Name Fawaz Akhras | Children Asma al-Assad | |
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Grandchildren Zein al-Assad, Hafez al-Assad, Karim al-Assad Similar People Asma al‑Assad, Bashar al‑Assad, Hafez al‑Assad, Wafic Said, Maher al‑Assad Similar Bushra al Assad, Bashar al Assad, Asma al Assad | ||
Fawas Akhras (Arabic: فواز أخرس) (born September 1946) is a London, England-based, British Syrian cardiologist. He qualified in medicine in 1971 in Cairo, Egypt.[1]
Akhras has been described as "a key figure in liaison between the Syrian and British governments". He is a founding Director of the British Syrian Society and is involved with a number of Syrian causes. He is currently a consultant interventional cardiologist at the Cromwell Hospital in South Kensington, London. He also practices at his private medical clinic in Harley Street, London. He lives in Acton, London and is married to former diplomat Sahar Otri al-Akhras. Their daughter, Asma al-Assad is married to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
It was reported before the Syrian civil war that he had influence on the Syrian president in domestic affairs. On 15 March 2012, The Guardian published allegedly intercepted emails that appeared to show that he was advising the Syrian President from the UK during the crackdown on anti-regime protestors. According to The Guardian, Dr Akhras used a private email channel to the Syrian leader to offer advice on how the government should spin its suppression of the uprising, including how best to rebut apparent video footage of Syrian forces torturing children.
Dr Akhras is an admirer of Margaret Thatcher.
