syrian president bashar asad speaks exclusively to r.t. about his own his country's future saying is not a western puppet as ready to die in syria. iraq obama slaps new sanctions on iran and one of his first foreign policy decisions since reelection. towns itself as a tourist destination despite some towns still recovering from conflict and devastation. this is coming to live from moscow welcome to the program now the syrian president has predicted a global catastrophe should western states intervene in his country an exclusive interview with r.t. bashar assad also vowed to live and die in syria for in this we're going to talk to our middle east correspondent. hello to you paula now how does the syrian president view his future. well in this exclusive interview with our t.v. syrian president bashar assad stressed the point that he will remain in syria he said it was only for the syrian people to decide his fate he said that he was not a puppet of the west and you have the situation where the west creates enemies that essentially they are m

syrian president bashar asad speaks exclusively to our team about his and his country's future saying he's not a western pa and warned that foreign intervention whatever global repercussions. barack obama slaps new sanctions on iran one of his first foreign policy decisions since reelection while lawmakers plan even more severe restrictions. leaving a towel to itself as a tourist destination just weeks after a deadly siege and clashes in the town of bani walid. in the russian capital you're watching our marina joshie the syrian president says western states are used to greeting anime's and are motivated by their own interest in the exclusive interview with r.t. bashar asad predicts a global catastrophe should foreign powers intervene in his country our correspondent in the region policy or has the details. in this exclusive interview with r t the syrian president bashar assad stressed the point that he will remain in syria he said it was only for the syrian people to decide his fate he said that he was not a puppet of the west and you have the situation where the waste creates enemies

catastrophe should western states intervene in his country and this close of interview with r t bashar asad also vowed to live and die in syria respond in the region policy has the details. in this exclusive interview with r.t. the syrian president bashar assad stressed the point that he will remain in syria he said it was only for the syrian people to decide his fate he said that he was not a puppet of the west and you have the situation where the west creates enemies that essentially they are motivated by the selfish interests he is not the target but he did warn that these self interests of the waste lead to foreign intervention which ultimately has a domino effect he also made the point that at the moment there is no civil war in syria he said the situation was such that you had these factions fighting they were being funded by the west he called them terrorists and he said that these terrorists coming from abroad are the biggest problem facing syria today the syrian president said that the majority of arab states supported syria but that they were too frightened to admit this publicly

and in just a few moments here in our news here is president bashar asad speaks exclusively to our network with his own perspective on the bloody conflict gripping his country. on the sole flight for. my chute despite. rain. snow. on the fadia all for team. the one who can use the trigger on the most reliable of the twentieth century. legend. kalashnikovs. comes. to me speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world's top spy skiffy ip interviews intriguing stories for you. in trying. to find out more visit our big teeth dog called. thing. thinking think i thank you. thank. you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. president bashar al assad of syria thank you very much for talking to our to today you know what's going to baskets so you know many people work that state year ago today you wouldn't make it this far but yet again we're sitting in a new renovated presidential palace and recording this interview who exactly is your enemy at this point by any means terrorism and instability in syria this was our enemy not about people it

the ballot box can determine his future insisting he has the support of his people and the army bashar asad warned against foreign intervention in syria saying the western powers have picked him as one of the bogeyman the sophie shevardnadze spoke to the embattled damascus. that he is not a western puppet he also denies the fact that civil war is taking place in this country he's saying that it's not civil war it's a conflict where he has to fight different fractions of terrorism he says on the fact that the financing of this terrorist fractions precedented and it was coming from abroad what he told me that if the finest that were to stop that he would probably need about two weeks more to restore peace in his country and he also said that if the west were to intervene militarily it would have a domino effect from atlantic to pacific and no one would be gained from that and he also said that west tends to create enemies for themselves like communism in iraq saddam hussein and he feels that bashar al assad in syria is the new enemy not syria but he himself so he feels that the fact that conf

bashar asad said only the ballot box can determine his future and he also said western powers have picked him as one of their bogeyman and warned against foreign intervention in syria r.t. sophie shevardnadze spoke to the embattled leader in damascus. we had a chance to speak about fifteen minutes before the interview very educated very down to unst earth definitely not go manic but contrary to what people like people train him in the media very well informed he feels like i think that this whole thing that's happening is like a cancer that either he has to beat or he has to die of it but there is no other way out when one would talk about his western leaders telling him to step down it sounds ridiculous because he really has no where to go like you and he were to step down where would you go and we asked in that interview the broad vision if you're going. two week old wood came before because if you have a problem if you drop the flow through. the. ability in the region and coexistence. it will have a domino effect would be to the pacific you know because you know. it's going. to go but.

