it seems that the united states decided to place all bets on the armed victory of this very national coalition>> ifill: but no weapons have been promised, and a spokesman for the coalition said it needs real support. the u.s. has resisted sending arms, amid fears they might wind up in the hands of islamic extremist groups. just this week, washington branded one such group-- the al- nusra front-- an offshoot of al qaida in iraq. but the head of the opposition council said today the islamist fighters are partly responsible for the latest rebel gains. >> ( translated ): the decision to consider one of the fronts facing off to the regime as a terrorist group needs reconsideration. we insanely love our country and while we may disagree with some on their thought process and politics, we affirm that all weapons used by the revolutionaries aim for the fall of this tyrannical, criminal regime. >> ifill: there was no dissent over the marrakech meeting's decision to send increased humanitarian aid and other non- military support. the u.n. now estimates that half a million syrians have fled to neighborin

when the national coalition was formed they immediately reject good. we don't want this coalition. this add-in is on escape based on justice to be accurate. however, that was quoted. when i watch the video, not the main victors in the pdu. they were the main leaders leading the fight. so i got in touch just a few days later. the main leader -- the main fighting group in aleppo put up a video answer they don't represent us. all journalists have been there know that's true. they recognize the council formed in doha. but the challenge is i think of them as moderates. these moderates are underfunded. he used to be on mission and arms. this is very well-funded as to whether or not it can expand largely depends whether or not the 80% is the national community. >> one small point of contestation and that is they think right now it may be safe to people in syria with the two support, to align, to be included in a group that is able to provide resources because there is immediate need. but that doesn't mean that those lesions will maintain in the future syria. i think we need to be careful

activist years on abdullah says in order for rebels to prove they represent their country the national coalition must agree to hold talks when the opposition opposition the coalition now the national coalition rejects the russian offer and the progress made by the right here me this again raises a skepticism around their real intention to proceed with a peaceful solution to the crisis in syria the syrian coalition now has the decision to make probably an executive and important decision to make whether they want to proceed and join the talks abides by the geneva communique or still get stuck really down with the islamist governments that are supporting them and for them really for them to prove their credibility in syria and for them to prove that they represent a fragment of the syrian opposition or from the syrian population they have to get to get on board now if the turn comes to the united states to apply pressure on on the powers that many plates in the in the gulf and in the region especially its arche and the gulf countries really now reduce the flow and and. the infiltration of the arme

backed one the new syrian national coalition a new puppet group paid for by the u.s. organized by ambassador robert ford who had been the u.s. ambassador to damascus he's a guy who learned the death squad technique from the past master from negroponte in central america and then and in baghdad and concerning this syrian national coalition the head of that is a very interesting guy he's an anglo dutch agent he's a british dutch agent he's an executive of royal dutch shell he's a lobbyist for royal dutch shell he's kind of like cause i remember karzai in afghanistan was union oil this guy is royal dutch shell so there's nothing syrian about this in other words these are foreign fighters it's what you would have been called the cia secret army in the old days i wanted to play a couple clips that are just all too reminiscent of that they are iraq plato's republic. it should come as no shock then that since saddam hussein forced out the last inspectors in one thousand nine hundred eighty we have amassed much intelligence indicating that iraq is continuing to make these wea

when the opposite position the coalition now the national coalition. decision to make probably an executive. important decision to make whether they want to proceed and join the talks abide by the geneva communique or still get stuck really and bogged down with the islamist governments that are supporting them for them to prove that they represent fragment of the syrian opposition or from the syrian population they have to get to get on board. egypt's top prosecutor is looking to outlaw the leaders of the opposition launching a probe into mohamed morsi three top opponents they are accused of inciting their followers to overthrow the islamist president earlier this week the country's new constitution was officially adopted after a two stage referendum that received the support of over sixty percent of voters amid a low turnout and allegations of massive fraud opposition activists say the new charter hastily drawn up by the muslim brotherhood effectively enshrined shiria rule rule in the country neil clark a world affairs contributor for britain's guardi

