for steven vargas to the arctic in such peril. ah, ah ah, i'm how am i easy, an indo? how with the headlines on al jazeera, austria has become the 1st country in western europe to re impose a full cove at 19 locked down. the new measures will start on monday. in germany, the health minister says the country is facing a national emergency. after infections hits a new records, dominic cane has more on the situation in austria. the reality for many austrians is that it has been a sliding scale. almost that one week there's been one set of restrictions. then the next week, more restrictions. and now we're into full locked are clearly the reason for this

is because of the incidence of cove in many parts of austria is in 4 digits more than a 1000 per 100000 of population will. that is a very considerable number. and for many politicians in austria right now, it's too much. the indian government has made a dramatic u turn and denounced its withdrawing 3 controversial farm bills. the legislation has triggered nationwide protests that lasted more than a year. the government has introduced the measures last year saying they would modernize the agriculture sector at farmers sat. the reforms hurts their livelihoods, no prime minister, nor andrew moody was telling them to go home. the you commissioner is, are in human rights, is urging authorities that the poland belarus border to allow aid workers access to migrants and refugees stranded there. poland is accused belarus of continuing to help asylum seekers cross into e u territory. hundreds of my goods and refugees,

and i at a reception sensor on the bellows side of the border. the spanish coast guard has rescued a group of migrants near the canary islands. the boat was carrying 40 people, 2 had died at sea. 2 others were taken to hospital in critical condition. sedans, police chief has defended security forces, insisting they only used legal means to control recent opposition. protests, doctors say at least 15 protested, were killed by like fire on wednesday. the canadian military is helping with rescue efforts in the flood, devastated province of british columbia. one person is confirmed dead flirting and landslides of cut off, major roads in the area. and those are the headlines now. it's back to asset master of chaos. ah,

on the 21st of august 2013 syrian government forces used chemical weapons in opposition held areas, killing hundreds of people, including many children. when you, as soon as the year before, the technical weapons would have led line. however, off to the attack, president obama decided not to intervene because it might lead to heavier u. s. involvement in syria. there were some people in the administration who worried that hasn't come at the end be top, alden extremist would take over. those of us who were following siri more closely, kept telling them, stop worrying about that. the extremists are no stronger than a lot of the modern elements, and they're not going to take over. it might just shift the fighting a little bit, but there will not be an islamic state declared in damascus. this

lack of a western response seemed to embolden assad. he realised that some western leaders, we're more concerned about the potential chaos that might result from opposition groups taking over than the were about his staying and power. i saw was quite to exploit this. michelle a said that if and and as a pot hustled lately, poet kill whole school me law, she had the unit stem yeap bill. i showed him how to persuade the challenge. let wouldn't know xerox. below for correct and she had yelled emotional dishes e n and g as at middle men enough. are we only my food? i had a be young to mom and habit daily shao hel healthy. ah . 2 sad release, many of these members of owned opposition groups from jail since the start of the uprising. some had joined iso. i'm assad realised that this was the group that

the west was more concerned about perhaps than any other in 2014, i. so took the tone of rocca, i moved quickly across syria, largely at the expense of other opposition groups. ah, news of on the market and so the bombs, every dose is more, more talk to you. good. you lose. it's a really owed to the good boose that about the de busha way saw repeated instances where the syrian government basically would not attack their sonic state here. sometimes we sign sentences where the atlantic state might attack a free syrian army unit, and the syrian government would come in and bomb them by air or maybe an hour later,

2 hours later. and i, it looked like tactical co operation almost. and we saw many instances of that, especially in the area around a laptop. for example, a dash food. got me social sincerely, you don't, don't get horn. well, oh, it's hard to keep all blue she be on new off when york's washing akita vaughan due to the daughter. oh, boy bell. oh was a toy to so in so so obvious. you aid ye bellow, jim. i don't mean that they don't ever fight this long stick. sometimes they fight this lamb at state. sometimes they cooperate with islamic state. one of the things that tom, as a professional, i can say, i admire about this here in government, is that it is able to do several different contradictory things all at once. and it, it's harder to understand them. they can confuse you very well that way.

the spread of iceland is increasing violence, preoccupied and shocked. much of the world aside to use this opportunity to launch a different kind of campaign aimed at the west. a charm offensive got war in syria is about winning the heart of the people. but i felt made the i was part of the war on syria when we fill it. that is an opening, you know, and that wasn't counted, started to die to listen. we started to intensify our communication with the west until in by jen managed until talk to jam manage. the syrian president gave interviews to several major media outlets around the world.

