Assad Plays Video Games

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What was the point of any of it Globe Eye News Bashar al-Assad now lives quietly in a luxury tower in Moscow, reportedly addicted to spending long hours playing online video games, according to Die Zeit.

What it means

A tweet shares a news post claiming that Bashar al-Assad now lives quietly in a luxury tower in Moscow and spends long hours playing online video games. The joke contrasts his former position as Syria’s president with an unexpectedly mundane retirement, prompting the reaction “What was the point of any of it.”

Who

Bashar al-Assad (بشار الأسد)

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man in a suit / мужчина в костюме politician at a podium / политик за трибуной video game controller / игровой контроллер luxury apartment tower / роскошная башня с апартаментами microphones / микрофоны blue tie / синий галстук black suit / чёрный костюм news post screenshot / скриншот новостного поста social media interface / интерфейс социальной сети portrait photo / портретная фотография