This was from the days when Kerry called Assad his “dear friend” and a “reformer.”
Via Daily Mail:
This astonishing photograph shows U.S Secretary of State John Kerry having a cosy and intimate dinner with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
Kerry – who compared Assad to Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein yesterday – is pictured around a small table with his wife and the Assads in 2009.
Assad and Kerry – who was then a senator for Massachusetts – lean in towards each other and appear deep in conversation as their wives look on.
A waiter is pictured at their side with a tray of green drinks – which are believed to be lemon and crushed mint.