you went to aleppo, which is a cityhat was notoriously difficult to get to at that time. and you actually have some video footage from your time in aleppo that i'd like to share with the audience. let's take aook. >> and their plan is to have ant islamie in this country. >> mm-hmm. >> i wonder if there was ever a part of you that, whe you were in aleppo and while you were in syria, if you we concerned that you might have been seeing syria and the conflict throughf the eyespro-assad lens. >> i went in very clear-eyed about the different meetings and conversations that we were having, where someere, obviously, either people who were within the government or advocating for assad and hisos government'sion, but we also had a chance just to walk around and talk with people on the street. we met with people who were leaders of the politicalst opposition agahe assad government and got very different views. that's what's important for our leaders to have is to not just accept one narrative, but to really look at the broad view of what is happening so that we can best decide and de

stripped labeled and sorted in front of a camera abdul qadeer opened up a parcel coming from aleppo it contained the remains of a missing child that killed twenty five pupils at a primary school. in south marshall filho stosh you don't want to. know and want to know if you put it on my should i don't have a lot of. other wunderlist those i'd share in the garden in my hut for the sun. these images are to guarantee the traceability of the information so that some day it can be used to convict those responsible in a court of law and how it did then did then the fifteenth about my mom and the house and. the. lemme harkening something and luckily. i had. it done by the. layover from india. i have had. an empty head get away with having to get on the high step to meeting me. if letting me know i left. for a long time and you always were the only people on the ground collecting evidence of the war crimes committed in syria but in twenty thirteen a dossier endorsed by the opposition claimed to have proof of these crimes. and military defector code named caesar smuggled some fifty three thousan

in aleppo, we saw the part of aleppo that was under rebel control that was largely destroyed. in percentage terms, raqqa is another story. raqqqqa is not one neighborhoodr a few neighborhoods, the destruction is everywhere. published that shows satellite ,magery -- it t is clear to see so in terms of percentage -- obviously, mosul is a much bigger city thanan raqqa. the destruction was concentrated in the old city, which is a small percentage of the city of mosul -- thankfully. again, in alepeppo, itit was paf the city. in raqqa, the destruction is everywhere. i have been looking -- working in conflict situations all over the middle east and africa for the past two decades. i have not seen this levelel of destruction in percentage terms anywhere else. amy: amnesty international stririke truckers project identified more than each of the 11,000 destroyed buildings raqqa hit, using this project. what did they do to determine these numbers? >> basically, we had a project that involved online volunteers examining satellite image frames to locate the precise time when each building

their first videos filmed during the discovery of one hundred fifty dead bodies in the center of aleppo. and there's a new horror but what i just what the man was like a man as your facts as i meet them them separate never make their son go but found out then to be offered. the mano a mano if it. goes to that today. the video is striking but not convincing images are weapons and can be manipulated to change the course of history like intermission water romania. it was one nine hundred eighty nine these pictures of a mass grave were seen across the world and hasten the fall of the dictator ceausescu the truth these bodies had been dug up from a neighboring cemetery by the opposition and syria is not an exception when it comes to these manipulations. so international organizations require irreproachable traceability mission let. me. feed you and let the. part of. the men in the give talk about the. b m e it. that if you do that enough for me and if you don't and you saw what was happening we heading. for your father's second manny. let. my dad. up till called there's teams had to learn ho

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residents of aleppo are under siege surrounded by assets troops who are trying to isolate and starve them. despite the disillusionment and danger man continues to collect evidence on the ground. or see how come. the so. is the mole. peoples of the. sun and the bad then the whole of the by a man who seek a man. of . by december twenty fifth more than half of the entire syrian population has been forced out of their home. in turkey things are not as calm as before. twenty fifteen and sixteen has seen a number of attacks take place in the capital ankara and in istanbul. the conflict has evidently spilled over the borders of syria and threatens the entire region. but silence hands continue to collect evidence. hello again welcome back or here across the levant things are looking much better we're going to see him one weather system finally moved out and behind it a lot more clear skies are partly cloudy skies in store for much of the region temperatures though are going to be quite a contrast to talk about tehran about fourteen degrees there baghdad is going to be seeing into the mid to

