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LEFT: A picture uploaded on the official page of the Syrian Presidency on Facebook shows Syria's first lady Asma al-Assad serving an iftar meal for orphans and displaced families at an orphanage in Damascus on Aug. 4, a few days before the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.In addition to Facebook, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's office has also been using a new Instagram account to post photographs of him greeting supporters and images of his wife visiting hospital patients.RIGHT: Syria's President Bashar al-Assad walks with military personnel during his visit to a military site in the town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, on the 68th anniversary of army day, in this photo distributed by Syria's national news agency, SANA, on Aug. 1, 2013. Assad said he was confident of victory against rebels and made a symbolic visit to the town once overrun by insurgents but now mostly retaken by his army.