US President Barack Obama surprised yesterday his visitors, the Patriarchs of the Eastern Christians, when he told them that the President Bashar al-Assad protected the Christians in Syria, befuddling the attendees

US President Barack Obama surprised yesterday his visitors, the Patriarchs of the Eastern Christians, when he told them that the President Bashar al-Assad protected the Christians in Syria, befuddling the attendees who did not believe what they heard and tried to conceal it.    

The Patriarchs submitted to Obama a paper which displays the situations of the Christians in each Eastern country.

The ecclesial sources told al-Akbar that Obama used the term "Syrian government" instead of "regime" which is usually used in US to describe the rule in Syria.

Al-Akhbar Newspaper