diplomat in the global coalition against eisold brett mcgurk has quit over trump surprise decision to pull troops out of syria it comes hot on the heels of the resignation of the u.s. defense secretary james mattis who strongly opposed the syrian decision a state department correspondent rose jordan as more u.s. president daal trump made two major foreign policy decisions this week he said he's pulling seven thousand u.s. troops out of afghanistan and trump is pulling out all two thousand u.s. service personnel from northeast syria a decision he's been defending on twitter on syria we were originally going to be there for three months and that was seven years ago we never left when i became president isis was going wild now isis is largely defeated and other local countries including turkey should be able to easily take care of whatever remains we are coming home. defense secretary jim mattis quit in protest on thursday on saturday it was revealed that a top u.s. diplomat in charge of coordinating the fight against eisold is also quitting the military mission is enduring defeat of isi

diplomat in charge of coordinating the fight against eisold is also quit the military mission is the enduring defeat of isis we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past so we know that once a physical space is defeated we can just pick up and leave this was brett mcgurk the special envoy briefing reporters on the anti eisel fight in syria under a summer eleventh mcgurk knew everyone in the region and he reportedly told colleagues this week the president's new policy on syria would make it impossible for him to continue in his post already both congressional democrats and republicans have called trump syria decision dangerous and deployed jim matta says departure from the pentagon now those who had been fighting alongside the americans are looking to these legislators to try to change the white house's mind dear senator lindsey graham south carolina kurds in syria appreciate your strong opposition on the wrongfulness of trump's unilateral decision to withdraw from syria and your principled stance on standing by your kurdish allies the next step in fighting eisold now uncert

diplomat in charge of coordinating the fight against eisold is also quit the military mission is there enduring defeat of isis we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past so we know that once a physical space is defeated we can just pick up and leave this was brett mcgurk the special envoy briefing reporters on the anti eisel fight in syria under a similar eleventh mcgurk new everyone in the region and he reportedly told colleagues this week the president's new policy on syria would make it impossible for him to continue in his post already both congressional democrats and republicans have called trump syria decision dangerous and deplored jim madison's departure from the pentagon now those who had been fighting alongside the americans are looking to these legislators to try to change the white house's mind dear senator lindsey graham south carolina kurds in syria appreciate your strong opposition on the wrongfulness of trump's unilateral decision to withdraw from syria and your principled stance on standing by your kurdish allies the next step in fighting eisold now uncerta

turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and the chief from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious player is likely engaging back door negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict that occurred on the turkey syria border. sudan's doctors are voted to go on an indefinite strike me as calling for longtime leader omar al bashir to step down the demonstrations are underway in several cities at least ten.

diplomat in charge of coordinating the fight against eisold is also quit the military mission is the enduring defeat of isis we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past so we know that once a physical space is defeated we can just pick up and leave this was brought mcgurk the special long boy briefing reporters on the anti eisel fight in syria under a similar eleventh mcgurk knew everyone in the region and he reportedly told colleagues this week the president's new policy on syria would make it impossible for him to continue in his post already both congressional democrats and republicans have called trump syria decision dangerous and deployed jim matta says departure from the pentagon now those who had been fighting alongside the americans are looking to these legislators to try to change the white house's mind dear senator lindsey graham south carolina kurds in syria appreciate your strong opposition on the wrongfulness of trumps unilateral decision to withdraw from syria and your principled stance on standing by your kurdish allies the next step in fighting eisold now u

envoy to the anti eisold coalition has reportedly resigned over donald trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops from syria brett mcgurk resignation if confirmed comes just one day after defense secretary james mattis also announced he's going to step down early next year in protest over the planned military pull out a number of prominent role makers both democrat and republican have criticized trump's decision to get out of syria the move has been backed by some key players in the region including america's nato ally turkey. that there was the trump told us during our conversation will you call your direst from here of them before and after this will clear them as long as you give us the support in terms of logistics and how they started to withdraw all they have. other u.s. allies involved in the syrian conflict are not on board with washington's plans though troops decision has been met with anger among kurdish forces in the region with family members of the fighters appealing to the u.s. to reverse the withdraw mothers and wives of the soldiers and the armed opposition the syrian dem

