Our thoughts are with Syria's Grand Mufti, Dr. Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun, a man of peace and humility, whose house was recently attacked in Aleppo, but who is now safe outside of Syria.

Hassoun is emblematic of an anti-sectarian, pluralist, unified Syria, explaining to investigative reporter Eva Bartlett in 2018 that

'In Syria, there are 23 million Christians, and 23 million Muslims. My title is Grand Mufti of the Syrian Arab Republic, not the Mufti of a particular denomination.'" (1)

His statement reflects those of most Syrians who do not define themselves in terms of religious labels and associations, who reject sectarian hatred, extremism and terrorism — all products and instruments of Western Regime Change operations.

I remember meeting Syria's Grand Mufti Hassoun years ago, in 2016, as Syria was being besieged by Western-supported sectarian terrorists, the same ones who now claim to govern Syria. He said then that profiting from arms manufacturing

When the "Russiagate" scandal broke in 2016, America's most prestigious newspapers treated it as gospel. The New York Times and The Washington Post led the charge, framing Donald Trump's victory as the product of Kremlin interference. For this coverage, both were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2018.

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Seven years later, the foundation of that story is collapsing. Tulsi Gabbard, now Director of National Intelligence, has accused Barack Obama and his top intelligence chiefs of fabricating Russiagate in order to sabotage Trump's presidency. According to declassified documents released in July, the 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment — the document that entrenched the narrative of Russian interference — was deliberately manipulated under the direction of Obama, CIA Director John Brennan, DNI James Clapper, and FBI Director James Comey.