80% of Syrian Christians support Assad, says bishop

March 17, 2016

While “we will not say he is an angel,” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not a “demon,” the Chaldean Catholic bishop of Aleppo told journalists in Geneva.

Bishop Antoine Audo said that Assad has the support of about half of the nation’s population and that 80% of the nation’s Christians would vote for him in an election, according to a Spanish media report.

 

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Further information:

• Al Asad no es el demonio que se pinta en Occidente, según obispo sirio (ABC)