anup's -- groups who want islamic state, such as the al- nusra front, are engaged with more weaponry, with a better from different commands of chains and routes. the problem is, how will these groups really coordinate? in aleppo, for example, they are coordinating in a better way than they are in another city, where there is a domination of the al-nusra front and the islamic state of iraq and another grouping entirely. in aleppo right now, there is a loose affiliation of these groupings. if weapons were to be put through to the syrian army -- the free syrian army, there's an issue of where they would end up and there is an issue of training. >> and the other issue are the civilians caught in the middle. always, the civilians caught in the crossfire. >> absolutely. you are talking about the majority. it's a majority that does not have a voice, a voice listened

>> rose: al nusra. >> they're the most effective fighters. >> rose: what does that mean, the most effective fighters? >> they kill the highest number of assad soldiers. they are the only force that can compete against -- remember, this has become internationalized already. people say "we're worried this is becoming internationalized." it's internationalized. you've got as many as 7,000 hezbollah fighters, iranian trained hezbollah fighters from lebanon fighting on the side of bashar al-assad already. ful these are the most experienced -- among the most experienced fighters in the middle east, terrorists, militant, however you want to describe them. >> rose: so hezbollah against al nusra? >> you've got the makings of a -- it's become a shi'a/sunni war. i mean, people -- people keep talking about, oh, we're heading into a period when we're going to have a shi'a/sunni war in five or six different places. we already have it. >> rose: on the shi'a side you have iran and hezbollah-- both shi'a-- supporting the syrians.

determine who will get the arms and so that it doesn't get into the hands of the foreign fighters the al nusra the al qaeda types there's no guarantee about this and that's why i believe it's going to prolong a conflict it's gotten to the point now where there's a war that there's a. united states just likes to get engaged in every single war now the problem is if the united states decides to do this with arms so will britain so will france and it's going to be an arms market out there and it's going to you know there will be no way to control the flow of arms as a consequence of this determination and i think the administration would be very. the very very cautiously and in fact hold up because there is no guarantee that these weapons will get into. the hands of opposition members who are supposed to be. working with. who are not foreign fighters frankly there are more than fifty thousand foreign fighters out there in syria fighting right now

there's ten thousand fighters with al nusra front which is al qaeda in iraq reconstituted in syria they might as well call themselves you know al qaeda in syria but you know they want to rebrand while the west and russia remain at odds on where u.s. support of the opposition could lead. washington has its mind set on providing vetted groups of rebels with small arms and ammunition they're deluding themselves they think that they can cherry pick which factions of the opposition to support but somehow or other we can control the flow of weapons because we give them only to select people. many experts indicate that american politicians are kidding themselves if they think the arms flow can ever be managed and this question of how to give arms to one group but keep them out of the hands of another can likely never be answered i don't know if i've even heard a clear and unambiguous answer. the obama administration or any

to illegal militant groups in syria when the us recognized that one of the key opposition groups al nusra is an officially recognized terrorist organization linked to al qaeda how can they give weapons to that part of the opposition where will those weapons and. if you know. one of the newest concerns voiced by the russian president we haven't heard this concern before was that he believed that if weapons hypothetically are supplied to the syrian rebels they may in fact and up in europe and even in russia because what he reported stated it is a firm fact that around six hundred mercenaries from russia and europe are fighting on the side of the syrian rebels so as long as the composition clear composition among. the syrian rebels these weapons might end up in europe and create huge problems in the region he also told talked about the recent g eight summit saying that there is no single position on syria among the g eight countries some of the countries of the g. eight are in fact against supplying the syrian opposition with more additional weaponry but one thing that every side every count

they're all they're all to be seen in iraq neighboring iraq and beginning to be seen in lebanon as the al nusra front becomes the key defacto lead faction in the opposition no amount of the so-called moderate rebels is going to work against the hundreds of thousands billions millions we don't know coming from qatar and saudi arabia the american allies in the persian gulf so the dangers are everywhere to be seen and of course the other dangers of the blowback which may be currying even now some of these militants returning to their home countries in europe and perhaps to the united states to fight their jihad on european american soil. well close look at that story's available for you on our website and also there today shame and disgrace you experts reveal the ugly truth is really on the tactics including using palestinian children as human shields and military operations online store these house. also on the

