenzy<\/a> over the weekend,suggesting that Asma plans to leave Bashar and return \u2062to the United Kingdom,her country\u2063 of birth. The Russian government officially addressed the\u200d speculation but did not \u200cprovide further details on the matter.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kremlin denies rumors of Asma Assad divorcing deposed dictator Bashar<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1908001\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Russian government<\/a> is denying reports that Syrian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bashar-assad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Bashar Assad&rsquo;s<\/a> wife, Asma Assad, is seeking to divorce her deposed dictator husband.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Turkish and Arabic news media set off a worldwide media blitz over the weekend after unsubstantiated claims emerged that Asma was ending her marriage with the former Syrian dictator and hoping to return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United Kingdom<\/a>, where she was born.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the rumors at a press conference on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the claims &ldquo;do not correspond to reality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Syrian first lady Asma Assad, second left, listens to her husband, Syrian President Bashar Assad, as he speaks to the media after they voted at a polling station during the presidential elections on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus. (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bashar and Asma Assad are currently living in Moscow under the protection of the Russian government &mdash; the pair and their children escaped Syria in the final hours of the rebel takeover that has now established itself as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3262647\/syrian-rebel-leader-social-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nation&rsquo;s new government<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered them to be rescued and brought to the country, according to previous statements by the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<p>The details of their living arrangements are not yet known, but other exiled former heads of state have previously been given cushy accommodations and private security. They are also believed to have retained access to much of their billion-dollar fortune.<\/p>\n<p>Bashar Assad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3261463\/bashar-assad-laments-terrorist-control-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">released a statement<\/a> on the collapse of his country last week &mdash; his first communique since losing control.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When the state falls into the hands of terrorism and the ability to make a meaningful contribution is lost, any position becomes void of purpose, rendering its occupation meaningless,&rdquo; the former president wrote. &ldquo;This does not, in any way, diminish my profound sense of belonging to Syria and her people &mdash; a bond that remains unshaken by any position or circumstance. It is a belonging filled with hope that Syria will once again be free and independent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The supposed Assad divorce would have come as a shock. The former ruling family, widely condemned over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s use of chemical weapons against his own civilians, have been portrayed as sincere sweethearts.<\/p>\n<p>Their romantic affection was seemingly confirmed in 2012 when Bashar&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/magazine\/1616145\/assadaxisofevil-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">email account was hacked<\/a> by the loose activist network Anonymous and published by Wikileaks.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sometimes at night, when I look to the sky, I start thinking of you and ask myself, why?&rdquo; Asma wrote to her husband in one leaked email. &ldquo;Why do I love you? I think and smile, because I know the list could run on for miles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Amid civil unrest and human rights violations, the dictator also sent his wife private sketches of valentine hearts and links to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">romantic country music songs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1908001\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1908001\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kremlin refutes claims of Asma Assad divorcing Bashar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2383053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP21146327623888.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47301,47302,4885],"class_list":["post-2383052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-asma-assad","tag-divorce-rumors","tag-kremlin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP21146327623888.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2383052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383056,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2383052\/revisions\/2383056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2383053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2383052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2383052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2383052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}