Syria: Bashar al-Assad email reveals mystery near-naked woman

Mr Assad’s personal account contains dozens of emails from a Yahoo account
where the sender offers advice and passes on messages from people outside
Syria.

While the emails deal largely with affairs of state they have a relaxed and
often joking tone.

Members of the Syrian opposition believe the woman may also have a second
email address under a false name which she used to send Mr Assad more
intimate messages.

This account appears to have been set up on December 1 last year and as an
apparent test an email was sent to Mr Assad’s address saying simply “hi”.
Around 18 minutes later he replied “Hi and a half”.

Over several weeks, the exchange becomes more flirtatious as they swapped
romantic music by the popular Lebanese singer Fairuz and at one point he
appears to send her a gift certificate.

On January 17, Mr Assad received an email from the second account with a
single Arabic character meaning “I love you” and on January 25
another email contains only an x, the popular sign for a kiss.

While there is no direct evidence of a sexual relationship, the revelation
could prove highly damaging for Mr Assad, who has sought to present a united
front with his British-born wife, Asma al-Assad, in the face of growing
international isolation.

There is evidence in the emails that the Assads began to cling even closer
together as the fighting grew fiercer in Syria. On December 28, she wrote to
him: “If we are strong together, we will overcome this together…I
love you…”

He replied: “i’m not worry about this, and i have no doubt.”

The Daily Telegraph tried to contact Mr Assad’s correspondent using the email
addresses found in Mr Assad’s inbox but received no reply.

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