in the summer of 2012 on ramadan i went to aleppo with the free syrian army convoy as parts of the city in the northeastern quadrant had been liberated from the assad regime and spent the night in a town about an hour's drive north from aleppo city. stayed with a family. the owner of the house was a syrian rebel. so did a few other journalists and the it was extraordinary because i had seen first-hand, it's one thing to open up "the new york times" or turn on "cnn" and see images broadcast from thousands of miles away but you really have to see it for yourself to understand the driving force behind this rebellion. it was amazing because at night these rebels put down their guns , picked up white gloves and garbage bags and for cleaning the rob pulled from the street because the assad government was bombarding civilian infrastructure. they actually target the hospitals in the town so any at the civilians are rebels who were injured were badly wounded could not be treated. so these guys i mean it was extraordinary. they would turn mosques into makeshift hospitals and put all their surviva

the government managed to reopen a road to reach areas it controls in the western part of aleppo cityains being made in the eastern countryside of aleppo, but we have to remember this war has many fronts and the government has made little gains on other fronts. >> tell us what has been going on in the city of latkeyia. >> reporter: where there were reports that mortars landed inside the city. we know it is a strong hold of the syrian government. it is really where their popular base is. this is not the first incident of its kind. mortars have landed there in the past. we understand more than 20 people were skilled and scores of others injured. but this was the first time mortars have landed in the city since russia intervened in the conflict. russia's objective was to help the syrian government secure latkeia, push the rebels back. but now that mortars have landed clearly little has been gained on the ground. there are many front lines in this offensive. we know diplomatic efforts are underway, but the world and regional powers involved in the push, they still have a lot of disagreeme

for the government to send military reinforcement to the western controlled part of the divided city of alepposo the only supply line if the government wants to send food and aways i can surprise to the people who live in those districts inside the city. a few weeks ago, isil captured this area, there have been fierce battles but now the government seems to be in control of this highway that really links aleppo to government-controlled cities further south. the cities of hama as well as homs. it's not the only front in aleppo and not the only offensive underway in syria. when russia militarily intervened in the conflict the sear i don't know government and its ally on his the ground launched a number of offenses in the homs countryside in the hama country side. really the military objective has been to protect the province which is a government strong hold the rebels were advance towards that province before the offensives began. and another objective really is to clear the highway so that they are able to link cities further south to cities further north. >>> all right, still to come here on

able to hold ground, it gives it a better position to support a planned offensive in and around aleppo city against opposition forces. they have won this battle, but the war has many fronts and the government and allies mounted multiple offenses across northern syria, mainly against the rebels and not isil. until now, there has been little success. there has been little success on the diplomatic front. there is a momentum that shouldn't be missed. world and regional leaders who met in vienna will hold talks on saturday, but even before a u.n. led peace process can begin, the players need to agree on a list of opposition representatives who will take part in proposed negotiations. the sir you know government has long called its opponents terrorists. now, it has to recognize on opposition. moscow presented candidates it talks to and unlike the past is not just those friendly with russia, but finding common ground won't be easy. >> it will be very difficult for different parties to agree on representatives of the syrian conflict. another challenge is to find really someone or a party that coul

send military reinforcements and supplies for civilians who live in the western controlled part of aleppo cityto remember that there are many factions in this war, and the government has not been making much gains on other front lines, for example in the northern countryside of hama. and you mentioned the mortar strike that was a blow. mortars have landed in lack teeia in the past, but this was the first time since russia intervened in the fight. the fact that they were able to launch rockets into the area means that little has been done on the ground, so a war with many fronts that right now, the syrian government celebrating what it is calling a victory by lifting the siege of the air base which would give it a launching pad if it wants to launch offensives in the aleppo province. >> zana hoda thank you very much indeed. >>> israeli police say two palestinian boys have attacked a security guard in east jerusalem. the boys are accused of stabbing an israeli railway guard. one of the boys was shot and injured by the guard, while the other was overpowered by passengers. a 37-year-old palestinia

