please. please. please. so wed next to syria there are all those that say that a foreign military intervention in the country is far from a foregone conclusion and i'm joined by one of those people right now professor

going to math from the university of mind thank you very much for speaking to me. so what options are still available in syria first of all military intervention in syria is a nonstarter right from the beginning because this would be based on the international norm of responsibility to protect and this needs the approval of the united security council and it it's obviously in that neither china nor russia will give approval they would definitely make a veto is there still a role for the arab league to play the arab league is one of the main actors in the region especially saudi arabia and also. both of them tremendously supporting the rebels it is in the interest especially of saudi arabia

that the a wide government in syria is ousted it so definitely as a main route actor saudi arabia and the majority of the arab league they play an important role for the future of for the future settlement why should saudi arabia want the alawite south stood well it's the basic. in rivalry between the conservative sonny monarchy in saudi arabia and the shiite government in iran so. if. a white house that in syria it would mean that the shiite xs from iran via the shiites in iraq syria to be shiite hizbullah in southern lebanon this axis

will be destroyed which means also that this would be a tremendous blow for the political influence of iran in the gulf region now you mention quite a few countries there is the risk of the crisis in syria spilling over into other countries but the conflict has spelled already in lebanon that there are quite a number of. tween. living in malta in lebanon in particular in tripoli and. sunni supporters of bashar al assad it. is also developing into a proxy war because saudi arabia massively supporting the sunny hariri clan in order to weaken the dominating

shiite hizbullah in lebanon so the situation in lebanon is very tense and. the chances that even another civil war will take place here chances. relatively high now kofi annan might have stepped down from his role as a peace mediator but is his six point plan still the best option for peace in syria . well i think it's the only option however right from the beginning especially the united states but also saudi arabia qatar they were against it and they really made it a nonstarter it's quite clear that brahim in the follow on often on is taking over this same plan and it's also obvious that russia

is still supporting the plan so if you really look for a peaceful settlement it would be the only chance but as long as saudi arabia is turkey a united states u.k. france as long as they demand first the toppling of a sound there's no chance that this plan can actually put be put into reality in your opinion how accurate is the news coverage of what's been going on in syria being. well. like in every war there is propaganda from the from both sides for quite a long time it was mainly the information from the opposition which was reported in the mainstream media in the west. information. from the south side was neglected and discarded as provide on the however

recently during the last few months it has turned out especially and that the atrocities the message committed by. rebels have it is such a dimension that they can no longer be neglected so we see a great deal more objective reporting on the situation down with quite a number of journalists in the country both on the side of the rebels as well as on the side of the government our spring type uprising still a risk to leaders in the gulf states they are definitely tremendous threats for all governments in. countries there are three tarion rulers mainly based on one family the greatest threat of

course. in the case of saudi arabia because we have a strong gap between rich and poor a higher rate of unemployment so there's quite a lot of the satisfaction with the saudi government so the saudi government has to do everything it can in order to secure its survival so saudi arabia is still very much at risk from. demonstrators saudi arabia is definitely the country which has to feel the strongest opposition and this was also the reason why the saudi government tried to quell any opposition by extremely generous projects for housing. employment for support financial support of its population however it still the question is whether this will be sufficient to secure the monarchy in

the long run switching focus now to the ongoing dispute between iran and israel do you think that we could see an attack by israel in the very near future it's pretty unlikely first of all there's a mess of objection from the american side so if israel were to take this really would be a blow for the relations between israel and the united states obama cannot afford during the presidential campaign actually to enter into a new war another point is that all generals all major. responsible people for the security of israel have to clear out and that an attack from israel against iran would be disastrous in addition to this we have to see that there's

a tremendous threat and that be allies of iran especially and they're well hizbollah will attack israel this could be a devastating effect on israel and another very important impact would be in that oil prices would increase dramatically and this would be a tremendous blow for the whole economy of the. not so there are too many objects and it's against the israeli plans to attack iran but surely if israel attacks iran before the us general election a bomb has to support them doesn't this is just what the american government doesn't want to do it all because obama has won in the last election mainly because he had promised we will bring bring back our boys

from iraq from afghanistan and he had promised not to start any other involvement in the region so it would be extremely unpopular and also increasing oil prices would be a major problem during an election campaign so would you suggest that the stretch from netanyahu are just saber rattling it's a kind of save arising but it could also be just a brew off in order to get more than just the promise from the united states that. in the american troops will support any attack on. iran by israel how important is the role of russia in the middle eastern region the role which china and russia are playing is very

important from the western point of view they are blocking any attempts to topple the syrian government through the veto in the un security council from the russian point of view they have been. for for decades the most important allies of syria and they have a naval base in in twos the only one in the middle. taurine and they have excellent economic relations and they are the main supplier of sophistic weapons. to syria and these points these circumstances it's quite obvious that. russia would do all it can to support the syrian government professor thank you very much for speaking to me your work on.

