mats was that it -- diplomats was that it makes no sense for the united states to confront the assad regime and .sis simultaneously the president of the united states and the secretary of state, at least until now, have taken a different position entirely. they have considered bashar al-assad to be part of the andlem in the isis context certainly not part of the solution. theersonal view is that president and the secretary of state are correct on this. , this is not just a matter of the assad regime having spent the better part of a decade burying al qaeda-type personnel mayhem.q to create it is not just a matter of the regime having emptied its prisons of violent islamist the syrianjust as uprising was beginning. and it is not just a matter of the regime's sectarian program of mass homicide drawing foreign fighters into syria. one can, if one wishes, simply dismiss all of this as ancient history and say it is no longer relevant given the current threat. operational fact of the matter, however, is that the regime and isis in syria, with the exception of some recent clashes around some oil f

mats was that it -- diplomats was that it makes no sense for the united states to confront the assad regime and .sis simultaneously the president of the united states and the secretary of state, at least until now, have taken a different position entirely. they have considered bashar al-assad to be part of the andlem in the isis context certainly not part of the solution. theersonal view is that president and the secretary of state are correct on this. , this is not just a matter of the assad regime having spent the better part of a decade burying al qaeda-type personnel mayhem.q to create it is not just a matter of the regime having emptied its prisons of violent islamist the syrianjust as uprising was beginning. and it is not just a matter of the regime's sectarian program of mass homicide drawing foreign fighters into syria. one can, if one wishes, simply dismiss all of this as ancient history and say it is no longer relevant given the current threat. operational fact of the matter, however, is that the regime and isis in syria, with the exception of some recent clashes around some oil f

to abandon the president's goal of toppling assad and enter into a de facto alliance with the assad regime to fight isis or other sunni extremists in the region. such a decision would represent the height of folly. nobody, nobody should believe that assad is an ally in the fight against terrorism. former ambassador to syria robert ford who resigned in may after asserting that he could no longer defend american policy in syria made it clear how foolish such thinking is. he quoted -- i quote him -- "the people who think bashar assad's regime is the answer to containing and eventually eliminating the islamic-based threat do not understand the historic relationship between the regime and isis. they don't understand the current relationship between assad and isis and how they are working on the ground together directly and indirectly inside syria." he added -- quote -- "if this administration wants to contain the islamic state on the ground, they're going to have to help the free syrian army." after more than three years of horror and suffering and devastation and growing threats to our nationa

it will not be a philanthropist who decides they want to buy facebook to promote the assad regime on cebook. it is an element of the syrian regime. it is disingenuous for facebook to suggest the money does not come from an element of the regime in some way. >> it is fairly amazing that not only did you get the thumbs up from the offices, but it is amazing to me that this got 200,000 likes, that this campaign had some effectiveness to it. >> that is what is quite worrying. propaganda matters when it is a crisis and conflict of this scale. for many ordinary syrians, they believe the world has forgotten them and what has happened in syria, so the idea that facebook can do business that promotes a regime that has besieged entire cities and bombed their own people -- just because they took the ads down, we think this show solidarity for syrians. we have not forgotten what happened in that country. this is unacceptable business. there is a very simple way of putting this right. >> what does this tell us about the assad regime, if in fact they were behind it? what does this tell us about the

is not going to be a philanthropist who decides that they want to buy facebook back to promote assad regimecebook. it is going to be an element of the syrian regime. i think it is disingenuous for facebook to suggest that the money does not come from an element of the regime. >> it is fairly amazing that this got the thumbs up outside of their office, the visual like, but it is amazing to me that it has 200,000 likes. >> propaganda matters when it is a crisis and conflict of this scale. for many ordinary syrians, they believe the world has forgotten about them and about what is happening in syria. the idea that facebook can do business that promotes a regime that has besieged cities, used starvation as a lesson of war, dropped from on schools and hospitals, instantly say, well, we took the ads down that we are keeping the prophet, we think this is an opportunity for syrians and say we have not forgotten what is happening in your country, and this is a negative business. there is a very simple way of putting this right. >> what does this tell us about the assad regime and if they were behind

