The British wife of Syria’s deposed president Bashar al-Assad, Asma al-Assad, has filed for divorce after expressing ...

As China hosted the 19th Asian Games in September last year, President Xi Jinping welcomed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad at a picturesque lakeside guesthouse in the eastern city of Hangzhou.

Russia was Assad's key backer and had swept to his aid ... the couple was attending a welcome banquet for the Asian Games in Hangzhou hosted by Xi (archived link). Keyword searches in AFP's ...