DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug 4 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s First Lady, Asma al-Assad, declared on Saturday, her full recovery from breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My journey with cancer is over,” the First Lady said, during a televised interview with the Syrian state TV, aired Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 43-year-old Asma said, her journey with the medical treatment passed, with the support of her children and husband, President Bashar al-Assad, who has been seen with her in footages, documenting her treatment in the capital, Damascus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Al-Assad also hailed the medical care provided in Syria, saying that, after eight years of war, the country is still capable of providing qualitative treatment for cancer patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The First Lady started treatment for breast cancer in Aug, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, the presidential media office stated that, al-Assad has started her preliminary treatment of a malignant tumour that had been discovered at an early stage in the breast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born and raised to a Syrian family in London, al-Assad graduated from King’s College, London, in 1996, with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and French literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had a career in investment banking and was set to begin an MBA at Harvard University, when she married Bashar al-Assad in Dec, 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During her life as First Lady, Asma al-Assad has supervised several projects in the country, creating a collection of organisations that functioned under the charity sector of the government, referred to as the Syrian Trust for Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Basma is one of the charity organisations, the First Lady created, which takes care of children with cancer.– NNN-SANA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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