so the assad regime has taken islam's holiest months and calculated its bombing runs. its taken advantages of people's rituals of faith to maximize suffering. even by by the horrific bar this regime has set, the ma level lens of this pattern is shocking. and alpeppo is not the only place assad is using this tactic. umra was only recently allowed to distribute food. anyone who has seen photos of the refugees knows that this population' survival hangs by a thread. we are monitoring the situation there in alpeppo and other sites closely, and we call on the regime to fully implement resolution 2139 and comply with its obligations under resolutions 2139 and 2165, as well as its basic obligations under international humanitarian law and human rights law. this is a snapshot of two places in the home of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. yet as the cases of alpeppo and others demonstrate, these problems stem from a political crisis. and a barbaric tactics of a regime that's lost the legitimacy to lead. fixing that crisis will ultimately demand a political solution that

assad against isis. this is good for regime a row in a way. others argue that it is not good news for us odd, that assad has failed to get westerners to embrace his view. i think here, we should give .redit to john kerry i have a lot of things to say about u.s. policy but on this specific point, i think there is a centralizing of the problem. when john kerry says us odd cannot be ace -- saiys assad cannot be a solution, this captures the dynamics at play. there is a lot of frustration among regime associates that this narrative hasn't really taken hold. there is also strain on allied militias that have to fight on several fronts. iran has inherited two failing regimes in iraq and syria, a massive investment. can they do it? iraqi militias, they have to decide. do they go back to -- ? the news is not necessarily good for us odd. -- for assad. in the short term, the regime is on solid ground. i have spoken for much longer than i should have. sorry. thanks very much. >> thank you. that was fantastic. i am sure there are a number of questions in th

likes what does this tell us about the assad regime if they are behind it?t know for certain what does this say about their in theirchnology condemnation of syrian leadership? >> this was during the time of the sham election. the ads are primarily focused outside of syria. it was an attempt to legitimize the regime and legitimize the election. if you look at the reporting, the world is talking about isis and iraq. the assad regime is responsible for the majority of things that .ave unraveled there should be an uproar, rightly so. we are just astonished that assad who is responsible for most of what's happened in syria, has been able to advertise and facebook make money and hold onto the prophet. >> john jackson with my partner cory johnson. google will have to face a thes-action lawsuit after street view data collection after they refused to consider the appeal of a lower court .uling the plaintiff accused google of collecting e-mail and user names . they said it was a mistake but insists that they did not violate federal wiretapping laws. cory johnson and i

, if the assad regime becomes a more or less permanent feature. there are people out there saying quite frankly we should go back to bashar al assad and strike some kind of deal. what kind of inhibition is created by sheer volume of evidence. >> inhibition created by the truth that happened there and the fact that truth is undeniable. but fundamentally we have to recognize what we have with this regime and its key actors is that its legitimacy, its ability to serve the public of syria is gone, if ever it were there. frankly in my discussions at a time when peace negotiations aren't moving forward, we'd like them to move forward, people are stronger on the accountability issue, you see it going to the security council in may, because it is so important to clearly get this information out there and have it understood this kind of conduct capital be the conduct that enables someone to maintain power. the matter of whole global system, protection of rights of victims, the matter of protecting the right of civilians, everything that we work for, everyth

more than 9,000 children have been murdered by the assad regime.thing else, just that alone -- >> the iraq issue stood out to you as well. >> this is one of the cosmic jokes of what he's saying. for years the iranian government was directly responsible for killing probably 1500 american soldiers in iraq. now all they want is for america to come back and kill iran's sunn

border and now it's mosque because this area has been in the hands of the rebels fighting the assad regime and who still claim that it's in their hands but obviously that's not true if you're able to see we're in flag over here it's also remarkable that his sides are talking to each other so close to where we are is injuries of age and people here ninety percent of them from what you were telling me actually want to return to syria so we're talking about people that have it radiated wasted and and who live inside israeli territory but in a hot side actually syrian what is that it's like a stadium another thing you want to buy what. you know. one thing will happen will work there but you know well. yeah but i said i think it's a long time for that a very long. story whether it's the few. world. picture. from. right promising. first strike. and i think the church. on our reporters twitter. and instagram the i. would be in the know. on long. lead. to believe that people in ukraine should have been. given an opportunity to vote to have a background on whether or not they want to sign this agre

