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northern goals, us several times adding to thousands of palestinians killed across the strip. and emanuel mark chrome says he'll name a new french prime minister in the next few days off to michelle bonnie's resignation, the full, we begin in syria. well positioned finances, have been making rapid advances, taking control of a major city and threatening to capture another of the seizing. how much the now heading towards the 3rd largest city of homes, groups. all i'm asking troops on the equipment is they had phones if counted losing control of homes with pressing the government's bank between damascus and it's coastal stronghold of the truck here. in homes itself, the city streets all congested as resident scramble to escape the heading towards the syrian coast, off reports of all physician forces involved things through the eastern country

sides. so now these were the scenes of the streets of holla as people celebrated via a physician or a physician's conquests of the city. while the syrian government troops say that with throwing off the days of intense fight thing. now is the 1st time president bush showed us a government housing been in charge of the city since the saw. so the conflicts in 2011 u. k. base syrian observatory for human rights as a physician fights is now control homeless police come on to headquarters and the base and the central prison, where they've released hundreds of inmates. now, serious defense minister says what happens and how was only a tactic. and the government forces have surrounded the city. you choose a position points is a spreading this information, a national field by the way, that we are in good positions in the battle field and no forces were able to regain control some areas in order to bring safety and security. sometimes administered

calculus, we need to withdrawal to redeploy, forces based on the people of syria ended. so just are able to overcome all the challenges in the field. no matter how difficult after the redeployment of our forces outside hama in order to protect the lives of civilians. and also the terrorists took over the city, the trying to create a propaganda, sprinting wrong information about our forces. they're using a our district most information in fake orders and the name of the forces. but these are not true. i call on out people civilian and military to be aware of the risks of this, this information campaign and stick only to the information that's released by national tv. i would like to consume the what happened and how much is only a tactic. how forces are still surrounding the outskirts of the city and the honda compared to carry out all the constitutional and national jersey. we call how people in syria to be patient and to be assured that we are not spearing any efforts to bring back security and safety to the entire country out of his strong throughout the years that it will remain the main force who protect you from all

those who are trying to disrupt the national security for a so, so dot, as in the tucker city of because he ends up just north of the board of, of syria and he sent us this sump dates a day by day. no time has seen that to position forces starting getting entering into the city or from or the 4th largest city or syria, particularly for them. the eastern side, which has been a couple of days that actually fires with in terms of buying more and more between the position and the government forces. so the position by yesterday on they started to through and then clear around the city. and while there was a huge resistance from the city and government forces and the northern side do position forces led by ac, has decided to go to to the east or the city. and then 2 days they have managed entered into city. and then they rapidly ad vince to where the city center

was. after that, the government announced that they have the throne they forces while this is happening, deposition forces are saying that that one of the they're going to had for their sauce toward the city of homes. which is the largest, the 3rd largest cities and know already the forces are heading toward the city of homes because they believe that if they gave me enough time to the city a government, they're going to regroup and reorganize. they do not want to give that time to the city a government. that's why they have to be no admin seems to go to the city of homes . and as these names and reports are coming in, many people in homes, but the doors were loyal to the city and government are extremely causes an extremely this faith is no. and of course, one of the concerns it was, is there a correspondence of hope l. last is in the hearts of a hama city that receives a celebration on the streets is a position fights is. and so it's his, his report from the groups of opposition fighters have now entered.

i'll see main square in the heart of comma each group entering start celebrating, firing their guns in the air. not only is the entire home of province in circles by opposition fighters. they've also penetrate the city permits eastern side and not a yeah, i wanna know if it's on a wire or what is worth noting here is that the residence diploma city has come out to the st. welcoming the opposition. by thursday. we were surprised. see residents taking to the streets, given the dire situation. local residents came out to celebrate as groups of opposition fighters continued to enter the city after the government forces left the city, the saba was, and more of a sort of yet, that's what it was about. on we're in all of the square in the heart of how much it carries great symbolism among the syrians and the revolution. this square used to be packed with civilians rallying against the government. when the syrian revolution 1st began, yet the city was controlled by the government in 2011. the city was in the

