why are they going to theory on the ground windy city doing diplomatic negotiations with the syrian government they've asked them to come in and do the inspections even before you know and i don't understand really what's going on all i can say that it's very unfortunate not just for the people of syria but for the american people here who are just left torn apart not understanding what's really going on from u.s. presidential candidate soraya fast thank you for coming on r.t. and sharing your thoughts with us we appreciate it we're also going to be keeping you up to speed on the demonstrations in the syrian capital there is probably about forty or fifty people there seem to have gathered. waving syrian and russian flags there in protest at the strikes that struck that country about four or five hours ago now we're showing you live pictures on your screen at the moment as well as i said we will be keeping you up to speed on those protests as they continue to grow or shrink or whatever happens there in the capital. the u.s.

has launched strikes alongside its european allies the u.k. and france this evening i have authorized british armed forces to conduct coordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and deter a use we cannot tolerate the commonplace use of chemical weapons which pose an immediate danger to the syrian people and to our collective security british and french fighter jets could be seen taking off and landing from their bases in the region and france stressed it would not allow an escalation and britain's prime minister gave a green light to the u.s. led strikes without a vote in parliament opposition party leader jeremy corbyn earlier said an intervention would only complicate the current situation in syria. russia america the european union all the neighboring countries iran saudi arabia have got to be

involved in the show you know is a real cease fire and the political process that does keep hopes of people who say the future of your bombing you're killing more war will not save lives we'll just take your lives spawn the war elsewhere i think military strikes in syria will help solve anything no i don't know this whole mess at the moment well i've been very anxious about considering any kind of next week essentially what would you actually achieve by i really disagree with military action against anything happening in this syria there's already enough fighting going on there as it is and there's a real danger of war escalating way beyond what we expect the scenario and the way to target them to send any sort of thing you know if you. push up you know it's a bedsit. intervention that outsetting i think we have that and five to two where these countries have these problems have the civil wars and we try to go in and fix

it but we had our civil war when the americans had their civil war nobody went and bomb us we got the side we have now they need to go through this on their own. for the man who led his own country into a war under questionable circumstances tony blair has way did over syria as well and it seems he still believes the military interventions are a good idea this would be action in support of of military intervention by the us if you don't respond to this too to the use of chemical weapons against civilians then obviously you know we're ignoring what the international community has said which is that this is unacceptable and those that use such measures methods should be held to account i gave the order for british forces to take part in military action in iraq this threat is real growing and of the entirely different nature to any conventional threat to our security that britain has faced before. the program

in the form that we thought it was did not exist in the way that we thought so i could apologize for that i could also apologized by the way for some of the mistakes in planning and certainly our mistake in that in our understanding of what would happen once you remove the regime. through all of this. express more sort of regret. and apology that you may never know. or can believe or just to remind you the iraq inquiry known as the chilcote report was published in two thousand and sixteen and uncovered mistakes in the u.k.'s sixty a long campaign in iraq and revealed there was no imminent threat to the u.k. from saddam hussein it also highlighted that blair's certainty iraq would start stockpiling weapons of mass destruction including chemical and biological agents

was unjustified marcus from meyer from germany's alternative for germany party told us why he thinks his country is not eager for military action against assad's government. i guess determined people against conflict are to continue to conflict in syria because you cannot explain the truman mother why for example german soldier is dying for american interests in syria we have no interest to continue this confrontation in syria i guess angle americal knows that they will continue to conflict in syria that would mean that a lot of reference she's would continue to come to term in the end. you know the people in sherman just suffer because of the situation it's not easy for us to handle it we're close to have social conflicts because of. some reaction to the strikes in syria coming from syria's neighboring countries from israel policy reports. it's still very early here in the region so we still waiting for the

initial official response as to come now we are hearing from israeli sources but these are named and they are not speaking on record but it is apparent that the u.s. officials informed his role of the timing of the attack here in israel it is still the sabbath so we are likely to get any kind of official response from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and till saturday evening but no doubt when that response comes it will be words of welcome this will be something that both the israeli government and many in the israeli public will be pleased to have heard happened now earlier in the week israel did reject comments from the russian foreign ministry who said that israel had quote worsened the situation in syria by carrying out alleged air strikes there earlier israel of course is concerned about the military expansion of iran's inside syria across its border so it is hoping that these kind of strikes will limit both the syrian government and also iran's

