it wasn't a joke it goes on the problem anyway you know the way it's all is created anyways exclusivity interview the syrian president slams foreign backing for the rebels is the main cause for the escalating conflict in his country. targeting to run more crippling sanctions a plan for ran on top of the latest restrictions approved by barack obama in his first foreign policy decision following reelection. and the selective trip advice from tripoli libya is busy attracting tourists but visitors are being kept in the dark on tragedies like the violence. of bani walid.

hello and a very good evening she watching r.t. live from moscow it's ten pm local time here now in the top story tonight syria's president says the conflict in his country has escalated because western powers of hand picked him as their latest bogeyman in an exclusive interview with us at r t bush warned that any direct foreign intervention in syria would spark a global disaster. spoke to the embattled leader in his capital. that he is not a western puppet he also denies defunct that civil war is taking place in this country he's saying that it's not civil war it's a conflict where he has to five different fractions of terrorism he emphasized on the fact that the financing of this terrorist fractions was unprecedented and it was coming from abroad what he told me that if the sinuses were to stop then he would probably need about two weeks more to restore peace in his country and he

also said that if the west were to intervene militarily it would have a domino effect from atlantic to pacific and no one would be a gain from that and he also said that west tends to create enemies for themselves like communism iraq saddam hussein and he feels that bashar al assad in syria is the new enemy not syria but him himself so he feels that the fact that conflict has asked a later date is because the west has created a new anime in the space wasn't there wasn't a problem you know. it was. different reasons they want to create a new. program the president has to do first of all you have to focus on. what they say i asked him it's not just the west but a lot of countries have betrayed you on the first occasion why do you have so many so many enemies in the arab world he said well actually

a lot of arab countries support me but they're afraid to say it out loud i asked him why and he said because they're all under the strength and power of petrodollars i also asked him about turkey and if the war with turkey was a real possibility and he didn't he doesn't believe that there's going to be an actual war with tor here but he also emphasizing the fact that the turkish people are the enemies of syrian people and they're always been a friendly nation its. and his government that's the problem and that's against bashar and wants to all especially because god wants to reassure his and strengthen his political position in. and in the region personally think that you can use. money and you can throw as it was doing both when you pull you. differently. which is. not to be ready for but in his how do you think that if i ask him to regret anything what's your biggest mistake he says of course i have requests and of course i have made mistakes but when i ask him what is your biggest

mistake he wouldn't give me a precise answer he said it's too early to talk about precise mistakes and precise regrets because the word the called think is still going on i also asked him if he were to turn the clock back to fifteenth of march that's when the protests started to escalate would he do anything differently and he said no i wouldn't because within the marches within the protest marches there were people who started to shoot innocent civilians and the government forces so the government army had no other choice than to respond with force do what i did exactly the same for exactly the same just. different parties to form. and just turned against the group but i always thought if you didn't start. because you will lose most but will be in bill's most with. militants who thought that the civilians. at the same time so he said he wouldn't change much about a year and a half ago when the protests started to grow and escalate he would do exactly the same. so we. can probably see the full exclusive interview with syria's president

assad if you know called and ready today on air at ten thirty pm g.m.t. here is also available on the web site streaming with everyone to see it about. i'm serious. i mean if you have to even say you know the incident. did r.t. exclusive friday through sunday on r t r t dot com prominent syrian dissidents and exiled opposition figures a meeting in qatar meantime to try to forge a broader alliance against damascus the syrian national council which is the main umbrella group leading the talks but activist rim turkmani told us the external opposition's got no sway over the fight on the frontline i don't see he was critical of the for the syrian national council as a body but i'm not against many of the people who formed this county so yes it was

formed with lots of external support maybe external. but they don't matter a lot to it matter is the people inside syria people who are opposing the regime inside the country everybody is asking the opposition to come in one correlation and coalitions are always weak by nature and they fall apart in front of the tough challenges and we are in front of a very very tough crisis i can sit here in london and talk rationally about political solutions but if i have an eighteen year old who have seen his mother being killed or his house being demolished i can say that he has no excuse to use our army and i do also blame any external player who exploited those young people and put their arms in their hands and send them money and weapons and the. next story from libya so often described as many things libya is new but if you ever consider this a holiday hotspot it seems a lot of people do you think with the whale though there is of course one glaring omission among the excursions the siege ravaged city of bani walid the center of