program fighters opposed to the syrian government say they have taken several villages south of aleppo cityhe province that borders turkey has been a key battleground for three years and has more from the turkish-syrian border. >> reporter: syrian rebels on the offensive, marred by divisions and short of weapons they are advancing on the city of aleppo. many factions have established a joint command center. this video appears to show them attacking government military posts in southern aleppo. the armed group el nusra front taking part in offensive and fighters played a significant role in the push to capture the village and syrian rebels say government forces are backed by thousands of fighters from iran, iraq and hezbollah. >> syrian army is to cut the highways, you know, not to take over aleppo, aleppo as a city i think has been divided and they have to go to the eastern side. >> reporter: behind these mountains is another major front line, government troops have been shelling these peaks which were recently captured by turkmen fighters, it overlooks the city of latakia and one over pres

and hezbollah. >> strategic of syrian army is to cut the highways and not to take over aleppo, aleppo as a cityhink has been divided and they have to go to the eastern side. >> reporter: behind these mountains is another major front line, government troops have been shelling these peaks which were recently captured by turkmen fighters. these mountains overlook the city of latakia. one of president bashar al-assad's strongholds, his troops backed by russian planes are trying to secure the area. and as the fighting continues near the border with turkey there are growing fears of regional conflict. the russians and iran are staunch allies of president assad while the turks western and gulf nations insist the syrian president must go. they believe the russians years against i.s.i.l. is cover to increase assad's chances of staying in power and that i.s.i.l. can only be defeated if president assad steps aside, al jazeera on turkey border with syria. >>> iranian media reporting a member of the elite revenue guards died and tahir elci died fighting by the northern city of aleppo and commanders of the r

military is able to hold ground it gives it better position to support the offensive in and around aleppo city, they have won this battle but the war has many fronts and the government and its allies have mounted multiple offenses against northern syria. and until now there has been little success. there has also been little success on the diplomatic front but the u.n. special envoy to syria says there is a momentum that shouldn't be missed. world and national leaders that met in vienna last month are scheduled to hold another round of talks on sunday. but the players need to agree on a list of opposition representatives who will take part in proposed negotiations. the syrian government has long called its opponents terrorists. now it has to recognize an opposition. moscow has presented candidates it says it talks to and unlike the past it is not just those friendly with russia but finding common ground won't be easy. >> going to be very difficult for different parties to agree on a representative of the syrian conflict. another challenge is to find really someone or a party that could represe

. >> revenues the requireian government said it's retain a strategic highway into the divided city of aleppo. >> wielding power in myanmar says election. >> the egyptian president al sisi is holding talks with the british prime minister in downing street, top of the agenda, the recent crash of a russian airliner in sinai as well as security concerns in egypt. the decision is defended to suspend all british flights between the u.k. and the egyptian resort of sharm el-sheikh. >> i have every sympathy for the egyptians, because of course, tourism is vitally important to their economy. i want to restore our links and our flights with egypt as soon as is safe and possible, but i have to put the safety and want to put the safety of british people first. if that russian airliner was brought down by a terrorist bomb, that does have very real implications, and it means it's essential that we see that improvement of security at sharm el-sheikh airport. that's what we'll discuss today. we'll be working round the clock with experts to help put that in place. >> we are outside the british meeting. a bit

military is able to hold ground, it gives it a better position to support the planned offensive around aleppo city and other forces. the war has many fronts, and the government and it's allies have mounted multiple defenses around syria and the rebels, and isil, and there has been little success. there has also been little success on the dip attic front. but the u.s. envoy to syria said that there's a momentum that shouldn't be mixed. world and regional leaders are scheduled to hold another round of talks on saturday. but even before a u.n.-led peace process can begin, the players need to find representatives to take part in the negotiations. syria has long called them terrorists, and now it has to it recognize oningcision. moscow it said that it's not just those friendly with russia, but finding common ground won't be easy. >> it will be very difficult for different parties to agree on a presumptiveness of the syrian conflict. another challenge is to find, really someone or a party that could represent aunt all of the different oppositions within the syrian opposition. >> reporter: russia has pre

