Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad was interviewed in Damascus by a delegation of journalists representing the Washington Post (Ben Bradlee, Editor-in-Chief; Jim Hogland, Assistant Editor for Foreign News; and Jonathan Randall, roving correspondent) and the International Herald Tribune (Samuel Kerbitte, Assistant Editor). The text of the interview, which was conducted on 17 May and appeared on 19 May 1986 in the Syria Times, is reproduced in full below.