out sooner or later so to begin with. on the one hand i think president obama has not ruled out an american strike yet even though his military is very reluctant to get into another war in the middle east i don't think he would do it during an election year so can't that be a reason for his all to launch a strike now before there's a new american leadership in place there is. a future in the united states that that is what we are going to do that an israeli attack might draw the united states into that war. probably prematurely. it would force the united states to get into a war because an iranian counterattack would almost undoubtedly be targeted against the united states against israel. so the united states would be

drawn this root cause i think such an action without an american consent would cause a great damage to israeli relations strategic relations with the united states for an extended period of time do you think that the harsh sanctions we simply declared against iran are enough to satisfy the israeli government not to launch a strike they might satisfy it for time being i think the general. attitude in israel is that sanctions are not enough and not going to convince iran even if they would be much house or two would not convince iran not. to continue not to pursue nuclear weapon project how do you measure iran's capability to launch a counter attack iran has a cup ability of launching

a missile attack on israel direct attack on israel with few hundred thousand shihab what would be the effect of ness of such an attack what what is the accuracy of these missiles i don't know. i don't suppose we would be worse off than we had been in one nine hundred ninety one when we were under iraqi missile attack damage was caused no one actually got killed but there's no guarantee that that is not going to be to happen we have now the arrow which we didn't have then which would be able to intercept. at least some part of these attacks missiles attacked and the greatest damage would be as in the case of the. katyusha rocket attack the economic damage to erode because under

such attack everything comes to a standstill and what about arab support for an israeli strike on iran you mentioned american involvement but surely israel also needs arab assistance in the form of landing rights and even feeling assistance many arab countries are very cautious of iran. for example saudi arabia has been urging the united states for many years now they are terrified they really are terrified on the other hand assistant assistance to israel is still out of. out of their agenda in the open israel would have to fly over our country. but it has done so before and it can be done without their consent or with. cover

consent we could get assistance or landing rights from countries like. i don't believe saudi arabia would do it but the united states might do that just remember that the distance from the united arab emirates to northern iran is as far as from israel maybe even longer so. this kind of a landing rights would be helpful only in case of attacking targets in thousand new ground another. covertly aid might be. might be but again it's problematic. might be given by a judge which is on the north side of the rain and border they have good relations with israel trouble is that to get from israel to observers and you have to overfly turkey. and at the moment i don't see with the

current relations between israel and turkey i don't see the turks giving any aid if we look across the border at syria why is serious so important for western nations could it be that it's the last obstacle before any invasion of iran that is a tough one why syria is important. is it important. to the western state i don't see any western country in the intervening in syria as they did in libya and yet there is so much attention and focus on syria and particularly on me president bashar assad's handling of the situation so how do you explain that well. that would be expected from the west it's much closer to europe and with traditional relations traditional relations with countries like

france. and when such atrocities take place them and they cannot stay quiet is there a connection between what is happening in syria and what is happening in iran where there is a connection or obvious connection because iraq is syria has been and the assad regime has been iran's closest ally for over two decades i mean. this is. the main route of iran into lebanon into into the whole region into influencing israel if us of the region falls apart. iran is standing to lose a very strong alley because any government. would take place it would take the government in syria whether it be

a western ally and democracy which is not very likely or muslim muslim brothers who are sunnis who are very hostile to she. any rigi. would be either hostile to iran or far from corporate in with iran as much as. bashar al assad's regime has been so iran is standing to lose a legit supply of weapons to the syrian opposition enough to upset the regional arms balance right now no break no well what would i hear i think saudi arabia's told started to supplying them with weapons but we're talking about light weapons so this as far as or as long as that is what is happening i don't think this will change them in the balance of power in the middle

east there are still very weak is it possible that they can be somewhat tame yes interventions in syria and iran doesn't seem likely i don't see the european european union or nato going into syria and i don't see the european union or nato . taking part in an attack against iran this could be nato could. you know if they could try to draw all the europeans into attacking targets in iran doesn't seem very likely you have to accept here thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're welcome. the . comfort is the least you have.

