Fawaz Akhras

Cardiologist + Adviser + Private

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Fawas Akhras is a London, England-based, British Syrian cardiologist. He is a founding Director of the British Syrian Society and is involved with a number of Syrian causes. He is currently a consultant interventional cardiologist at the Cromwell Hospital… Read More

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Fawaz Akhras

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Asma al-Assad
Daughter, Age 37

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Bashar Al Assad: Ten Years Later Al Arabiya
Google News - Jul 30, 2011

The young Assad also married a Sunni wife, Asma, during the early days of his presidency; his father-in-law, Fawaz Akhras, is a cardiologist from the Syrian middle class who lived in semi-exile in Britain. Bashar's marriage to a Sunni wife represented
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Arab Spring In Syria The News International
Google News - Jul 29, 2011

The board also has as its member Fawaz Akhras, the British-based cardiologist who is Bashar al-Asad's father-in-law, and a gatekeeper for the family's interests in UK. He has organised several visits to Damascus and meetings with Bashar al-Asad for
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Silence Of The Tyrant's Wife Express.Co.Uk
Google News - Jun 14, 2011

Both Muslims, they emigrated to Britain in the Fifties to allow Asma's father, Fawaz Akhras, to get the best possible medical training but they continued to make frequent trips back to Syria with their children. Asma, who is multilingual and has dual
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First Lady Struggles To Live Up To Promises Financial Times
Google News - Jun 09, 2011

Aided by the connections of her London-based father, Dr Fawaz Akhras, she also tried to internationalise these efforts, but they have suffered in recent weeks. Dr Akhras, a founder and co-chairman of the British Syrian Society, helped her establish the
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2012 ? It was reported before the Syrian conflict that he had inﬂuence on the Syrian president in domestic affairs. On 15 March 2012, The Guardian published allegedly intercepted emails that it claimed appeared to show that he was advising the Syrian President from the UK during the crackdown on anti-regime protestors. … Read More

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