of experience, outstanding shopping and dining offers and drawing alice services be our guest at frankfurt and board. cd managed by front bought the business. the w. news live from that israel to double the number of settlers in the occupied colon heights. the government says serious new rebel leaders will still pose a threat. so is sending is raving troops into a buffet between the 2 nations and step something strikes on several 100 affairs that as the west side closed in many a sentry box as the french overseas are a treat of male the

object power kind of welcome to the program israel is to double the population of the occupied golan heights a disputed strip of land along the border with syria as well began building this estimate is that in the late 19 seventy's and effectively amex, the territory a decade later, is there any troops have moved into a buffer zone in the area since the full of the sod regime in syria a week ago as well has also stepped top of the tax on syrian military installations . a new rebel lee does in damascus, still pose a threat. the ship sits, there is lots, a key of poor lice, lumped in the water destroyed by israel's latest strikes. since the collapse of busha, a subs regime is rails military is estimated to have struck 3, a move in 450 times. it saves it aims to keep military equipment out of the

hands of extremis and is targeting women's depos and air defenses. but the cross border attacks have prompted international condemnation, including from the you and the secretary journalist, particularly concerned over the hundreds of is really air strikes on several locations in syria. stressing the need, the urgent need to de escalate violence on all fronts throughout the country. israel has occupied most of syria's golan heights region since 1967, but now it's expanding its reach, sending troops further into a un patrol buffer area they've taken over and abandoned syrian millet treat post. israel claims the move is to protect its security. i definitely the nation medina thought yeah, there was a country here that wasn't enemies state. yes, you get the army collapsed and there was upfront the terrorist elements could reach

here. they should go method we move forward so that these extremist harris will not establish themselves right next to the border. so we'll do a good a that we are not intervening and what is happening in syria. we have no intention of managing syria. we are the rebel group, the hyatt tapia alshaun, or h to use which toppled assets regime state on san today. that is, rails advance quote, threatens new, an justified escalation in the region boss added to that the general exhaustion and syria after years of war and conflicts does not allow us to enter the new conflict . despite the motor at messaging, israel maintains syria's new regime could threaten its security. on sunday, it announced plans to double the population in the occupied golden heights. and what it sees is it bids to strengthen the state of israel. stephen

simon is with the quincy institute for responsible states cross. he previously served on the us national security kinds of during the clinton and the bomber administration's. and i asked him how far israel is using the change of leadership in syria to further its own ends. as well, of course it's explaining the situation in syria to its advantage of, for me, it is rarely perspective, it would be irresponsible. a to do otherwise is real, has long favored a week and divided syria as the best kind of syria to be its neighbor. and that policy is, is simply being extended uh, now that, uh, a site is gone and there's this new regime in the information's rarely perspectives. they want to be living next to, in effect, a demilitarized neighbor, which is why they've gone to such great lengths to destroy the endowment

of weapons, especially heavy weapons and chemical weapons production facilities. that the new regime inherited from the departing asset regime in that context is rose, as it sees an increasing threat from syria. all the new rulers in damascus, a greater danger to israel than the sod was. or i don't really think so. certainly not now where the, you know, situation where they lack the weapons that were once in syria. i think uh, you know, i shut uh, you know, the guy who is, who is now running. uh, syria on behalf of, uh, h t s. uh i have to rush um is uh, is quite right when he says that the syrian people can sustain another war. i mean, they've had it and they're certainly not going to go to war against israel at this at this stage. on the other hand is rarely so look at the very weakness of the new

regime and they ask themselves, well, suppose there are splinter groups a more radical jo, hottest or as long as to who really want to take on israel and inflict some damage on it. or dr draws really blood and that's they have to, they have to take that view i, i would have thought. so what they're doing right now is establishing a buffer zone or extending a buffer zone between israel and, and, and syria in the hope that this will give them some, give israel more strategic deps against these kinds of privatized threats. this is so you what you're saying, that resistance advise trying to cut off has the law from getting it supplies through syria as well. i think that's, that's effectively done. i think what they're worried more about our sunni

extremists who want to attack israel now that they've managed to seize a syria from from us a. i don't think that h t s itself. the group that is willing, syria in the wake of upsets departure, wants to do this. i very much, i very much doubt it. but i also a question. and the israelis probably question the ability of the new government to control all of the forces that were part of the coalition. they lead to bring down us out. and if they can't control them all, there might be some who want to know that their flesh with victory over the asset regime want to, you know, start attacking israel and h t s. i understand that this is not a good thing because it will give this real b excuse to advance a territorial gains. that is really,

it's already made secure, is expense since assets departure. we know that the, the going us government has been in direct contact with hasty, sincerely, and what's you know about whether it is well, is also establishing some kind of lines to them in damascus. i would be very surprised if the israelis were not talking to the new regime at damascus. i think they each have a lot of a lot to discuss because they have to work out some ground rules um uh, to avoid any kind of escalation or attacks across the line against um, uh, it's rarely settlements in the go on. so. yeah, so i, i would have thought they're talking yes. okay. right. incoming power is donald trump is coming into the white house very soon. now he said this area is north america's fight. what's his incoming presidency going to mean for syria after this whole situation?

