in the next year let's see how this plays out mohamed let me go to you and it seems to me one of the reasons why the u.s. the staying there first of all doesn't like the current condition and it wants to be a power broker it wants to be part of some kind of settlement and it will always it wants to make sure it's a settlement that it wants so it's still kind of hedging its bets bets for regime change i'm sure that there's pressure on from the saudis and the israelis to stay there as well but at all ties together is that it is really incoherent and we have these situations where we have these false far as i'm concerned it was a false flag operation this. chemical weapons attack i mean i guess a lot of the regional players have to be very worried about what the u.s. is going to do because it doesn't know what it wants to do go ahead in doha. well apparently there have been mixed signals coming from the washed the white house in particular and i think it is no disagreement that president from lacks

a coherent strategy or after the. plan how to sustain the prisons or how to sustain the impact of u.s. foreign policy in the middle east could all of the region the recent homes in damascus have been ridiculed because he would raise the expectations very high by condemning in the red lie to the red line of his this is obama in two thousand and thirteen so far i think trump has trumped himself in the very same position like obama and the luck of the fictive in lack of effectiveness on the field has turned the united states into a joke now and i think that now the iranians are smiling in the saudis bewildered

and also most of the governments here are asking what's next and i think this is a sixty four thousand dollar question yes and i will add one more perplexity to all this danny is turkey ok the u.s. made it won't it won't let it won't cut the kurds loose this drives the turks mad ok and i've said repeatedly i think they're the turks are in syria legally under international law however i do understand their concern i can see from their position about their security issues visa v the kurds i just stand it i don't necessarily agree with it but really is what it stake here not only is there ambiguity coming from washington there is a very serious danger to nato unity and you know it is being played out on the ground and i you know talking about red lines i don't see the turks backing down at all go ahead danny. the turks won't back down and not for one primary reason they say they believe that they have some sort of historic right to the north of syria

and they've been led that way through the actions of the united states of america that if you look at the situation now between turkey and turkey in northern syria you've got the start of another very very very long war i don't think that this will end anytime soon and what the u.s. has got out of all of this is actually that it's a very weak ally of the moment one of its allies faces a problem or faces danger the u.s. just ups and leaves and pretend like nothing has happened and the kurds have only went to the russians and gone to a serb because they feel that the u.s. has betrayed them because the u.s. just left them they love turkey to literally eat up all of this kurdish territory in the north of syria now what we're seeing in the whole country which is very different to how the previous situation was is it's a war of periphery is now if you look at it the only areas where there's conflict and there's tension is border areas you know between syria and syria and iraq syria

and lebanon syria and jordan the sense the center of the country has been retaken because of the russian intervention in two thousand and fifteen and now we go back to that huge intervention without russia intervening we wouldn't have the situation the other eight and the u.s. only acting out of envy because they want to be in russia's position you know russia today russia so over the over the previous weeks has brokered a number of agreements for rebels to leave areas around damascus and call a moment while the u.s. is looking on words striking one of two military targets in a very vague attack which which ultimately didn't really get into the area how to chemicals weapons chemical weapons ability those strikes would not have affected it because they centrally gave them a week's notice by posting it on twitter so this is the way the u.s. is running its war these days and this is from his tweets and this is something he said he would never ever. her do one of his first press conferences he said i will never tell you what i'm going to do and then he telegraphs it but gareth he did

that on purpose because he knows he's painted himself into a corner and his advisors are making sure that he doesn't have any maneuver room so that's why you throw these these missiles at them when i've heard a dozen different versions about how many of them made their target how many were shot down them and them didn't work ok i don't know ok but the american version doesn't stand up to much scrutiny from what i can tell go ahead gareth it was just political theater it wasn't actually a military strike it was political theater garrett. i couldn't i couldn't agree more on that point and you know if you actually read the the the morning briefing that was given at the pentagon after the night that the strikes took place it was an amazing performance in the sense that you know the people doing the briefing absolutely would not answer questions you know that had

to do with for example you know with you know did did you actually do any air sampling to find out if you know when you hit this supposedly place where they were making chemical weapons there was any pot problem of affecting the air or of the people surrounding it and it's clear that they hadn't done it and that they couldn't basically say what the consequences were of the target they hit and i think that what that means is that they really didn't have any information of course was always the case where the right producer and the semi jimmy here let me let me jump in here we've got to go to a hard break and after out of hard break we'll continue our discussion on syria staying with our city.

most definitely wasn't a victim of any kind of racial or ethnic from the russians because it was totally destroyed the russian contributed to this forest exchanges out of concern and they depended on it because they certainly have to get their people bank if they get into trouble. welcome back across iraq where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing the situation in syria.

