Assad's iTunes emails show music taste from Chris Brown to Right Said Fred
The emails between Bashar al-Assad's account and iTunes give an insight into the Syrian president's state of mind and reveal a man with wide and sometimes surprising tastes.
Alongside songs from the Lebanese actor and singer Nasri Shamseddine, who remains popular in the Arab world almost 30 years after his death, there is an eclectic mix of artists from the 1990s British duo Right Said Fred to the US singer Chris Brown.
The fact that the US last year imposed sanctions against Assad and other Syrian government officials, prohibiting "US persons" from engaging in transactions with them, may explain why Assad's iTunes account is registered to another name and a New York address.
One of the more unusual purchases, made through an American Express account, occurred on 5 February when Assad sent his wife, Asma, an iTunes file of the US country star Blake Shelton singing God Gave Me You.
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