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Diplomacy fail: State staffed Syria hotline with non-Arabic speakers
[WashingtonExaminer] The State Department admitted Wednesday that it used department volunteers with limited Arabic language abilities to staff a hotline it set up to take calls about ongoing violence in Syria.That move led to confusion this week as people who speak Arabic, which is Syria's official language, tried to call with information about violations of the Syria cease-fire, only to get hung up by volunteers who didn't have a perfect understanding of the language." Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-03-04 |
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