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"Bashar was very embarrassed"
An old work colleague of Bashar al-Assad, from the Western Eye Hospital, gives an anecdote of a once modest Bashar being recognised by an overexcited patient.
An old work colleague of Bashar al-Assad, from the Western Eye Hospital, gives an anecdote of a once modest Bashar being recognised by an overexcited patient.