can biggest city a less out the lightning offensive? so government forces by surprise, but experts say the rebels are predictably seizing international momentum with dozens killed and thousands displaced. in a matter of days, the fighting and serious northwest is a sharp escalation and a war that had all but slipped off the international radar is another major conflict about to flare back up in the middle east. i'm looking for lation, berlin, and this is the day the, the method of thanks to the efforts of the aerobic motor to deem these areas have been liberated from his thoughts malicious to proceed with the situation to mount the last post. of course, this isn't encroachments of serious suffering take in this region.

as i was preparing breakfast for my children applying to overhead. as soon as we stood, we ran into the business also coming up at 1st hand account of the tall about and take over after the u. s. k arctic withdrawal from afghanistan, we speak to a man who spent a year with the tall bond and found a striking fly on the wall documentary camera. i came to see this come to the welcome to the so we started the day in syria and the conflict that has largely been overshadowed by israel's war in gaza and neighboring lab. and on it may have

disappeared from the headlines but not from reality. right now, so you're in government forces are battling revel fighters and the countries northwest and some of the worst violin seen in syria. in years. the u. n says it's deeply alarmed by recent events as insurgents today claim they had entered a level serious 2nd largest city. the syrian observatory for human rights, a u. k. base war monitor says that you hottest have taken control of more than 50 northern towns and villages. as part of a surprise offensive, that would be the government's biggest loss of territory in years. major fighting erupt again in serious civil war. a day after staging the surprise attack on government held positions in the north. the rebels moved on to a level showing the city syrian state media said the army backed by its headline, russia responded with strikes unintelligence positions and the leper eclip countrysides

. the syrian army says the assault is being led by the high yachts. a tough theater are shown for h d. s a militant group which controls much of northwest and syria. the i t s is led by, i'll tell you this form of syria branch. it consists of multiple different insertion groups, some with cell the 1st and jihad just audiology. these many reject the influence of foreign forces, such as turkey, russia, all the united states, but others approved. it's a complicated coalition, but what does unify them is their opposition to syrian liter busha? assad government has been displaced for 5 years. but thank god i'm now fighting to reclaim on land from the grid to the criminal regime. we will persevere on this policy and called on young people to join us in the struggle to take back our country. i don't show a lot of agenda. since 2020 the h t. the signs of the rebel groups have been mostly biased and the blood province.

the area was subject to a turkey and rush. it broke a truce. but outside of it live, there are large pots of syria still controlled by rebels. opposed to assets government, including along the border with the rock you aspect. curtis forces maintain large parts of the north and turkey, along with the syrian national army control a so called buffers on along the turkish border with the offensive. the rebels may be trying to capitalize on the of the complex current free writing. elsewhere with assets allied iran, reeling from israel's defensive on hezbollah and 11 on and with rushes resources stretched with a drawer and ukraine. but the offensive and the syrian government's response has left many civilians in the following line. groups of refugees helping fling the fighting, heading to shelters and the blood province. and the thing is what happens all of the people started leaving,

but we stayed until the morning. but as i was preparing breakfast for my children, a plane flew overhead. as soon as we stood, we ran into the visits on the front of the united nations is calling for an immediate, the escalation, and an end to the most intense fighting northwest, and syria has seen indeed errands. that one is a fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. one of those areas of expertise is the history of syrian jihad is and welcome to the day. now the government seems to have been taken by surprise by this rebel offensive. did you see it coming? i think everybody that's falling serious, surprised in terms of how swiftly they've been able to take over territory. not that there necessarily would have been enough fence that because there been rumors going back to early october that the solvers you would actually try and take territory from h t s. but instead it looks like each yes preempted this. now, why do you think they launch their attack precisely now?