syrian president bashar asad pledges to stay in as war torn homeland no matter what as he talks exclusively to our team. fresh violence players in gaza and israeli tanks kill at least four palestinian civilians with israel claiming it's targeting militants got a live update from our correspondent in the region. and china's current leadership prepares to step down to way younger leaders develop the country's powerhouse economy and a once in a decade power transfer. this is a right to live from moscow with josh now after the most expensive election campaign in u.s. history barack obama was reelected this week as a u.s. president beating his republican rival mitt romney and the man he picked obama over romney because of his softer talk on foreign policy he doesn't quite walk the walk as he's going to be on that reports. in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more aggressive especially his foreign policy rhetoric also a seemingly o

syrian president bashar asad pledges to stay in is more and more in homeland don't matter water talks exclusively to our team. and they're staring protests in greece turned violent as the country's parliament backs a new round of stinging spending cuts. and china's current leadership appears to step down to lead younger leaders develop the country's powerhouse economy you know once in a decade power transfer. it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me. after the most expensive election campaign in u.s. history brock obama was reelected this week as a u.s. president beating his republican rival mitt romney and oh man he picked obama over romney because of his softer talk on foreign policy he doesn't quite walk the walk as or he's going to take on the reports. in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more aggressive especially in his foreign policy rhetoric also a seemingly out of touch with middle class

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and you can see the full exclusive interview with syria's president bashar asad g.m.t. here on r.t. and it's also available on our website. i'm feeling and i mean. maybe you feel you have to be fancy you know but incident but. i didn't are to exclusive friday through sunday on r t r t dot com. one of america's best known military leaders and cia had david petraeus has abruptly announced his resignation stepping down the trail submit to an extramarital affair saying he was guilty of unacceptable behavior day at the trap served as a cia boss since two thousand and eleven after leading u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan reports say an f.b.i. investigation discovered he had an affair with his biographer paula broadwell she spanned here with a former cia chief in afghanistan in one viewing him for a book on u.s. warfare instead of law enforcement officials say broadwell was trying to illegally access to trances e-mails intelligence expert lieutenant colonel tony savva told our team there's more behind the resignation than just moral issues going on on the ground through the

has threatened president said he would follow the fate of libya's leader moammar gadhafi this as bashar asad said in his exclusive interview with r.t. he has no plans to leave syria masri the head of the afa say media department who has listened to the words of the president says it is doomed. no he said he would not leave syria you know this very well because he will not be able to leave syria he and his people not money to leave the country for free syrian army to do this if you will not get out of syria you'll be lucky if you reach the same fate as. the western backed syrian opposition is still locked in talks over the creation of a unified group to forge a broader alliance against the government the syrian national council vying to keep its main role has chosen a new leader appealing for more weapons to help oust asset an anti-war activist brian backer says the opposition was never after a peaceful solution to the conflict if the opposition is saying to the assad government and other forces within the syrian government that their fate will be the fate of khadafi mean sodomized and murder

syrian president bashar asad speaks exclusively to r.t. about he's in his country's future saying he's not a western poverty and is ready to die in syria. barack obama slaps new sanctions on iran and want to be his first foreign policy decisions since reelection. may be a townhouse itself as a tourist destination just weeks after the deadly siege and clashes in the town of bani walid. this is r.t. coming to live from moscow with me marina joshie the syrian president has predicted a global catastrophe should western states intervene in his country in the exclusive interview with r.t. bashar assad says he's not a western poppet and vowed to live and die in syria our correspondent in the region policy has the details. in this exclusive interview with r.t. the syrian president bashar assad stressed the point that he will remain in syria he said it was only for the syrian people to decide his fate he said that he was not a puppet of the west and you have the situation where the waste creates enemies that essentially unveiled motivated by the se

