films, me to you one you have, you have a one to delete this on port, click on it, please go to the spot on the on expected side to side the this is dw news line from barrow land. serious airports resumed domestic flights for the 1st time since the fall of us on a test flight lands and 11 always calls go to lift the sanctions on the asian sector. also coming up, the fallout from the end of the assign dictatorship will look at who has the most to gain and lose from the downfall of syria's long time ruler and russia arrest the suspect for the killing of the top general investigators. a legend whose back national shown here on russian state tv, carried out the attack. bosco says he was recruited by you create the

and welcome to you, viewers around the world. michael ok? syria is damascus. airport has reopened for the 1st time since the fall of president assad. for now the airport is only open to domestic flights. officials are calling for sanctions to be lifted to allow serious aviation sector to function properly. again, its slow on the way in to damascus international departures and arrivals. and not only since the fall of the regime, 13 years of civil war proceeded, bashar, our sides over throw us and european sanctions limited, where people could even go to or arrive from the sanctions also meant there's been no chance to buy new western airplanes or even spare parts for broken plains, serious main carrier, syrian airlines, according to reports, really has only 3 aircraft fit for flying. but change is coming.

all pictures of president, the us side has been removed from the airport and airplanes. a. hi leo, how did i have a little today in life is returning to damascus international airport with a domestic flight to a level airport. we ask all countries and friends to return to damascus international airport allow the so that life may return to the airport of auto and our beloved free syria. heavy and solely. uh huh. and well beyond the left, oh, damascus internationals carriers are i ins, flights again, 2 error countries and should sanctions be lifted sunday, european and asian destinations. and beyond should sanctions be lifted? the sky could be the limit i asked dw, use a abraham in damascus if the reopening of the airport is assign

h t s revel rule is working. it's really difficult to make any kind of definitive statement about whether or not, you know, there's an effective control of this country and it's, it's the structure since the fall of a short. but that's certainly the impression that a serious you to factor rulers are trying to project it to the road to well, and part of that is, of course, the resumption of operation devices which they, they are on a, if you want to code each farm our offensive a tried to projects, a sense of control and stability at normal seats in into the country trying to show that they are capable of running the whole country as they did in the province of 4 years when it was not under a sort of such control. so that certainly the message that a serious need to factor rulers are coming to the project of the reopening of the airport today is perhaps a small a part of that effort. but running

a whole country, it's certainly a different. ringback different undertaking at a much different scale, i would say indeed, what is the state of serious transport, infrastructure and what, what's needed to rebuild it. the airport has reopened and there are, you know, lots of industries and public services that you have to spring, to break back into operations these days, you know, the, the direct aftermath of the fall of the receipt. but when you, you know, in our 1st, really days here at damascus for example, he didn't ask us is known for having a notorious uh, you know, traffic situation. but certainly it was a little bit more out of control for the 1st couple of days after the fall of the receipt there were, you know, there are some places no traffic lights, uh no officers on the street to regularly uh, traffic. so, you know, a bit of chaos on the streets here. uh,

but slowly but however slowly but truly each us is trying to bring back the order and the seat back to the capital city. well, transitions like this often mean opportunity who is buying for the contracts to rebuild syria. certainly arrow countries would have an interest in trying to invest, but also to stabilize the country. remember, syria is in a very strategic part of the world. it borders multiple multiple countries and you know, another field seats it here would not be good for anybody, certainly not aero a country. so certainly i can imagine gulf countries would want to be involved in the rebuilding of syria there. of course, a lot of european countries of how to speak and syria being stable as well, including germany because of the large syrian refugee migrant population in germany . so there are a lot of countries that around the world that want to see

a serious succeed. and what serious defect rulers have been seeing again and again, is that this rebuilding operation cannot restart without the lifting of sanctions, which had of course been placed on the a side regime for many, many years by european powers. so even though there's probably a lot of interesting rebuilding, sir. yeah, it's, uh it's, it's not sort of a states anybody, but sanctions needs to be listed. first before any of that a to come to portion. that's a abraham in damascus. many things here we've had mentioned the united nations is calling for syria to hold free and fair elections after the downfall of president decide you and special onboard guy. petterson said the vote should be held after a political transition that included what she called the broadest range of the syrian society and syrian parties. there is a lot on hope that we can now see the beginning of a new syria and use syria. and that's in line with the security council resolution

