the hands of the others and the office has to build more. the idea is not only to create a safe environment, 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 problems functions across syria agreed to united under the ministry of defense. part of the new administration's restructuring plan, the hello, i'm jessica washington. this is all just even live from jo. huh. also coming in i'm how much bought in the historic city of putting me on central city coming up. we'll tell you who's in control here. and what's up states in these parts of the country

and is really strong in northern goes on levels of family, home from the drone attacked august, the headquarters of guns is rescue operation. the both of the government says at least 21 people have been killed in protest against october's election results. the serious new administration has shown its 1st may just sign of unity. its leaders says an agreement has been reached with armed functions. to dispense of shadow says groups across the country or form one army under the defense ministry, they all gathered at a special meeting in damascus on sunday to discuss the proposal and of now confirmed the plan. see, one group knows included in the deal is the cody slide,

syrian democratic forces. they control the north eastern regions, the serious seeing here in this mouth. in yellow cus supports this group that to kids sees them as terrorist and grow and it's allied fine to is control the areas mocked and read. it has been in conflict with the sd of public guys. pine fold is a mixture in peace and security at durham university. he says the significant hostility between syria's central government and the sds, because the new syrian administration has close ties which take you the serial will see relatively, at least on paper, how less on diminishes roaming around. and these will be integrated into defense ministry. but as you say, really puts pressure on the staff, they kind of have this choice before them narrow. all we go to go along with this decision. all we also going to join there is significant affility suspicion between

the staff and ad between the central government, particularly because the central government is very close to tokyo. so here is the, the, i'd say most significant forum bodka of haste. yes, at the moment. so that's a problem here. it doesn't make the codes feel safer. invite to makes them feel more secure because i think the real source of tension is not between the damascus . on the sds is actually between tool kit of the asked the nap tool kit is still occupying a large part of node and syria around a 100 miles deep of a security zone day. it has its own proxy list your, the siri national all me. now, theoretically that is going to be integrated into the series defense ministry, but the question is will, is made syria more cohesive, more united, or will, it means that we have the s n a basically stays the same, but theoretically, being one of the oldest from device goes low and so you can offensive gauge, the code is regions in the east what actually it's the key if that's still in

charge of sullivan today it has more from damascus. a welcome announcement for many of these functions, we're now going to be under the control of the serial defense of industry. i'm of the show. i have the meeting, a video inspections from the sides, from the north end, or from the east as well, to try and bring them all together. because if this prior to you have, they've stated to maintain stability and security inside syria is to be met. they will have to make sure that or fight to lay down their arms, and only those authorized by this government are carrying those weapons. so it is going to take some time before it all takes you. but the pushing point to being that the kurdish fighters in the northwest, the city and democratic forces have not signed up to this. the of this still not part of this. and that is a point of concern, not for the unity of city has been. but according to a negative key as well, but if you've heard from the visiting go for the minister of turkey who is here in

this country saying that all of your needs to be cleared off with if you see as the terrorist group. so we will have to wait and see what their justification is. why good if i just do not want to be part of this umbrella forest, where we are right now is a neighborhood called about 2, but uh, and it is christmas eve and people have been celebrating, most people are late at night and coming here with their families and they feel that this is a syria under a new administration where they can really express themselves freely express their opinions, both through the media as well as on the streets we'd be seeing scenes offer a complete celebrations in the street. the parties have been breaking out and it just being protected by the fighters, which were there were concerns, might have different views about the minority, didn't tell you. but according to this new administration, this is a city at which would have a if people an equal, say, from all of the members of its communities, whether they're christians or muslims,

