The Presidency of the Syrian Arab Republic announced on Saturday evening that Aneesa Makhlouf, the widow of late President Hafez al-Assad, passed away at the age of 86.
The late Aneesa Makhlouf was born in Lattakia in 1930. She married the late President Hafez al-Assad in 1957 when he was a first lieutenant and accompanied him as he rose in rank and became Defense Minister in 1966, launched the Correctionist Movement, and became President of the Syrian Arab Republic from 1971 until 2000, remaining by his side throughout all the events and developments that took place in the country.