you have groups recognize in this area national coalition and other groups are saying we do not recognize their existence or believed in what they are calling for spending some are calling for an islamic state been big a very complicated situation inside the growing divide in the opposition on the ground between the mainstream free syria army and the islamist groups. we have heard the united nations make a lot of warnings over recent months but really what can they do? if they think about deploying peacekeepers on the ground, that is not going to be accepted by the opposition as well. >> thank you. i one want to shed some light on the syrian conflict a little more. a harrowing story of their lives over the last three years. we hear from one family displaced by the conflict. >> he has spent the last years struggling to keep his family members alive. the recently fled to jordan with his wife, four children, and his ill sister. they escaped from homs, then to aleppo, and then elsewhere, only to find themselves in a refugee camp later. >> are regime is made of monsters, and not humans. they e

we are urging the united states to formally recognize the national coalition is the sole legitimate representativeof the syrian people. we are working very hard with the leadership of the coalition to make adjustments to perhaps introduce quotas as a temporary measure to make sure we are adequately represented at the syrian society and we want to push forward to begin assuming functions of this state is supporting the local councils that are cropping up. >> okay. we need to go in q&a. one quick thing before we start but i hope it's some point in this day someone will address the question of, how you mention the hope that some remnant to see would be involved in an effort to coalesce from government. .. excellent description ever what at least that body would like to see the united states stand for with regard to syria. perhaps i'd like to comment the panelists to see what the bipartisan unanimous measure might add to the clarity of the u.s. vision at blueprint for what we want to see next presending from all the shall we say tactical and diplomatic and other considerationings we have been discussi

the national coalition was responding to the call for a transitional unity government. badahimi's suggestion was the same as in june. >> the government with full executive power is a very simple understandable statement which means that all the authority of the state should be possess bdity government. -- should billion possessed by the -- should be possessed by the government. parliamenttary if that was the agreement. >> the public prosecutor has ordered an investigation. mouhammad, leaders of the opposition national salvation front, two lawyers complained about them after they kaled for anti-government protest. the public presidentor was appointed last month as part of the president's decree. the former president has been transferred to a military hospital from his prison cell. it's the second time the 84-year-old has been moved. he is serving a life sentence for not stopping the killing in 2011. mahmoud ahmadinejad has fired his health minister. he was the first woman to hold the post. she's criticized the government for not providing money to import medicine. iran i

but the the one meeting which indorsed the syrian national coalition.nd which was supported by the by the west an important regional players adopt it also a declaration which says that the main goal of the opposition is dismantling the toppling the regime and dismantling dismantling its institutions a direct directly opposite to what the geneva communiqué said i understand that no one is talking to their position regarding the need to be a bit more realistic and regarding the need. positions which are basically ruining the country they chose the claimant of patrick miss out on turkish syrian border is that part of solution and why they really targeted at well first we understand of course the concern of turkey and of all other countries who are continuing to receive syrian refugees it's a burden. under any circumstances and of course the situation is quite tense the opposition. in the region. the syrian region's border in turkey. it's quite active probably trying to trigger some. cross border activities and then. having the international community you k

and now with the national coalition the minorities also clay a roll.following the recognition the first ambassador that was appointed and was a syrian alawite. >> i am from the arab-american institute. thank you for a fantastic message. talk about the civilian operation and the armed rebels? could you speak to the national coalition where a lot were rejected? >> [inaudible] but basically this state's but in the moscow as well. but that part as i say come in at the same time, the same person and the other brother, was far as i could see they create that every battalion and then you can see the italians are part of society. >> this civilian council tries. this is a good segue. they are trying to get more control but to and a way that would create conflict. a good is why i say in the relationship is more cooperative than competitive program. >> but also what touche of light on the question i met with the commander in the lead for gig with 22 battalions, i met with the council. and early on in the mentioned earlier today so you also have of 20% you also of