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syria in civil war the big un assessment has the resurgent rebels take the points there but frantic efforts underway to solve it christiane and. football fans know hospitality attacking russian supporters ahead of a buick twenty twelve match nearly one hundred thirty homes were arrested. last crackdown on whistleblowers the u.k. models legislation which could make it harder and riskier people to explains and will break. the bonds hannah storm sports news. thanks carrie hello and welcome to this is sport an artsy and i'm your mom calls for it and here's what's coming up. one more step rush hour only a points away from making its of the quarter finals of the european championship in

poland and ukraine. and finishing such as athletic stars descend on the russian capsule for the annual moscow challenge servants with a little over a month to go before the london olympics. major injury this second major on the golfing calendar tees off this weekend as the u.s. open takes place in san francisco. and let's get rolling with football where the second round of action kicks off in group eight of the european championship in poland and ukraine seem russian now so their quote of following one old role against call hold spaulding's in warsaw and artie's a richard and portly was right there for us. or russia's one hundred percent recording group a has been ended after a one one draw with poland but not all is lost for dick advocaat side as face still remain top of the group after two games or everything could have been so much better for the russians after hours ago it had given them the lead as moscow strike

aircraft first goal of the tournament will find headed goal from a free kick or just surface within the manchu of the czech republic russia did start slowly as the poles were on top but unfortunately they weren't able to turn their possession into goals and then it's a struggle support russia going into the half time break or coming out after halftime russia continued to dominate and really could have had quite a few more goals but unfortunately their position and numerous times that goal weren't able to beat the polish goalkeeper and out of nothing really i mean poland hungary created by march. had a very swift counterattack i'm in poland a very good team going forward and of course ski has been an excellent form. in the german bunds as leader struck a fine efforts from just outside the penalty area which gave more fear of absolute no chance at all for the remaining half hours very very open and both teams had numerous chances to try and grab a winner but unfortunately in the end for dick advocaat side they were held to

a one one draw but to be honest i mean poland did play world they managed to close down russia's attacking trio of. colvin are sharp in very well begin very little space and especially did well to close down robert schalk of who was so effective against her czech republic just a few days earlier or attention now turns for russia to have a game against greece as a server russia the top of the tournament top of the table with four points and they'll be looking to try and seal qualification with a victory which will mean they'll finish top of the group but in the way even a draw would suffice has been finished on five points and would definitely qualify for the latter stages so all in almost all is lost for dick out by outside. we're looking to try and. place him in all kind of stages against greece in a few days time. also. and another group a match was staged there between two thousand and four european champions greece

and the czech republic now the czechs were looking to bounce back from that four one defeat to russia in the opening match and then made a blistering start goals from filter and box left people are put them up after just five minutes the greeks were able to reduce the deficit so one goal less than ten minutes after restart however that's all the team could do as they now move bottom of group a and the czechs are now runners up. and moving on to basketball and the n.b.a. finals where western champions oklahoma got off to a great start in the deciding best of seven series against miami kevin durant's was instrumental for the funds are raking in thirty six points is teammates a russell was group added another twenty five to help the home side so a one zero five ninety four victory that he's points leader le bron james scored thirty two takes place on thursday in oklahoma. the grass court said his season gets under way this week with the queen's championship in london britain's andy

murray is looking for his third victory in four years the reigning champion begins the defense of the against frenchman nicholas my you on wednesday a persistent back injury caused the twenty five year old problems at the french open recently the scot was eventually beaten in the quarterfinals but says he is fighting fit and head of the grass court season. well in a couple of weeks ago there was a pretty good the last few nights that played at the french open and. of this it didn't want to. manage to get a couple of days off which for three or four weeks which i really needed for my back and felt much better a couple of good prices on the grass and the cell phone. and staying with tennis the old legends exhibit in right here in moscow has been abruptly halted at serie a heavy thunderstorm spoil the party russian tennis legends get getting caught in

