Just got back from Syria for a day meeting. Apart from the long trip and the limited food (they never feed us at these meetings, which is FUCKING annoying), one of the most striking things about this meeting, is the number of languages on the table. Five of them. German, English, Arabic, Russian and Turkish.

Seriously, I have been in soo many meeting over my time, but never anything quiet like this. I’ll have some more thoughts on Syria in a minute, this being my second time, and me basically having an understanding of what to expect from the place.