the syrian government says it's taken control of a strategic high into the divided city of aleppo. the road was cut off by i.s.i.l. forces last month, but the government has lost ground on another key supply line in northern hammer. a bottle for control on beirun in neighbouring lebanon. >> reporter: this is one battle on a war that is focusing on syria's highway. neckaching control of most of mourek on the main road in the west of the country has been under control. they have been backed by russian air strikes. the rebels have managed to take background in this region. mourek is north of the city. it is close to a main highway that runs through syria's major cities. the government wants to take full control of the countryside to be able to protect its strong holds in lappakea around push further north. >> translation: the ray gene pushed to-- jay gym pushed into land roots. the opposition has now turned the tables and cut the road. the government is in a difficult position now. >> reporter: it has regained ground on another front. its forces have recaptured an important supply rou

. >>> the syrian government says it's regained control of a strategic road in to the divided city of aleppoing full control of the route in the government-held part of the city. in the west. the eastern part is controlled by rebels. isil forces cut off the highway from aleppo last month. the government cannot link areas it controls in parts of hama and homs. it will also allow a push east towards isil's base in rac raqq. it controls the town but there are reports i've government counter attack and continued fighting. zeina khodr is in beirut. >> reporter: the recapture of the road is undoubtedly a strategic win got i for the govt in syria along with its allies. it's the only lifeline for the government to send military reinforcements to the western control part of the divided city of aleppo. it's also the only supply line if the government wants to send foot and aways i can plays to the people who live in those directs inside the city. a few weeks ago isil captured this area, there have been a fierce battles but now the government seems to be in control of this highway that really links a h

aleppo which borders on turkey has been a key battle ground for three years. >> reporter: syrian rebels on the offensive. marred by divisions and short of weapons, they are advancing on the city of aleppo. many armed factions have tabid a joint command center-- a johned command center. they're attacking government military posts in southern aleppo. the al-nusra front are taking part. its fighters took a role in a push to capture a village. syrian ribs say government forces are backed by thousands of fighters from iran, iraq and hezbollah. >>> the syrian army is to cut the highways, not to take over aleppo. aleppo as a city, i think, is still divided and they have to go to the eastern side. >> reporter: behind these mountains is another major front line, government troops have been shelling here which were recently captured by turk man fighters. these mountains over look the city of latakia. one of president bashar al-assad 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 fierce of region a.m. conflict of the the russians and iran are straunch allies of president bashar al-

it's located north of aleppo city, and that air base has been under isil siege for the past two yearste television reporting that the army has broken that isil siege. >>> coming up next, the footballers in nepal who could face life in prison after match fixing. details coming up. >>> the tu buy air show usually makes the headlines for the billions of dollars of airlines sold. but this year is different. >> reporter: after two days of the air show here in dubai, the order books are very quiet. two years ago it was a record number of orders, $206 billion spent on new plane orders. this year the only thing of note so far, jet airways from india spending $8 billion on 75 new 737 planes, and emmerts airlines sending about $16 billion on ge engines for its new boeing 777x's when they arrive. as for the a-380 behind me, there hasn't been an order of one of those in two years. this is the first time here that we have seen one entire section of the air show dedicated solely to 3-d printing. airbus's a-350 plane has a thousand parts on board which are manufactured through 3-d printing. what we