reports on the travel agents hiding tragedy from the tourists. we're here at the world travel market a trade show you taking place in london or people can consulates their holiday inspiration or that scouts exotic spot for a honey way one country you probably wouldn't expect to see being touted as a tourist destination and that's libya the places where the tourist interesting the site is a political fight it's completely safe granted it's got to be safe more than even towns big towns like london new york but there's somewhere there's not mentioned in the guidebook bani walid a desert town this remain loyal to formally to colonel gadhafi it's just a few hours try southeast of the traditional tourist destination tripoli but it's a world away from the safe environment the two guides of pitching. the town's become the scene of some of the fiercest fighting since the libyan uprising last

year but despite reports of indiscriminate shelling and gas attacks on the local population at the hands of the libyan army there's been an almost total media blackout in the. r.t. ran the story for more than a fortnight before anyone else picked it up back in london and despite libya being showcased it seems that bani walid has once again being conveniently left out of the conversation when i saw this then it was a ghost with surprise and i came to to others of feedback of the situation at the moment in libya and if we have so many people there it means situations they could be coming most and we can think for next season to do something with libya and it's a wonderful country so we are. good about what's happening at the moment i knew you were lead do but do you mean what's happened was been happening there's been fighting do you know about that no we went to confront the tour operator i saw you

speaking some people eat telling them about what's been happening in banning waleed at the moment. this is a blog. it's coming for the future. there's a reason because it was deeply disturbing is that despite a growing body of evidence about crimes against civilians and increasingly vocal concerns from human rights organizations ek media and government remain resolutely silent they've got to sort of package this as a success it's very important for nato so we have the sort of speed of these countries have been liberated in inverted commas as great places to go great places to invest and the reality for the everyday person in these countries is a living hell really pick up one of the travel information then you'll be given reasons to visit libya and undoubtedly there are many there's a concerning silence here this in a case by the u.k. media a seeming refusal to talk about what's been happening in places like. the reality

is that the new government is struggling to control its militias and bridge the deep divides that remain in the country but none of that you're going to read about in the. surf artsy london. will be as government says that bani walid is recovering fast after armed militias left the city in virtual ruins but we spoke to a man whose family lived through the siege there he's asked us to shield his identity for his safety when he told us there is still no peace in body world lead . government of libya supporting the world with of militias that. attacking and killing innocent citizens in the city leave you these militias out of looking all supplies now rolling to the city or being bullied this included minutes in food. and other life in the sixty's they are destroying with guns and bullets and used chemical would be used to kill. of the

anybody this is against all the international laws this article name is a good use of humanity ad how you use and know of your photo and video. and this young fellow who into another to. be able. you didn't do their business and only give the united states was very. serious with bombs and guns into pretty darn good if it where they know now that al qaeda is running the government of libya and to rising believe in bieber. well back to our top story the syrian national council which is the main umbrella group of the insurgency is leading opposition conference in a cutter as we reported a bit earlier in the program that's now the talk to a prominent member of the sea dr radwan ziad is joining us on the line from thank you for taking the time to be an r.t. tonight it is appreciated you and your colleagues have been unable to unite the

opposition over the past nineteen months of conflict and tens of thousands of people have been killed in time how do you explain the lack of progress on your end to helping the syrian people. not the opposition as you know our kids they do have wanting the new find. has to go now. but the division within their house could go at any cost this huge human cost of course. many thing and war crimes and this is why he's responsible should be harmed accountable in front of the international committee of the international courts but unfortunately because of the national solution and the chinese most important asset of the security council. for the times that's a protected and this is why the asset enjoy enjoyed that russian support

quintin you keating's going to lactating this year and we will leave already but is it not true is it is it not the case there is also blame the similar things and encourage the other side as well we've seen we've all witnessed a lot of videos posted online portraying atrocities allegedly committed by the free syrian army torture executions of prisoners what's your organization doing to rein in the rebels that. basically we count down our humorous very lesions even down to the committed by the. sick can be sure that there are as there is no central command for the f.s.a. for the free syrian army this is why we don't know exactly the. sort of numerous violations committed by individuals. and a.d.m. members of the fifty or just armed groups or maybe i should be of me here supported by the acid that he should add to the crimes committed by the acid that he is

