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Syrian Arab News Agency via EPA
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, photographed here with wife Asma al-Assad in February 2012, announced that she is pregnant with their fourth child.
A fawning profile of Syrian President Bashar Assad Monday revealed, as an aside to the larger story, that his wife Asma Assad is pregnant with their fourth child.
“The man seems calm and in control,” the al-Akhbar article says of Assad, whose country has been embroiled in a bloody civil war for 22 months. “His confidence level stands out. Also, there’s the news of the pregnancy of his wife Asma, which could not be dealt with as a simple personal matter between a couple.”
Asma Assad, 37, was born in London to upper-class Syrians. She was an investment banker before leaving England for Syria, where she married Assad two months after he assumed the presidency in 2000. Before him, his father Hafez Assad ruled the country for 30 years.
Asma Assad has not been seen recently – which Arab online news site Al Bawaba attributes to her pregnancy. Citing a Syrian news outlet, Al Bawaba reports that she was five months pregnant in November, which means her due date is imminent.
This also means she likely became pregnant in June, a remarkably violent month for Syria. United Nations monitors left the country that month because it was deemed too dangerous, and because Assad had refused to abide by cease-fires.
Eight thousand people had been killed in the conflict – the death toll is currently at 60,000, the U.N. estimates – and Syrian citizens were fleeing for the country’s borders. Thousands were leaving each day; now tens of thousands are leaving, most at night, dodging fire from Assad's troops.
Asma Assad had also become a controversial figure, with diplomatic wives around the world pleading with her to reason with her husband. Around the same time, a hacker had released thousands of emails from the Assads’ email accounts, revealing Asma Assad’s love for Chanel dresses and crystal-encrusted Louboutin shoes – and also her fierce loyalty to her husband and his hard-line approach.
The European Union then slapped her with sanctions, saying she could no longer travel to Europe or shop at European companies.
Vogue, meanwhile, had taken down a glowing profile of Asma Assad from 2011 – titled “A Rose in the Desert.” The Vogue piece, which is still available on a website dedicated to President Assad, begins: “Asma Assad is glamorous, young and very chic – the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies.”
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Who's the father?
a family of pigs.
What a disgusting family they are, and have been. Worse than PIGS.
There are heirs to the noose.
This the father in charge of the same government that has been well known to slaughter its own people over just simple peaceful protests or less? Is this the leader of the same regime that has been a well known supporter of state sponsored terrorism including going so far as to host terrorist training camps within his own country?
Yep, I thought so. Hopefully they won't last long with the country in the state that it is.
His plan is to kill of his opposition and repopulate Syria himself.
Obama & Clinton were made out to be Foreign Affair Guru's while on (State Media) 60 Mins. What a joke!!!!
maybe they haven't figured out what causes it, yet.
Anyone remember "Rosemary's Baby" ?
As Assad is not like House of Saud with 5000 princes and princess, it is easier to guess.
"Asma Assad, 37, was born in London to upper-class Syrians. She was an investment banker before leaving England for Syria, where she married Assad two months after he assumed the presidency in 2000."
Compare Assad with the House of Saud or even the Kuwaiti ruler with 65 wives at one time.
For some Kuwaiti ruler was such a model that NATO forces fixed his golden toilets after liberating him from Saddam!
You mean he is happy that he is going to bring a new life in this world while at the same time he does NOT give a sh.t about killing thousands of kids, WTF.
Reminds me of another famous first lady, who when asked to respond to the suffering of her people exclaimed: Let them eat cake!
Before the baby is born, Assad and his team should kill as many most intolerant Sunni Syrian rebels as possible.
If they get al Qaida, MB, Salaffi people they should torture them to death.
What is the brave Hezbollah doing?
Are the brave Shiites' holy warriors hiding behind women's burkhas/niqabs or some mosques basements?
They are fit to slash themselves or chain themselves. Better that they should hang themselves on the next Asoura!
She's getting ready to produce another Hitler Dictator, when her husband, Assad is killed.
