the gulf state don't want a future of bashar al-assad, or syria with bashar al-assad a part of it. we don't want bashar al-assad to be part of the future. we have reality on the ground, and the reality, we have a syrian state. so all the people sitting around the table tried to figure out will there be a political solution, what powers bashar al-assad will have if we have a tansition period in syria, and it seems they are not seeing eye to eye. >> stay with me as someone that worked with high profile terror cases, i want your opinion on whether 9:30 eastern. >>> british prime minister david cameron said a bomb probably brought down a russian airliner over the sinai peninsula in egypt. the crash of the metro jet flight killed 224 people. egypt and russia dismissed cameron's statement. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for the incident. we want to bring back a special agent. the c.e.o. of the group. regardless of who is the culprit. it poses a problem. for those directly or indirectly involved in the problem. >> you know how these things go. all the of that airlines, similar har aeropl

the gulf state don't want a future of bashar al-assad, or syria with bashar al-assad a part of it. we don't want bashar al-assad to be part of the future. we have reality on the ground, and the reality, we have a syrian state. so all the people sitting around the table tried to figure out will there be a political solution, what powers bashar al-assad will have if we have a tansition period in syria, and it seems they are not seeing eye to eye. >> stay with me as someone that worked with high profile terror cases, i want your opinion on whether >> the next big quake. >> there could be a rupture along the entire fault line. >> that's right. >> we have 300,000 kids that are in collapse prone schools. >> the tsunami, it's gonna move faster than you can run... usain bolt won't be able to out run it. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >> can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> let's do it. >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. 9:30 eastern. >>> british prime minister david ca

now, when asked about bashar al-assad, francois hollande said there is no future for bashar al-assad in syria. when putin was asked about that, he said bashar al-assad is our primary ally in syria because he has the only ground troops that are effective there and it is ground trams that will ultimately be necessary to push i.s.i.l. out. long-term he said it is up to the people of syria to decide on the future of bashar al-assad. so when asked about this grand coalition point blank by a journalism in the audience, vladimir putin said, well, we are respectful of the u.s. led coalition and we are willing to work with the u.s. led coalition. it is the u.s. led coalition that is on not willing yet to work with us >>> president francois hollande also addressed tuesday's incident in which a russian jet was shot down by turkey. he said it was a serious incident and; obviously, regrettable. >> translation: i talked about it to president erdogan and putin and it is vital in these times and regions to avoid any new incident and prevent escalation. the only object we should have is the fight aga

is it getting rid of bashar al-assad or i.s.i.l.? >> you know, i have to tell you, to be honest about this, i think sell years ago he was clearly getting rid of bad. he was gassing his own people. he was a terrible dictator. it was a horrendous situation. i don't think anybody is up there on the democratic side cheering bashar al-assad here, but at this point it's a question of going after i.s.i.s. and making sure that that threat is taken care of and that hillary clinton says we destroy him and that we prevent them from spreading their venom not only throughout the middle east but obviously in france and western europe and even into the united states >>> on that point, then, is there an openness between hillary clinton and the democratic party that support of supporting her to say russians want bashar al-assad to stay there in order to enlist others in targeting i.s.i.l. bashar al-assad can stay there but let's unify in order to target i.s.i.l. does that make sense? >> i'm not sure it's quite going that far. i think that there's no

syrians wanted to take out bashar al-assad. ethnic divisions, kurds and are abs. they are a builtry force, but arabs are threaten with their own sovereignty as the kurds move in taking over more locations. >> that is a big issue. vladimir putin may be more realistic. saying that people need to acknowledge that the syrian government and the kurds are the only ones that are doing the fighting. does he have a point. it's dismissive of the efforts of the syrian opposition. they have been active for the last five years. they have built a coalition of about 12 or so groups, they are the people and are abs that are fighting against the bashar al-assad regime. >> are they in a defensive posture. this if anything, they struggled to hold territory. >> this is a challenge with late-coming military support from the gulf states and the united states and western countries. for five years we focus on humanitarians, where as the russians and iranians supply their part of the war. now that russia has fighters jets, u.s. special operations step up their engagement in the hopes that