sundays, or she has are through whether the odds are that occurred. all of them will have a stick in the syria, which according to this new administration, is going to be a united syria for all syrians. so i'm a driver that's in here by in the u. s. ministry has killed that to i. so find has an s strikes in eastern syria as part of its ongoing efforts to eliminate the group entirely. the group had a wide presence in syria, seizing and partially destroying pulse of the ancient city of phone lyra in 2015. it's a strategic location and also you know, school world heritage side, which was laser recaptured by the syrian army. well, how much development reports all the city and governments had been facing a high value on the specialist. they wanted this place to be safe. actually. this is a place that has 5000 years of history. this was the size of the an uptake them to the kingdom of queens and know before it was invaded by the romans. so i mean,

it has the same value probably even economically speaking as oil o and the other treasure that to the country has one of the source. that's why there is a huge importance uh, based on this, based on the government. the new government is a very much aware of that. the visibility of their pets than of, of the army unit is much more than anything we saw along the road from damascus to displace. so basically uh, probably meter is, oh so you know, so typically located in the center york is only about a 100 kilometers from where i stand here. uh, the place is of control of the uh, see the democratic forces also they need a space is only 200 kilometers from here. and they know that almost everyone. everyone of those boxes, once or countries one to have access to the space, if they can, particularly the, the city and functions. the city democratic forces side to push to was this based

on they were, they were prevented just they all tool before the form of the shape of the charlotte as a the, and is really drones drank, has hit the headquarters of guns and civil defense. that's the group responsible for emergency services and rescue operations across the strip. the drones drank in guns decision killed a member of the civil defense. along with his son. the griff already struggles with a lack of fuel and machinery needed to conduct rescue operations in the rubble following is rarely bombardments. abraham l. kelly is at the same. i am right now standing at the, at the entrance of the headquarters of civil defense in the gaza strip, where these were the values that's probably going to move of stupid. this is members, 30. this members have been killed and one critically injured by this we can

see here the blood spilled on the ground. you can see the shrapnel on the wall here. this is miss will that as target in this place. and i get because remember that and we received an imagined distress message quoting for help to extinguish a fire that broke out of the results of funds that are in the strike well known as additional building. we rushed to the scene simply to fulfill ownership on the way we received a call telling us about the site we were heading to. i've just been pounded again. we went on phone doesn't scale, including our federal civil defense team members and shred it to pieces. this was targeted for the 2nd time in the role with the ongoing is where are you targeting is cruise. the situation is getting much more dire with most of the news being targeted, the needs of the 2 services. but now he's getting much more value in the life of

a snack in target, in these suited defense. that was the live servers who was to the civilians lives brain. so you need a 0. i'm only think all how does fine staying in northern gone? so one of the last partially functioning hospitals is under renewed a sold at least 20 patients and medical stuff has been injured by explosions around the come, i'll add one hospital in beta here. the director of the hospital warned that the building sustained damage in the attack because this is the most of the just now one of the explosives planted by the israeli army designated. it caused a shockwave that shot to the hospital doors and windows on the west side. it also ended some of the patient and the very few medical staff left of the hospital, roughly 20 people with that. a 2nd stronger explosion followed. it caused

a massive damage to the hospitals, west wing, and more patients were ended. the entire west swings, doors and windows were all smashed, and the full scene and collapsed is rarely false as have his a full story building in giovanni, a in gauze as know us, at least a 9 palestinians have been killed in the strike. several others have been wounded. civilians are digging through the rubble and recovering bodies, and the death toll is likely to rise. thought as soon has the latest from the strikes in data by. it has been a very 10 site since the early hours of this morning. of course, different locations in district 5 during the past and recent hours to has been a very notable surge of attacks on and is it right for to to camp what reports coming from? i out the hospital suggesting that these valley 12 and had talked to grenades in one of the gates of a key evacuation census. in the know that part of under is that right? tricity can based on their reports that at least 12 palestinians have been changes