well, i think part of it is that they've been building up a lot of military strength over the last few years as there's been a so called ceasefire or frozen conflict in serious since 2020. and i also think that they probably are waiting for some of the issues related to israel 11 on gaza to slow down so that it didn't seem as if they were on the same side as israel. and therefore, this is seemingly independent of what's going on in that theater. mm hm. how related would you say it is to what's happening in ukraine now zooming out of it? well, i mean, the fact that brush is obviously very preoccupied. there. there had been questions about the fact that, you know, russia has done airstrikes over the last couple of days, but it hasn't been at the same. he's for intensity that we've seen in the past, which is interesting considering the fact that just weeks ago, if not a few months ago, there was large scale um, you know, russian air force attacks against civilian populations in a live province where

h t us is base so there are a lot of questions related to the response. now let's, let's answer some of those. how big a role do you expect russia to be willing and able to play here in support of the assad regime? i think they continue to have the assets and key advisors um and military, you know, individuals within siri, even as they've expanded their campaign within the ukraine. but it's also important to remember that beyond the plan versus actually expanded its operations within sub saharan africa as well. but the key, i think in terms of beyond just the air force aspect of it is whether or ron and it's sheila militia that work in iraq are able to help out on the ground. because there are a lot of the key actors that helped to push on the opposition and in the insurgency back previously in this region. and because his bowl is quite weak and now as

a consequence of israel's actions and 11 on one of the key questions. now going forward is whether ronald try and rely on maybe to lucy's now to do something because they seemingly seem to be the strongest of those within the resistance access today. mm hm. if the rebels have indeed entered a level, we haven't been able to independently verify that, what would that mean? and what would that mean for what? what happens going forward? it would be a huge victory for each to us and build up its own legitimacy within the opposition . there are a lot of questions related to a she has because of its past linkages, not only to v as long as the state, but also all kind of of course, the disability. it with them, of both groups over the last 8 to 10 years. um, uh, but it would be quite monumental considering the fact that the regimes victory in a level in 2016 was sort of the beginning of the end of what many saw is the reason victory over the original uprising in 2011. so as h t. s,

as well as its allies in the ground, are able to do this. this could reanimate the broader insurgency against the regime, not just in the left, for region, for to potentially in the south, in the region, as well as other areas of the country as well. with the historians perspective, how do you expect it to go over the coming days and weeks? i suspect that the regime the russians around as well as all the various young militias will continue to try and push back. one of the key question marks one ford is how much activity turkey will get into this. of course, they backed a different grouping of rebel groups in northern steering national army or the s n a. and whether they get involved in this operation as well. and how much that could then it says that he has. and if that's the case, we could be back at some of the same dynamics we saw, maybe from 2012th of 2014, we're a lot of the opposition are able to control territory again in larger parts of syria . that's a traveling prospect aaron's ellen with

a washington institute for mary's policy. thank you so much. i, i think 70 the german government says it's halting a program to take and ask ems threatened with persecution by the taliban regime. germany launch the program a year after the tal yvonne takeover in august of 2021. the idea was to help adkins who had spoken out for democracy or human rights including judges, politicians, and journalists. germany now says the repressed of reality in afghanistan makes it all but impossible to get people out. the way probably all remember these images from 2021 tonic themes at cobble airports and at the rush departure of us forces the top on were a balance and take over the ask on capital and seize control once again over the entire country. more than 3 years later,

the tyler bond have gone from and surgeons through the institutional power and i've gotten assign them. they've imposed one of the most restrictive social and political systems in the world. millions of afghans have fled the country and with the most international media, seeing that so many people were leaving filmmaker e, right him, the shots decided to go in. and he managed to gain stunning access to have got a sense, new rulers. the result was, is revealing and brave documentary hollywood gave. we'll get to speak to abraham in a 2nd. but 1st here's a clip or the the they find them on my way i can and,

but i'm not. so i'm not, i need a camera. i came to see this come to me, i shall take. so the director even a shot is now in the studio with me is also forward you w colleagues. so good to have you back here. now you gained access to a place where no outside or have been able to go since the tal yvonne took over. how were you able to get permission to film with them for a year? so the thing is really early in the beginning, the we're calling them set of standard bundled things are a lot of media platforms fetish for that day, thought that they are for the month of things here. they've got a settlement to be a free all of the early propaganda they made, made some positive reports and i came in at that time and some media was stuck and

