Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

Asma Al-Assad Said To Have ’50/50′ Chance Of Survival As Leukemia Returns

File photo dated August 8, 2018 of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad sits next to his wife Asma as she begins treatment for early-stage breast cancer at the military hospital in Damascus, Syria. Asma al-Assad, the wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, is said to have a 50% chance of survival after an aggressive form of blood cancer is believed to have returned following treatment for the disease earlier this year, the UK’s Telegraph newspaper reports. According to the report, the exiled former first lady, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in May of this year, is completely isolated in Moscow as she undergoes treatment for the aggressive cancer. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japanese man detained by N. Korea

Japanese man detained by N. Korea

BEIJING, China, Aug. 28 Kyodo - Tomoyuki Sugimoto, a Japanese man released by North Korea after being detained in early August 2018 for an unknown reason, is seen on an airplane departing from Pyongyang to Beijing on Aug. 28.

Japanese man detained by N. Korea

Japanese man detained by N. Korea

Tomoyuki Sugimoto, a Japanese man released by North Korea after being detained in early August 2018 for an unknown reason, is seen on an airplane departing from Pyongyang to Beijing on Aug. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese man released by N. Korea

Japanese man released by N. Korea

Tomoyuki Sugimoto, a Japanese man released by North Korea after being detained in early August 2018, arrives at Beijing airport on Aug. 28, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Jakub Landovsky

Jakub Landovsky

***AUGUST 20, 2018, FILE PHOTO*** Deputy Defence Minister Jakub Landovsky will be the new Czech ambassador to NATO, replacing Jiri Sedivy, and he will take up the post in a few months, Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar told CTK during his visit to Berlin today, on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Landovsky, 42, who is the deputy defence minister in charge of the section of defence policy and strategy, is to leave for Brussels late this summer or early in the autumn. The timetable is a matter for the Foreign Ministry to set, Metnar said. Landovsky has been a deputy defence minister since 2015, previously he was an adviser to a deputy defence minister and also worked as a defence lawyer. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

Jakub Landovsky

Jakub Landovsky

***AUGUST 20, 2018, FILE PHOTO*** Deputy Defence Minister Jakub Landovsky will be the new Czech ambassador to NATO, replacing Jiri Sedivy, and he will take up the post in a few months, Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar told CTK during his visit to Berlin today, on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Landovsky, 42, who is the deputy defence minister in charge of the section of defence policy and strategy, is to leave for Brussels late this summer or early in the autumn. The timetable is a matter for the Foreign Ministry to set, Metnar said. Landovsky has been a deputy defence minister since 2015, previously he was an adviser to a deputy defence minister and also worked as a defence lawyer. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

Japanese man released by N. Korea

Japanese man released by N. Korea

Tomoyuki Sugimoto, a Japanese man released by North Korea after being detained in early August 2018, arrives at Beijing airport on Aug. 28, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese man detained by N. Korea

Japanese man detained by N. Korea

Tomoyuki Sugimoto, a Japanese man released by North Korea after being detained in early August 2018 for an unknown reason, arrives at Beijing International Airport from Pyongyang on Aug. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo