Syria conflict: BBC exclusive interview with President Bashar al-Assad (FULL)
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has defended his government's actions in the region since the uprising against his rule, which erupted in 2011.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen, Mr Assad denied that his forces had dropped barrel bombs indiscriminately on rebel-held areas, killing thousands of civilians, and dismissed as propaganda a statement by the UN that his government often blocks access to besieged areas for relief organisations.
The Syrian leader also denied that there was a direct dialogue with the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State but confirmed that "general messages" were sometimes passed via third parties.
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So a regular bomb is fine, but a barrel bomb is the end of the world.
+Hans Pavel And don't forget: Drones drop flowers. Drones are peace. Drones are life.
+Hans Pavel I was wanting Assad to tell him to do a barrel roll!
+Hans Pavel yeah pretty stupid questioning by the BBC reporter.
+Hans Pavel BARREL BOMBZZZZ??? OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
+Hans Pavel so glad other people can see the hypocrisy in this barrel bomb thing! its just a bomb like any other, what it looks like should have no baring on the situation. this is a brilliant example of media propaganda. what are the Saudis dropping in Yemen?? big ass bombs that kill many civilians! what do the western democracies have to say about that?? not a lot, the world is fucked up politically!
"They dont talk to you unless you their puppet" - Bashar al-Assad.
Hahaha if I were a leader I will never accept Western interviews; those Western interviewers are annoying as hell
YuB 2.0 you call western people bad? In the Middle East litterally will have your killed or arrested but ok America is the bad one
@@behindyou6427 the united states has the highest incarceration rate in the world.
@@yub2.045 george soros is crying cause he can't remove Assad and Putin 😂😂
@@yub2.045 infact, his politeness annoys me... I would have let go of harsher words or sarcasm if I was him.
"There is no such thing as an "indiscriminate weapon". When you shoot, you aim."
That's an incredible point.
Syed Ahmed your confusing him with the west and Israel
@Pep Exactly, the US and the UK sistematically bombed civilians in WW2, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The US even used nukes on civilian targets with no stategic importance twice! Their questioning of Assad is ridiculous.
@@justanormalyoutubeuser3868 Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the only two japanese cities that were majority Christian. Makes you think
@@zm1786 That's not true and even if it was no decent human being would care, christians don't matter any more or less than anyone else.
@@justanormalyoutubeuser3868 it is true and it does matter. It was a target attack against Christians. Go eat a dick . If it was a city a Jews you would call it a holocaust
This reporter is struggling to keep his job.
Lol dude 😂
true true 👌 by the way see my namr
I'm sure he's just reading from the sheet they gave him.
🤣
wow assad makes a lot of sense. more sense than the questions he was being asked.
+Nic Maleski Yea i agree he meke sense to blood thirsty sheeps like you. Say baeeee you fucking sheep
hahahah, nahh I am just a guy from Norway, who loves human life more then you
Blue Predator well stop being such a puss. Assad is loved by his people, hes being torpedoed by the media because the Israels hate him. But hes not a bad guy just because Israel doesn't like him. hes protective of christians, and is trying to keep a moderate, modern and stable state. Syria is more progressive than Iran, they're just not as huge.
Assad is not good leader, like you think he is
Blue Predator i will try to look into it more, but you have to know there is a propaganda war between israel and Syria, What does assad have to gain by using chemical weapons on his own people when he was winning the war at that time.
BBC propagandist: uses hypothetical scenarios to make Assad look bad
Assad: responds with facts
Propagandist: unable to respond, ignores what Assad said and asks another loaded question
Ask yourself, whom is telling the truth??
Well Assad doesn't exactly reply with verifiable facts. This interview teaches me nothing other than some insights on the personalities of both men.
samgar2 Fair enough. I would point out that the interviewer is also not using verifiable facts. In fact, Assad is just explaining his own side of the story, while the interviewer insists on using unverified reports often made by rebels themselves. Ya think the idiots who let ISIS in to begin with would be able to truthfully say anything about Assad?
*who
Sorry, couldn't help it
Yeah that must be it. No other possible reason eh?
well not assad he tries to turn every question around to cover his ass lol
This man never expected to lead his country.He wanted to be a doctor before his brother died and was recalled from his studies in London .He doesn't seem like a monster to me .
@FolkMusic he is chosen by all peoples in 2000
God Bless President Assad!
honey because the US was behind the killing of Bashar Assad brother. The US planned this whole war 30 years ago, but his dad know that they are going to attack Syria one day so he teaches Assad about the technic of the US and what he need to do. All Assad family know this will going to happen that why after 10 years he still the president! HE is FREAKING SMART
Raghad Rose Congratulations to all Syrians on the re-election of President Assad! Smart choice, dear Syrians!
مصرية مرت من هنا
@FolkMusic And he was chosen again
"We don't breathe through America.. We breathe through our citizens"... Bold words... He is one of the very very very few people in the world who dare to stand against the evil.