in syria at the moment drop this fixation on bashar al-assad and bashar al-assad has to set down. of course the americans have not done that. we just heard from obama that are the americans are not going to do that. that's what the russians hope will happen that at some point the american coalition will realise that bashar al-assad is the main way of fighting i.s.i.l. in the country and that they come around to the russian perspective on this >>> thanks rory. belgian security officials are due to meet to decide whether to extend the state of emergency. the streets of the capital brussels are in lock down over warnings of an imminent attack. shops and transport systems are closed and people have been told to avoid large gatherings. the p.m. says there is the possibility of a paris-style attack using explosives and weapons at several locations. one of the paris attackers is still on the run. the paris attacks have raised calls for tighter controls at borders. there is mounting pressure to identify all refugees passing through borders. >> reporter: by now pretty much everyone has had

they will continue the fight until bashar al-assad is toppled. the rebels seem to have acquired new sets of weapons because you just see the new pattern in syria. you can tell that they have advanced weapons and they are able to attack different, 45 areas, particularly latakia and aleppo >>> many thanks. russia's president vladimir putin has signed a decree imposing a series of economic sanctions against turkey. russian businesses have been banned from giving new jobs to turkish anationals and tour operators have been told to stop selling turkish holidays. the sanctions come after turkey shot down a russian war plan. the funeral of the prominent pro-kurdish lawyer is due to be held shortly in diabaca. he was shot on saturday while making a press statement in the predominantly kurdish city. he had been detained last month for saving on live television that the pkk is not a terrorist organization. people around the world have been marching to demand action on the inenvironment ahead of the u.n. climate change conference in paris. hundreds took part

the people of syria to decide about bashar al-assad but for the russians bashar al-assad is the main ally in fighting terrorism inside syria because he has the only ground troops there that are worth anything. so it's those ground troops that are going to be essential in pushing i.s.i.l. out. that is really the nuts and bolts of why there is no grand coalition yet. when asked by a journalism in the audience about this ground coalition point blank whether it existed, vladimir putin said well look i respect of the u.s. led coalition and i am ready to work with the u.s. led coalition, but the u.s. led coalition is not yet ready to work with us >>> so no grand coalition as you say, there, and even the existing coalition showing signs of quite serious splits not just this difference of opinion, very stark difference on the future on bashar al-assad and syria, but also the downing of the russian plane by turkey which brought in recent days russia to the brink of a confrontation with nato, turkey an of course a member of nato. i do not yes. that has complicated things considerably. things a

today the bashar al-assad regime is not trying to retake. despite hundreds of thousands dying, 200,000 die under bashar al-assad and tehran, and maybe 3,000 under bashar al-assad, tehran and vladimir putin - no one learns the lesson. we have russia bombing the moderate opposition. >> that's just syria. >> look at next door, iran, controlled by i.s.i.l., it is bombarded day and night. it's part of a sunni triangle. getting more unstable. the region is now looking good. more of that kind of thing. it's the kind of bitter escalation that is not finding logic, is not getting results. people need to start having a sober idea of what the future needs to look like >>> it's a frightening picture. >> turkey recovered the body of a russian pilot. the turkish military shot down the pilot fighter jet in disputed circumstances. ankara refused to comment. heavy fighting forced that doctors will face an acute shortage of supplies. in the battle of the city and impact on civilians. a warning that some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: the fiercest

leaves power -- would not end unless bashar al-assad leaves power.leaving him in power would never work unless you could get a majority of the syrian people to agree. the fate of the man thought to have planned friday's attacks in paris is still unknown. he was the target of that massive police raid on wednesday, but is not among the eight aspects arrested. there is still no confirmation as to whether he was among the two people killed in the raid. france is still under a state of emergency put in place under the week -- in the wake of the attacks. the french parliament will vote to decide if that should be extended through february. both france and russia stepped up airstrikes against the islamic state group edits de facto had orders -- group at its de facto headquarters in syria. the french president is going to moscow and washington next week to push for a global coalition against the islamic state group. will hildebrandt, has there been reaction to the market now six marketsreaction in the now six days since the attacks? threatense attacks alread

it's no march nor those that want to get rid of bashar al-assad. the latest escalation of violence raises concerns of a conflict. many say as long as countries like russia and turkey are divided on how to solve the syrian crisis, fighting will continue and more will die. >> the timing of the raid was early hours of the morning, when the marketplace was busy. hit by two missiles. separated by 50 meters, living drugs. it has been under the opposition control since may, there's no presence of i.s.i.l. in the area as alleged by the russian ministry. russia had intense fire on many fronts. places that are heavily populated areas, thousing those displaced. the people here, civil and medical staff are out raged by the strikes. the air strike did not target military positions belonging to d.a.e.s.h. or other opposition groups, most targets were civilians? >> the syrian observatory for human rights has already accused russia of killing many in air strikes. the syrian observatory for human rights estimates there has been 42,000 air strikes by bashar al-assad