nobody should have got a la carte army that if the moment give to tom and my little media, let it be, it gives the time on my letter it army letter b or door acting on a sore on you, lila had a better but any to float mccartney, i'm delighted at all. la michelle. i said i send anybody in all his interviews. he insisted, eats me on chaos. you have invasion of terrorist coming from abroad and the government is doing. it's a job in fighting and defending it. it's country her saddle, thought it out of the monica jani folder equipment booklet and shuttle and also he alyssa dominy, i'm a fool alderman, thought he over here let that come. i kind of thought for that and phil and i'm a little be, be and not all the a thought a shabby, long young line. charlotte, she took the di match the bashar to said, did you go deep,

contributed passion. dumpsters of to not meet is what's on there, monte approval. deborah key for mr. young while you know, he knows you a bit more. the russia i think for bashar elisa to present himself to the united states, sent to europe as the as the alternative. ah, to crazy sectarian people. i think this has been part of his strategy since day one, day one movie ah, by presenting himself as the alternative to what he called terrorists. i felt convinced many to overlook his governance crimes like these camps, where 17000 people, including women and children, were tortured to death lane. ah, ah evening. they took me to the full and yeah, mr. to man,

the 1st was shin. why? you don't like the shuttle us that oh so shut us not to new and celia, and this is usually a tools to collect on formation. after that and the 5th, i'm in 2012 at become the thought. shut up a tools for collecting information. it's a goals, tortured 4th torture, torture for destroyed verb her of the blizzard. meanwhile, our side presented himself as a protector of minorities, including christians, and as a buffer against violent on groups. some political leaders visited damascus and were warmly received

with the west prioritize to it's fight against iso. why? in the autumn of 2015, they decided to launch their 1st air strikes in syria against i saw rather than government forces. they also cut back on their support of opposition groups. this took the military pressure off the salient army. i'm gave asset precious breathing space. i don't know how in the cylinders long window, but i love gas about i know your deductible on the left. and i thought, oh, you were a god visual of your ideas. oh god, i don't know. one of the other acids

situation remained to quite precarious. after 4 years of war, he left the country for the 1st time to visit vladimir putin. he calculated that russian military support would shift the balance of power and the war in his favor today than oh, do in the what could have known in what can be in june if you're going to be her one of the, of the movie day to them we ask that oceans to come and help us with a air force and that ocean did not ask for anything at from us. by the way, our relation would that ocean, as you know, is betty historicity, who's in, wanted to stay a step ahead of the west and to revive russian influence in the middle east a while. and he thought that having survived so far,

suggested that aside could be relied upon the child and my husband had now come for a new model of the scottish. oh, with her nations. none was good on the widow's lieutenant. but the more spoken national there were social, but for most with backups, danasia now recorded to still annoying the army. we all of earth would steven our food here, though in la city was not begun here. the muster? yes sir, when you were lego, but sure. my dearly or personally at them was good and there were uniform that won't come on the ship in a move. the took the west by surprise. russia now intervened insignia in a big way. officially they were fighting ice all, but the fight suggested otherwise. ah,

it clusters its lot loose city. does that up walk at the wendy's. these caught a cv. nope. we sure would you a b d sir mark or bash did, did loom just healthy, like, ah, drugs, 2016 russian military support enabled the serial army to regain large parts of the territory. it had previously lost the u. s. and europe did little to counteract this relentless offensive other than make token the protests they failed to react when government forces used chemical weapons again. ah.

in september 2016 u. s. president obama reached an agreement with putin to divide syria into 2 operational zones. he no longer demanded assets to parcher. the u. s. was much more concerned with defeating iso ah ah at the end of 2016 after weeks of bombing, syrian government forces retook a laptop. the country 2nd largest city, had been an opposition stronghold and a symbol of hole didn't like it at the fate other than a food. and although less of the food he ordered will be replaced. that is on the

dodie of lithia, followed by the 5th of one of the whole of the money that while ours had remained in power, obama's turn ended in 2070. and donald trump became us president from relative inexperience and his perceived closeness to vladimir putin. may have encouraged allison to authorize further chemical attacks in april 2018. and we begin tonight with the horrific attack overseas and a forceful threat here at home. the pictures coming in a warning, they are difficult to look at. children being hosed off, treated after an alleged chemical attack. and duma president trump responding on twitter, vowing a big price will be paid, slamming syrian president bashar al assad, calling him, quote, an animal. i believe that the aside regime thought they could get away with it. i think i had seen a year more of donald trump. ah, a disorganized erotic inattentive

