MAIL ONLINE: Asma al-Assad refuses to return to Syria / She was born in London and schooled in West Acton / Hundreds more detained as death toll hits 630The glamorous wife of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is believed to have been living in London with their three children after fleeing the turmoil in her country.
According to Arab diplomatic sources in the UK, Asma al-Assad, 35, arrived in the capital between two and three weeks ago and has refused to return to Syria.
The country run by her husband has been in the grip of an uprising which has seen hundreds killed, opposition leaders rounded up and, in one rebel city, all men over 15 were arrested.
Today, security forces were carrying out house-to-house raids as part of a widening crackdown across the country.
Rami Abdul-Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the arrests were targeting the demonstrations' organisers and participants. Continue reading and comment » | Daily Mail Reporter | Monday, May 09, 2011