chemical arsenal only last month turkish media reported twelve members of syria's al qaeda linked al nusra front had been arrested in turkey with unknown chemicals found during the raids meanwhile the free syrian army leader recently confirmed that a number of army generals defecting to the opposition had dropped because they were being asked on to stay on infiltrate the government forces to help secure the chemical weapons stockpile all of this of course comes hot on the heels of government advances the northern town of qusayr recently once again coming under government control that poses the question why president assad would choose now to antagonize the u.s. by crossing that so-called red line when conventional warfare appears to be swinging the war once again in his favor and moscow which has had a chance to study washington's findings has not found them convincing some russian officials even went as far to say the way the u.s. is promoting its version of chemical arms used in syria is simply a throwback to his tactics towards iraq. if you understood what they're doing we have no relia

that footage of the opposition testing chemical weapons on rabbits more recently twelve people from al nusra front the syrian militarized opposition brigade were detained in turkey by the turkish police allegedly carrying vials of zareen gas on them so definitely there are no saints here but these claims are not being investigated for some reason. now istanbul's taksim square remains deserted but police have intervened on the crowds gathered in anchors avenues according to local media that have been ongoing clashes with protesters across the city with up to seventy people arrested earlier taksim square the symbol of anti government under arrest was sealed off of special forces drove demonstrators out destroyed a temporary camps in response to that angry protests are flaring up across the country are nicholas can report. this point there are more of confrontations between the police and protesters taking place in other parts of istanbul they have been going on really throughout the night and the entire morning they're lesser numbers but it doesn't mean they're less intense than the were last

footage is of the opposition testing chemical weapons on rabbits more recently twelve people from al nusra front the syrian militarized opposition brigade were detained in turkey by the turkish police allegedly carrying vials of zareen gas on them so definitely they're not saints here but these claims are not being investigated for some reason meanwhile efforts to push both sides to peace talks continue to stall amid the opposition's failure to join the upcoming geneva conference of former british intelligence officer frank leverage believes that ignoring the diplomatic push can lead to dreadful results both sides are insisting on preconditions particularly i think in this case the opposition they won't talk to to the syrian government unless assad agrees to go you can't show up at a negotiation of any kind with with the with preconditions like that simply it's a recipe for disaster and negotiations wouldn't go if they even if they take place at all they wouldn't go past the first the first half hour the way to conduct negotiations is to go without preconditions but understanding on all si

the highly poisonous sarin gas and those arrested at least to be members of the al qaeda linked al nusra front this month u.n. investigators voiced suspicion the nerve agent was being used by opposition fighters russia's foreign minister says the case must be investigated and must not be used in political games. we've warned repeatedly of provocations connected with chemical weapons we've also insisted on investigations into any case related to their possible use including the incident reportedly took place near aleppo we're very disappointed that because of political games the u.n. has failed to act on this we expect our turkish colleagues to quickly provide a full report on this latest case this issue ation is too serious for those who constantly talk about the chemical weapons problem to keep playing games around it each and every incident needs to be investigated. in the reports of sarin gas found in the possession of rebels well they fall on deaf ears in the west is the belief of author and historian gerald horne he told us earlier that not even the threat of

groups as well yeah but i'm not i'm not talking i'm not talking about the nuestra is not supporting al nusra i'm not supporting all nusra in education and no but it must be easier in opposition to me if you are the league is purely legally stick me you know what's happening with the russian weapons it's a fake argument to say this is a legal way of providing arms to a dictator which kills his own people but i did see what he and what is happening with the libyan well as he does go on in syria to syria i mean nobody knows what's happened what is happening to those weapons as well i'm sorry we're talking about the civil war we talk about the dictator to has killed eighty thousand of his people and there is resistance armed resistance there as well from ordinary syrians i'm in favor of that they get weapons to resist and they said i get that by illegal . if you believe in the democratic argument then in the democratic process we just mentioned that the majority two thirds of turkish residents don't support the policy of diet government in syria and i want to quote one more paul showing that six

