By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma, plant trees in city of Draykish, near Tartous, Syria December 30, 2020. SANA/Handout via REUTERS DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have recovered from COVID-19 and have tested negative for the disease, the Syrian presidency said on Tuesday. “After the end of the quarantine period, symptoms of COVID-19 and negative PCR results, President Bashar al-Assad and Mrs Asma al-Assad have resumed their work normally,” the presidency said in a statement. The Syrian presidency had announced that Assad and his wife, who announced her recovery from breast cancer in 2019, had tested positive on March 8.