and i repeat that we believe i believe. we don't know. and the feel of the investigation. has started voting in a regional poll which may help settle the question of whether their province should secede from spain the leaders of the separatist movement are pitted against candidates who want to stay part of spain record turnout is expected to impulse suggest the candidates are neck and neck the us president has threatened to cut aid to un members who vote against his recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital at the request of arab and muslim countries the united nations will hold an emergency meeting on thursday. another north korean soldier has defected to the south the fourth this year the government in seoul says he crossed the demilitarized zone which was covered in thick fog south korean soldiers later fired around twenty warning shots guards from the north last month a north korean soldier was shot by colleagues as he escaped zimbabwe's former

mining minister under robert mugabe has been arrested on allegations of corruption and abuse of office walter and she is the latest ally of mugabe who is facing action after the new government led by emerson. took charge. those are the headlines people in power is coming up next on al-jazeera. from toxic milk to fake meat food scandals continue to rock china as the world turns to it for its foods one when he says goes undercover to expose the hidden harm in a system geared for profit one east at this time on al jazeera. amid the bomb ravaged remains of job a suburb just a few kilometers from the central damascus a few thousand police could residents have managed to find a guest at the regime over five years ago syria. in the second to two exclusive

reports we've been behind the scenes to make function on the front line under constant pressure. damascus two thousand and seventeen. a lot being this one shot at summer and the

cost of serious capital. to see by the forces of president bashar assad for over five years. is a long since same for. most of the districts residents have long since fled the few thousand who remained amid the ruins have stayed to protect their homes and the weapons. mainly block on time around. but has a. call we had on our watch you. couldn't have done. the ones on the side. of the hallway. at all over.

he. says. being a. loser who we back before the revolution a man run a pastry shop in job. and he's always been famous for his singing too. but like others here he's chosen to defend his neighborhood against the might of the regime. and throw that in my clothes or. you know. what on and while i was involved in playing for zinc i was and our family and kilometers. michelle who. lie in a show who have been on it a lot of fun and. it's

the. fear that they're so obvious in the illusion is that they'll have a was that are. a lot of alaska vehicles was the. most sought the saudi facility thought. and how that. a saudi it's a lie don't pull the. bible half says chairman of the council of free job a. leader of a proud community the true fuses to give in. then he'd be as he me will be assaulted you know what the law says he is a moment. of the home of know how that. could be that if you had lost count i had read as you know that it's all of the

muck going to know that hey look about. but five long years of war have taken their toll on those who remain. one of them is a member. a widow who lives on her own. she's had to get used to the constant attacks a little get up the item but i don't suppose he doesn't want to so many from what you have not begun to tiny enough. and we don't go out far i mean not to plan we don't do that as you listen to mine is a little below the can my developed out of what a small class i don't know my how do you now have a hood oh i'm up on the new. mr top climate ahead of you not a joke. you know what i had to do what on a well i don't love to have it you will look like. that defiance has been

carved deep into the soil. amid the tunnels dug between the positions guarding the district's perimeter. job us fighters have learned to operate in small highly mobile squads. moving rapidly from one place to another to counter whatever threats appear. by necessity much of their lives are spent on the ground. there at the. meeting with us if it has a lot of diversity gyal. and you said dipshit. mother look at. that.

i don't know if you know. when the history of jawbone is wars written these tunnels will be central to the story. they stretch for kilometers in every direction and new ones are being dug all the time. for all of the law. that's. called death and. when i logged out of others she was maybe that in the she wanted offical one. or. another job our local is a security official. he takes us right to the edge of the frontline.

assad's troops are in the building just a few meters away. everyone has to do a spell on the front line which is manned day and night tonight it's time . he's twenty six and was a jewelry seller and jawbone when the war broke out as his squad takes over from the outgoing unit there's just time for a snack. and on and on there's camaraderie among these young men some have known each other's families for years. but are they. and their. love for placement on top of. a lot of a lot of them just didn't want it. all. but. it's a good show. the

. it's early in the morning on the squad the job most fighters have been called to the front line. another offensive is imminent it's not a. problem all. along the way there's an ever present threat of enemy snipers and no one lingers on open ground. no.

