Assad, has filed for divorce and expressed her desire to return to the United Kingdom, reports The Jerusalem Post quoting Turkish and Arab media sources.

Assad’s wife, Asma al-Assad has sought a divorce. This comes less than a month after the president and his family flew out of Syria after rebels linked to Hayat Tahrir-al Shams (HTS) were about to enter the capital of Damascus.

Russia scrambled to shoot down claims that exiled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s London-born wife Asma filed for divorce and wants to leave with her children to the UK. Turkish media dropped a bombshell report on Saturday that Asma al-Assad,

Assad, the wife of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It was titled "A Rose in the Desert," and in the words of Joan Juliet Buck, the writer, Asma was "the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies".

Assad’s British wife is reportedly planning to divorce him and move back to the UK. The Assads fled to Russia earlier in December after their regime in Syria was finally toppled during an offensive the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) forces.