She herself, said she is the Mastermind of the Syrian Regime Slaughterhouse. The baby will definitely be a monster with both sets of genetics, and vicious brain neurons.
Surprised Assad could get it up.
cynic:
Assad is killing so many Syrians, he needs another one to fill somebody's place. He/She will also be a Warrior. This time, this child will not be slaugtered. One of the few--
Of course he is in good spirits and smiling, the guy is a lunatic living in some mental lah lah land. His little delusional reality is about to come to an abrupt halt if the news I keep reading is accurate.
I almost wonder if this is some kind of sympathy ploy. It won't work, 'cause people know this guy is willing to bomb villages regardless of whether pregnant women are in them or not. No baby deserves to be the child of mass murderers.
WHO CARES........? Why in the name of God are they in the news ........I though he supposed to be locked up .We have to make up our minds .........Are we supporting the people ? or the killer .........We give him a chance, to insult those poor people giving their life's for freedom.Shame on the media .........
strat,
I was thinking the same thing, claiming she's pregnant, so when the rebels come a knocking maybe they won't line her up against the wall with her old man.
Weird that Assad is married to Steven Tyler's sister.
He may have married her, in fact, for her big lips. . .
After watching his loyal troops destroy a village killing 5000 of his own people, Assad & one of his wives slipped out back to his tent.
Oh, but aren't they cute? And soon, a little Basher. To carry on the tradition of bashing.
That is how most of the Islamic rulers, especially Sunni ones, live!
Let us take the best example of that bigoted megalomaniac Sunni House of Saud ruler with his 5000 princes and princesses and their big harems assembled from all over the world.
They live in their own Islamic fantasy islands!
Some are still in seventh century and some in tenth century!
She's got a "kinda Sexy really Psycho" look going on.
Will Asma name her child Bronchitis?
Uh Honey... this is NOT a good time!
Maybe he feels he needs to fill a quota? A couple of hundred thousand will keep him busy for some time.
When the oldest assumes power, the 3 youngest will join the rebels agianst him.
If she is fiercely loyal to her husband's "business," then she must be aware of the carnage in her country. I don't understand why this family isn't blown off the face of the earth by a well-placed bomb from any one who deems their demise is important enough for Syria and its people.
Yes, there is carnage in Syria; USA and it's yes-men in NATO started it and will ensure it continues by backing the terrorists trying to overthrow the Syrian government. If the terrorists win, NATO will ensure she and the baby are also killed. All you fools out there keep falling for the "he's killing his own people" and "they just want democracy" propaganda. Everywhere the USA & it's NATO puppets go, they leave a big mess behind and 10's or 100's of thousands of deaths. Dream on you bunch of lemmings and let the "gummit" tell you exactly what you will or will not believe.
The United States or NATO for that matter has nothing to do with the mess in Syria. That damned place had problems long before the as you call them terrorist started to fight against Assad. Funny, I though when the Son took over the country from his father a period of peace and prosparity would come to the region but that did not happen. He will fall like the former leader of Libya without the "help" of the U.S. or NATO. Get your facts straight pal before you make stupid comments.
If what you say is true, ZH, the US would have used its military by now--like it did with Afghanistan & Iraq. To hell with sneaking around. If the US wanted to go into Syria, it wouldn't give a rat's hiney what Russia or China or Iran had to say--it would smoke Assad and his bull**** regime in two seconds. You're the one who's dreaming, ZH.
"Nato will ensure she and the baby are also killed" --what kind of twisted view of the world do you have? What kind of propoganda are you listening to? Granted, Afghanistan and Iraq are a mess, but even Bush--may he never return--didn't deliberately set out to murder women and children. He was foolish, not a psychopath.
Tyrants like Assad on the other hand, will shell villages full of pregnant women in order to stay in power.
