he's an advocacy manager from the syrian american medical society he comes himself from ghouta in syria but is currently living in turkey welcome dr cottle run they are reports of a gas attack and he said who tell what are you hearing from that. afternoon we. mean from ation from other staff in one of our hospitals and. they receive sixteen patients with symptoms and to get it to chlorine. this is a tac number four and twenty eight team just in this area and just all time number seven in syria this is the norm actually unfortunately this is expected after this . big offensive against the world on the increase in violence in the past week especially that this area have been on the seasons five years now under the position control where the regime is surrounded is completely nor one can get in or out and very few aid only food can get in without any medical supplies so the area i've been unable to trace such an attack is still ongoing not time after time without any action to stop those attacks the workers are with medical unit what makes you sure that the assad regime was behind this att

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dr mohamad katoub is the advocacy manager from the syrian american medical society.lly from ghouta butjoins us live from turkey. what more do you know about this suspected attack? good evening. today we received information from oui’ today we received information from our hospital in eastern ghouta, one of our hospital is there, that received 16 patients with symptoms indicating chlorine. the doctors who treated the patients are well—qualified and they experienced chemical victims before, so they know what they are talking about. we don't have any way to identify the agents other than the symptoms they described. all the patients were treated, they came in with moderate symptoms, so we have only one death between the 16. it's a child, and we are not sure if the death is because of the chemical attack or because of other injuries, because it seems that the missile which was loaded with the chemical agent also caused some destruction in the building where this family lived. if it was chlorine, what with these people have experienced and felt during the attack and after

he's the president of the syrian american medical society.a non—profit, medical relief organisation. dr tarakji has been giving evidence to mps this afternoon about the situation in syria. he joins us live from our westminster studio. how tired think the situation in eastern ghouta is right now question what the situation is very bad at this time in eastern ghouta forgot to give you a brief, a brief example of what is going on right now, the storage where the un convoy, the food convoy in eastern ghouta, it was bombed by the syrian air force. that is in the last 48 hours. our collea g u es that is in the last 48 hours. our colleagues from the white helmets tried to evacuate patients from destroyed buildings and they ran out of ambulances and cars because most of ambulances and cars because most of them have been destroyed as well. and basically they have just a couple of ambulances functioning. the hospitals, seven hospitals have been targeted in the past 48 hours. five of them targeted and the doctors are running out of supplies to treat inj

we received disturbing reports from activists and medical groups, including the syrian-american medical society. a suspected chlorine gas attack. one of the hospitals received 16 patients on sunday, including 6 children suffering symptoms indicative of exposure to chemical compounds. we can't independently verify the reports with no access to the area. both sides of the conflict accused each other in the past of using chlorine as a chemical weapon. that is something the regime has denied in the past. in the middle of this is the civilians who pay the heaviest price. >> thank you, jomana karadsheh. jomana, thank you. >>> public schools in west virginia remain closed today. the third day of the statewide strike by teachers and other employees. the strike started thursday with teachers protesting at the state capital. the decision is expected today on whether to pursue legal action against the striking union. >>> kevin smith surviving a major health scare. early this morning, he tweeted saying he had a massive heart attack after a show last night. smith was performing in glendale, california. he w

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dr ahmad tarakji is the president of the syrian american medical society, a non—profit, non—politicalnd medical relief organisation for syrians in need. link is so much forjoining us. first things first, are you pleased that this resolution has passed? .,. , ,, first things first, are you pleased that this i is olution has passed? .,. , ,, first things first, are you pleased that this i is olution has first ed? .,. , ,, civilians . z z: : z; i f: the im-lementation f aid inf—4?» aid and access to medical aid and treatment. 0k, access to medical aid and treatment. ok, so what of those humanitarian needs that are required by the citizens in that part of syria? needs that are required by the citizens in that part of syria ?|i think citizens in that part of syria?” think from suppliers that are required at the moment, the medical capacity of the hospitals has dropped to about 40% of its state a week ago. we're talking about pain medicine, surgical supplies, we have been asking for surgical supplies for three and a half years, and no one has been able or allowed to bring surgical supplies