Bugga bugga boo where's my camel?
Is that why your country is owned by weirdo Putin and your cities are rubble?
Will it was one of the greatest countries our history was an a strong history America was nothing compared to Syria back than so it is not our problem it is president problem
What does he mean by his people? The 400K innocents including children under ground or the millions of refugees in the border of foreign countries?
@@kinglucos5146 🤣🤣🤣are you mad like seriously most syrians are in turkey only but what he can do if Syrians by themselves went to foreign ??
Go Assad Go Russia,greetings from Croatia !
that's currect ...they want to defeat not isis but Assad ...isis only the name..
+Denis Pahor watch?v=5-Mc0ySVbxU
Go Russia, Go Syria! In Vlad we trust!
***** i wouldn't Piss on a muSLime on Fire !
Every regime change has been a disaster wish Americans could wake-up and see who actually is pulling the strings.
Go Al-Assad ! Serbia is with you !
+Богдан Јанићијевић I see Serbians supporting Assad and also Gaddafi a lot. It makes a lot of sense, I have met many Serbs who have spoken of their experiences in the war. One of my best friends is half Croatian half Serb and he hasn't seen his father in over 20 years because of the war. Our world isn't perfect but it's great to see such solidarity.
+The Proud Sun Bro. And Bosnians were killing Serbian civilians ...Why do you always talk about Bosnia ... Why do not you talk in the first and second world war that killed 3,000,000 Serbs and Serbian children?
***** Cim si tako nesto prokomentarisao odma sam znao da si ili Bosanac ili Hrvat ili Albanac ...
+Богдан Јанићијевић nije samo srbija, čitava ex. yu je uz asada. mi najbolje znamo kroz šta ti ljudi prolaze, i kako je to kada ti se strane države petljaju u unutrašnja državna pitanja.
+Богдан Јанићијевић don't speak for Serbians! No intelligent serbian would support unintelligent leader like assad.
"we don't breathe through the Americans, we breathe through our citizens"
Man just added his name to a global hit-list😔
He’s been on that list for decades now lol. Still standing strong
@@stanleycullen2690 i think he dead in 2028-2030
he chatting shit he’s funded by america he’s the terrorist when he goes Syria will be in peace
@@furkandk2234 Also replying just in case...
@@furkandk2234 maybe the western civilization will be gone by tht but I wanna see if ur prediction is right
“We don’t breathe through America. We breathe through our citizens” -Bashar Al-Assad
Except the citizens can’t breathe from the chemical weapons, too bad
I want to see this guy grill Netanyahu in a similar fashion about killing civilians
what civilians?
just cause you throw out big claims of "genocide" doesn't make them true. there has to be a thing called evidence fuckwit
vinnierex2 this is RUclips. There is a book on the Israel Palestine conflict by Charles T Smith that looks at the conflict from both sides, read it. I said that they were killing civilians, that's obvious, no citation needed. Look at the map of the territory from 1948 until the present if you want evidence. Otherwise don't talk to strangers about their opinion on RUclips, get a life
Lamar Green israel NEVER traget civilians. its a fact.
1 you r not "innocent " if u have rocket launcher on your roof and u stay in the war zone even after the israelites beg u to get out over phone/sms/and flyers.
2 israeli IDF is doing above and beyond to reduce collateral damage under extremely difficult conditions to protect israeli citizens from ppl who trying to cause harm even to their own ppl for "media coverage" and PR purposes..
IDF collateral damage ratio is one of the lowest among all the armies of the world relative to the number of conflicts that IDF involved in.
GooD ShePherD The Stern gang Hagana and other terrorist organization in early Israeli history indicates otherwise. Colonist vs colonized, I am on the side of the colonized. If you want to be pro-Israeli, talk to people with similar view. Palestinians and Arabs have handled the Israeli occupation poorly, which is why the Jews will end up controlling the entire region. I don't really care either way, but it is important to be objective. Last year the Israeli targeted plenty of civilians in Gaza, but you pro-Zionist love to ignore Israeli crimes instead of being objective
President Assad always mops the floor with every interviewer.
erm, but all he did is avoid questions and didnt answer them? the barrel bomb segment was awkward to watch as he wouldnt deny it directly
Kirz94 He did deny it, several times, you are full of shit and obviously have an agenda!
Kirz94 no he does deny directly,he just has gay voice and did it almost under his breath....fucking liar
Stu M no he doesn?t its cause of assads gay voice and he does it kinda hussed,and hes lying, the other stuff he brings upare great points,but he's straight out talking shit or doesn't know his air force is usuing them,cause they fucking are,they don't always go off and are reused by rebels in homemade mortars,it's fucking nuts,I think it was vice news or journeyman pictures that did doc on allepo and rebels there,has footage of helicopters dopping barrels out and rebels scavenging
Stu M im full of shit? did you watch the interview he never directly answered a question he just talks about something different and barely answered the quesiton. Stuborn idiot
They call it an interview, I call it an interrogation.
