nobody felt that they could just side to continue without the approval from damascus. president hafez al assad was controlling the syrian army with an iron grip. no one was allowed to act outside the original plan. or free of it nor can. he lived with us he had a bedroom at the command center he slept there and when he woke up he used to salute us and take his place behind the operations desk he was always there in the command center or in his room in the same place or after office in the car. within hours almost a quarter of a million israelis would be mobilized. these reservists were vital support without them the regular forces were facing a huge arab numerical superiority. the syrians had calculated it would take the israeli reserves twenty four hours to reach the goal line. in fact the first times were there by midnight at the end of day one just. fifteen hours after they had been mobilized. this nine hour difference was to prove crucial. essentially once the syrians failed to take it in twenty four hours then at that stage you have the israelis begin to really or

would attack across the nine hundred sixty seven cease fire line known as the popular line along the damascus road towards the syrian capital sixty kilometers to the east. at first light on eleventh of october the assault began. despite fierce syrian resistance the israelis advanced capturing territories deep inside the syrian mainland. but. in the above it is. the retreat began when the israelis launched a massive counterattack the first division started to retreat before the israeli army. when it did it had almost two hundred fifty tanks and the infantry brigades behind it they started to retreat to this resulted in the advance of the israeli army i remember that day the president issued an order dismissing the commander of that division and appointing another in his place or the man. stories emerged that assad's punishment for his commanders went beyond mere dismissal. and as. i remember yes more than one officer was arrested and it said that some of them were executed. there was one senior commander that president assad summoned and asked him to account for himself with the commander then

syrian state media saying that two israeli missiles have struck near the international airport in damascus report, we will be taking a look at bank closure in mumbai, which is leading the city's sex workers without any other banking options. and before we go, let's take a look at these pictures. a life—saving dog with a difference. this dog is not playing here, attempting chest compression is after his handler pretends to collapse, he even looks for a heart the. this has attracted 2 million hits on social media. see you again soon. whether you like it or not, there is absolutely no end in sight to this hot spell we are experiencing right now and it is a heatwave, temperatures will remain well above average for the rest of the week and into the weekend as well. monday was the hottest day of the year so far, 30 degrees celsius, and many of us experienced temperatures in the high or mid—20s and the jet stream is way to the north of us across iceland there, rushing into northern scandinavia with a bit of a dip here into the mediterranean. we will talk about what that means for the med in a sec

thatincluded the railway traveled from damascus to medina. it was completed in 1908. this was the railroad targeted by the northern arab army in "lawrence of arabia." ottomans began hostilities by attacking russian ports in the black sea. be ottoman empire to be properly into the war. after all the efforts to balance power, the empires were brought into direct collision. once it was decided to destroy the ottoman empire, the treatment began. andia wanted constantinople the bosporus and dardanelles straits. england wanted control of territory for protected the suez canal and routes to india -- so anyway, mesopotamia. .ance wanted syria before -- france wanted syria. before military operations, they were carving up the sick man in their minds. the british empire was setting the course for its own demise. i previously stated, there was a conflict in the leadership and governance of the british empire. the three capitals typically saw the world differently. initially, only the opinion of buton and delhi had weight, cairo was elevated with kitchener. he came to cairo and b

in the worst possible conditions we penetrated deep into syria to damascus and blew up their air force headquarters and the general staff both of them and full of fear. these were the first of a string of attacks targeting syrian infrastructure. and then stage syrian population going up on the roof to watch the bombs fall all the exciting. hard truths had been sunk in the country was mortal danger. alongside the heavy aerial strikes israel would launch its ground offensive. to arm the divisions would attack across the nine hundred sixty seven cease fire line known as the popular line along the damascus road towards the syrian capital sixty kilometers to the east. at first light on eleventh of october the assault began. despite fierce syrian resistance the israelis advanced capturing territories deep inside the syrian mainland. the retreat began when the israelis launched a massive counterattack the first division started to retreat before the israeli army. when it did it had almost two hundred fifty tanks and the infantry brigades behind it they started to retreat to this resulted in t

