White House: Assad's Instagram 'Despicable'

Ever abreast of the big issues facing a war-torn country like Syria, the US State Department has delivered a stern rebuke against President Bashar al-Assad's Instagram account, labeling it "nothing more than a despicable PR stunt," ABC News reports. In a press briefing, a department spokesperson told reporters:

• "It’s repulsive that the Assad regime would use this to gloss over the brutality and suffering it’s causing, that—to see what’s really happening right now in Syria, to see the horrific atrocities in Homs and elsewhere, we would encourage people to take a look at unfiltered photos of what’s actually happening on the ground."

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