ok let me go back to mohammed in. nikki haley she says she's not confused i think she's confused all of the time she made it very clear that the u.s. presence in syria is aimed at iran she was very clear about that of course people in the white house didn't like her saying it but she said she's not confused ok. is this really what it's really all about is it. because of the political situation the status quo in syria were other actors are creating political facts and the u.s. is just occupying is are they really turning in a different direction is this really what it's all about is focusing in on iran. although you think that nikki haley is not the only or its official in the nation who is going fuel. doesn't know how to put off the intentions of

trauma and i think. the situation is a combination of perform active politics from prism which we can see it that way and also priests medium tactics when they have a trump runs into problems. he has to figure out this two asterix of politics in front of cameras yet the difference between what is said in front of cameras and what is done or is accused of in the field in particular in syria is a huge and i think now we have been talking about the rise of bernie canoes and i think that we have to pay attention to something new is the waning confidence in washington by. and now it becomes like this great power that has lost its focus and also probably has put so much on his plate that he

can handle now we have the future is next month with iran and the nuclear there we have the upcoming summit with the north korean leader there so so much to deal with and i think now has probably a lot of the expectations of the public in this region of the world by embrace in so many adventures and then he cannot deliver much what are you remain concerned about is if trump and the kremlin loses their grip on both the iranians on the one hand and the israelis on the other does when it's going to be a messy joke and i don't think the trump will be able to figure out what to do next you know danny that brought up a really good point because there's so many festering issues particularly in the middle east and on a broader broader scale with north korea the u.s. doesn't have a grasp on the situation i mean one of the things i have noticed with this

administration is that it's there's so many war hawks so many military people and then you have pompei all coming in not exactly a man of great tack ok in diplomacy and what we really need now and i mean this for all players because my primary issue issue is peace and having peace settlements ok you're going to need a lot of finast you're going to need a lot of patience and to date this it ministration doesn't exhibit any of the above go ahead danny. well i would just like to bring you back to the moment where. the initial disagreement between the russians and truong started in trump issued the tweet and the response of the russian foreign ministry was we don't we don't participate in twitter diplomacy now you can bring this back here because because you the main problem is the policy it's not just to people you need finesse you need you need that clause of managing to find agreement obama managed to do it with

the iranians for sure but the americans don't have a policy that's the problem you've got trump who's just discussing leaving syria and then within the next couple of days he sets another red line and then he begins . to make threats of attacking syria after an alleged chemical weapons attack which wasn't verified internationally and he chose to strike syria on the same day that the u.n. chemical weapons inspectors arrived to investigate the scene and so from that perspective you've got a leader who is acting in a very confusing way who's misleading himself it ministration and his allies and who essentially doesn't know what to do in syria longer than this week so what what syria needs at the moment is an international agreement to be age but is trump the person to deliver that agreement that consensus absolutely not and what followed site in moscow is position now i would be very wary of having to negotiate or deal with trump on any matter not just syria for that matter because because because in

trump you are dealing with an individual who has some unpredictable who has such a lack of understanding of the situation that all you have to do is bring up is tweets from two thousand and thirteen ridiculing obama who didn't. to understand that the gods has completely gone against every one of his statements i mean as someone of the commentator said you know there's a trump tweet for every occasion so if you look at the situation now i wish i've got i wish that weren't funny but it is ok i should laugh because it's such a. agents of great gravity here in the let me go to gareth here we can see you know both muhammad and danny bring up a really good point there i mean next month i guess we're all going in we're all in tis a painting and that it was going to withdraw from the iran deal ok in the at the same time maybe he wants to make a deal with the north koreans i mean and then the u.s. is stubborn and it will end in actually it works as a negative force in syria that doesn't allow a peace process to move forward any time peace could possibly break out in syria

well ash carter comes around and bombs ok or or just women a major city is of liberated from terrorist and supported by foreigners oh we have a chemical weapons attack here so i mean i own every single scale there's no reason to be optimistic here and one does influence the other these situations are interconnected go ahead gary well of course they are interconnected in the sense that the north koreans are constantly looking at what the united states is doing elsewhere in the world to assess you know how to how to deal with them in terms of trying to negotiate a settlement which they've been trying to do for three generations of the kim family and so that that is entirely that's centrally important to their to their calculations. and i think that it's very important to understand that that

kim kim jong un does indeed intend to bring about a comprehensive solution with trump if it's at all possible and that that this has happened primarily i would argue because of president moon of south korea's patient diplomacy with the north and with terms and clearly trum moon has been very clever in appealing to trump's sense of vanity you know making it possible for trump to say i am the one who has made this possible and it couldn't have happened without. me as long as the moon is able to carry on that diplomacy with trump i do have some hope for these talks really succeeding but of course we have john bolton whispering in trouble you're going to convince him to do something different that is the fly in the ointment to say the least but but definitely i think that trump is now moving in the direction that is hopeful on peace with north korea and that