we think it is important the national coalition continue to work on democratic and -- on the democratic platform. this is the new and democratic syria. this is a serious in which -- a syria in which all other religious and ethnic groups have a clear place. >> the secretary general of the arab league also said the situation had not changed. >> we have a new national leadership -- has now changed. >> we have a new national leadership. the fighting has now reached damascus. that shows the current regime is on its last legs. >> at the meeting in marrakesh, the friends of syria agreed to set up a plan for reconstruction efforts in a post-assad syria. it aims to finance propositions, but may not be used -- to finance reconstruction propositions, but may not be used for weapons. >> egyptians abroad have begun voting on the proposed constitutions at the center -- proposed constitution. at the center of the campaign, the opposition says they will call for a no vote, but not call for a boycott of the referendum, which gets under way this weekend. >> law makers in germany have voted overwhelmingly

germany has yet to recognize the opposition national coalition as the sole legitimate recognition -- representative of the syrian people. the political unrest in egypt is showing no signs of dying down. egyptian president mohamed morsi has given the military order to maintain security and protect the state institutions in the run-up to the referendum on a new constitution. the army has also been given the power of arrest. >> this comes as the country braces for more mass protests by all of it -- by opposition groups. president morsi lifted the decree expanding his presidential powers, but that has done little to calm the political unrest. and these soldiers stationed outside the political palace have new powers. >> the egyptian military now has the right to arrest civilians. another setback for the protesters camped out here day and night. president morsi has another decree -- has been told the decree giving him sweeping powers, but demonstrators -- president morsi has an old -- has annulled the decree. >> nothing has changed. he is playing games with us and trying to buy time, but w

. >> russia has invited the officers of the syrian national coalition for parks, and is urging president bashar al-assad to do the same. they say russia must first condemn the president before dialogue him take place. russia says the transitional government should be put in place, with bashar al-assad staying in power. >> we have already had dialogue in cairo. we expressed readiness to meet with them, and are still ready. as we understand, they do not have any objection regarding the offer to leave. we are against interference from outside parties in syria. we understand we need a ceasefire. we agreed the geneva convention contains the elements to move forward for political settlement. >> in the caesarian title, schilling has devastated large parts of the city, including a large suburbs. the rebels say they have also made gains in eastern syria. fighters say they have captured this oil field. tens of thousands of mainly sunni iraqis turned out to protest the government. they are accusing maliki of marginalizing sunni leaders. >> a sea of people gathering in the provincial capital. and th

the syrian opposition got a boost when they came together to recognize the syrian national coalition and the sole representative of the syrian people. good for more on what this means we can speak to richard hart, the president for the council on foreign relations. thank you for joining me. this is not going to do much when it comes to ousting assad. >> that is probably right. it does not affect the balance on the battlefield, but it seems to be moving their way. not as quickly as people would like, but things are moving in their direction. >> reports coming out of serious adjust the groups that are making the most progress against the -- reports coming out of syria suggest the groups that are making the most progress, but they do not want to arm the rebels, but how you stop them from making progress and taking over the country and not the group you want? it is an incredibly tricky position. >> it reminds me of afghanistan. often the best fighters are not the ones that spend their time reading. this is not even a limited to the middle east. civil wars rarely bring to the for the sort

given the fact that the second group was not invited to the newly built established syrian national coalition ok that that will prove tension in the future so i think you know they may be after some sort of autonomy or federalism but there is no there is no consensus within the syrian opposition groups actually they are they are against it as far as i understand at the moment so so we are looking for some sort of our tense situation as in maybe as in iraq between syrian kurds and syrian arab ok edward if i could go back to you it looks like the turks have really shot itself in the foot here i mean because kurds are part of the opposition in syria as well. it peter you ask a very interesting question and because that's really the party here with the most to lose and who you spoke about the kurds winning so we should keep in mind the party here we are mostly turkey. you're right to highlight this event turkey obviously looks at the kurdish problem with a great deal of anxiety and one could even ask oneself why ankara would be so gung ho. in its opposition to the assad regime for the moment give

