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Syria: Bashar al-Assad and John Kerry pictured on double date in Damascus restaurant
3 Sep 2013 08:55
The US Secretary of State was leading a peace delegation to the city at the time
The Syrian president is an unsavoury character, says US Secretary of State John Kerry.
But this image shows a double date in Damascus in 2009 in which he appears more to his taste.
The then Massachusetts Governor, who has compared the leader to Adolf Hitler, was pictured in a restaurant with Bashar al-Assad and their wives as he led a peace delegation to the city.
The photo emerged just days after Mr Kerry unveiled “compelling” evidence that Assad’s forces had carried out a chemical attack in a rebel-held area of Damascus.
And he said the US had hair and blood samples proving sarin was used.
Mr Kerry told CNN: “Blood and hair samples that have come to us through an appropriate chain of custody from Damascus, from first responders, tested positive for signatures of Sarin.”
Assad blames rebels for the gas attack.
By Ben Rankin
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Syria: Bashar al-Assad and John Kerry pictured on double date in Damascus restaurant
3 Sep 2013 08:55
The US Secretary of State was leading a peace delegation to the city at the time
The Syrian president is an unsavoury character, says US Secretary of State John Kerry.
But this image shows a double date in Damascus in 2009 in which he appears more to his taste.
The then Massachusetts Governor, who has compared the leader to Adolf Hitler, was pictured in a restaurant with Bashar al-Assad and their wives as he led a peace delegation to the city.
The photo emerged just days after Mr Kerry unveiled “compelling” evidence that Assad’s forces had carried out a chemical attack in a rebel-held area of Damascus.
And he said the US had hair and blood samples proving sarin was used.
Mr Kerry told CNN: “Blood and hair samples that have come to us through an appropriate chain of custody from Damascus, from first responders, tested positive for signatures of Sarin.”
Assad blames rebels for the gas attack.
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