by the u.n. to these officials now we've actually been following them for the past five days and what's become extremely clear is that certainly what is needed now it is more facilitation of dialogue between all these different groups that you see now in the country between the opposition between the government one of the major questions that's been raised at the end of this particular mandate was just how successful the mission had been in sort of advancing the situation here in the country need that's where the u.n. training is going to come and play a very pivotal role because what's desperately needed in the country right now are people who are very experienced conflict resolution to stop promoting genuine dialogue now between all the many different sides nuclear really was the need to bridge these widening gaps than in the town of zabadani we actually visited there yesterday with the if that is he remained in the country this is the area that you

see in the so-called free syrian army take control of and in the past few days a temporary ceasefire because between the government forces and free syrian army so we've seen enter the city to see what's been happening certainly it's an area extremely divided on one side you've got the government in control on the other side the free syrian army but it's actually an actual fight very very difficult to know exactly who is in charge here the people's houses that we were showing in the city center had been absolutely devastated by the fighting where the children have been showing us some of the bullet casings that they've found around the area all the houses in this part you can see the destruction from the fighting that's be going are very very dramatic. in this area and that's what's extremely concerning the people who are still living heard extremely dangerous situation it's not really clear who exactly is in. he's being killing hate and that makes the situation very

very dangerous indeed the seeming cost of the conflict in syria has been devastatingly high and absolutely essential for everyone right now is to find some kind of resolution that there is an end to the indicted by the ira. really that the dining area. meanwhile the opposition syrian national council says it plans to press the u.n. security council for intervention in the country torn apart by an arrest the council thinks the arab league observers have been useless in ending the crisis and insists that foreign involvement is the only way out sorties maria notion reports there are those some doubts about the opposition leader's motives. howlett ho jeff from the syrian national council the country's main official opposition body says making the people's voice louder and bring in an end to the violence is what the essence he was created for our main goal is to help the syrian people there present them and their international community in order to reach this syrian people

freedom although it's been run by paris based exile but hamdani in the essence he has been recognized as the country's legitimate government by the new libyan authorities and supported by some nato countries which has made some doubt the council's innocent intentions with regards to libya the promise that nato made to the national transitional council perspective leaders was that they be given a major seat at the table in libya so there is power broking going on behind the scenes and i absolutely wager that the same thing is happening with syria they've either been bought off financially or they've been promised a major role in a new syrian regime libya's national transitional council and the syrian national council and it's not just their names they have in common supported and sponsored from abroad i think he writes opposition forces and their major goal is to

overthrow the regime but there is a difference to the absences huts cortez are not in damascus but here in istanbul we are not talking about democratic regime if i go to syria i know we have. you know we have to be executed there hallett says he spent fifteen years in jail in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's just because his father supported the opposition he claims nothing has changed since then and the oppression has to stop but how is another matter claiming they're only going to rely on political and diplomatic pressure the asson see to is. now cop rating with the free syrian army fighters who have defected from assad's military in was a clear shift from the essences initial entirely known armed peaceful stance. because you also sees humanitarian corridors and buffer zones as options to protect civilians in syria even though these might mean foreign troops arriving this isn't

the way to is the ball carriers or operation where does syria that gas is being used to at a vessel that jeddah they need to look at that because they don't want they want to destabilize syria because they want syria to be part of nato at least lead to label the opposition claims is just a matter of time before the joint africa sooner or later will force president assad out while his attorneys to stay but the question remains exactly how long should these people have to wait for the bloodshed to stop and how many of them will actually see the end of that reef notion r.t. turkey. from our reaction on the situation around syria were dry led by dr omar and a shot by a political analyst and journalist thanks for your time so the arab league wants its monitors to stay on in syria saudi arabia though calling for all possible international pressure to be put on the country why do you think the saudis are

breaking away from the group at this point. well this is a political position that has been declared by the saudi arabian kingdom long before the trouble started in the position of saudi arabia. is a position that is calling for. this woosh an offer the push mom between the city and iran and they are trying to pressure the syrian government to break its ties with iran because of the tensions that have been rising between saudi arabia and iran that is a traditional position however i think it's time in syria for dialogue and the president president assad has created the platform for such dialogue in the same time. the arab league has declared an extension for the monitors mission the other monitors mission in syria the arab monitors mission is as your report just stated