Well done President.
I heard that England or America used phosphorous bombs on German civilian areas during WW2 - they were meant to cause intense fire so that, if a building falling on you didn't kill you, you'd burn to death and the nearby buildings would catch fire, too - so in an air raid, you couldn't hide inside for shelter unless you wanted to burn to death.
Yes, well done removing any notion of free speech. And well done killing innocent civilians when they demonstrated against you.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_violations_during_the_Syrian_civil_war
"The SOHR attributed 83,500 civilian deaths to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and its allies"
"vast majority of the abuses having been committed by the Syrian government"
The Assad regime has used chemical weapons (chlorine gas) against civilians and conducted torture and extrajudicial killings. Assad has also used "Indiscriminate and disproportionate aerial bombardment and shelling" which "led to mass civilian casualties and spread terror."
According to a 2011 UN report, Syrian armed and security forces may be responsible for:
unlawful killing, including of children (mostly boys), medical personnel and hospital patients ("In some particularly grave instances, entire families were executed in their homes")
torture, including of children (mostly boys, sometimes to death) and hospital patients, and including sexual and psychological torture
arbitrary arrest "on a massive scale"
widescale and systematic destruction and looting of property
Stop being a stubborn and accept the fact that Al Assad is a piece of shit that deserves to die.
@@gigavirgin because wikipedia is the truth and nothing but the truth right? Almost like an oracle, innit?
thats why ur people suffer war everywhere hahaha well done 😂
i can see lots of honesty in assad's face . god bless you man
Bro he’s killing millions of innocent lives he’s a war criminal he used gas to kill innocent lives
@@FaresMujarkesh he has indeed, but western goverments have done it aswell, a lot of times, I think Assad is a lesser evil and if he fell, Syria would end up worse that Iraq
Alexandro Peña Not one single credible report has concluded that the Syrian government used chemical weapons on its own people. Nor have they proved that the Syrian government indiscriminately kills its own people. Its straight out of adolph hitlers playbook; tell a lie so big that people wont believe that someone would be so bold as to tell that lie.
@@FaresMujarkesh Damn, your stupid. The act of chemical weapons use in Syria was caused by ISIS. Not by the government, damn you are stupid as fuck. Don't trust the media.
@@polillafly2863 killing his own people, I'm sure nobody has done that before
''Any war is a bad war'', you could learn a thing or two from this man USA!!!
??? Read about him
Image how rich humans would all be if we didn't have these wars and fights.
@@genkiferal7178 poor, we would grow very decadent.
@@genkiferal7178 rich ≠ happy
@@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 ruclips.net/video/wu2tXG2Yo-g/видео.html
WHY would this interviewer say to Bashar Al Assad 'Why don't you join the alliance; it would be so easy for you?' The 'alliance' meaning the US and the UK etc. WHY would they ask him that IF he is what they say he is????? Quite simply because Assad is NOT what the 'alliance' say he is. I love Assad's reply: 'Why would we want to join an alliance that supports the terrorists that are attacking our citizens?' or words to that affect.
when ?
+awesome1ru 13:13
+Jane Smith
Exactly, the the Anglo-American-Israeli alliance has murdered a hundred thousand Syrians just force Assad into complaince with the NWO. Obama is Netanyahu's shoe-shine boy, Obama should give his Nobel Peace Prize to President Assad.
+Moses Bullrush So you are saying that the US fight with the rebel groups to take control over Syria?
artgart garargarg US is also an ally with South Arabia witch is founding ISIS, also with turkey that is smuggling ISIS oil. The US is just full of greed. They tried to do the same thing in Lybia and they succeeded there
I am a layman,mentally when I am weak I always watch president Assad interview,it make me stronger and stronger.
In 2011 I thought Assad was the devil. Obviously I was not doing my own research. I think he's doing the best with what he's got.
He’s a hero fighting western and Israeli funded head choppers
I can’t understand why you would believe the zio media in the first place. They never provide evidence. Western zio owned media is complete lies and propaganda.
billy giles Assad is a Russian and Iranian funded head chopped (remember ibrahim qashoush)
kt95 gy yes , this entire comment section is filled with Russian trolls and Syrian electronic army
kt95 gy from termanin in idlib CS Syria
The interviewer in this is absolutely terrible.
cfleguel23 Assad and his father are dictators. For the last 45 years The Assads are ruling Syria like a mafia. I visited Syria and I know about Syrian politics. For all the trolls who are ignorant about the issue, Assad is a magnet for radicals because he is a radical dictator.
Hussein Toney IS THAT YOUR FACE ??? TYPICAL STUPID AMERICAN IGNORAMIS FACE... STAY OUT OF SYRIA. YOU DON'T NEED THEM, THEY DON'T NEED YOU.
more terrible the man responsible for the outbreak of violence which lead to 200 000 deaths!
wantafanta01
you are sooo naiv....
hmmm no. he did well...
It's kind of hard to understand why people call this man a brutal dictator. Seems quite rational to me.
