BEIRUT: The wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview aired late Saturday that she was “totally” free of breast cancer after a year of treatment.
“My journey has ended... I totally conquered cancer,” said Asma al-Assad, sporting a stylish short haircut and a long white dress, in an interview broadcast on state television.
The Syrian presidency announced last August that the 44-year-old first lady had begun treatment for breast cancer.
Since then, photos of her, thin and wearing a headscarf, have regularly been shared on the Syrian presidency’s social media accounts.
In January, she underwent an operation at a military hospital in Damascus, according to the presidency.
https://www.nst.com.my/world/2019/08/509760/syrias-first-lady-says-totally-cancer-freeIronic, considering the 100.000s who died under her husband's watch.