widespread and systematic but still the human eye was very ill asians by by the free syrian army is limited but but even doubts we condemn we see that this is a very alarming situation and we train them and we ask them actually to respect or their right of that we're going to prisoners they said we will not accept this you know if you chaired any kind of morons radiations so you're basically saying that you don't really have control over a lot of these people and the rebels appear to be openly running a campaign of intimidation targeting assad supporters that have already as you know so been a number of high profile murders including the murder of famous syrian actor what are you going to do to achieve control better in the very near future than we cannot see that we don't have any any any contact or we do have but still right it's. but it's still but still very difficult because because if we can please

security that is using that i shan't find every day every day because. hundreds of syrian through and through the discriminant shooting and this is why me morris if you have more difficulty. for the security because we do have an arson worth of c.m. anybody in the area and if you need to go they are going to bomb the. center i said at the video that easy to target by the archer and fire guns yes and this is why it important that i now. to go for it to provide to free syrian army. men that what is in such. fire going to so is it wishful thinking to think that you are going to be able to win over all of these rebel groups some of them still refuse to recognize the authority of your national council what are going to do to try to win them over to your side. it's meet some time of course to extend your

product to extend their center laughter at the. losing it they say and does not see that he should have been and gone to see it and before and now we called in our initiative to hardaker in france inside syria with three hundred members to elect a new government that a government in exile such a government will be responsible in extending its integrity are over of the country . and of course leadership the minds of the asset that is the more grass. basically and this is the responsibility of the international community should be for such government and it should all. said that if you can talk to what are you going to do some of the people that have the part of these rebel groups al-qaeda linked. for example are active in syria we know that their military strength is growing it appears according to u.s. officials do you view these groups as a rival force or you some have counted on their support we do have concern as you

have going soon and the international community has this same concern because we don't know exactly what's in the future but we all know that this side effect of the asset mafia now. is the asset they seem. we have to and we have to eliminate gas said dynasty then after that after we can manage on that front ok that's the ground as you see it but the question just just mostly to get around to answering it are you winning or losing the battle do you expect the armed rebels to hand over power to you any time soon if they manage to topple the syrian government. three seed an army it's made by they see it and people who are defected from the asset that he because they refused to are been the instructions that have been fired on this sheet and the border and this is billions and those they do on their free syrian

army this is why they are bark off of our group and as we have to work together and we have to coordinate such a center and i study in the end it is the areas in my own board and of course. you are extending your current role. on these different groups talk to your thoughts about the atom says from the u.s. last week the us no so your organization has failed to do its job and needs to make way for a broader opposition body now to feel in a way betrayed by washington. first we not get our legitimacy from russian foreign or from russia most of the budget was in it but we got our relation to miss you from the syrian people who. are national council. and i i think it's more importantly this is their it to misstate by their.

because that's give the asset very green light to continue their getting. the international community and the legitimacy of the people they said now no no more longer we will work with them on act least they said we will work with without article i think it's more important now to get for the friends of syria. moral line. and then he said he means that they see their national council talk to. dr barrett sorry sorry i'm going through these questions with a limited amount of time as a quota but i want to ask you so i do appreciate your patience. bearing in mind what you just said that when you start of the when washington said your council needs to be closer to the fight it appeared that you moved your headquarters to syria when the us said you need a broader coalition at a page called the meeting in qatar that meeting is happening now is this all coincidence or is it washington calling the shots despite what you said just now.

you know we we have. a new leadership represent all that. we added are more women and more of we and our whited with all of them you know to do stand guard. santis morning and include different a little different sex inside syria but of course when you do have election your crowd control there is out as hamlet in money and. with too many many democrats it's more important as we because we have a democratic values we do have more and values and this is why there is are. can i ask you a good question so what is your what is the price you're willing to to cede paid to topple assad how far are you willing to go this is actually go on each cd an inside syria they know the exact course. if their assets to remain in power to be more and

more and of course will be to end from gas so that he will be less this is why everyone is sitting in the to fight everyone it's really to do whatever. thank you very much for being a programmer so we do appreciate your thoughts and i live from qatar there dr radwan a member of the syrian national council the s.n.c. just huge. this is out now he's back in the oval office of course no ready he's got his eyes approval talking of course setting them up a military contingent in poland and planning a not bunch of sanctions against iran just three days off his reelection reporting on that after the break.

