people detained so you were also helping the opposition yes it's what we call opposition the civilian or push your position which is not under any party and that i am not out of. you have you have always done today peaceful demonstration ok. so we help in our village to free to set free people also if there is a need of humanitarian help even we had opposition meeting in our monastery and the first appeal for the day i logged and recourse against and was in our monastery and i'm sure very well aware of all the criticism that has been thrown your way what is your your relationship with the assad regime. you know i have normal relationships with. a religious entity and our of footy is religious it's not political. it's not even civilian you know we had mainstream reports that came to syria and for in one for a while i went with them on the scene you know but in the january. in december i asked to go to a position where the good were already implemented ok and so i could have an idea as an eyewitness and in the beginning we did not even know who were sourced people and we said said those

between exterior opposition you know in some of the leaders of the opposition outside of syria they never came back to syria since thirty years so they don't have. a popular ground ok they want to come to be able to come but with the help of. the foreign foreign intervention military and but you have the entire opposition. would do would doesn't want these kind of foreign intervention. they want changes but without violence and we saw destroying everything when we're talking about a solution a third way as you mentioned earlier in this conflict how is that going to happen given that there are a lot of guns on the street how is the solution to work and what exactly can be done there is a big violence you know but. it's not everywhere in syria. the violence that is inside muted by the board of books. and is following a special plan by the company. who has a large piece of. people. around the land which is not on the violence. and also even in the cities where you have violence they have so much space. what would be. kind of for a country like iraq completely destroyed that many of the oppos

the opposition began early on wednesday. egyptian helicopters struck at targets with missiles in the area of sheikh zuwaid near the border with the gaz za strip. the military attacks reportedly killed 20 militants an destroyed three vehicles. the opposition came after militants attacked several checkpoints to the north of sinai on sunday killing 16 egyptian soldiers. the attackers stormed through the border but were killed by israeli forces. more attacks later occurred on other checkpoints at a security and administrative center of northern sinai. islamic militants increased their activities in the region. they're taking advantage of the turmoil generated by the ouster of former president hosni mubar mubarak. >>> people are gathering in nagasaki to remember the day their city was all but wiped off the map. they're attending a ceremony to mark the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing. a u.s. warplane dropped the bomb on the city at 11:02 a.m. on august 9th, 1945. survivors and relatives of the victims arrived at peace park a

he says the choice is not between and the opposition -- assad and the opposition, but between two oppositions. >> we had millions of supporters around the world. it is more of an issue now of just wikileaks or just julian. this is now an issue of justice. >> before doing assange took refuge in ecuador, he interviewed the ecuadorean president about wikileaks. >> president correa, why did you want us to release all the cables? >> we have nothing to fear, nothing to hide. your wikileaks have made us stronger. >> we will speak with peter kornbluh, who wrote a story of a wikileaks. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. and arab league special envoy to syria coakley and has announced his mechanic -- resignation after failing to bring to an and more than a year of violence. he said both sides had failed to respect the cease-fire plan. >> the increase in the militarization on the ground and a clear lack of clarity in the security council have fundamentally changed the circumstances for the effective exercise of my role. yet, the bloodshed contin

but reports of the opposition's alleged atrocities are forcing activists to turn their backs on the rebellion. egypt's islamised president moves to assert his power over the military as he sacks both the defense minister and the chief of staff that's amid a growing military presence in the sinai region but sixteen border guards gunned down. and with the region in chaos isolated israel is taking steps to keep its borders safe with billions going into defense washington looks set to keep up support for revolutions even if they threaten its ally. next a former syrian politician persecuted and forced underground for more than ten years tells us what he thinks is going wrong with his country. he was a critic of the syrian authorities long before it was safe to do that spending fourteen years in prison for his political activism dr abdul aziz al hayat a prominent member of syria's domestic position is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much for a time sir for receiving syrian opposition has so many faces at this moment they are bearded men with kalashnikovs there are some people who are trying t

the opposition is not interested in compromise either. the rebels have been armed by qatar and saudi arabia. >> the shelling of cities has intensified. >> kofi annan has been frustrated by a deep divisions at the united nations with the united states, britain, france, pitted against china and russia. things fell apart, he said. this fundamental split sent a very mixed signals. today, u.n. observers are still at work, but observing the relentless spread of fighting is about all they can do now. after kofi annan steps down at the end of august, it is far from clear what the u.n. role will be. more and more, syria is falling apart. today, opposition activists near damascus buried these victims of what they allege was execution by the government. in aleppo, the battle for syria is still raging. the story in syria is now war, not peace. >> the bbc's chief international correspondent is currently in jordan's capital and she joins me now with more on the impact of kofi annan's announcement. how was this received where you are? >> this was a very

resolution on syria as one sided and supportive all the armed opposition moscow says the non-binding motion passed have been general assembly does nothing to ease the conflict this comes after the u.n. envoy to syria kofi annan announced that he was stepping down casting doubts over the future of the peace effort and the situation has more from new york. this resolution apart from condemning the security council for failing to move the syrian peace process forward also condemns the syrian government for failing to stop using heavy weaponry as well as condemns the syrian government from for not withdrawing from civilian areas among the ones that voted against this text was of course russia russia believes that the behind the humanitarian facade of this resolution lies the militarization of the opposition and russia says this resolution is not helpful and that the country supplying weapons to the opposition are well known to take a listen it is a this resolution exacerbates the confrontations and solving the syrian crisis it's not helping the sides enter into dialogue find peaceful way

