this is the largest attack to hit damascus in some time.ted his device in this commercial district in the centre of damascus, killing at least a0 people and injuring dozens more. working as a sports correspondent means you simply don't see devastation like this. the number of people killed rose to 7a. the experience is a shocking and harrowing insight into the painful realities of life in syria. what before had just been words about the conflict, war and bombings was now very real in my mind. i had come to syria to find out how football could possibly thrive and matter in a time of war. right now, that question seemed more difficult to answer than ever. this is important. tarek has devoted much of his life to syrian football. in this box are the medals that prove it. this is you? with the captain's armband? yes, number five. that was before the war. there are many players now in the national team, but... so now you are the coach? today the majority of the most talented players look to play abroad. today it is different. before the six years

in a sports club in damascus, the tension is palpable.e final minutes. a win here is actually crucial to syria's world cup hopes. then, in the final minutes, al—katib is fouled and win a penalty. they score and syria have a famous victory. its meaning to those in damascus is clear: so, too, here in malaysia. lovely to meet you. good luck in south korea. this team operates under unique circumstances. they have a real belief they are playing for the syrian people. the achievements really do seem to transcend both sport and politics. it demonstrates the power of sport and how, even amidst a civil war that has ripped syria apart, he can matter so much to so many. hello, there. low pressure was the driving force behind the weather. fine, sunny, and quite warm but the weather front will drift south eastwards. but low pressure is the driving force of our weather for the second part of the weekend as well. it will be a breezy day, strongest winds across the north and west of the uk and that is where you will find most of the showers. more frequen

it is friday afternoon in damascus, and the weekend is under way.ing, and like so many places around the world, football in the afternoon. it is here that i meet tarek, a stint coach of syria's national team. —— assistant coach. i am joining him as he watches a low—key fixture in syria's premier league, which is also attempting to carry on despite the conflict. syrian football fans have much to cheer about right now. their national side has performed beyond expectations, as they try to qualify for next year's world cup in russia. economic sanctions mean the country and therefore football has little money. what cash there is comes from the assad government, keen to use football to give the impression of a united, functioning state. need somebody to support him, oui’ state. need somebody to support him, our federation, state. need somebody to support him, ourfederation, our government. add equipment, our conditions, not what we want. —— our equipment. equipment, our conditions, not what we want. -- our equipment. syrian government officials are keen t

they built external part of damascus and demographically built and kind of dot same thing.in the areas that have been cleared. >> all right well that brings us to an end. thank you very much for coming.

that is damascus.ther places on the coast and the people who make up the army in the regime have taken internally displaced people.in n that economy is doing quite well in many ways because it's one of the few places that people feel like it's safe to stay. then where they have retaken control they have looked at the population they want and have started planning forreconstr reconstruction and they will demographically secure their power by who they bring in which is something the father did initially because he comes from the coast. they moved a lot of people who would be loyal to them and built an external part of damascus. they're gonna kinda do the same thing in areas that have been clear. >> that brings us to an end. thank you for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> sunday night on afterwards, the brassica senator explores how to encourage adolescents and young adults to become independent, active and engaged citizens in his book, the banishing american adult and

backed forces damascus based journalist a lot ebrahim explains. some of the u.s. refers to forces which is the militia group operating along with through a sort of coalition trying to take the city of iraq from the control of home but we can also confirm according to several more through sources from the sort of multiple critique inverting area that the pilot was actually occurring or strike against a convoy from mine but the far to it in no way you posed any direct or indirect throat to any militia group from those groups operating alongside of us looked. trying to get control or gain control of the city or warplanes of the so-called international coalition shut down one of our fighter jets in a southern suburb of rocca the fighter plane was on a mission to destroy slotnick state terrorists the aircraft crashed and the pilot is missing but i think there is more to the story and what's more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying to true boundaries in the syrian conflict and bread lines. for the tsunami not to cross the. battlefield is a very complicated one r

