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Dennis Kucinich interviews Bashar Assad

Former congressman Dennis Kucinich and Fox News correspondent Greg Palkot sat down with Syrian President Bashar Assad recently for a wide-ranging interview that will air on Fox News, according to the Syrian presidency's Twitter and Facebook accounts.

Palkot and Kucinich, a Fox News contributor, conducted the interview in Damascus during the visit of an American delegation that included former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.

#President al-Assad gives an #interview to American Fox News channel, to be broadcasted on 01:00 am – Damascus. pic.twitter.com/gVHjyIpPMA — Syrian Presidency (@Presidency_Sy) September 18, 2013

The news of the interview was first reported by Britain's ITV News on Tuesday morning. UK Sunday Times reporter Hala Jaber later reported on Twitter that the interview had been conducted today. Neither ITV or Jaber cited the sources of that information. Sources familiar with the interview told POLITICO that Kucinich had been trying to secure the interview for at least two weeks.

The interview is Assad's second with an American television network this month, following his interview with Charlie Rose on Sept. 8.

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Kucinich previously met with Assad in 2011 and drew criticism after reportedly praising the foreign leader as “highly loved and appreciated by the Syrians.” The Ohio Democrat later issued a statement saying he had been misquoted by Syrian media.

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