wants to get back on a regular footing damascus it wants to send refugees home the united states is not going to defend this region there are dozens of militias there including isis and hide out. how would an american what would america's long term plan b. if they intervened to save these militias when they help them establish a state with a protect them forever it's unclear and america has made it very you know very i think very clear that it's not going to do that right is he completes the arrangement was negotiated a year ago took more to use the united states wanted to fight isis today isis destroyed so the object which was to get syria and russia the united states and everybody focused on fighting heists is now no longer there and so that's why the syrian regime has turned its attention to take right ok sami coming to you we heard in the little clip from the f.s.a. command that their afghan militia is involved in the fight as well as as the well known raney and melissa is taking part on the on the side of the government but this is being described as a potential powder keg for

battle for eastern the halter earlier this year pro as said forces backed by russia reid took the damascus suburb in april after a two month offensive that left almost fifteen hundred people dead un investigators say they found evidence of systematic government bombardments of civilian areas and a deliberate campaign to starve residents the report also accuses rebels of indiscriminate shelling of damascus doomer in the east in the fall towards the sides of the deadly chemical attack in april that triggered u.s. the air strikes in syria at least twenty people are feared dead after a mound of debris at a copper mine collapsed in zambia police say they've retrieve ten bodies so far the incident happened near a good way in the northeast of the country the taliban fighters in afghanistan have killed thirty soldiers in the first major attack since the ceasefire between the armed group and the government ended afghan security forces were ambushed in two checkpoints in the western province of by the police the taliban said it would resume fighting on monday after a three day cease fire during the

nobody felt that they could just side to continue without the approval from damascus.president hafez al assad was controlling the syrian army with an iron grip. no one was allowed to act outside the original plan. or free of it nor can. he lived with us he had a bedroom at the command center he slept there and when he woke up he used to salute us and take his place behind the operations desk he was always there in the command center or in his room in the same place or after office in the car. within hours almost a quarter of a million israelis would be mobilized. these reservists were vital support without them the regular forces were facing a huge arab numerical superiority. the syrians had calculated it would take the israeli reserves twenty four hours to reach the goal line. in fact the first time with their by midnight at the end of day one just. hours after they had been mobilized. this nine hour difference was to prove crucial. essentially once the syrians failed to take it in twenty four hours then at that stage you have the israelis beginning to really organize

they had advanced to within thirty five kilometers of damascus and occupied new territories to bring to the bargaining table after the war. now their initial goals in the north achieved the israelis were about to turn their attention south to digits since. the plan to cross the suez canal had been finalized and given the name stout hearted men. an estimated one hundred thousand lives cruelly ended over a century ago. a distant past not to the descendants of the sawtooth. a tale of colonialism and racial supremacy unravels in the quest for justice and recognition of the sacrifices of tribal people in the middle. skulls of my people a witness documentary on which is here. is the problem and with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. supreme court has voted to uphold president donald trump's travel ban on paper from five muslim majority countries calls it a tremendous victory for the american people the ban for habits most people from ever on libya somalia syria and yemen from entering the u.s. . says a great victory for our constitution we have to be tough and we have to be safe and we

they had advanced to within thirty five kilometers of damascus and occupied new territories to bring to the bargaining table after the war. now their initial goals in the north achieved the israelis were about to turn their attention south to the egyptians. the plan to cross the suez canal had been finalized and given the name stout hearted man. we will maintain the finest fighting force the world is ever known united states army was so reliant on the private sector i would call the dependency we have a mismatch between the way we. are to be and the reality of the twenty first century. for evil and how to tell you how many of the persons that you're sending out you should be child soldiers not. child soldiers reloaded on al-jazeera. hello again adrian fenty going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera pro syrian government forces say they've taken control of two key towns in the east and countryside state media showing troops believed to be iranian backed militia entering one of those town halls aria on tuesday the area has come under heavy ground attack in recent days as part o

