The Syrian journalist who opposes the Assad regime revealed, through his personal account, old documents belonging to the Syrian intelligence, warning Hafez al-Assad about Asma al-Assad.

The Syrian journalist said that former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad may have opposed his son Bashar's marriage to Asma, and this can be inferred from the delay in the marriage even after his death.

Nayouf published what he said were documents “showing that Hafez al-Assad had tasked the former director of military intelligence, Ali Douba, with monitoring Bashar al-Assad during his studies in Britain. Douba sent a report in 1992 that included information about Sahar al-Atri, Asma’s mother, organizing secret meetings for Bashar with an intelligence officer and special forces in the British army.”

In 1992, Douba sent a report detailing secret meetings between Bashar al-Assad and a British intelligence officer in London.

The authenticity of the information leaked in the documents could not be independently verified.

Asmaa Al-Akhras's mission

The published documents provided additional details about the British intelligence’s dealings with Asma al-Assad, as she obtained a job at the American “JP Morgan” bank in London, with the support of British intelligence officer Eliza Bowler, who had secured her a job to monitor Asian investments in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, according to the leaked Syrian intelligence report.

The leaked documents speak of a "veiled" warning from Syrian intelligence to President Hafez al-Assad about the development of his son Bashar's relationship with Asma in London.

The report said that he met Asma in a restaurant in a luxury hotel, in the presence of her mother, and with a heavy presence of British intelligence around the hotel.

The report, issued in 1992, also referred to a "small party" held at Fawaz al-Akhras's home, to which Bashar and a number of British intelligence figures were invited.

During the evening, the British asked questions about internal Syrian affairs, his (Bashar's) relationship with a number of members of the Syrian Baath Party, and the possibility of establishing a Syrian-Israeli peace.