get that message out to the well, the the sort of any good to have you with us. this is the new zone of life from the coming up in the program today. siri as road to recovery, humanitarian aid security and reconciliation. top the agenda at a high level talks and jordan from north to south is really bombardment of the gaza strip, has killed more than 50 people, including children in the past 24 hours. south korea on edge. the president's face is a 2nd impeachment folks in parliament,

demonstrators are out on the streets of so and george's problem is picking a new president's officer, october's disputed general elections and weeks of process the . so all eyes are on the new administration in damascus, stuff to the toppling of the charlotte side on sunday for the 1st time in years. millions of stories are hopeful for their country's future. but israel has been carrying out its largest error offensive on syria in decades. explosions were heard in the capital, damascus on friday night is really forces of also targeted syrian army positions. and they're advancing into syrian territory near the occupied golden heights. the attacks came as syrians celebrated their new found freedom, hundreds of thousands of people took part in friday prayers described as a day of victory, half to more than half a century. under the sides,

family rule talks on serious political transition are set to get under way in the jordanian port, city of arkansas, in the coming hours of diplomats as well as the turkish foreign minister and the us secretary of state or expected to attend the houses here as covering all the developments on this, russell sort are, is standing by and the syrian capital a summit. binge of a is in a left post areas, 2nd largest city 1st. so that's good to know a day in october jordan. so north tell us who is at these talks in jordan and what specifically they're discussing today. well sarah, everybody is here if you will, all of syria's neighbors, except as well, of course, which occupies syrian territory at 11 on you have to key a, you have a rock if saudi arabia and all the major era slayers bringing their inputs and their interests here to the table, there's also the us secretary of state, the

a european union's top diplomats as well as the un on voice for syria. there are so many things to discuss. as you said, there's security does humanitarian assistance, there's the road to recovery, to uh, to reconciliation and to rebuilding the country and not to all interests necessarily allied nor does everyone who's going to be at this meeting today. does everyone want the same thing? is everybody pulling in the same direction for syria because famously the various stakeholders, as we call them in syria, over the course of the civil war has not always one of the same thing. in fact, sometimes they're on opposite sides of various issues. that yeah, i mean, not all of their interest from mine. let's take, for example, if you took a once a for sure sir. you have to say that united, they're very interested in making sure that there isn't a courtesy fate. that a,

you know, as formed out of syria carved out of syria because they will view this as a destabilizing influence on the region. you have a rock which has a very large border and a lot of history with syria. they have serious security concerns. jordan as well, and so there are opposite a interest. in some cases the united states is taking a wait and see approach, although they have kept the door halfway open to cooperating with the new administration. but certainly, what happens to syria will continue to be invited will be given a chance to recover. and that is the big question that we're waiting to hear answers about today. and i'll come back because if there is too much pressure on the new administration, if they are constricted in so many different directions and falls in different directions, they just might not be able to deliver the basics to build those bridges of trust

necessary up to you know, open a new page and syrian histories, 13 years of civil war and left a lot of scars and without some stabilization, it would be difficult to see a peaceful, stable path ahead. what about russia and iran? i mean, they pumped up the assad government for years, or they do, they have no voice in this discussion now that they do not, they are not at the table. they will not be consulted. in fact, the united states will be very can to make sure that the new syria is, does not have form relations with yvonne and, and also with the rush. there's a lot of bitter feelings in syria itself about the uranium rules and the russian more roles. so there was enough popular support to distance the new syria from those 2 countries. but certainly these are not, you know, players and actors that you can dismiss. they have marched face in what happens in

syria and of the fact that they're not invited doesn't mean that they do not have enough people to influence the course of events in the coming weeks and months nor a day reporting from aka in jordan. thank you so much for that. of course, we'll be talking to you throughout the day as proceedings get underway there. and jordan, thank you, nor the type of damascus worth we're sol, solved or is joining us live for so. so the future of syria is to is being discussed in jordan. we don't know exactly what they're going to say to some extent the future maybe decided enjoy nor aspects of serious future. what's at stake here for the people of syria following the law is at this stage for 7 people and for the new administration here . because this is the 1st time that the new stakeholders are all now gathered at on

the new table. so everybody is tried, the actor is now trying to recalibrate the policies to the position themselves. and that's why it's quite significant for the government chair, despite the mirror instead of government and even station not having officially being positive there. still, there are some of the companies that are having quite solid communication levels as soon as causes nations channels with the new administration, such as trying to use such as cutoff. so that's gonna be the new at the station mass is, are going to be at the table, what the agenda being does cost to date. and of course the company's on now we do come to the table and talk about how and who were how to move forwards. and the governments here is closely following that because now the median kevin government for the new time government, there are 2 priorities. first, to restore the war there and to prepaid syria for post the side routine. and on the

2nd line, make sure that it's not a matrix for them is not isolated from the world. that's what we're seeing now. they're sending out the more the message of one message and the after another. so that's extremely important. a mistake gent, achieve to preserve the for their um, to have a smooth transition to build a pool so that both sides syria, then also to establish themselves as an estimates to me or as the last image representative of the syrians and syria, internationally. there's going to be more successful them or so what's the new administration doing today because it's been less than a week since the charlotte side was ousted. they basically have syria is a blank page for them to write the next chapter. and we're on day 6 of this new reality and every day, you know, they're trying to put the building blocks of, of, of what will be future syria in place. what are they doing today to

indeed, so i just said that redeem off that has ruined the country for more than half a century as collapse and for syrians, it was, it was quite for many of them and went based on my folks to some of even the position of fighters, they would not expect him so quickly to come to the mass cuz the regime to full sol, solved them. so no, however, this is the case. and within almost 6 days, 1st they have this due to the suv restore the security that being in damascus for motor homeless. well now is this, the state was supposed to be in here, and there are no major high just any criminal cases here. the security is, gets, has been restored here, but on the other hand, they quickly, almost 48 hours later, they have a pointed and tell them governments and that the tenant going then followed by a point in the new ministers and taking the jobs of the speed the phase, it's why, but these are all just that just don't be quite quickly here in the capital and

today. now the turkish embassy is being really open after 15 years. no, 22, not appointing. i'm invested that but rather charge the affair. however, it is symbolically, it's really important for syria that a country is now reopening. it's betsy. so quickly that has been know that some of the original companies, i mean you, rog, egypt, you're not that of remedies or did you need to be one of the major, you opinion and companies resuming the different categories. but to just do the 1st company it's reopening, it's because why it's important because turkey is the major support of the position in celia and in the new city. a turkey is going to be the major players year. and particularly when it's comfortable reconstruction off the country and off course of course, based on what the target for the minutes of just yesterday said. now took his priority is to make sure that the new governments seems to be a, is having an international, less than

a record commission. and this is the 1st step, a or so one last thing i want to check with you and you started mentioning this, the security situation on the ground, not just in the capital damascus where it seems things are quiet, but i'm pretty much country, right. what is it right now? one day, 6 of the post, the sod, syria? so it was, we did the expansion off that day, or positioned admins of the position of fighters taking city off of the city. so it has not been counted. it has not been done through the blog shift, relatively, it was easy, relatively, it was a kind of surrender by the region forces and that has not been much of resistance. and that was not something that the position was expecting. on the other hand, the position didn't have enough manpower really to take control of the state. after that, this is across the country see the situation,

the government of buildings and of course to regulate in the state of affairs and security affairs, the data life that the public institutions such as banks such as schools such as hospitals. now the things are not working on the home, the 1st is the key of however, there are no major reports of the interruption and that is quite increased piece or so sort of reporting from damascus on these events. extraordinary events in syria. thank you very much. first of all, houses here is a summer binge of a joins us from a, from a level which is the 2nd largest city. also the financial economic business hub of the country. the, the business in syria, a level pretty much ground to a heart strings. serious civil war. what's it like now? do you see any signs of a level returning not to its former glory its way too soon for that, but at least of business, restarting but on day 6,

the off of this new administration, this new reality of syria. this is the heart off, is city is industrial complex. this is essentially where the financial strength of study comes from its industry. it is a built of people who are very capable of setting things up. and as we've been meeting people in the left hand talking to small business owners, they say that they're ready to bounce back. even restaurants, we were surprised to see that many of them were actually told us that things are actually better in 6 days than they. but in the few days ahead of this, and it's worth remembering the history of the level, it is one of the above all this continues to be inhabited cities in, in the last few decades since there you have independence. its population grew from 200-0022 points to be 1000000. that is very, was spent that evolution began. and it is in the, it's essentially what people tell us the in the soul of a level to re balance and rebuild. and people are expecting that all of those, the,

especially the entrepreneurs, were left from a level i agreed to come back and rebuild the city. remember, there was more that 6000 industrial units here in the left will alone. so it is going to be crucial for a level to bounce back to start providing to the economy. so this country can rebuild itself, but the challenges are huge. we've been going from the north east and in pods to the north west of syria infrastructure. it is not the electricity lines, pylons, road, networks, communications, basic services, all of that would have to be rebuilt and not is going to take a gigantic effort. and i think it is going to be important to see how things evolved from the city as neighbors, as vent, because i at the moment as it stands, city alone is not going to be able to do it. so aside, it's interesting because obviously you had eyes on the northern northwestern part of syria, not just the level, but also it live if i'm not mistaken. resume that just now was making

a very interesting observation that the new administration, they basically sees the country without very much fighting and they don't have the manpower, you know, to man, all the government services, all the government offices. so they're relying pretty much on the existing on the preexisting government infrastructure to kind of keep the trains running on time. so you're, you're saying government services are largely lacking basic things like electricity in what you've seen. so i just wanted your broad perspective on how the transition is going and the part of the country that, you know, we have to take it into context. this is a, this is a group we're just taking over the entire country, which for the last, nearly a decade was running a problem and said it's had this, are you in celebration government which is being run in the north. and what it is done is now a spent, all of the people who are running a fair. so the minister for internal affairs, the midst of refugees, the minister for electricity and transport at spectrum are now in the province,

