Assad has rejected allegations of war crimes and criticised the for | |
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ISIS members captured by the FSA have claimed that they were directed to commit attacks by Assad regime operatives | Turekian, Vaughan 22 September 2014 |
[Russian air force have in two months achieved more progress in Syria that the U.
20Both Syria and Russia denied the involvement of the Syrian government at this time | [Who is the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad? Assad received his primary and secondary education in the in Damascus |
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from the original on 5 June 2015 | Angus McDowall 16 February 2017 |
from the original on 18 October 2015.
4The BBC Middle East editor conducting the interview, , later described Assad's statement regarding barrel bombs as "patently not true" | However, he said that he was still open to a political solution saying that failed attempts at a solution "does not mean we are not interested in a political solution |
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] "Minorities are often used as a shield by authoritarian regimes, who try to portray themselves as protectors and as a bulwark against radical Islam | Although Egypt has not been vocal in support for any sides of Syria's ongoing civil war, said in 2016 that his nation's priority is "supporting national armies", which he said included the |
According to testimony submitted to the , when talking to Rafic Hariri at the Presidential Palace in Damascus in August 2004, Assad allegedly said to him, "I will break Lebanon over your [Hariri's] head and over 's head" if was not allowed to remain in office despite Hariri's objections; that incident was thought to be linked to Hariri's subsequent assassination.
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