if they want to reach the western controlled parts of the divided city of aleppo, they were using this highway to send in military reinforcement. they were using this highway to accepted in food and other basic supplies for the people who live in the western controlled part of the city. isil sees that when there has been fierce fighting over recent years. now it's the military as well as some in the opposition are con firming that this strategic highway are in the hands of the government. the highway connects aleppo to the his further south. there has been really little progress on the ground. we can measure the agreement by pushing the rebels further from the latakia, the government stronghold. they managed to do that. they're managing to connect these cities together in open supply line. but this campaign does not just have military objective. russia is hoping that if it puts pressure on the opposition, then the opposition will agree to some political settlement. the reaction so far that we're hearing armed groups that we'll continue the fight. we heard from the syrian national coali

aleppo as a city, i think, is still divided.y have to go to the eastern side. >> reporter: behind these mountains, is another major frontline. government troops have been shelling these peaks, which were recently captured by turkmen fighters. these mountains overlook the city. one of president bashar al-assad's strong holds. his trooped backed by russian planes are trying to secure the area. but if the fighting continues near the board we are turkey, there are growing fears of regional conflict. the russians and iran are staunch allies of president is al jazeera sad. while the turks western and gulf nations insist the syrian president must go. they use the russians as cover to increase assad's chance of staying in power. and they believe it can only be defeated in assad steps aside. >>> iranian media is reporting that a member of its elite revolutionary guards has good in syria. he is said to have died while fighting near the northern city of aleppo. at least 64 have been killed in syria while supporting president assad's forces

aleppo. the route allows it to supply its forces based in the western part of the city.oad was cut off by isil fighters last month. but the government lost ground in northern hama. there have been weeks of fighting since the government and its allies pushed into this region. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: this is just one battle in a war that is focusing on syria's highways. the opposition has advanced in the hama countryside, taking control of most of the town on the main road in the west of the country. there has been weeks of fighting since the government in syria, along its with allies pushed into this region. they have been backed by russian air strikes, but the rebels have managed to take back town in this region. it is close to a main highway that runs through syrias majority cities. the government wants to take full control of the countryside to push further north. >> translator: the regime pushed into northern hama, and southern idlib to regain though highways. they cannot air drop supplies to their forces, but the opposition has turned the tables and cut the r

and spent the night an account about one hours drive north of aleppo city. stayed with a family.wner of the house was a syrian rebel, spent the night there, so did a few other journalists and was extraordinary because i had seen first hand, it's one thing to open up the "new york times" or turn on cnn and images broadcast from thousands of miles away but you really have to see it for yourself to understand what is the driving force behind this rebellion. and it was amazing because that night these rebels put down their guns, hiccup white gloves and garbage bags and were cleaning the rubble from the streets. because the assad government was bombarding civilian infrastructure that actually targeted a hospital in the town so that an activist civilians are rebels that were injured or really badly wounded could not be treated. these guys come is extraordinary, they would turn the mosque into a makeshift hospital. they were treating everybody, treating pro-government, leishman and pro-government fighters equally with syrian rebels but i'm know that mice settle propagandistic but i saw

for example, in may a bomb attack on a school in aleppo city killed six children and injured 20.e sharing of densely populated area, example, on 15 september, 19 children were killed, and another 85 injured, by more than 100 rockets and mortars fired by armed opposition groups in area of aleppo city. on 26 september, another 19 children were killed, and 21 injured by a mortar fired from a government position into a park. isil has committed brutal atrocities against children. while it has been difficult to verify cases of grave violation this group continue to be reported. this includes recent horrific video footage allegedly portraying the masç execution of 200 children. it has also been reported that children recruited by isil have conflict, the rifbsk jt grave violation of children increases. it is reported that children have also been killed and maimed in air strikes conducted by international forces. i reiterate that all par÷ies to conflict must abide by their humanitarian law, in principal the proportion nationality. the ongoing methods and means of warfare, which failed to

