among british youngsters from troubled families who say if their only way of escaping violence at home. now developments in the arab world and north africa have once again drawn international focus towards its impact on the middle east regional politics expert dr germ assault gives r.t. his outlook for twenty twelve. thank you jeremy for joining us here on r.t. and a pleasure as well as color put it when it comes to the middle east the west talks i gently sickly and acts brutally if it's true if you agree with this what should be done what can be done to prevent syria from fallen into these patterns look at what's been happening in the middle east and the policies the western governments of followed since the beginning of this year they have always had the the noble motive we're doing this for this very very good reason but we don't have to be to be skeptical or cynical to understand that actually behind the noble motive is

self-interest if we look at what happened in egypt the west backed mubarak right to the very last and there was no longer possible to back him when it was indefensible they dumped him. and it's the same with the president of tunisia and then they move very very quickly on libya what is happening in libya that was absolutely terrible militarized in the name of human rights they kind of attacked libya the same with syria you know it's kind of it's very it's a protest movement it's democratic change and reform which are very worthwhile motives to support but there is another agenda here which has to do with broader global and regional strategies what has the libyan scenario failed in syria will the western powers change their tactics i think that libya was the template for syria they kind of went to the u.n. they got the no fly zone resolution and that opened up libya to aerial attack and i think they thought they could repeat this in syria but it didn't prove to be

possible largely because of russia actually because russia made it plain that it would not support another no fly and was a no fly zone resolution in the security council so this left the government of britain france and the u.s. in particular with you know they had to work out what policy they're going to pursue now i still think they would like to intervene in syria but they realize it's not saying that there's nothing in libya is a different situation altogether thanks so much for the risks are much greater the dangers are much greater because individually in syria how you describe it whether you're talking about a buffer zone or you're talking about humility humanitarian cause or as the french foreign minister does it still adds up the same thing the invasion of another country and syria would resist that around the get involved actively get involved hurts the hearts liking for back position i think is to support. certain activities inside syria which are calculated and in the downfall of the assad government right

and its replacement by. government will be formed presumably from exiles from the agitating against the prison would take take over in your book the unmaking of the middle east you chronicled alone in a bloody history of western invasions in arab lands with all the efforts by the u.n. and arab league of arab league is the threat of foreign military invasion for syria is in the past right or not yet of course is still a possibility of course as to the possibility of point where you rather do because it's so risky for intervention would be risky however it was done would be to kind of maintain the support for what's happening inside syria on the side of the opposition and their calculation would be that sooner or later these precious if they were interned will result in the collapse of the assad government well as compare syria with the league and iraq to what extent the syrian national council similar to libya's national transitional council or iraqi national congress rocky

national congress was almost a fiction the leader no support inside iraq whatsoever. iraq for a long long time has pumped up because they want to create this exiled body called the iraqi national congress so there was an iraqi voice in the propaganda war against saddam hussein the libyan situation the lives of the libyan transitional council as you know basically would affect us from the government tripoli jump ship when it got too hot they took it really for me then went to benghazi and then the transitional national council for all of whom we didn't know we knew someone from all the places we can't say the syrian national council. is largely composed or the mixture of people who have the roots who are inside syria but the dominant i think exiles. has been in paris for a long time like read one. who's based in washington and has very very close ties

with the state department you know what kind of clout what part of hold of these people have inside syria i would say not much. so there are similarities between these councils and of course you know that the transitional national council or national transitional council in libya. recognize the syrian national council as a legitimate representative the syrian people it's not this simple as that so it's kind of part of the campaign against syria of which that that that now the lid is now the libyan government is now part elections at various levels are currently on to go in in syria with more had so what do you think will bashar al assad remain in power as a result and we have a very very dangerous situation in syria which could have exploded into a very very nasty. proto breakdown inside the country and could lead to a regional war so in this context let's see if this is given

a few months and see how the process works for bashar does have. a base of support so i don't think you could say that the party would be doomed the moment they call free elections that could do well why do you think human rights watch talks and foreign media neglects the damage done by militant groups in syria it's somewhat of a mystery to me it's a mystery and the city has made some pretty. provocative claims in with regard to syria one of them is that i think it was military people dressing up as doctors in hope hospital. any verification of that claim made on the basis of online people. and similar claims have been made by other human rights organizations human rights watch the. u.n. human rights council its committee is all one way it's all about what the government is doing and making very very extreme claims the government response to

