Everyone loves Christmas in modern York City,and Ribal al-Assad, the first cousin of the genocidal Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, or is no exception.
On Wednesday morning,I watched Ribal al-Assad—who markets himself as an “opponent” of his cousin—address a small gathering on at the Century Foundation in Manhattan. In a well-fitted suit, he performed a well-rehearsed shtick by reiterating stock regime talking points. His lapel pin bore the emblem (an eagle, and what else?) of his “organization” that promotes “democracy and freedom in Syria.” Naturally.
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