is trying to set up the basic infrastructure and, and obviously in 6 days it is impossible for them to do it. so yes, that is the, the basics that running, you know, there's a tap water usage on the live the bed. but when the lights go off, they don't have the expertise to find the mechanics in the engineer to go in and fix it. and that's where they are concentrating on. and as you mentioned, we were in the beef traversed from that zip to our free, all the way to palm beach, all of the best and part of the making zip up and things a calm people are happy, but they're also concerned about the future because this is an area we've just seen a lot of violence in the last 14 years. so these fights is who, who, who lives in from this pods are a, do have the support of the people or most of us in syria and a lot of expectations pin on them. but it is going to take them take time just yesterday. these, the city national army, the took feedback forces to back the stream down. for instance, the last remaining up for smart courtesy fighters in the spoke to somebody they come on to that. they tell us that they've read continues to clear these areas of

a $4.30 flights as they call them all the way to the border with their ok. so yes, the situation of security stable and calm, but again, it's sylvia for the last 14 years has been attend the box. and there's so many divisions that exist in this country. so many influences from foreign powers, that it remains at risk for people to see how it devolves. and if this piece in security and taking a deep can actually translate into a governance for some a bunch of aid reporting from a level. thank you so much of so much. as the new syrian administration takes shape, it will have to work with several regional and international parties and their interest. turkey wants to push back kurdish forces, which ankara considers terrace groups from its border while creating what it calls a safe zone. in northern syria, the us supports curtis groups in eastern syria seeking to secure oil resources. it also wants to counter iso and limit the influence of russia and iran. russia wants to maintain its access to oil and gas fields as well as military present. so long

story is mediterranean coastline. iran and 6 to rebuild ties with syria and says that it is open to working with a new administration. syria has been central to difference foreign policy serving as an important links to allies and 11 on n as a vital arms car door for his beloved israel is focused on curbing around influence and blocking transfers of advanced weapons that has belong 11 on that's a little primer for the discussion we're going to have with rob, guys, painful lecture and peace and security a darn university. so we did our best to explain what the various regional actors want. everybody wants something a little different and everybody wants within their interest, which may not necessarily be in the interest of the story and people. what do you think today's conference, what are you watching at today's conference to know where this is all headed? well, i think there's, there's 2 key things we need to watch out for is all of these countries basically saying, here's what we want. and here's what we can give, what we can do. and those are always the 2 distinct things. there was some

countries with more direct interest in syria. you mentioned that the tokyo, for example, it still has certain the risen, they all, they basically have the s and a, the siri national. all me is a proxy group. and they all the cold fading increasingly close ties to h t. s who still cars also risen at then you have a different uh, for example, the united states. united states, as you mentioned, has a show we say contradicting or contrasting interest with okay. in the us wants to keep east and syria on the sds control as well, a ton of us as possible, which then also can those 2 things co exist, the american interest and turkish interest? well, this is what the us have been trying to do. for example, they pressured the staff to leave some pulse, some syrian cities that they had controlled in order to that the accent i waste. yes. advancing. i think the trying to basically sites the sd f. you can see some of these are dominated areas. you've always had to, um,

it's always been hard to just make your presence there any way. why not just give them up and then you'll be less of a stretch. the question is, will that be enough for tokyo? will they say, okay, you know, we've go out both as own will they say actually you know what this sds at govern, syria? that's an existential threat to us. that basically the p. k. k. we won't stop until they've gone. and then you bring h d s. and the dynamic as well as i say, they've got increasingly close to tokyo. they want to stop there will pharmacy on all of syria, now eval, i'm saying and we're hearing what the time. okay, then now governing syria, that governing damascus, they're in charge in damascus. but they only have $20000.00 flights is beyond damascus, because a level they have authority for a level. i think you could argue they have authority over southern syria. authority doesn't mean as necessarily their men patrolling the streets. but authority means they aren't being challenged in those areas and people broadly accept the fact that they are running the country. i think that's the key distinction 0 and your your right to make it. so now a lot of these places at these forces that were previously aligned to the regime.

they didn't necessarily go away. yes, they stopped fighting, but they haven't necessary desponding. they haven't given up that guns. they might be for the time being, accepting h t i. so far see, but it creates a big problem phrased yes, because it means that there's a bunch of people with guns and organizations waiting to see what h d as to whether hays ds will actually be accommodating towards them or whether they will try for example. and respond and if they do that, then they could have big problems and they faced the risk of over stretch. so they have to really walk a very tight very, it's a very difficult balancing act for them. it is, it's a tight road ready for the aged? yes. leadership. what do you think were at the beginning of and i, i realize it's very hard question and nobody has a crystal ball. but i ask you this because if you look at the president's rulers dictators often that have. busy all in, across the middle east, over the last 2 decades, once they fall. uh,

it can be either or depending on the scenario is the beginning of a civil war. the beginning of a protracted period of unrest seldom is at the beginning of a stable moment with well functioning government institutions. so what do you think were at the beginning of right now? well, we're at the beginning of the end of this you for a phase. as you say, that's happened a lot, you know, whenever dictate the full of people happy, i'm old enough to run the people tearing down statues of saddam hussein in iraq. that's why as they were tearing down statues of the charlotte side. but then we're coming to these very difficult questions of what does a post will syria look like? say we know that he said that they are going to have an intern administration empowering so just to march 2020 lives. and the idea is that this interests administration will agree a constitution to take syria forward. the problem is that we don't know this new consultation will look like constitution. sorry, haste. yes. have not said what they would want it to like they haven't said who will be involved in the process. they haven't mentioned, for example,

