neighbours were quoted as saying Asma's father, a cardiologist, and mother Sahar, a retired diplomat, wanted to be in Moscow ...

Asma and Bashar al-Assad have three children – sons Hafez, 23, and Karim, 19, and daughter Zein, 21. Hafez, named after his paternal grandfather, studied mathematics at Moscow State University ...

Syrian President Bashar Assad's son Hafez has graduated ... out that the First Lady of Syria, Asma Assad, took part in the ceremony. She came to Moscow with a delegation at the special invitation ...

Mr. Assad’s wife, Asma, and the two youngest of their adult children — daughter Zein, 22, and son Karim, 21 — are said to have fled Syria two days before their father’s departure, reuniting in Moscow ...