let's find out what this all means syrian journalist al abraham joins me live now from damascus always good to have you on the program what can you tell us indeed up by the syrian government's latest advance here. well i can tell you that what happened today is that units from the tsunami that has been advancing from the eastern countryside to follow pope after reaching the city of kabul software which is located in the local provence have turned south and connected with the audience advancing from hama hence creating a de facto siege on over one thousand five hundred to discredit kilometers where there are another forty villages forty small villages to look at in this in clave where there are still effectively fighters from the islamic state according to our local sources the radical group was not able to fully withdraw its fighters from that enclave in the eastern countryside of the pope because the army advanced to. too quickly for the with the withdrawal of the radical group and now we have the situation where there is a small growth of a small actually in play for i saw one thousa

based think tank good losses told me thinks washington could push damascus to retaliate here. this is being used as a principle to prevent the syrian army from the story in silliness over and to be against rebels or against dietitians so on and so forth in a sentence about a year ago the united states or still no action but but two a year ago they were actively using or possibly using dies forces isis forces to pressure to put pressure on the state or in army now they seem to be actively protecting and this is leading not them but the fact of the matter of is still the syrian army it needs to protect itself just like the syrian the american army when they say where we are attacking forces or we are protecting our personnel if the syrian army decides to switch on to get across the trees or misfires are they attacking americans or are they or would they be protecting themselves as well this is this is not getting anywhere safer there are other developments coming from syria to today this time concerning iran iran's missiles into i still held eastern parts of syria i spoke with a

backed forces damascus based journalist al abraham has more so if one of the u.s. refers to the syrian democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with the u.s. led coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of ice all but we can also confirm according to suffer through sources from the syrian military approaching in that area that the popular church was actually carrying strike against a convoy from ice and that the fighter jet in no way you posed any direct or in direct threat to any militia group from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control over gain control of the city of warplanes of the so-called international coalition shut down one of war a fighter jets in the south and suburb of rock the fighter plane was in a mission to destroy islam and state terrorists the aircraft crashed in the pilot is missing but i think there is more to thought story and what's more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying to true boundaries in the syrian conflict and drug lines. for the syrian army not

and if it came down to it who knows maybe russia could trade assad for someone else from official damascus. i think for russia having a libya as an example of someone who is overthrown and having that disarray in the country and having that i would say was also a dictator but after he got shot he got hanged everything went downhill from there i think those two examples were very vivid for russia because russia is much closer to those countries the united states it prefers to support the official damascus rather than undefined rebels. who we don't really know what they wrote leave the country to the idea i was right listen the the idea that overthrowing dictators is is a mistake is a very sensible idea doesn't surprise i mean i'm not particularly. you know bothered by this i testified before the us senate against the war in iraq or in two thousand and three i did say that if you remove saddam hussein you get and the key civil war and not democracy i was. not only ali by the way but the second should be friends mr gates was a ganster of the attack on the daffy in libya believing the american

the wife's heis claiming that the syrian government is planning a chemical attack now what could damascus gain from doing not if this is true they're winning the war on the ground why resort to chemicals. well i don't believe the syrians owed the city in a g.m. is going to use chemical weapons especially at the time when the american journalist uncovered the truth about the fact that donald trump knew there was no chemical attack in the country. when he led his attack on actual port city an airport so i believe this is mainly. not done by the united states to have a pretext because i believe that it's planning to. have an attack on the syrian army at the time when this army is achieving major success in the field. it was able to reach the. by the united states and against all odds was able to reach a public. city on the freight those of the same time it's heading towards a nato which will be at the end of the united states to have. influence in syria and the not. just the country just on the united to break in to remind our viewers because russian officials were critical that no real inve