is quite an astonishing turn of events even more astonishing i must say than nixon going to china yeah let me quote about back to mama one of the things i think is very interesting i mean we had the north korean leader visit beijing recently we had pompei oh actually state department designit had a meeting with the leadership of north korea i get this strong feeling and i don't see western analysts looking at it this way the trip to china wasn't begging it was like i've got an idea and you back it and i think it's going to be and this is going to be the true test of leadership is that denuclearization yes america must withdraw its military completely from the peninsula that is actually a good idea with chinese and russian guarantees ok the american deep state the blob will never ever under any circumstances buy that deal though it would be

a good deal go ahead mom. a month ago i was very optimistic about the next summer to be when the north and kim jong orlando thought they would achieve a breakthrough but having reflected on trump conflict analysts from my perspective i am kind of confused because when i consider him a pragmatist or a realist he is not good at waging war and this is the second. and said may go back and use the chemical weapon once again so there is no programmatic ism in the way trump handled his decision of go into war at the same time when i considered him a deal maker i don't see haim innovative leader who can engage in deal making and so he is everything but being a pragmatist so now my fear is that we will witness. kind of media

event be votes around the off ramp on the one hand and kim on the other and because of this inflated politics we may not see or we may not witness what we are looking for a little major or a little significance in advance in the agenda so i think now the ball will go back to the court of the chinese i think if there is any balance in power between north korea and the united states is what the region can do or their ways if it is left to trump and i don't see any i'm going to progress can i'm going to finish with danny and i'm going to give you a situation danny you know with what the situation with iran deal with north korea did this is how it's going to be trump comes out and says we want a deal and sitting right next to me is john bolton and he says to the iranians the north koreans all you have to do is surrender and everything will be fine ok that's

how it's that's how it's going to play out again the second for danny finish up. it's more likely that it will but in essence what the fundamental flaw in trump's syria action was which will lead to huge problems now in the future well setting a precedent and saying that he was going to stick by it because now any any any with over an idea that chemical weapons might have been used and he will be on the immense pressure internally to strike syria again and if he doesn't like syria again who knows the next time what kind of response will be from the russians from the iranians from the syrians and you've got to remember there are u.s. troops on the ground in syria who for the short. being troops are going to go in place so you've got this policy which is up in the air but trying to set a very dangerous precedent now in syria ok on that point gentlemen we've run out of time many thanks to my guest in washington london and in doha and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules.

to gas is deployed in clashes on the gaza israel border remains massive anti israel protests including by the families of the persons palestinian. local journalists are working for us he's also caught up in the violence she told us she is now ok. also this hour as more doubts begin to emerge over videos allegedly showing the aftermath of a stick chemical attack in syria's duma and altie crude visits places seen in the footage and speaks to eyewitnesses. and the u.s. democrat party seeks millions of dollars in compensation from almost every figure

in the trump brush approach to cuba conspiracy to disrupt. the twenty sixteen presidential campaign. and i welcome to all teams that are still with me tonya walking sly from oscar wherever you are thanks for joining us this hour. our top stories and tear gas has been deployed along the gaza border with israel trying to disperse protesters israeli officials confirm that around three thousand palestinians were involved in the demonstrations but some of them and israel launched by families of imprisoned palestinians there are reports that at least two demonstrators have been killed aussies journalist on the ground and could henri was at the scene of the clashes and was also affected by the tear gas oh my god it's crazy everyone is running from but you're just gonna stand there randomly shooting to do something everyone. if.

i'm. just going to the radio to try to do what you we were covering the protest and coming closer to the protesters and suddenly they in they intensively started to fire tear gas and we were trapped by at least five tear gas canisters we started feeling our nose and eyes burning we couldn't even take take a breath and at that time i literally fainted i didn't know what's happened what was going on so i'm two hundred meters away from the fence that separates between gaza strip and israel we can see the israeli snipers stationed along the borders there are heavy weapons they have been firing tear gas canisters live ammunition on the protesters and demonstrators and it's very dangerous here but you can see at least three thousand palestinian demonstrators and prisoners families and a lot of palestinians are marching towards the fence so as you see all the

ambulances are in state. the merchant see where they are ready to take on the injuries from the near the fence and as you see the palestinian protesters are very very very close to define some only demanding the right of return but are also demanding to break the siege on the gaza strip that has been imposed by israel for more than eleven years do you guys just filling the place and is surrounding i admire you one from all the sides if there is you're right i left up and down here totally surrounded by tear gas canisters i can hear children which crying from the tear gas i can see those children and trying to run away. kids families and everyone the palestinian protesters are again trying to close the fence that the israeli army i did just by little funds that they added last week and that is you see they're trying to target these palestinian protesters by that you guys tear gas