Fahim Ahmed Well he is against western interests.
It's easy to understand - it's the power of propaganda. Modern propaganda techniques are so advanced that it could be used to convince an entire nation that black is white, and two plus two is five.
Lol he is
Dor Bitan why to slaughter your own people while the whole world want to catch something against you ?
Ask kim jon un why building nukes for a deceade while the worle world agenist you
its a fact that Assad military killed 85% of the casulities in syria which is 500,000
end of story
This is ridiculous, “why are you using barrel bombs?” Idk why did America use 2 atomic bombs. This interviewer thinks there’s a “nice or respectful” way to fight a war.
“If you deny mistakes then you deny human nature.” I’m finding it very hard to believe that he is a psychopathic tyrant that the media depicts him to be. These are not the words of an evil person but of someone who has the ability to self reflect.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_violations_during_the_Syrian_civil_war
"The SOHR attributed 83,500 civilian deaths to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and its allies"
"vast majority of the abuses having been committed by the Syrian government"
The Assad regime has used chemical weapons (chlorine gas) against civilians and conducted torture and extrajudicial killings. Assad has also used "Indiscriminate and disproportionate aerial bombardment and shelling" which "led to mass civilian casualties and spread terror."
According to a 2011 UN report, Syrian armed and security forces may be responsible for:
unlawful killing, including of children (mostly boys), medical personnel and hospital patients ("In some particularly grave instances, entire families were executed in their homes")
torture, including of children (mostly boys, sometimes to death) and hospital patients, and including sexual and psychological torture
arbitrary arrest "on a massive scale"
widescale and systematic destruction and looting of property
Stop being a stubborn and accept the fact that Al Assad is a piece of shit that deserves to die.
exactly
Sorry Western Media but Assad turned the tables !
@@alphaaudiaudi8209 he killer jihadist
@@alphaaudiaudi8209 yeah killing jihadis
@@alphaaudiaudi8209 bruh you serious? jihadists are religious terrorists like syria
@@alphaaudiaudi8209 He kills terrorists.
@@alphaaudiaudi8209 u didnt watch the interview?
Facts about life under Syrian President Mister Doctor Bashar Assad:
- No Christians were persecuted under Dr Assad's regime.
- Syria was the only secular regime in the Middle-East
- Mr. Dr. Assad's cabinet consisted of both Sunni and Alewite members, no sect was persecuted.
- While Syria was not Sweden in terms of democracy, it was much more democratic than other regimes in Middle-East. It was light years ahead of Stone-age sharia dictatorships like Saudi Arabia.
But Assad still managed to put his people in camps and in fear leading to the Syrian revolt
sadly to inform you but even sweden is not anymore the democracy that it used to be
+Lucha Libertaria mubarak was also 'secular' but he had to go
hasAlassad ahmedd ya alawi
What the hell is with you publishing this shit on all videos?
Long Live Syria and Bashar al-Assad....From Serbia!!!
Im syrian too
@@adibmouhanna6823 basar al assad is good man or bad ??
@@adibmouhanna6823 I don't understand still now coz I'm from India
@@Pabs_creation he is bad. Has killed many many Syrians
@@slaveofthemostmerciful178 omg how ?
🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾❤️ syria is alive with bshar
BBC, what a shame.
@D J BBC = Bomb british corporates
At least BBC is not evil. Assad is pure evil. We study him and its so hard because we just hate the guy.
This jurnalist is a perfect puppet or clown
He is so eloquent. He’s a smart man, a really smart man. Until a couple of years ago I saw him as an old fool but he’s young and educated. I hope to see Syria continue to grow in a positive way.
He's fool and always will be just because of power he killed millions of civilians and destroyed many city.
Syria will recover because Bashar Assad is the best.
im so impressed with this guy, he's so calm answering these stupid questions
You haven't seen nothing
@@botbeamer😂🫵🏼🥾
As i always mention Assad a highly intelligent man and i admire how humble ,honest an respectable he is, They can't confuse him.
Aaron He is Murderer! he failed as a president of his own country!
Safiya safiya oh shut up. Go watch cnn where they glorify your head chopping heroes who are trying to overthrow this great man in orders from America and Israel!! Killing Isis members isn’t “murder” it’s his DUTY!
@@billygiles3276 if you like them that much go and live in the areas of his rule.
There you can't complain about about how your monthly salary is not enough for even 5 days or about a teacher who hit your children at school beacause he just want to. And walk around and see every one glorifying this murderer and his father who killed over 1 million people of syrians. Just beacause they wanted better lives and better country. I know a lot of people who were prisoned just for not agreeing with this dictator or even got shot dead.
If you don't have problem living like a slave in your own country welcome to syria.
If not then think before you comment "shut up" to random people and don't let media brainwash you.