and its allies pledge multi-million dollar support for the opposition bypassing the u.n. washington and turkey have discussed the new ways to replace assad and consider bringing in a no fly zone with syria. thousands of plugged into the streets of the cairo in support of the president's move against the military after he fired the country's pople defense minister and she stopped it comes amid a crackdown in the increasingly volatile scientists sinai region which killed dozens and like the militants. and members of the russian female hungry tuesday right away the verdict stopped an empty bruton's done and in the country's main cathedral in a trial they divided the nation prosecutors are demanding three year jail for the women with the final decision expected next friday. next american world for is the expert phyllis bennis explains why i mean both sides in the syrian conflict only so outside interests. thank you for joining us on r.t. red cross and many other experts are saying that the situation in syria has descended into a civil war a full scale civil war. how does that

we see that there are points for convergence among syria's various political groups including the oppositionboth inside syria and abroad in this regard there was a very important statement made by dr haitham malik who has gone as far as to suggest handing over to the hague tribunals the militants who are guilty of killing syrians is therefore i'm confident the reality itself urges every sane minded person to call for dialogue going to be if we manage to agree on the principles i've already named but once we start a dialogue we would be able to address any issues but we need to refrain from insisting on preconditions that unlikely to prevent dialogue altogether if we can achieve a lot of the negotiating table if only we agree on the two fundamental principles for starting a dialogue with the birth mother that in one of the north observers say earlier that syria has become hostage to a global competition for the power and influence in ways by major global players that want to say that american presidential candidates and president obama in particular have taken advantage of the. the imagine is

twenty thousand government troops are also said have been dispatched to the city to flush out the opposition fighters in several districts syrian security forces claim they've managed to hold back rebel or tend to take control of several key government facilities the free syrian army said it had captured more than half of the financial hub now in damascus forty eight iranian pilgrims have been kidnapped the iranian embassies consulates chief says quoting is saying the terrorist group sees the pilgrims from a bus on route to the airport but no media reports about their fate and syrian officials are trying to trace the people behind it hundreds of thousands of shiite iranians travel to syria during ramadan. while russia believes the u.n. vote on syria was one sided pressuring only the regime to end the fighting in moscow the non-binding motion passed by the general assembly does nothing to ease the conflict that. has more from new york. this resolution apart from condemning the security council for failing to move the syrian peace process forward also condemns the syrian government for failing

dr your doctor had there have been described as prominent personalities on the so-called domestic opposition today were members of a national reconciliation government notwithstanding the escalating violence would you say that your cooperation with the regime has managed to make a change that up as far as the government policies are concerned there's a lot of. first of all the present government can be called a government of reconciliation as it has a different shape still joining this government on behalf of the opposition was aimed at unraveling the maze and finding a way to establish a true national unity government and we know that by sitting by and expecting such conditions which will make all the opposition. he's joining the national unity government can cause damage so we've taken it upon ourselves to make the first step towards forming a coalition government while retaining our opposition views we join the government based on a national unity agenda which was put into practice by a governmental declaration of the declaration includes two major provisions which are at the backbone of

unity government we know that by sitting by and expecting such conditions which will make all the opposition. he's joining the national unity government can cause damage so we've taken it upon ourselves to make the first step towards forming a coalition government while retaining our opposition views we join the government based on a national unity agenda which was put into practice by a governmental declaration of the declaration includes two major provisions which are at the backbone of the coalition and of the future one of. the syrian government relies on the principle of national reconciliation and its recent declaration upholds this principle as a cornerstone regarding it as a process that would express the sovereign will of the people and to be essential for resolving the crisis adopting a road map for national reconciliation by a national unity government can be regarded as a victory of the entire syrian people the second provision goes in tune with our principle and was proven by the government declaration it suggests focusing on the east and not just in politics given how become a

and france enjoyed had to mend and the emergence of a new bipolar world early today the opposition ofrussia and china is what is in the end of a uni polar world with the new world order is yet to take shape today international relations are going through a painful metamorphoses should be there's a lot of chaos and disagreement and this brings both positive and negative implications for the syrian crisis and one of the downside to this phenomenon is that the global balance of power is still taking shape you'll notice the continued hostilities in syria what the u.s. and europe want to say are you seeing these hostilities or follow the familiar yugoslavia scenario the shipments of bloodshed makes it impossible for various groups to co-exist peacefully within the syrian nation but this is why the current international situation is so dangerous however it also creates an historically unprecedented opportunity for the syrian people to untangle a problem built on a longstanding and deep rooted feud in a totally new way she saw this is of course only possible if there's enough political will