some people are coming to the conclusion that the assad regime has essentially won. the questions of accountability are really not terribly relevant. i am wondering, in your own discussions with syrian opposition, is this question come up about the relevance of accountability data? and given the sheer quantity of evidence that has been collected, as this, and anyway, way, inhibit the ability of the united states in the future to work with the assad regime, if it becomes a more or less permanent feature? there are people out there who are saying that we should go back, strike some kind of a deal. was kind of inhibition is created by the sheer volume of evidence? the truth is undeniable. we have tontally, recognize that what we have with this regime and its key actors, its legitimacy, its ability to serve the public of syria is gone. if ever it were there. and frankly in my discussions at the time, peace negotiations aren't moving forward. people are even stronger on the accountability issue. is he is going to the security council of the u.n. in may. because it is so i

assad. this is good for regime morale. others argue it's not good news for assad. that actually assad has failed so far to get westerners to embrace his view of the this threat. and i think here there's a, you know, we should give credit to john kerry. i have a lot of bad things to say about u.s. policy, but on this specific point i think there's a good con seceptualizi of the problem. when john kerry says assad cannot be a solution against isis because he's a magnet for terrorism, this word "magnet" actually encompasses -- or captures well the dynamics at play. there's a lot of frustration among regime associates that this -- this narrative hasn't really taken hold in the west. there's also strain on alied shia militias that have to fight on several fronts today. iran today has inherited two failing regimes in iraq and syria. a massive investment. can they do it? iraqi militias, they have to decide, do they protect just -- or do they go back to protect some other in karbala. the news is not necessarily good for assad. but all these are medium to long-term consider

had not protected the assad regime three times at the u.n. from serious resolutions condemning its actions including killing more than one hundred fifty thousand people then you might have had a more positive resolution at the geneva two conference but it you need to to russia chose to side one hundred percent with assad and the geneva two conference felt but dr friedman let's take comparable cases from the region the case of iraq the case of libya you know russia play along with the united states and libya does leave will look like a positive example of a burgeoning democracy what about iraq you know russia did object to george w. bush invading iraq but it did not stop americans look at the country well let's take each case separately in the case of libya gadhafi then in charge threaten to massacre the people of benghazi at the time that then russian president medvedev went along with the no fly zone which helped protect the people of benghazi. the key american mistake was after the fall of gadhafi not being heavily involved politically to e

more than 9,000 children have been murdered by the assad regime.ing else, just that alone -- >> the iraq issue stood out to you as well. >> this is one of the cosmic jokes of what he's saying. for years the iranian government was directly responsible for killing probably 1500 american soldiers in iraq. now all they want is for america to come back and kill iran's sunni enemies. there's an audacity to many of the things he said. >> this whole debate about iran's nuclear weapons, they have nuclear capacity. they say they don't want a weapon. we talked about the politics of selling this to congress may be tough for president obama right now. what about the facts for the region. what is the danger? >> the danger is this is a country that destabilizes the entire region, supports terror groups. lets not forget, this country is considered prime sponsor, state sponsor of terrorism in the world by obama state department. do you want prime state sponsor of terrorism to have -- >> you think they want the weapons. >> they spent billions and billions on develop

why does iran continue to support the assad regime?y the united states continues to support forces like isis that are wrecking havoc in this region. this is the problem. the united states and some of its -- >> is that fair to say that the united states is supporting isis? >> no, no, the united states is supporting those who are trying to dismantle syria, to destroy syria using these tactics. you cannot pick and choose. this is the reality -- >> isn't that what iran is doing? >> this is the reality of the situation in syria. we have called from the very beginning to respect the will of the syrian people, to allow the syrian people to determine their future, to allow the syrian people to use political processes in order to obtain the objective. >> but, minister, this is the force of assad's fist. it's not the will of the people, is it? >> no, it's not. the number of syrians who turned out to vote in lebanon were not worried about assad's fist. the problem is we're not supporting any individual or any specific group. what we are saying is

