Syria’s Asma al-Assad faces police investigation in the UK

Law firm brings case alleging the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad incited and encouraged ‘terrorist’ acts.

Police in the United Kingdom has opened an investigation into allegations that Asma al-Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, incited and encouraged “terrorist” acts in Syria. Al-Assad, a dual British-Syrian national, could be stripped of her UK citizenship if convicted of the crime, according to media reports. The Metropolitan Police told UK media outlet Sky News it “received a referral” in July last year “relating to the ongoing Syrian conflict”.