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air. force for himself a north american nation side live in the diplomatic row. in the meantime as promised it's an in-depth interview and talks to the head of a belgium based syrian friendship association chris johnson the main theme regional tension in the middle east and why the current conflict in syria is now at the center of it. today we're joined by christiane sen he's an analyst specializing in the middle east particularly syria renia relations and he also founded the assyrian a friendship association here in belgium about four years ago thanks very much obvious for us for joining us today the first question i'd like to ask you establish the basis of your opinion you established this is so c.h.m. syrian friendship does that mean you are considered pro assad as you have been

portrayed in the belgian media i'm considering me as pro syria pro syrian people i'm convinced that the only way to get out of this crisis out of this bloodshed is by following the path of free forum not the ball to offer firelands so if i say i'm ready for him i don't see i'm pro sets. but if you look to the reality in the city and go from the men's who also is willing to follow this path or forum and you've written and said that the armed uprising in syria has been supported or started from be outside but do you also acknowledge the fact that the syrians from inside want change and what is the basis of your analysis on this i do believe is that the violence what we are seeing you know this has nothing to do with the forum this has to do with destroying the people. i'm also convinced. i have a lot of testimonies from from people in syria that

a lot of. what they call the rebels members of the syrian free army it's a matter of fact they are foreigners i mean this is not a forum in syrians who are not interested in this is syrian people out of very. peaceful peaceful people and they managed to live together for for centuries since . we don't have any problem. so the violence we're seeing no it's not a syrian products i went to daraa. which. which was the bit the year before where the trouble started. also that it's near to the jordanian border it's not a coincidence that the trouble started at the border there. at the border town because this underlines once again the influence from abroad i mean. if

you're in the situation in syria what's really. a syrian. or a city and problem. trouble would have started from. our homes a lot of. outside forces and governments are interested in the to destroy syria why because you have to remember the city has a very strategic position in the area in the middle east in the region i think the main targets as a matter of fact is. that because iran is such a powerhouse in the region it's so strong. they know that to take out iran first they have to take out syria and i'm quite convinced if they would succeed to destroy syria the next order to get will be hezbollah in lebanon i wonder if these two allies are taken out. they will concentrate one hundred percent on the the who

are you referring to when you say they i mean to my opinion the united states and our allies because of their strategic interests in that region. also do. a lot of people talk about oil but you have to know syria it's not rich in oil they have some oil but it's not rich but of course the real oil is in saudi arabia and syria can be a transit country. you also have to know that or huge gas reserves in the former soviet union i mean the central asian states of the former soviet union so they're for huge gas reserves and i think you have to see it in this context how do you confirm the identity of the rebel fighters as you claim that they are coming from the outside they're foreigners how do we have proof of that because they found a lot of. proof of this like. when people die

in homes are now we now live they find identity cards passports of foreign people. they capture people with a foreign accent you really are from mercenaries or doing it for the money but you also have no out which is active in syria because they hope to be find a new you know a new base to establish a new base over there let's just briefly look at turkey's role in all of this historically turkey and syria have had good relations what is the interest in turkey being rather aggressive now against syria what is the what lies in it for them to see unrest in syria as a matter of fact we're already seeing this because at this moment. region in syria or the people in accordance region in syria they already got

a lot of. government from the government in damascus and of course turkey is not happy with this evolution this change of mind why are they so. anti syria and no i think there are different theories is can be true would that be still have this. dream aspirations to make of turkey again a. powerhouse which it once once was in the region. during the ottoman era. another factor is that. the factor of the muslim brotherhood they are not really anti western because of the. origin of the muslim brotherhood. they already what we call rick and. so they are interested in free trade with europe with the united states

with the western world i mean we see now in egypt the muslim brotherhood we know with that turkish government also the president is. also pro muslim brotherhood and maybe they are hoping to establish a new government in syria also pro muslim brotherhoods for economical economical reasons and also political reasons of course because you cannot really split this and you said that the ultimate target in this geopolitical story is iran what is and this is not the first time that this opinion has been voiced or what is your analysis on this where iran is concerned it's fairly clear to me not only to me to a lot of people that the birth process is to destroy the iranian regime in the binion of the west through and warlords it's a hostile regime hostile to the. western world i don't

