strongly, alas, services be our guest at frankfurt airport city, managed by front bought the is the state of the new years life from her letterman, a syrian rebel leader is a point in the countries. a new prime minister mohammed overseer will lead an interim authority until march 1st of 2025 of siri, and celebrate the end of the half century and repressive rule. w is in the west coast or bringing the story. and we take a look at turkey's role in the fall, the syrian regime and how it benefits from the allister of us are on the side the

article for at least welcome to the program, a syrians to celebrate the fall of the outside regime. the country. now has a new interim prime minister mohammed oversee or previously govern the small revel controlled area. on serious northwest it takes over from the previous prime minister, who has been working with the rebels to coordinate the transfer of power. since the fall, the government of a share is tasked with forming a transitional government and says it's time for stability to come and come and move on your, you know, w correspondence mohammed tre to and stella may not have arrived in damascus. they have the latest on the abrupt end of a house, entry of a press, a rule under the bush are all a side and his father here in the center of the most stuff in the oh my yeah. where as you can see it, jaime, those young man are spending on a 1000000000 all the time that they all mean up here in the middle of the street. they're just tempting for freedom of the

the we are still happy. i don't have any want to to talk about, it just doesn't have to on the cabinet. we can do everything like we test for the return or show up today because we can do whatever we want. we can go to so i can. so i'm in damascus and defend throughout the city for the 1st time in my life. my 1st impression is it's a bit k o, k o all over the face bought a born is treating everyone is, is happy. people are approaching us due to the rest of the gunfire. so everyone is

watching the chic about their emotions. they just want to express your happiness about the downfall of the assad regime. you can see, you know, everyone's fighting tensing for freedom, celebrating on in the sense that the syrian army left there in the middle of the square. so that's, that's my 1st impression. meanwhile, israel says it has carried out nearly 500 of air strikes on syrian military assets . over the last 2 days is really military says it has struck most of serious strategic weapons stockpiles that says it wants to prevent weapons from the ousted assad regime from falling into the hands of islamist extremist. the army also confirmed that its forces are pushing further into a border buffer zone established following the 1973 middle east war. however, it denied reports that is really troops or advancing towards the capital of damascus to michael millstein is a senior analyst until we have universities,

diane center for middle eastern and african studies. and we asked him if he thought israel's airstrikes really are about stopping weapons in syria falling into the wrong hands. basically, yes. you know, the 1st of all the, the offensive, these really events the during the last 2 or 3 days. and it was the fancy, eh, and the main target scores are really 30 targets like, or across and, and then most of these to be in may be size. and because the, the non convention of eh, if a structural office, syria, and i think the law says that this is a favor because the actually a very good at all, they follow the normal excitement from the extra need for the whole, the whole world. and because we learn from the lessons of libya and also your op ed,

that after the collapse of, of the saw to reduce is very easy is very a and negative to the situation and effect silver organizations maybe radical. why a control over and fast. and the weapon, and i think that right now to use it is better, not only as i mentioned for you as well, but actually for the rest of the world that syria, we choose the, the very big carols will be, uh, clean the, basically the case and the weapons, a u. k based war monitor says they are still fighting ongoing in northern syria battles between turkish fact rebels and curtis lead forces have left more than 200 people dead over the last 3 days. a long turkey has been one of the main backers of the syrian the opposition forces. an analyst suggests the fall of bizarre la sides regime as

a moment of opportunity for on gra to increase its influence in the region. our turkey corresponded julia han reports to this president, add one a $2.00 to $4.00 to offer you a position in syria is one of the big windows from the full of special assets. so if you could kindly upholstery the rich and say things to the future and same distress and its position in negotiations over. i mean, here's how turkey ended up in such a strong position in less than 2 weeks. a position fight is from the islam. his tie up to here i some goes together with talking back rebels topples aside through gene . so few years after his crack down on the anti government protest ignited serious, civil to rebels capture the main northern city of a level. neither took his folder before pushing all the way to the capitals. i must course. is it a custom that said running away, leaving behind the syria,

when nearly 1000000 people were massacred? 12000000 uncomfortable had to leave it a joke. share and many associates on return to rubble. jolla color. a kutrovitch, edwin's government has so far denied any involvement in the rebels operation. but add one has long pushed for the als throughout, besides calling him not a rough and vacuum of position forces in syria's northwest. it's highly improve the situation at without altered at his cane. and his deeds observed without at least some sort of uh, uh, vacation supports or at least 3 nights. so how does tech he benefit from all of this? you can see one way here at the turkish florida with some syrians have gathered with their families, their belongings, suitcases ready to head back home, back to syria. add one can make good on his promise to return many of the 3000000 syrian refugees. turkey has hosted for more than a decade,

