ALBAWABA - Amid being rediagnosed with Leukemia, a type of cancer that targets blood-forming tissues and bone marrow, Asma Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad recently made headlines after Russian-owned media outlet Sputnik claimed that she has passed away.
The claims in question were also shared on Al-Jazeera Breaking but were later debunked by a fact-checking website called "Verify-Sy" which added that there was no evidence to back any of the claims made by Sputnik.
"Verify-Sy" took to Musk's X (formerly known as Twitter) and wrote, "A claim is being circulated that Al Jazeera quoted the Russian news agency Sputnik with a breaking news report that Asma al-Assad had died in a private hospital in Moscow. However, this claim is fabricated, as a search of both Al Jazeera and Sputnik did not yield any results to support it."
Is Asma Assad dead? Claims by Russian-owned Sputnik
On the contrary, Asma Assad allegedly asked for a divorce from her husband and has expressed her discontent with living in Moscow, Russia. Moreover, sources also claim that Asma has been recently rediagnosed with Leukemia, a type of cancer that targets blood cells and bone marrow.
