Forget the war, Assad has his eyes on something else these days: building a space agency.
Yes, you read right.
Syria's state news agency SANA did not describe details of the proposed agency, only saying that the project was one "of a scientific nature."
Perhaps this month's Russian government visit to Damascus to allegedly award President Bashar Al Assad honorary membership to Moscow's Royal Academy of Sciences "for strengthening Syria-Russian relations" is really starting to get to the Syrian leader's ego….Space Race 2014 edition?!