minorities or opposition figures the time being. and we're hearing some noises from a capitals outside of syria. that actually they haven't done enough to engage these opposition groups and opposition fitness, for example, the jordanians. they have their own groups in the south, they have the, the southern operations room who are very closely aligned to them. so for coordination between the sidewalk enhanced yes. has been scratched feet to say the least. so i think haste. yes, we'll have a very big jump on the hands to stop down at an exit that will solve it. didn't show that the ones in charge without alienating all these groups. you might have stopped fighting, but they might stuff i think just for now. is it fair to say that the h t s going forward in the very near future? one of his main tasks is going to be to balance the interest of the various armed groups in the country. because if you don't, there is potential for trouble. absolutely, and it's not just the potential, it's not just the own groups and the country is that for them because as well, people, you know, we mentioned before, you mentioned that russia and iran and not invited to the summit,

but i think it's too early to write them off is play is within syria, there was a get that survey under a cycle. 80 percent of is oil from iran. that might be a role to the goal states can fulfill. at the same time, iran has very powerful reach within syria, just because it decided not to block a size, doesn't mean that it's given up that country. it could be that they kind of, um, it was more of a tactical regroup. to preserve what assets they have to see, what will come next and with who they can work. all right, well the guys been sold. thank you very much. we'll talk again. thank you. as the united nations security council is expected to meet on tuesday, they will also discuss serious political and humanitarian situation. the head of a meeting series invoice sent a letter criticising is really strikes on his country else as heroes. gabriel elizondo has more from you in headquarters in new york. a serious ambassador to the united nations is a hold over from the aside regime damascus asked him to stay on in his current

position and continue his work. and that's exactly what he's doing, representing the new administration in syria and the syrian people more broadly. now, earlier this week, the ambassador sent a letter to the security council, which we have obtained, deploring israel's aggression and breaches of serious sovereignty, particularly bombing of military sites, as well as violations of the 1974 disengagement agreement overseen by the un disengagement observer for us now on friday, the secretary general's spokesperson commented about exactly that since december, 7th, and off has been observed, has observed a significant increase in israel. defense forces, movements within the ever separation. and along the seas far line where they've been constructing counter mobility obstacles since july 2024. and off confirms that as of 13 december,

the idea for mains in the area of separation in multiple locations and off is informed it's is really counter parts of the actions constitute a violation of the 1974. this engagement agreement, the letter from serious ambassador calls on the security council to do whatever it can to compel israel to stop all of its attacks, as well as withdrawal from areas immediately the israel has occupied the past few days. on tuesday, the security council will meet to discuss serious political and humanitarian situation. gabriel's on the, i'll just say the united nations in new york, the south korean president, even sucky all is facing another impeachment vote in parliament. this is after his fail bids and post martial law earlier this month. so he survived the 1st impeachment attempt last saturday when most governing party and peas boycotted the vote. there had been nearly daily protests calling for the union to step down since

the political crisis began. options here as well, the bride is inside parliament. and so rob, tell us what's going on inside parliament. the, the vote i understand was supposed to start at 7 gmc is now almost $730.00 gmc. so what's going on of the? yeah, that's why i mean proceedings and the way here in the is old most an exec cobb and coffee of, of what happened last week is the same location, the country's national assembly almost the same time of day lights on the saturday . the same president used to get all his political future hanging in the balance and as with last, last week as proceedings get into way, people here have both journalists, political pundits, commentators, old trying to work the numbers in the mass to see whether the opposition policies have enough votes to pass through this impeachment motion. now the big difference to last week is that the ruling people power policy. that's

a week ago. it stays this traumatic walk out from the votes. a boy, you talked to the vote that by denying the opposition parties, the chance of even voting on the resolution this time as they have not ordered a walk out. they have said that that members should stay in the council cha, but, and vote. and people have been working out just how many of those members may potentially break ranks and vote against the policy line of the vote to you against impose impeachment the night to the boat with the opposition for the impeachment of the president, the numbers ferry, about how many they might have, but we are expecting the next hour or so that to see whether indeed this time the opposition has the numbers to bring about the impeachment of president to can you run us through the numbers, at least the ones that we know, you know, you need a 2 thirds majority for impeachment to pass in parliament, and i believe the opposition only need to that needs to pull away just a handful of votes from the government party. the president's party in order to passes of the that's right. there is a, so this is

a chamber of $300.00 seats. you need 2 thirds of the chain, but presence 2 boats in favor of impeachment. so you need over 200 boats. now the opposition parties together, they are just show to that number of getting that so 2 thirds majority by around 7 . all right, both by right. i think it think of exactly 8 votes. now they think that there are around 7 members of the ruling party who by various comments that'd be making over the past week or so, may well vote in favor of impeachment. now it may remains to be seen if all the other members of the ruling party are inside the chamber and get the chance to vote them. remember, this is a secret ballot so that nobody will know exactly how they both the calculation is that that must be according to the opposition of the members of the ruling party who are very disillusioned with that precedent. june of the way he is acted with the boss and position of muscle and then his actions it since then in defending the