we heard from the head of the syrian national coalition, the main political body in exile. the said -- will not accept any solution that would, in his words, save the regime. we want assad to leave. he will not be able to stay in power. even fighters on the ground, they tell you we will not accept anything if the president is not prosecuted for his crimes and held accountable. because the opposition, when you talk to them, they are very confident and they feel they are winning this war and it is just a matter of time. but obviously on the ground the government continues to strike back and it is striking back hard and there has been no let up in the violence. panic, chaos, anger -- this is the aftermath of what the opposition says was an air strike carried out by a syrian fighter jet. the syrian observatory for human rights as those killed and wounded were queueing outside a bakery. this is a town which only five days ago was under the control of government forces. the rebels recently opened a new battlefront in this region of the hama, a province in central syria. but terri

links with the syrian regime has sent invitation for talks to the head of the opposition syrian national coalition. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says he believes the transitional governments with assad still in power for a time must be put in place. he said both sides must agree to a peace plan to avoid for the chaos. >> we are against any interference from outside parties, outside countries in syria. we have an understanding that we need a ceasefire in order to save the lives of citizens and we agree the geneva convention contains the elements to move forward for a political settlement. >> the lives of millions of children have been affected by the war in syria. thousands of families have escaped across the border to lebanon. the united nations estimates more than 126,000 registered syria refugees there. but getting away from the fighting can be a terrifying experience. >> at a time millions of children are playing with new toys but these children do not. but they do have the natural creativity. she would like to join in the games but she was paralyzed when the syrian army attacked

a spokesperson for the syrian national coalition argues getting rid of assad requires a two-track approach. walid al bunni says nations need to isolate the president and su. >> we have two ways -- putting pressure on russia, china and iran to stop supporting this regime, and then this would be useful, or supporting militarily the opposition or the interfering by the nato to make free zone and no-fly zone. >> reporter: russia and china have repeatedly vetoed u.n. security council resolutions on imposing sanctions against syria. without their support, the international efforts can only put limited pressure on president assad. diplomats here are still hoping their efforts will help in some part to end the conflict in syria. however, after 20 months of violence, they've learned getting peace will take time. akira saheki, nhk world, tokyo. >>> satellite images show north korea could be preparing to launch another rocket. researchers at johns hopkins university in the united states say they have observed the first two stages of what appears to be a long-range missile. these images of the launch

coming up, we will hear about the syrian civil war from a spokesman with the national coalition for aosition, followed by a look at how the white house and congress are facing a fiscal cook, followed by john boehner on capitol hill. later, a discussion of the fiscal cliff and tax cuts. >> i think of the old poem, "song of life," by longfellow. it says lives, great men all remind us. we can make our lives supply and -- sublime and, departing, leave behind us footsteps on the sands of time. warren left footsteps on the sands of time. many people serve here and are forgotten. he is not one of them. i think the reasons are quite simple. he was admired. he had courage. he had principles. he got things done. he made things happen. he cared more about his country than he did about anything else. as a result, his country cares about him, and we care about him. that is why we are here. that is why we are honoring him today. it is a great privilege for me to have my name associated with warren. >> tomorrow night, the memorial service for a former senator. vice-president biden, david souter, and

other nongovernmental organizations have called on the free syrian army as well as the syrian national coalition if the mom did that they immediately secure her release saying that this is the first taste of the newly widely recognized government at the same time the same rebels. posted a video in which they have said that no russian no ukrainian and no will leave syria alive so there is deep concern as to her fate of course one of us live right there dr ali mohamed from the syria tribune online magazine it is the foreign nations which back the rebels will do little to pressure them to free the journalist. it's for the rest. to. some pressure of. the. country. or have been for being arrested. recently recognition of syrian rebels or by the u.s. and its allies is only fueling the armed conflict there and moscow also reiterated his position that political dialogue is the only solution to the conflict and got a pretty good offer. for the past twenty four hours international media has been buzzing with speculation that russia changed its position on the conflict in syria now the speculation in the m