including children, the women move fluids. the reports are coming from nothing cause a with this area has been one of the areas that had witnessed some sort of instability for more than a year. so far, well for school rebuilding in devalue as well. that town has been select 10 to the ground. civilians have been taking the responsibility to start evacuating and even to both victims from under the remnants of these destroyed eh, buildings, louis louis. so basically the entire strip is still effectively under these violates strikes and to now there is a very constant invisible existence of east, by the terms of this cause of the central regions of this trip with no wind inside for that tax. on the grounds, charge of as a very bye post by the christmas celebrations has been mutated across the occupied westbank in bethlehem, the birthplace of jesus. many of dedicating pres to victims of israel's genocide in

gaza that will be no large christmas tree in bethlehem's main square and no festive lions. the foreign tourists that usually visit the palestinian city are also absence. don't leave religious ceremonies will be helped. i'm afraid that these police must seize the hands of teddy, but beards of darkness. and you are beginning little to turn to page start writing these new page, something with the words of hope or future and for 10 minutes because what we need enough with diffusion insiders. abraham has moved from bethlehem. we can, you know, compare is to the few christmas seasons that we're festive after the cobit pens that make and it was really different. the different moods here. the lights would

be on the big christmas tree would be behind me here. but now there are no lights, no facilities, no christmas tree. and instead, you know, as you can see there probably just during that is around here. it's really sad for palestinians to be able to see bethlehem the place where it's all sorts. and they believe that bethlehem is the capital of christmas. the plays the reason really for the season as far as they say. but they feel that instead of eyes turning to bethlehem as the birthplace of jesus instead of the world, paying attention to palestinians in the besieged because esther poor i've been suffering from continue this really bombardment. they feel that they've been left alone. well, people all around the world mar christmas with joy, and for cvp, they want the world to remember the palestinians here in the occupied west bank

still continues to suffer to live in the shadow of the war. yes, they are far away from those products. it is the besieged cause of stuff, but they are one people and we know has been speaking to many palestinians here for originally from the b c's. because as to who got married here and have families here, but they still have loved ones in garza and it's hard for them to be able to celebrate while they see their loved ones looking for a piece of red. so it's really a sad season and what makes it even more difficult is that they feel that they've been left alone when it comes to tourism coming here. you know, we've been speaking to tourism experts to say that not only do they look at tours as a way to enhance their income businesses that relies heavily on tourism. but also they see it is one way to convey the palestinian narrative to the world to talk about the communities here who are still suffering and lingering if

a for decades now under israel's occupation. you know, for many people has been speaking to here. they say that christmas is all about hope, but they feel that that hope has been fading away. still ahead on how to 0. the scale of them and is reviewed in sit down with a warning that was, is due to come on the the journey to work can be a challenge on it. but for some peruvian villages, traversing one of the world's most dangerous way is a risk that comes with the job. please follow the journey of these people as they get them to survive. risk in your

own, elgin's era? chad, this preparing to hold crucial parliamentary elections. its military route ended earlier this year. touch with hundreds of thousands of sit in these refugees and regional instability. it faces many challenges. stay with the 0 for the latest on the child the in the elections. the important thing if you're walking around in beirut was not in the line of fire from the holiday fall off. we heard gunshots. i was the 1st one to see the whole the battle last it's 3 days and 3 nights, the with no prisoners in control. the home again, and you control the region around, and that's why it was such a lot event. an icon is conflict at the heart of the lebanese civil will be rude holiday inn hotels. on al jazeera, the,

[000:00:00;00] the hello again. this is audra 0, a, a reminder of our top stories. this, our serious new administration says on the opposition groups have agreed to disband and form one, ami a shot, a says the sections will join forces under the ministry of defense. one of the last partially functioning hospitals is under renewed assaults in gauze as news. at least 20 patients and medical stuff has been injured by explosions around to become a good one. hospital in data is mainly forces, hence the headquarters of kansas civil defense killing one of the members along with his son. the civil defense plays a vital role in gaza,

