The full text of the interview conducted by The Sunday Times with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
Journalists were killed while covering fierce clashes between government forces and the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) last January.
Mannaa criticized the French government colonial policy and expressed his amazement of the French Minister of Foreign affairs’ call to hold a conference to the so-called ‘Friends of Syria’ in Paris at the same time as the Syrian International Conference.
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Qadri Jamil, stressed that the political solution is the only and inevitable way out of the crisis in Syria.
Assad’s ouster is inevitable, but how will it be achieved? What price will be paid by Syria and the entire region? This is the fundamental question and the crux of the matter. If the intention is to let the Syrian people topple Assad by themselves, this represents a real danger for a variety of reasons.
The Syrian regime has pre-empted the arrival of the UN envoy to Damascus via Lebanon Mr. Lakhdar Librahimi with terrible massacres covered most of the nation and included more than / 310 / geographical points and locations with aerial bombardment using (Russian Mig fighters), since Mr. Librahimi could not be able to land in Damascus International Airport on Sunday 23/12/2007.
President Assad’s speech at the inauguration of the People’s Assembly after the 2012 elections which were boycotted by the Syrian opposition and many citizens in the major cities and provinces.