action seek tokens, a bad way to fight it said they may well be more then based on the seats that are about to vote. who will vote in favor of impeachment if he is in peach though, as that would seem to be the end of that precedent, you'd accept it, isn't it then goes to the constitutional cooled. so this decision to be confer than that. it itself is a long process, several months up to 6 months. but in the meantime, effectively, president june would stop being the president. his duties as president would be suspended and the country's prime minister would then take over his official jesus a roman bride. thank you very much. as you were speaking, we saw the live shot of the protests just outside from the building and the center of so that's also the result. mcbride. thank you very much for your reporting and noticed kim has been outside with the protestors. here's her report. there is

a sense of cautious optimism this time around it, especially as we've heard from mountain b. 7 conservative law makers in the course of this week that they intend to dispatch from their official party line and back in peace from valid up for vote later this afternoon. now that is just one short of the 8 people, tired of party law makers, needed to read that 2 thirds threshold capacity and patient motion is that the people are party engaged in meetings all day today. as if that motion passes the presidential powers of utah. you are, but then immediately be suspended handed over to the prime minister as a case lose on to judicial review under the constitutional court. there was a further sense of shift and sentiment this week on thursday that is with president . you are came out with a link, the 30 minute speech really defiant in tone. i'm like the apology. he had previously given the circle back to his view that criminal groups had taken over

a state of affairs and single about the national election commission saying that it is under north korea influence the south korea, the election watched on pushing vaccine that is simply and found it and in fact it just puts to question president use own election victories of 2 and a half years ago, which of course was under one percent march at president. you'd also saying that he did not order a blockade of parliament on that day. he declares martial law something that runs counter to a testimony we've heard from military officials. they're about 200000 people protesting. they're in favor of the impeachment of the south korean president. we should have an answer on that. within the hour, we'll keep monitoring that still ahead on this house. is there a news our, the list of drugs, the bank rolled a regime? syria's new administration sees as millions of kept taking pills from labs tied to the house, did the

color of the weather's on the change across northern parts of europe. probably for the next couple of days. we will see i'm all the way i pushing in from the atlantic . it does mean cutting increasingly wet and when the has of course, been rather quiet. cole's gray, miserable bits of time with around could see of high pressure, which is nothing. it's way for the east was in, is that so it does so it will allow that model to pushing co rough for some snow, some lot of features just rolling across scans of nathan for example. tightly packed ice, abbas is a brisk wind coming into that northeast corner of your of that will allow for some places for a time that be great with those temperatures, single fingers, a full many. as you can see, there's a night that for london, 3 degrees celsius the for also add for style combat those type of just do pick up

11 in london for sunday model way. i also, i pushing across into germany, interposed and we get and get to double figures here as well as we go into the already part of next week. so that's something to look out for, but it will to increase the unsettled, subtle enough at present just around italy and the balkans pushing down to decrease in heavy bust. right. could cause some localized putting bits and pieces of snow up towards the bulk area, pushing further north, significant snow for them places of finland of the fall and counting the cost from some germany or in political and economic turmoils . powell, last effect, the rest of your, of the world bank has announced a wrinkled $100000000000.00 in support for poor a nation's plus coffee price is hit the highest level in almost half a century, counting the cost on it, which is 0, several meters underground. this school is called simply the undergrad schools. you

have this built, its location is secret and it goes up as a bomb shelter. some children have no nothing other than school in war time. i like to study him not above ground because it's safe here. this is the only school of its kind in the city. it's cost, millions of dollars and the off has to build more. the idea is not only to create a safe environment and also hasn't one for children. a child psychologist takes care of the children's emotional needs in a school that is doing its best to show to protect children. however difficult the task that the the, [000:00:00;00] the,

you're watching else a 0 reminder of our headlines. this our talks on serious political transition following the toppling of the sod regime are set to get underway in the jordanian fort city of uncle. but in the coming hours, our diplomats, as well as the turkish foreign minister and the us extra states are expected to attend. voting is underway in south korea where president youngs of keel is facing a 2nd impeachment those in the national assembly live footage right now. that motions failed to get off the ground last week, when and things from the ruined pardon stage. the walk out. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are out on the streets of the capital, sol, rallying and support and opposition to use. the new syrian administration says it has found a warehouse storing illegal drugs on the outskirts of damascus. fighters discovered thousands of highly addictive pills. cold kept the gun, and many were packed inside electrical equipment or hitting inside fruit. besides government repeatedly denied ties to the international, illegal drug trade,

but it was accused of profiteering from the production and sale of capital gone to a copy of and for a for a for about this is how they wrapped them and send them to countries abroad is these drugs, they're sending them to saudi arabia to the entire gulf. this is how they're loading trucks with them. and caroline rose isn't a jump assistant professor at georgetown university and she explains why the production and sale have kept the gone was so crucial for the establishment. it wasn't just a trade. it was really in industry and alyssa industry for the assad regime. and it was very clear that they used it as an alternative for revenue streams to really bypass the effects of sanctions and even create a political tool that they could use at the negotiation table for normalization, with its counterparts and the middle east. we estimate that the cap to go and trade accounting for both seized and on seized pills. really at its peak in 20222023

