Asma al-Assad, the wife of the president of Syria, Bashar, greeted by mainly young people during an event dubbed 'Mothers Rally' at the Opera House in Damascus. (AFP Photo / HO / Syrian Presidency Media Office)
President Assad's British-Born Wife Finally Breaks Cover To Prove She Hasn't Fled Syria -- Daily Mail
* Wife of President Assad had not been seen for months in Syria
* Rumours she had fled to safety with children after war reached Damascus
* President Assad's mother and sister believed to be in United Arab Emirates
Syria's First Lady made a public appearance for the first time in months at an event in Damascus - dispelling rumours that she had fled her war-torn nation to safety abroad.
British-born Asma Assad brought her two sons Hafez, 11, and Karim, eight, and her daughter Zein, nine, along to the Mothers of Martyrs event at the opera house in the capital, according to the President's office.
She greeted a crowd of women and children with Syrian flags painted on their faces at the charity event, in aid of the mothers of dead soldiers.
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