report in from germany and in just a few minutes we'll talk exclusively to syrian president bashar asad now as it asks what he thinks is next for his country and ongoing conflicts and threats of foreign intervention. with. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. download the official application to self choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time of the. culture is that so much as i can wish of course he's right on it again so here is a rock obama won a decisive victory returning him to the white house for another four years but it counts for this victory was it a well run campaign in changing that. theory and maybe. maybe ophelia and affidavits again but incident but shar al assad did an artsy exclusive friday through sunday on r.t. and r.t. dot com. on an assault rifle. i shoot disappointment. columns blame all snow. on the road fadia feel free to make use of the one who can use the trigger on the most

bashar asad said only the ballot box can determine his future he also said western powers have picked him as one of their a bogeyman and warn against foreign intervention in syria i do so sharon as a mets where the embattled leader in the mask has. this thing that really marked me the most is how really how much more complicated situation inside series that from what we see in the media because i talk to people yes the country is divided and even the people who didn't like us before this conflict started are now so scared that fundamentalists will come to power fundamentalists who are fighting on the side of the free syrian army and syrian people are not about that i mean this is like the only secular armed camp that had a lot of different religious groups always living in peace with each other whether it's sunni or shia or waves or christians so they're really scared that if the army will fall apart and then you know you have this extremist muslims coming to them and asking them to basically be just like them so it's not just about assad i think people feel like whether he goes or st

and you can see the full exclusive interview with syria's president bashar asad in twenty minutes time here in r.t. and it's also available on our website r.t. . i'm fifty and i mean. i mean do you feel you have to be since you've been playing student bashar al assad in an r t exclusive friday through sunday on r t r t dot com while america's best known military leaders and cia had david the trans has abruptly an ounce of his resignation stepping down the tracks of minutes here and extramarital affair saying he was guilty of acceptable behavior david petraeus served as cia boss since two thousand and eleven after leading the u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan reports say he had an affair with his biographer paula broadwell who is currently under f.b.i. investigation in prague will spend a year with a former cia chief in afghanistan interviewing him for a book on the u.s. warfare she suspected of trying to evade legally access tresses classified e-mail intelligence expert lieutenant colonel tell me chaffer told r.t. there is more behind the resignation than just moral issue

speaking of president obama, placing patriot missiles around the region to take down president bashar al asad's air power as soon as the current missile barrages can be contained. through mr. obama's critics the root of the absence of american leverage in the middle east today is a light footprint that was simply too light. is that shared? you're on the ground. is there a sense that the americans have been not present enough in all of this? >> absolutely. and it's not only that they have been absent, also when they have been present, they haven't been present substantially in the way people in the region would like them to be. president obama came to cairo after he was elected, delivered a positive speech, very much welcomed in this part of the world to re-set relations between the u.s. and the muslim world and the arab world. one of the things that he said that the united states does not accept a legitimacy of israeli settlements in the west bank. here we are four years later settlements have expanded. in the eyes of the arab world this cuts deliver. at the same time, they get frustrated what

bashar al assad. and earlier today i had the chance to speak to sophie shevardnadze about her experience of being in syria and of sitting down with president asad i asked her first how she was able to land at such a high profile interview. well we've been trying to get this interview from the day conflict started to ask late actually. we spoke to a woman who is in charge of the press ministry in syria she was here in moscow on an official visit that was about six months ago so after we interviewed her we also asked her for an interview but we never got a definite answer and then all of a sudden probably a month and a half or so ago they called us from presence of ministration and they told us that if we're willing to go then they were ready to receive us the rest was all about figure out the dates and the stay in syria and we should point out the german journalist jurgen towton hoffer did interview assad a few months ago and a lot of critics point out that they were giving you know this german journalist was giving mr assad a platform for his propaganda what is your response to that well if you want to know my personal take on that i think no m