in essence, to bolster the -- of of besar al-assad bashar al-assad, which is under pressure at the moment. we are trying to guard their influence, keep their influence over syria at the moment. iran is part of negotiations over syria. it has been since the end of last month. it is a key player in the region, and leaders of both russia and iran will have a lot to talk about. genie: that is thomas lowe reporting from moscow. authorities in mali have published the photos of a man and a woman they say helped plan friday's attack there on a luxury hotel. it is the first time authorities in mali has said they were seeking accomplices. mali has begun three days of national mourning for the 19 people who were killed when attackers stormed the radisson blu hotel in bamako. at least two jihadist groups have claimed responsibility. catherine clifford has more on reaction from around the region. mali's president met with his senegalese counterpart. the pair met at the attack site and discussed security concerns they hoped to address at an upcoming summit. >> we have to recognize that in an environmen

number one is bashar al assad must leave. the second is to uproot terrorism. we must take these matters into consideration while pondering on a diplomatic solution. >> the qatari government insists there is no future for bashar al assad in the future of syria and the italian government said there is the prospect of bashar al assad being part of a political transition but he is definitely not part of a future syria. >> while the political solution appears to be limited to discussions, on the ground, the assad government is finding it hard to regape control of areas it took. it's air superiority held by russian airstrikes is no match for those who want to get rid of those bashar al assad. >> we are sent this update a short while ago. >> the timing of the raid was the early hours in the morning when the marketplace was very busy. it was hit by two missiles in one raid, separated by 50 meters. it has left huge destruction and large number of people were killed and injured. it has been under opposition control since may and there is no presence of isil at all in th

bashar al-assad's future should be determined in an election. solving the solution of the bashar al-assad's role and which groups should be included in the opposition will not be easy for world powers. russia submitted a proposal for 18 months of constitutional reforms followed by election, but does not rule out bashar al-assad's election. one thing they share is stabilizing the country. >> reporter: given the ongoing issues, can you see any concrete coming out of the weekend. >> we want the meetings to bring deliverables to the syrian people, and one of them should be reduction of violence. in other words. some type or form of reduction of the conflict. i hope something in na direction will be -- in that direction will be achieved. >> with a quarter of a million killed, no doubt the people want that two >>> zeina khodr joins us. while we are on the subject of diplomacy, tell us about the proposals circulated bit the russians at the u.n., what this document is all about? >> well, the deputy foreign minister, the russian deputy foreign minister s

it is the bashar al-assad regime that has brought suffering and misery to the syrian people, which in turn has led to the growth of isil itself. it is the whole reason we are here. so, yes. reporter: i have three questions for you. two of them are things you wanted to talk about. one of them might not be. you can just barrel through them. you said twice now that russian exaggerated the effects of this attack on the fuel trucks claiming 500. can you give us an idea of the order of magnitude of the exaggeration. how many fuel trucks were destroyed by russian aircraft? second, you have talked about the imprecision of the russian airstrikes and civilian casualties, some human rights groups put out some numbers recently in the hundreds of civilian casualties. do you have any sort of way to quantify the number of civilian casualties caused by russian airstrikes? and my last question is that you mentioned at 30,000 feet that it is not always easy to know where you are, so are there any alternative procedures that could be used in an air incursion like this, such as escorting the plane out of

number 1 is bashar al-assad must leave. the second is to uproot terrorism.e must take these martyrs into consideration of pondering on a diplomatic solution. >> the government insists there is no future for bashar al-assad in the future of syria. the italian government says there is the prospect of bashar al-assad but he is not part of a future syria. >> while political solution appears to be limited to discussions, on the ground, the assad government is finding it hard to retain control of areas it retook from opposition fighters in latakia. on the offensive again. it's air supreme cour-- air sup match for those who want to get rid of bash arrest al-assad. >> adam hussein sent this update. >> reporter: the timing of the raid was the early hours of the morning when the marketplace was very busy. it was hit by two miss ills in one raid separated by 50 meters. it has left huge construction and a large number of people were killed and injured. it has been under the opposition control since may and there is no presence of assis at all by the russian ministry. ru

