Head of Serbian Orthodox Church finds common ground with Assad regime

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Head of Serbian Orthodox Church finds common ground with Assad regime.

The Serbian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Irinej makes a controversial visit to Syria and praises Bashar al Assad. Speaking to the Syrian Arab News Agency, the state-backed outlet, the patriarch said that an Assad regime victory "Represents the victory of right" in their war against the opposition.

President Bashar al-#Assad received today Patriarch Irinej, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church pic.

H.K June 3, 2019 The visit will be seen by many as whitewashing the crimes of the Assad regime by the most senior religious figure in the Serbian Orthodox Church, by making Assad appear a legitimate leader worthy of meeting.

In an official statement on the Serbian Orthodox Church website, Patriarch Irinej "Highly praised the principled and firm support" of the Assad regime in backing Serbia with regard to Kosovo.

The Serbian Orthodox Church was known to be close to Radovan Karadzic then under the leadership of Patriarch Pavle in the 1990s.

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