{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Syria Comment","provider_url":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog","author_name":"Joshua","author_url":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/author\/syriacomment\/","title":"Assad Interview on al-Manar - 24 March 2010 - Syria Comment","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kfmFC4glvL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/assad-interview-on-al-manar-24-march-2010\/\">Assad Interview on al-Manar &#8211; 24 March 2010<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/assad-interview-on-al-manar-24-march-2010\/embed\/#?secret=kfmFC4glvL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Assad Interview on al-Manar &#8211; 24 March 2010&#8221; &#8212; Syria Comment\" data-secret=\"kfmFC4glvL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In this interview with Hizbullah&#8217;s TV station (copied below), President Assad invokes his speech of November 10 2005 given at the University of Damascus, in which he argued that Syria and the region had only two choices: resistance or chaos. &#8220;Resistance is the least costly option,&#8221; he explained. At the time, the Mehlis investigation into [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/www.almanar.com.lb\/NewsSite\/WebsiteImages\/PicturesFolder\/06f5ffbd-cf63-4b02-9762-f3f9d89eb613_top.png"}