and the e.u. leaders a meet in brussels for their first summit this year is against the symbolic backdrop of anti austerity protests and a general strike in the interim. it is an hour just after five pm on monday here in moscow you're watching r t with me rule received a welcome to the program. syria is staring at the real possibility of deadly violence taking hold of the very center of the nation's capital government forces have been locked in intense fighting desperately holding on to suburbs surrounding damascus the latest spike in violence came just a day after the arab league froze observer mission artie's sara for now has details from syria. this is considered one of the way back to points between the