he is the president of the syrian american medical society, a relief charity. the resolution has passed. i think this is a very good first step. the civilians on the ground in eastern ghouta are concerned and sceptical about the implementation of this resolution, yet i think it is a very good step because we have been calling for that all along — that the warring sides have to stop and civilians should have unlimited access to humanitarian needs and medical treatment. ok, so what are the humanitarian needs that are required by the citizens in that part of syria? i think from a supply point of view, what is required at the moment, the medical capacity of the hospitals has dropped to about 40% of its status a week ago. we're talking about pain medicine, surgical supplies — we have been asking for surgical supplies for 3.5 years and no—one has been able to or allowed to bring in any surgical supplies to eastern ghouta, pushing the hospitals to black markets. that's unacceptable. we have seen medical initiatives, as we have seen a few months ago in eastern ghouta,

were going to silence the sea going to american medical society and i just going to ask. there are reports here that the example is. that they are rushing wouldn't actually protect these people only seventeen of these seventy five shelters. you know able to basically ok provide protection. this is literally nothing when we know three hundred sixty five thousand people are trapped in this area no that isn't why they want this. back to question as this is very close to the moscow's it's the easiest and the shortest way to basically access the mosque is that it does not want a new presence of any kind of or any kind of opposition forces to be close to the mosque because they want to make this. seven years afford against their own people so we are expecting the worse on the day so can be very determined on they can get any cause and i sense but according to that statement fears all right we have to leave it there unfortunately are a syrian opposition activist who's been observing of the situation from turkey thank you had not. to hear me and i found now the deadly assault on

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pays out of the united nations that dr ahmed turned out to be as president of the syrian american medical society and his organization has counted almost two hundred chemical weapons attacks since the war began in twenty eleven dr to that he says most victims can no longer access medical treatment. there has been many attacks on medical facilities over the last few weeks we know that the medical system at this time and live and suburban hama is completely paralyzed with those attacks be destroying the ability of the first responders and medics to respond to these at the x. now those chemical attacks are terrifying to civilians we know that chlorine might cause symptoms of retake shortness of breath education in which people are not able to grasp their breath and they're struggling with that those symptoms can be treated specially of the concentration that people were exposed to are low but still they're terrified there are no medical facilities that are functional close to them the medical facilities are already overwhelmed with the traumas and injuries and the regular health needs of the civilia

to write cheat is the president of the syrian american medical society he says five hours is not practical in the last few months when we had medical evacuations the ambulances cars have taken more than ten hours to cross from the masters to the. syrian those more than think along with the distance so that was a nazi tactical because we know that the syrian forces and in too many blocks roads that in evacuating patients or delivering medical care is those concourses to those areas are not tackled flat out leave alone the concept of people more patients leaving goods. without clear conditions is not practical and it's actually contrary to the principles will get in return operations people do not nor do you see to leave those areas think it's agents they're not sure they get they can be safe and not get interesting. saudi arabia's king solomon has replaced top military commanders in the shake up of its defense ministry now those fired include the saudi army's chief of staff and the heads of ground and air defense forces no official reason was given for the overhaul but it does come saudi ar

is the president of the syrian american medical society uses five isn't perfect. in the last few months when we leave the ambulance corps have taken more than two hours to cross from the. syrian more than think long distance so that. it will be cool you know. sooner or she's a do too many routes. in exactly or delivery vehicles is the. saudi arabia's king solomon has replaced top military commanders in a shake up of the kingdom's defense ministry the reshuffle includes the army's chief of staff and the heads of ground and air defense forces saudi state media also announced a plan to develop the ministry but didn't elaborate on how that would have enough no official reason has been given for the overhaul but it comes as saudi arabia faces growing criticism over the war in yemen so who is in and who's out the most notable dismissal was the military chief of staff general of the iraq main been on is been sidelined and will become a royal courts consultant he's been replaced by the former commander of the royal saudi air force general fired been hunted all the while w

to write cheap is the president of the syrian american medical society he says five hours is just not practical in the last few months when we had medical evacuations the ambulances cars have taken more than ten hours to cross from the masters to the. good luck so even though it's not more than think of all of the distance so that was a nazi practical because you know that the you know forces that in too many blocks roads that in evacuating or delivering medical is those concourses to those areas are not like ours. leave alone the concert people or is leaving good. or dark clear conditions is not practical and it's actually contrary to their principles will get me to an operation people do not nor do i see two of the. agents they're not sure they get they're going to see a knock at the wrist. now russia has vetoed a u.n. resolution which would have criticized iran for failing to prevent its weapons from falling into the hands of who see rebels in yemen now instead the un security council unanimously adopted a russian proposed resolution which didn't mention iran to get us a james bays

