"I feel like I'm in a dream and I don't want to wake up," says Amr Shayah who fled Syria following the civil war in 2011.

Assad family's ties to Moscow and potential UK return. The Assads have deep ties to Moscow, from real estate investments to their son Hafez's education. According to a 2019 Financ

Once celebrated as an advocate of women's rights in the Middle East, Syria's British-born former first lady Asma al-Assad has fled into exile with her husband, with UK officials saying she is not welcome to return to London.

Before she was the wife of Bashar al-Assad, Asma Akhras enjoyed a privileged childhood in a terraced house in Acton, west London. The daughter of a cardiologist and a diplomat in the Syrian embassy, she spent a few years after school working in international banking.

Asma Assad, born in the UK, is labeled a sanctioned individual by Foreign Secretary Lammy, who stated she is unwelcome in the UK.

British wife of ousted Syrian leader Assad ‘not welcome in the UK’, Lammy says - The Prime Minister said it was too early to say whether the Government would strip Asma Assad of her British citizenshi

British law allows for the Home Secretary to revoke an individual’s citizenship if they are satisfied that such a move would be 'conducive to the public good'

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said the issue is 'not something that's been raised' with the Government as the world digests the sudden collapse of the Syrian regime.