Interviews

Mar 9, 2015, Press TV Press TV has conducted an interview with Sukant Chandan, a filmmaker and political commentator from London, to discuss atrocities being committed by the ISIL militant group across the Middle East region. The political commentator maintains that the US, Britain and France along with their regional …

Mar 2, 2015, Taylor Report Ramsey Clark in his most recent visit to Damascus found conditions there almost normal, despite fighting in the countryside, and was impressed that Syria maintains a stable government. The struggle against violent intrusion from outside the country has a long way to go. Clark explains …

Mar 2. 2015, Taylor Report Stephen Gowans refers to an article by Ottawa Citizen writer David Pugliese who obtained Canadian intelligence documents about Libya. In 2011, Canadian intelligence services understood that Libya’s opposition was dominated by fundamentalists and extremists, and that intervention would likely create chaos. The Canadian government chose …

  transcript on SANA: President Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Portuguese State Television, RTP,  the following is the full text: Question 1: In a few days, it will be 4 years since the protests began in Syria against the government of Bashar al-Assad. From then on it has been …

Feb 20, 2015, RT.com America’s intentions and polices with the Middle East have been coming into more scrutiny, especially in regards to fighting the Islamic State. The country has signed an agreement with Turkey to send military hardware to ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels in the region to battle ISIS. RT’s Ben …

Feb 9, 2015, BBC   TRANSCRIPT at SANA News

Jan 26, 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 …

Dr. Bashar al-Ja’afari, a veteran diplomat and Syrian Arab Republic Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Al-Akhbar English/Eva Bartlett Jan 17, 2015, Al Akhbar [re-published version on author’s blog, In Gaza] On January 8, in his sparsely-furnished New York City office, the Syrian Arab Republic Ambassador and Permanent …

Dec 18, 2014, (We) Can Do Better How could we allow America, NATO, Israel or other Arab states to destroy something so ancient and valuable for all humanity as Syria – the last secular Arab state? Australian peace activist, Susan Dirgham, taught English for years in Syria and got to …

Dec 29, 2014, Taylor Report AUDIO LINK Stephen Gowans, political analyst, and Phil Taylor discuss Gowans’ article, “Why Assad Refuses to Step Down,” which is based on a Paris Match interview with Assad. In response to Paris Match, President Assad defended his right to rule democratically, to serve the Syrian …