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care services with a number of its unfortunate flu was coming to light and leaving some patients in shock. those are the headlines for you right now remind us here next with the latest action from the world of sports. hello and welcome to this is sport an artsy with me rim on costs for event here is what's coming up. the mark sparks in the secure their first points of this season's champions league campaign beating been in game with three. summit ballons maria sharapova starts w t a championship with a victory against iran needs are getting the women's rankings. battered and bruised discover how mountain bikers get their kicks in russia. and

let's get going with football where spartak moscow have injected life into their champions league season the red and white so winning their first game in three attempts at the expense of been a sense of their a delusion here reno sports are getting the best possible start after just three minutes from failed carioca netting for one mill when faecal would now have an equaliser after the half hour mark boldly mother score though the decisive strike was to go the hosts way george will's own goal of making it through once the sport's off and that's how it would end the muscovites now climb above been to third place in group g. . now the leaders in that group g. barcelona have managed to maintain their spots of the summit following a whole mystery over celtic at the no camp the hoops open first though thanks to a header by greek international you or some of us but the home team equalized right before the break through undress and yes said before jordi alba finally sealed the win for boresight in the fourth minute of stoppage time to ensure the catalans one

hundred percent record. you now see in the end if you don't persist until the end you don't win the game playing up in their area the way we did had risks because they're very strong and powerful in their own area they could have scored a second goal we know it but if you don't persist until the last moment you know you don't get to win games like this one everyone says almost a fantastic going to the new camp a lot with your ground level and you haven't worked against a team as good as at the. reprieve. skinny moves and really just thirty seconds more just to see it through but they can take a lot from the game. but you just never come to know. and here are the rest of susie's champions league results in group each shocks are the net scored one more than champions chelsea for the win while you ventouse and have seen nor salon's could not determine the winner same score won all between the remaining inclusion

and goal of the serai in group h. while man united made it three wins from three at home against braga the loss of their home clash against byer munich and their group effort bolton selenski are coming back from better roots with three points and just as many goals. the champions league action continues on wednesday with another tough test for the russian champions zinny to our hosting elects and need nothing less than a victory to stay in the contest for the playoffs stage in the latest champions league outing the russian side had a clash against me land and it didn't turn out right for them as the italian seal a dramatic three two victory at the petrovsky stadium while before a battle china's follett's his men suffered a painful three nil defeat from allah god so zero points midway through the group stage means that every mixed picture is going to be crucial for is a neat but the team's midfielder igor denisova is still excluded from the first team and will not be able to take in the match. and that's

a wrap up the football segment with the best the russian premier league had to offer in twelve it's goals galore enjoy.

other news and senate where maria sharapova has started the year ending championship in istanbul with a confident victory already iranians for. it sets there around robin servant featuring the world's top eight players competing in some groups with some french open on the substance going. white for a second seeded sharapova. and number one make room to clinch the opening set six three in her opponent failed to turn around the second to run it with a rubber ball used to broadcast the breaks sixty three sixty two the russian was the out of. one. and in the y. group second match of the day against her advance and petrarch beats of a did their bats over the czech not only claimed the last three corresponding fixtures but had also won twenty five straight matches on enjoy but her opponents

proved this it's six just useless the fourth seed claimed the first set six three and never looked back and the second once the broker opponents in the opening service game in retaining her advantage to snatch a six three six two win. elsewhere in the red group only one game has been played as u.s. open winner serena williams was taken on angelica of germany the first set was excited there with williams making a decisive break at the end six four after that resistance was crushed away and played mark fashion williams towered her way to the second set six one to capture it thanks for the win and though the american can not finish the season as world number one that side so in istanbul would be some worthy consolation. and finally last weekend saw extreme melanson bikers braved the elements on the outskirts of moscow for the porches and when c.

twelve events now it had its share of ups and it had its share of that owns as nicholai scholz now reports. for lovers of extreme mountain biking is the third place to be and for those of you that think that these guys are crazy you're probably right with the many things to do in moscow on a saturday night over sixty adrenaline junkies chose to tackle the beast challenging slope outskirts of the city with the aim of getting from the talk to the ball so as quickly as they could move that was the plan. it's not dangerous it's interesting this is a technical kind of sport which implies being able to control yourself and to handle your bike so this is not just about knowing how to ride a bike but about emotions you need to have yourself well in hand. that.

can. and. then there was a handful of riders could manage to keep themselves brought under control getting to the top of the trick even if they picked up a few bumps and bruises on the way surprisingly there was no serious injuries to report with some valiant souls it's him to conquer the slope until well after midnight. your story.

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