2254 been adults. and you cost of children that really ensure that that is a social contract and use sold for a contract for oral surgeons. and that we really have the free and fair elections when that time comes all through the translational period. the dramatic fall of the sod regime in syria is sending shock waves to out the region. multiple countries have back different factions inside the country. here's a look at the international winners and losers. as the dust settles rebels from the higher tent rear of shot or h t. s group taking over serious capital, damascus spring celebration in some parts of the world and silence and others. one big winner so far as turkey and its president richard type, add a one long i major supporter of h t s and others. so the most of them opposition groups. turkey is also eager to reset a little more than 3000000 syrian refugees that it has taken in since the civil war

began. turkish companies might gain lucrative contracts and rebuilding the country . turkey also has many military positions inside syrian territory, and it may move to over throw a long time. nemesis, the kurdish autonomous administration in northeastern syria, which is repeatedly coming to attack from turkish forces to ron is a big loser in the fall of the assad regime. syrian storms, the iranian embassy in damascus, soon after the regime fell, a sign of long term grievances at the country that helped to prop up the assad regime. she around loose is one of its most important military allies in the region, billions of dollars and trade, and the land bridge linking it has the law, which was already weakened after months of war with israel. that the judge started with story while we got a judge. israel sees

a strategic gain. prime minister benjamin netanyahu had described syria as part of the iranian access of evil, but remains cautious about what the future might bring. israel stepped up, it's military operations, bombing, syria, and military assets. it's for administer has said that the unified syria is unlikely to hold together. russia has effectively lost an important ally, which could pay the way for the loss of strategic military bases. russia has a vital naval base and tattoos, one of its most important military assets outside its borders. this base provides logistical support for russian warships in the mediterranean. it was the big prize put and received in exchange for military intervention in support of the assad regime in 2015 and for continuing to protect the regime. in the years after i was looking at the a sunny muslim countries, especially saudi arabia, the u, a. e, and could tar have much to celebrate in the fall of in

a rainy and ally. but they're also suspicious of h t. s. and it's close ties to turkey as well as the history of its liter. asking about al serra, who was previously associated with al qaeda. most of the statements from aram capitals that welcomed decides to parcher emphasize the importance of preserving the unity of syrian territory. the risk of serious splitting up is indeed a major unknown one that could dramatically reshape the region. again, the massive power vacuum left in the wake of a thoughtful is an opportunity for foreign powers. and it's been said turkey's boys to be the biggest winner. earlier i spoke to him last season with the middle east institute in damascus and asked if he agrees i agree with the statement. i think a turkey has just get into lots inside syria. of course, syria is a neighbor and country for 2 kids, so it's kind of natural if we're talking about geo politics for us to get to be

interested and to be influential inside syria. however, i would like us to, to highlight that the, over the last few months, president aragon, the turkish president, tried to reach out to a side multiple times in hub or free ching, some sort of the supplement inside syria. but i said if use to negotiate before all to dish forces and all to dish bags forces leads to syria. and that's where we are today. of course. so key has gained a lot and i think what happened inside to you, a want only make to key very influential country inside syria and budgets will give it that much. the bigger leverage in the region over other countries as well. from your perspective, what stands out most to you from how countries are position currently in syria. you know, many countries repositioning themselves is site syria because many assumed that the

assad would stay in power, at least for perfect for the foreseeable future. we've seen different countries reaching out to us side. i spoke about turkey, but also other other countries. they low temp aside back into the out up for they gave him the seats again. ad honorably gets thinking that as a has a consolidated power, at least in the majority of the country. but now things are different. and then those who are in power, i forget a shopping list by making sure many countries know little about them. they are trying to reach out, they're trying to understand them. and they've trying to also highlight some red lines about their national security, especially when it comes to, to jihad disapproved of the how it's t s my position itself, regionally in the future. we've got limited time, but i do want to ask you there is h t yes. as a pointed a transitional leadership that will run the country until march. first,

there's been a flurry of foreign officials. cautiously engaging with the group in the past week, including britain, france, and germany. what would be your message to those for an officials the, you know, serious to are very cautious about that. i think the issue of power sharing is a good indicates or if the transitional government is serious about being inclusive in the future or not. if they include other elements and the often to other components of the serious society. i think that's a good indicator. otherwise, we should be cautious because on other to tell its energy and might emerge out of all of the events of got it. that's abraham l a. c many, many. thanks for your time and particularly your perspective. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world as we speak.

