New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- Asma al-Assad, the London-born wife of deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, has reportedly sought divorce, reportedly expressing "dissatisfaction" with the couple's life in Moscow.

Russia granted political asylum to Bashar al-Assad after the Syrian leader, who ruled his country for over two decades, was ousted by fighters of a rebel coalition earlier this month.

As per reports, Asma al-Assad, a dual British-Syrian national, has applied to a Russian court and sought permission to leave the Russian capital.

She plans to return to London, the reports added.

Asma, who was raised by her Syrian parents in the British capital, moved to Syria in 2000 at the age of 25 and married Bashar al-Assad the same year. That was ...