leading emergency and rescue operations across the street. while i'm joined now by phone at hudson, who is the i'm a director of counterterrorism at the seo then. thank you so much for joining us to 0. so much to impact here. let's begin with the fact that we are in these final weeks off the binded administration, approaching the transition to donald president elect donald trump's new administration. how do you assess that strategy in terms of how the us deals with the middle east might change on the presidency of donald trump? it's a great question. i think, you know, that's still probably being sorted out by the incoming trump administration as a continued to identify senior people to take over positions. they've identified most of the senior national security jobs. however, i think we can look to what happened in the trump one point, oh, administration, and extrapolate a few things. i think one is,

i don't think there's an appetite for increased escalation of tensions or a new war in the middle east. i think the president elect made statements and he had because of his policies during his previous administration, were not generally designed to create a new war for the united states or to get more heavily involved this go around. he's already made public statements that certain things serious being one of them is not something that he wants the united states to get more heavily drawn in. and we have seen also from a donald trump pick for national security advisor saying that in fact us troops, there's no need for them to be in syria. is that, is that a substantial development from your perspective? i think it's substantial but not unexpected. so in the trump one point i would ministration. it was controversial about continuing the presence of about 2000 us military personnel who were in northern arac, working with a fact

a kurdish faction called the s d f. i believe it would be very unlikely. there's a trump administration that's coming in is going to just reflectively agree to keep that presence there. even though that presence has been used for a lot of the counter isis ice omission. i do believe that it's highly likely that there will be a reduction in the us presence there, if not an outright removal over the next few months. doesn't suggest some sort of deviation will change in terms of how the us tries to account to groups like i. so i think there's probably a belief that there's other tools and relationships in the region. again with the stabilisation of the removal of the aside regime. it's an open question as to who is really going to rule syria. next. there may be some period for a few months where they keep a us presence in the north us, but it also depends on frankly, what the government in damascus says. if there's a lot of pressure on having the americans leave, i think that tends to accelerate a decision in

a trump white house about removing them. i think there's some complex decisions that involve the turkish government. the turks consider the american sorry, good force in northern our northern syria to be sent me terrorist if not outright terrorist. and we did see only only the other day when the tech is foreign minister was hosting that press briefing with i'm at, i'll try to, he did make the comment that he believes that president elect donald trump would take something of a more pragmatic approach is sort of us 1st approach that we often hear him describe that as and perhaps that would mean that they would be a different approach. i think there will be, i think you also have the peculiar situation that the 2 most effective arm groups in syria, as are both considered terrorist groups by the 2 other large outside powers. the church consider this particular curtis group to be terroristic. and the americans have h t s as a designated terrorist organization. how those 2 governments between anchor and washington sword help that. i think that's

a well worth watching over the next few months. and meanwhile, of course, if we, if we move on slightly to another issue, of course we've been reporting on these gonzo ceased by adults. there's this sense that there might be some momentum building. we've heard from israel saying that then that the a deal might be close. is there any sense that given the, by the end and ministration really doesn't have much time, how much pressure on the, on the, for some sort of deal to be reached? i would imagine that under his own great deal of personal pressure that the seniors in the binding administration feel that they want to deliver on this, in the last say, 3 and a half weeks of their administration. unfortunately, the americans have really struggled over the last 15 months to be the leading voice driving force in events in the middle east. it's really, frankly been, you know, prime minister netanyahu has been the driving force on setting middle east policy. and you know, there's a sense that the americans have been playing catch up with that. that said, i do believe that the,

by the ministration is genuine about trying to get something done before the trumpet administration comes in. is that isn't achieved before the trump administration comes in? what do you perceive might happen in terms of those negotiations? so based on public statements that president elect trump is made and that have been echoed by national security advisers designated waltz. that anyone who might be holding onto us hostages when they come into office, you know, is going to become a priority target of american interest. i think that's a clearly directed threat that how boss and there are a number of americans who are either missing or presume still alive, to being held in gaza, or their bodies, or somewhere there. if one, 20 january how mazda is not accounted for those american citizens, i would expect that the priority in a trump white house will be finding a way to get those americans back. and that will take precedence over any sort of

