Bashar al-Assad is a popular Farzat political cartoonist . He was abducted and beaten after a cartoon depicting Syria 's Ali Farzat . The U.S. State Department blames the The U.S. State Department regime for a `` targeted , brutal attack '' Syrian 's supporters circulated a photo of the hospitalized cartoonist on the internet .
Ali Farzat is a popular Syrian political cartoonist . He was abducted and beaten after a cartoon depicting Syria 's Bashar al-Assad . The U.S. State Department blames the al-Assad regime for a `` targeted , brutal attack '' Farzat 's supporters circulated a photo of the hospitalized cartoonist on the internet .