turkey has lent its support to rebels seeking to topple president bashar al-assad.e can talk now to our correspondent hasheem who is just in the area there southern turkey. so the spotlight has fallen on the turkmen of syria, hashem as a consequence of the downing of this russian jet. how can we sigh that they fit in to this mere yak of opposition forces that are working against the government of president am m al-assad? >> reporter: martin, the mountains that you might see behind me, i think there is nil mist covering the area, is exactly where there has been some constant shelling on tur turkmen fighterrers over the last few hours, the shelling is artillery shelling from military bases i controlled by the syrian government and where there is a russian presence, the reason they are pounding the mountains you see behind me is because the turkmen have been launching an offensive over the last 48 hours to control some of the strategic peaks. because of the intensifies artillery and the airstrikes, the rebels take over those areas and then they retreat and then they la

we don't necessarily want to exclude bashar al assad from that process.hat's something that pitted them and iranians against the u.s. and its allies. mostly turkey and saudi arabia. they say if there is going to be any peace in syria, bashar al assad has to go. very much looking forward to the talks in vienna as secretary of state kerry will have persuading to do. it will be difficult. >> indeed. thank you, fred. >>> oh, joy. more controversy over your holiday cup. first starbucks, now dunkin' donuts finds itself in the fray. >> shame, shame! >>> no end in sight to europe's spiraling migrant crisis. every day, refugees reaching the shores, many drown. life jackets and inner tubes are lining the shores of greece. i want to bring in cnn's arwa damon live from the island of lesbos in greece. stunning pictures, arwa. the life jackets piled up there. >> reporter: this is just a fraction of what actually exists along the shoreline. it really is quite jarring to see it for yourself. we just had a couple of landings happening here along this particular shoreline.

the greatest supporter is the bashar al-assad regime. our main supplier is russia >>> rory joins us live from moscow. as far as russian's measures against turkey does seem to be a tit for tat thing going on here. >> reporter: we haven't actually seen any definitive legislation yet. that is being hatched at the moment by the various russian ministries. they have been given two days to do so. in the meantime what we're seeing is a heightened scrutinising, if you like, of turkish produce, turkish imports coming into russia. so basically what they're being hit with is a series of sanitar checks, safety checks, health checks and unsurprisingly lots of violations are being found and various consignments of turkish produce are being turned away or rejected from borders. in the next few days we will see something more concrete in terms of legislation. the agriculture ministry thinks that within a space of a week it will be able to substitute as many turkish items of produce as it thinks might end up being restricted or embargoed. there are also

and we heard francis hollande say that bashar al-assad has no face in the future.ladimir putin calls him an ali in the fight against i.s.i.l. can the west and russia tight together without figuring out what to do with the future. >> it's a strange situation. if you wanted a wees of diplomacy, you'd have to sort out the differences. you have several actors with differentar am terse, and we have to take this into account. the best we can do, we can hope for from this meeting is to make sure that russia understands that the west is united in seeing bashar al-assad as no part of the final transition in syria, but that is set aside while everyone is increasing the efforts against i.s.i.l. >> how much do you think the downing of the russian jet by turkey will compliment the effort of building a stronger coalition against i.s.i.l. >> it complicates things, and the tone of the turkish president in his interview was stern. the tone of vladimir putin was stern. it is now about smothering i.s.i.l. smothering i.s.i.l. goes through two different things. one is the smuggle. and

they say president bashar al-assad must go for political solution to be achieved. with the syrian military claiming advances on the battle field, its russian and other ally say the focus should be on defeating i.s.i.l. >> translation: the national syrian army in many locations has major losses on terrorist groups and their sponsors. despite the breaking of the siege on them, the airport counter accounts has been for two and a half years. control of the airport is an important step in a fight to take control over the larger reason. >> reporter: assad's future should be determined in an leche. resolving the issue of president bashar al-assad's rule in the government and which groups should be included in the opposition won't be easy for world powers. russia has submitted a proposal calling for up to 18 months for constitutional reforms, followed by elections, but that proposal doesn't rule out bashar al-assad's participation. one thing all sides share is a desire to stablise the country. given the ongoing division on this issue, can you foresee anything concrete comi

