FILE - In this Friday, June 20, 2008 file photo, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, listens to his wife Asma Assad during their visit to the campus of Infosys Technologies Ltd., an Indian software services company, in Bangalore, India. Assad, the president's British-born wife, is known more for her expensive tastes and glamorous appearance than her political influence, but the EU listed her among the Syrians against whom it has imposed sanctions. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)