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Bashar al-Assad
President of the Syrian Arab Republic (since 2000).
33 articles
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The interview given by President Bashar al-Assad to Turkey’s Ulusal TV station and Aydinlik newspaper
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 5 April 2013
The full text of the interview goes as follows:
Bashar Al-Assad’s Interview with The Sunday Times
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 3 March 2013
Sunday Times: Mr. President your recent offer of political dialogue was qualified with a firm rejection of the very groups you would have to pacify to stop the violence: the armed rebels and the Syrian National Coalition, the main opposition alliance.
So in effect you are only extending an olive branch to the loyal opposition, mostly internal, that renounce the armed struggle, and who effectively recognizes the legitimacy of your leadership, who are you willing to talk to, really? (...)
Speech by Bashar al-Assad on Syrian crisis
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 6 January 2013
Mr. Primer, Ministers,
Heads and members of the leaderships of popular organizations and trade unions,
Sisters and brothers,
Today I look at your faces and the faces of the people of our country as they are covered with sorrow and pain. I look into the eyes of Syria’s children and I don’t see an innocent laugh shinning, nor do I see toys that draw a smile on their faces. I watch the hands of elderly people and see them open to prayer for the safety of a son, a daughter or a grandson.
We (...)
Rusia Today interview with Bashar al-Assad
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 9 November 2012
RT: President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, thank very much for talking to us today.
Bashar Assad: You are most welcome in Damascus.
RT: There are many people who were convinced a year ago that you would not make it this far. Here again you are sitting in a newly renovated presidential palace and recording this interview. Who exactly is your enemy at this point?
BA: My enemy is terrorism and instability in Syria. This is our enemy in Syria. It is not about the people, it is not about (...)
Bashar el-Assad interview by Ad-Dounia TV
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 29 August 2012
Nizar al-Farra: Dear viewers of Addounia TV… greetings,
We greet you from the People’s Palace in the Syrian capital of Damascus. We are honored to meet President Bashar al-Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic. Mr. President, welcome on Addounia TV.
President Bashar al-Assad: Welcome to you and to Addounia TV.
Nizar al-Farra: Mr. President, allow me to discuss during today’s meeting the most important issues occupying the thoughts of Syrian citizens which they inquire about daily and (...)
Speech Delivered by H.E. President Bashar al-Assad At the People’s Assembly
by Bashar al-Assad
4 June 2012
At the beginning of this legislative course, we remember brothers of ours who should have been with us under the roof of this parliament taking part in this great national workshop, but the bullets of treachery prevented them from doing so. They fell martyrs merely because they were determined to shoulder national responsibility by putting themselves forward as candidates for the elections of the People’s Assembly; and so they haven’t been able to share with us this historic day.
In respect (...)
ABC’s Barbara Walters’ Interview With Bashar al-Assad
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 7 December 2011
The main chain of U.S. television has made an exclusive interview with Bashar al-Assad. Syrian President spent three hours answering journalist Barbara Walters who had in the past spent a flattering portrait of his wife. However, the channel did not broadcast the whole interview, but extracts a total of ten minutes. The responses of the head of state were cut not to challenge U.S. diplomacy. Worse, some sentences have been cut and blended to give him an abstract image, far from reality. We (...)
Speech by President Bashar al-Assad at Damascus University on the situation in Syria
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 20 June 2011
Peace be upon you, upon all those who are protecting this dear and precious homeland. Peace be upon the people, the army, the security forces and all those who have been working to insure the prevention of sedition; burying it in the detestable snake holes where it belongs. Peace be upon every mother who has lost a dear son, on every child who lost a father, on every family that lost a beloved one. Peace be upon the souls of our martyrs whose blood has grown into chrysanthemum in the spring (...)
Bashar al-Assad Speech at Syrian People’s Assembly
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 30 March 2011
Mr. Speaker,
Ladies and gentlemen,
members of the People’s Assembly,
It gives me a great pleasure to meet you once again in this distinguished place, to talk to you about the conditions engulfing Syria and the region and to address, through you, all the children of Syria; Syria which is at the heart of everyone of us, the invincible castle, with its glories, with its people in every governorate, city, town, and village.
At this exceptional moment, events and developments pose a great (...)
Wall Street Journal Interview With Bashar al-Assad
by Bashar al-Assad
Damascus (Syria) | 31 January 2011
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who inherited a regime that has held power for four decades, said he will push for more political reforms in his country, in a sign of how Egypt’s violent revolt is forcing leaders across the region to rethink their approaches.
In a rare interview, Mr. Assad told The Wall Street Journal that the protests in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen are ushering in a "new era" in the Middle East, and that Arab rulers would need to do more to accommodate their people’s rising (...)
“Our Enemies Aim At The Destruction Of The Arab Identity”
by Bashar al-Assad
15 June 2005
Since the last congress of the Baath Party, held in the year 2000, many important political developments have occurred in the world that have made the Arabs reflect about their ideas and convictions. This has plunged us into a state of uncertainty and confusion for it has taken place amidst a wave of information and ideas that have reached us through the new communication technologies. Such a revolution has influenced the theories, life styles and cultural identities of the Arabs. It has (...)
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Bashar Al-Assad’s Interview with The Sunday Times
Rusia Today interview with Bashar al-Assad
Bashar el-Assad interview by Ad-Dounia TV
Wall Street Journal Interview With Bashar al-Assad
The interview given by President Bashar al-Assad to Turkey’s Ulusal TV station and Aydinlik newspaper
Speech by Bashar al-Assad on Syrian crisis
Speech Delivered by H.E. President Bashar al-Assad At the People’s Assembly
Bashar al-Assad Speech at Syrian People’s Assembly
“Our Enemies Aim At The Destruction Of The Arab Identity”
Speech by President Bashar al-Assad at Damascus University on the situation in Syria
ABC’s Barbara Walters’ Interview With Bashar al-Assad