@@sana-wn1le I'm a Syrian arb Sunni Muslim and I like him your brainwashed and people like you destroyed our country but I'm happy that alot of Syrians are starting to understand that Assad didn't kill or is trying to kill his people cause if that's the case why are people living peacefully in the SAA grounds.
billy giles dude you know he murders his own people with biochemical weapons. He is worse than Israel
"Any war is bad war" -Assad we need leaders like this in the US
Dang3rSeek3r Thare are already criminals in the US government. No need for another criminal like Assad.
Man you really are stupid, this man is slaughtered 500,000 Syrians, and one interview is enough to change your mind
Dor Bitan you must have a method to stop terrorisme without killing , I'm eager to know
Man, I live in Israel. I share borders with Syria. All of the middle east knows exactly what he is doing.
Just a week ago, with the release of Ahed Tamimi that the whole world has talked about, 3,270 Syrians also got released from the Syrian prisons. Alive? no. 3,270 that dies directly from torcher in the Syrian prisons.
This is a small Hitler, bombing cities day and night he doesn't even care about civilians
And on his own people! This is the devil.
Just so you compare
in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, since 1963-present, 60 years of conflict, all these wars and terrorism, 25,000 people have died. 10,000 Israelis, 15,000 Palestinians.
In Syria, what? 7 years? half a million are dead. and it' sgoing of daily
and this whole hypocrist world rambling about Israel but no one gives two little shits about syria
How badly he is picturised by western world..he is really innocent... May god bless u president Assad and Syria..
As a Canadian. After 5 years witness of the liars of western politics. And the colleagues from Syria. I feel this guy are way more wholesome than some puppet of the western world.
This man is a cruel, murderous torturist who condones and even personally orders the rape of women, children, men as a weapon. He deserves no praise whatsoever.
@@Quest777 source: i made it the fuck up!
@@Quest777im Syrian and bs
@@Quest777 Source: trust me bro!
He is not, his army kill and torture many many civilians, they play with their dead bodies by burning them, cutting them like animals. Dont respect him he isnt respectable
Pretty rich that a Brit is being all sanctimonious over historical events when Great Britain and France are responsible for pretty much all of this... #readyourhistory
love you Asaad .May Almighty help you and your people.
No ... UK or France has nothing to do with our revolution ... We hate Assad. People are just afraid to speak up agaist him. We have lost everything so we dont care. We hate Assad with a true passion.
Shame on BBC !! Very unprofessional
Really shame on u BBC much hate bbc from Syria
the summary should be:
interviewer: y have you not agreed to be a puppet despite efforts made to crush your country
president: very simple - l don't want to be a puppet
If Libya would have had the support of Russia like Syria has had, Ghadaffi wouldn't be dead.
Russia was not strong yet 😢
I once liked Jeremy Brown a long while ago, now he is a western zionist product. Poor Jeremy, what have they done to you ?
+sevic333 even zionists dont say dumb things so explicitly like bowen does
Lots of $$$ by the Jew Zionist. Remember they are the richest people on earth.
brain wash...
+sevic333 watch?v=5-Mc0ySVbxU
+sevic333 he did insist, maybe he wanted us to see the faults on purpose cause the interview did not end in his favor..btw bashar is surprisingly really diplomatic
al-Assad is great and I love his ears.
+okyouknowwhatever I love his voice, it's so calming.
+Logan Smith he is lovable and trustable
+okyouknowwhatever he's the next Gadaffi..
+dinn96 he is even worse
everything In this interview is lied by assad
+okyouknowwhatever I think you ment eyes. but I'm Syrian myself and I know to much for you to process ;)
It sounds like Assad is laughing at some points.
I'm fascinated and happy for seeing such comments supporting all Assad. Moreover, if you see his interviews in Arabic you will be totally amazed and most probably it will change the long established view of Bashar in the global arena. It's rare to find a man like Bashar Alassad nowadays.
💋😍🇸🇾
This shit ain't an interview, it's more like an interrogation.
i lived in Syria years ago. i remember how the students talked about Bashar Al-Assad. they all loved him. Bashar was actually loved by everyone, and so i don't believe that he goes around killing his own people...
Where you lived on syria
He attack only terrorist and sunni attack him for a little reason and Erdogan helps de rebels assad is a good man
#goalassad
If they hated him he would kill them
He says 'if you kill the people how will the people vote for you' that's a lie he still kills them
+koreandrama he killed people ! his dad used to go to peoples homes and make women naked ! don't believe me search it and assad has his army killing innocent women and kids even babies !! are u allowed to go and kill kids and women because of some people going in the streets and not liking him ! u have no idea whats happening ! my aunts are in syria and they can barely use some water and lights U CANT HATE A WHOLE COUNTRY BECAUSE OF 1000 PEOPLE ... imagine me saying oh i hate america because of that dude
Cooking pans
They're called bombs
He's roasting this brit
As a Syrian, I am proud of this man🇸🇾❤️🤝🏼
Me too ❤️🇸🇾
Me too 🇸🇾🇸🇾♥️
Same
Same
@Godzilla Pro Assad girls is hot :)
assad is medical doctor by education ... he has more sense and wisdom than the journalist who is trying to interview him ..
assad are president, that is the real job.