left of the five injured no injured admitted the attack but damascus has been accusing the rebel al nusra front for carrying out terrorist closures across the country also in the area the syrian army's reportedly restored control of the city of qusayr after weeks of intense fighting with rebels there the syrian civil conflict been ongoing for more than two years now with the opposition blocking diplomatic peace initiatives by demanding the government's departure. pakistan's new prime minister summon the american envoy after a u.s. drone strike in the north of the country left nine people dead on friday now as sharif previously called for the attacks to stop in his first address after being sworn in on wednesday some estimate says many as nine hundred civilians have been killed in drone strikes over the last nine years. the us is under pressure in neighboring afghanistan to a man in army uniform is turned on his international trainers killing two american soldiers and a civilian working with the military you saw took place in the east of the country it's the latest such violence committed

the city of where the black flag is now reportedly fly and it's impossible at this point to cleave al nusra from the more moderate forces within the syrian opposition so then what is the end game here even if the opposition wins the next phase will be a post assad struggle for power within the opposition between more moderate forces and radical forces like al nusra both armed by the united states in other words more violence more death simply any sort of victory here is far fetched which might explain why only twenty percent of americans at this point supports arming the opposition they see what most everyone else who doesn't work in the white house and our allies with john mccain in the senate see and that's that this course of action almost certainly won't end well in washington same sex party. well syria has no doubt dominated the agenda of the g eight summit that wraps up today in northern ireland world leaders from canada france germany italy japan russia the u.k. and the u.s. have all come together to try to reach an understanding on some of the hans button issues of today the one ide

washington who would like to intervene in syria on behalf of the rebels which is quite curious since al nusra front which has been designated as a terrorist organization by washington is at the tip of the spear in the opposition against president al the saudi. also this week the e.u. lifted its oms and boggo on syria and that means that any member state can now supply the syrian rebels directly with weapons u.k. and france spearheaded the initiative winning over the majority of countries who were originally opposed the move over concerns that would actually fuel the conflict. that is going to take a look at the syrian opposition and those who might be on its behalf. since britain and france blocked attempts to extend the e.u. embargo on supplying arms to the syrian rebels there have been growing fears that the weapons could end up in the wrong hands and this is why the syrian opposition is made up of many divided and often competing factions and truly there is no force that can represent it as a whole there is the syrian national council the national coalition for syrian revolutionary and opp

al nusra is an a qaeda. i have seen people talking about the fact that gutter is giving them shoulder-held missiles that can take out airplanes. if al nusra got one and sent it to al qaeda they could knock out a commercial airline. it's a difficult situation. >> senator mccain, you were in syria recently. as a result of the trip there were several reports that claimed you had a photograph taken with a kidnapper called mohamed noor. senator rand paul said if you don't know who you are having your photo taken with how do you know who you are giving weapons to? >> i know who i met with. in fact, i met with a group of syri syrians yesterday. they are brave people fighting for freedom. i know who they are. i know general idris and his leadership. it is air power that's given bashar assad this advantage. a hundred thousand people have been killed. 8,000 of them are children. the massacre goes on. it cries out for american leadership. we need leadership. that's what i get in every country and every one of the peopl

but remember the nusra front, the various al qaeda groups, these guys who have been spenting a last several years fighting america in iraq. these are guying flying in from yemen, coming in from pakistan. so they might have become dominant anyway even if we had gone in and tried to -- >> rose: before they came? >> before they came they were ready to fight. they were ready to fight. >> rose: and how strong are they today within all the forces fighting to overthrow assad? >> the al qaeda affiliates? >> rose: al nusra. >> they're the most effective fighters. >> rose: what does that mean, the most effective fighters? >> they kill the highest number of assad soldiers. they are the only force that can compete against -- remember, this has become internationalized already. people say "we're worried this is becoming internationalized." it's internationalized. you've got as many as 7,000 hezbollah fighters, iranian trained hezbollah fighters from lebanon fighting on the side of bashar al-assad already. ful these are the most experienced -- among the most experienced fighters in the middle east, terro

there's ten thousand fighters with al nusra front which is al qaeda in iraq reconstituted in syria they might as well call themselves al qaeda in syria but you know they want to rebrand while the west and russia remain at odds on where u.s. support of the opposition could lead. washington has its mind set on providing vetted groups of rebels with small arms and ammunition they're deluding themselves they think that they can cherry pick which factions of the opposition to support but somehow or other we can control the flow of weapons because we give them only to select people. many experts indicate that american politicians are kidding themselves if they think the arms flow can ever be managed and this question of how to give arms to one group but keep them out of the hands of another can likely never be answered i don't know if i've even heard a clear and unambiguous answer. to the obama administration or any foreign policy on about where those weapons are going and how we can actually secure the fact that they're going into the right hands but you know who are the right hand be that r