government's iron grip. opposition fighters were engaged in fierce fighting with government troops in the west of the city. get the opposite and seize control of the home. a military air base then penetrate the city from the west side after that, the roads, the center of homa was clear ahead of them. well, how does that, how does that? did you have to show the same scenario? was there pieces in the east, where the opposition reece, thomas central prison, and fried all the prisoners? after that the entire city was wide open to them. here is another group entering the city. they're celebrating to firing in the air. they continue to arrive in the heart of the cities. main square will also have mentioned all positions sizes have freed, the inmates gets insight. how i'm a prison that returned my sick and the most to seems outside to the prison. also, those inside were less house, some of the prisoners re noises, and they loved ones just outside the facilities pools. some caps inside have been

detained for nearly 40 years. many without such ha ha, ha ha ha about the care of and i'm a, i'm from hima. my god, save us from the government. about $1500.00 people in prison, nearly 50 in each room. my god in the house, has them been out? may god grant you success, strengthen you will steps and be victorious all the way to damascus. how much alonzo loves the director of syria, just as an accountability sensor and is also a former political prisoner in syria. he joins us live from washington, d. c. thank you very much. how much for joining us 1st off, let us start with these. a prison is who all of these prisoners exactly that have been released from home of prison. and why is the home of prison notorious? and i saw the me a, those prisoners are a mix of everything. basically,

how my prison, like how i live for prison. there's a sense on that. there's a facility where the government keeps that a good at the detainees and mess coming to the prisoners, but also the government to use it to put a lot of split the candy guineas and use that extra facility is the government to use. but that stick off revolving doors are frustrating detainees from places to places which is and then they force to make 3 single for the thing is difficult for families and the efforts to keep hiding those disappears. people enforce disappears . people from how may i present at least a sea of the people who will release at 0 if you were politically, then these belong to elective of them being this task being active in this adult as being active as being immediate contributor's or look testable site leaders and i look for, there's one, not the bookcase for multiple present, if a prisoner of the company's name is, is very, wouldn't know. now for cdns, we spend 53 years in prison, transferred from something i present just over the show facilities and ended up being and i look for prison one that builds up in the door and let him out. so you

say so say 3 years in prison and it was, we mentioned earlier that 14, using present these all large numbers of use and talk to us this susan then it just thoughts with the shot and i so this goes way back. so even his father mean suddenly a when you look back to the 1980s, he also was accused of his government of torture and mass killings. although some of those prisoners from that time, were they in prison then a absolutely, this is absolutely true of the half is that less of the father of the canons present more? charlotte said unplugged the same, the same tactics of disappearing a lot of people detaining people for very, from long period of time a lot of times without trials or with a more was basically locked trials, or can go to courts, basically a lot of those detainees who ended up in the eighty's in prison. a lot of them disappeared on this international and human rights to launch estimate. 17000 cdns

disappeared between 82 and 95. and those never came back. there was no news about this faith and their loved ones just accepted the they were killed in a sub detention facilities, a subs until fortified that less the brother, the uncle of the current president, lived in selves execution of at least a 1000 prisoners in 30 more amount of prison and 1981 interest or $82.00 are responsible for an estimate estimation of them. the house is the last of the president there. someone does, the thing is very side killed from does he is up to date on some odd and you will belong to the uprising belongs to bush, char i last time. that's not that's done. and of course, 1982 was the homicides. now, could you talk to us about your experience? not just as a political prisoner, but as an advocate trying to get justice full of the syrians for that families for the victims and also for the survivors. yeah, this is very, very challenging and emotional file i met my brother,

