Bashar Assad Bans Posting his Photos in Public Areas

Published July 16th, 2000 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

 

By Nabil Al Mulhem 

Damascus 

 

Syrian authorities on Saturday began removing portraits of President-Elect Bashar Assad from all public places, libraries and newspaper shacks upon instructions from the president himself, sources told Albawaba.com 

According to the sources, officials who were executing the orders were telling citizens that a presidential decree, to be issued soon, will ban posting personal photos of the president, except in government departments - Albawaba.com  

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