diplomat in charge of coordinating the fight against eisold is also quit the military mission is enduring defeat of isis we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past and we know that once a physical space is defeated we can just pick up and leave this was brought mcgurk the special envoy briefing reporters on the anti eisel fight in syria under a summer eleventh mcgurk knew everyone in the region and he reportedly told colleagues this week the president's new policy on syria would make it impossible for him to continue in his post. already both congressional democrats and republicans have called trump's syria decision dangerous and deplored jim madison's departure from the pentagon now those who had been fighting alongside the americans are looking to these legislators to try to change the white house's mind dear senator lindsey graham south carolina kurds in syria appreciate your strong opposition on the wrongfulness of trumps you know a lot of old decision to withdraw from syria and your principled stance on standing by your kurdish allies the next step in fighting i so now ce

turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and that the white b.g. from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious player is likely engaging back door negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict that occurred on the turkey syria border. sudanese police have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters it blocked a road in the capital khartoum the protesters gathered in the center of the city after a soccer match they chanted freedom songs calling on president bashir to step down several cities are under emergency rule as protesters demand a change of government the protests into their fifth day forcing schools and universities to shut down across the country and doctors have now gone on indefinite strike heaping more pressure on the government here reports from car to . drive in his minivan is the only way. to living he says taking passengers around used to bring in enough money but with a fuel crisis in sudan that's no longer the case. we can stay from the day before till the next d

donald trump has ordered a full withdrawal of american troops from syria and declared victory against eisold in the country the decision surprised his foreign allies and angered some members of his republican party that rotha of an estimated two thousand troops is expected within sixty to one hundred days practical hane reports it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated.

thirty russian children held in an iraqi prison with the allegedly eisold legs parents are now back home we were there when they returned to russia. a french newspaper apologizes after people compare its latest front cover to images from the nazi era. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me actually aaron good to have you with us our top story this hour at least four people have been killed after a possible residential building collapse due to a gas explosion in magnitogorsk of russian industrial city about one thousand seven hundred kilometers east of moscow authorities say the fate of sixty eight people is still unknown a resident who was evacuated from the building describes the scene there. i was more cannot by the sound of the explosion and the shattered glass the windows in my living room were blown out i ran to the kitchen the windows they're all so shattered i could smell smoke my neighbors were yelling the main door was blown out and it was blocking our door and then as i thought there would be stance but we left the corridor and there was just trou

diplomat in charge of coordinating the fight against eisold is also quitting the military mission is the enduring defeat of isis we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past so we know that once a physical space is defeated we can just pick up and leave this was brett mcgurk the special envoy briefing reporters on the anti eisel fight in syria under a similar eleventh mcgurk new everyone in the region and he reportedly told colleagues this week the president's new policy on syria would make it impossible for him to continue in his post already both congressional democrats and republicans have called trump syria decision dangerous and deployed jim matta says departure from the pentagon now those who had been fighting alongside the americans are looking to these legislators to try to change the white house's mind dear senator lindsey graham south carolina kurds in syria appreciate your strong opposition on the wrongfulness of trumps unilateral decision to withdraw from syria and your principled stance on standing by your kurdish allies the next step in fighting i saw now unce

turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and the chief from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious players likely engage in backdoor negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict. on the turkey syria border. protests in sudan have continued for a fifth day forcing hospitals schools and universities to shut down across the country several cities are under emergency rule as protesters demand a change of government they're angry over rising fuel and food costs and blame president omar bashir for economic mismanagement and also this evening there's been tear gas fired by police at hundreds of protesters who blocked a road in the center of the capital khartoum in a morgue and reports on how see john got to this point. driving his minivan is the only way out of the most probably the living he says taking passengers around used to bring in enough money but with the fuel crisis in sudan that's no longer the case. we can stay from the day before work till the next day waiting for fuel with the fuel shortage.

