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Syria's Assads Turned to West for Glossy P.R.
(New York Times) Bill Carter and Amy Chozick - With the help of high-priced public relations advisers who had worked in the Clinton, Bush and Thatcher administrations, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family have sought over the past five years to portray themselves in the Western media as accessible, progressive and even glamorous.