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The wives of the British and German to the United Nations have released a video addressed to Asma al-Assad, wife of Syria’s . It is part of an online designed to Mrs al-Assad to help stop the killing in her country that has now on for over a year. The video is titled: “A letter to Asma al Assad, signed by women all over the world.” Sheila Lyall Grant, wife of Britain’s UN Ambassador Mark Lyall and her German , Huberta von Voss-Wittig, ask Mrs Assad to “stand for peace...for the of your people”. The video contrasts the glamorous lifestyle of Mrs Assad with that of Syrian women running for their in battle-scarred Syrian streets.

Mrs Assad, 36, was born and in west London. She married her husband Bashar al-Assad in 2000, the year he became Syrian president. She has spent the decade looking after her husband’s international . She has recently come criticism for her shopping expeditions in luxury London stores while 7,000 opposition Syrians their lives in various Syrian cities. The video her by her first name many times to make the more personal. A voice says: "Some women care for , and some women care for their people. Some women struggle for their image, and some women struggle for .” It reminds Asma that: "No one care about your image we care about your ."