has taken control of arab lands exploited really the fight against eisold and taken a lot of land that is not rightfully theirs after announcing the withdrawal of u.s. troops from northern syria president trump says saudi arabia will help restore citizen have been destroyed by war the us president tweeted saudi arabia has now agreed to spend the necessary money needed to help rebuild syria instead of the united states see isn't it nice when immensely wealthy countries help rebuild their neighbors rather than a great country the us that's five thousand miles away thanks to saudi a reverend. president trump's tweet prompted more questions than answers he didn't specify how much money saudi arabia would offer to rebuild syria when it would be given how it would be spent or most importantly who would receive the money well that's the big question is where exactly will this money go and i think that that obviously depends a lot on where saudi arabia wants it to go we can probably assume it's not going to go to the russians it's not going to go to the turks for where they're spending a lot o

city of mosul which was blown up by iceland twenty seventeen the al-noor really not destroyed by eisold. in twenty seventeen a cornerstone for the twelfth century landmark was later this ceremony attended by foreign dignitaries i still blew it up when iraq's military moved in to recapture the city last year. chinese opera has had enthusiastic audience is in thailand for hundreds of years but it's got highly reports from bangkok now the allure of modern entertainment is taking over prompting concern that this ancient tradition could soon be lost. getting ready to take the stage performers carry out their pre-show transformation before they play their role in one of the world's oldest dramatic art forms chinese opera but this stage is not in china and it's not even in a theater it's in an alley in bangkok's a bustling chinatown it's been a tradition here for hundreds of years but the audiences have been getting smaller and older. so i'm sock sock they first put on his make up at the age of seven he remembers when entire families would turn up. at night it's a bit depressing it's not like

turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and the chief from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious players likely engage in backdoor negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict that occurred on the turkey syria border. french authorities have defended aggressive police actions during saturday's yellow vest demonstrations in paris a video of a police officer pulling out a gun on protesters near the shore new has been widely shared online critics say it was disproportionate the police say they were acting in self-defense meanwhile president in one year back home is warning protesters will face the most severe legal rip repercussions possible benefit reports from paris. with just a few hundred yellow vest protesters on the shelves elisei on saturday night a small number sparked a violent confrontation with police. as the policeman scrambled to save their bikes pulled a gun. the whole incident lasted about three minutes but is an indication of how quickly a quiet protest can turn ugly the. yellow vest protesters described as act six began

diplomat in charge of coordinating the fight against eisold is also quit the military mission is there enduring defeat of isis we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past we know that once a physical space is defeated we can just pick up and leave this was brought mcgurk the special long boy briefing reporters on the anti eisel fight in syria under a symbol eleventh mcgurk knew everyone in the region and he reportedly told colleagues this week the president's new policy on syria would make it impossible for him to continue in his post. already both congressional democrats and republicans have called trump's syria decision dangerous and deplored jim madison's departure from the pentagon now those who had been fighting alongside the americans are looking to these legislators to try to change the white house's mind dear senator lindsey graham south carolina kurds in syria appreciate your strong opposition on the wrongfulness of trumps unilateral decision to withdraw from syria and your principled stance on standing by your kurdish allies the next step in fighting now certain as

from syria and your principled stance on standing by your kurdish allies the next step in fighting eisold now certain as the trumpet ministration declares it won't be u.s. forces and resources leading the charge rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington staying with washington the us government remains partially shut down after politicians failed to break an impasse on the budget spending the standoff is over funding for president transplants mexico border wall the senate has now than agenda until thursday john hendren joins us now from washington john what actually happens now is there any end in sight to this shutdown. well until thursday nothing happens at all really the two sides could keep negotiating but according to democratic leaders they are very far apart and the democrats who are going to take over the house of representatives on january third because they won forty seats in that body of four hundred thirty five seats in the last midterm elections they say they're willing to wait nancy pelosi is the democratic leader incoming of the house of representatives and she says we have cert

turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and the chief from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious player is likely engage in backdoor negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict. on the turkey syria border lawrence korb a former assistant secretary of defense and a senior fellow at the center for american progress he believes business is dictating u.s. foreign policy. what residents rumpus is doing whether you agree or disagree these are tactics the real question is what's your strategy ok you're going to get out of syria i just want to with norad are you get involved in the rebuilding the same way with afghanistan you quote back on the number of jobs what about the negotiations that you know ambassador khalilzad is undertaking right now with the taliban how does that affect that and that i think is the real concern among a lot of people not that the president is doing something like this but is it a quarter of an overall strategy just like with saudi arabia you know one of the reasons that the president has not condemned m.b.'s or hi