forces loyal to bashar al-assad took control of villages south of aleppo. towns in the north and east attacked with cluster bombs. 2,000 were dropped honest town in the past three week, say rebels. non--hit targets, many landed on people's homes. >> it's been six weeks since russia began a campaign in syria, resulting in a deadlock. the use of cluster bombs is making a humanitarian situation worse. >> one of two contractors detained in yemen has died. >> the cause of death is not disclosed. >>> in the port city. saudi-led air strikes targeted a radio station. much of the building was destroyed, with transmission and broadcast equipment. >> saudis have been trying to take control from the houthis. fighting is continuing from houthis, and forces loyal in tiaz. pro-abd-rabbu mansour hadi fighters pushed them back. more than positive people have been killed. time for a break. when we come back, the football team may be on the field, but the race row rumbles on >>> protests towards a climate change ahead of crucial talks next month. more of that, stay with us. >

and despite losing control of most of the country, president bashar al-assad and his allies insist he is vital to the fight against groups like i.s.i.l. the syrian opposition, along with their western and gulf allies don't agree. >> today the syrian people have a number of priorities, number one, bashar al-assad must leave, the second is to uproot terrorism. we must take the matters into consideration while pondering on a diplomatic solution >>> while the political solution brs to be limited -- appears to be limited to discussion, on the ground the bashar al-assad government is trying hard to regain control of areas taken from opposition fighters. its air superiority by russian air strikes is not match for those that want to get rid of bashar al-assad. >> the latest escalation. fighting will continue, more will die >>> al jazeera's correspondent is there, where he says is not a place i.s.i.l. is active. >> translation: the timing of the raid was early hours of the morning. the marketplace was busy. it was hit by two missiles. it left huge destruction and a large number of people were

instead targeting rebel groups that are trying to overthrow bashar al-assad. he travelled to meet with putin last month marking the first tripe outside syria since the start of the anwar in 2011 s as for the new suggestion that moscow might be willing to syria without bashar al-assad, u.s. the role in syria speaks louder than words. >> i refer back to government of russia for that. russian actions so far in syria bona fide been to proper up the rape gym. >> reporter: when or whether bashar al-assad should go is one of the many sticking points in the syrian conflict. last week world powers including key syrian allie iran met in vienna to discuss ways to end the fighting that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions more. russian reported tuesday that syrian officials and opposition groups could meet in moscow next week. u.s. officials say it's too early for that. >> we think that there's a time and a place when the opposition groups will be represented but we're not there. >> reporter: one point on which the u.s. and russia do agree isa voiding a

government says bashar al-assad bought oil from i.s.i.l. to fuel the military campaign, even though i.s.i.l. is his enemy. in a statement. the u.s. treasury says the syrian government is responsible for brutality and violence. the united states will continue to target the finances of all those enabling bashar al-assad for continuing to enflict violence on people. the u.s. attempted to cut off a supply of cash by bombing the controls. on monday. the united states announced it destroyed 283 fuel tank erts used to transport oil in eastern syria. the obama administration hopes the sanctions will weaken the regime and make a political and diplomatic solution more likely >>> two prominent journalists have been arrested in turkey, accused of evading state security and being part of a terrorist group. they work for a pro-opposition newspaper. they published a paper accused of smuggling across the border. reporters without borders condemned the arrests as political persecution. >> we came here to defend journalism. we came to defend people's rights

bashar al-assad's future should be determined in an election. solving the solution of the bashar al-assad's role and which groups should be included in the opposition will not be easy for world powers. russia submitted a proposal for 18 months of constitutional reforms followed by election, but does not rule out bashar al-assad's participation. one thing they share is stabilizing the country. >> reporter: given the ongoing issues, can you see any concrete coming out of the weekend. >> we want the meetings to bring deliverables to the syrian people, and one of them should be reduction of violence. in other words. some type or form of reduction of the conflict. i hope something in that direction will be achieved. >>> u.s. presidential hopeless arefuls held their debates, focussing on the economy. donald trump's plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants aim under attack. alan fisher has the details. >> reporter: protests greeted the candidates in milwaukee, a small gathering covering many topics. in the debate hall a dominant subject - eco

number one is bashar al-assad to leave. second is to uproot terrorism. we must take these matters into consideration while pondering on the diplomatic solution. if these local communities are willing to act for their own interest, i believe the solution will be near. >> reporter: although differences remain between all sides involved in the conflict in syria, the italian governments are hopeful that they can find common grounds between various warring sides and end the conflict in syria >>> fighting in the yemeni city has forced many hospitals and medical facilities to close. doctors are warning they also face an acute shortage of supplies. gerald tann reports on the battle on the city and its impact on the civilians. some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: the fear fiercest of battles. people tell they have non-experienced such heavy fighting before. the houthis and the elite republican guard loyal to bashar al-assad have surrounded the city since march, but fighters supported by the saudi-led coalition are trying to hold. it destroyed a number