. >> aleppo has been a key province. the city of aleppo it 300km north of damascus, is one of the oldest and syria's oldest industrial hub. >> president recep tayyip erdogan speak about the ongoing batting with i.s.i.l. >> there's no difference between ipg, bashar al-assad and i.s.i.l. they commit crimes against humanity. let no one deceive anyone. we went to syria because they invited us. if someone kils 380,000, if someone kills people, are you obliged to accept their infitation. >> hashem ahelbarra is in antackia. and was listening to the president's remarks. as we said earlier. he sounded conciliatory. >> he was iequivocal about the fact that he wants to meet with the russian president. putting an end to the crisis. and at the same time was defiant. his prosecution with the community. his focus that he is as bad as i.s.i.l. we have to take it into account. someone that killed more than 350,000 or 380,000. according to the turkish president. on one hand he is reaching out to the russians, at the same time telling the russians.

syrian rebels on the offensive marred by divisions and short of weapons they are advancing on the city of aleppo armed factions have established a joint command center. this video appears to show them attacking government military posts in southern aleppo. the armed group el nusra front taking part in the offensive and its fighters played a significant role in the push to capture the village, syrian rebels say government forces are backed by thousands of fighters from iran, iraq and hezbollah. >> strategic of syrian army is to cut the highways, not to take over aleppo, aenvelope po aleppo as a city is still divided haven't to go to eastern side. >> reporter: behind the mountains is another major front line and shelling these peaks which were recently captured by turkmen fighters. these mountains overlook the city of latakia. one of president bashar al-assad's strongholds, his troops backed by russian planes are trying to secure the area. and the fighting continues near the border with turkey there are growing fears of regional conflict. the russians and iran are staunch allies of president assad

meanwhile, the syrian government says it's taken chrome of a strategic highway into the divided city of aleppo. the route allows it to supply its forces based in the western part of the city. the road was cut off by isil fighters last month, but the government lost ground on another key supply line in northern hama. we report on the battle from control in beirut from neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: this is one battle in a war focusing on syria's highways. the opposition has advanced in the countryside taking control of most of morik in the western part of the country. there have been weeks of fighting since the government in syria pushed into the rye john. they have been backed by russian air strikes, but the rebels have managed to take background in this region. it's north of government controlled hama city, and it's close to a main highway that runs through syria's major cities. the government wants to take full control of the countryside to protect its strongholds and push further north. >> translator: the regime pushed to no regain highways. they need land routes. the opposition has now

became a barracks for the rebellion in the summer of 2012,rama dab -- ramadan, i went into aleppo as parts of the city, the northeastern quadrants, had been liberated from the assad regime and spent the night a town about an hour's drive north of aleppo. stayed with a family. the owner of the house was a syrian rebel. spent the night there, so did a few other journalists, and it was extraordinary because i had seen first hand -- it's one thing to open up "the new york times" or turn on cnn and see images broadcast from thousands of miles away but you have to see it for yourself to understand what is the driving force behind this rebellion, and at night these rebels put down their guns, picked up a white glove and garbage bag and were cleaning the rubble from the street because the assad government was bombarding civilian infrastructure. they actually targeted the hospital in the town so that any activist civilians or rebels who were injured or wounded could not be treated. so these guys -- it was extraordinary. they turned a mosque into a makeshift hospital and brought in equipment and they were treat

groups fighting the syrian government say they're now in control of a city south of aleppo. they say they have killed 40 soldiers anal lied proceed government forces there. major losses in fighting in the same area. russia applying for pressure on turkey. more sanctions are planned on turkey by russia which has not responded to turkey's request to meet to november 30. erdogan has warned russia not to play with fire. people in uganda at a shrine where the pope is celebrating a mass. he has been urged to address the issue of home homophobia. a shooting in colorado has produced three people killed. >>> there's no continuing peril to the citizens here. >> reporter: that marked the end of a five-hour stand off between a gunman and police at a family planning clinic. three people had died. >>> unfortunately, we have to confirm that we have two civilian casualties on the scene and we have the death of one police officer. >> reporter: that officer has now been identified as 44-year-old garret swayze. just before noon friday police responded to the planned parenthood building after a

