northern syria joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army the new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army which is supported by turkey. people have been gathering in the turkish city of a stumble in the memorial for the victims of last year's new year's eve nightclub attack celebrations and some public squares have been canceled there's been creased security in major cities across the world. government have stormed an army training camp in indian administered kashmir killing four soldiers at least two fighters have also been killed police say the attackers threw grenades and fired automatic rifles in the town of. indonesia more than seventy thousand people continue to live in evacuation shelters a volcano began erupting in early november many are returning to the danger zone every day to tend to that crops and their livestock step vasant has more from bali . well the military on the last day of the year is very somber these people's lives have been on hold for three months they're waiting and just watching the full kaino as you can see it's mostly elderly and children who are

northern syria are joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army the new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army which is supported by turkey. has increased security in major cities across the world ahead of new year's eve celebrations parties and some public squares have been canceled in the turkish city of a stumble it's one year since gunman stormed a popular nightclub during a new year's eve party killing thirty nine people in indonesia more than seventy thousand people continue to live in evacuation shelters after a volcano began erupting in early november many return to the danger zone every day to tend to their crops and livestock step vasant as well. well the military on the last day of the year is very somber these people's lives have been on hold for three months they're waiting and just watching the full kaino as you can see it's mostly elderly and children who are still at the if in fact the way she and child goes it's very hard and difficult for the government to convince the others the adults to stay here a lot of people of course have business to do they have no income

syrian national army the announcement was made by the head of the rebel interim government opposed to the rule of president bashar al assad the new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army the f.s.a. was backed by turkey to push fighters and kurdish forces from border areas between two countries. gunmen have stormed an army training camp in india the mists of kashmir killing four soldiers that these two fighters have also been killed police say the attackers threw grenades and fired automatic rifles in the town of pul vama india accuses pakistan of training and aman faces in the disputed region of pakistan denies the allegations. and as straight as welcome to the new year with a spectacular fireworks display in sydney harbor around one point six million people crowded around the harbor to watch eight tons of fireworks produce around a hundred thousand individual technic. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post happy new year. in a country where parents often pick who you will marry your love can have serious consequences one of the nice meets the men risking their lives to protect india's young lovers one of the

syrian national army the announcement was made by the head of the rebel interim government opposed to the role of president bashar al assad the new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army the f.s.a. was backed by turkey to push eisel fighters and kurdish forces from border areas between the two countries more in kabul and is director of policy analysis at the doha institute he says the opposition is presenting a united front in a bid to influence the outcome of the upcoming talks in russia. the opposition few so they completely marginalized because the balance of the got the ball as a ball on the ground has been tilted very much in favor of the regime over the past actually a few years because of the russian intervention and now the opposition feels that since the russians are pushing them to the. next month they wanted to appear very much like united this time and try to influence the sort of political solution the russians might be trying to impose on the syrian opposition fighters actually had been fighting for about six seven years and then the political solution now they want to resume their own police actually in future of syria so now with the russia

to give those guys the ability to shoot down those planes that equipment is available to the free syrian army would just like the afghans shoot down the russians and now according to this report we kind of did just what john mccain advised except the rockets ended up in isis hands within two months of them arriving in syria so. how susceptible to blowback is this kind of sort of gusto foreign policy of saying i'm going to give these guys guns to shoot these guys and well it's very very serious and they are going to be the fact that they have them. and they can be used at another time in fact. some some of our spies some of our defense activities in the air is assumes that they've got surface to air missiles down there and you just don't know if they're going to be using them or not they probably don't use them because they don't want to reveal that they that they have their positions and where it is but the fact is they do have them they've captured them and they could be used for another time the major concern is not in not on the battlefield so much but we consider it right very point is th

northern syria are joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army a new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army which is supported by turkey. and increase security in major cities across the world ahead of new year's eve celebrations parties and some public squares are being canceled in the city of istanbul it's one year since a gunman stormed a popular nightclub during a new year's eve party killing thirty nine people. in the fourth part of our series looking ahead to two thousand and eighteen when examined the future of syria two thousand and seventeen was a good year for president assad with his forces recapturing large swathes of territory from the opposition but while the conflict appears to be winding down in some areas the prospect of genuine peace still seems far away or reports from beirut. syrians in search of safety there may be less violence because of russian brokered local cease fires but there are still active frontlines in some areas of the country over the past year the opposition lost sizable territory and the syrian government with the backing of russia and iran h

supported by some nato alliance partners as well as by germany and the united states such as the free syrian army. they aren't seen as a terrorist group by berlin and washington and they work in these areas still it's just so vitamins secondly if you're operating hospitals there doing work that's not considered political if you're building orphanages then you have to people support you if at the same time you're letting people know what you're doing then we want to remain neutral nobody should try to influence us nobody should try to harass us nobody should tell us what to do in those areas if that happens we would stop helping there. it's not confirmed whether and so works in syria independent of islamist militia. militant islamism is a topic that has affected germany according to authorities at least eight hundred ninety germans have moved. to syria and iraq to join the fighting there. in the meanwhile and so collected donations in germany guest preachers were a regular part of their fundraisers. as well. as always there will be well known preachers who lead you through the programs that are al

