It is believed Mrs Assad and their children had arrived in Russia days earlier. All members of the immediate Assad family have been granted asylum, according to Russian state media on Sunday.

“She has been 50/50 in the last few weeks.” Mrs Assad, a 49-year-old dual Syrian-British national, is thought to have flown to Moscow for treatment sometime before the Kremlin persuaded her ...

Mrs Assad is a dual Syrian-British national, but the UK foreign secretary has previously said she would not be allowed to return to Britain. Speaking in parliament earlier this month, David Lammy ...

The Assad family fled to Moscow as a lightning rebel offensive swept Syria’s capital Damascus earlier this month. British-born Mrs Assad and their children left for Russia ahead of the former ...

Previously, Foreign Secretary David Lammy also said that Mrs Assad was "a sanctioned individual and is not welcome here in the UK". A No 10 spokesman told The i: "I think we have always said that ...