One way to undermine support for Bashar al-Assad in Syria: concoct a story that he’s selling out to the Sunni jihadists—backed by the US, Israel, the Gulf States, and Saudi Arabia—that most Syrians fear and loath. From Ghassen Kadi at thesaker.is:
As the observers and analysts of events in the Middle East were busy looking at the aftermath of the downing of the IL-20 and the deployment of the S-300 in Syria, a great new danger is now looming.
President Assad issued a legislative decree (Decree No 16) and which is intended to reform the ministry of Awqaf (Religious Endowments). The “Awqaf” is a Sunni Muslim tradition that has been around for centuries, and its role is to manage the funds of family trusts. After the dismembering of the Ottoman Empire, the new states separated their own “Awqaf” and established their own religious bodies to manage these affairs and funds.