Basha's mother has gone to Dubai to settle down with Basha's sister and kids, probably husband also. Basha, Asthma and the 4.5 kids will be there soon. They are all lucky enough to have the money to purchase a 'little pad' or five to settle down in, rather than hang around and choke on the dust and rubble of what will be left in Damascus, Hams, Homma, Aleppo, etc etc etc etc.
The Karzai family and cronies from Afghanistan have also planned their escape to Dubai, for when the $hy&e hits the fan in 2014,,, next year.
Dubai will take anyone, yes anyone, because power and money made the kitsch, tacky and tasteless place what it is, tacky and kitsch.
The history of the Gulf States when they discovered oil, (except Oman). reads like this,
They fell off their camels into Rolls Royces,
They crawled out of their tents into Hilton Hotels.
Just like Ma, Pa Clampett and the kids when they went to Hollywood after the black oil spewed out of the hills.
the world still spins, for some, the wrong way.
... Freaking Chinese baboon... My dog is more proficient in English than you are...
Yea, Good point, Strange he hasnt been assassinated yet by one of his own generals, or most anyone for that matter.
If any rulers deserve to be blown out of the face of the earth, then House of Saud with his 5000 princes and princesses deserve to be blown out first.
They along with other oil rich Sunni rulers of Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and other Sunni Arab League nations invented the most extremist Sunni Wahhabi and Salaffi versions; funded their hate preaching and killer training mosques all over the world and are involved in oil price manipulations to high levels by tricks like Iraqi wars, sanctions on Iranian oil and other means.
These Sunni Islamists are killing non-Muslims where they get them.
If they don't get non-Muslims, they are killing their own Muslims.
Syria is the best example.
sigh..........................................................
Congrats to President Assad and the first lady!
Let me forget about math but an Assad is worth omitting 60,000 Syrians?
The future is bright but where do they plan on raising this family?
I feel bad for the unborn child who will inherit her/his father's legacy. Or maybe they will spawn the unholy spirit and destroy all mankind. -Fin
You're fu-king while the citizens are dying, nice!
And June, the putative month of Asma's baby's conception, was the most violent so far. he must have given it to her good that night!
>her due date is eminent.
Like eminent domain? Do they employ monkeys as editors @NBCNEWS?
The word you are looking for is "imminent"
They fixed it. Theys gots them one of them there spellchecker mashines.
What was it Marie Therese, the wife of Louis XIV, said on the eve of the French Revolution, "Let them eat cake?" They have no intention of living in the real world and have themselves bought into their own belief of superiority above their own people, that must continue at all costs, no matter the costs.
Actually, it was a rumor that she said that, and as far as ruling a country goes Louis XIV was all to blame for the revolution, not Marie. There was no way for her to do anything even if she'd known about the unrest of the masses and the debt the country was in.
Louis XVI, not XIV. . . and Marie Antoinette, not Marie Terese. . .
Let's not alienate the French, our (sometimes) ally.
I'm willing to bet, he's dead before the baby's born..
He certainly deserves it.
If he isn't dead before this baby is born, I hope he's a much better father than a ruler.
Congratulations Bashar Al-Assad and kudos to the First Lady of Syria. May you give birth to a healthy child and hopefully get the war over and done with soon.
If what you say is true, ZH, the US would have used its military by now--like it did with Afghanistan & Iraq. To hell with sneaking around. If the US wanted to go into Syria, it wouldn't give a rat's hiney what Russia or China or Iran had to say--it would smoke Assad and his bull**** regime in two seconds. You're the one who's dreaming, ZH.
"Nato will ensure she and the baby are also killed" --what kind of twisted view of the world do you have? What kind of propoganda are you listening to? Granted, Afghanistan and Iraq are a mess, but even Bush--may he never return--didn't deliberately set out to murder women and children. He was foolish, not a psychopath.
Tyrants like Assad on the other hand, will shell villages full of pregnant women in order to stay in power.
If what you say is true, ZH, the US would have used its military by now--like it did with Afghanistan & Iraq. To hell with sneaking around. If the US wanted to go into Syria, it wouldn't give a rat's hiney what Russia or China or Iran had to say--it would smoke Assad and his bull**** regime in two seconds. You're the one who's dreaming, ZH.
