Bushra al-Assad [SEP] mother
War, in March 2012 she was placed on a list of Syrian government figures who were subject to European Union economic sanctions and travel bans. On 28 September 2012, it was reported and confirmed by Gulf states that Bushra al-Assad had fled Syria with her five children to seek refuge in the United Arab Emirates. In January 2013, Bushra al-Assad was joined by her mother Anisa Makhlouf in Dubai after she too fled Syria, but she later returned.
Early life and education.
Bushra is reported to
did not attend the ceremony. Bashar Assad was represented by Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa in the ceremony. Shawkat was buried in the Tartus region following a funeral attended by his wife Bushra al-Assad and his mother-in-law, Anissa al-Assad, the widow of Hafez al-Assad.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani sent his condolences to Bushra al-Assad upon death of Assef Shawkat.
See also.
- Al-Assad family
Notes.
- Also transliterated Asef Shawkat, Asif