Bashar al-Assad

President of the Syrian Arab Republic (since 2000).

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Interview of Bashar el-Assad with “Paris Match”

by Bashar al-Assad, Régis Le Sommier

Damascus (Syria) | 28 November 2019

Régis Le Sommier with President Bachar el-Assad
After nine years of civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, supported by Russia and Iran, is the only master on board. Here is the full interview given to Paris Match.
Paris Match. Our last interview was five years ago, almost to the (...)

Bashar al Assad’s Interview with Telesur, the Latin American News Channel

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 27 April 2017

Telesur: Thank you for receiving us, Mr President.
Bashar al-Assad: I welcome your team and Channel Telesur to Syria.
Telesur: Let me get straight to the most recent event. Russia warns that the terrorists could be preparing alleged chemical attacks. What precaution is Syria taking to avoid (...)

Bashar al-Assad’s Interview with Europe1 and TF1

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 24 March 2017

February 16th, 2017
Fabien Namias: Good morning Mr President.
Bashar al-Assad: Good morning.
Fabien Namias: A very simple question to begin with. Two months after the fall of Aleppo, can you say that you have won the war?
Bashar al-Assad: No. I do not think that we can talk about having (...)

Message from President Assad

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 14 December 2016

Time and History are closely linked but people will not remember Time. What they will remember is History. And Time is only transformed into History when great changes in the world decide it to be so.
For this reason, we speak of before and after the birth of Lord Jesus; of before and after (...)

INTERVIEW WITH THE SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD

“Syria is paying the price of its independence”

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 2 November 2016

Interviewed by the Cuban journalist Roberto Garcia on behalf of the agency Prensa Latina, the President of the Syrian Arab Republic highlights the cohesion between the different groups within Syrian society and popular participation in defense of the Nation. After noting that preserving (...)

Bashar al-Assad interview with France2

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 21 April 2015

David Pujadas: Good evening, Mr. President, I’d like to start straight forward. For most French, you are in a very large part responsible for the chaos going on in Syria, because of the brutality of the repression during the last four years. According to you, what is your part of responsibility? (...)

Interview of Bashar al-Assad with Foreign Affairs

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 27 January 2015

Foreign Affairs: I would like to start by asking you about the war. It has now been going on for almost four years, and you know the statistics: more than 200,000 people have been killed, a million wounded, and more than three million Syrians have fled the country, according to the UN. Your (...)

Bashar el-Assad interview with Paris-Match

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 3 December 2014

Paris Match: Mr. President, three years into this war, and considering how things have turned out, do you regret that you haven’t managed things differently at the beginning, with the appearance of the first signs of the revolution in March 2011? Do you feel that you are responsible for what (...)

Inaugural speech of President al-Assad

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 16 July 2014

Honourable Syrians, Free Syrian Revolutionaries,
Three years and four months have passed since some declared, on your behalf: “The People want.” Yes, The People wanted…. The People decided… The People took action.
A few years ago, some called for freedom – your response was to remain free in the (...)

Bashar al-Assad’s interview with Rossiya 24

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 12 September 2013

Russia 24: Why did Syria agree to the Russian initiative which proposes handing over its chemical weapons to the international community? Why so rapidly?
Bashar al-Assad: Over 10 years ago, Syria presented the UN with a proposal for a WMD-Free Middle East; this was because the region is (...)

Baschar al-Assad interview with CBS News

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 10 September 2013

Charlie Rose: Mr. President thank you very much for this opportunity to talk to you at a very important moment because the President of the United States will address the nation this week and, as you know an important conversation is taking place in Washington and important things are (...)

Bashar al-Assad interview with Izvestia

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 26 August 2013

Izvestia: Mr President, the most pressing question today is the current situation in Syria. What parts of the country remain under the rebels’ control?
Bashar al-Assad: From our perspective, it’s not a matter of labelling areas as controlled by terrorists or by the government; we are not dealing (...)

Interview Given by President al-Assad to Lebanese Al-Manar TV

by Bashar al-Assad

Damascus (Syria) | 30 May 2013

Al-Manar: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. Assalamu
Alaikum. Bloodshed in Syria continues unabated. This is the only constant over
which there is little disagreement between those loyal to the Syrian state and
those opposed to it. However, there is no common ground over (...)

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

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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 (...)

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