well there is a lot of accounts as to why aleppo's over. to an embassy right now from reporter think that he is there to ask. her to step down to negotiate with him as a little reaching for his. resignation the president think however that those are accounts that neither the embassy the chilean empathy or the foreign minister of china have confirmed they've been informed that no border lopez and his family are there and sick and gas and the referential. mission cheating venezuela after there was also a report does evening that the u.s. envoys of its whaler mr abrams has said that three top image or rogue government officials have been in negotiations with the opposition for restoring order and call him to the country does that speak for or against. one why does efforts. well i think it. everything that. leads up to the fracture. government speaks for one body though and his because that is his goal. in achieving a transitional government here in venezuela to answer your sort of condition that you call that a mother who goes government and a

incident cooling of light so ninety degrees in beirut but in the sunshine same is so the case for aleppo and nothing much changes eunice on thursday that green is still there drifting into the western side of iraq south of it where the flooding still is there's no more rain to come your notice of us around this time is dry but the clouds the south probably is of note for once you places there's not much breeze driving in since this crowd that covers southern pakistan back towards qatar in the middle of saturday that's prone to produce other outbreaks of lightish rain with big drops or even thunderstorms and that's true for both wednesday and thursday it's not moving very far as you can see rather more active weather is still to be found on the eastern side of south africa and extends into mozambique. good weather sponsored by cattle reynolds. people have looked away your record on this travel in fact a few years ago there was place only for one state on the land of israel you do not believe in a two state solution the official story is that there are no i'm sure we all feel sorry i don't

following incident cooling of late so ninety degrees in beirut but in the sunshine same is the case for aleppo and nothing much changes units on thursday that green is still there drifting into the western side of iran south of it where the flooding still is there's no more rain to come your notice of us around this time is dry but the clouds are probably is of note for want to places there's not much breeze driving and i think this crowd covers southern pakistan back towards qatar in the middle of society that's prone to produce other outbreaks of lightish rain with big drops or even thunderstorms and that's true for both wednesday and thursday it's not moving very far as you can see rather more active weather is still to be found on the eastern side of south africa and extends into mozambique. the official story is unfair and unfair we all sure you don't care about the official story what has the media been telling join me near the house and all the help from my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories and think issues here when i was in. a tie betw

the signing triggered a wave of protests across syria on tuesday including in aleppo and damascus the country's two largest cities government described the move as a blatant attack on the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity and also drew the ire of u.n. security council members even washington's closest allies have emphatically rejected the decision saying it sets a dangerous precedent. this decision is of critical critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel the decision by the united states to recognize israeli suffering take over the golan heights is in contravention of security council resolution four nine seven. we are concerned that this unilateral decision not only complicates the prospect of finding a comprehensive settlement in the middle east but leads to instability in the region and trumpet administration apparently wants to show some generosity towards israel as the golan heights either it will always be either heard of sovereign territory this plague many others it has taken before showed their willingness of the united states to honor re

they both converted to islam in their teens and because gloss joined islamic state terrorists in aleppo while martin limca worked in an iso hospital in laka here's what they had to say. the. when we first arrived to islamic states everything was very new for us adapting to an arabic country with its houses apartments cars food weather bombings dead people dead children we saw everything during this time it was difficult to get used to it and that time one didn't understand much and one from the first life in morocco was very normal but during this time i began to see things things that i did that i wasn't convinced were permitted under islam growing yourself up so that you can take your enemies with you into this killing civilians who live in france or america. so mission of target that i want to after approximately three months of working at the police station in right i separated from this after this i tried again and again to flee territory but it never worked out for various reasons. we're trying to get out of dry ash several times that was why i was twice in a prison many execution

the aleppo. all of this experienced bombings but in the case of. the. when we did the bombings it was been pointed to specific targets only. the battle lasted five months more than a thousand people were killed for the armed forces it was the toughest battle since the second world war i asked terrorists took hostages and murdered christians. desperate terrified people sought shelter on no dean the man's property both muslims and christians. i was not afraid i just want to make sure that everybody is safe i don't care about death i was waiting to die. i don't know i did not fear death because. you know i was schooled you know really just so. the situation. we never think about that as an enemy. if it's god's will that you die you die if it's god's will that you really believe even if you're. right in the middle of morse or. or in damascus where. after twelve days of siege food and water were running out and. look man whose nickname is norway decided to flee with those he had been sheltering . in front of the building. a boy was blocking my path. i was ri

