Latakia

Latakia, Syria My ship berthed there when Bashar al-Assad, the vile  When a dictator was in power, I found a peaceful  town Dressed in a European manner, there were many shops selling all sorts of wares, and the police wore sidearms  not machineguns  Latakia had an atmosphere of peace Then suddenly, rumor had it that Bashar had jailed thousands Many people were tortured and killed The USA turned against him, mainly  because of a Russian base nearby, proof that Assad was on the wrong side of a conflict that appeared to be based on lies In the end, Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, and Syria was free One wonders what happened to the thousands of tortured prisoners, said to be freed