aleppo has been a key battle ground between the army and various groups. strategically it was important. the city of aleppo, 300 kmentrd are north of damascus damascus, s one of the oldest and syria's oldest industrial hub. we'll get more from hashem ahelbarra: they have take the villages. what can you tell us. >> everyone has been marred and they were out gunned by the syrian government, which is why they lost territory over the last knew months. >> they are stopped by a military commandier. they recaptured areas. >> if they have taken the villages would they intend on going after the city of aleppo? the problem face the is where they've been able to control areas, they've never been able to take on the government in you're can centers. with places like rehabilitation re and idlib. they've never been able to take on gains. they have more people that don't have advanced weapons. le sometimes they take areas that takes hours. they back over the security of the government. they are not able to hold major areas. this was about making symbolic gains, rather than controlling the urban centers. >> whil

they've apparently regained control of a vital route into the city of aleppo. pushing back i.s.i.l. fighters, that captured it last month. meanwhile, in moscow, more clarity on where russia, president assad's most important ally would like the diplomacy to go from here. >> translator: we need to agree on two lists. the first list of the terrorist organizations which will not be covered by a ceasefire which we hope will be agreed upon at some point and the second list is the opposition group that will negotiate with the government under the auspices of the u.n. >> in london i complete the leader of the syrian national coalition, which is backed by the west, several arab countries and turkey. he said he knew flog about a meeting in mostly cloudy -- knew knowinnothing about a meeting in moscow. >> in order to relaunch a political process with russia or other sides they have to end their occupation with syria, stop killing the innocent people in syria and commit to geneva communique. >> there's no dialogue no contact between you and the russians? >> after the intervention the only commu

stepped up a campaign in what activists called the heaviest air strikes, targetting the northern city of aleppo and several other towns. two bangladeshy leaders were buried when they were executed for war crimes committed in 1971. a special tribeca convicted them in 2013 -- tribunal convicted them in 2013. the president rejected a last minute bid for clemency. >> abdul fatah al-sisi votes in the latest rounds of parliamentary elections. the vote has been delayed by two years. egypt has been without a parliament since 2012. >> elections are taking place in ongoing kong, the first since the protest last year. the local council poll is seen as a test of support for the movement. sarah clarke reports from hong kong. >> there's a record number of candidates standing in the district election. 900 are competing for 431 seats. there's a large number of parties formed in the wake. of last year's pro-democracy movement, and the protest shutting parts of hong kong. a lot of people are expecting a more younger - the younger quernation to vote, because they are -- generation to turn out and vote because the

>>> the syrian government says it has taken control of the strategic highway into the divided city of aleppoit has lost ground in another key supply line in northern hama. zana hoda has more on the battle for vital territory. >> reporter: this is just one battle in a war that is focusing on syria's highways. the opposition has advanced, taking control of most of the town on the main road in the west of the country. there has been weeks of fighting since the government and its allies pushed into this region. but the rebels have managed to take background in this region. it is north of government-controlled hama city, it is close to a main highway that run through syria's major cities. the government wants to be able to protect its strong holds and push further north. >> translator: the regime pushed into northern hama and they need land routes. the opposition has now turned the tables and cut the road. the government is in a difficult position now. >> reporter: but it has regained ground on another front. its forces have recaptured an important supply route. when isil captured the road over a

aleppo are the target for assad and regime. for all of us even civilians the regime and assad are equally evil. if any has captured the cityppo, we are all going to be killed. who ever is activist against assad, common sense for him or her to be against isis as well. >> is that happening? what are the women doing in aleppo? what have you been filming? training them to do? >> well two of the women when isis captured aleppo city in 2013 they protested against it in front of their main quarter, head quarter. and they were beated harshly by them. they kept doing so until they could just kick isis out of the city. until now, none of them can go to any isis areas, we are stuck. >> who hold aleppo now? >> the first syrian army. >> the rebels. moderate rebels against isis and against assad. >> yes, impossible for any journalist to work in the regime or isis area. only area where journalists are capable of doing work. >> let me get back to you on the women fighting. in london, you wrote an amazingly compelling article interviewing three women who had basically volunteered for the female isis brigades if you like. tell me about, fir

