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March 16th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Dr Akhras, a Harley Street cardiologist, has been a key figure in liaison
between the Syrian and British governments. He is the founder and
co-chairman of the British-Syrian Society, set up in 2003 to “strengthen
relations at all levels” between the two countries. Until this year, the
British ambassador to Damascus, Simon Collis, was a patron of the society.
Its directors include former ambassadors and other prominent British
figures.
Mr Assad met his wife, who was born and educated in London, while he was
studying opthalmology at the Western Eye Hospital, Marylebone, before he
became president. According to the president’s biographer, Eyal Zisser, Dr
Akhras helped arrange Mr Assad’s placement at the hospital.
Emails obtained by the al-Arabiya satellite channel purport to show another
side to Fawaz Akhras, suggesting that he was deeply worried about Syria’s
bloodshed and urged his son-in-law to respond to reports of atrocities.
On 19 December, an email purporting to be from Mr Akhras to both Mr and Mrs
Assad warns them that Channel Four was about to show footage of atrocities.
He forwards a link to a Daily Mail article previewing the report, saying:
“The description of this video is horrible and the embassy were asked to
comment but no answer.”
The email adds: “It will be shown on channel four tonight. Do you feel it is
prudent that the embassy should respond and provide an explanation or
comments e.g even by just saying the government will take the footage and
pictures for professional examination and those accountable will be
prosecuted. I feel the show should not go without responding to their call.”
Dr Akhras seemed especially concerned with the perception of the regime in the
West and helped draft a detailed 13-point defence of the military’s actions
as well suggesting the launch of a state-sponsored English-language news
network. He said the broadcaster would allow Syria to address the world “in
their own language and mentality” and urged the project to be considered “at
the highest level”.
Mr Akhras, the chairman of the British Syrian Society, was also on the
receiving end of polite but vociferous protests about his son-in-law’s
behaviour. An email purporting to be from Wafic Said, a Syrian businessman
who serves as one of the organisation’s directors, tells Mr Akhras: “The
current situation in Syria is simply unacceptable and the continuing
killings and violence are indefensible.”
The emails show Mr Said to add that the British Syrian Society “cannot fulfil
its mission and I believe that there is little the Society can do for the
foreseeable future.” Mr Said apparently wrote: “Our position has become
untenable and unfortunately our Society will be dormant for a long period”.
He added that only his friendship with Mr Akhras had prevented him resigning
as a director of the Society.
Mr Akhras, an admirer of Baroness Thatcher, also urged the president to copy
the former prime minister’s economic policies and avoid intervening in the
currency markets to support the Syrian Pound. “I refer to her response
to the parliament when she said “Never buck the market”. The test
of time and experience proved that she was correct,” Mr Akhras wrote in
a joint message to his daughter and Mr Assad.
Patrick Seale, the writer and Syria expert, last year described Dr Akhras as
“a thoroughly decent and respectable figure. The fact that his daughter
suddenly married the president, it’s a bit like what has happened to Kate
Middleton’s parents.”
Mrs Assad presented a modern face of the regime, running a number of charities
and campaigning to empower women. Since the uprising, however, she has said
little.
Dr Akhras’s statement comes as it emerged that Syria has withdrawn its
ambassador from Britain. Sami Khiyami, who has been the envoy in London for
the last 12 years, left the country at the weekend after David Cameron
described the Syrian government as a “criminal regime” with “blood on its
hands.”
“Cameron’s speech about Syria in Parliament was a low point, and led the
Syrian Government to take the decision to withdraw Dr Khiyami,” said Dr
Makram Khoury-Machool, a British academic who is a close friend of the
ambassador and advises him on communications.
Britain’s decision to close its embassy in Damascus on “security grounds” and
recall its ambassador, Mr Collis, and all his staff, was also a factor, Dr
Khoury-Machool said.
“Dr Khiyami believed that ceasing diplomatic ties can never serve a positive
purpose in international relations,” he said.
Syria has not broken off diplomatic relations with the UK and its London
embassy remains open under the deputy head of mission, Ghassan Dalla. The
embassy and Dr Khiyami have been the target of regular demonstrations by
opposition activists protesting against the killings. On one occasion, on 4
February, the demonstrators got in to the embassy, according to Dr
Khoury-Machool.
“The ambassador received constant threats, directly and indirectly. These
included threats of murder and kidnapping, working to force him to make a
visual statement under the gun,” he said. “He would have preferred
better security, especially around his house.”
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “The Syrian ambassador has informed the
Foreign Office that his posting has concluded.”
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