other nongovernmental organizations have called on the free syrian army as well as the syrian national coalition have demanded that they immediately secure her release saying that this is the first taste of the newly widely recognized government at the same time the same rebels who are allegedly holding her have posted a video in which they have said that no russian no ukrainian and no rain in will leave syria alive so there is deep concern as to her fate now recently there has been a wave of rebel executions in one at least ten bound prisoners are shot at point blank range by the rebels and this was recorded and posted so certainly there was a lot of concern over her fate and particularly the fact that nothing's been heard from who is very worrying to correspondent paula slee now dr ali mohammed from the syria tribune online magazine he says that international complacency and pressuring the rebels to secure the ukrainian journalist release ultimately is sending all the wrong signals. to the world's worst. american citizens in particular. to. look through proxies in. be sure to put some pressure

other non-governmental organizations have demanded from the free syrian army and the syrian national coalition that she be immediately released they have said this is the first taste of the newly widely recognized government at the same time the same rebels who allegedly are holding her have released a video in which they have said that no rein in no russian and no ukrainians would leave the story alive so certainly there was not a lot of optimism as to her fate there has been a recent wave of rebel executions there was one incident that was posted on you tube in which at least ten of bound prisoners executed at point blank range by the rebels this of course we look forward and posted to you tube and then just a few days ago there was another incident and we're told was the last to behave and i'm armed and bound prisoner so there is deep concern over her fate and what is particularly warring is the fact that there's a deadline has come and passed with no word. policy argue correspondent thank you for that update. hope now is that the rebels might listen to calls for the journalist release and

other nongovernmental organizations have called on the free syrian army as well as the syrian national coalition they've demanded that they immediately secure her release saying that this is the first taste of the newly reliably recognized government at the same time the same rebels in egypt holding her have posted a video in which they have said that no russian no ukrainian and no will leave syria alive so there is deep concern as to her fate of course want to poor reporting right now russia says the recent official recognition of syrian rebels by the u.s. and its allies is only fueling the armed conflict in syria also reiterated its position that political dialogue is the only solution to the conflict as r.t.c. corpuscle reports. for the past twenty four hours international media has been buzzing with speculation that russia changed its position on the coffin serial now all the speculation in the media began on thursday one of the foreign ministry senior officials was misinterpreted when he quoted the syrian syrian opposition which said that president assad was losing control over the country

other nongovernmental organizations have called on the free syrian army as well as the syrian national coalition of demanded that they immediately secure her release saying that this is the first taste of the newly lively recognized government at the same time the same rebels image of the holding her have posted a video in which they have said that no russian no ukrainian and no rain in will leave syria alive so there is deep concern as to her fate the german parliament has approved the deployment of patriot missiles to turkey but it is now also ready to send up to four hundred soldiers to operate the batteries following similar decisions by the u.s. and the netherlands all this to protect our own crew from potential serious attacks but this story german source says there are other reasons for this build up. the reason for staging the missiles on syria's border is not because of an attack by syria because there's actually no likelihood that syria is going to attack turkey and in any case those missiles are to be directed against planes or ballistic missiles not against the artillery shells all m

conference in syria need some thursday to boost support for the country's new opposition lines the national coalition it comes after washington formally recognized them as the new testament representative of the syrian people but as i say is gonna check out reports now of the world needs to keep its size open to who's actually if i say on the ground. they call themselves martyrs god and all those you see around you of the fighters you see are living martyrs and the living martyr has already sacrificed a soul for this country but syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us sot. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably an assault supporter atrocities are committed on all fronts during syria's bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground it's islamist groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr tatar we come meet was a member of a jihadi spoken ization twenty five years ago he later became a vocal opponent of radical islam that you have this