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Syria's Assad's Mother Dies at the Age of 86 - Reports

© AP Photo / SANAIn this Sunday, July 26, 2015, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria.
In this Sunday, July 26, 2015, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria. - Sputnik International
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Aneesa Makhlouf, the mother of Syrian President Bashar Assad, died at the age of 86, state media reported.

DAMASCUS (Sputnik) – According to the Sana news agency, Aneesa Makhlouf passed away Saturday.

She was born in the city of Latakia in 1930, and married former Syrian President Hafez Assad in 1957.

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