was around $10000000000.00 per year. now from those profits, it's estimated by the syrian observatory for political and economic networks that the, that the regime and regime aligned individuals and networks profited for a, with about $2400000000.00 per year. over the course of 3 years. it's around $7000000000.00, and that is pretty outsized when an impressive, when we look at, for example, the listed exports of the syrian economy, these individuals and these key elements of the syrian regime. we're really able to use these revenues to ensure that their lifestyles continued, that they remain comfortable despite international sanctions and a collapsed economy in syria. they were able to cover up these major manufacturing sites. and it was always asserted that there was no production whatsoever inside of syria. and then of course, the regime just fell just days ago. and immediately in the aftermath,

we've already found $2.00 to $3.00 large scale production sites. in addition to trafficking centers, staging centers and warehouses, it's very clear that the regime manipulated data, they manipulated arrest numbers. they are manipulated caesar numbers in order to create this narrative, that there was no production whatsoever, and that they were trying to crack down on this trade and that they didn't have control over it. it was also very clear that the regime one for sharla sod not personally have many connections to top to bottom manufacturing sites. and there was no, you know, immediately and clear directive from bush sharyl aside himself. his brother in law hare, who, of course, also operated in and commanded the 4th armored division along with a series of other high level officials that were part of the 1st armored division military intelligence director at the air force intelligence director at and t. business figures in syria is a commercial sector,

the, the us national security advisor jake sullivan, is traveling to egypt as part of a final push to reach a ceasefire in gaza before president joe biden leaves office. meanwhile, israel has carried out a wave of attacks across the strip targeting a school and buildings, housing displaced, palestinians in jamalia, in northern gauze. the rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble with their hands is really strikes of killed, at least 50 people in the past 24 hours. the us national security advisor jake sullivan is traveling to egypt and a final push for a ceasefire in gauze before president by leaves office on friday is really or strikes hit ambulances. it's come all at one hospital near big la here that's in northern gaza. bay area has been under siege for more than 2

months. at least 50 people were killed in multiple attacks across the strip. over the past 24 hours. israel has laid siege to northern garza for more than 2 months blocking the entry of food and medicine while also bombarding the area. the united nations says the military has stopped more than a 100 humanity or emissions into the north since the siege began. since october 6th, the u. n and our partners have tried to coordinate a 137 missions to those parts of the north. more than 90 percent, that's about a $120.00 for planned admission. were denied right. the other 13 were approved, but then faced impediments along the way. since monday we submitted 16 requests that's between $3.00 and $5.00 each day. almost all were flat out denied the only mission to get the green light was prevented from moving into all the areas it set out to reach. ready stresses a once again or humanitarian movements must be facilitated across garza,

including areas in the north where thousands of palestinians are facing a politic conditions after almost 10 weeks under siege or to speak now to elza 0 startup with whom who is live in darrow butler? that's in the central part of the gaza strip. so tara, we want your latest reporting on what's happening across the strip. let's start with new say, right? there was a large strike in this there, right? and then there been more follow up the tax. what can you tell us? yes sir. and it has been a very difficult noise for families in defense with areas and also for people who are still stuck in the north of the strait. but let me stop fast with the latest developments coming from and is that right at rescue to time? we have been hearing huge explosion since the hours of this morning. and the, you know, the cost of and is that right? this place has a strategic a significance for the it's very minute 3. do you teach close position to the it's

very inquiry though and be off in the same to areas of the strength is why the army has been attacking and loading up residential homes in the area. i wouldn't know about to expand the social, the buffers, saving around, need to read before we go, which is right now is as having a fluids on the quote and in a moment, just times in the central areas, families have been reporting on also gone for the exchange could be quite overhead in the eastern areas of a very, to rescue to come the correct one of the gum file has been widely hubs in the central areas, but yet to no reports of casualties so far on the ground. but the situation has been incredibly grim, full families, and the noise we all have. we are, we don't have good report coming from devalued by that time. that's a residential house. was one of the lift lessons. and 4 civilians have been come from, killed and destroyed. and it was way also in gold city. this situation has been quite times. well, a school showed during hundreds of palestinian families has been targeted in the

goal is to succeed. what to simply and sofa killed into strike. um, its a very growing tension in the goal of the city of to the lease is about to ation. old is that a key central neighborhood? because the city have received the west, we need to remind off you is that these are areas that was typically it's from northern gauze. i've split 2 topic. tell us more about what's happening in the the northern most part of guys that we mentioned earlier. it's been under a tight military siege by israel for more than 2 months. and one of the last remaining functioning hospitals they are come out at one is again under attack a yeah, that's rise. the situation that has reached to a very critical inflection points in terms of the scale of destruction resulted from that used by the car at the operation that has been ongoing for more than 17 size. and the, the, the, as many as ground forces have been binding to the ground residential homes. and the city of bit, lot of this area has to be, it won't tone region at which the vast majority of its neighborhoods have been