Do u even know the name of "that" journalist?
A typical idiot blonde! LOL
A simple google search shows he is a qualified doctor...educated in the UK.
This BBC "journaist" is an absolute turd. Lying piece of crap.
"What keeps you up at night?" What a manipulative interview; Assad handled it well.
Assad is a pig who will fall just like tyrants before him fell
@@deepthoughts3570 The syrian "revolution" is long dead, cry some more 😢
@@hasanal-hussein7079 That’s beacuse Assad is a criminal, a thief, a person who kills his people to stay in power. That’s something to brag about?
@@deepthoughts3570 You are stuck in delusion, were you also one of the people who vehemently believed that saddam had weapons of mass destruction? Or that killing gadaffi was a good idea?
@@hasanal-hussein7079 sorry but Syria is not Iraq or Libya, Syria is Syria
omg the patience of Assad.... He speaks sense. He keeps calm. He comes out of this interview quite good.
Bashar is a good man...
I have had converstaions with Syrians who say the Syrian people like President Assad and that Assad has been good for Syria. Syria has a right to its own soverienty and the right to govern itself. If you remove Assad you legitise IS and IS will then be recognised as a state.
lol my syrian friends think otherwise they don't like him he doesnt allow any1 to vote for any1 else other than him if they oppose him shit goes down idk why your syrian friends support him but my guess is maybe they are shiaa or whatever religion assad has which is definitely not islam.
oh not friends sorry
To be honest I lived in Syria since 2004-2010 and it was such a Beautiful country under control
+Jöhan Tschüss
Err are you the German guy interviewed on TV in Damascus years ago ?
+RovexHD hahaha no no I'm not even german 😂
damn he sounds so educated didn't even know he can speak english so fluent
He invested more time into English than he did his own country
+Jbkwtv He was not to be president of Syria. His brother die before he can be president, so Bashar did. He was to be doctor learning in London.
+PrinceOfParthia74 Maybe a heavy bit his tongue. But do you speak Arabic !!
+PrinceOfParthia74, yes it is true that many of the people who have committed atrocities throughout the centuries speak English. Al-Assad is one more.
He used to study medicine in British for many years，if his brother didn”t die， probably he would became a doctor
everytime the interviewer talks, it boils my blood. he try to cut off and push Assad to be blame...
You never ever find such a great leader in the history of US
A rare leader with morals in a world full of war criminal leaders. Excellent interview by Dr. Assad. Greatings from Brazil where milions of Syrians and Syrian decendents live since the Turkish Otoman empire killing spree of early 20th century.
Turkey is a dangerous country.
@@yurichtube1162 they even changed the original islam in order to rule their people with the "fearrrr of alllaahh thing" they related everything to fear when it comes to islam.
The original source of islamic extremism ideology all cuz of the ottomans
@@themaravilla7777 Islam created the ottoman's ideology not the other way round :)
@@Noname-qz5hg no no my friend you are completely wrong
Islam is for all humans not for arabs or turks; ottomans base islam on ahadeeth which were mostly made up by them to strike fear in the people to rule them same with the omayyad dynasty
@@themaravilla7777
Please read my comment again..
The ottomans followed the quranic teachings, for example, making non muslims pay tax etc...
These are islamic teachings.
Are you saying that al hadith shouldn't be followed by muslims?
I love this guy! I support him completely Assad make Syria great again!!
هاذ 👍 صحيح 🇸🇾🌹
Why does this man sounds way smarter and more reasonable speaking in foreign language than US presidents speaking in their native tongue
Long live assad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm English
Get an education please just search up and see what’s happening to Syria
@@FaresMujarkesh And it's all because of the west
@@snowlover1037 true 🤣🤣
The dude you replied to , is just a kid who if you give him anything he will not get enough, hes like,(oh our mobthly income isn't enough for living, oh the internet in syria is shitt and because of that bashar is shit) i mean WTF , it is a war , you will not have the same income as if there were no war 😁
I hope things work out for Assad, it must be heart wrenching having to watch your country be invaded by terrorist, then being labeled a terrorist all while having what happened to Gaddafi and Hussein fresh on your mind... talk about mid-life crisis...
Yep authoritarian regimes tend to crumble these days..
Only the ones in the middle east...
+Louis S.W What about the f***ing golf monarchies why don't they crumble huh?
Shadee Mc The point about you not being wrong because you are Syrian is anecdotal. I have spoken to many Syrians who I personally know or met through business that say things were getting better under Assad. Some of course, say what you are saying, but the point is that unless you can show me tangible proof, your "facts" are as valid as everybody elses.
+Marconi Azize (The Thinker) lmao. brilliant.
I have no legitimate knowledge about Assad until I see this video. Now I see for my self that he is an intelligent president with good manner and respectable personality.
You are a fool, look and listen carefully...
You're the fool, James.
