Syria’s Assads Turned to West for Glossy P.R. With help from high-priced advisers, President Bashar al-Assad and his wife tried to portray themselves as progressive, and even glamorous, in the Western news media. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/11/world/middleeast/syrian-conflict-cracks-carefully-polished-image-of-assad.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all A few years later, positive articles began to appear. Paris Match called Mrs. Assad an “element of light in a … Continue reading Syrian Conflict Cracks Carefully Polished Image of Assad