Asma al-Assad, the First Lady of Syria and the wife of the current President Assad Najah al-Attar, Vice President of Syria (since 2006). Randa Kassis, President of The Astana Platform of the Syrian opposition. Suheir Atassi, Vice President of the opposition government.[46] Samar Al Dayyoub, literary critic and writer Khawla Dunia, opposition activist and poet Îlham Ehmed is co-chairwoman of the Syrian Democratic Council.