a president the 1st 5 days sir, i was at the white house. at the u. s. had to decide what the response would big. this telling us was home and bombed several military targets. they were backed by france under president emmanuel, michael presidio, to maturity prices on mom to the finance for may be gone. was of fishy sydney huck . remiss sash. josh or schoo sad c. it's similar, fuss me. you know, falling apple tomorrow, not the new quite year rossi, damascus, or the truss delivered darcy couldn't demos, has shown the fitness blow in everybody's, you know,

then these political promises and we're going to end, we're going to get out a war going. and these wars, you know, these are no good. it was a huge mistake. you know, if a sod fell, who was going to take over was going to be a very radicalized component. ah, the west did not make any further military interventions, opting instead to impose sanctions on syria. but sanctions had little impact on the government's military capability. as asada gradually took back control of more and more of the country, his critics claimed that he saw himself as his country's muggy or savior. he thinks he's the maddie, that's the one of the problems. and sometimes he act like al maddie, when he speaks with his surroundings and friends,

this is what we heard from our friends in damascus, the quinn, nathan nevada, cliche for were there thought are looking for new sheila hump well to thought ali aladdin. ah, ah, what a 3rd of the country still remained beyond docile control. the kurtz alongside european and american special forces controlled the northeast. turkey controlled the northwest to contain the carts and back the opposition and it label . in the south, a large zone was controlled by us forces and israel carried out regular air strikes against iranian positions in syria. to completely reclaim the rest of his country. aside would ultimately after confront all of these conflicting forces.

ah, i got it with you again and had within, within a few minutes, vladimir putin came to this is the russian base in syria, but the war was becoming expensive for him on the outcome was still uncertain. starting a war was one fe, ending, it was quite another he had a number that of follow up discussions with pohden. i believe that the russians were very much interested in reducing the russian troop presence in syria. but to do that, to avoid losing their entire investment in the country, they had to have

a more stable assad regime. in 5 years, the russians had not only kept the syrian government in power, but it also largely eliminated and marginalized. the moderate opposition articles criticising aside appeared in the russian media suggesting they might have preferred some one with a less checkered history in power. but when i saw last support from one on i, he always seemed to identify another to turn to for help. michelle said the de la, what lucille ethan, danielle hunt. you know, the other by the light look inactive will be only a to always the fullest will be caught the lucky what to leave putting on an unsatisfactory look. what's what followed? i'm michel said zed. what did he at any auto let me get on. and norton wish it act

out to be a be sawyer? probiotic half is elena, have no doubt that they will put out feelers. they already have, we've even had some americans go over asada himself for very good at understanding how to try to gain leverage against opposition or other countries that are pressing them and absolutely expect him to reach out. in fact, there were a couple of occasions when we tried to reach out to them and ordered a free american prisoners hostages, that the assad or his surrogates still hadn't in prison. and we had no success. with that, we believe that assad at that point was simply carrying out iranian orders, and that there is really no chance we could reach an accommodation with him. i had no desire to see a side remain in power, but i didn't see a sod as the real cause of the problems in syria. the central threat was iran,

and it was the iranian presence in syria that made the u. s. under trump, keep large numbers of troops in ne, syria. but assad has been left walking a tightrope. he has had to tread carefully to avoid provoking major powers, like the u. s. are exhausting the patients of his backers, russia and iran. he also faces serious domestic challenges. his country is in ruins. half of the pre, all population of syria have been forced from their homes. most of those remaining are destitute with 80 percent of people living on less than 2 us dollars per day. to the coven pandemic has made the situation even worse.

even our sides own aloe white community has shown signs of discontent. fresh protests are broken out in some cities reclaimed by the government. there is pressure on the syrian government to make peace with its remaining opponents. and concentrate on reconstruction in the territory under its control. but it lacks the funds to rebuild the country and its backups, russia and iran, a rather unable or unwilling to come to the rescue. assad has also approached the e. u. uncertain gulf states to help fund the reconstruction a will instead of the gulf states that give me the money in order to separate myself from iran and he would go to iran. he said that that is your health. because otherwise,

i would be fallen anther on the russia. you would go thought i shop until then at the you need to help me more because i'm am falling into under a lawn. and he would go into your old telling then it's the unit will help me for that construction. i need your money. i will otherwise would there wouldn't be a new wave if refugees and you would go to u. s. you need to cooperate with me in the security matters because we have a lot of fights for all the stories. and i says, this is how we play the game from my, from a lot. okay. ah,

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