Asma al-Assad "wanted editorial control over everything — and she got it," a source said ... Vogue editor Anna Wintour apologized for publishing a fawning feature about Asma in 2011. Getty Images.

Asma al-Assad: from private schoolgirl in Acton to being reportedly severely ill with leukaemia. She was once fawned over for her good looks and sharp mind, ... Louai Beshara / AFP via Getty Images.

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma in 2010. File picture: MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images She was as brisk as a prefect, as on-message as a banker, as friendly as a new acquaintance ...

The Kremlin has denied reports that claim Asma al-Assad is seeking a return to London following her husband's exile in Moscow. ... Chris McGrath/Getty images What People Are Saying.

When Joan Juliet Buck agreed to interview Asma al-Assad for Vogue in 2010, she had no idea it would destroy her livelihood and end her long career with the fashion bible. Here, in an article first ...