{"id":1429,"date":"2016-07-13T16:09:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T20:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2016-07-13T16:09:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T20:09:37","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-exclusive-syrian-president-bashar-al-assad-sits-down-with-bill-neely-for-wide-ranging-candid-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/07\/13\/nbc-nightly-news-exclusive-syrian-president-bashar-al-assad-sits-down-with-bill-neely-for-wide-ranging-candid-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS EXCLUSIVE: SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD SITS DOWN WITH BILL NEELY FOR WIDE-RANGING, CANDID INTERVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">Preview to Air Tonight on \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">JULY 13, 2016\u2014Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad spoke exclusively with NBC News Chief Global Correspondent Bill Neely in Damascus today for a wide-ranging and candid interview on ISIS, the U.S. Presidential election and the ongoing conflict in Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif\">A preview of the interview will air tonight on \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt,\u201d with much more airing tomorrow across the platforms of NBC News and MSNBC, including TODAY, \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d and NBCNews.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preview to Air Tonight on \u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d JULY 13, 2016\u2014Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad spoke exclusively with NBC News Chief Global Correspondent Bill Neely in Damascus today for a wide-ranging and candid interview on ISIS, the U.S. Presidential election and the ongoing conflict in Syria. 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