the moment they arrived there was this huge issue in damascus there was a hit here and the whole thing shifted but if these militants say die. or even less extreme but still. is them eccentric. militants have these weapons can they shift them elsewhere and they shift into europe everybody's keeping a blind eye and the o.p.c. w. is being crippled by this polarization. then is this good for world peace no of course not it's just a prime example is that of how even good intentions are so hard to carry out because of the polarization in the world and because of the mistrust that hopefully that will be overcome hopefully within our lifetime our walk of political analyst the director of the loss of think tank. a french authorities have begun clearing out parts of a suburb of paris. well locals say a drug epidemic has spiraled out of control the cleanup comes after the she was exposed by local media and our t.v. crew was among the journalists who've been reporting on the years long drug problem it's been gripping the notorious region of the french capital auntie's charlotte the ski has more.

forces backed by russia retort the damascus suburb in april after a two month offensive that left almost fifteen hundred people dead un investigators say they found evidence of systematic government bombardments of civilian areas and the deliberate campaign to starve residents with blocking blocking aid preventing the delivery of humanitarian supplies or a poll also accuses rebels of indiscriminate shelling of civilians in damascus. galley is the commissioner of the u.n. independent commission of inquiry on syria he joins us now via skype from geneva good to have you with us so it's become almost sadly usual to have a report that talks about both sides in the syrian conflict committing war crimes against civilians right yes it is it is very we we have to say also. because. are showing total disregard for protection of some pins and in a sense copying needs to other. where is the severity of the violations that have become war crimes and in some cases crimes against humanity. while there ever be accountability. and there is a lot of work being done documenting these violations of course b

day that was just alluding to demonstrations have been held in various pakistani cities baghdad damascus and tehran the annual event is a protest against israel's rule of jerusalem iran says the day is an occasion to express support for the palestinians and emphasize the importance of jerusalem for muslims. well i could stay protests in the capital of in the administered kashmir have turned violent indian security forces you used tear gas to disperse demonstrators who were throwing stones at them muslims in kashmir have been fighting indian rule that since one thousand nine hundred eighty nine. two soldiers have been killed in somalia. it happened at a joint u.s. somalia military outpost near the john of. one of those killed was a soldier from the american special forces let's now in jordan who's live in washington d.c. for us and rose what more do you know about this but we're just getting a statement from the pentagon now speaking on behalf of africa command or africa and as you noted nic this operation was taking place at about two forty five pm local time on friday in juba land near

this time between televisa and damascus. after almost a month of hard talking to managed to secure a second breakthrough in the region. on the twenty eighth of may one thousand nine hundred seventy four. the government of israel approved the disengagement agreement with syria. this is a day that we hope syrian mothers israeli mothers syrian young wives israeli young wives and children on both sides of the border and go to sleep at night without. terror. dreams. know if their dear one is alive today will he be alive again and the next day. egremont stated that israeli forces would withdraw from the pockets they were occupying in syria. syrian troops would return to almost the same positions they had started the war from with the un managed officers between the two in. the largest city in golan would be returned to syria. in. news on the fifth of june nine hundred seventy four egremont was signed in geneva by senior military officers of both sides. of. the war not turbo was officially over on both fronts after two hundred fort

leaders left to damascus. but out of fact signaling his displeasure with syria charles de gaulle tickets. within days of the departure of the last palestinian fighters lebanese president elect bashir gemayel was assassinated. breaking the american brokered agreement israeli forces moved into west beirut under the pretext of keeping the peace. is really is accused the p.l.o. of leaving two thousand of its fighters in beirut's refugee camps the charge was a fabrication. the israelis quickly encircled the refugee camps and brought in their allies from the christine lebanese forces militia. on september sixteenth one thousand nine hundred two dozens of lebanese forces militia men entered the some branch of the refugee camps. we knew of course that the israeli had surrounded the camp and we also knew that in the night that flares was there that the campus was lighted up we saw it from from distance and after i remembered that night it was very strange it was so quiet it was like a ghost town and we didn't realize t