anti immigrant sense and then does live here in the country and add on has come under increasing pressure to send people back from. does it show me a good deal? i'm going to damascus now to see my family. i haven't seen live in 14 years, an adult is go now i will see them and they also took online. he took all home those i could and all that outside is gone. god willing, we will take them back and decide to get the, you know, she doesn't show up isn't having both of them aren't going to eat. what i'm going to drink is important that i'm going my home. my home is just for you. city a. is it for you and that's it. add one is also looking for a security benefits in northwest syria. he's pushing ahead with plans to establish what he calls a security course or so he backed rebels and launched and offensive. again, scottish 5 is trying to sell them from the turkish florida. this is send local coder civilians cleans safety. the offensive also allows turkey to push back service fighters and spacing them from strategic positions and weakening the

code. you said yes, which you don't. you don't have use as a security threats. jude with things with the p k. k b. a power quiz. don't come without risk to add one in. the longer term concord is not controlled. he is the most high apache i from, which is officially considers a terrorist. and it remains. i'm clear if to, if he wants to expand his insurance in the area now controlled by the extending influence over then you the culture. it's a tutor is watched for the boat, which is a huge city woods demands extension. it couldn't make an appointment to get the best investments from mike and turkey's best experience in managing areas under its desktop to control the northern syria as being a fraud. with the changes we see, feel we did locate this content and even violence exist. so now it looks like ad on has, has been strengthened twilight,

ron and russia have lost regional insulins with their l. i a sub semis. but the political baffled to serious future has yet to be decided or forced by julia han there. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world on this day is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu was taking the witness stand in his corruption trial for the 1st time. you faces longstanding charges in 3 separate cases, a fraud, breach of trust and accepting brian's, which he's described as absurd. it's the 1st time a sitting is really prime minister, has given testimony as a criminal defendant. an air strike has killed more than a 100 people and a market in through dogs, north star for the attack, hit the town of cub company. yeah. on its weekly market day when people from nearby villages together to shop, as one of several deadly incidents and fighting between the army and the parent

military are assess group. as an apartment building has collapsed and the egyptian capital cairo, killing 8 people and injuring 3 others. officials are investigating what brought down the 6th story building which was built in the 19 sixty's. several similar disaster, so struck the city in recent years, blamed and builders failing to follow safety regulations. to french fighter jets visions and shots have flown back to france, marking the stars of a military withdrawal from the central african nation. chad ended its defense agreement with its former colonial power last month. although it's not clear whether all french forces are going to leave the police and the canyon capital nairobi have fire tear gas to disperse the demonstration against

gender based violence. hundreds of protesters had gathered in the city center following a nation wide outcry. over the growing incidents ascend, the side official figures indicate at least 97 women have been killed in 10 years since august. most either male partner in the united states firefighters are battling a fast paced wildfire in southern california. the franklin fire near the city of malibu, has grown to more than a 1000 hector's in size, threatening si size mansions, farms and pepper dine university. some 1500 firefighters have now been mobilized as low as progress and inferno has been making its way across southern california, threatening homes, forcing evacuations and leaving devastation and its week. for many, the damage caused by the flames has hit especially close to home. i remember

playing in this house in the front yard with my schoolmates lived. that's how long i've been here. my whole life pauses of residents were evacuated over night, as the fire quickly spread. many are still trying to leave the area. firefighters has been working non stop fighting the flames day and night, but so far they haven't managed to bring the blaze under control. this fire is not contained and we remain under an immediate threat because of the red flag conditions. thankfully, we have no reports of serious injuries or fatalities. although no fatalities have been reported yet. the situation remains critical. authorities are warning that winds up predicted to reach 130 kilometers per hour, making the fire even more dangerous. more often than not,

the absence of humans can be good for others, bases of animals and the case of gray seals, it's allowed them to thrive on a small part of the english coastline. these are the 1st pictures of the seals that live on a former cold war weapons testing site and stuff. folk design had been included in the hope it would allow the colony to grow. it's now home to about $400.00 of the threatened seals this winter. his breathing season has already seen the birth of 80 bucks you have to and more are expected to join them in the coming weeks. it gives you a quick reminder over top story today, a syrian rebel leader mohammed of a sheriff's called for stability and calm. after announcing his appointment as the country's interim prime minister. this comes as syrians to celebrate the end of

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