today's syria

asma al-assad is a british national. she born, raised and educated in London, studied from queen's college and king's college london. her mother sahar al-akhras was also a british national and a retired diplomat. asma, in 1998, joined JP morgan. asma met bashar al assad in London in 1999 and after hafez al-assad's death in june 2000 she married bashar al-assad in the year 2000 when he became president after the death of bashar al-assad's father.