leaders left to damascus. but out of fact signaling his displeasure with syria charles de gaulle degrees. within days of the departure of the last palestinian fighters lebanese president elect bashir gemayel was assassinated. breaking the american brokered agreement israeli forces moved into west beirut under the pretext of keeping the peace. there is really is accused the p.l.o. of leaving two thousand of its fighters in beirut refugee camps the charge was a fabrication. the israelis quickly encircled the refugee camps and brought in their allies from the christine lebanese forces militia. on september sixteenth one thousand eighty two dozens of lebanese forces militia men entered the some branch of the refugee camps. we knew of course that the israeli had surrounded the camp and we also knew that in the night the flares was there that the campus was lighted up we saw it from from distance and after i remembered that night it was very strange it was so quiet it was like a ghost town and we didn't realize that

this time between tel of these and damascus. after almost a month of hard talking to managed to secure a second breakthrough in the region. on the twenty eighth of may one thousand nine hundred seventy slug the government of israel approved the disengagement agreement with syria. this is a day that we hope syrian mothers israeli mothers syrian young wives israeli and wives children on both sides of the border and go to sleep at night without. care or. dreams of who knows if their day one is alive today will he be alive again and the next day. the agreement stated that israeli forces would withdraw from the pockets they were occupying and syria. syrian troops would return to almost the same positions they had started the war from with the un managed officers between the two. can a trial the largest city in golan would be returned to syria. in news on the fifth of june nine hundred seventy four the agreement was signed in geneva by senior military officers of both sides. of. the war in october was officially over on both fronts af

in damascus, i was always afraid of the government.t, nobody's going to come and arrest you. >> anthony: mhm. >> rawan: i really love this place with all my heart. >> anthony: is all of the chaos and the violence worth it for change? is that worth dying for? i mean you, things were, there was order when you grew up. there was order. >> rawan: yes. >> anthony: no freedom, but order. would you go back to that? >> rawan: i don't think that there's anything worthy in the world of human blood. there is nothing more important than a human being. >> anthony: you'd never be able to yell out loud, you'd never be able to do the things you're doing now. you'd go back. >> rawan: i was alive. >> anthony: you were alive. >> rawan: lots of people were alive as well. man: it takes a lot of work to run this business, but i really love it. i'm on the move all day long, and sometimes i don't eat the way i should. so i drink boost to get the nutrition i'm missing. boost high protein now has 33% more protein, along with 26 essential vitamins and minerals.

syrian state media says that israeli fighter planes have hit areas near damascus international airport activists say the target was an arms depo belonging to lebanese to lebanese armed group hezbollah was there is how a force that is following the story from west to roost. well as is usually the case of to events like this there's been no official comment from the israeli military on this strike but it is being blamed on israel by syria state media it says that two israeli missiles struck a target close to the damascus international airport the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights says that target was a hezbollah arms death this is being a long term policy by israel to try to strike. iranian or iranian linked targets within syria trying to hamper iranian military activity inside the country if you go back to april there was a strike on the t four syrian military base it was reported that seven iranians were killed in may there was a volley of rocket fire israel said coming from syrian territory towards the occupied golan heights israel blamed that on the iranian revolutionary

it does not encourage or discourage returns but it is not organizing them while discussions with damascus continue on safeguards that still need to be put in place. five days off to mount a go or up to killing at least one hundred nine people in officials have warned that falling ash from the volcano poses a threat to flights emergency services and aid agencies in the country are still on the massive strain david reports from the disaster zone where he's been meeting relatives of some of the victims. a community in mourning in the mountains of what i'm lucky to feel is mother was one of more than one hundred people who died after a volcanic eruption buried the town of san miguel this lot this after days of not knowing lucky will finally be able to put her mother to rest it's a small consolation during a time of immense great. price. i give thanks to god that they found my mother's body they were looking for her for three days for three days we didn't know anything until they told us she was in the morgue it's hard but so many are still missing many people in my family are still missing. s