a few minutes ago that it's lacking manpower it's lacking equipment it's lacking training it needs more time to actually build a comprehensive report on what's there however the first report the preliminary report has been leaked to the media and i have i have had access to parts of this report this report shows that the there are some grave violations on both sides. the opposition or what the so-called syrian free army or the desert there is from the syrian army have been also using heavy gunfire against civilians they have been using explosives apparently they have been using and the armored. rockets and some you know some weapons that cannot usually be used in civilian areas and against civilians there is a president said also enjoys. popular support the city of one cannot deny this

not even the institute in qatar denied this when they did their. search last month and they found that fifty five percent of the city and population oppose the downfall and or did a movement of president assad it's time for dialogue a pleasant side has has tried to convince somebody form some democratic reforms there is a constitutional council now in syria trying to rewrite the constitution there will be elections in the coming months there are some of the forums i think that the opposition shows good faith. shows a positive sign because if these interests if you know you want me of no one's interest that you need to step see and they will be destruction they will be chaos as was the case in libya and as we have seen recently in libya things are not reading turning into the beautiful democracy that everybody was dreaming off just yesterday what will happen in syria sorry to interrupt you russia says that there

are some countries outside of syria that are arming the syrian extremists the opposition there given that there are some western nations advocating regime change in the country how big a part might they be playing in the rest. i think that turkey and the european union and the nato countries and the united states and some countries that are. supporting. the western agenda in syria are playing a negative role they are interfering in in turn and city and business i think it's up to the city of people to decide. on their future to decide on democratic reforms to decide where they want to go with this we can see. but this cannot to be done through violence this would have to actually we would need a political solution people would have to sit on a round table and discuss what is for the better of all city and and so that they

don't get into the libyan libyan model or they don't reach the destruction that took place in iraq and the city and know very well what happened in iraq so there are some reforms that should be done. himself as recognize this everybody recognizes that there are some democratic reforms that are necessary how does this how can you actually implement these reforms how can you reach a solution this is the only way for this is through debate and dialogue and i think the city and the monitors mission will continue even if saudi arabia is out and it will be extended for another month however it will need more equipment it would need help perhaps it would need technical assistance by some international organizations however these organizations should not interfere in the inner city in politics it should be up to the syrian people all right thanks for your time dr omar the shah

a political analyst and journalist joining us from beirut. deputy leader of libya's ruling national transitional council says he's stepping down after a series of protests against the country's new rulers on saturday crowds stormed the council's headquarters in the city of benghazi angry at the slow pace of democratic change and demanding the government's resignation protesters threw stones and metal bars at the building in the first acts of violence against libya's interim leaders demonstrators have been rallying for weeks in benghazi the epicenter of last year's revolution against the gadhafi regime be accused leadership of lacking transparency and want to know how libya's assets are being used adrian cell bucci expert on north african affairs an international consultant doesn't think the non-elected government is actually pursuing the people's interests. mission in libya for example who's not to improve life in the country libya already had the highest standard of living in all of north africa where libya does have is the largest more global oil reserve and the oil reserve in africa and

that is what the national transitional council are being supported for in order that they should promote western oil companies with some financial interests in libya and the people will just have to be rid of the people have already been killed and a little bit of all genocide has taken place as we've seen in iraq so in a way the same pattern is repeated over and over again where there's a double standard they say that they are promoting democracy but what they are basically doing all of these promoting the financial and political interests of the global power elite embedded inside the united states the european union and israel . still ahead of r.t. another country trying to rise from revolution in egypt now facing the consequences of a democracy so hard for islam it sweep the board in the recent election. but first it's has voted in favor of joining the e.u. the results announced by the state referendum commission on saturday police clashed with protesters who tried to hold out any e.u.