dissipated widely. but one significant development we manage to exclusively gets from the out the hospital confirming that a one of palestinian patients have passed so has passed away due to the lack of oxygen. this is a very serious development. took place that also i've been in touch with talk to for about i was a hospice on to confirm that he's very quiet for drugs on a daily basis. conduct some sort of the ministry's com for the identity of medical teams inside the apartments of the hospice. i'm in a and a situation that would be incredibly apple collect say as a this medical teams have been met 25 and the are have been operating under the combined pressure of the surging is really strikes high rates of casualties and the coney clock over central medical needs at, in terms of the ongoing is valley band of medical supplies interest to the north of

this trip. and they said that the situation more do you rate more within the coming hours if there is no any sort of an immediate medical intervention be made in order to rescue the 2 by the function of hospitals in the notes including i would come at one hospital that has been repeatedly targeted 0. social 0 startup was boom, reporting live from inside the gaza strip. thank you very much. talk or voting is underway in george's parliament where the governing party is expected to name a far right loyalist as president. it is the 1st time the politicians rather than the public, will be choosing the president. the move has angered protesters who issues the governing party of rigging, parliamentary elections in october. protests have been held nightly for 2 weeks. current president seller mays or basically is refusing to step down until new elections are held. and that vote for the president successor is getting underway just this. our offices here has to be true amendment, ankle joyce's from outside parliament in the leafy meter. you've basically been living there for the last 2 weeks. what are you expecting with this vote?

where is this headed? the well, it's quite clear where it's headed in a presidential election where there's just one candid and that doesn't seem to pose any kind of puddles in terms of the electoral process. we have the central election committee inside of this parliament with 300 votes. as these members of parliament from georgia, dream opposition, policies are not present the because they disagree with the parliamentary elections . and basically believe that everything that's happened since is now in void. so that's the empties. and then the, of course, representatives of local governments, in the, uh, having that vote, they've been voting for the past 2 and a half hours. it's expected to finish by 2 o'clock local time. so that's another 2 and a half hours. so let me just show you around in the tell you what it's like here. there's still thousands of people gathered in front of but problem with,

despite that being so cold as people playing football right over here, for example, that keeping warm plus at the same time, the taking a low job at the one presidential candidate who is a big guy or could be less, really, is a former football player, the also all those who came with a prince out of the diploma. so we have, as i can see, team that's in here, who's printed out her diploma tenants and could use quickly tell us why did you come with your diploma? yeah, cuz i have one and our future illegitimate president doesn't so so i'll just or so . thank you so that, that's the, that's a, that's another job at the president who apparently never went to university and people are finding it to outrages here. 33, you set down with the current president of georgia, celebrates or a basically, what did you tell you? yes indeed, we were granted access to the presidential palace yesterday when we sat down with

solomon's that obviously she'd earlier announced 2 weeks ago straight off to the announcement from the government that the freezing new york session told that she would not be stepping down. she says that basically because this president is being elected by a parliament, which she believes is illegitimate. therefore she cannot step down because she needs to pave the way to someone who is legitimately elected. so we talked about new york session talk, she still believes the georgia has a chance to join the you. we talked about the political crisis. let's listen to a fragment of the interview, a mandatory run as long as there is no new elections and by the new elections in new parliament, the to wheeler, elect a legitimate president. and then with pleasure, i stepped out. do you see the possibility that you might be forced into exile?

no, no, no. i'm not going to be an executive. i don't think that that's a place where you can stay with your people. if i think that it's necessary to avenue to, to meet the president, it's because i think that this country needs anticipate a crucial time of crisis needs continuity, and needs a stability. and the only states continued to incognito and via president that has been elected by the people and not by a parliament that has not received legitimacy as so for that reason, these continued t, i needs to stay in the country. we have seen more than 2 weeks of protests in billy see across other cities of the country. what effect have these protests had which we are seeing is a very massive movement because it was never the case before. we've had many protests in this country, but never before was it so extended to the different cities in the country the

think and the sense in the population is that we are a to real turning point. either of the, this is tied struggle succeeds from the population to resist this. uh or we will enter into a region that will be more or less the russian regime of 14. okay, i want to take you back to south korea. that was by the way, to meet them at vanco and his interview of the george and president. but we go straight back to laurie led to south korea. this is the live footage inside the national assembly, the parliament building in the capital, sol, you know, remember the context to your less than 2 weeks ago. the president units of the old declared martial law ever so briefly it was overturned. but ever since then, there has been there been a majority of south koreans who have favored his impeachment. and what we're seeing

now is part of the 2nd vote in the parliament building to try and impeach the president down to 0 is ra mcbride joins. this will keep an eye on this live picture as we talked the rob. so rob, well, what we saw was a huddle inside your inside the apartment building. but just so i want you to know what's on the screen. it's a huddle of what i assume, or lawmakers inside the national assembly. they have tipped over what i believe is the ballot box. and they're looking at the white pieces of paper, which i believe i believe, are the votes of the lawmakers, pro or against impeachment. can you run us through what we're seeing of the yeah, absolutely. yeah. that, that, that is basically a way now into the voting process. so the votes of being caused by how old is old, the members who are inside the chain, but what they had been doing uh thus far, is checking the validity of the votes. checking off the folks against the names of

