FILE - Syria's first lady Asma Assad, second left, listens to her husband Syrian President Bashar Assad as he speaks to the media after they voted at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, on May 26, 2021. Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia, the office of President Bashar Assad announced Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
FILE - Syria's first lady, Asma Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, picks roses during the Damascene Rose Harvest Festival in the village of al-Marah in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria, on May 25, 2023. Syrian first lady Asma Assad has been diagnosed with leukemia, the office of President Bashar Assad announced Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)