in the worst possible conditions we penetrated deep into syria to damascus and blew up their air force headquarters and the general staff both of them full of fear. these were the first of a string of attacks targeting syrian infrastructure. and then stage syrian population going up on the roof to watch the bombs fall and most of all the exciting. truth had been sunk in the country was mortal danger. alongside the heavy aerial strikes israel would launch its ground offensive. to arm the divisions would attack across the nine hundred sixty seven cease fire line known as the popular line along the damascus road towards the syrian capital sixty kilometers to the east. at first light on eleventh of october the assault began. despite fierce syrian resistance the israelis advanced capturing territories deep inside the syrian mainland. but. in the. the retreat began and when the israelis launched a massive counter attack the first division started to retreat before the israeli army. when it did it had almost two hundred fifty tanks and the infantry brigades behind it they started to retreat t

needed to begin the reconstruction of areas damaged by war human rights groups disagree they say damascus passed similar laws in two thousand and twelve to confiscate property without due process or compensation many syrian refugees no longer have valid identity documents they will not be able to prepare the types of case files that they will need to show that they are property owners within the timeframe that has been given under law number ten the syrian opposition says the law is part of the government's efforts to bring about demographic changes by repopulating areas with loyalists. many of the refugees in lebanon come from areas that were battlegrounds under rebel control before being weak captured by the government places like the damascus countryside homs and the color mon region they may be considered safe by some but political economic and security reasons prevent others from returning and now the law is an obstacle to those who want to go back home even if it means living under bashar assad to rule the how much fairest and how is one of them his hometown has been all but destroy

had influenced serious decision to set up a palestinian faction whose allegiance lay firmly with damascus the syrian government unable to subvert fatah for use as a political weapon recently organized a group known as the vanguard of the people's liberation war but not all arab states help the palestinians in such high esteem king hussein was still reeling from the loss of the west bank in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven well israel of the father to be. is a names occupation of the west bank effectively meant the loss of half the country . imagine a person suddenly having to walk on one leg that's why the one nine hundred sixty seven war was such an earthquake for jordan. in jordan one palestinian strolled through the streets enjoying freedom of movement and launching operations from jordanian territory against israel jordan began to view these attacks with increasing alarm nasr was assisting the palestinians in training and arms but he ensured that no operations were launched from egyptian territory without stringent egyptian control and coordination fatah and other palestinian fac

in the worst possible conditions we penetrated deep into syria to damascus and blew up their air force headquarters and the general staff most of them and full of fear. these were the first of a string of attacks targeting syrian infrastructure. and at that stage syrian population gave up on the roof to watch the bombs fall in the store rather excited. in the hard truth that he had sunk in the country was a mortal danger. alongside the heavy aerial strikes israel would launch its ground offensive. to ahmed divisions would attack across the nine hundred sixty seven cease fire line known as the popular line along the damascus road towards the syrian capital sixty kilometers to the east. at first light on the eleventh of october the assault began. despite fierce syrian resistance the israelis advanced capturing territories deep inside the syrian mainland. but. in the. the retreat began when the israelis launched a massive counterattack the first division started to retreat before the israeli army. when it did it had almost two hundred fifty tanks and the infantry brigades behind it they s

this time between televisa and damascus. after almost a month of hard talking to managed to secure a second breakthrough in the region. on the twenty eighth of may one thousand nine hundred seventy four. the government of israel approved the disengagement agreement with syria. would. this is a day that we hope syrian mothers israeli mothers syrian young wives israeli young wives children on both sides of the border can go to sleep at night without. terror. dreams. if their dear one is alive today will be. again on the next day. he stated that israeli forces would withdrew from the pockets they were occupying in syria. syrian troops would return to almost the same positions they had started the war from with the un managed officers between the two. the largest city in golan would be returned to syria. on the fifth of june one nine hundred seventy four. degree meant was signed in geneva by senior military officers of both sides. of. the war in october was officially over on both fronts after two hundred forty three days of fig

