Wall Street Journal Interview With Bashar al-Assad

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Wall Street Journal Interview With Bashar al-Assad

by Bachar El Assad*

31 JANUARY 2011

From
Damascus (Syria)

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who inherited a regime that has held power for four decades, said he will push for more political reforms in his country, in a sign of how Egypt’s violent revolt is forcing leaders across the region to rethink their approaches.

In a rare interview, Mr. Assad told The Wall Street Journal that the protests in Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen are ushering in a "new era" in the Middle East, and that Arab rulers would need to do more to accommodate their people’s rising political and economic aspirations.

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