that is why we referred bashar al-assad as a magnet terrorism.his is a case, and there are many industry, in which two supposed enemies are, in fact, symbolic. loathing towards bashar al-assad drove thousands of syrians into the arms of d.a.e.s.h. and fear of d.a.e.s.h. caused some syrian groups to feel that they had no realistic option but to support the government. that is not just symbolic, it's a symbiotic relationship. each piece dependent on the other, and a desire to flee both explains the massive refugee crisis that we face today >>> it's also worth pointing out that the secretary of state john kerry has announced that while there not going to be members or representatives of the syrian opposition at the meeting, there are going to be 20 chairs. 17 of them will be filled by leaders of countries, such assist iran. there'll be three -- such as iran, there'll be three organizations and the five members of the security council will take part in the discussions. you'll see five leaders from the gulf state taking part in discussion, but again,

vladimir putin has played such a dirty game with bashar al-assad.o maybe he has to be on board but the key -- >> rose: hollande is coming to washington to see president obama and to moscow to see president putin. >> yes, but it will not be in the same spirit. when he will be in front of barack obama, he will be in front of the real ally already on the side of france two times. first world war, second world war. today it is world war number three. he will be in front of his true ally. when he will go in front of putin, he will have a wrong spoon with a little devil in front of him. bashar al-assad is with daesh and daesh is supported by vladimir putin. all the strikes in russia where we voted not to defeat i.s.i.s. but reinforce bashar al-assad. >> rose: roger from paris, tell me how you see it, the conversation we have been having and also a sense of the mood and the mindset in paris. >> well, charlie, paris is subdued. it's wounded. it's angry, very angry. what struck me today really, and we had that now is, the distinction between the anger and re

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when they say they have gefr been wedded to the idea of bashar al-assad remaining in power. that's restating the long-standing position. i don't necessarily see any challenge there. some may read something into the timing of that latest statement. the real issue here is we have had the beginnings of these meetings in vienna, the first between the united states, russia, saudi arabia and turkey. and last week something like 17 additional countries were invited, and the united nations was charged with doing four things, arranging a nationwide ceasefire, supervised elections. sponsoring constitutional reforms and engaging the syrian parties directly in negotiations over political transitions. it's a tall order and there are few people that suspect that they'll be able to do any of this. i think what is really going on is an attempt to separate and insulate into syrian discussions and negotiations from the continued regional and international discussions, taking place in vienna. and i programme that the special envoy's visit to moscow is to seek syrian support - excuse me, russia

one of bashar al-assad's strong holds. his troops backed by russian planes are trying to secure the area. as the fighting continues near the border with turkey, there are growing fears of regional conflict. the russians and iran are staunch allies of bashar al-assad. while the turks, western and gulf nations, insist the syrian president must go. >> reporter: they believe the russians use effect against i.s.i.l. as cover to increase bashar al-assad's chances of staying in power. i.s.i.l. can only be defeated if bashar al-assad steps aside >>> air strikes against i.s.i.l. targets in syria brought hundreds of demonstrates to the streets of london. they want the government to vote against british bombardments. >> reporter: outside downing street the first of what organisers say will be a tidal wave of protest. for now the crowds are modest, but as the government props for votes on air strikes next wednesday. these protestors want their say. >>> in my lifetime i have not seen violence. i don't think we accept it in our families

that bashar al-assad has to go and i.s.i.l. has to be defeated. >> he added the kurdish forces of northern syria. >> basically they say that they had not been comfortable with the international community, the french and the americans willing to provide military assistance to the kurdish factions to take on i.s.i.l. the turkish government has taken place, the factions are associated with the p.k.k. and has to be scene as a terrorist organization, and they will not take over once i.s.i.l. is defeated. they have no future in the places. they were trying to talk about the compromise to move forward. hashem ahelbarra - our correspondent in antackia. >> the turkish foreign ministry advised citizens into nonviolent travel. over the drowning of a jet. it has not responded to a request. the president is warning them not to play with fire. the prominent lawyer accused of turkish's kurdish rebels has been killed. he watt shot while making a press statement. he was detained for saying the p.k.k. was not a terrorist organization during a pr