there's ten thousand fighters with the else or if al nusra front which is al qaeda in iraq reconstituted in syria they might as well call themselves you know al qaeda in syria but you know they want to rebrand while the west and russia remain at odds on where u.s. support of the opposition could lead. washington has its mind set on providing vetted routes of rebels with small arms and ammunition there deluding themselves they think that they can cherry pick which factions of the opposition to support they think that there's a quote clean free syrian army apparatus that somehow or other we can control the flow of weapons because we give them only to select people. that would indicate that american politicians are kidding themselves if they think the arms flow can ever be managed by aligning the united states with forces that have been conspicuous in terms of their own human rights abuses including the use of chemical weapons according to a u.n. investigator. you asking for trouble and that's what we are going to get and this question of how to give arms to one group to keep them out of th

recognize that one of the key opposition groups al nusra is an officially recognized terrorist organization linked to al qaeda how can they give weapons to that part of the opposition where will those weapons and. that was the political situation as regards the situation in syria but they've also been some good news businesses from russia hasn't there at. all definitely a lot of people to mention lots of different economic reforms and several multibillion dollar infrastructure projects have also been mentioned but probably the biggest news for the. economics is part of the russian life and coming from the russian president was that he urged the russian parliament before they go on summer holidays and in a short while to him to work out a law on amnesty of economic criminals who committed their first economic crime and who are ready to make amends for their economic doings and obviously this is big news because many people who have been convicted for minor economic of scientists will walk free if they will be able to repay to the state what they did so this is definitely the biggest news for

footage is of the opposition testing chemical weapons on rabbits more recently twelve people from al nusra front the syrian militarized opposition brigade were detained in turkey by the turkish police allegedly carrying vials of zareen gas on them so definitely there are no saints here but these claims are not being investigated for some reason. there are also concerns that washington's decision to send relief to rebels might scupper the idea of peace talks in geneva the syrian opposition has already failed to commit to turning up political analyst on a walk off explains why the rebels are refusing to negotiate. we can get the rebels on the ground may actually be a positive thing in any political dialogue or a new political negotiations because those people have the power to stifle or kill any political process to their aura of invisibility should be reduced it would be good for the political representatives of the opposition to have any meaningful say in a negotiation table and actually being able to keep their words afterwards but as long as there are promises of weaponry and support tow

footage just of the opposition testing chemical weapons on rabbits more recently twelve people from al nusra front the syrian militarized opposition brigade were detained in turkey by the turkish police allegedly carrying vials of zareen gas on them so definitely there are no saints here but these claims are not being investigated for some reason. syria also dominated talks between russia's president and britain's prime minister in london where they met ahead of the g eight summit both leaders said they shared a common ground on the need for a diplomatic solution to the crisis but polly boyko reports from london differences remain. well the leaders both said that they are committed to having a diplomatic resolution to the syrian crisis they are committed to organizing this so-called geneva two conference which will see both sides come to the negotiating table in order to discuss a peaceful way out of the quite says but at the same time they both admitted that they have very different approaches and analyses of the situation in syria at the moment while david cameron says that bash our last s

footage is of the opposition testing chemical weapons on rabbits more recently twelve people from al nusra front the syrian militarized opposition brigade were detained in turkey by the turkish police allegedly carrying vials of zareen gas on them so definitely are not saints here but these claims are not being investigated for some reason deepak three party honoree research fellow at the university of rhode hand believes the u.s. leadership's only using the war in syria to divert people's attention from its painful problems at home. it helps obama and it helps residents. in france. prime minister cameron here in britain all three of us have very serious domestic problems economic problems social unrest etc etc when he is facing serious domestic problems then you do all the moves through is this. all threats to national security and. to be brought on and tried to do unite the population or at least. domestic opposition. well the russian president vladimir putin addressed the issue during a q. and a session with artie's own journalists here at our moscow headquarters he believes there's a l