recently protests and demonstrations of any kind were banned until further notice and buck rein a curfew as in you can't go out of your home when the government doesn't want you to has already been in effect in the country since two thousand and eleven many of the protests which are now totally forbidden were related to members of the public demanding the release of political prisoners four people were also recently arrested for insulting the king over twitter while a middle eastern country that has totally shut down any form of protest and hunts you down if you tweet about the leadership so it's pretty undemocratic to me i think nato is already fueling up ready to take action some freedom into warmer right not really if nato really cared about spreading democracy you'd think they'd be more consistent with their targets but that's just my opinion.

the issue is that so much as i can which of course he's right on it is a view from the moment when a decisive victory returning him to the white house for another four years what accounts for this victory was it a well run campaign and changed. the british. market . really happening to the global economy.

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three. just beginning he's already been making bold steps. the u.s. has sent an air force to touch his warplanes in poland which should press washington for security guarantee against his perceived threat from russia and also u.s. . preparing the. sanctions against iran targeting its foreign business transactions that's on top of the latest rounds of restrictions imposed by barak. is reelected to the white house so strange avoiding them between america and iran after the pentagon revealed the jet u.s. drone flying off the runs coast last week. president obama's first moves after he won reelection have pretty much indicated that in the next four years he will aggressively pursue the idea of the u.s. being the world police ministration is impose financial sanctions against the

iranian officials will the u.s. blames for jamming satellite broadcast and blocking internet access any ran that comes on top of a whole bunch of other sanctions that had been put in place by the u.s. which proved to be crippling for the iranian economy and the population there is suffering a great deal because of that while campaigning president obama indicated that he didn't want to go to war with iran but that he would continue the sanctions policy and that's what he's doing we heard reports that the obama administration might engage in direct talks with iran at some point but there has been no confirmation that. threatens to attack iran and the u.s. appears to be stopping them some argue that he was might be playing a good cop bad cop diplomatic game there anyway the administration's strategy appears to be to make iran so desperate that they would agree to anything but sanctioning iran was probably not president obama's very first move after winning this election government officials here say the said on wednesday a u.s.

drone strike targeted a group of al qaida militants in yemen and the president had to authorize that and possibly he did that within hours after his reelection the use of drones has been highly controversial it's quite clear not everybody by those drones are terrorists and the administration so far has been far from transparent on how they pick the targets and basically authorize executions overseas the u.n. has raised concerns about the legality of such executions there has been a lot of criticism especially. after numerous reports of civilian deaths in the meantime this administration is set to rely on drones more and more another drone related story this week the pentagon said the reigning military had fired upon but they've not hit a u.s. drone flying close to iran the pentagon claimed the drone was there on a surveillance mission so looking at some of president obama's first moves after reelection one could say he takes the idea of america being the world police very

seriously but the question is who's going to hold that world police itself accountable. and you can suppose really having america's move to set up the military contingent on its soil for this development and of course in iran let's talk to dr jerrold whole he's the vatican author of the story is on the line from new york thank you being with us tonight and with this new u.s. air base in poland more to run sanctions have been talking about on the way what do you make of barak obama's first global moves as his new term kicks in well i think it's very unfortunate perhaps even more unfortunate which went on mentioned in the previous report is that he will be leaving in a few days for burma myanmar on his weight also the title and cambodia you may know to the east or the neighbors of the people's republic of china and it's clear that united states is pivoting towards asia recalled the base that was established in northern australia some months ago so this is all very ominous and very dangerous

particularly in light of the moves in poland which obviously brings into question the reset with moscow which had been tell it so heavily by administration spokes persons but if i were in berlin i would also be concerned because there is rising competition particularly in europe between berlin and washington so well reaction you say we're going to get from moscow and how's it going to complicate things with relations between the u.s. poland poland russia. the whole circle. it will. be very much concerned right now russia is a very powerful neighbor it has many allies across the globe it's a military power as well as an economic power in that part of the world and quite frankly doesn't make that much sense for warsaw to come its nose at such a powerful neighbor and i would hope and imagine that there would be a reconsideration of their foreign policy sooner rather than later. he will see that.