took a car from baghdad to damascus.t a daughter in med school that had to stay there because she did not know english and the medical school was in arabic. i spent four days with this two star general who was in signals intelligence. i am debriefing him. the third or fourth day said, let me type of the prison abu ghraib. he said, my friends wives and daughters are writing and saying you must come and kill me because i have been defiled. and that part of the world, they deal in shame and we deal in guilt and denial. they said they had been defiled. the gis had done things to them. i'm not sure to what extent. yes got to come and kill me because i'm no longer fit. i cannot be a wife and i can't be married. what is going on? i got into it. i knew then, maybe i could find a way. then i heard about photographs. then i heard that cbs has some photographs. there is a secret report written. i got it. i got the report written by brilliant officer who was fired over it. rumsfeld thought he'd given it to me. i did not know him for

nobody felt that vague could just side to continue without the approval from damascus. president hafez al assad was controlling the syrian army with an iron grip. no one was allowed to act outside the original plan. or free of it nor can. he lived with us he had a bedroom at the command center he slept there and when he woke up he used to salute us and take his place behind the operations desk he was always there in the command center or in his room in the same place or after office in the car. within hours almost a quarter of a million israelis would be mobilized. these reservists were vital supports without them the regular forces were facing a huge arab numerical superiority. the syrians had calculated it would take the israeli reserves twenty four hours to reach the goal line. in fact the first times were there by midnight at the end of day one just. fifteen hours after they had been mobilized. this nine hour difference was to prove crucial. essentially once the syrians failed to take it in twenty four hours and then at that stage you have the israelis begin to real

it does not encourage or discourage returns but it is not organizing them while discussions with damascus continue on safeguards that still need to be put in place senator. bayh boot. am any journalist has died two days after being released from detention by who rebels. came was abducted a year ago his family told the association of yet many journeys he was tortured. call french national organizations concerned with freedom of expression to condemn what it calls a crime against. the economic crisis in jordan is a focus of a meeting holy city of mecca on sunday have been a series of protests against price increases and a proposed new tax law leaders from the united arab emirates and kuwait say they'll look at how they can have jordan out of its economic struggles. saudi authorities have detained another women's rights activist in the week at the country issued its first driving licenses to female drivers nov runs a charity for young people her detention follows a court temporary release of eight other activists accused of communicating with all his ations opposed to the king. the austrian

nobody felt that they could just side to continue without the approval from damascus.president hafez al assad was controlling the syrian army with an iron grip. no one was allowed to act outside the original plan. or free of it nor can. he lived with us he had a bedroom at the command center he slept there and when he woke up he used to salute us and take his place behind the operations desk he was always there in the command center or in his room in the same place or after office in the car. within hours almost a quarter of a million israelis would be mobilized. these reservists were vital support without them the regular forces were facing a huge arab numerical superiority. the syrians had calculated it would take the israeli reserves twenty four hours to reach the goal line. in fact the first times were there by midnight at the end of day one just fifteen hours after they had been mobilized. this nine hour difference was to prove crucial. essentially once the syrians fail to take it in twenty four hours and then at that stage you have the israelis begin to really or

they had advanced to within thirty five kilometers of damascus and occupied new territories to bring to the bargaining table after the war. now their initial goals in the north achieved the israelis were about to turn their attention south to the egyptians. the plan to cross the suez canal had been finalized and given the name stout hearted men. on june twenty fourth turkish citizens both vote in one of their most significant elections in recent years the winner will take on news sweeping presidential powers approved in a referendum last year we'll have full coverage of the vote and its impact follow the turkey elections on al-jazeera. hello there i'm getting my it's all here in london with the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. customs and border agency says adults caught crossing the border from mexico will still be sent for prosecution after a day of confusion about how president double chump's executive order will be implemented a spokesman said families will now be kept together in the hands of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement but it's not clear when and have families al

