Monday, April 21, 2014

Ahead of vote, Syria's Assad visits seized village

Ahead of vote, Syria's Assad visits seized villageIn this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad checks a broken religious icon during his visit to the Christian village of Maaloula, near Damascus, Syria, Sunday April, 20, 2014. Assad toured a historic Christian village his forces recently captured from rebels, state media said, as the country's Greek Orthodox Patriarch vowed that Christians in the war-ravaged country "will not submit and yield" to extremists. The rebels, including fighters from the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, took Maaloula several times late last year. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)
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