positive. they want them so they expect and as altering their lives. and when we bringing them something positive concerning my, my background work in journalism leaders, espend here data and i spent and under 0 has given and then, and somehow i'm a provider of some of the funds that are with another ford leaders, which these thoughts that they can get something out of him and rather than making the propaganda they were helping for from our funding, we made the movie above perfect. then that's what the explosive of the want. yeah, very revealing. movie, highly recommended to everybody who's watching right now. you are there on and off for a year. if i understand that correctly, who did you learn more about the top on or the forces who had left, who'd been fighting them for 20 years? i think you learn more about the machinery of, for you learn more about the prof. i got an, a missionary that is behind word that convinces us that we should take the sides. one side is the winner and gather size, and those are one sizes always right. and the other side is always wrong,

but the reality, both sides make mistakes and worse, specifically, the word and i've got to send that's proven that the 20 or 20 years or for mentality of the u. s. has proven failure. the have gone into the country, making all of these problems as were coming here and definitely would the nato countries, especially germany, saying that we're going to make a lot, a lot of changes. we're going to change the country, we're going to make it that much better place. and the reality is, this doesn't happen. no, we're ended in failure in the by counting the pilot on giving them the, to the country, not just the leadership of the country, but they have also left a lot of what the name behind the salad, one way ever to fix. so it has proven that then it has proven also the tyler button are learning and use all of the prof again that those that are in front of them and are becoming much stronger today in power. applying way worse situation that they had before. attentive onto the, as you know, doesn't have that level money even to walk into park, let alone speak or speak loudly with her voice or seeing or going to have is your

patient. yeah, i wanna, i want to talk about that a little later. i do want to take a quick look at the entire military equipment that was left behind, millions and millions worth of military equipment that the tal yvonne were very much able to fix. i did the united states under estimate them because they didn't think they were able to pull it off. i think there is, and some of this, one of the things that i learned through my movie is and there's a huge differential difference between sophistication and simplicity. i think that if someone is something that means he's don't not being able to do anything. and that's what happened. i guess is that these weapons were left behind. expecting the taliban have no idea about any technology, the knowledge that they would never be able to do it, especially that there's like for example, i seen in the movie that shows the 5 on are unable to calculate 67 times 100. a day reality is they could be simple and they have their own way of intelligence which

allowed them to fix these weapons. and if we wanna reach award, wonder if these we have to understand or we are we, we are dealing with on our side on, on the other side. yeah, i have another clip from your movie that i want to share with our viewers. it shows the head of the tal yvonne air force and turing, basically the c i a base that most of your your footage came from or most of your filming took place. let's take a look. good joseph. cooling this talk for a little bit off on the phone level that showed up. do i need to fix with, can i mean they, they, me, my, my the, the system it will not, which is not going to come on your customer and then let me just a little frustrated with the 4. 0800. so

i mean, we saw it there. some people were obviously very suspicious of the work you were doing. and hindsight, how dangerous was this project for you? i think when you make such a decision to go to an interest base a accept from the beginning, the few is that comes with it that you need to deal with that. and that was dangerous. but when i think about the days that i spend there on the privilege that i had being able to come back here to, to burn out. and i live and have a therapy and have people that take care of me and compared to the suffering of the guns that were left behind the people that nobody cares about today. and, and think of as you were mentioning earlier that the german government rhetoric has completely stopped the program which has not even delivered what is, was meant to deliver at all or even near or even close to even being called activating the program. did not really function properly from the beginning, and these are people that worked with the german government as well. and they were

left behind. even don't worry for them, which government were left behind. people that worked with the american government were left behind. and all of these people that were left behind, some of them are now forced to work with the family buying. some of them are, are hiding. and the people that i was i've going to send when you think about their age in the nation that come with this has been going. and this the for years and years and years and compare that to whatever i faced, what i faced, there's nothing compared to the disappearing of stuff guns. and one of the red lines in your movie is the generational trauma. what role do you think that plays in a for a situation of violence? i think the idea of living in war, not knowing anything other than what for 42 years. and having 3 years after that, under the ruling of the pilot, but not knowing what pieces makes the generation trauma lead to some, some violence. and you can see it even in the german society or the people are still recovering from one or 2 people or not for the comfort. you could see that it's the present. and so many families nowadays. so when you think about the