envoy to the global coalition to defeat eisold brett mcgurk has quit over president trump's decision to pull troops from syria. the u.s. federal government has partially shut down after the senate failed to approve payment but don't trump's controversial wall along the mexican border. and at least fifteen people have been killed more than twenty five injured in two car bomb attacks in somalia's capital mogadishu. thousands of people in serbia have taken part in an anti-government protest for a third successive saturday demanding policy changes and accuse president alexander of becoming increasingly authoritarian those weak opposition politician bo christopher which was attacked with his supporters accusing the government of intimidation. french police have used pepper spray and tear gas to disperse demonstrators as the yellow vests protest continued in paris for a sixth weekend the interior ministry says there were only around two thousand protesters in paris half the number recorded last week the recessions began more than five weeks ago against plans to increase fuel tax and low tu

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donald trump pass older day full with role of american troops from syria and declared victory against eisold in the country the decision surprised his foreign allies and angered some members of his republican party the drop of an estimated two thousand troops is expected within sixty to one hundred days classical haim reports it's a massive move that will dramatically change the landscape of the war in syria and one not many saw coming the u.s. president tweeting out that isis has been defeated and that was the only reason u.s. troops were in syria and we have won against isis we've beaten them and we've beat now badly we've taken back the land and now it's time for our troops to come back home and then leave them there but according to the u.s. government the islamic state of iraq and the levant is not actually defeated a point stressed by the president's own state department just last week i think it's fair to say americans will remain on the ground after the physical to feed a caliphate until we have the pieces in place to ensure that that defeatism during the move comes after a phone cal

diplomat in charge of coordinating the fight against eisold is also quitting the military mission is the enduring defeat of isis we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past so we know that once a physical space is defeated we can just pick up and leave this was brought mcgurk the special envoy briefing reporters on the anti eisel fight in syria under a symbol eleventh mcgurk knew everyone in the region and he reportedly told colleagues the week the president's new policy on syria would make it impossible for him to continue in his post. already both congressional democrats and republicans have called trump's syria decision dangerous and deployed jim matta says departure from the pentagon now those who had been fighting alongside the americans are looking to these legislators to try to change the white house's mind dear senator lindsey graham south carolina kurds in syria appreciate your strong opposition on the wrongfulness of trump's unilateral decision to withdraw from syria and your principled stance on standing by your kurdish allies the next step in fighting i so now

turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and that the white b.g. from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious player is likely engaging that door negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict. well let's go live now to santa who's in the southern turkish town of gaziantep right on the border with syria and zaina first of all so we had a second phone call between president at one of turkey and president trump and it sounds very much according to the the account of it tweeted by donald trump the president everyone is offering up more assurances if you like to miss bolstering the trump decision which is popular to remove the two thousand or so u.s. troops from northern syria. well undoubtedly what we are seeing is a new relationship between these two nato allies to united states and turkey over the past few years there was a strained relationship over syria policy now you're hearing u.s. president donald trump in one way or another choose a turkey as its representative in syria saying that order god told

turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and the chief from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious player is likely engaged. backdoor negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict that occurred there on the turkey syria border let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world now this hour and it's been another day of demonstrations in sudan protests that have at times turned violent ten people have been killed since wednesday the protests began over the rising cost of food and fuel that have grown into a movement aimed at forcing the end of president bush's nearly thirty year will doctors are now warning that they're planning an indefinite strike even morgan has the latest on sudan's capital khartoum. it may all seem calm here in the sudanese capital khartoum but the doors of the school behind me tells of a different story itself the story of a country that has been forced to issue a nationwide suspension to schools high schools and universities to try to prevent people from congregating because they're wo

turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and the p. y. chief from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious players likely engage in backdoor negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict. on the turkey syria border. sudan's doctors have voted to go on an indefinite strike any protests calling for longtime leader omar al bashir to step down the demonstrations are underway in several cities at least ten people have died since protests started last wednesday the reports that police fired tear gas to disperse rallies in in the north or just on the protests were sponsored by the rising cost of food and fuel prices as well as corruption here morgan has more from sudan's capital khartoum it may all seem calm here in the sudanese capital khartoum but the doors of the school behind me tells of a different story itself the story of a country that has been forced to issue a nationwide suspension to schools high schools and universities to try to prevent people from congregating because they're worried t