well there is a lot of accounting to why aleppo's over. to an embassy right now from reporters think that he is there to ask for me to step down to negotiate with them as they were reaching for his. resignation of the president however that those are accounts that neither the embassy to a member of he or the foreign minister of china have confirmed they informed that no border lopez and his family are there and to gas. the referential. mission cheating venezuela there was also a report does evening that the u.s. envoys of its whaler mr abrams has said that three top image or rogue government officials have been in negotiations with the opposition for restoring order and call him to the country does that speak for or against. one why those efforts. well i think. everything that. leads up to the fracture. other government speaks for one body though and his because that is his goal. in achieving a transitional government here in venezuela is to endure circumcision that he called it mother little us government and so any negotiation that could

is really going to stay like that maybe start to diminish by the time we get to wednesday but for aleppo it is going to be a rainy day for you with a temperature of eighteen degrees and then here across the gulf well it has been a warm day here on monday things get a little bit better by the time we get to tuesday temperatures drop down to about average for this time of year but still clouds in the forecast at about twenty eight degrees over towards abu dhabi though your temperatures are coming up we do expect to see that go up to about thirty one there and then across south africa for johannesburg and durban it is going to be a rainy day and a windy day temperatures a fairly low for this time of year into the high teens maybe durban seeing about twenty one but by the time we get to wednesday things do improve more sun in your forecast with a temperature of twenty five. the weather sponsored by qatar in. the environment doesn't know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. best the sites are pushed on grounds that it's a very modern way to do plumbing and w

work its way eastwards as we head through the day on tuesday and things behind it will dry up so aleppo there will get to around twenty degrees in the sunshine the showers though they're here making their way eastwards we're also see more wet weather over parts of afghanistan welcome rain here we do need more in the way of what weather but that's extending all the way further north as well here in doha the winds will say strong over the next few days and that will ensure the temperatures aren't quite as high as they have been so a maximum of around twenty eight degrees but it will feel the need to wait cooler than that if you were out in that wind for this now this humid in muscat a top temperature here of around thirty two and dropping to thirty as we head through the next few days i mean further towards the south we've got plenty of showers here some of the wettest of the weather is in the southern parts of south africa very heavy downpours around the coast some of the worst of that will begin to move away as we head into wednesday and then there will be more draw weather around but i

following incident cooling of light so ninety degrees in beirut but in the sunshine same is the case for aleppo and nothing much changes yunus on thursday that green is still there drifting into the western side of iraq south of it where the flooding still is there's no more rain to come your notice of us around this time is dry but the clouds the south as it probably is of note for once you places there's not much breeze driving and sings this crowd that covers southern pakistan back towards qatar in the middle of saturday that's prone to produce other outbreaks of lightish rain with big drops or even thunderstorms and that's true for both wednesday and thursday it's not moving very far as you can see rather more active weather is still to be found on the eastern side of south africa and extends into mozambique. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depôt structure that maintains the can only project that's what we refuse it was one of the founders of the settlement we and the story of jerusalem thro

that's very much the point these protesters are going to make of giving away should they live in in aleppo and drop it off at a table over two cities just pulling the township is sensible again the financial stuff but affluent also especially compared to how people in alexandra lived. the protesters have arrived at municipal offices where they want to hand over a memorandum outlining their grievances people here say this is about the way in which they live in oleksandr they're complaining about a lack of policing illegal settlements coming up not having enough space for the people living there and also the lack of service delivery with its water or electricity all over basic aminah supposed services they say they're not getting those little structures that are affecting our properties they are afflicted and our infrastructure stretches it's flowing in the township the electricity we have a. low shedding riled is no more no shading so don't try to experience it daily people here say they want action from the local government now the african national congress has denied allegations by the op

work its way eastwards as we head through the day on tuesday and things behind it will dry up so aleppo they will get to around twenty degrees in the sunshine the showers there they head making their way eastwards we're also see more wet weather over parts of afghanistan welcome rain here we do need more in the way of what weather but that's extending all the way further north as well here in doha the winds will say strong over the next few days and that will ensure the temperatures aren't quite as high as they have a maximum of around twenty eight degrees but it will feel a need to wait cool in that if you were out in that wind for the southeast humid in muscat a top temperature here of around thirty two and dropping to thirty as we head through the next few days i mean for the towards the south we've got plenty of showers has some of the wettest of the weather is in the southern parts of south africa very heavy downpours around the coast some of the worst of that will begin to move away as we head into wednesday and then there will be more draw a weather around but it won't be complet