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. -- military action against assad regime, accusing him of using a chemical weapon. washington withdrew the threat after russia promised emaking remove the weapons. a first round of peace talks from january to february between the syrian government and opposition failed to bridge any gaps. then came three-party talks. however, the u.s., which backed some of the insurgents, and russia and the u.n. serving as a mediator couldn't find common ground. >> i apologize to the syrian people that their hopes which were very, very high that something will happen here, i think that, you know, the little that has been achieved. >> reporter: assad's security forces are prevailing after recapturing the third largest city homs in may. in june, the president extended his term for another seven years, when he won a presidential election. >> translator: many people in the arab world and west will understand late that the battle in which the syrian people are fighting to defend their country is a battle to defend many other people who will be facing the same terrorism sooner or later. >

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supporting the assad regime in syria. so i don't think congress on either side, republican or democrat, is interested in taking the foot off the pedal of sanctions and i think that becomes a political problem. >> john kerry has been busy lately trying to ease tensions in the middle east between israelis and palestinians. what's the impact? >> you'll hear from martin indyk who stepped down as middle east envoy telling me he does not think that a ground invasion is necessarily what is next. he thinks the israeli leadership is a little bit more reluctant to do that now because they're not sure what that would actually achieve. they want to stop the rocket fire. they have some room it seems to do that from the u.s. and other countries who have been supportive. but the issue now is what does it take to get a cease-fire, to get this to stop. that seems off yet. >> we've been talking about immigration this week, in particular children crossing the border from central america. president obama has asked congress for $3.7 billion i

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the intervention on the syrian war on the side of assad has provided a new leaf on lice on the assad regime. in fact, it's the reason why assad believes he's winning this war and can continue to kill his own people, continue to use starvation as an act of war and continue to do horrific things to hundreds of thousands of its citizens. hezbollah has also had a corrosive effect on lebanese politics, holding the lebanese people hostage to its demand that they must accept its legal armed forces. a terrorist army which is perptually at war with lebanon's southern neighbor, israel. mr. speaker, claims that hezbollah is just a political organization or some kind of a social services agency is simply naive, untrue, just plain lies. this bill exposes the group for what it is, a vicious terrorist organization with a global reach, including an operational capacity in the united states. the united states is responding to this threat, and last week the treasury department sanctioned companies for procuring engines, communications, electronics and navigation equipment for hezbollah. it's time to impose e

regime. it does operate outside of the borders. it is not going to be a philanthropist who decides they want to buy facebook adds to promote bashar al-assadfacebook. it is disingenuous to suggest that the money doesn't come from an element of the regime. gott is amazing that this 200,000 likes, this campaign had some effectiveness to it. >> that is what is worrying. of propaganda matters when it is a crisis and a conflict of the scale. theyany ordinary syrians, believe that the world has forgotten them. the idea that facebook and do business the promotes a regime that is besieged entire cities and used starvation as a weapon of war and dropped bombs on schools and hospitals and just say that well, we took the ads down but we are keeping the prophet. this is a time to show solidarity with syrians and say we have not forgotten what is happening. this is unacceptable business. there is a very simple way of putting this right. >> what does this tell us about the bashar al-assad regime? this tell us about them in the use of technology at a time when the country is in the middle of a civil war and there is international condemnation of the lead

up iraq has been destroyed so you have these factions of sunni and shia you know splintering assad's regime in syria has been attacked by the same groups that now create isis these radical sunni groups that are trying to destabilize the nation state which is syria in this case since that failed that attack on syria basically failed assad kind of shored up his power in the spring and as a result i selves and crops up and now wants a new caliphate that's going to basically span from syria iraq to destroy what used to be two stable nations which was iraq and syria now they're both can be decimated so what you have is when those countries disintegrate lebanon will then go and who knows how it's going to destroy jordan for example which is mostly populated by refugees this point so you see all these countries are going to basically be destabilized by this sunni shia violence and this is something that was predicted and known and so even for example you take what's happening in israel right now on my show bussau three months ago i said look i know people in the intelligence world who've told me p