involvement but the very often the very opposite could happen and that is the concern in the region that this could lead to a greater conflict that will see iran and also russia being born in just yesterday the iranians threaten to turn tel aviv to dust and at the same time we heard in the rain an official saying to quote that they plan to expel the american occupiers we're still waiting for an official reaction to come from tehran so we'll be keeping bristow of the reactions we expect that they'll start coming in the next few hours as the region indeed wakes up to the latest developments the bombing raids on syria come before the international chemical watchdog start their probe into the alleged attack in duma last weekend o.p.c. w.x. due to arrive at the scene on saturday we requested a comment from the organization and we'll bring you that as soon as we get it. meanwhile washington says it's confident that the syrian government used chemical weapons against its own people according to a white house statement their confidence in that is based not on intelligence but

on media and geo reports this conclusion is based on descriptions of the attack in multiple media sources the reported symptoms experienced by victims videos and images showing to assess to barrel bombs from the attack and reliable information indicating coordination between syrian military officials before the attack well russia's defense ministry has released a video in which witnesses to the aftermath of an alleged chemical attack in syria's duma say there was no indication that those rushed to the hospital had been exposed to a chemical agent and if it is thought of my name is. a medical student it was for them i work in the e.r. department of duma central hospital on april eighth a building in the city was bombed the upper floors were destroyed and the bottom floors caught fire at the thought of all the injured from that building were brought to our hospital. that the residents from the upper floors were suffering

from smoke inhalation and that is what we treated them for based on the symptoms they exhibited this is a bit of a dominating headlines over the past few days that incident in duma whatever took place is attracted very different versions of events from the russian side the syrian side and the u.s. u.k. and france something did happen in do all the seventh of april with the western nations on the white helmets group on the ground in syria claiming it was a chemical attack by the damascus government on civilians killing and injuring dozens the russian side the mask is saying this was a setup now today we've got that evidence allegedly from the russian modi saying they have identified an individual in the video you can see just being played bad that video was used as part of the evidence by the white helmets and western nations to prove that there was a chemical attack in duma as those rebels and civilians were being evacuated you can see the man highlighted the witness there on the video just for our viewers

they claim they've identified him subsequently asked of exactly what happened in that incident on the seventh of april in dubai let's take a listen to what exactly had to say about what took place in the hospital after that time. during treatment some person came in i don't know who that was and said that it was a chemical attack. when the. people got scared a fight broke out. relatives of the victims started pouring water on one another. then others began to give inhalers for asthma the children. even though these people were not medical professionals we did not see any patients exhibiting symptoms of chemical poisoning. so this video amongst others of course quite shocking disturbing images of civilian casualties was circulated online all social media and cited by the information and organizations countries as evidence of that chemical attack and evidence of course is the key word here is the real crux of the

issue of what o.p.c. w team heading over to do more on the way that they should be there over the next twenty four forty eight hours or so believe they have arrived in syria their findings will be key to establishing what really happened in duma whether there was some sort of chemical incident by the damascus government as it was the nations are saying or as we heard from the russian. the russian military has gathered evidence that indicates the direct involvement of great britain organizing the provocation in eastern ukraine we know for a fact that london pressured the so-called white helmets to carry out their plans provocation as soon as possible they were told that from the third to the sixth of april rebels would carry out a series of heavy shelling is that damascus and that this would lead to a reaction from the government forces which the white helmets should use for their provocation and to allege the use of chemical weapons so these are obviously quite strong allegations from the russian ministry of defense or other counter allegations us to this alleged chemical incident in do something they will have to

