al ryes in the region -- allies agree on what they say is the short sightedness. >> we should solve the syrian crisis by political methods. the country needs a temporary government to protect facilities and then create a new constitution. >> on the ground the russian iranian lebanese and syrian alliance has -- the group continues to gain more territory and more syrians continue to die. >>> eight armed groups have signed a historic peace deal. the deal is meant to end 60 years of civil war but divisions remain and not everyone is signing. there are more than 130 ethnic groups but eight prominent ethnic minorities across myanmar. the conflict began in 1949 after independence was power was unexpectedly handed to the majority excluding numerous ethnic minorities. the country has been in civil war ever since with tens of thousands of people killed or injured. we have more from neighboring thailand. >>reporter: this nationwide cease fire agreement has been one of the key priorities of the president of myanmar since he took office four years ago. but what he's ended up with today will certainl

rye ran is taking part in the talks for the first time, their government is at odds over removing bashar al asaad from power. most of the participants still aren't here, john kerry arrive add few hours ago, and it appears as though part of the delegation has arrived we saw several cars diplomatic vehicles with turkish flaggings on them as they were driving past, but as far as we can tell, and we have no information to contradict this, the russians have not yet arrived, in fact i was told by a saudi foreign minister, that they were expected rater this evening, really what will happen today is a lot of by lateral meetings and setting the stage for the big meeting tomorrow that's the meeting with iran will be there for the fist time, that's a very big deal, because iran of course a major power player, much more so after the nuclear accord was signed just a few months back, but also a big deal because you will have the two primary backers along with the primary backers of the syrian opposition, that's the u.s., the turks and saudi arabia, perhaps iraq the u.a.e., so once more we are seeing a re

al jazeera's investigative unit has gathered evidence linking agents of the myanmar state town rest between muslims and buddhists. anti-muslim violence spread in 2012. phil rees has this exclusive report. >> reporter: communal r ryeriots that claimed nearly 50 lives, namely muslim. shortly after a mob had arrived in the town. >> they were brought to the area, and suddenly, they were asked to start this kind of violence, so one of the problems to assess this incident is to establish where this is coming from. but the first step, it is there. it is clear that it was organized. >> reporter: a former officer in myanmar's feared military intelligence service, speaking for the first time, described how the regime had in the past sent undercover agents to spark unrest. >> reporter: these people secretly entered the muslim communities, they created problems by insulting muslim, hitting and attacking muslims. the truth couldn't be revealed until today. all of these things were controlled by the military authorities using money. >> reporter: a former major in the myanmar army before he defected said covert agencies promote a policy of divided rule in order to divert opposition to the power of the military. >> they had to d