is really going to stay like that maybe start to diminish by the time we get to wednesday but for aleppo it is going to be a rainy day for you with a temperature of eighteen degrees and then here across the gulf well it has been a warm day here on monday things get a little bit better by the time we get to tuesday temp has dropped down to about average for this time of year but still clouds in the forecast at about twenty eight degrees over towards me though your temperatures are coming up we do expect to see that go up to about thirty one there and then across south africa for johannesburg and durban it is going to be a rainy day and a windy day temperatures are fairly low for this time of year into the high teens maybe durban seeing about twenty one but by the time we get to wednesday things do improve more sun in your forecast with a temperature of twenty five. al jazeera is there want us to embrace but it's closer to see what happens next iteration. fired by the leaders for a model barricade of all seven streets that lead to here the middle east now is being changed people have gone

abducted in october of 2013 at the town of idlib, which is in northwestern syria, not too far away from aleppon a convoy with the red cross and a total of seven people were taken by isis operatives. four were released the next day, but louisa and the other two were held. there have been limited sightings of louisa since then, but nothing of the two syrian nation nationals, and the red cross, which has been leading the search for them, if you like, trying to get them back, had up until today kept a very, very tight veil of silence over the whole thing because the family had been told that if it was publicized that louisa would be executed. but with the retreat of isis, with the downfall of the caliphate, the red cross has decided that they're going to go public to try and get more information out there in the hope that somebody may be able to help and get her released. this is what the red cross had to say in new zealand at a press conference just a few hours ago. >> our number one priority all along has been louisa's safety. as you say, decisions have been taken always with that in mind, and o

affecting places like turkey and at that nexus seventy nine crew that's our cold the air is sixteen aleppo in the middle of the rain now is nothing much this is a forecast over the southern caspian bought this time because it's all gone towards afghanistan and it carries all adding to the floods on the ground but the rain that was and turkey has drifted through syria and iraq and that's the position you find it all monday leaving anchoress slightly warmer and tehran slightly cold it's. potential of rain baghdad misses it all the rain tail destruct way down towards the gulf or mark spark a few showers in bahrain possibly qatar i think not on sunday or more especially monday more likely will see some big shot develop again in western yemen or the southwest and mountains in saudi arabia and the breeze a northerly unsubtly coming together that suggests very likely thunderstorms and fairly dusty weather as well so quite warm thirty three degrees and we got another day or possibly two days of sit substantial showers i think in south africa particularly in the east. sponsored by. people other tha

might have 11.5 million if you include the refugees and the kurdish held areas, those in idlib and aleppo and those diaspora members that would qualify, it would still like i be under the name in the regime-held areas that would be forced to vote for assad. but if there was international backing of a potential character to run against assad, that could have the support of both kurds and opposition, you know, leaders, this might be one scenario, once again, i haven't seen any such figure but i don't want to eliminate the possibility of syrians reaching that kind of, you know, the syrians haven't been able to develop that kind of opposition for a whole host of reasons that i'm not going to go into now. you'll still have the community, where it remains an issue and it is probably factoring into it, looking for international backing for a character that ensures some of these concerns that people have for the minorities, especially alouese who don't see that's future yet divorced from assad's future safely. the last thing i'll say, if i said were to leave unwillingly for some reason, if someon

residents of aleppo are under siege surrounded by assad's troops who are trying to isolate and starve them. despite the disillusionment and danger man continues to collect evidence on the ground. but can then so. is the most. minimal. such man in the zoo our son was abandoned the whole of by a nano second man. of. war. by december twenty fifth more than half of the entire syrian population has been forced out of their home. in turkey things are not as calm as before. twenty fifteen and sixteen has seen a number of attacks take place in the capital ankara and in istanbul. the conflict has evidently spilled over the borders of syria and threatens the entire region. but silence hands continue to collect evidence. hello there we've got another weather system that's putting itself together even north america the last one is only slowly moving away from as it's here over the eastern parts and still bringing us a few showers of parts of canada and the northeastern parts of the states as well but here's the next one made its way across the rockies it's now over the northern plains they're bri