Video Doesn t Show America s Afghan Allies Being Executed by Taliban snopes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from snopes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bashar al-Assad s Cousin Accuses World of Abandoning Syria s Democrats
On 5/28/21 at 10:28 AM EDT
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad enjoys his victory lap to celebrate a rigged election that is serving as a brazen re-coronation over his war-torn nation, the dictator s first cousin lamented the lack of help for the pro-democracy movement.
Ribal al-Assad, a son of Bashar al-Assad s uncle Rifaat al-Assad, who fled Syria in the 1980s after a failed coup, continues his pro-democracy campaigning nonetheless.
But his many trips abroad, appearances at various parliaments, and events have found little desire for engagement. I didn t see any genuine support for the genuine democrats in Syria, Ribal al-Assad, who lives in London, England, told
al assad is really capable of doing, it s members of his own family. and joining us now, ribal al assad. he s in london. he s the first cousin of the syrian leader, bashar al assad. ribal, thanks very much for joining us. and i just want to get the connection between you and bashar al assad together. your father and his father, the former leader of syria, they were brothers. but your family fled when you were a little boy. tell us what happened. yes, wolf. thank you very much for having me. actually, you know, from what i remember, of course, is that my father had to leave syria because there was a lot of argument going on inside the party, also between my father and the president. as you know, my father set up the first arabic magazine calling for democracy in syria and all the middle east in 1967. and he started, you know, fighting against president assad
we don t want to see what went on in iran over 30 years ago. we don t want to see what went on in egypt to happen in syria. obviously, your bottom line, you might despise the dictatorship in damascus, but you certainly don t trust the rebels, the opposition fighter who trying to remove him. we re going to continue this conversation, ribal. thanks very much for joining us, ribal al assad, joining us from london, first cousin of bashar al assad. thank you, wolf. thank you. and remember, you can always follow what s going on behind the scenes here in the situation room. follow us on twitter. you can always tweet m me, @wolfblitzer, you can tweet the show, @cnnsitroom. that s it for me. thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in washington. cross fire starts right now. tonight on crossfire, putin s syria plan. is it a solution, a delaying tactic, or a trap? i am hopeful that the