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Sadr Sympathizes with Syria 'Revolutionaries', Praises Assad
by Naharnet Newsdesk 17 November 2011, 14:28

Iraq's anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has expressed support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while noting that he sympathizes with the “revolutionaries” in Syria.

Assad has since March been trying to crush a popular uprising against his government, in which over 3,500 people have been killed, according to U.N. figures.

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