force against the assad government saying it is unacceptable it comes after the white house claims damascus is preparing to chemical weapons in syria. i welcome good evening it's just turned eight o'clock here in moscow you're watching r.t. international. our top story a producer for america's c.n.n. news channel is apparently being filmed saying the networks russia coverage is more about boosting ratings than offering solid facts investigative journalism group project barrett's house released a hidden camera video. hidden camera video conversation here's a clip of it. the point c.n.n. constantly away. with. this is radio. is free to raise or be right but honestly. it's just like. it's mostly the right no we don't. john. proof. we have a duty to. present. to the sea you see it instead in our internal bleeding he said good job everybody covering the clinical words. but we're done with the let's get back to. what we have contacted c.n.n. to call mentallo is still waiting for a response and meantime though we can get more information from colorful he's covering the story for us. what more then

bomb syrian troops for the second time in two days as damascus soldiers battle with this. review from a us democratic congresswoman who is pushing to stop washington arming militants in syria. each time we have these wars it has resulted in the strengthening of terrorist groups. and the digital divide in the us widens as california and texas over the laws and climate change. by good morning just turned eleven in the morning here in moscow here are t h q kevin zero in with you this hour our top story in syria again the conflict is taking a dangerous new with the israeli military bombing syrian government troops now for the second time as many days as a middle east correspondent in tel aviv fall asleep there's a worry that this would get out of control paula how does israel justify launching strikes across the border into syria in the first place. well certainly as you say israel has bombed the syrian government troops across its border twice since saturday now the israelis claim that the strikes. across the border shelling from the syrian military earlier this morning monda

bombs syrian troops for the second time in two days as damascus soldiers battled with yeah he's bringing up a spade and all that coming up to we hear from a us democratic congresswoman who is pushing the stalled washington arming militants in syria. each time we have these wars it has resulted in the strengthening of terrorist groups. and russian investigators say the perpetrators of the same petersburg metro bombing in april used the encrypted messaging service telegram to plan and carry out the atrocity. very good afternoon for me kevin i we just turned one in the afternoon here in moscow this is an international if you just choose our top story the conflict in syria has taken a dangerous new turn over the past weekend with the israeli military bombing syrian government troops for the second time in as many days a middle east correspondent paula sleeze got the latest from tel aviv. israelis claim that these strikes are in retaliation for cross border shelling from the syrian military earlier this morning monday they were again reports that idea of tanks had fired across the border afte

also says that it considers any threats to the legitimate need to ship off syria unacceptable to damascus government goes they've denied the white house allegations that they may be preparing for a new chemical attack they insist again that they've never used such arms at the same time we're hearing from several state department officials who are typically involved in coordinating such announcements and they say that they were caught completely off guard by the warning which didn't appear to be discussed in advance with any other kind of national security agencies and then the united kingdom is weighing in it says that it will back u.s. action against syria despite seeing no evidence of this. and made to attack even being paid. parties middle east correspondent paula slayer bring this the very latest thank you for that well international affairs professors from chile i think the latest allegations from the white house should be taken with a pinch of salt you know intelligence the so-called intelligence that many consultant will dote as a pretext for dignity action has also be politicized

to use military force against the saying it is unacceptable becomes after the white house claims damascus is preparing to chemical weapons in syria. hello there comes you live from moscow you're watching r.t. international. now a producer for america's c.n.n. news channel has apparently been caught saying the network's russia coverage is more about the ratings than offering solid facts investigative journalism group project very tass released a secretly filmed video conversation here's a clip. the morning c.n.n. constantly like russia the structure of. this ratings this rating razor credible right now but honestly. it's just like. it's mostly right now we don't have any. giant. proof i was feeling they don't really have that they they want to keep doing. and so i think the president is probably right to say. look who are we trying to to the c.e.o. of c.n.n. said in our internal meeting he said good job everybody covering the climate accords. but we're done with that let's get back to russia where we have contacted c.n.n. for comment although we are still waiting for a response kind of has

syrian military jets been shot down by an american war plane there the embattled syrian city of rocca damascus says it's pilot missing in action was carrying out a bombing run against islamic state at the time but the pentagon claims it down the plane for bombing us but forces damascus based on this explains more. so if one of the u.s. refers to a certain demographic forces which is the militia group operating along with the u.s. led coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of ice all but we can also confirm according to suffer through sources from the syrian military approaching in that area that the popular church was actually caring strike against a convoy from ice and that the fighter jet in no way you posed any direct or in direct threat to any militia group from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control over gain control of the city or for the warplanes of the so-called international coalition shut down one of war a fighter jets in the south and suburb of rock the fighter plane was in a mission to destroy slotnick state terrorist