him as omar car but now this appears to be the same man now proudly wearing the emblem of the free syrian army a group of armed by the cia up until recently the united states has been one of the biggest supporters whether it's politically whether it's financially in a range of manners of the moderate opposition including the freestream are syrian army and here's that moderate fighter again now with an al qaeda flag and a rocket launcher and there's more it's believed that omar garba and it up joining i still pretty moderate i'd say but of course none of this is new the line between moderate rebels and terrorists in syria has always been fuzzy at best but the outcry over who trumpery tweeted rather than the story behind the video tells you a lot about how the media actually works. we lost a t.v. show host on a pro truck come by and for their views on the repeated videos on the u.s. role in syria well the reason the media in america especially is so focused on trump's tweeting of these videos is because the media can't stand trial that's as simple as it is if the media in our country loves liber

syrian national army the announcement was made by the head of the rebel interim government opposed to the rule of president bashar al assad the new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army the f.s.a. was backed by turkey to push fighters and kurdish forces from border areas between two countries a gunman have stormed an army training camp in india the midst of kashmir killing four soldiers at these two fighters have also been killed police say the attackers threw grenades and fired automatic rifles in the town of pul vama india accuses pakistan of training in aman faces images speeded region of pakistan denies the allegations and the story has welcomed the new year with a spectacular fireworks display in sydney harbor one point six million people crowded around the harbor to watch eight tons of fireworks produce around a hundred thousand individual technic. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post happy new year. in a country where parents often pick who you will marry falling in love can have serious consequences when the niece meets the men risking their lives to protect india's young loved. one when he's at th

force now just the police which has five hundred members to scare off security with help of the free syrian army. i full control jobless for two years before turkish soldiers and syrian fighters recaptured the town last year since then they have cleared the rubble and removed all i feel fine from buildings but the scars of the fighting both on walls and people will take time to heal compared with other towns and cities and this is an exceptional place which bows but it was only able to do so because its infrastructure was largely intact and it continues to get support from the turkish government some of the job it al-jazeera jobless and syria. the u.s. secretary of state is offering to begin direct talks with north korea without preconditions rex tillerson backed away from a king u.s. demand that pyongyang must disarm before any talks can be held but despite the listeners call for dialogue the white house says president trumps views on north korea and what changed it says now negotiations cannot begin until it fundamentally improves its behavior. well and there has released a report as part of i

to give those guys the ability to shoot down those planes that equipment is available to the free syrian army would just like the afghans shoot down the russians and now according to this report we kind of did just what john mccain it buys except the rockets ended up in isis hands within two months of them arriving in syria so how susceptible to blowback is this kind of sort of gusto foreign policy of saying i'm going to give these guys guns to shoot these guys and well it's very very serious and they are going to be the fact that they have them. and they can be used at another time in fact. some some of our some of our defense activities in the air is assumes that they've got surface to air missiles down there and you just don't know if they're going to be using them or not they probably don't use them because they don't want to reveal that they that they have their positions and where it is but the fact is they do have them they've captured them and they could be used for another time the major concern is not i'm not on the battlefield so much but i consider that right very point is there e

national army the unified opposition force will focus on maintaining territory won by the rebel free syrian army along the border between turkey and syria for fish forces back the f.s.a. during operation euphrates shelled last summer to fight against eisel in outspent of the agreement was made by the head of the rebel syrian interim interim government which opposes the role of president bashar al assad. the funeral has been held for a palestinian man who was shot by israeli soldiers during a protest in gaza a twenty year old was one of thousands of palestinians confronted by the israeli military along the gaza border at least fifty people were injured when israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting at the u.s. decision to recognize roselyn as israel's capital. has more from gaza. the west bank i was i don't see it was any god. to be on the friday when i write that. leads up to the time that went off to die saturday morning the families injuries the ministry of health says it's a sixty five thousand to die in the on the rest in the file and it's the same for six december the when u.s.

