Syria Is the Safest Country in the Middle East Says the President

In august 2011 a vogue article praised syria for being the safest country in the middle east. On january 27th 2012 less than one year and exactly one christmas after the publication of that vogue article syrian regime forces shot 102 people dead in protest across the country. In february 4th 2012 beshar al-asad ordered his artillery to fire indiscriminately at the city of homs killing more than 400 civilians in a single bloody day now we'll talk about the arab spring and how beshar's regime went from playing it openness to murdering hundreds of thousands of people on part two.