bomb syrian troops for the second time in two days as damascus soldier. plus review from a us democratic congresswoman who is pushing to stop washington militants in syria . each time we have these wars it has resulted in the strengthening of terrorist groups. and the political divide in the us widens as california to texas over. climate change.

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against the assad government saying it is unacceptable and it comes after the white house claims damascus is preparing to use chemical weapons in syria. the welcome come july from moscow you're watching international our top story this hour a producer for america's c.n.n. news channel has apparently been caught saying the network's russia coverage is more about boosting ratings than offering solid facts investigative journalism group project veritas is released a secretly filmed conversation here's a clip of. the more i see them constantly like russia the structure of. this regimes even if russia was trying to swing an election i think we try to sway the election in this weird little r.c. i do which time when we're out there trying to manipulate governments like honestly if you think. it's just like. it's mostly right now we don't have any. giant. proof i was feeling they don't really have that they want to keep doing. and so i think president is probably right to say. look who are we trying to put in the c o c and instead in our internal meeting he said good job everybody covering the cl

that's not a normal sound here in damascus. >> narrator: ambassador ford dispatched a reconnaissance team to the site. >> we got a sense of how big the holes were and what had happened. the way the car bombs were delivered, crashing through gates with a follow-on car, was exactly what we had seen the al-qaeda organization do in iraq, and so it had the fingerprints of al-qaeda. >> the wave of car bombings that convulsed damascus showed that tactics that been successfully employed in iraq had now been successfully exported to syria. >> narrator: zarqawi's organization had not only survived, it was growing and starting to capture territory. >> two back-to-back explosions hit the capital damascus early on friday. >> authorities said at least 40 people were killed... >> narrator: back in washington, at the state department, ambassador ford was worried. he wanted to offer military aid to syrian rebels who were seen as moderates. >> my team, working in our little offices and cubicles downstairs, began to think we would have to help those more moderate secular elements compete for recruits.

showers could make their way into damascus and extreme northern montgomery county.dtry. showers could make their way into damascus and extreme northern montgomery county.ry. showers could make their way into damascus and extreme northern montgomery county. our next best chance of rain actually comes on friday and some of that moisture may come from what is right now tropical storm cindy which may make its way on landfall later tonight. >> exactly into early tomorrow morning. so take a look, this is the rain doug was talking about now moving in to baltimore northern anne arundel county. but as we head down to the gulf, you can see tropical storm cindy bringing lots of rain to areas of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and the panhandle of florida. 6 to 9 inches in those areas. isolated higher amounts. winds at 50 miles an hour as it moves toward the northwest at 9 miles per hour. so again, it makes landfall overnight tonight. it is impacting the gulf throughout the day tomorrow and then as we head toward the end of the starts to make an easterly push, we'll see one rem

into syria to help the so-called moderate opposition so it started again without permission from damascus or may go twenty sixteen throughout the year u.s. troops were spotted across syria with washington reluctant to say did set up bases there september twenty sixth in the u.s. led coalition bombed a syrian military base for the first time of the officials admitted it was only intentional then in april of this year washington launched dozens of cruise missiles at the syrian airbase after blaming damascus from alleged chemical. that was followed by the coalition bombing of syrian pro-government forces on three occasions after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones then just earlier this month the u.s. deployed advanced missile launches to a base run by its commandos washington's top military commander was pod pressed to explain the legal grounds for shooting down this government jet in this latest attack his response fell rather flat here it is. there and have a legal justification in new york through zation use military force we are prosecuting a campaign against isis

