President Assad’s Interview with CBS News
SANA (State news agency)
April 1, 2015
President Bashar al-Assad did an interview with the U.S. CBS News. Following is the full text, as was published by SANA
President Bashar al-Assad did an interview with the U.S. CBS News. Following is the full text, as was published by SANA
Since they are not allowed to set up their own checkpoints except in a few areas, foreign fighters stand beside the regime’s soldiers as they stop the buses to take some of the passengers
Around 75 pro-Assad fighters killed in clashes with rebel groups as Southern Front takes control of large swathes of the historical town
Group sends hundreds of soldiers into Syria amid fears of renewed border fighting in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
Rebel factions are believed to be preparing to take Idleb city in massive new offensive against regime forces
UN delegate claims political settlement to the Syrian crisis is only achievable through dialogue with regime
Presidential advisor claims that a recent change in governments’ stance towards the Assad regime is nothing but a media ploy
Homs’ famous black stones are stolen from historical buildings and sold to foreigners by Lebanese emigrants
Front rejects allegations on social media of commanders’ deaths, claiming rumors are the work of Assad’s ‘electronic army’
Syrian militant group considers cutting ties with Al-Qaeda to secure support from regional powers
ISIS confiscates the homes of former Baathists and defectors from the Syrian regime
There is now an absence of an effective Arab axis, capable of countering Iranian ambitions that exploit sectarian divides, along with the Israeli ambition to fragment and burn the region
Operation comes after Nusra and other factions took control of large areas in provinces connecting Damascus, Jordan, and the Golan Heights
Rebels call for general mobilization to confront pro-Assad offensive on Daraa
The US administration can – if it wanted – work to remove the factors responsible for the creation of ISIS in order to prevent the strengthening of it and similar organizations
Khaled Yacoub Oweis, a visiting fellow at SWP, the German international affairs think tank, argues that the objective of international envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura should be the protection of civilians and not the creation of freeze zones, which, short of a balance of interests on the ground, will become killing fields
“We are facing an occupation that does not only target our land, but also countries located beyond our territory. Our defeat here today will be theirs tomorrow”
The Southern Front foils pro-regime attack, recapturing four hills north of Daraa
President of Syrian Coalition Khaled Khoja interviewed on UN Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura’s “action plan” to freeze fighting in Aleppo
Rebel sources claim pro-regime forces face biggest loss of life since the start of the Syrian revolution