flag ahead of the referendum all. half the population oppose the move according to surveys just before the vote will join the block by july next year if its membership is approved by all twenty seven member states. meanwhile anger is reaching a boiling point in romania which saw its worst violence in years as anti austerity protesters clashed with police for the second week running people have been demanding the president and government step down this against the backdrop of wage cuts and tax hikes in the e.u. a second poorest country which is struggling to meet the demands of international creditors artie's tabard and has more from bucharest night and day they come to screen defiance by single sterritt see into feeling the government isn't listening have spilled over into anger even violence. our youth has no future they have no jobs. motive water is sixty she's worked all her life in

a textile factory in bucharest but now she's forced to pay for a social security out of her small pension. they need to give us a fair pension and not tell us they're boring the money because they don't have it . movie water is not just here for herself his son left romania but it's illegal to try and find work young rumanians feel trapped in the directing most of their anger the president. protesters accuse him of trampling over democracy and presiding over a political elite riddled with corruption. we want to take dissent screwed down down with bessette screw us our parents left us with a heritage and we're leaving our children with just debt an international monetary fund loan in two thousand and nine came with tough conditions the remaining in government has tried to force its financial house into water budget and benefit cuts slashed pay pension freezes falling living standards but some say it's the

people who are now being forced to pay for the mistakes of the few who steered the country to economic disaster. this was done at the expense of there are many in state and now those who hadn't been guilty for this situation they didn't even profited from it had to pay for those who had profited the government blames international economic conditions however for the country's worse. let's not forget that we're in the eye of a storm of an economic european storm all around us unfortunately is a mighty tempest with economic consequences that inevitably affect us too. not good enough say the opposition who argue of course that they could do better every day discouraged inefficient government stays in power as a dane last for rumania or jews used to shorten the period as much as we can honest fast as we can by fair elections with many now accepting there is no escape

economically politics for them offers the only hope of change and that leads straight back out onto the streets. these. are not the words of the days or the be held on like elements for. them there was tara to watch it was under the president a little about the already here and you can see why when many want to tear it all down. yes. remaining. parties tom barton is in the region currently following the latest developments you can check out our team's twitter feed that's had more to underscore on twitter as well as his personal account for the latest on hungary's dispute with also the latest on the croatian referendum which he says to fewer people to the polls than expected all that and more online right now. europe and the u.s. have expressed willingness to return to talks with iran over the country's

controversial nuclear program despite this the e.u. is still seemingly set to approve an embargo on iranian oil france even says it may be time time to avoid military intervention could be running out for the u.s. this week it strengthened its presence in the gulf by setting a second aircraft carrier to the arabian sea it's reportedly planning to sail through the strait of hormuz which iran has threatened to block in response to the sanctions the straits a strategic waterway which the majority of oil exports from the gulf to the west pass through brian becker from the anti-war answer coalition thinks washington may be deliberately escalating the situation to create the pretext for regime change. the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike the run refuses to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty does

not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation. economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change elations between london and tehran took another hit this week iran said a decision to kick its english language news channel press t.v. off british airways was a clear example of censorship the official reason cited for revoking the channel's license are a breach of broadcasting rules over editorial control at a failure to pay a fine imposed last year press t.v.

says it's being silenced for its dissenting views and says it was targeted for its critical coverage of issues ranging from the cost of the royal british royal wedding to last year's london riots hilary's a u.k. based author and media analyst things press t.v. is another ongoing victim of the campaign against iran. if this had been separated from geopolitics then no with this would not have happened and some other kind of sanction would have been would have been made and the deal would have been struck so i think the press t.v. has been viewed through geo political terms and that is the breakdown of relations between britain and iran at the end of the day i think that most of the criticisms of press t.v. ad been due to its coverage because you know it sees the middle east very differently for example than the mainstream media in britain repeatedly comes up probably is really groups repeatedly complain about it we know very well that the british government at the very highest level was discussing with the american ambassador how to limit press t.v.'s output in britain so now what we've got he's

we've got a real limiting of dialogue in the me in the british media and i think that's a tragedy and certainly a tragedy at a time when british arabian relations are at their lowest ebb for a long long period. twenty two minutes past the hour in moscow still to come out r.t. scotland pushing ahead for its quest for independence blood vowing to make a split from the u.k. a costly move for the modern day bravehearts wanting to go it alone. but first the u.s. congress has recalled two controversial anti-piracy bills this week after a massive internet blackout and hacker attacks on government websites millions of net users and web giants including google and wikipedia joined together to stand against the proposed online legislation that was dubbed sopa and pipa if passed the bills would have allowed top media conglomerates and copyright holders to shut down large parts of the web in the name of conscious copyright infringement at the same time the anonymous hacker group retaliated against the shut down of file sharing