discussion of a long term solution for gossip. right, thank you so much branded for joining us here in dell, hard at headquarters since then at hudson, who is the form ahead of counterterrorism at the c. i a thank you vantage, mozambie ix interior ministry. he says at least 21 people have been killed and unrest since the top code confirmed the governing policies presidential election. when on monday the opposition is cooling on support is to shut down the country. it has disputed the results. well then a 100 people have been killed since the election in october. the ruling feeling, the potty has won every vote since the 1st multi party election in 1994. a u. n. back to monitoring group says, famine has spread across so done with refugee camps and displaced communities. hottest hits, the integrated food security phase classification has detective summit and at least

5 areas. it says 5 additional areas will face them in between to send the this year, end of may next year. according to the group, the 20 month conflict between the student needs on the end of the parent, military rapids support forces has displaced a quarter of the population are in the wrong. the government has listed a 2 years on, on woodside and google play taking the 1st step towards easing the countries strict antoinette censorship. the decision has been unanimously approved by the cyber space council. iran has some of the toughest internet restrictions in the world. so i'm popular, i apps like telegram and instagram. we're banned in 2022 following nationwide project sponsored by the death of muscle. many in custody. president must have possess scan, who came to power in july, had pledged to ease these restrictions as part of his campaign. american airlines self with a brief technical outage on tuesday. the ground at ellipse flights in the us for

about an hour. the problem happened in the middle of the busy christmas holiday travel season in a post on ex, announcing the resumption of flies, american airlines described to the phones as a technical issue without providing so the details us officials expect around $40000000.00 people to travel by and over the holiday, torrential rains have huge northwest and cities of hazy, leaving residents to ventral month strong streets. these uh images from 40 pi off to the down pools. a presidential delegation trying to return to the capital altar trip to columbia has been stranded since saturday. eighty's decades of turmoil and security crises of left infrastructure across the country in despair. heavy snow and winds have brought electrical outages and traffic. dr. jones across the balkans, tens of thousands of people in bosnia,

were left without power on tuesday. authorities in croatia and serbia have one to drive is heavy vehicles to stay off roads as well. that's the news for now. the weather is next. and then inside story we'll look at the bunk. the dishes pushed to have ousted prime minister shane casino, extradited from india. thanks for watching the the temperatures of the thing in australia at the moment they're up and down affinity rapidly, which is not a typical post after 24 on wednesday from about 30 from tuesday. and they won't have gone east, was their allies up to $37.00 am. if we take it a day further, nobody's up to about 4 feet briefly. so we can comes out of the interior. but then that wind direction will change. sorry, it was last and it'll be

a dramatic change on thursday evening as the wind shifts and the shadows come in. we then representing much cooler 20 seats, $25.00 for friday and saturday, which is to be honest spots on average for new zealand christmas day. looks disappointing, it may stop bright, but unfortunately very rapidly becoming clarity and eventually with, with the exception maybe is because ben weddington, too late in the day. and of course, engine easiest way this time, the, the philippines to approve into a fair amount of heavy rain, particularly in the situs. and the full costs are wednesday, so much it looks rather dry. not sure, i believe that entirely, but something vietnam is going to be subject to public. a tropical depression briefly become a storm, a safe and he went. but to briefly, when the weather will probably reach as far west as hard as you mean, but some vietnam will suffer from the rest in japan, i'm the stories being one of us know, particularly in her car to this name, was to come immediately, but they were to on thursday of the god promised abraham,

this is the land that is going to belong to you and to your children forever. more right here in my back yard sales as americans present here, there is some realtors here just to make sure you know where you're at. central michigan. we are people here from united states, from russia, from india, from germany. ready findings for the idea of israel's foreign army on it. just yeah, that's all i could say. thanks for that. she wants to india to expedite the former prime minister, say casino for crimes against humanity of other offences. she fled in full good stuff to a popular uprising ended have 15 years. so what are the chances that she'll face justice cove? this is inside story,

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