First Lady Asma al-Assad plays the kind-hearted humanitarian in Damascus as she [tr]

As her husband vows to 'cleanse' the northern city of Aleppo with relentless airstrikes, Syria's First Lady Asma al-Assad is playing the role of a kind-hearted humanitarian in Damascus.

The wife of embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is believed to live in the centre of the capital city with their three children. The area has been largely spared from the relentless violence that has swept the country since 2011.

Posts on an official presidency Instagram account show the British-born First Lady, who was educated at King's College London, greeting female graduates, hugging the orphaned children of regime soldiers and sharing jokes with the Syrian people that are loyal to Assad.

The pictures on the social media page are in stark contrast to the one's emerging from rebel-held areas, where thousands of civilians are suffering due, in part, to her husband’s ‘starve or surrender’ policy.

"...rebel-held areas, where thousands of civilians are suffering due, in part, to her husband’s ‘starve or surrender’ policy...."

"In part"? Well then, what's the other part?

Oh yeah, Hillary's ISIS, which was allowed to murder over 100,000 Christians in the last few years, all with Obama's approval.

Was Vogue magazine there? You Can Take The Middle Eastern Dictator Out Of The Middle East, But You Can't Take The Middle East Out Of The Woman.

My husband and I were living over there, in the ARAMCO Ras Tanura Family Camp, when DADDY Assad, Hafiz, was in power.
NOTHING has changed. The fruit doesn't fall too far from the tree, does it?

where thousands of civilians are suffering due, in part, to her husband’s ‘starve or surrender’ policy.

No, they are suffering because the civilians are being held hostage by Al-Queda.

If they try to flee to West Aleppo, they or their families are beheaded.

cloudmountain, what did you see there? Would you recommend an overthrow of Assad for the beheaders?

Damascus was fabulous. It became so important in the middle east because it had/has TWO independent FRESH WATER wells. Other settlements had one but Damascus had/has two.
The shopping there was FABULOUS!!!

The Arabs have been fighting with each other ever since there have been Arabs. They fought over water, land, women and status. NOW, since the Saudis have more money than God, THEY are the kings of the Gulf area. There's no more fighting now as the King of Saudi Arabia doles out $$ to those poorer nations who need it.

The king has so much money that he gives to Christian countries.

The King personally owns all the petroleum and natural gas. He bought it back from ARAMCO in 1980, as his predecessors had sold all the mineral rights to ARAMCO.

Now the king earns one billion U.S. dollars every two and a half days. THAT was 1983 money. WHO KNOWS what the profit is now.

I say: LET THOSE GULF COUNTRIES ALONE. They are still needed for our gas guzzling economy.
The Saudis WILL run out of petroleum and natural gas, the geologists predict, in another 200 years.

Travel? Go to Hawaii! AloooooooooooooHA!!!

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