the u. s. supreme court has agreed to hear tech talks appeal of a law that could band the video sharing platform in the us. if it's chinese parent company, bite, dance doesn't sell it. the justices will hear arguments on january 10th, about whether the ban unlawfully restricts free speech. at least 13 people died when a fairy, with more than a 100 passengers capsized off the coast of them by after colliding with an indian navy. but the navy said nearly a 100 people were rescued from the ferry, which was heading towards the elephant, a cage, a popular tourist destination. frances top court has upheld former president. nicholas still goes eas, conviction for corruption and influence, peddling. the court ordered him to serve a one year sentence at home wearing an electronic ankle monitor suckles. these lawyers said he would appeal the ruling to the european court, treat human rights ukrainian president for

a lot of his the landscape is meeting today with european and nato leaders to discuss support for ukraine in this war with russia. the talks are taking place on the sidelines of the e. u. west balkan summit. savanski has long pushed for his country to join nato. but the lions has been reluctant to grant membership and do ukraine has entered into security agreements with more than 2 dozen l us. they've pledge long term military support, but have not committed to deployed their armed forces to help ukraine in the future . the kind of security guarantees ukraine is now seeking. german chancellor, olaf schultz once again confirmed berlin support for ukraine, but also warned against the major escalation as we support the cranes so much and because we support ukraine so much in my office, we have to avoid escalations into a war between russian and nato to know this is what i'm pursuing at this meeting.

for more um, now joined by d. w. 's. terry schultz, who's following the summit in brussels. terry, this fear of a war between russia and nato seems to be the main obstacle for ukraine's nato membership. what's the sense there? should you crank temp down its hopes of joining the alliance while it's at war? yes, that's certainly the reason someone call it an excuse that olaf schultz and to be fair. many other leaders also use for not even being willing to extend ukraine, an invitation to join nato, much less full nato membership. and at the same time that schultz and other say this, there is another camp here of you and tomato allies who say that that's the very reason why ukraine should be extended. an invitation that that would force russia to reconsider what it's doing, maybe force russia to back down, instead of it always being nato,

that refrains from taking further action. and it will be interesting to see how that conversation continues. now that kind of call us the former as stony and prime minister in a very strong pro ukrainian figure is now the use top diplomat as she entered here tonight. she said, you know, rush is always threatening us and the best way to respond to that is simply not be afraid. ukraine has bilateral security guarantees with more than a dozen of its allies, as we just mentioned. could such support be a good substitute for its noodle? membership, so well at the moment, that's really all ukraine has because as i just as i've just described, it doesn't have hopes of getting article 5, nato's iron clad guarantee that all $32.00 allies would, would come to its defense. so ukraine has sought to get these bilateral security guarantees with every country willing to do so. but it doesn't include sending troops and think about it. we've had these discussions about how whether ukraine is

even allowed to use the weapons that it's been given. so those are certainly nowhere close to an article 5 guarantee. but, you know, one of the things being discussed at this summit tonight is enlargement of the european union. and ukraine is probably closer to getting e u membership, the nato membership. and there is a security guarantee that goes along with you membership. it's article $42.00 of the you treaty. and it does obligate the other you members to come to a country's aid. if it's the subject of a terrorist attack, or a terrorist attack or a man made disaster, now that may still be a hard call for some countries, and it certainly nowhere close to nato's article 5 guarantees. but, you know, zalinski is right now tonight at the home of nato secretary general mark router and some other lead leaders of the alliance will join him there later tonight at dinner . and all of these things will certainly be under discussion there around the dinner table dw, as terry schultz throughout reporting from brussels. many thanks. i, the investigators in russia say,

a suspect has been detained over the murder of top russian general ego career of an aide, according to the russian investigative committee. and whose back national has been arrested and confessed during interrogation to planting a bomb and detonating it for ukraine. security service, the explosion happened outside of bosco apartment block on tuesday, and ukrainian official has admitted ukraine's responsibility for the fascination keith had this, we accused read it of being involved in the use of chemical weapons during the brushes was used to move earlier, we spoke to dw rica, bureau chief view of a shadow. he told us what is known about the suspect. and what he said in an alleged confession video, according to the russian intelligence surface f as b a. the suspect isn't. it was a big citizen that his name hasn't been eaten so far. he said he was recruited by the ukranian special services and he was promised $100000.00 and