obviously provide evidence for specifically for for britain's involvement in this the key bit of evidence that as we said before is the arrival of the o.p.c. team with the u.n. and that he would have structures on the ground to get those soil samples get those solves examined any victims if there are any and find out if any chemicals were used that's the key thing to. what exactly happened to give some credibility to either of these two versions will find that out of course in the next twenty four to forty eight hours however the video featuring the medic who dismissed the chemical attack claims has been taken seriously and shown by a number of media outlets for the questions also hanging over the west's narrative due to the dubious reputations of the groups that initially made the allegations morganti of explains. reports of a chemical attack first period strangely enough for it's almost the precise moment

the battle had then did when the syrian government and rebels were negotiating on how to evacuate the latter reports first appeared on social media twitter facebook and spread like wildfire while my colleague kendall anian and i have learned today that the u.s. now has blood and urine samples from some of the victims of this attack in syria last weekend and that those samples according to u.s. officials tested positive for chemicals sources the usuals why the helmets who serve as rescuers islamists and syrian rebels also the somewhat less known syrian american medical society saddam's together with the white helmets they were cited by the washington post the new york times c.n.n. virtually every western media outlets reporting on this chemical attack saturday april seventh amidst continuous bombardment of residential neighborhoods in the

city of duma more than five hundred cases the majority of whom are women and children were brought to local medical centers with symptoms indicative of exposure to a chemical agent sams itself is funded by u.s. aid six million in two thousand and fifteen usaid is widely believed to be an arm of the state department and is banned in multiple countries. cuse the interfering in domestic policies and promoting regime change even has an office of transition initiatives the management at sams also believe it or not former usaid starforce was saddam's who reportedly provided the u.p.c. w. with samples of the alleged sarin gas that was used in hunchy houla site of a chemical attack last year after which donald trump sent fifty seven cruise missiles at the syrian air base o.p.c. w is on its way to duma to investigate we've contacted various groups including the

world health organization they've cited saddam's but have refused to go into any details what comes next no one can say whether the u.s. will go ahead with a preemptive strike or where the cooler heads will prevail well author and journalist not blumenthal believes people should be skeptical about the role of one group in particular in syria. well what's remarkable is that this group the syrian american medical society is cited by a who's who of western media organizations as a credible source when it's anything but this organization which is funded to the tune of some close to six million dollars or more by usa id a wing of the state department which actually emerged out of the cia to encourage regime change and what the u.s. considers enemy states this organization is directed by operatives name

sahar so little is actually a lobbyist who's been lobbying the u.s. government since the obama administration for a war of regime change and this organization operates hospitals exclusively in territory controlled by al qaeda syrian affiliates and its allies so this is a you know to me to see it should be a national scandal that u.s. taxpayers are basically paying for the civil society wing of al qaeda and its soil if you just jihadi allies and we're simply talking in us media about this organization as if they're just a bunch of syrian feel doctors this is an international law being an influence organization dedicated to stimulating regime change and so we absolutely have to be skeptical when they make these allegations of a chemical attack because advances their agenda and they have every motive to deceive the west about it. we cannot cross live to rick sterling investigative journalist and member of the syria solidarity movement necessarily welcome to the

program now the o.p.c. w.-r. do and duma today to start that fact finding mission why do you think the u.s. and its allies didn't wait for at least some preliminary results from that. well they may not they may not want to find out the results of the investigation because the indications from on the ground in duma is that either there was no there was no chemical weapon incident or it's extremely vague in which case there would be no justification for an attack. and the stilling do you think that these attacks might create some difficulties foleo p.c. experts in conducting bear investigations that well that's that's quite possible the attacks are you know primarily as as were the information that we're getting right now is that the attacks have hit very

strangely they've hit chemical weapons depot well that's very strange because the chemical weapons depots were a were removed as part of the agreement in twenty fourteen is it that the o.p.c. w actually a verified so it's a little bit unclear where these the attacks targeted but in the bigger picture the attacks by the united states france and the u.k. are an attack on international law. there are justification for three countries taking upon itself to become the judge jury and executioner of whether or not chemical weapons have been used there is a process that should be followed and the attacks on syria the missile attacks from the united states over one hundred as i understand it. are primarily an attack on international law. now if any a day ago that the us defense secretary james not to said they were still looking

for evidence now suddenly he's apparently very confident about the use of chemical weapons in syria what could have changed in a day. i think i think actually president trump wants to get the whole issue behind behind him because the pressure was building for a more aggressive attack some of his own he may be regretting some of the tweets that he sent it sent out and that he issued and there neoconservatives within the u.s. are are pressing for a more full scale war on syria the more full scale intervention by the united states in syria which will be a complete disaster so i think at one level it may be that that that trump wanted to get this over with and behind him and to try to move forward from there.