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they've apparently regained control of a vital root into the city of aleppo pushing back isil fighters that it captured last month. people, more clarity on where they would like the diplomacy to go from here. >> we need to gray on two lists. the first list of the terrorist organizations, which will not be covered by a cease-fire, which we hope will be agreed on at some point. the second list is opposition groups meeting under the auspices of the u.n. >> in order to realize the political process with russia or with other sides, they have to end their occupation to syria, and stop killing the innocent people in syria, and commit to geneva communicate. >> there is no dialogue or contact between you and the russians? >> after their intervention the only communication with the russians is fighting against them in syria in order to liberate our country. >> the vienna talks brought to go very powerser powers involved in the con flicks. so, is it confident that it still supports the demand that president al-assad should step down. >> they did not change their we're talking with our allies. i'm

they have regained control of a vital route into the city of aleppo pushing back isil fighters that captured it last month. meanwhile in moscow more clarity on where russia president assa assad's most important ally would like the diplomacy to go from here. >> we need to agree on two lists. the first list of the terrorist organizations which will not be covered by a cease-fire which we hope will be agreed on at some point. and the second list the opposition groups that will negotiate with the auspices of the u.n. >> they want to hold a meeting next week. in london i met the leader of the syrian national coalition. which is backed by the west several arab countries and turkey. he said he knew nothing about a meeting in moscow and sounded doubtful of what it could achieve. >> in order to relaunch a political process which russia or with other sides, they have to end their occupation of syria, they have to stop killing innocent people in syria and commit to dialogue immediately. the only communication with the russians is fighting against them in syria in order to liberate our country. >> the v

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the rebels say it that they have captured a new village in the northern part of the strategic city of aleppo and they're launching a counter offensive in latakia and also other area that they have lost over the last few weeks. 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 no

say that the russians have targeted different areas across syria, particularly in the eastern city in aleppo and idlib and that some of the targets were basically isil positions. the russians have said the last few days that they have killed hundreds of isil fighters and that they will continue their airstrikes to undermine and destroy the oil installations of the armed group. however, act visits and human rights organizations in aleppo and idlib say that most of the targets in those areas were basically civilians and dozens of men and women were killed since the start of the russian military intervention in syria. i spoke with a seen nor military commander and he said despite the russian campaign, isil still holds ground and is determined to continue the fight until assad is kicked out of power. >> president barack obama has been speaking about the syrian crisis and wants russia to focus on isil instead of other armed groups in syria. >> their principal targets have been the moderate opposition that they felt threatened assad. their principal goal appeared to be if you followed the strikes

paris bleeds, so too does beirut and aleppo and countless other cities >>> the attacks in paris are already having an impact on the international refugee crisis. a growing number of states in the u.s. are now saying they're refused to accept any syrian refugees. allan fisher reports >> reporter: a moment in silence in texas for the victims of paris attacks. here and elsewhere there is growing concern about who is to blame. a syrian passport was found near one suicide bomber. for some that is enough. they are accepting they will receive no more refugees from syria, not here or now. >> i am requestings that the president and the federal government cease sending refugees from syria to north carolina. >> i will not roll the dies and take the risk on allowing a few refugees in simply to expose texans to that danger. >> reporter: it's not sure if they can block. once here people, even refugees have pre-domestic of movement >> the u.s. is one of the best resettlement program in the world. it has a strong vetting system. it received people on the basis of vulnerability, which means people who have