a little makers who are in the chain, but to make sure that all of these votes cost all legitimate. and then what we're going to have is what we're going to be seeing in the next few minutes is actually seeing who's voted for what the, the motion is to in peach at present a june that's been pushed by the opposition parties. the big question of course is just how many of the lawmakers from the ruling people's power potty, you've been member last week they've boycotted this pilot. we never even got to counting any boats because they didn't reach for them. they didn't have enough members in the assembly to watch the count the vote at this time they had as the ruling people, power policy has set the piece that said that members should stay in the chamber and should. but we're waiting to see once they start counting the votes, if enough of them have joined the opposition to watch the impeach the president. so that's the next stage that we're going to be seeing is the actual counting of the votes for and again, okay, we continue to watch the live feed. explain to us how the p p,

the president's party feels about impeachment because it feels to me based on what i've read that they've flip flopped about whether are they supported or didn't support impeachment of the yeah, that has been over the past week or so. i know full lot of, i'm big you, it's about just where the party stands, both the policy and actually, and also the policy a made up of, of the low make is inside the chain. but that has been a no love lost between president you and then some of the prominent members, including as the leader of the people's power policy, hymns himself. and so that there's been a lot of speculation about to some of the members wanting to be able to vote against president june if they were allowed to do so. what we saw last week is that that was an official boy because of the ballot. so even though the suspicion was that they were a number of those little made because they wanted to break, rang see, wanted to vote against president. you know, remember this is

a secret file that they have the ability to do that they didn't even get that chance because they were owed it basically by the policy to walk out on mass that they boy cottage. that file is at the a renee's to be seen if they have enough members inside the chain, but voting. who might, you may well be voting and have already voted them will know once they've counted these folks, if they've voted with the opposition, but they've, that has been, i know if a lot of back and forth between some prominent members, including the leader of the policy of the people policy as saying that's president you and should no longer be presidents, that they should be some orderly transition of power. whatever that means president you'd be, while of course it has been defiant and came out with a very defined fiery speech on thursday saying go way, was he good to stand down? he was very much in the right spot, trying to a place put in place this martial law. he said he was within his constitutional rights to do so. indeed he claimed he was defending democracy by doing that. so that has been

a lot of going back and forth by the ruling policy here. i think the x x spec taishan was that they would read some sort of behind the uh, behind the doors agreement with president used to have an old really withdrawal from power that has not happened. so you are getting to the point where i think the people pap policy as much as they don't want to see a they liberals a get back into power, which they've been may well do. if there is an election within the next couple of months or so, they have all, most of you get the sense that they have lost patients. now we've president, you, the members of that party, including very senior members, have said, maybe it's time to go. and if impeachment is the only way to do that, then so be a rob, we're, we're staying with you a moment longer. so i don't know if you can see what i'm seeing, right? we have the live feed of the proceedings inside national assembly. do have eyes on that too. we don't have eyes on it. we'd like, okay, we know. so in that case, well, let me, let me walk you through what we're seeing. i just,

i ask you that question because i, i don't want to ask you a question that you can answer. so what we're seeing right now in our screen is the lawmakers huddled and then they passed a piece of paper to the 1st of all, i believe is the speaker of the house. and he may or may not be making an announcement. what do, do you have any update? we just have 30 seconds left before we take a break. do you have any update on the timing of any impeachment announcement? no, it's likely probably to be fairly soon as they say, is that a manual boat? it's a secret ballot to the boat, so counted manually and then we have an announcement, judging by how long it took a week or so ago, it's likely to be in the next few minutes or so before we can confidently expect some kind of announcement from the speak, yeah, that's absolutely what it looks like. again, lawmakers huddled around the ballot box. this is in the national assembly in south

korea's capital. so less than 2 weeks after the president declared martial law with the opposition, which has a majority in parliament trying to impeach and we'll continue to cover this. we take a short break. we're back at the top of the, our analysis here, the story of life. this section life and death and is really spine operating on the deep cover in syria, knowing that discovery would make sense and out you 0 well tells the gripping story most that's by coming operated on the cover in syria, in the 1960 no dishes career that ended in public execution. eli cohen, most of the agents on which is there. yeah, sad regina is over today. mike's only the beginning. what we're seeing right now, it's only difference the era us side is finished. we're seeing

a return to their home when people are shopping whenever they say a camera, they come up to us since at least we want to express our feelings for them and it's, it's almost unbelievable for the review. and it just tends to be what the afternoon democratic nations justified this kind of behaviors. collateral damage has collateral damage. that's why we all team is leading to what we're seeing that will allow me to push back for a moment is the us corporate israel, affecting it's global, standing from the impact to the us selections, the escalating conflict in the middle east of the urgency of climate action upfront sets the stage for serious debate on out jersey, or we know what's happening in our region. we know have to get to places that

others tend all fear god, by the police on purpose. the, the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. the serious road to recovery, humanitarian aid security and reconciliation policy agenda at high level talks in georgia. the i'm several then. yeah, you're good to have you with us. this is else is your life from doha. also coming up from north to south is really bombardment of the gaza strip is killing more than