the death of two hundred fifty six children for example. four thousand five thousand of dart there is no desegregation which is what the critical reader would want you know you see this because were they coming from doesn't even know how many people have been killed in syria so far in its report. the human rights council report said four thousand but there was no explanation of that figure where they go. a few days later lovely people are usually un human rights commissioner of the security council and then five out. of the figure it goes around the world and i think it lodges in the popular imagination it's five thousand people being killed by the syrian government about security forces by the military whatever whereas in fact i don't think it's any doubt at all that a large number of military of civilians have been killed by armed gangs about of it but by the fact this so what we actually need to do is to aggregate these

figures like how many people have been killed by the syrian army how many of them were innocent entirely innocent how many of them were men who pick up arms. how many civilians have been killed by armed gangs so forth and so on you need to break the whole thing down but these figures are not broken down since we are in turkey let's talk about turkey a little bit turkey definitely wants to be associated with the changes in this region to be seen as a leading play in this movement so may turkey use this moment to its advantage turkey before the policy for the last seven years of creating zero problems on the borders. and that meant kind of dealing with iran doing with syria and turkey and syria had a rather complicated relationship over many many years. and so these problems were resolved and they did lead to very good stable balance relationships with syria and

with iran in particular and all of a sudden the policy was reversed instantly like turkey did a sharp right hand turn i think the turkish government seemed to think that the syrian government for the protest movement got up and running and i think the governor calculated that any question of time before the syrian government goes and therefore i think it want to put it want to be riding the wave ok put on the crystal the way to question the wave of reform and change in the middle east and to be seen as the leader of this movement. turkey legs but the fact is that. syria's as i started. this is not libya. if anyone interferes with us like across our borders to cause an earthquake in this region so the stakes for everyone including turkey in this situation a very very high turkey made this decision that i think that affable go therefore we support the opposition therefore we put we support the syrian national council

but didn't offer space in istanbul therefore we support free syrian army do you think that was a wrong decision in doing so they have antagonized iran of antagonized iraq. because now iraq has come out quite strongly in support of syria and of course the lebanese government by his support has also been very critical of turkey so the change in foreign policy has kind of dumped the zero problem policy and what they've done that is create problems now if if if our side goes ok then it's all worked out but if if if if he doesn't if he somehow managed to ride this out. well there are those is going to be made on someone's face you know and they'll have to be a pullback from a position that you had to clear it actually is not really tenable any longer you've got to deal with this government here like it or not is turkey being sincere in its intentions saying it wants to political in syria instability in the region it's aligned herself with the with qatar with saudi arabia with the united states

with britain and france and that's where it is that's what stands and so the rhetoric about humanitarian intervention a buffer zone humanitarian strip has been a kind of simple thing in discussion about syria over the last six months until he's gone along with that but they know the dangers they do of course they know the dangers that if there was a move across the border if turkey somehow we're talking to taking the lead part it would open up a pandora's box of problems you know and i. you know turkey itself has said you know there's no question of invention but it seems to me this is definitely a big bit of ambivalence over this issue like it's an option that somehow as to where it might be carried out.

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our. party's top stories the u.s. says it wants more ships will stick to their missions near a crucial oil lane out of the persian gulf despite warnings from iran to stay away the standoff continues to drive up oil prices and tension. the republican presidential candidate race gets underway in earnest under voters remain indecisive over just how to put forward to put allies on disillusionment with barack obama. plus the rise of crime and gang culture among british youngsters troubles families who say it's their only way of escaping violence at home. now it's time for a sports update with andrew farmer stay with us.

hello there welcome to the sport and these are the headlines three uneasy managed to city beat liverpool three neal to raise clay at the top of being leashed premier league. while title rivals manchester united have the chance to get level with a trip to newcastle. and basketball king's hidden key off on the weekend after a fourteen month winning streak in russia's top flight. but first russia have reached the finals of the under twenty world ice hockey championship speaking hosts canada six five and a real thriller in calgary the russians had been six one up after a hard contribute to any prison itself but the house then stormed back with four goals in five minutes in the final period to set up a really tense finale however russia managed to hold on and defending champions

will now face sweden in the final after they came from toon on down to beat finland three two in a shootout. well on to the football where manchester city have beaten liverpool three nil to go three points clear at the top of the english premier league city had to go to sunderland just forty eight hours before this game but put that disappointment behind them with goals from sergio where ya touré and james milner penalty the only blip the sending off of sitting midfielder gareth barry and the seventy minute liverpool were playing without striker luis suarez after deciding not to appeal against his eight match ban for racially abusing manchester united's patrice evra elsewhere spurs the third six points behind city after their one year when i have a west brom and sunderland continue to impress under new manager martin o'neill with a four one victory over struggling wigan but it is city who are leading the way. fight every ball against. but. we were ready to lock in that game and

