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very like the statement that russian president, alexander lucas shanker says he wants to avoid confrontation with poland. a thousands of migrants remain stuck in limbo on the border. he's calling on to you to take in 2000 migrants, or warns the crisis could evenly to war. germany and austria of so far rejected the request of law, confuses belushi, of flying in thousands of migrants and pushing them to cross into poland. the few area and latvia in retaliation for sanctions ukrainian troops have conducted military drills as phase of a possible attack. grow the head of military intelligence has more than 92000 russian troops of mast near to ukraine's borders preparing for an attack. but russia dismissed the suggestion and says it's alarmed that ukraine is building up its own forces. the or state of georgia closing arguments are on the way in the amount aubrey murder trial. 3 white men stand accused of killing the 25 year old

black man. while he was out jogging last year. the suspects chased him with their trucks through a georgia neighbourhood. one of them testify that he saw aubrey as a threat and acted in self defense. and wisconsin, police say they will charge a man with intentional homicide. after a cow pluck, car plowed into a christmas parade on sunday, killing 5 people that he 9 year old darryl brooks has been named as the driver. official said, incident was not a terror attack and that bruce had been fleeing the scene of another incident. while the 40 people were also injured, as we talked, stories said, do stay with us. i said, master of chaos continues. next. i'll be back with the news. asked doctor that to him if he can 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 couldn't at the end be top alden extremists 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 were more concerned about the potential chaos that might result from opposition

groups taking over than the were about his staying and power. asada was quite to exploit this. michelle said that if not as a pot hustled lady poet kill whole school me law, she had the eunice temp bill. i showed him how to persuade the challenge, let wouldn't know xerox below for correct. and she had yelled emotional dishes, ian. and she's at maninder maninder thus, oh really my food ought to be young to mammon, habit, daily shout, hell healthy. ah said 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 good that the west was more concerned about it 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 the motions of the promise i read those is more, more talk to you, good. you, who's a village, owed to the good bush that bell du du busha way saw repeated instances where the syrian government basically would not attack the sonic state here. sometimes we sciences where the islamic state might attack a free, searing 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 in that, especially in the area around a laptop. for example,

a dash 2 got me social snow sale, you know, thought a little bit harder. but oh, it's hard to keep all blue she be on new off when york's will soon akita on to to the door. oh, boy bell, it was a 20 so in so so hobby us, you aiden. ye bellow, jim. i don't mean that they don't ever fight this long stick. sometimes they fight islamist said, 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 made it harder to understand them. they can confuse you very well that way.

the spread of i sal and it's increasing violence, preoccupied and shocked. much of the world asada used this opportunity to launch a different kind of campaign aimed at the west. a charm offensive war and see it is about winning the heart of the people. but i felt media was part of the war on syria. when we saw a did is an opening, you know, and that was some country. it started to die to listen. we started to intensify our communication with the left until in by jen managed and to talk to jen manners. the syrian president gave interviews to several major media outlets around the world. nobody should he 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 radar mil at a b or door. i turn on

a sore on you little had a be that but any the float, mccartney, and deliver it to la. michelle, i said, send anybody in all his interviews. he insisted, eats me on chaos. f invasion of terrorist coming from abroad. and the government is doing, it's a job in fighting and defending it. it's country. has that authority it out of the monica yawning, foldable equipment, booklet, and shuttle. and also he alyssa dominy, i'm a fool alderman 30 over here with come. i kind of forward for that and feel, and i'm a little be, be and not all the a thought are shabby, long as long. yes, ma'am. charlotte? she took the di match at the bush. auto said, did you go deep contributed, present, obsessive to not merely what's on there? monte paval. deborah key for miss wood. young, you know, you know, she will be them all the ship. 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 moon ah. by presenting himself as the alternative to what he called terrorists, i felt convinced many to overlook his governments 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 mom, the 1st was shin, why you'd want like a shuttle exit or just

shut. it's not a new one, silly. and this is usually a tools to collect on formation. after the 5th, i'm fulfilled and 12 it become the thought, shut of not a toys for collecting information. it's a goals tortured for torture, torture for destroyed though, barbara of the buddhism. meanwhile, assad 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. in the autumn of 2015, they decided to launch their 1st air strikes in syria against iso rather than government forces. they also cut back on their support of opposition groups. this took the military pressure off the syrian army and gave acid precious breathing space. i don't know how the skinny knows what law would do, but i know you had a couple of other thought it was euro god was euro of your idea. oh god, i don't know. one of the other there are sad situation remains 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. preceded an order in a schrupo, what could have daughter and what can be in june olivia controlled her a while. and theo, thea move the date of the month. 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 that had been now

conform, remodeled, other skirmish throw on her with her neatness numbers, get on the withers, lieutenant. but the more spoken national there were social, but for most with backups, danasia now recorded to still annoying the army on the meal of earth. would steven our food though? alas, city was not begun yet no more stir. yes sir, when you were lego. but sure. my dearly or personally but them was good and they were uniform that. ready though won't come on lucian. 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 fights suggested otherwise. ah, it's just as he slumped loose city. does it up walk

a twenty's these goat early c v laportia delay apd, sir mark or bash. it did loom theirself the only ah. throughout 2016 russian military support enabled the serial army to regain large parts of the territory. it had previously lost the us and europe did little to counteract this relentless offensive other than make token 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 departure. the u. s. was

much more concerned with defeating iceland. ah ah. at the end of 2016 after weeks of bombing, syrian government force re took a lap of the country. second largest city had been an opposition stronghold and a symbol oh other than a fool. and although livable to suit josefina believed that even the duty of the, of a lot of the, one of the whole of the money that while us had remained in power,

obama's term ended in 2070. and donald trump became us president trump's relative inexperience, and his perceived closeness to vladimir putin may have encouraged asset 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 guy inattentive a president. the

1st 5 days i was at the white house, on the u. s. had to decide what the response would big. this time the us was home and bombed several military targets. they were backed by france under president emmanuel michael. consider implementing president, ma'am to the finance for may, may congress over fishing? sydney hock, drew massage jar or schoo sad c. it's solar fuss may natoya call tomorrow. not new quite a year. raphi, damascus or the trough to read it lawsuit. couldn't do most household. a fitness blow in everybody's, you know, then these political promises and we're going to, and we're going to get out of war and, 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. thus they 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 quin nathan nevada cliche for were the thug before the trailer hump?

well, to thought ali alighted, ah, ah, what a 3rd of the country still remained beyond gosset's control the kurtz alongside european and american special forces controlled the ne, 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 the cell

and had it 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 thing ending it was quite another he had a number that a follow up discussions with pohden. i believe that the russians were very much interested in reducing the russian true 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 motto, little position, 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 i, he always seemed to identify another to turn to for help. michelle said that the law was lucio ian or ethan danielle hunt. you know, the other by the like, looking at def will be only a to always the fullest will be caught the little he, what to li, puttin island on sap shakeela was with florida. michelle said zed as to what to do at any autoland, iran and norton wish it act out to be a be soria. 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, i 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 had and 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 aside as the real cause of the problems in syria. the central threat was iran, and it was the iranian presence and syria that made the u. s. under trump,

keep large numbers of troops in ne area, but aside 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 long 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 u. s. dollars per day. to the coven, brenda mc has made the situation even worse. even our sides own aloe white community has shown signs of discontent. fresh protests had broken out in some

cities reclaimed by the government. there was 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 are either 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 dose of but it myself from iran and you would go to iran. he said that raise your hand, because otherwise i would be fallen under under russia.

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

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