Bushra al-Assad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bushra al-Assad

daughter of Syrian president Hafez al-Assad

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1960

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Profession: pharmacist

Nationality: Syria

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Bushra al-Assad (Arabic: ???? ??????) (born 24 October 1960) is the first child and only daughter of Hafez al-Assad, who was the president of Syria from 1971 to 2000.
She is the sister of current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
She is the widow of Assef Shawkat, the deputy chief of staff of the Syrian Armed Forces and former head of the Syrian Military Intelligence, who was killed by the rebels on 18 July 2012.As a result of the Syrian Civil War, in March 2012 she was placed on a list of Syrian government figures who were subject to European Union economic sanctions and travel bans.
On 28 September 2012, it was reported and confirmed by Gulf states that Bushra al-Assad had fled Syria with her five children to seek refuge in the United Arab Emirates.
In January 2013, Bushra al-Assad was joined by her mother Anisa Makhlouf in Dubai after she too fled Syria, but she later returned.