place during a battle between syrian government troops and the hardest militants in the area of damascus has accused israel of providing cover for the terrorists strikes syrian officials have not commented on the alleged firing of their military into israel. meanwhile there is confusion over the rules of foreign agent in syria after the downing of a syrian fighter jet by a u.s. warplane last sunday and has now halted its military cooperation with washington in syria over that incident russia's the fence ministry warn that it will now try any u.s. led croft in syria as potential targets the ministry also accused washington of violating a key military agreement with moscow russia's foreign minister says the americans have some explaining to do. yes. there was a mechanism to avoid syrian airspace incidents between russia and the us that is now suspended after the us shut down the plane we have requested a detailed explanation through the ministry of defense we expect that it will be provided by the us. at the pentagon earlier claimed it has shut down the syrian jet in self-defense software

assad and his allies now there is no investigation no due process just punishment now as far as the damascus government goes they've denied the white house allegations that they may be preparing for a new chemical attack they insist again that they've never used such arms at the same time we're hearing from several state department officials who are typically involved in coordinating such announcements and they say that they were caught completely off guard by the warning which didn't appear to be discussed in advance with any other kind of national security agencies and then the united kingdom is weighing in it's a. said it will back u.s. action against syria despite seeing no evidence of this and made to attack even being prepared i want to leave you with no doubt we think it's absolutely right if we can to prevent the use of chemical weapons and we will fully support any u.s. action the u.s. allegations come despite moscow's latest call for washington to avoid any provocations in syria and i rushed as foreign minister sergey lavrov made the request in a phone conversation with his u.s. co

a softer blaming damascus for an alleged chemical attack that was followed by the coalition bombing of syrian pro-government forces on three occasions accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones self-defense of our forces inside in a stab leafed an agreed upon confliction jong then just earlier this month the u.s. deployed advanced missile launches to a base run by its commandos washington's top military commander was hard pressed to explain the legal grounds for shooting down a government jet in this latest attack after his response fell rather flat we're there and have legal justification in new york through zation use military force we are prosecuting a campaign against isis and in syria general dunford is referring to the authorization for the use of military force that was in two thousand and one after nine eleven that was related to al qaeda in afghanistan so now he's trying to pretend that this somehow justifies attacking syrian grown forces and syrian air force inside syria so what we've got going on is a clear violation of international law it's illegal to fund a

special forces into syria to help the so-called moderate opposition again without the permission of damascus twenty sixteen u.s. troops were spotted across syria with washington reluctant to say had it set up bases that then bite september twenty sixth the u.s. led coalition bombed a syrian military base for the first time although officials admitted that it was unintentional ultimately we made an unintentional regrettable primarily based on human factors in several areas in the targeting process then in april of this year washington launched dozens of cruise missiles at a syrian air base after blaming damascus for an alleged chemical attack that was followed by the coalition bombing of syrian pro-government forces on three occasions accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones self defense of our forces inside and stablished an agreed upon confliction drawn then just earlier this month the u.s. deployed advanced missile launchers to a base run by its commandos washington's top military commander was hard pressed to explain the legal grounds for shooting down a government jet in

backed militants but damascus says its plane was attacking islamic state when it's not the first time and the u.s. led coalition has targeted pro assad forces in the war zone the syrian jet was shot down near the i still held city of raco which is under siege by u.s. banks local troops last month in southern syria the coalition also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones our season as the now we take a closer look at the latest round. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoot your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lin's going on here d. as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area of potential targets and are tracking them all of

backed militants but damascus says its plane it was attacking islamic state well it's not the first time the u.s. to lead coalition has been targeted and targeted assad's forces in the war zone the syrian jet that was shot down near the i still held city of rank which is under siege by u.s. backed local troops last month in southern syria the coalition also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones artie's in this and now it takes a closer look at the latest route. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoot your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lence going on here d. as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area of potential targets and

