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Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel have a future . Mostefa souag, welcome to hardtalk. Good day, stephen. We have to start with the threa...

Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel have a future . Mostefa souag, welcome to hardtalk. Good day, stephen. We have to start with the threa...

Im stephen sackur. When the Aljazeera News Network was launched in qatar in 1996, it had a seismic impact on the media landscape in the middle east. Here was an arab broadcaster refusing to play by local rules. It was ambitious, punchy and provocative in its coverage of the region and the world. Two decades on, maybe its time for payback. Saudi arabia and its closest allies recently demanded qatar close the network down. My guest is mostefa souag, director general of aljazeera. Do his channel have a future . Mostefa souag, welcome to hardtalk. Good day, stephen. We have to start with the threa...

Fact that it's not going to end and our withdrawal is only probably going to prolong the effort by those rebel groups to continue fighting assad. >> brett mcgurk, the u.s. envoy fighting isis also resigned. what have you heard about his departure? >> well, i've known brett mcgurk since we started working together in iraq in 2007. and he is a dedicated public servant. and i can only imagine that this was a very difficult decision for him. but as we talk about syria and the way forward, and admiral kirby made good points, the global coalition to defeat isis isn't just about boots on the ground, ...

>> do you believe the chemical weapons attacks in syria are fake news? >> reporter: of course. first of all, the syrian government long ago destroyed their chemical weapons. secondly, we are aware of the plans of the insurgents to make things look like the syrian army is using chemical weapons. thirdly, all of these are attempts that have repeatedly -- repeatedly taken place in the not-so-distant past. these accusations that were used as a justification to consolidate efforts in fighting assad. we are all well aware of it. we understand it. we're not even interested in it. i just feel like say...