Pulling her husband’s strings, stopping Iran from strengthening its foothold, conspiring against Russia, taking out the rich and powerful, handing out cushy jobs to relatives, milking charities, and secretly monitoring millions of citizens, it appears even cancer could not slow down Asma al-Assad, the silent tyrant that is remodeling Syria in her own image Asma … Continue reading How Asma Assad transformed from ‘Desert Rose’ into Syria’s ‘Iron Lady’