Syria's First Lady 'Stands By Her Man'

Low Profile For Syria's First Lady -- Tom Watkins, CNN

(CNN) -- As saber rattling grows over the Syrian president's alleged use of chemical weapons against his own people, Bashar al-Assad's once high-profile wife, Asma, has kept a low profile.

"She's just hunkered down in Damascus," said Andrew Tabler, a senior fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and author of "In the Lion's Den: An Eyewitness Account of Washington's Battle with Syria." "She's standing by her man."

That's where she can be seen in photographs of the al-Assads posted this week on Instagram.

No images of bloody battle fields mar the view of the president caught in the middle of the civil war. Instead, photo after photo of the couple show a picture of caring. In one, the first lady -- who majored in computer science and French literature at King's College London -- wipes away a boy's tear. In another, she is listening intently to a group of women.

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My Comment: I thought Hillary Clinton was the "poster-child" for "standing by your man" .... but Asma al-Assad is clearly in a league of her own.