a trip to bonham with the european countries. he said it's a place to bone for on the electric, on the left of school, the park near the house, a good could he lift lift and also he installed, assisted to become the right footage from his comforter was reportedly brought costs to ukraine and is the confession of you as a man speaks in bed, russian, it's not clear whether he might even be reading it. so his confession dw rigo, bureau chief, you're with shadow. i took a closer look at this case with lucca trent, a. he's an associate professor of international relations. it's once the university specializing in covert action. i asked him what he found most striking in the bits of information we're learning about this assassination. i think the most striking aspect of this operation is certainly what we would call the trade craft. i'll be a crane services in operating watts, should i in theory, be a denied territories by territory in which they would have difficulties in

operating. but this is where i did the 2nd time in a week and waste of a carried out an operation done and assess the nation in moscow. why would ukraine in intelligence even want to kill ego, a korea to those? i mean, as, as the discussion earlier mentioned, there are certainly strategic reasons why for killing q loved because it was in charge of chemical biological and, and around the logical weapons. and i think there are also some political reasons because it wasn't very often behind these information campaigns and went to try to undermine the support for ukraine, especially in the west such as the west bottles. i liked by your labs in ukraine, which was a clear f word by russia of spreading this information. what does this tell us about the gaps in russian intelligence? i suppose what i'm getting at is why would a high ranking general like resolve, be that exposed?

there is an interesting question. i think it tells us that certainly russian counter intelligence is not as for me to bull as it seems when he comes to, for example, uh, domestic repression. and that, uh, ukraine was able to recruit an agent whether the person that has been arrested is the actual corporate. they were able to recruit an agent and be able to survey ok results quote for quite some time in order to identify pattern of life and be able to place involved in a, in, in the reward they knew that cute of was so it's certainly shows up in gas, in the ability to a survey of the target, then to protect the target. again, the suspect in this case has been apprehended. i'm curious, in your opinion, why would ukraine's s b u intelligence agency recruit a man like him for this particular crime? or if the man recruited and demanded has been put on vito, he is actually the person who is responsible for the assassination. one can probably think of access as one of the main reasons why i'm such a subject was

a recruiter. they would have the ability to travel to moscow and conducted an operation for the pain of intelligent services. but as the previous contributor was suggesting, there are perhaps some doubt as to whether that is actually the, the culprit he was found, you know, assigned to the village adjust upside, must go into moscow regions. so it was able to escape from the scene of the crime which again shows other gaps in russian country intelligence. again, look, a transfer from swans. the university there is specializing in covert action. and italian explorer has been pulled a line from a cave in italy after a painstaking rescue mission. it involved more than a 150 volunteers led by the italian alpine and cave rescue for it's the 2nd time that on top of your piano has been rescued from the same cape system. the end of over 3 days stuck deep underground injured. but at live

speed, the ologist octavia piano has dozens of volunteers to thank for getting her out of the be so blown up from 10. okay. have you ever the same but we're not squadrons at all. so we always had a team in the cave working pretty good on that. there were technicians who are in charge of moving the stretcher and meant to turn that about a lot of these were teams of 10 to 12 people on it, but then we always had a doctor and nurse with the patient with the injured person. okay. i did this case a, we had to white in a narrow passage near the spot where the accident happened, and then ah 5 bb g all the way is, which is where did you they for a visa blowing off one channel cave system is located near the northern natalia and city of betty gama. it's some 500 meters below ground with rescue words having to navigate their way through small tunnels and use explosives to reach her. a cave,

or on top of the piano, was exploring an unchartered area of the cave when she felt several meters injuring herself. it's the 2nd time in less than 18 months. she's had to be rescued in the same cave system which has sparked some criticism in italy the boy, it's unfair to criticize people who have the end of the day in our 1st and foremost know, conducting scientific research. i'm glad you got off that it shouldn't difficult pretty my to light at the end of what had been a very dark tunnel for all times the piano time now i have to recover from her ordeal. meanwhile 2 telling these astronauts have completed a 9 hour mission outside the trend going space station breaking the previous record for a space walk said 23 years ago. the sion jo 19 crew members installed the space stations,

debris protection device, and inspected the outside of the vehicle with the help of its robotic on trying to launch the spaceship with its 3 crew members. at the end of october for a 6 month admission. it includes the country's 1st female space engineer the. let's give you a quick reminder now of our top story. this, our series airports have reopened for domestic flights for the 1st time. since the fall of a saw, it's on clear when international flights will resume officials or calling for sanctions to be lifted to allow the aviation center to function properly rushing, investigate sam detained. a suspect for the murder of top journal. if you go 3 lives and in a news back, national has been arrest bosco, says the man confessed, are working for your training intelligence services team has already taken responsibility for the attack and the russian capital on tuesday and labels and see

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