a symptom of a problem started by bashar al assad. russia thinks this is about isil and bashar al assad actually has a future in syria. >> ok. thank you very much for that. >> now we'll move on to other news. six israeli soldiers have been injured after hit by a car near hebron in the occupied west bank. the palestinian suspect has been shot dead. earlier, another palestinian was shot dead after allegedly trying to run over two israeli pedestrians. the two israelis were slightly wounded. 102 poles and 21 israelis have been killed since the latest wave of violence began last month. we are crossing over to stephanie decker joining us from the occupied west bank. tell us what you are seeing and what you are hearing. >> it's really business as usual palestinians will throw stones, and the israeli army will respond. it's wipedding down here. we've had this wave of tension, of conflict as you mentioned, the tree i wants going on since october 1. it is a tense situation on the ground, but people have really lost hope. this is a message, but

president bashar al-assad is a major reason for the increasing tensions.ussia backs assad, whereas turkey is doing everything possible to bring him down. >> the incident and previous tensions on the borders and issues of violating turkish air space and so on and so forth is a symptom of a greater problem. i think the message turkey is sending by confronting and downing this fighter jet is not only to moscow, it's also to washington and paris. and says something very simple. you can't maneuver politically or militarily in syria and ignore us at the same time. >> reporter: tensions escalated in september when russia launched air strikes against isil and syrian opposition fighters. last month government leaders complained that two russian jets had violated turkish air space. russia's targets also triggered a harsh response from turkey. turkish leaders called for the united nations security council to hold a meeting to discuss russian air strikes in syria. more than 1,500 turkmen have fled their homes and headed towards the turkish border, but it seems the sho

question after this military, if we talk about a post-conflict syria, what will happen to bashar al-assad? francois hollande saying a transition. -- transition period was something they were willing to they do not want bashar al-assad as the head of state for a post war syria. what reactions have we seen from the kremlin today? >> this is what we are hearing trucks fromt, turkey are being stopped at the border. -- thesident spokesperson for the russian president has said their inner a number of different -- there are a number of different reasons, one is a terror threat emanating from turkey. that is why goods are being stopped from the border. he is not talking about an embargo. have heard the ministry of our culture say that 50% of turkish agricultural products simply do not meet the standards , and a response presumably to the downing of the russian jet like turkish fighters. we could indeed see further trade and economic restrictions, including bans on turkish agricultural products. >> thomas low reporting from the russian capital. as france tries to drum up international military sup

you can't get rid of everybody who worked for bashar al assad.ou've got to provide protection for the christians and the other minority sects in syria and at the same time, you have to respect sunni wishes in the area. so this is the kind of agreement that john kerry and president obama should be working, they should be leading this. it doesn't have to be done in public. but until it's done, all of the military activities are basically froth. it's something to appease public opinion. it may have some impact. i'm happy we destroyed the oil carrying trucks that we're doing. if we can cut off funding to isis, that's great. but it's politics first, know what the objective is before you commit to military forces. >> on the left of the screen, the east room of the white house. the french delegation has come in to fill in their portion of the front row, including the military aide to president hollande of france. we are waiting for the american delegation to do the same thing, presumably that will be followed by both leaders. general clark, you just men

shar al-assad james: not at all.wo different things happening in -- one is a hard military campaign that has to go after it islamic state. on the bashar al-assad side, we will have to have a political, diplomatic settlement. the way to think about the bashar al-assad side of this is the way we did with the balkans. i think we will see a partition of syria. overtime bashar al-assad will probably be eased out. meanwhile, we have to go after the islamic state. radicalizing -- are radicalizing in europe. are the airstrikes working? james: we want this to be an away game, not a home game. on the other hand, those kinds of acts will increase the ability to recruit and proselytize. on balance you have to use the hard power to go after the islamic state. you aboutlked to boots on the ground before. how do you put boots on the in paris, in the impoverished suburbs of russell's? -- of brussels? james: the way that must be a compass is the internal workings of those nations, and that is going to require a lot more of what we th

where bashar al-assad plaifs no role. -- where bashar al-assad plays no role. he's the problem so he cannot be the solution. >> we have got a coalition of 65 countries. who have been active in pushing back against isil for quite some time. france has been a central part of that coalition. as have the european countries, arab countries, countries as far-flung as australia and countries in southeast asia are part of that coalition. russia right now is a coalition of two. iran and russia supporting assad. given russia's military capabilities and given the influence they have on the assad regime, them cooperating would be enormously helpful in bringing about the resolution of the civil war in sir jar and allow to us refocus our attention on isil. but i think it's important to remember that we have a global coalition organized. russia is the outlier. we've hope that they refocus their attention on what is the most substantial threat. and that they serve as a constructive partner. and if and when they do, it will make it easier for to us go after isil and dash. thoug