site mega upload claiming to have brought down the f.b.i. and white house websites barrett brown who is working with anonymous on various operations and is sometimes seen as the face of the group leaves of a mega upload shut down shows the government can even take action without the laws in place the problem is that the track record of the us and all governments. is such that given the power to do one thing is almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of power. so and the way that you know the rate on megaupload cards in this opens it shows that even without sopa already in place here they are already arresting and resting the owners of megaupload and shutting it down and in the future the very near future as you'll see there will be a number of other groups that will pop up using more. military not goods and situation it's worse in the grass and smells of war and the notable civil war in the us the kurds. let's take

a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe and if farewell speech yemen's president ali abdullah saleh apologized for his mistakes and said it's time to hand over power he's leaving yemen to have medical treatment in the u.s. the country's parliament recently approved immunity from prosecution for a solider who's accused of suppressing protests and ordering the killing of demonstrators he's not expected to return to yet. another bombing on saturday night in the north nigerian state of by which he has killed eleven people including several police and army personnel patrolling a checkpoint two churches were also attacked in the area meanwhile the death toll from a series of bombings in kaino on friday now exceeds one hundred seventy continuing to rise islamic sect boko haram claims responsibility for the majority of violence plaguing northern nigeria since christmas. the battle over scotland's possible split from great britain is dividing opinion in an increasingly disunited united kingdom scots have been told they can hold

a referendum on independence but only on the government's terms and london says a divorce would come at a price artie's laura smith explains. britain a three hundred year old union that once ruled the waves and toss the known world but on home soil the country is closer than ever to a messy divorce. this is the man who want scotland to go it alone nationalist party leader alex salmond's promising scots will get a say on being single but london wants to call the shots and get it done and dusted . very soon they don't want to talk about the substance i sometimes feel when i listen to them it's not a referendum they want it's a never ending question travel debate and that's keep our country together but why would scotland want to separate itself from a britain that still among the world's richest economies scotland always retained its own distinct national identity and the s.n.p.

feels it's almost time to take that one step further and hope yes from the scottish people would mean scotland would gain control over its own north sea oil and gas and represented in the international stage but it doesn't want to hold a referendum until two thousand and fourteen and that delay is letting london ramp up the scare stories telling scotland it'll have to pay the price such as the billions of pounds british taxpayers spent keeping scottish banks alive that it would have to find its own currency and lose thousands of jobs when the navy heads south not that it seems to bother scots who see their country as having been strangled for long enough i don't think it's any of his business if we present a strong enough case to be independent then i can't see that he can argue against that because he is shocked i think

a shot i don't think you should have an easy the fires of. scots have never taken kindly to hearing stay. and words from the mother of all parliaments down in london but for the nationalists it's a boost to the lackluster thirty percent support for a split. feels he had to be and she did but it's completely but. he's actually been the best recruiting sergeant the s. and p. i think is of a hudson but certainly says margaret thatcher. in the last seven days with a little bit of those members. saying up to now the u.k. and scotland's key players will continue to cross swords at stake but alex salmond is a reputation built on restoring a proud scotland the prime minister cameron has the potential to become the man who let the united kingdom come apart nor is smith at imbra. be back with a recap of the week's main headlines in a few moments stay with us here on r.t.

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simming see if we. eleven thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines arab league officials say their observer mission in syria that expired this week will be extended for another month the number of monitors valse will be increased this despite criticism from the syrian opposition that wants to see the u.n. step in. croatia votes in favor of joining the e.u. despite the issue previously sparking protests and some violent clashes this is the bloc itself continues to be shaken by anti austerity rallies with people in romania

now rising up against their own government. other stories that shape the week tension surrounding tehran's nuclear program stirred further by e.u. plans to impose an embargo on iranian oil and the us building its warship presence in the region. and the power of the internet in action a massive online backlash over u.s. plans to expand web censorship east of the suspension of pending anti-piracy bill. up next r.t. looks at how a shift of power in georgia through a shadow over the nation's cultural life leaving many talented musicians and artists out of work our special report coming up. you are feeling. the fashionable new scenes.