Syria: Independence Day Celebration in DC Draws Crowds  · Global Voices
Amira Al Hussaini

Imad Moustapha, Syria's envoy to the US, shares with us photographs from a celebration to mark his country's Independence Day in Washington DC. “The huge attendance was a testimony to how Syria is regarded by the American people despite years of trying to distort its image by former President Bush, his kick-side Cheny and their acolytes of hate-mongers,” he writes.