(IsraelNN.com) Former Ku Klux Klan leader and Louisiana State Representative David Duke was in Syria on Monday to express solidarity with Damascus.
At a press conference in the Damascus’ Rawda Square, Duke said, “I have come to Syria to express my support for the Syrian people…. It’s the duty of every free man to reject the conspiracies and threats Syria is exposed to.” Duke charged that pro-Israel neo-conservatives in the US are controlling American foreign policy and that “Zionist-controlled mass media” are hiding “the reality of Israeli terrorism against the Arabs.”
Attending the press conference were several members of the Syrian parliament, and Arab and foreign correspondents, as well as representatives from Russian academia.