say that the russians have targeted different areas across syria, particularly in the eastern city in aleppo and idlib. some of the targets were basically isil's positions. the russians have been saying the last few days that they have killed hundred was isil fighters and will crib their airstrikes to undermine and destroy the oil installation of the armed group. however, activists and human rights organizations in aleppo and idlib say news of the tarts in those areas is that they were basically civilians, dozens of women and children killed. i spoke with a senior opposition commander. he said despite the massive military campaigns by the russians, it's determined to continue the fight until bashar al assad is kicked out of power. >> belgian security officials are meeting to decide whether the terror alert in brussels will be extended. streets have been in lockdown for second day over warnings of an imminent attack. jobs and transport systems are closed, people told to avoid large crowds. there is the possibility of a paris style attack involving explosives, weapons at a number of different

they targeted the northern city of aleppo and several other towns. a state of mernl in crimea after power lines were grown up. the damage was caused by either shelling or explosives. two bangladeshi opposition leaders have been buried after they were executed for war crimes committed in 1971. they were convicted in 2013 by a special tribunal. the president rejected a last minute appeal for clemency. hundreds of kurdish children in northern iraq have been orphaned by the fight against i.s.i.l. their cases are only just being discovered. aid agencies say the final number of orphans could be in the thousands. imran khan reports. >> reporter: this three-year-old and one year old, their father was killed by i.s.i.l. fighters last year when the armed group took hold of sinjar mountain. their mother saw the fighters kill her husband and with that one gunshot her whole life changed. >> translation: after they killed my husband, i.s.i.l. took and loaded the women and children in pick up trucks and put us in abandoned children's. i.s.i.l. then came from time t

it's the government's only listening to western aleppo and the cities of hamas and homes. homs. an i.s.i.l. supporter in bosnia has been sentenced to years for helping to recruit fighters. he made phone calls, encouraging people to join i.s.i.l. he will appeal on the grounds politics and religion play a part in the trial. >>> a report in relation to kunduz, claiming that staff members were shot at. the pentagon insists it was a mistake. >> the was an aerial attack. it delivered an a c1 gunship. they were designed to circle the target while delivering fire up to 1800 rounds a minute. the report by the group doctors without borders, which goes by the french akron im m.s.f. describes an attack that was hostile. the hospital was in flames. the shrapnel bones that they used amputated doctors and nurses. on top of that, what we heard from the staff is that from the plane people fleeing the building were shot at. >> the report lifts 17 calls and text messages to get the americans to call off the attack. in a 12 minute period. the office changed these texts with the u.s. military's oper

better position when it wants to launch offences against the opposition in other areas in aleppo, particularly in the city. so they can also send military reinforcements to relift these reinforcements. regaining a base in a northern countryside after really losing bases over the years, but they may have won a battle, but this was has many fronts. the government and its allies have mounted a number of offences across northern syria. while this is a break through, the government has little success on the ground on other fronts as of now >>> on the diplomatic front meanwhile there has been a russian document circulating in the u.n. tell us about that. >> reporter: the russian deputy foreign minister says this is not a document. these are just proposals. russia has a number of proposals on how it wants to solve the crisis in syria. we know russia is pushing for a political process. it wants the regional and international players to agree on a number of things so that the government and opposition is actually sit down. according to one of these proposals, there will be a constitutional reform process which wil

aleppo. it is a city still divided. they have to go to the eastern tides. you are palenting the pact of -- painting a picture of the a strategy, how does the bombing fit in to supporting bashar al-assad? >> you are talking about the turkmen. i think it was the strike against turkman for the incident but for turkey, not turkish citizen, they are very close to them. and they are are in a hard position, and it's difficult, you know. to fight them by land forces and for this reason they are making air strike against them. it was a priority for the russian. they are physically there, and the russians believe they are fighting in the north, their enemies, where they said thousand of islamic camp from russia, like something like this. for this reason i said we said that the syrian army, which launched a large offensive from the southern side to aleppo, did not enter-aleppo is aiming to control the southern side, the western side and to cut the highways. this is, in the short, you know. >> general, i'll have to interrupt you. thank you for giving us your comprehens