A former Hinsdale High School District 86 board member says it was never the board's intention to charge foreign exchange ...

Several months after taking office, Bashar married Asma al-Akhras, a British-born woman who is known for being attractive and stylish. The two eventually had three children. The couple lived in an ...

Before she was the wife of Bashar al-Assad, Asma Akhras enjoyed a privileged childhood in a terraced house in Acton, west London. The daughter of a cardiologist and a diplomat in the Syrian ...

Britain’s Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, said earlier this month that Asma al-Assad “is a sanctioned individual and is not welcome here in the UK.” Dr. Akhras, her father, is a London-based ...

Asma al-Assad was born to cardiologist father Fawaz al-Akhras and retired diplomat Sahar Otri, both from Syria. She grew up in the leafy west London neighborhood of Acton where the Akhras still ...

Asma came to Russia with her children before her husband did and her father, British-national cardiologist Fawaz Akhras, was taking care of her. In May, the Syrian government announced that Asma ...