tonight that in that also if you had some problem in the second out we did a good performance a most assured school in the flakes are really game way though obviously it's a most images f. the one that. i think the lesson above lead from today's. be doing that for no clinical we're going to suffer i think. there's a lot things out today that really. we can collect welts and all of its intake on bolton amongst united have the chance to get back on level terms with sitting they travel to newcastle for both sides looking to banks back after disappointing defeats at the weekend. here with all that you know the clubs like ourselves you know. the big clubs come along and you go get yourself up and ready for and we're

looking forward to tomorrow night minority of the back of a disappointing result fancy they'll be more might be fired up for as we are after game be more livable so i think you'd be a good guy players in the russian premier league is still enjoying their winter break at the moment so it is an opportunity to look back at the pick of their goals from twenty eleven with a net but wishing for. i

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the a. little. some crack is that including a couple from the band who are currently managed by former chelsea star to tresco he got been promoted to russia's top flight and then in the season he spoke with marty's consenting to top off. he's done you left chelsea three years before i'm on about the club do you feel any regret that you weren't there when salaries went sky high and the blues finally a won the league. yeah i think it was about time for me to leave the club but i didn't know at the time that which is going to come and also. in this time i was

not in the good relationship with the coach who was really them i had to leave but i was sorry for sure because after two years i lived chelsea won the championship you spearheaded team which played in the champions league so why did you decide to make a move to combine a team which has been just relegated the owner of the club and the governor to the region. especially in a manner for me three times in my house on the street to come here i think that was fantastic i mean the club i was working i was sure is going in the wrong direction because they finish the money and in this moment this club disappear from football and i think i did the right thing to move in the right time before they come to bonn and they had five coaches in one ear and i was going to be scared about the situation but they said they want to change something and leave even though in the

last three games in the road and there was the pressure a little bit last year i know that the owner of the club said. but it's going to be the new federal sort of the combine and he'll trust me do you thing that the world twenty eight team can change something in this i'm sure i'm kind of percent sure after the world cup that i shall be much better not just in the national team what also in the club competition and they will learn a lot from this and it's good for the country because it'll be a new stadium of snow airports new streets new hotels i think it's fantastic for russia the world cup will be here and i wish after the world cup i'll be russia because that will be the time to be here and i was about manage a damn press case speaking with artist constantine the top of the season now let's switch to telus and the council open while defending champion roger federer has brushed aside twenty ten win in a kind of a. genk it's reached the second round the swiss maestro also beat the russian in last year's final much superior again this time around federer able to breeze

through the gate set in a mia twenty two minutes taking it sixty genco was unable to regain his composure after that poor start with federate taking the first round match sixty six two in just under an hour this was saying to win the capital title for the fourth time since elsewhere yes she coached poland a lot he was among those watching six the. lot for junior the russian getting a comeback win over phillip overland three also in round one the tally won the open set seven five but all of them began to show the resilience which earned him a two page motion of the year award the twenty eight year old making a swift turnaround in the second set to close out a five seven six four six two when was while rafael nadal is staying on track to become the first spaniard ever to win the katter open the top seed appeared to be heading for a nice and first round victory after winning the set against felipe call schreiber the german veteran however was able to take the second thing down the tempo when

the two eventually grind out three set when in just over two and a half hours i and we will end with basketball where him key have suffered their thirst league defeat in fourteen months in russia's top flight but it was by the narrowest of margins top four so i could see clearly getting a sixty eight points to sixty seven victory in the league seemed like business as usual for him first as they rode to a fifteen point lead after the first quarter to tally frizzed and leading the charge of getting high sixty points but the men from south america kept chipping away at the deficit thanks largely to brian rush not to me again high seventy pinky led by four at half time but couldn't hold off a surge from the visitors the size went back and forth in the final four to be. it was pretty yeah sixty eight sixty seven minutes. while the memphis grizzlies

rediscovered their rule i really n.b.a. following a thirty point loss against chicago on sunday really gave you twenty three points to help you so i put away the sacramento kings hat some young another thought a contributor to the home team exasperates adding twenty points off the bench that steal lie and lay out making five sixty four degrees and i think dominating hundred thirty ninety six the final school was the kings have now lost four out of that last five after winning the series and. that's all we've got time for with the weather coming up. well. thanks sunny and technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've got the huge earth covered.

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the u.s. says it's warships will stick to their missions near a crucial oil lane out of the persian gulf despite warnings from the wrong to stay away standoff continues to drive up oil prices and tension. republican presidential candidate race gets underway in earnest one voters remain in the sights of over just who to put forward to capitalize on disillusionment with barack obama. plus the rise of crime and gang culture among british youngsters from troubled families who say it's their only way of escaping violence at home.