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His friendship with al assad shattered. they no longer speak. >> reporter: you can't go back to the country. >> they are the most targeted for to keep all of them away. this is a tactic. >> reporter: he says he believes assad is getting the wrong advice. those closest to the president blaming the protests on foreign interference. he says it's time for the president to listen to old friends. if you were to give him one message today as a friend of his, as someone who knows him, what would that message be. >> listen to the people. and try to go back before you were president, what will your hear...

Community erupted.raa and the c community erupted. >> it's similar to that of many countries where civil unrest was unheard of until now and what president bashar al assad does next could decide how the conflict is resolved. this is just one example of the anger felt by some in the country towards the government. well, stan grant tells us of one man who has a unique perspective based on 5 years. >> reporter: this man knows the mind of syria's president like few others and met at damascus university as young men in 1984. for nearly a quarter of a century the two shared good times. >> before bei...

A friend. >> good, really. really. >> reporter: now the bad times. protests growing, blood on the streets. abdel nour says he does not recognize his friend bashar al assad. what is more important the president or the man? >> depend on the place on that place. on his end. >> reporter: if he's in the room as president. >> he's president. >> reporter: when he goes home to talk to his wife. abdel nour says it's the president, not the man who is authorizing the crackdown on protesters. in syria he says as part of an attack on disdepths in 2008 state security was given a license to kill. >> under th...