Charlie Rose Interviews Assad In Syria, President Denies Chemical Weapons Attack In First American News Network Interview With Bashar al-Assad In Two Years

CBS' Charlie Rose interviewed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, making his television interview with Assad the first American news network interview with the president of Syria in two years, and the first since President Obama asked Congress to approve a military strike against Syria, CBS News reports.

CBS News' Bob Schieffer announced the news on "Face the Nation" Sunday. The full interview between Charlie Rose and Assad will air on the "Charlie Rose Show" Monday night, The Huffington Post reports, which is the same day as President Obama's recorded interviews with six networks will air.

Excerpts of the interview will also air on Monday's "CBS This Morning," and other platforms across CBS News, The Huffington Post notes.

Rose previewed the interview on Sunday, speaking on the phone from Beirut, according to the website. He told Schieffer that al-Assad "denied that he had anything to do with the attack," referring to the chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus last month, which has led President Obama to weigh a military strike against his regime, USA Today reports.

"He does accept some of the responsibility" for the August 21 attack that killed more than 1,400 Syrian civilians, including hundreds of children, Rose added, according to USA Today.

The interview was held Sunday at the Presidential Palace in Damascus.

"He had a message to the American people that it had not been a good experience for them to get involved in the Middle East in wars and conflicts ... that the results had not been good," Rose said, USA Today reports.

Obama is scheduled to deliver an evening address to the American people from the Oval Office on Tuesday, regarding a potential strike on Syria.