my father and sudden i emulate that prison in 2006. he wasn't the prison when i wasn't present there. the net that we learned, my brother wasn't in prison, and the story is very similar to hundreds and thousands of families. i see that their stories are something that a lot of people disappear. a lot of people, there's no information about them. the government deliberately made a trace think of detainees and knowing that what about impossible that employee, that tactical fixed option, because it's like ask out for the government, they taking bribes from the families and give them fake information. as of today, one incident already reported that somebody of this family received information who was died recorded that is alive, who was freed from him at present. and the government to play these tactics enough to put things people on the try. not that long. the family is to visit them in blankets tactics of the stuff, eating them. and of course, we've heard all of the story as the military detention facility and sudden i, on, we all heard about the caesar for those, those people who died under torture in the city and intelligence facilities and they were to dump later in mastic. they have. so we've seen the photos marketing by

the military photographer, with the fact that from the city a minute, city police, the city and government, and the city and family, the thought so many as known for one thing for the city and the field for the stuff feeding them into the 1st time it's like, hey, you're talking about as one of the coordinators was good, you was talking about torture and obviously a fear of disappearances. but also it's not just the, the syrian government has been accused of by whether it's, i'm this the, or the un at, of carrying out here trustees or human rights abuses. because also a lot of the other groups of the operating setting in the last few years have also been accused of similar cars. but i want to ask you specifically about the international criminal court, the i c c. that also seems to have j restriction of a syria which is assigned to the ryans that 2 of the i, c c. so what does that mean when it comes to accountability on the international stage? or indeed for both questions. the answer is yes. on the group, some deposition from the seed in democratic forces quoted,

this forces and also from ices, contributed to dislike beating serious torturing them. sometimes this under, under torture and custody, a lot of cases of attention and particularly to needs from all sides. when we document the old sites of the conflict that are going to do with this information and also indeed the i c. c has no jurisdiction in cdn because he did not find that on that. so when it was introduced in 2000 and say 2004 and attempt in 2014 to the 1st cdn to the icey seas through the security council and was the movie to invite us on china. that to me is nicely seeking, let's practice. it's a jurisdiction over city, and that's leaving us only with a natural like course in europe using what's known, universal jurisdiction, press the bell, that's allows national courts and you have many or belgium and france or so we don't think any. yeah. so it on the right, well, some sort of, but off, which of switzerland span u. k. that allows them to put the official commit to the, comes back in syria for the month. right? and then europe. and in this case, in this course,

the condition here does actually believe that they have to be in a to b a. so, and we cannot think of a deal for them that he was. there's one famous case already happened and see the ad that he has a couple of the, the 2 items you have many, for on one of us on the form of head over there is the security intelligence investigation advanced. he got a lifetime prison in jim many florida war crimes and crimes against humanity. he committed or ended in a bid when he was the head of the intelligence investigation branch and in the state security intelligence in damascus. now there's the kids or the, what's known, the torture bookstore, the doctor who taught shirts, people industry and hospitals i'm facing to try it and frank for india and many others. what do you think is similar for us to the universal jurisdiction? unfortunately without actually c involvement, we cannot chest heads of space and you cannot see if the ministers and that's where a sub enjoy. you can just kind of function and give them unity for now. okay, so going over i often individuals specifically when they touch down on european so

thank you very much, the for expanding all of that to a starts of syria justice and accountability center like survey as well the leader of has well 11 on says the group will continue to support syria's president named costs and called serial position. fights is terrace and said they won't spring down beside it. i says, governments since 2013 the group has been a key ally of the outside government and was instrumental in helping him seize revel controlled area is same, but strongly has moved from the lebanese carpets will be route as well as long been a central plank and the security architecture of the syrian government and his will, a secretary general named costs and reinforced his organization support for president bush roller sought in a speech in which he said his will will stand beside the syrian government to admit any advance by what he described as terrorist groups trying to so chaos in the country he went on to say we are facing a very dangerous is really middle eastern projects suggesting that these events are

not coincidental. that is part of some larger plan being instrumental lives by israel and it's supporters. now how exactly his bullet will be able to provide support at this stage? what kind of practical operational support they will be able to provide remains a question mark is bull. operational forces fighters had been inside syria for over a decade. now, those troop numbers, those fighters numbers have gone up and down and since the war with israel over the past more than a year, there has been a lowering of commitment as forces were brought back to living on to send to the border with israel. however, timing is key at this stage as well as turned his attention to rehabilitating its communities, getting people civilians back into their homes, rebuilding destroyed, infrastructure and buildings burying their dead. and there is not as much of an appetite for in loving on. so his bullet will be weighing domestic concerns as it

