DAMASCUS—A close adviser to Syrian President Bashar Assad has died after a car accident left her hospitalized for four days, the president’s office said Friday in a statement.
Luna al-Shibl, a former journalist, had worked as the director of Mr. Assad’s political and media offices and as a special adviser to the president. She was slapped with U.S. sanctions in 2020 along with five other Syrian military, government, and financial officials, and later was also sanctioned by the United Kingdom.