a call from out stuck in athens get an idea many things up to play european stars goran ivanisevic should martin i mean his and months old bar on me and it started off well with men's doubles coffee to go up and soften versus the money savage and dharavi beginning on there the scorching sun for players even enjoyed a bit of some fullerene on the court to the delight of the crowd but just after the russians were running out sixty two winners the skies opened up and put an end to the entire show a real shame. now russia's top athletes have been vying for gold at the second annual moscow challenge stardom and they have vents also attracted a number of athletes from twenty countries in what many thought would be a good precursor to the upcoming olympics michael has this story. russia's athletes have a number of sporting competitions. forward to one of them being the annual moscow challenge a religiously new tournament which has been boosted by being clued in the twenty

twelve international association of athletics federations world challenge competitions there are sixteen official events on the program ranging from pole vault and short puts to various sprint events and despite attracting around eighty athletes from twenty countries many events at this year's most challenge would dominated by russians. both the women's four hundred and eight hundred meter sprint showcased only russian athletes in the four hundred meters not out in the beat out of fellow compact should still win first place the four by four hundred meter sprint x. but was happy to have finally won after a lengthy medal drought but stressed that it was too early to focus on the olympics less. our event is so tough and we have so many strong goals that you kind of think so far ahead we have his her include the russian championships in order to relax and because didn't political incident olympics you need to run on the forty nine seconds otherwise it's too too tight to call. in contrast current world champion

maria savin of a made light work over eight hundred meter victory and said despite all the upcoming events she already has one eye on the olympics. yes of course i'm looking to the olympics because i won't be participating at the european championships and i still don't know if i'll be at the russian championships if i do it will only be in preparation for the summer games now the moscow challenge is not only a dress rehearsal for the russian national team ahead of the london olympics it's also a first rehearsal for the organizers of the twenty third team in athletics will championship which will be held here in moscow at the luzhniki sport palace for us it's very important event today because the state of the game and the poor will change for next year in moscow just of all of course is that is the goal for uplift because it's the sorry and. sorry in a football of course very often but not for of late except speedy but it's true that you and secondly it's for job just for job just for next championships also

because it's a huge area and i a lot of space and we must organize is the best way for welsh and she's but in any case it's what we call but nations also the most challenges status has been enhanced by its inclusion in the i.a.f. will challenge and although it's the second last event of its type. prior to their lympics there's still the specter of the european championships at the end of june and the russian national championships at the start of july meaning there's still a long way to go before the athletes site like i'm going to be lowering. my. most of. the second golfing major on the calendar takes place this weekend the u.s. open getting underway at the olympic club in san francisco on thursday it's an intriguing prospect in store with the world's top players having all shown form heading into the tournaments fourteen time major winner tiger woods recently

winning the memorial tournament for a fifth while defending champion rory mcilroy was in contention until the final few holes at the st jude classic last weekend's leveler could be the fact that the course isn't used on the p.g.a. tour meaning none of the world's finest will be familiar with a narrow tree lined fairways punishing rough and small greens but fair was tight if you drop the ball if you fade the ball to a little bit wider. to mayberry shifted. if you hit into the rough it can happen that you can get a home into it and if you are in the rough it's very difficult to stop the ball on those small greens so it's tough it's a challenge but you know this is what it is what you know when you're coming is going to be one of the most difficult weeks. and i'll be back with another update less than a couple of hours from now bots are you tube channel is available to you at any time just look for our sport news and i'll see you very soon.

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syria. the big u.n. assessment resurgent rebels take the fight. to get put on the way to salvage the anon's peace. noticeable call for hospitality talking of russian supporters ahead of the euro twenty twelve. hundred thirty homes arrested. this crackdown on whistleblowers bukhari bowles legislation which could make it harder riskier to expose. brokers thing live from moscow this is r.t. i'm kerry johnston. syria has plunged into

a full scale civil war so says the head of the un peacekeeping operation that he added that fighting had reached a previously unseen ferocity as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the rebels who had withdrawn from the internationally backed cease fire point now has more on developments at the u.n. the u.n. peacekeeping chiefs are a lot too who recently made those comments saying that the conflict in syria is now a civil war he is the first you want to fishel to have made that type of declaration following the fifteen months of violence taking place and ask leading in syria now of course his words can carry a lot of political weight inside of the security council where the u.s. and its western allies are pushing for sanctions against the assad government now this is been a campaign ongoing for months now the u.s. pretty much leaving it trying to get to russia.