Asma al-Assad attended an event Saturday called "Mother's Rally," according to a single statement on her husband's official Facebook page. The event was a fundraiser for mothers of "martyrs," or government soldiers, killed in the two-year war. Posted photos show the 37-year-old smiling, her hair in a ponytail. Children and youngwomen surround her. They seem overjoyed. A few snap photos. One woman kisses the first lady on the cheek. "The regime is trying to telegraph that it's business as usual and she is a way to do that," said Andrew Tabler, an Americanexpert on Syria who once lived in the country and interacted with the first family. "Not only is this a sign that she's standing by her man, but that the core of the regime is not cracking."