Grizzleface Your a sell out brainwashed commie
indeed he is
IKR these people just listen to what the news says, they have no idea how much lives has been gone all by Bashar.
Humbled to see so many people seeing the truth that Dr Assad isn't the enemy. God speed with your victory!
he absolutely clowned the BBC interviewer
ive lived in syra back in 2005 (was in 5th grade) , it was the most peaceful country, prices were cheap, people were working, no one was being beheaded in the streets. its so sad. and Syrians always used to say they love their president like alwayssss
Bashar one of the smartest intelligent arab leader ever.
he and Gadafi are the most intelligent as well as ahmadenijad
Thutmosis7 Arabs are smart
Assad, Gaddafi and Saddam all fall from the same tree that Gamal Abdul Nasser fell from. The only respectable Arab leaders in recent history if I were being completely honest.
Thutmosis7 r u a stupid or wat shamless shit
Respect Mr president! Do what is best for your country.❤❤❤ Live long bashaar al Assad. Live long syrian
He seems intelligent and humble. Remember Assad was born into the role in protecting Syria: his father was the President of Syria from 1971 to 2000. He has to do his best, given the circumstances he is in.
The way he smiles - HE BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. Behind that smiles is a sea of tears waiting to flow and gush out at night. GOD BLESS ASSAD
As an American, non-Arab, with all middle and northern European ancestry, I have to endorse Assad on this one. Bashar speaks with more facts, logic and reasoning than a majority of our western/American journalists ever could. You got my support Mr. President!!!
so he got my ... I am from europe,
You bet. He got mine
Hittler also sounded convincing, there's a diferrence between what you say and what you do
Alias Z50 I won't deny that. Actions are the thing that speak louder than words. But my reasons for supporting Assad is because the FSA(Free Syrian Army) has connections to Al-Queda, Taliban, ISIS/ISIL, etc. And some of the FSA have even threatened to attack America, Europe, and other Western countries because of their affiliation to those groups. So as much as I don't agree with alot Assad's ideas on how he handled certain things since he took power in 2000, he's at this point a much safer bet right now because he's at least trying to fend off terror in Syria!
+ Rob Mitchell, fully adhere to your thoughts! Facts clearly show that Bachar is targetted by USA/Western Europe because he declined Sarkozy's query to approve Qatar gas pipe to cross Syrian territory.
Saddam case was because Irak was getting powerful enough to become a potential threat to Israel !
Al-Assad's answer to this question 21:17 shows how reasonable this man is. the reporter understood him 22:05 but chose to continue playing his role as a puppet.
The smile on his face was brilliant
Never take what the media says for granted.
I enjoy the interview made in 2015 by pro-terrorist BBC, against a losing Syrian Government. Now the situation has completely changed with the terrorists(pro Saudi Sunni traitors), and a propagandist BBC grudgingly accepting defeat.
Know All Okie Dokie Mr. BNP
@Beirut Sun I'm a Sunni Syrian and I like Bashar wtf are you talking about 98 % precent of the Syrian army is from all religions like Sunni Christians Jews etc and 2% Shia wtf are you talking about your making sh1t up from your azzhole get out of here stop spreading your ignorance long live Bashar Al Assad!
@@scythra5410 Fun fact, Most Assad's Syrian army were Sunnis. In other words, there are some sources said that Assad was praying in Sunni Mosque
@@octaviustentaclusi118 wait which Sunni school does he follow
@@thegamerkhannone, Assad is an alawi (alwaite)
2:28 "I don't think they were killed by the sound waves of demonstrators."
Pro than is a politician and a philosopher
wonderful President. Proven NOW in 2023 to be one of the Greats.
I don't agree with everything he believes in, but I absolutely respect him. He is very intelligent and has a very good way with words.
This presenter was trying to corner Assad but Assad responded with facts and common sense. Long live Assad!
Ali Haidar may allaah curse this murderous dog
Ali Haidar and every blood shed that happened in the Islamic history was because of theshias
Ali Haidar Shias
Ali Haidar, I dont understand. Isnt he killing his own people?
Yvonne Grace Nassuuna of course he’s killing his people but ali is shia whose pro bashir that’s why he defends him
The interviewer is highly biased. Very unprofessional.
It is UK journalistic tradition at least since Jeremy Paxman. Makes the public feel that truth has been looked for rigorously. Often the questions to be asked are given beforehand, although I don't know if that happened in this case. It gives the interviewee the opportunity to shine much better than easy questions. Assad did very well. Also, this seems better than licking the man's boots or the highly emotional shouting that is the US style
+Alexander LegisNonScriptae highly emotional shouting, US style? Where? Who? When?
Actually, Charlie Rose's interview with Assad is very measured and calm, a welcome exception to the rule. Apart from that though, one hardly knows how to compute the number of facepalms your comment deserves. The whole of US culture is so very much more ra-ra and hyperbolically emotional than UK culture. For mere example see O'Reilly, O'Hannity, the list would stretch around the girth of the hopefully not entirely failed experiment that is the average American (ie US citizen).