looks at how exactly to support its allies in syria name costs, and didn't make clear exactly what the support would look like. but did pledge that his will a would be with serious president would be standing by their side. whether that remains political or practical is still an open question. same to travel to 0 very well, 13 years of war in syria has killed more than 350000 people displaced millions and tool of the country a part. so let's take a look at some of the key turning points in this conflict. well, it all started with peaceful protests in damascus and thought all i said, governments violent response to these demonstrations lead to an uprising. the conflicts intensified with the bottle of a level which would become one of the longest bouts of financing opposition forces kept to launch a pulse of the city. the searing army, then recap to that in 4 years later. in 2013 a chemical weapons attack,

an eastern volta killed hundreds of civilians. and this prompted international condemnation. and let's the syria agreeing to the story is chemical weapons. stop, paul. why so then? because a highly foot across syria and iraq of the country, large slaves of surgery including your car, which becomes the deflect. so capital in syria, the rain lost it until 29. so you know, so the group lost its loss, whole doubts in the town of ball, whose russia then began direct some of that trans eviction to support assad government. russian ass strikes, help time to tide in favor of government forces. the us then goes to involves launching missile strikes against syria and government targets in response to a chemical weapons attack in chicago, shayhu. and it was the 1st start minutes reaction against assets forces. while the intensity of fighting decreased over the last 4 years, the conflict became a frozen one until on groups ne lightning operation in last week from it live.

well, i spoke to our says deputy and boss of the to the you and about the situation in siri. nice thoughts about asking him how far most goes support for damascus will go as well. we confirmed that we stand with the serial government most hands with the lawyers order, and we confirmed that so that we are ready to render and you support student to student government that needs. when our in the process of consultation was to establish what kind of supports would be most practical and most needed. uh, not only from russia, but for almost done like countries such as i think that will be for the consultations in these formats. we are, the reality is that syria is now facing an attack from saturday's group, which is the smallest tributaries by the security council. and this is usually makes the even western countries they'll leave, will be comfortable enough to mention those countries who come for the friends and relations and let's see. and suddenly

a rush just seems to be restricted. it seems perhaps in how much it can support siri with app. how given of course the conflict in ukraine is not the case. i don't think that's a possibility. is our code failed? of course. uh, the especially with reparation in ukraine is all priority. but it doesn't seem that we let down our street in france, and i think that i would be able to come and i can control both situation and manage it in, in due course. or you would just referring that to the discussions that you have been having not just the syria, but the stronger countries on what kind of discussions is most go having with this damascus right now. and what areas are you covering? what sorts of support are you looking to offer as well? so i hear that by the end of the, of the week as my 4 minutes to confirmed, there will be some kind of a meeting. you know, some of us on the phone with, you know, the us down the form is a backbone of political rosa's in see the,

in the, for this, with the ocean. $2254.00 founded to these and dispensable for us to get together and to come to turns on file to assist. so, to better assist us here in political process and see the in the current circumstances. but the most urgent case would be, of course, to repel of the 3rd that, that, against syria. and the, this is a major probably has a really important point to make care is that certain officials have been accused of crimes against humanity. we just heard from our report so that it took care talking about the prisoners that were really saying that many people that have been imprisoned by the syrian government has suffered immense amounts of torch. and a how far is russia ready to go to support this government, which is accused of such course violations. so i'm working here and it's so met

almost for 7 years. i have been hearing a lot of organizations to syria on different dose. he is on political, a prison, us and torture on the use of chemical weapons. but i haven't been able to, to be acquainted with concrete proof of this and the person that does, that's where i'm bringing this information until the security council, for example, are a very questionable to what fits mildly. that's why there is a lot of information and miss information. a decent formation about what's happening is due to and we should be very cautious before we take something to grant for granted. and think use the student government of something wrong, the wrong doings. and so a head on the alex's era purchase has out on the streets. it's a b, c for an a night in arise demonstrating against the government, the

