A Syrian official criticized commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.Writing in the London-based newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat , Buthaina Shaaban accused the West of a double standard for marking the liberation of the Nazi death camp while failing to criticize Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, The Associated Press reported.
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