i think the main implication for syria will be the question whether the united states removes the 900 soldiers and marines. it now has deployed up to syria. if, if trump would like to remove them, and if they are removed, it will leave the kurds. the syrian kurtz very exposed and, and, and that will have a serious effect on the, on the future of, of siri and kurtz. so that's a, that's a key. that's a key factor, but i think that that's actually the main factor. additionally, you know, the united states actually controls serial oil resources and it gives us or resources to the curves. so if, if the u. s. left syria, then it would mean that the new regime would have access to the revenue from uh, from its own oil. and that would, we're down to the benefit not just of the syrian regime,

but also the syrian people who badly need that money state. and so i made this assignment of the quincy as 3 types of being on the w. pleasure was my thank you. so let's think of some more. let's take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world as well is the closest embassy, an island saying the irish government maintains extreme on israel policies doubling . suppose a palestinian state and by size africa's international court case accusing israel of genocide. island projects the claim saying it favors peace upholds human rights . president brought him is a landscape, says ukraine is ready to provide humanitarian assistance to syria is offering wheat, flour and oil donations. and 8 organizations are able to buy some products from ukraine and send them on to countries in need to russian oil time because they've taken heavy damage during

a storm in the cut straits which separates the russian mainland and ukraine's occupied crime in peninsula one ship split apart spilling oil into the sea, the other time could run a grind. ortiz loans, direction, rescue operation. at least one sailor was killed. dumping tons of ourselves. this facing a confidence votes in a few hours the will likely pave the wave of new elections in february shouts called the votes. following the collapse of his governing coalition hose, predict his social democrats who lose to the conservatives was, i'm good for now. sort of these in the overseas french territory of males fit, hundreds of people have been killed by the most destructive psych loan in nearly a century. the small island of the east african coast was already from this is port overseas region. before it was devastated by side cutting cider. now the storm has

res, fee is about the humanitarian situation. to 1st came the winds and rain from cycling . g t o. and then came the next thread, the wind spread destruction left behind them. i don't wonder frances, poorest overseas territories rescue teams have already started to clear the debris left behind by the storm. and help is on the way from france in the form of emergency workers and humanity hearing aid a badly needed lifeline for those who have already lost everything. come to get something to eat for the kids. and for us adults as well. we've got nothing left. the wins taking it all the way we had stocked up at the wing, took it to pull up. what date was the one i probably would have had no water for 3 days now. so it's starting to be a lot to, we're trying to get the bare minimum to live onto park because we don't know when

the water will come back and do the full scale of the destruction is visible from the air. more than 3 quarters of the ions, 300000 people, live below the poverty line. most were living in a mixture of homes and slums and shanty towns which have now all but been wiped out throughout the measure how the house was built. every thing here has been a different stage. i think you can see it all around me. i'm actually walking through debris is or people one day off to the site or not, or really busy rebuilding the homes, but the work is going to be extremely long and the model was almost start to rebuild. others are left only to say their final farewells as somebody else starts to recover after the war cycle and in almost a century. don't understand you, brian has spend time on my us and it says the full scale of the devastation is

still not clear. what we do, you know, we say it's way beyond the initial 11 tests that were reported. the huffington post a in spain indicated several hundreds fatalities. and as you said, some reports even estimated to be in the thousands. and what we do know is that the entire neighborhoods, especially in the islands numerous shots, the towns happen lessons and public infrastructure including hospitals. and the airports are severely damaged the devastation caused by the psych. let me certainly exacerbating factors that are related to board infrastructure for governments. i mean, you need to know that a large portion of my us population resides any formal settlements with substandard construction. they're asking people to buy populations from neighboring morris, desperate to return to what was their ancestor, homes and heritage. and despite my youngsters step, just as a french overseas department says, since 2011, there's been chronic under investments,

essentially for structures. and these include housing, lots of supplies, and public facilities in this neglect is less, less the islands built for parents which stand these natural disasters to hey, i'll social media title handle is i dw, in use and you can keep up today on our website at dw, come by the

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