needed to begin the reconstruction of areas damaged by war human rights groups disagree they say damascus passed similar laws in two thousand and twelve to confiscate property without due process or compensation many syrian refugees no longer have valid identity documents they will not be able to prepare the types of case files that they will need to show that they are property owners within the timeframe that has been given under a longer time. the syrian opposition says the law is part of the government's efforts to bring about demographic changes by repopulating areas with loyalists. many of the refugees in lebanon come from areas that were battlegrounds under rebel control before being recaptured by the government places like the damascus countryside harmsen the region they may be considered safe by some but. economic and security reasons prevent others from returning. and now the law is an obstacle to those who want to go back home even if it means living under bashar assad to rule mohamed farah so how is one of them his hometown has been all but destroyed and he has no documents to

it does not encourage or discourage returns but it is not organizing them while discussions with damascus continue on safeguards that still need to be put in place senator. bayh boot. the austrian government is shutting down seven mosques and expelling spot of measures by the right wing chancellor sebastian course to target what he calls political islam in the country reports from neighboring germany. in the six months since becoming chancellor sebastian cortes has taken an even tougher line on immigration and what he says is the threat from parallel societies forming in his country now he's turning his sights on what he calls political islam different in height that becomes this we can announce to you today a decision from the office of religious affairs lead to prohibit of the activities of seven mosques this means dissolving the greywolf mosque and secondly shutting down the arabic cultural community to operate a total of six miles. in addition to the closures these measures could also see dozens of in mom's face expulsion from austria several of whom ministers in vienna believe are fu

latest book reporter a memoir is out now in the past forty eight hours israeli jets of targeted damascus i mean the war seems to be continuing all of a kind you said that there are actually two suspects for the chemical attacks that news of which was beamed around the world is the reason why i say britain should bomb syria why do you think any journalist would just say there is only one suspect the assad government and that would happen is the you're talking about an incident in which. use of nerve agents against his own people. which is a. that was a two thousand and thirteen was a very rich from his point of reactionary force there was very hostile to his his presidency. and of course there was constant conflict conflict it was. one of the gangs and i says later it was a stronghold as we all know now it's bob and bob the smithereens war is awful we americans should maybe be a little more tolerant made to hatred for bashar he had a war it was an awful war and you fought it awfully but so do we everybody does that's the horrible thing about wars and they're not good when it was governmen

leaders left to damascus. but out of fact signaling his displeasure with syria charles to build to its. within days of the departure of the last palestinian fighters lebanese president elect bashir gemayel was assassinated. breaking the american brokered agreement israeli forces moved into west beirut under the pretext of keeping the peace. the israelis accuse the p.l.o. of leaving two thousand of its fighters in beirut's refugee camps the charge was a fabrication. the israelis quickly encircled the refugee camps and brought in their allies from the christine lebanese forces militia. on september sixteenth one thousand eighty two dozens of lebanese forces militia men entered the some branch of the refugee camps. we knew of course that israeli had surrounded the camp and we also knew that in the night the flares was there that the campus was lighted up we saw it from from distance and after i remembered that night it was very strange it was so quiet it was like a ghost town and we didn't realize that inside thi

syrian army is row to the last pockets of terrorists out of the capital damascus and civilians and they're heading back to the newly liberated cities for some of them there come to terms with their lives again rebuilding the pieces after the war but others are still searching for their loved ones who went missing during the conflict. he fought in the militia supporting the syrian army there were twenty soldiers in his assault and they went into attack on me pro twenty second they group came here but they got ambushed and captured. that i still terrorists called me from a czar's and told me they killed him they sent me photos and took a picture of this thing they first sent me this picture and then this one this is me zahra's body. that's masers jacket they were captured all of a sudden from the ambush they shot him in the back here's one shot well here's the other. video on the level that were looking for his body every day we come here every day we will find him we will. germany's foreign intelligence service the b. and b.'s now officially allowed to monitor into that hubs if it's for str