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siri, no position fights is, have made major territorial games. they've taken the city of homa and now say that heading towards the 3rd largest city of homes as homes. this concert it was for us and the government's link between damascus and it's coastal stronghold over the talk you to take over a comma come stays on some additional points to seize the commercial, half of a left. so in a surprise, it fonts from the north syrian government troops admit they've lost control of time on say that one of the days of intensifying st. bear with dramatic and emotional scenes at home a prison. also those inside will account some of the prisoners re nights with their loved ones just outside the facilities was some captain side have been detained for 90. 40 years, many without trial. the fighting in syria has disrespect disrupted raw. the distribution of humanitarian supplies in a level where hundreds of people have flipped the homes,

nor cor rush reports from the north western city. today we're here in the city of valley for and the neighborhood called the old the, the, for the neighborhood in the heart of the city, a volleyball, and a mix of yours cars in humanitarian aid and other services that the city has lacked since the beginning of the, the, a military operation of the off position forces. and as you can see behind me currently, humanitarian teams are entering the city and trying to provide much needed assistance to the most vulnerable and the people of the civil use of the city of a live. both we've talked to those who made terry and themes as they told us that they were gonna try to, you know, step by step to provide additional services of the cities bus. going to the trying to meet the basic needs. and they today needs of the people that are in the area that we saw in the last couple of days. and you always have the steps of their

response and the city of the city on the vehicle there. and they told us that their most needing items are bread and water and that's what's currently and yours are our focusing on providing. currently, a bread distribution is spread across the city of other for a while, however, water stations have been damaged due to the previous escalations. and currently they are under maintenance and they are expected to work in the, in the future or the near future. people who are, are still living in the state of oblivion ad here because they need the services to be delivered. they need their needs to be met and yours are currently working on that. and they told us that the hope in the future they

could be more active in the uh, city. look our most progress. you're all from other folks the, the old settings goals and now where dozens of palestinians have been killed in multiple, his radio strikes on thursday in the north is rather talks a residential building. and this lat here at least 15 palestinians have been killed . the many were injured including children and is ready trying to show to people that become a large one hospital, the 7 palestinians, all dead hospital stall among the injured. and israel has talked to the hospital multiple times. her name fluid has more from the, the past 12 hours have been characterized with more violence, death and destruction across the northern part of the gaza, tripping gauze of city and more of it from over night, a toxin, a loss,

evacuations, or with more people are missing and trapped under the rubble just the pockets, we always be quite violent and bloody at the vicinity of canada, one hospital in inside the health facility where these really military deploying quite stopped. there is an attack drawn drop and renee that people, patients and injuries in civilian inside the hospital killing and injuring many of them 15 people were killed in an attack on a residential home in bid. my here in a very densely populated area, after many people were pushed into internal displacement bite is really monitoring the possibilities, receive it from one family and many of them are still missing. on a trap. under the rubble is more people at the vicinity of god on hospitals by the ongoing attacks repeated attacked by the quad. scott, the been killed and others have been critically injured inside the hospital that the some of the director of going to the hospital describe the river condition inside the hospital. and the gruesome injuries you be receiving inside the hospital

that was caused by the attacks by the quad copies in the past hours. the hospital is running out of, of any meaningful medical care at this point and giving the hardship and the fog the past. 60 plus. they've been very, very strict in terms of what entered the no deposit. so there's a complete these military fees on there. you would know a humanitarian, a medical supplies, water or lice, surviving resources available to people there because of the ongoing deliberate prevention by these really military, the conditions and the situation remains very difficult and continued to evolve by the hours. it's a much more difficult and challenging scenario and highlight the vulnerability of civilians who are now without any proper protection and even marked evacuation going of the coming traps. the traps for people honey, much more data from the central area of the guys through.