When a renowned horserider bested Bashar al-Assad’s brother in an equestrian competition, he couldn’t have imagined it would cost him 21 years in one of Syria’s infamous military prisons.
I first heard this story as a teenager living in Egypt. It is one of the stories Egyptians used to tell when we wanted to discuss the exceptional brutality of the Syrian regime relative to our own
21 years for winning a gold medal...what a story
I first heard this story as a teenager living in Egypt. It is one of the stories Egyptians used to tell when we wanted to discuss the exceptional brutality of the Syrian regime relative to our own