the white house has said that the decision was made based on photos videos and me media sources and quote reliable information is not really enough to carry out a strike like this well we know that it's we know that the white helmets videos are not reliable the white helmet saying is basically an organization that spun funded by western governments to influence western public opinion. it's see as john pilger said it's a propaganda call instruct so one cannot call it reliable. and why do you think they would make this information public if they are so sure of what's happened and not just more of this highly confident looks like indicates. well this is the this is the whole problem that we've we've seen over the last it's not just insist this incident it goes back to early march in this the the scruple affair it goes back even before before that that we're sliding into territory where

any accusation against russia or syria it doesn't need evidence they can just make accusations present mccrone skin say he has the evidence and not show it well that's not satisfactory in legal due process. it's required you know you're innocent until proven guilty and the onus is on the accuser to provide the evidence and the united states and france and u.k. have not done that they have not have been waited for the. for the official organization risks responsible for investigating these kinds of indian incidents to do its investigation so as i say this is a this is pretty primarily an attack on international law and and and due process. a year ago we were in a very similar position when trump ordered a strike on syria one way in

a year off to buy relations that bad relations did recover some was do you think we're going to see the same kind of quick recovery this time given that say iran has just warned of regional consequences following those asteroids. well you're right that it it's it's very similar a year ago there were statements from the the trumpet ministration that maybe the assad government didn't have to go and then the next week there was this supposed that chemical weapons incident in concho kuhn on april for again two weeks ago we had donald trump saying the u.s. needs to get out of syria and then the next week we've got this incident that the. supposedly chlorine gas sometimes they say it's chlorine sometimes they say it seren what is it they're not even clear on that this incident in duma just as the syrian. army is poised to recapture one hundred percent

of of eastern ghouta and they've been doing it very successfully with the peacefully back you ation of the militants and their families with the big majority of civilians rushing into government controlled areas so there was no reason for the syrian government to do a chemical attack like this the only ones who benefit from this kind of incident are the people who want to prolong the war who want to direct the u.s. and away and nato into this conflict which is very much against the interests of not just the syrian people but it's also against the interests of the american and the people of the u.k. and france we don't we don't want to be involved in that conflict we want the people there to be able to settle it for themselves. break through an investigative journalist and member of the serious holiday or any moment thank you so much for your time and your comments today thank you. well just to bring you up to speed now

on our breaking news story the u.s. france and the u.k. have bombed targets in syria president trump announced the military action in a white house address late on friday as he spoke explosions rocked damascus the average missile strikes were launched in response to an alleged chemical attack in syria's town of duma last saturday washington says it's confident the assad government used chemical weapons against civilians however in the statements the white house admits the evidence they have is based on media and g.a.o. reports russia's foreign ministry slams the attack saying it came when the war ravaged country finally had the chance for a peaceful future the strikes also take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w start their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in duma so far the experts are still expected at the scene later in the day and here are some of the latest

pictures from the syrian capital damascus now where people have taken to the streets to denounce the u.s. led military action the government condemned the attacks as brutal and barbaric and the little people there are waving flags in support of the syrian government. and we're going to be continuing our breaking news coverage in just a few minutes i'm neki arran joined by jacqueline very good to see that. we're. going.

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successes in the case of. america the u.k. and from bogota gates in syria after u.s. president trump oldest strikes against assad forces in response to an alleged chemical attack. the strikes take place before investigators from the international chemical weapons watchdog o.p.c. w start their probe into the alleged poison gas attack in dumont last week that experts are due to arrive at the scene on saturday. russia says it's confidence the assad government was behind the chemical attack in duma and the evidence comes from the various media outlets and then we take a closer look at those sources.