damascus, bakers prepare sweets for eid.being given colourful clothes to wear as they prepare to celebrate the coming together for food and celebrations in yemen. many of the world's 1.8 billion muslims will be celebrating. i've been speaking to salehjuma to find outjust how significant this is for muslims around the world. eid is significant because it is too experienced that significant, eid, because, after a whole month of fasting and preventing yourself from the things you love the most, and then, all of a sudden, you have relief, and then of course that moment of relief, the pleasure, even the words cannot express, cannot do justice to express the pleasure that someone gets during eid. eid is actually an arabic word which means to come back all return. it's something which always, every year, muslims are looking forward to, to getting together worldwide to celebrate, like in christianity people celebrate christmas. eid is such a huge event in the muslim calendar, isn't it, all over the world ? calendar, isn't it, all ov

syria to help the so-called moderate opposition as they were termed again without permission from damascus throughout the whole of twenty sixteen u.s. troops were spotted across syria with washington reluctant to say that set up bases there come to the temple of twenty sixteen the u.s. led coalition bombed a syrian military base for the first time or the officials admitted that was unintentional that in april of this year washington lodged dozens of cruise missiles at a syrian air base after blaming damascus for alleged chemical attack that was followed in may but the coalition bombing of syrian pro-government forces on three occasions of accusing them of violating the so-called de confliction zones were more and more of then just earlier this month june the u.s. deployed advanced missile launchers to a base run by commandos washington top military commander has been hard pressed to to explain the legal grounds for shooting down this government jet in syria in this latest attack is response you're about to see it was pretty flat. beer there and have legal justification the new authorizatio

in israel there's been no proof that in fact it was the syrian military that fired those shells damascus has said that its forces are currently battling terrorists in the area so there's no way to pinpoint exactly who fired the shells damascus has now accused israel of effectively providing cover for the terrorists by bombing the syrian military is one of course has been illegally according to the international community occupying the golan heights since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven israel's bombing of the syrian government forces comes just a week after the u.s. u.s. led coalition shot down as syrian military jet and manned drone u.s. officials often say that they like to lead by example and in this case it seems to apply to what israel is not doing when the united states and its allies target the syrian military with impunity and that of course stands a signal to other countries that they might be able to get away with the same kind of thing and as i mentioned the syrian government is fighting about on the street terrorist near the border because well well this might just be a

however in the last month the coalition has already targeted syrian forces and the forces loyal to damascus five times let's have a look at where the attacks took place the plane was shot down here south western city of raka where the coalition is supporting kurdish troops in their fight against. the u.s. led coalition has also conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters here in the base training camp the pentagon site at the same justification for each raid that pro assad forces has breached a deacon flexion zone and he said now we look at how this military escalation may be reaching a boiling point the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lynds going on here d. as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be wo

the south of iraq a damascus but him joins us live now good evening. as we're hearing there the pentagon has confirmed the incident saying it was a retaliatory strike their words after the syrian plane bombed opposition forces what forces exactly do you think the u.s. is referring to there. the u.s. refers to the syrian democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with the u.s. led coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of but we can also confirm. according to. sources from the syrian military approaching in that area that the popular church was actually carrying strike against a convoy from moscow moving from the town of us into the town of total softball thirty kilometers east of a city and. in no way post any direct or in direct threat to any militia group from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control over gain control of the city over the top but i think there is more to the story and what's more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying to true boundaries in the syrian

my syria iran turkey and russia and the steps by the coalition which don't receive consent from damascus are not legitimate. well the donning of the syrian jet is the latest in a series of u.s. strikes against forces fighting for the assad government over the past two months the u.s. coalition has conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters near the border with jordan the same justification was used the pro assad forces have breached that the confliction zone doubly dean managing editor of veterans today told us the u.s. is unwilling to coordinate with other parties in the company i would tend to believe the syrians because of their sorties and their pilots are very valuable and they would be very careful the russians are on the lines all mapped out and they know that the u.s. would just love to have an incident like this but there are i've still forces in the area of the u.s. coalition is the one that is refused to coordinate these types of missions and campaigns to avoid this type of thing so they bear the responsibility of it. for a state with syria iran has fired