we arrived that night at the outskirts of damascus it was guarded by syrian civilians the things they said to us that night the eleventh of october shocked us are you iraqis yes we are iraqis for god's sake save our own. we thought it was a total victory that was a huge shock we started to realize that the situation had completely changed. into sought heavy or sudden also. despite their fatigue the iraqi forces were rushed to the front to reinforce syrian troops retreating before the advancing israelis. short of so why we had penetrated deep into syrian territory i climbed a couple of observation tells i saw the air was full of dust and i assumed it was one of our forces on the move the division commander called me and told me that a very large force was moving towards us and that it was very close something like a thousand meters away in effect. if you heard them open. and that situation that was a strategic victory on the syrian front the timing was perfect if it happened come just twenty four hours later it would have been much tougher and the israeli forces would have reached the

it does not encourage or discourage returns but it is not organizing them while discussions with damascus continue on safeguards that still need to be put in place. a boot. the world health organization says breaking the democratic republic of congo is stabilizing director general draws. as he's cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases for forces in the past week more than eight hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d.l.c. to be used in the event of a further outbreak. after half a century the longest serving staff member the sydney opera house is calling it a day steve sue colace migrated to australia from greece in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight and soon began working on the operas houses construction just weeks from retirement he reflects on his many years working inside one of the world's most iconic buildings my name is the colors and i'm going in my twenty's of the sydney opera. i arrived in australia in ninety six before i was an eightee

holding the taliban group together several large explosions have been heard more the syrian capital damascus government will be a is reporting the explosions came from an omniscient that though in the city of. it's an area known for its military bases initial reports suggest they could have been caused by high summer temperatures. the united nations is warning of a bloodbath in the syrian province of a delayed it's calling for a full investigation into government air strikes on the area which is considered a so-called deescalation zone under an international agreement where than sixty people have been killed during heavy bombardment in the past three days. this is collation with this deterioration we worry about seeing really two and a half million people becoming displace more and more towards the border of turkey this is to continue we also warry the people of italy there is no other italy to take them out to really this is the last location there is no other location to further move them so also in terms of the humanitarian assessment we see that to more than eighty percent of the populat

by blockading humanitarian aid they also accuse rebels of indiscriminate shelling of civilians in damascus. south sudan's rival leaders are holding talks in ethiopia aimed at ending a five year civil war president salva kiir and the rebel leader bashar hadn't met face to face since a peace deal fell apart in two thousand and sixteen leaving musharraf to go into exile ethiopia is helping to mediate the talks tens of thousands of people have died in the fighting and millions have been displaced catherine soy is following the developments from nairobi in kenya. this is hugely significant considering how the two leaders badly fell back in two thousand and sixteen during that violence in the capital juba react much are fled the country has been under house arrest and in south africa both sides of the queues each other. so there's a lot of bad blood between the two leaders and a lot of mistrust as well to the fact that they have actually come to an ethiopian are actually unique thing in talking that alone brings a sense of renewed hope in south sudan so what will they be talking about going forw

she was released after a while but then detained again and brought to damascus to military intelligence branch two one five detainees call it the held branch because torture there is a daily routine. if you order that was what i told you is only half of what happened in that prison especially to women there many rape victims i many have been tortured some are tortured to death. all the people in the world should know about these things the law isn't hard to see you also. know was released in an amnesty decree and managed to escape to turkey but thousands of women are still in torture prisons says ferdinand up to her knee he documents human rights abuses in syria all sides in the war use violence against women he says but not to systematically as the syrian government but sharla sides forces target women to intimidate opponents and spread fear. so using the woman or captured a woman or a being or doing sexual harassment against them this is not individual this is a strategy actually and when she goes to speak to the society what's happened to her that will deter the society to do anythin