country that has not have a day without peace support, more than 45 years, what the expect, the people are suffering from during your time there. how did you experience the tal bonds treatments of women? i understand the culture that doesn't allow me to even come close to him and look at women's by respect to that part of the culture. but you can see directly that the whole system is based on of men controlling woman in every aspect of her life. and not in a way that is seen any other where anywhere, anywhere else in the world, it just especially valid on kind of treatment to the woman. and it's definitely on an upward side. and my point of view can install. now let's talk about the, the impact. that's your film has already had, you've been at the european commission. what, what is the, the, the mission you have and away with this, with this film. and what are you hoping to achieve going for?

what we hope to achieve is that the word become active. a lot of guns that are not reactive and not wait until something happens, then the other, the only solution we have is conducting another war. it's happened in the past and it didn't work. and the moment what's being uh, what's happening with this do is, you know, that's kind of done. that's where the whole reward is dealing with it in a way that just apply sanctions and not doing the other thing. and this what happened in the past and its just the 911. i hope there would be something that happened at this time. and also we hope that the west understand specifically the us and then a 2 countries will have participated in making the word that they're, they're dealing with. i've gotten his son is not based on a charge. if it's an obligation, more to obligation for the years you've been there and the promises you have made for the people and for the people that you have left behind. but also it's an obligation for your own security for your allies and that mission of the people who are suffering and all the sites. i guess one of those people who are very much touched personally by what's happening and that's kind of son was

a person you worked very closely with on this documentary, your interpreter. can you tell us a bit about what his role was in, in getting this movie onto the big street and i'm keeping you safe, i think. and his name is other stuff. yeah. then it was a he, you know, lives in berlin here. and we were, they were to put him out of the of, of guns done after the shooting was done. and i worked 30 a very similar situation that there is a lot of bad talking about me and defend an injury in real life. when we were, when we were funding one time he trust agency and instead of the never trusted does things to me yet. and for the rest of the year, i didn't never trust if there's anything to me that this book by the about me. so i started to discover all of that and they did. so when he came to me, but it has like this book really badly about me in so many situations. he said to him, i showed him, he said, no, no, that's the only way to record it. that'll be is way more than that. but think about, he had all of that in his heart. he was responsible for that on his own thinking,

all of the responsibility of our and danger giving me and in the dark. so i can continue doing my work and that's what i've kind of so when the address someone, it completely gives them everything. inductive germany, they did that throughout the rest of the countries. they did that to the us and they were complete enough behind another program. so then in allowing them to come so much more to talk about erie, michelle. thank you so much for taking the time. thanks a lot. i finally, after a 5 and a half, your wait for the ends have their lady back today. the world was given a 1st look inside the newly restored knocked her down because pedro the live broadcast from the site, the french president and mind whom i called freeze, the many people who held rebuild the gothic cathedral, describing it as a project of the century. after 5 years, the assets of thousands of workers, millions of years, and a little bit of good face, one of paris is most famous buildings. the notes are dom cathedral is ready for its

grand reopening. one week ahead of the big day, french president emanuel mcclung took a to or the renovated landmark and meeting with some of the opposite ends, who have worked on the projectile. he describes the effort to rebuild the cathedral as overwhelming. he sang to everyone who donated money, but saves the highest prize for the work. cuz off his ends in clapham people, he made it happen. so the who invest to so how's the shock of the reopening will be, i believe. and i want to believe as a strong as that of the fire of school. but it will be a shock of hope because all of you who are here today is have contributionship on the field of her. and it is indeed to you that we owe this metamorphosis, that is a you where the outcome is of the construction site. and you transformed code into odd on the if i may put it that way. in a till 2019 fi ravaged,

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