canisters palestinians are not only demanding the right of return but are also demanding the demanding the release of the seven thousand palestinian prisoners in the israeli jails and as you see the palestinian protesters are holding the pictures of these palestinian prisoners in the israeli jails an israeli defense force spokesperson tweeted that the protests are organized by hamas it's a political and military groups that you consider terrorists is right also reportedly dropped smoke bombs to keep protesters away from the border fence and use the leaflets telling people to stay away israel i would say military response is justified as the ranis continue to discuss the issue with former i.d.f. captain uni ben men a shim who believes israel did provide adequate warning. of course it is justify these no army in the world that will allow thousands of protesters to come to the fence the border fence and try to cross it this is why the idea of war

protesters not to get close to the fence they can demonstrate a few hundred meters away from the fans they don't have to come closer they are. pushed towards the fence by the leader of hamas in order to create headlines in order to create realties so that they can blame israel so evidently the claim they didn't i don't think that we have it in the climate to see it i think the climax will be towards the may fifteenth they're not but they are. video footage broadcast around the world claiming to show the aftermath when alleged chemical attack in syria is doable or is now being called into question the team from our sister channel r.t. arabic has visited the city okla grow research show you discussed what they saw with correspondents he goes down of what we've seen so far from this place was and much mostly it's been a video released by the white helmets activist group you're looking at right now it's shot in

a hospital and it's shows some truly heartbreaking pictures the scenes of chaos of panic confused children being hosed down with water everything pointing at a potential chemical attack but our are to rob a crew managed to talk to a boy who was featured in this video of the white house and he gave his account of events in that hospital have a listen and then we were outside and they told all of us to go into the hospital i was immediately taken up stairs and they started pouring water on me do you remember where it happened. here with the hose where is it. here it is. was. that the porch water on me they put me here and then took me off serious to my mother where exactly opposite is the second floor i. was.

obstinate so were there. any. sorry the doctor started filming us here they were poor and water and taking videos and then my father came and found me someone had told him we were here so he came and took me away i luckily i didn't know she was being seen i went up stairs and saw my wife and children i was very surprised and asked what had happened when my son's eyes were red i found out that it was water but it was cold and he could have got sick and he was undressed when i took my son first told me that they still needed him to pray still to come away from the little the boy is clearly in shock still to have to go through something like this or to go through such terror at his age is unthinkable really we've reached out to the white helmet westing in statement of some reaction to what's being what's being filmed in duma right now but we're still to hear back from them even as i understand there was other footage from the alleged senior of the attack was and yes indeed there was another video released by another activist and it is

apparently from an apartment building where the actual chemical project tile the alleged chemical project tile landed this is the initial video that we're showing you right now and this is the project we our crew again managed to get inside this very building so to the left you can see our video and to the right is the original one and initially how the media reacted to the first the released video well they saw it as rock solid evidence of a chemical attack the chemical weapon that killed dozens of civilians and astaire's that the asshead regime has previously used in chemical attacks the assad regime has used this same yellow gas canisters the nic telling fox news they have a high degree of confidence that it was yours apparently the project was still toxic was still fuming with the something toxic and that's why they had to wear a mask to protect themselves but we've spoken to

a number of experts and they've told us that in me a gas mask is basically not enough to protect. one cell from a toxic substance if that were a nerve agent whether he's got his base covered or not it's going to go right through his skin and the only protection that he could have a whole body were in a chemical control suit if there were chlorine gas that would protect him from from some small leaking of the korean gas for a while and it doesn't make any any any sense i could see it going through a roof and never even breaking it's a silly way and even if it did great go the dispersal of the chlorine might only kill the people in the room but not even people outside the room had time to get out there's no confidence yet in the fact that it even happened in the first place but the retaliation is already there the u.s. the u.k. and france launched more than a hundred missiles to strike targets they believe the assad government are using to produce chemicals right now the big intrigue is what the official investigation is

to show whether or not the attack happened the u.n. special envoy for syria has spoken about south of bombing of the country by the u.s. and its allies saying that strikes won't help resolve the crisis the comments came a stuff under mr remember the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov what this happened last week and it's not helped us turn out for cheat in geneva. in spite of what we may think or say depleted could close if needed to be relaunched sergey lavrov than staffan de mistura mad in moscow following talks over the ongoing situation in syria at the u.n. as special envoy to syria seventy mystery said that it is very important now to war were not only at the military town center but political as well now you've just heard that he said that the recent airstrikes conducted by the u.s. france and the u. of kate did not know how to deal.