Asma Assad Undergoes Successful Operation to Remove Malignant Tumor

Asma Assad handling some papers in the capital Damascus, in a handout photo provided, Jan. 27, 2019. (Getty Images)
Asma Assad handling some papers in the capital Damascus, in a handout photo provided, Jan. 27, 2019. (Getty Images)
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Asma Assad Undergoes Successful Operation to Remove Malignant Tumor

Asma Assad handling some papers in the capital Damascus, in a handout photo provided, Jan. 27, 2019. (Getty Images)
Asma Assad handling some papers in the capital Damascus, in a handout photo provided, Jan. 27, 2019. (Getty Images)

The wife of Syrian regime leader Bashar Assad has undergone a successful operation to remove a malignant tumor as part of her treatment for early-stage breast cancer, the presidency said on Sunday.

"Asma Assad continues her treatment against the malignant tumor," it said on its Facebook page.

"Breast surgery at the Damascus military hospital has been successful," it added, according to AFP.

The presidency announced in August that the first lady had begun treatment for "a malignant tumor in the breast that was discovered at an early stage".

Since then, the presidency's social media accounts have often showed her with a scarf knotted elegantly around her head, visiting children cancer patients, wounded soldiers, or attending charity events.

Asma, whose father is a cardiologist and whose mother is a diplomat, has two sons and a daughter with Assad.



Lebanon: Three People Killed in Israeli Strike on Vehicle in the South

Debris is removed at the damaged site in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Debris is removed at the damaged site in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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Lebanon: Three People Killed in Israeli Strike on Vehicle in the South

Debris is removed at the damaged site in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Debris is removed at the damaged site in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Three people were killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon, a local TV station said on Thursday.
The strike targeted a vehicle between the towns of Mays al-Jabal and Blida in south Lebanon, said the station. No further details were provided.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes conducted overflights over the Hermel district and other villages in the northern Bekaa valley.
Earlier on Thursday, an Israeli drone flew at very low altitude over Beirut and the southern suburbs of the capital.

Despite a November 27 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel has continued to conduct near-daily strikes in Lebanon.

The Israeli military has said it was behind other attacks that it said killed Hezbollah members.

Hezbollah, significantly weakened by the war, insists it is adhering to the November ceasefire, even as Israeli attacks persist.