+Alexander LegisNonScriptae facepalm? Are you trying to hurt my feelings? :)
Hollywood m'dear! Hollywood!!!
+Alexander LegisNonScriptae i still stand by my comment. This interview was horribly executed. Who cares what the interviewer 's opinion is... It was horrible from a Hollywood and journalist perspective. Waste of airtime.
WOW!!!!!! they're not even embarrassed.. You can tell a real person even from a distance.
I was moved to pray for God’s blessings of peace and strength upon Bashar Al-Assad and Asma his wife and his family, May the Lord grant peace and prosperity and healing to all Syrians amen
Assad is a clever man with strategic and systematic thinking. He is in the middle of very difficult situation that traped by IS and their mazhab. what a world of conflict. how nice if the world without violence.
clever like any other dictator
Kareem Aly And clever like any other non-dictator. What's your point?
Rezissie Got it. (Nice definition, Rezissie.)
What about ghadafi
Assad for "United States president 2020"
As I see my crystal ball, he´d win
Yeah... Go home children, it's adult business...
Why United States?? U can go to Syria now and he can be ur president.
@@davidr4210
You said it as a joke
But actually some people did it😂😂😂
One I know in particular from the UK
His name is Tom Duggan
God Almighty wanted a "Lion" for America & chose Mr Trump!!!!
A Lion goes against the grain and is there simply to lead,fight and protect!!!!!
That's his job number !!!!!!
Assad is sharp.
Assad the Lion of Syria
Pretty rich criticism from the west, who firebombed civilians during WW2; just saying.
It's easy to criticise other countries' military tactics when you're raised and live in a country where the only thing you need to worry about is finishing education and getting a job, without looking back on your country's past military "exploits".
remember vietnam, the gulf war, iraq, afganistan, pakistan, palestine, ukraine, lybia, syria. western governments are sinister. god free us from this filth
Not to forget the killing of two hundred civilians who attended a funeral in Yemen by the saudis . The saudis used cluster bombs which Britain sold them during the late 80's and were banned in the late 90's by the geneva convention but every thing hush hush for the saudis is Britain's biggest arms buyer. What is astonishing is his measured and calm way Assad argues his case and before his country called upon him to return to he lived in the UK where he had a practise as a doctor in Harley street in London. All weapons are indiscriminate and all wars bring casualties . What would have been the alternative? A IS caliphate ?
Everyone bombed civilians in ww2
@@inactiveusertypeofaccount181 it still doesnt make it normal
Unpopular opinion maybe but I'm liking this Assad guy. I'd trust him over our UK government any day ✌
Assad is a fantastic leader. Honest and intelligent. Pure class.
Yup
@@HectorEscondido OY VEY
LONDONISTAN HAS MORE RAGS NOW .... WHAT A POS
Costa del Artlepool looool
The greatest president ❤❤❤❤ thank you for protecting me and my family from terrorists
Assad you are so intelligent sort Syria out please wallah
A leader with brain against an brainwashed interviewer.
Werner Schulz 😁
Assad aced that interview, didn't avoid a single question. Britain needs more politicians like him!
I’m 80% convinced that this man is legit trying to fight the extremist and cannot win if the “people” that funds the extremist keep giving making sure Bashaar fails... He answers very well the questions, he goes to the frontlines of the war, he is loved by his people. I’m convinced he is not a puppet.
We haven't had a problem with the Assad regime, for 40 years not a single bullet was fired on the Golan Heights, - Netanyahu
@@Theshowoffcollector Lol
He is rare brave man!
First time I've listened to Assad speak, seemed like an intelligent and reasonable man. I'm disappointed, was expecting an angry blood stained dictator.
Have u ever stepped foot in Syria?
You are clueless.
You are the type of people getting fooled by psychopaths
Best quote from Bashar "im not a puppet" That says it all....man with balls of steel.
holy shit , became a fan of assad after this interview...
Bosnian519 Assad defeated ISIS, enough said.
You can understand him through his face, he is a Master Hero ✊
This guy does not seem like the monster we are taught he is... I think he's honest
Fascist lives don't matter
@@anti-fascistapachehelicopt8236 average liberal, your own country is the biggest fascist.
Monster s know how to ligh that one of the dangerous point s in the toxic character s in phycology
@@shaheenshad5012 I am a Communist. Also, in what way is my country Fascist?
@@anti-fascistapachehelicopt8236 I thought you were from the usa.
I can't believe BBC asked stupid questions.
I can.
Do you think that is personal question ?he is asking what thé public would to ask
UK and US......
wdym they always did the stupid questions
its money al assad paid it
I didn't like the interviewer, he seems somekinda impolite!
It’s also pretty impolite to massacre civilians
Killing someone is a crime, killing millions is a statistic@@ruqaiyahamin9896
Long live president Assad. Honest man. He thinks for his people. God bless sirya.