the police which has five hundred members takes care of security with help of the free syrian army. i fully control jobless for two years before turkish soldiers and syrian fighters recaptured the town last year since then they have cleared the rubble and removed all i see things from buildings but the scars of the fighting both on walls and people will take time to heal compared with other towns and cities and there i saw this is an exceptional place which bows but it was only able to do so because its infrastructure was largely intact and it continues to get support from the turkish government. jobless. ecuador's a vice president has been sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty in the autumn back to corruption scandal the national court convicted jorge glass of accepting roughly thirteen point five million dollars in bribes from the brazilian construction giant to win business contracts five others including glasses onkel were handed the same jail time. long lines and shortages of basic items have become normal in venezuela president nicolas maduro plans to launch

northern syria joining forces under the single banner of the syrian national army a new unified opposition includes all factions of the rebel free syrian army which is supported by. the greek government is trying to overturn a court decision to grant asylum to a turkish soldier who fled during last year's failed coup in turkey is one of eight soldiers who flew to greece in a military helicopter the others had their applications for asylum rejected but have lodged appeals to he has repeatedly called for the soldiers extradition. spoke to met him who's a security analyst and columnist for al monitor he says if the soldiers get extradited they will get a fair trial. this issue has become has turned into a sort of big deep crisis between turkey and greece at the moment we are talking about experience you know. and they are claiming that in their. request they are claiming that they did not take part in our q party in july fifteenth military uprising. but the if you read the. month to the prosecutors indignant you will see that there are some serious grim claims about doors officers you know as you may remember there are around one h

should tell you the police which has five hundred members to scare off security with help of the free syrian army. i fully control jobless for two years before turkish soldiers and syrian fighters recaptured the town last year since then they have cleared the rubble and removed all i find from buildings but the scars of the fighting both on waldren people will take time to heal compared with other towns and cities and this is an exceptional place which bows but it was only able to do so because its infrastructure was largely intact and it continues to get support from the turkish government. jobless. time for sport now a tatyana thank you rachelle for time it tour de france cycling champion chris froome is being investigated by cycling's governing body after returning an adverse drug test result a urine sample taken during the race on september seventh overturned double the allowed levels of the legal asked madrid. the thirty two year old britain says he increased his dosage of the medication on the advice of his doctor says after the symptoms got worse during the right however he insists it was

should tell you the police which has five hundred members to scare off security with help of the free syrian army. i fully control jobless for two years before turkish soldiers and syrian fighters recaptured the town last year since then they have cleared the rubble and removed all i feel fine from buildings but the scars of the fighting both on walls and people will take time to heal compared with other towns and cities and this is an exceptional place which bows but it was only able to do so because its infrastructure was largely intact and it continues to get support from the turkish government. although there are jobless in syria for the second year in a row the number of journalists in jail has hit a historical high and a new census by the committee to protect journalists has found more than half of those are in turkey china and egypt they are currently two hundred sixty two journalists worldwide who have been imprisoned in relation to their work they include obvious errors own correspondent mahmoud hussein has been held in any gyptian jail for almost a year now along with nineteen others tu

a short of the police which has five hundred members takes care of security with help of the free syrian army. i fully control jobless for two years before turkish soldiers and syrian fighters recaptured the town last year since then they have cleared the rubble and removed all i find from buildings but the scars of the fighting both on walls and people will take time to heal compared with other towns and cities and this is an exceptional place which bows but it was only able to do so because its infrastructure was largely intact and it continues to get support from the turkish government some of the job it al-jazeera jobless. still to come on the al-jazeera news hour the french president promises joint military action against armed groups in north and west africa and olive branch to north korea the u.s. secretary of state office to begin direct talks with pyongyang without preconditions . and england are one defeat away from surrendering the ashes to australia will be here to tell you how they aim to stop that from happening. hello and welcome to international weather forecast now the weathe

national army the unified opposition force will focus on maintaining territory won by the rebel free syrian army along the border between turkey and syria all turkish forces backed the f.s.a. during operation euphrates shield last summer to fight against i saw the announcement of the agreement was made by the head of the rebel syrian interim government which opposes the rule of president bashar asad. the funerals being held for a palestinian man who was shot by israeli soldiers during a protest in gaza the twenty year old was one of thousands of palestinians confronted by the israeli military along the gaza border at least fifty people were injured when israeli forces i think file demonstrators protesting at the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital welcome web has more from the funeral than gaza the was here was a god. to do i mean was friday was right. talk to us went off to do. that today morning from his injuries to ministry of health says he's a sixty bison to die in the on rest in the file and it's the same for six december the u.s. president trump said america would rec

until summer last year the so-called islamic state was in control here now soldiers for the free syrian armypatrol the streets in cooperation with turkish security forces. the turkish postal service has even opened a branch in the center of town the syrians say they're grateful for the turkish military presence the post office now stands where brutality was a regular occurrence. during islamic. people were beheaded here. ali is convinced such crimes wouldn't happen now a functioning justice system is in place there still a shortage of judges and lawyers but no more sharia law while the turkish military doesn't get involved in legal disputes it does maintain security here that includes training syrian police seen here demonstrating combat techniques for reporters. the vice governor of another border town. is in charge. of security in the region improves more people will want to return to syria so in one year five thousand people crossed the border. and that number is. the turkish government is keen on syrian refugees returning home officials put their numbers in turkey at around three million