{"id":6216,"date":"2015-11-17T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/odf-syria.org\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:18:08","slug":"odfs-director-addresses-richmond-world-affairs-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/odf-syria.org\/it\/odfs-director-addresses-richmond-world-affairs-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Il direttore dell'ODFS si rivolge al Consiglio per gli Affari Mondiali di Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ODFS Director Ribal Al-Assad today addressed the Richmond World Affairs Council on the conflicts in Syria and the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond was launched in the autumn of 1996. The Council\u2019s mission is to educate and inform citizens of Central Virginia about the importance of international affairs and to bring them into direct contact with influential personalities in the field. 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