Where is asma al assad

This is an important process and it is only right that justice is served before an English court. Toby Cadman, founder of Guernica 37, told Al Jazeera the Syrian first lady had allegedly participated in crimes.

Meeting with troops, making public statements, glorifying conduct of the army that has resulted in half a million deaths and the use of chemical and other forms of banned weapons. Al-Assad, a banker by trade, has been a vocal supporter of the Syrian government in its campaign to crush dissent since the Arab Spring uprisings 10 years ago. He was a bit like Assad - a rogue leader - so it was a weird thing to go and do, and nobody could understand why you would give up a promising career in investment banking to go and do that," said Mr Gibbs.

But Asma's evolution was complex, says Ayman Abdelnour, a former friend and adviser to Bashar al Assad. They didn't even let her have the title first lady. Her position matched whatever he was doing militarily: bombings, killings and torturing. Abdelnour added Asma has spent the last nine months courting the Alawite community in Syria, of which her husband is a part but which she has traditionally shared frosty relations with. It's all part of her ambition, he says, to increase economic influence having entered the marriage with little profile.

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