one. thing. assad's forces have launched many offenses against the jobar rebels over the last five years but their attacks on the ground it's an all. in frustration the regime has. often resorted to heavy artillery and air strikes in its efforts to

crush the fans. largely indiscriminate these have devastated job infrastructure and caused untold suffering.

and i had had it. and. give me a minor. away from the front line. runs a small grocery store and. he has a wife and three children but felt he had to join the fighting. and. that rule is everywhere to be see even in job cemetary.

but i saw mother and mother of three. and him and you can. see them female. and harry. reid the ability to. have him is he going to have her magic i'm somewhat up to. the head of. this mr will hit. a bit in america but when i do. i don't give a. matthew bit in the amount of money already. but ox. yan you can bet but the lead but they are going under when it went to do that but out of the flow i had a good look at it. and so. this

job on his grave to. he's lost more than twenty members of his family to the promotion including his own song he shifted dum any idea what he just saw this minister was sure if you do. me. a young face we were fucked in the in the nose. so you have to use. a muzzle. just saddam how many states have you he'd mind to do and. i feel the new vom at an inch of you know all the senators whether it's on a regular. the other the coyote had really kind of had. i thought it would be. danny then in a moment they came in the. individual for them i can see any.

of the. other. god not to the government of the us other little could see a. little who that is in the. mind of the baby a little women and with a you are in the. bottom then of one of me was once a wealthy real estate broker. he says this is all that remains of shorebirds famous eighth century ileo one obvious synagogue which the regime destroyed back in two thousand and fourteen others of the whole look to now since surviving communal to learn english idiom ugly meter.

yes he did then. he. looked in the log window on issues you're not there. to hold. but those dropping. seem to care little for its history and now six. just. in the last get in the room with. me on the. phone. yeah i need. to look oh you'll get an early. on the wonderful. new vehicle. said he. feel.

that it's. the end you know how there's room for more than you when i'm out of this . and how that. shift a few be badly anybody. and no i got that one how did i don't. know. about that name. and

a good idea to take. nothing she can. do the little. with the. less. there are increasing signs that the fighting is about three tenths of. underground baroni rebels are digging the widest tunnels up to some far. everyone knows the casualties are miking and they have to provide unhindered access for i'm given skills so that wounded can be moved quickly away from the battle from . above ground form a pastry shop owner abu iman has a rather different objective. to raise the spirits of his fellow fighters.

and the nominal you know me say show the whole team home on the ground. not the final. the physical the fun the. but as of this. the. mean the only missiles are. all gone. then me.

only. show. me man. he. meanwhile takes us to see the exact place on the frontline where the big battle is set to take place. at eleven o'clock. and i'm an enjoyable. shot any besom would. have for any you have obviously so i think you can work on them all men i'm an islamic i mean you can all the. while the fighters are moving into their stock positions from all corners of job on headquarters communications team scored a ton of their movements. and

then at about thirty here. today that. one may. not be he will be back on the show mr shami no matter. i i. i. i. i and i.

along. with the fighting continuing long into the night hours the plans have to be updated by commanders us tactical circumstances change.

former jewelry seller. holds up a map as his squad get their orders. by the following morning neither side has yet managed to achieve a conclusive victory. but during the battle. mom was killed he was just twenty six. his close friend sub dawn was one of those who carried him back to the graveyard. and mourned for a life that would never be. no longer. want

to live. in mumbai for the. love of it wasn't for them to. know what a little better. would was one of thousands of people who have died the job or in the last five years. thousands more have been grievously wounded or driven away from the shattered homes . but despite the catastrophic losses no one here is willing to give up the struggle. that was the whole lot no let's not be an old money. also you must attain a block to hayden and then i did a. little bit of a little job then and as a line in the world on the whole always you'll find that the solar wind has been.

modified from. the knee to be. annoyed about them not of them but ups. and they're going to. last month the. fiercest. of the fighting. become. but whatever happens after five years of war this once pleasant. so beloved of its people and where so much of their blood has been spilled will never be the same again.

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