Rumors Grow That Syrian President Assad Has Suffered Fatal Stroke

State media have denied growing rumors that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is either dead or experiencing serious health problems. Media outlets are abuzz with claims that Assad is either dead or has suffered a stroke. The Syrian government issued a statement saying Assad was in “excellent health and carrying out his functions quite naturally”, even though he has not been seen in public in several days. Sources within Assad’s government claim that the rumors were started by his opponents in an attempt to create unrest. The rumors have certainly surfaced at a time when the tide of war was turning in Assad’s favor. The Mail Online reports: The Lebanese newspaper, al-Mustaqbal, said ‘reliable sources’ had told them Assad, 51, had suffered a cerebral infarction and was being treated in a hospital in Damascus amid high security. Al-Arabiya said a Saudi newspaper, Okaz, had claimed Assad was suffering from a ‘brain tumour’ and was being treated by a Russian and Syrian medical team. But Syria’s state news agency SANA quoted the president’s office in Damascus as saying rumours about his health were ‘absolutely incorrect’ and he was working as normal. Assad’s office said the Syrian people had become ‘immune against such [...]

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