Syrian president's mother Anissa Assad dies aged 86
- 8 years ago
The mother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Anissa Makhlouf al-Assad, died on Saturday at the age of 86, state media reported.
The former first lady and widow of ex-president Hafez al-Assad died in the capital Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported.
The agency did not give a cause of death, but according to sources who were close to Anissa she had been ill for many years and had often traveled to Germany for treatment prior to 2012.
It was rumored that she blamed the violence in Syria on on Bashar becoming president, something she believed should not have belonged to him.
The former first lady and widow of ex-president Hafez al-Assad died in the capital Damascus, the official SANA news agency reported.
The agency did not give a cause of death, but according to sources who were close to Anissa she had been ill for many years and had often traveled to Germany for treatment prior to 2012.
It was rumored that she blamed the violence in Syria on on Bashar becoming president, something she believed should not have belonged to him.