left unsaid is bashar al assad. left open by putin. will this be the sticking point in building a coalition? for the latest, let's bring in matthew chance in moscow. matthew, from putin's perspective, the moderate syrian rebels are a jihad group. does this change anything in russia's strategy? >> reporter: i don't think so. the use of the phrase jihadist groups covers a plethora of factions on the ground in syria. the other various rebel factions of the groups fighting against the assad regime. that lack of discrimination or discernment has been reinforced over the last couple days. the rebels. the turkmen backed by turkey, filmed themselves on a cell phone shouting akbar is great. one of them, the pilots of the aircraft killed in the russian jet shot down. the russians to deal with and brought in to talks to form a united front is just seen as absurd from the perspective here in russia. >> matthew chance reporting. thank you. >>> chicago braced for a new protest. demonstrators furious over the killing of a black teenager. and what to

rebel groups to oppose bashar al assad. they have been at odds on the battle field for some time. as i say, now that it has confirmed a russian war plane has been shot out the sky in syria apparently by the turks for apparently violating turkish air space, this is the first plane they would have lost in the campaign of air strikes that has been under way by the russians. so it is a huge escalation. of course it is a huge loss of the russians to think one of their aircraft is shot out of the sky. it could have serious consequences for relations in turkey and with nato in general. >> matthew, thank you. going back to ian in cairo. this is the issue, isn't it? turkey is part of the innato alliance. it is an international issue. it draws into question the coalition working in syria and how they are working with russians and this could be interpreted by russia as an attack by nato, effectively, which could be damaging to international relations. >> reporter: this really does have the possibility to escalate dangerously. turkey i

i think it's shameful because i'm sure that bashar al assad is barrel bombing his own people. he's already killed a quarter of a million. one of the reasons we have millions of refugees is because of bashar al assad more than isis. we need an international force. the united states providing about 10,000 troops with sunni arabs. >> where would those 10,000 troops stay? >> they would assemble and go into iraq and syria and take them out. >> 10,000 troops. you and senator graham support committing 10,000 american troops? >> with an international coalition of sunni arab countries, with nato countries and others that comprise about 100,000. >> do you think they'll pony up, senator? >> i believe they would if in the case of turkey who would be enormously helpful if we say we'll replace bashar al assad as well. some of these countries view bashar al assad as great a threat as isis is. >> do you trust turkey? in this moment of silence for paris, a game that was featuring the french and the greeks, people just blew up and started yelling in a stadium meant to be a moment of silence. th

bashar al-assad, chemical weapons. i said at that time that that would open door for more extreme actions, and iranians read it as a message of weakness, vladimir putin read it. bashar al-assad is there, and every day they stay in damascus, in his office means more suffering for syrian people, and now you have a war of everybody in the region. >> what is the u.s. responsibility in are, i guess, holding vladimir putin back >> united states, whether someone likes it or not, is a powerful country maybe in the world, at least it's an unconditional leader of the free world. leading from behind, you know, is not an option, if you lead from behind. no one will take the driving seat. maybe vladimir putin will try. and the united states today is - under the obama administration has been trying to walk away from the most dramatic conflicts that have been created over the years, pretending that if america is no longer involved, things will be resolved peace flyand everywhere will be -- peacefully and everyone will live happily ev

. >>> russia and iran disagree on bashar al-assad. keeping bashar al-assad in power is not a matter for principle for russia, at odds with the iran republican guard saying tehran may be more committed to bashar al-assad than moscow. the clifford pennington confirmed u.s. and russian military planes flew less than 4 mills free each other in syria. officials said it was intentional. part of a test to avoid air accidents. 24 air strikes carried out used coordinates supplied by the opposition. members of syria's opposition have been n invited to cos coe with talks of representatives. u.s. state department officials say the talks were premature. before a russian plane crashed in egypt. satellites detected a heat flash around the jet. according to two u.s. officials speaking to the associated press. it is not clear what caused the heat. a flight-tracking website said the plane slowed suddenly and plunged to the ground. 224 people died. peter sharp has more from st. petersburg. >> they had formally extended the crash site. they are looking a