think this is true because i feel stupid also many times to run and i can assure you that the ukrainian government is a very rational government they read and government always say to nuclear program. is a civilian program. while in the west they say no. birth person is to get an automatic bomb or a nuclear weapon and then they told me why should we need to not be a weapon i mean even if we manage to make one appear a weapon. there is a difference between having a nuclear weapon and to be capable to deliver it so there is a big technical step between these two cases and they see even if we have one nuclear weapon and they think we're going to use it's. the american government and their allies there will be almost to the middle ages so they have no interest in

going to being destroyed it's so they are much more rational than most people here in the west think now all the opinions you voiced today it's contrary to the general narrative that we find in a lot of the press lot of the analysis here in belgium or in western europe how is your work and your opinions received in this part of the world unfortunately. most people. here in belgium but i can also. see maybe a broader picture of the western world to your dope in the united states. they're not really aware they don't know we really did see the way sion in the middle east what they know about it it's based on cliche is you know like a very black white picture you know the good guys in the bad guys and even amazed that a lot of people don't even realize. she goes through at the chicken location of it and for them it's somewhere over there in the middle east and the same with syria

i mean a lot of people don't know that's the origin of the bathtub or city it was socially sporty a lot of people say ok the president bashar al assad and his family they are we course and this can be true but this is not. how can i say this is not the main factor in syrian politics the main factor is the origin of the baath party the socialist party where all religions lived together and city as one of the few. maybe the only country in the middle east where you have all these denominations christian but also get all the christian orthodox christian because of the matter and need. living together for hundreds of your very peacefully. but most people here and dump realize this chris answer thanks very much for your time it was a pleasure. to

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we. the story is that shapes and this week western nations are inching closer to military interference in the syrian conflict with plans to set up a no fly zone and threats to authorize a strike on the country. to reach a mass killer and his grave because declared saint gets twenty one years in jail and islamic agenda serves as an inspiration for even more radical groups. a scandal that unites muslims and jews in anger after german rabbi was charged for performing a circumcision despite a recent controversial put on the practice. written with its threat to go into the ecuadoran embassy in a restaurant in the song by force after a block of south and north american nations side with tito in the diplomatic route . coming up with a news team with one of stories for in half an hour and should send fifteen minutes

from now in the meantime sport is next with kate. hello welcome to the sports and here are the headlines looking up to sky go forth with a three nil win over clearly as the very top samuel eto lake grace helps beat the kids all day in the russian premier league. while all those even champions manchester city twice come from behind to draw two two at liverpool drop snow again finished goalless out stoke in the top flight. and check might produce the edges motor g.p. lead full day lorenzo to win his second straight probably pretty narrow the gap to the top. but first to football and take up to full softer trancing creosote off three nil in the russian premier league alexander sound of what the home side ahead

catching clearly a goalkeeper but then put away as the long range after only six minutes then added a second just before the interval and then say good for providing for this one. and with the five minutes left after made the rocky to move latched onto a mark on top of it's across to that his first goal of the season so the army men wrapped up their third win in a row to go forth with just a point now separate from the top five slipped to eleven. and in the late game samuel actually are scored a lazy braces angie went six with a pull to win at home to promoted more tovia. mounted an impressive fight back to rally from two goals down to draw two two at home to cross that off all the goals coming in the first off that is fine though it left much to be desired as you would know says yeah a bad day for a swede in five minutes to get the distance and apparently comfortable me. the

media striker has now scored six goals. as in as many matches then the key to restock he pulled one back. to a. level of matters and two to do with how it stayed. while on saturday twice former champions rubin came from behind to win two on it is the need to inflict a first defeat of the season on the defending champions watched on by russian manager fabio capello that defies didn't put the home side ahead not in a beast of costly twenty five minutes but seven minutes after the break alexander has done so it was filed in the area for the visitors the press not sure level from the penalty spot for the israelis six goal in as many games and on the hour the man at the helm and cat netted from long range what proved to be beings without wrapping up the perfect present for coach got up and video of who turned sixty on saturday. and that's a defeat for the chanos black his men meant to win for

a spot i could inform direct and see they must their side go top and they took me to argentina and every time i'm inside out from the corner after sixty seven minutes. with ten minutes to go igor never drank a level four to write this wonderful. right to speak to us and the camp was once again left in stoppage time brazilian defender antonio forrest snatched the winner i resigned and we won that being up there so did winning all games to me for a spot act and though i never point it suits us while over in england carlos tevez capitalized on a defensive howler to help champions manchester city it's not a late two two draw in a stroller at liverpool to deny brendan rodgers a first victory as red manager the reds let through martin head after thirty four minutes but city levels just after the hour when ya touré pounced on the defensive mistake then the home side immediately regained the leave thanks to lewis white's

