Bashar Assad’s wife, Asma Assad, is severely ill with leukemia and has been isolated by doctors

Bashar Assad’s wife, Asma Assad, is severely ill with leukemia and has been isolated by doctors who have given her a “50/50” chance of survival, The Telegraph reports.

She is being kept away from others to prevent infection.

Assad family members sought asylum in Moscow after their brutal regime lost its grip on power following 13 years of civil war.