This is the story of syrian president Bashar Al Assad a tyrant who has waged a brutal war against his own people hes used chemical weapons should this despotic butcher be allowed to take part in peace talks with western states. We have to talk to assad and his representatives at present dont. Asada and his russian allies have after all played a key role in helping the west defeat Islamic State forces but can really help to stabilize the middle east as a useful tyrant. Hear us and visit Syrian Government troops in the summer of twenty sixteen the Syrian Government has been fighting a bitter civil war for more than six years more than three hundred thousand people have been killed in the conflict ten million have been forced to leave their homes tens of thousands have been arrested and tortured in government prisons. But assad could still prove useful to the west. As a moderate bosher are i suspect in some measure is always trying to live up to the image of his father. The latest wave of