"Nato will ensure she and the baby are also killed" --what kind of twisted view of the world do you have? What kind of propoganda are you listening to? Granted, Afghanistan and Iraq are a mess, but even Bush--may he never return--didn't deliberately set out to murder women and children. He was foolish, not a psychopath.
Tyrants like Assad on the other hand, will shell villages full of pregnant women in order to stay in power.
wtf? not posting in the right spot
My friend, some replies are so good they deserve to be posted 3 times. Nice!
ZH must be drinking some kool-aid spiked with vodka. Poor fellow.
Strato stop talking about things that you don't even understand. America is supposed to be smart now since the flunky wars of Bush screwed us over. That means covert CIA and NSA help and support of the so called rebels with intelligence and small arms from our friends the Saudis and Turks. Truth be told This whole war stinks of the CIA I mean the Muslim Brotherhood showing up again out of nowhere to cause havoc and chaos in a stable country when they are supposed to be exiled? The fact that they were hiding and being treated like the best of party guests by Britain, France, and the U.S.? We are helping them more than you think. Besides I'll take a government over a rabble of bigots and ethnic tribes any day. You know already so many refugees identified many of these rebels as Jordanians, Iraqis, Libyans, and even Somalis? Also if it were true that Syria was a huge terror supporter wouldn't it's allies who know how to stop insurgencies of hopped the border and helped them by now. You need to read a lot of news from before the war happened so you can understand cause let me tell you about war. It is the perfect time to bury the truth with lies and propaganda. Here are a few for your knowledge. This war is supposedly about freedom and democracy? Funny how people suddenly speak for a power that has never been seen before on the sands of the Middle East. Afghanistan is not democracy, Iraq is not democracy anyone can see that especially the muslims. It is just the propaganda the CIA uses fight for freedom and we will help you build a better loving future. Yeah okay the second idea is that the people are impoverished sunnis that are not getting aid from the government because they are mostly poor dirt farmers and can't grow any crops. This is actually true because Turkey dammed up the waterways in the north so Syria is not getting it's irrigation water. Knowing this tell me should they be mad at Assad or the Turks?
He needs to be tried for war crimes, then hung by his long scrawny neck.
I wonder what the rebels think? Al- Qaeda may kill both of them with a suicide bomber. Assad is crazy to be so calm, I bet he will be dead by the end of this year. What will happen to his family if they are taken alive? I hope the ones not evolved are not killed, its really Assad’s fault that the civil war is still going on.
I guess we know what he's been doing while hiding out from his loyal citizens.
She's got nutzo eyes.
I read the Vogue article. Fascinating. We're watching a modern day Czar Nicholas. Pretty soon they'll wisk the family off to some 'safe place' to ride it out...I assume Russia. They better start sewing their jewels into their Chanel suits.
WHO real cares if he or who every got this woman pregnant. How many other women in the world were made pregnant on the same night by the same means. This is not news it has been going on for thousands and thousands of years. And my guess is it will keep right on happening. So unless the news wants to right up a story ever time a man and a woman meke a bay SHUT UP......
Oh and in this case it will just be another muslim that will one day want to kill Christians......
If the baby looks like me, I can explain...if the baby has no chin and is wearing a blue suit, I'll feel much better.
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Does that mean that she will not hang with her husband until after the baby is born?
I was thinking the same thing!
i see ass add has time to fu ck others besides his own citizens lol
good luck with that war baby
what a sad life it will spend
i wonder what it will think
oh great im adolf hitlers baby wawawa
And what is wrong with having sex duing a bunch of idiots destroying their own country goes against you? I am pretty sure that he didn't create a law stating that he is only allowed to have sex while the general public is forced to live without having it. Your comment just proves the stupidity of the american brainwashed public. Comparing their baby to Adolf Hitler? You sir, are a complete brainwashed american idiot.