Posted on 12/19/2015 10:01:51 PM PST by Mariner
Syrian President Bashar al Assad attended Christmas choir preparations in an ancient church close to a frontline area in the capital Damascus where his army is engaged in heavy fighting with rebels, state media said on Saturday.
State television showed footage of Assad and his wife Asma making the visit overnight to the Notre Dame de Damas Church, where he was shown chatting to the choir. He took a seat near the altar and listened to a recital of Christmas poems in the main cathedral hall.
The surroundings of the church in the old part of the ancient capital were hit by mortar fire on Friday, officials said.
The church is only 2 km away from Jobar, a neighborhood of the rebel-held eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus that has been the focus for months of heavy aerial bombardments and more recently Russian bombing that have left dozens of mostly civilian casualties.
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Probably why Obama/Hillary hate Assad so much. He defended Christians
Yep.
Political calculation, yeah, probably. Image makeover, yeah, probably.
Would it be done by a leader in Qatar? By a Saudi feudal King? By Erdogan? By most of our allies? Hell, by half of our congress and Ivy League students?
Nope
And besides, the lord works in mysterious ways, right?
Completely.
Agreed sir,,,
Obama is a liar.
So did Saddam Hussein, Gadaffi, and Mubarak. Should have left them all alone.
Assad is secular therefore a positive influence in that region in that respect.
It is no wonder Obama is so set against him and aiding the Islamic terrorists in his overthrow. Putin has done a masterful job of leading there...the peace plan is by his leadership.
His wife is british educated Orthodox Christian
Now, who will spend more time in a Christian church this holiday season, Assad or obama?
That is an entire group,of brave people
True enough that he's an inveterate enemy of Israel and ally of Iran, but he's hardly the monster that Obama and Kerry have made him out to be. And the fact that he's going out of his way to visit a CHURCH shows that we're on the wrong side of this thing. Would any of the Mullahs or ISIS thugs do this?
“His wife is british educated Orthodox Christian”
If she’s a Christian of any type, then she is a convert as of less than three months ago.
Her maiden name is Akhras - Sunni Muslim all the way.
“Her Sunni Muslim faith was also crucial — the Assad family is Alawite, a relatively...” http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/syrias-brutal-dictator-calls-for-rebels-to-back-him-against-is/news-story/bc455d1918fd9485af20f2cb43d9ff8f
That’s why I support Assad — he may be murderous, but he is the only force that protects Christians in Syria
He hasn’t and doesn’t.
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