Cartoon: Democracy According to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad doesn’t get why the whole world is demanding he introduce democratic reforms. Australian cartoonist Alan Moir captures al-Assad’s take on democracy.

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