i say to the opposition we must be united. there must be no disunity. >> of the west seems to have no faith in the political opposition so they are bracing for a military solution. street by street fighting by the rebels continues. there are scores of different routes, someone connected. some fighting for democracy, others jihadists fighting under the free syrian army who owes loyalty to those paying them from saudi arabia, turkey, and qatar. they're deeply worried brisking having no influence in a post- assad syria. >> it is likely other groups will be able to take control, specifically those in saudi arabia and gulf working on elements that are not really conducive to the u.s. and the west. >> as the fighting in syria drags on, fears for the future are multiplied. defense secretary leon panetta has accused iran of training in militia within syria to fight on behalf of the assad regime. whether or not that is correct, and different rivalries are now central to the syrian agony. bbc news. >> for more on the unfolding as a divis

rebel groups say they're behind a powerful blast that ripped through central damascus earlier the opposition claims the attack targeted a nearby military compound the explosion struck just outside a hotel being used by u.n. observers and it r t crew of course one of the witness than the attack was among the first to report from the scene. i might disappear in the relatively calm of the past two days because we can see this car was very deceptive and very shall we explosion took place around eight in the morning just on meters from the hotel where un observers us thing right in the center of damascus close to al malky area it was a very loud bang that was followed by a series of smaller explosions that sounded like a chain detonation of ammunition the blast itself took place at a closed army garage adjacent to the hotel it appears that the device was planted on the fuel tanker parked there it is still unclear whether it was an inside job or how the perpetrators managed to get access to this heavily guarded facility three people are believed to have been injured in the blast none of them works

and russia says this resolution is not helpful and that the countries supplying weapons to the opposition are well known take a listen. this resolution exacerbates the confrontations in solving the syrian crisis it's not helping the sides enter into dialogue find peaceful ways to solve the crisis in the interests of syrian people this resolution is not how great you are because it contradicts the efforts to realize the and it undermines the syrian led crusaders from a political resolution. russia believes that this particular text is one sided and balanced as well as the whole idea of forcing the syrian government of stepping down is really an intervention into sovereign affairs six point peace plan remains on the table as coffin steps out of the picture this plan of course called for the creation of the transitional government in syria the idea was to have both sides of the conflict. and form this government to hold new elections however the idea of where exactly this would leave assad was left open and now with countries continuing to push for him stepping down it's unclear what's going

and its allies pledge multi-million dollar support for the opposition bypassing the when washington and turkey have discussed new ways to pay for blood and consider bringing in a no fly zone over syria. thousands of flood into the streets of cairo in support of the president's move against the military option the key fire the country's called the events minister and she will stop it comes amid a crackdown in the increasingly volatile sinai region which killed seven back to militants. and members of the russian female punk group the mostly riot always divert itself in empty pollutants dundon the country's main cathedral in a trial that divided the nation prosecutors are demanding three years jail all the women for the final decision expected next friday. next american world affairs expert phyllis bennis explains why aiming all mean both sides in the syrian conflict only serves our side interests. thank you for joining us on r.t. red cross and many other experts are saying that the situation in syria has descended into a civil war a full scale civil war. how does that how does that affect

the battle intensifies for the strategic syrian city of aleppo between government forces and the opposition as a senior aide to president obama says a no fly zone over the country is under consideration. and a un report condemns israel after a forced palestinians from their land turning it into a military training ground. ok now we talked to phyllis bennis the director of the washington based institute of policy studies she explains why she thinks the arms flowing into syria are really coming from. thank you for joining us on r.t. the red cross and many other experts are saying that the situation in syria has descended into a civil war a full scale civil war. how does that how does that affect the positions of the positions of the west versus the position of other countries so far we have seen no indication that either the us or any of the outside actors are taking seriously the consequences of the determination by the international committee of the red cross that this is a full scale civil war what it means among other things is that the international laws of war what's known as internatio

what's known as international humanitarian law apply throughout the region and it applies to the opposition as well as to the regime they are obligated under the conditions of international law not to use certain kinds of weapons not to attack civilians not to hold prisoners without some kind of process all of those things are part of international humanitarian law and we have seen no evidence yet that any of the outside actors are taking any of that seriously what does that mean to the syrian conflict what it means for the syrian people is that the militarization of this conflict is escalating that can only be in my view dangerous more dangerous the notion that there can be a transition a regime that would not have the same kind of repression that we have seen from assad all these years is still possible the fact that hillary clinton is now reduced to acknowledging that that if assad himself arranges a transition safe haven whether it's in moscow whether it's in saudi arabia or somewhere else that's still possible then the question becomes who is going to be in control if the escalation co

the. opposition. in syria because when you see for instance the people in powers of the committed us united states you know the mission of the syrian committee in. doubt very much on the very worst speaking very democrat and so on what you see the people from thing bomb the bomb thing because it's an adult it's some other thing so what is the truth what is the real power of the moderates and the democrats if they exist what is over for the people of al qaeda what to do with both of the saudis nobody exactly knows and rude to see and we've been noids. after but no one will be just after nobody knows it could be tomorrow it could be in six months or in two years god medicaid thanks very much for your time i think you. wealthy british style like it's apparently last time to explain. right. after the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on our. shores. breaking news here on our team high court rejected because of appeal against a seven year sent