The hunger of nations, the hunger of men, the subjugation of the people, the glory of nations past, the fortunes of doom beating on impoverished drums, a nation of want, a nation at war, the human cry, man is fallen upon the earth, the church in shadows… On the Church Steps by Dominic Mance © 2017 The CIA has had a strategy to topple the Syrian regime for decades dating back to the rule of the current president’s father, Hafez al-Assa