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Al-Araby
The UK government has strongly criticised Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the owner of Manchester City Football Club, for meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad last week. Sheikh Mansour, who is also the UAE’s deputy prime minister, met the Syrian dictator during the latter’s recent visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UK, which has broken relations with the Syrian regime, slammed the meeting with Assad who is accused of killing hundreds of thousands of civilians. “It is the UK’s firm belief that – in the absence of a change in behaviour by the Syrian regime – strengthening ties underm…