free kick but with ten minutes to go. intercepted all that passed to ensure it finished two two while early austral failed to score for the second straight league game off the selling top scorer robin van persie to manchester united as they drew near minutes stoke which followed last week's goalless open up against sunderland. defensively and as long as we didn't score nor you know they were happy was a point you could see about. and. easy to point. to do or. i would. just go. on. but it's maybe a good point because it's different for everybody to. tennis now and patrick fits about has clinched her second title this month by beating maria kirilenko in a hard fought battle to win the new haven open in the final warm up the last grand slam of the season the us open last year's wimbledon champion was pushed hard by

the russian with each player dropping a serve three times in the first. two to eleven in the toy break for an ankle then went a break up in the second but critics fought back to try the seven six seven five adding to the montreal title she won as you know against your lanka has risen to a career high twelfth in the world rankings while critical is seeded fifth that the u.s. open and started following the first song. while roger federer spearheads the men's half of the draw at the world number one is the man to catch after beating reigning u.s. open champion now about djokovic in the final at the cincinnati masters last week and the swiss says he called thanks to kick start his quest for a record six title at flushing meadows the thirty one year old winning streak between two thousand and four and two thousand and eight to be a smart choice be held by jimmy connors and pete sampras etc by that formal much. time there's no doubt about that however this to me. you know what i.

teenagers are those times are. just. around to reach my goal for the coming world i want to. get a good amount of switzerland so it's been incredible i do have this one for me this year where you want to do well. if you want to be returning here is what i want to . super size now as a measure g.p. where danny pearl drives the edge standings radio wholegrain or enzo to clinch his second straight victory at the czechs prix the runs i have started from pole ahead of pedrosa and it was a tight jewel between the two throughout the race and bono bazza pedrosa crept ahead on the final corner to eventually win by less than two seconds. came in search to give britain that podium finish in twelve years while pedrosa cut the gap to fellows find it lorenzo to just thirteen points at the top of the standings with six races to go champion casey stoner remains in third spot despite missing

a check from three because if. he did i do it is a brace and we were. into the corner but i could get my line in and win this race so it was it was amazing and i'm just just so hot. and meanwhile in cycling laws armstrong says he's unfazed by his latest career threatening scandal the texan came second in a mountain race in colorado just hours after being stripped of his seven tour de france titles the american anti doping agency also banned him some life after the forty year old refused to continue his legal battle over doping allegations but on strong says he has more important things to keep him busy. so i don't have anything we're going to. buy great kids i've got a great lady in my life for your wonderful foundation it's going to be unaffected right i mean. you know always out there and we're going to continue to do our job.

and finally there's only one boat in the world which sails under the european. he hasn't. unbeaten since its launch in two thousand and ten however its latest victory in the pal and the two monte carlo regatta was probably the hardest. explains. this boat is a says the best europe has still for the most advanced and probably the fastest moxy yacht with a motivational dream team on board all together as well and promoting the idea of european unity as a mature has never tasted defeat since it first took to the water into and to tell smashing records as a mother of fourteen alone june the fourteenth at the draw up these amid bid the previous record by over three hours with experts calling it the best ever selling performance in the move to rainey and. now the brilliant blend of europeans has

gained some russian flavor with gates making his debut these images in the palermo two multi-cultural race over the last weekend but it's the latter assume it's a great honor for me to be russia's representative on such an outstanding boat shoulder to shoulder with the likes of yacc and schumann and one viola who are sailing screen with a crop this is a great chance for all of us to bring our skills together and reach the top in cheshire. the first race for the russian was expected to be a real challenge for the health team as the weather conditions was far from perfect and for she will expect hard light breeze when the big question will be going west of sitting across all going on these are going to the middle so there are a lot of strategic options and obviously following the weather reports the race proved to be one of the harris tests these i'm a team had ever had escaping out of debt combs. tried a brand new route me at the tail and killed. which gave the yacht the lead in the

dying minutes just twenty miles from the finishing. carla. hall was a long one when you would really not recall it but actually trust for cost to go along italian coast and it made a very early decision to split to the right and then we realized soon on the troika that nobody else got the same plan the risky tactic proved to be the best with teams victorious records remaining intact and in the meantime is immature all parties once again challenging the elements on the course between the knuckle and for the chair will near certainty near. the team of outstanding european space time going all out to be in the record set in two thousand and three. but for the party . and that's all. i have.

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