the 16 patients were being treated by syrian american medical society operating inside the rebel heldascus suburb. the syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons and their russian al lies have accused them of using toxic materials to blame the government. eastern ghouta described as hell on earth. it is estimated 400,000 are surrounded by government forces and the cease-fire designed to allow for humanitarian aid to be delivered and medical evacuations. try degree ultraclear black + white ♪ saves your white clothes from yellow stains and black clothes from white marks still with 48 hour sweat protection. try degree ultraclear black + white it won't let you down fredget in, fred!thing for his daughter. even if it means being the back half of a unicorn. fear not fred, the front half washed his shirt with gain flings! and that smell puts the giddy in giddy up. that's because one gain flings pac has more freshness than a whole bottle of the other guy. gain. seriously good scent. >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >>> jennifer lawrence is one of the most bankab

is coming from activists on the ground as well as medical groups that include the syrian american medical society, sans, who say that one of the hospitals they support in eastern ghouta treated 16 patients, including 6 children who were, quote, suffering symptoms indicative of exposure to chemical compounds. the opposition's damascus health director is also reporting that. and they say they believe it is exposure to toxic chlorine gas. now at cnn, we cannot independently verify these claims. both sides in this conflict in the past have accused each other of using chlorine as a weapon. and it is civilians who continue to pay the heaviest price in this conflict. we must warn you that some of the images you're about to see are disturbing. images that the world has seen time and time again out of syria, another strike, another rescue of a bloody child whose name we nay never know. eastern ghouta has become a kill box. people here say they've never seen a week like this before. activists have been trying to document what life, if one can call it that, is like for civilians here. in underground shelter

is the president of the syria american medical society joins us now via skype from fresno california good to have you with us sir your organization operates around fifty percent of the medical facilities in you've got people on the ground there are they going to be able to take advantage of this this poor's in fighting if it happens over seven hundred hours g.m.t. . unfortunately we are seeing here to see if what happened in the airport just to give you a background in the last few months when we had medical evacuations the ambulances and cars have taken more than ten hours to cross from the masters to the. good life saving those more than think along with the distance so that was a nazi practical because we know that the syrian forces at the too many blocks on the roads that even evacuating patients or delivering medical care is those congress to those areas are not spectacles like ours leave alone the concept of people ne is leaving good stock would clear conditions is not practical and it's actually contrary to their principles will get in return operation people do not know they w

and to talk more about that we have had this management turkey mounted you have seen the american medical society doctor the pill and doctor to do can you tell us about the situation on the down both in terms of demand it seems in aid has been as the medical emergency. four hundred thousand people have been which have been living under siege since over five years now is completely sure of many services. but the shortage of supplies because this is easy to see just one challenge why are they at the most challenging is disagree that doctors targeted him and hit him for infrastructure in this area and a boss six days we lost forty percent of our capacity to respond to the injuries and to the people in need of medical services in this area this q teams cannot move from a place of a place because of the destruction of the buildings because of the continuous attacks on civilians and that a structure actually this offensive targeted mainly the civilians and the citizens which is a provided for the city libyans to push them to flee or to serve and just last was helpless of thought to the ground offensive

ahmad tarakji is president of the syrian american medical society.n ghouta as i walked into the studio. they are terrified, the situation is terrible and they feel they are facing a massacre coming up soon. where are they able to work? are there still medical facilities they can use? the medical capacity has dropped by about 60% compared to what it was last week before the situation started. there are still some medicalfacilities situation started. there are still some medical facilities operating. not to the point where they can help people. we have seen many casualties and people dying from treatable conditions. the doctors are committed to continue serving, and chewing nickell robey humanitarian workers. with limited resources and the constant bombing of hospitals, they can't do that as effectively as they can't do that as effectively as they should. do the doctors believe they should. do the doctors believe they are being politically targeted? absolutely, it is a clear pattern of attacking by the syrian air force. it is completely paralysed in th

alleged chemical attacks in syria document dr ahmed tajik he is the president of the syrian american medical society he's joining us now via skype from fresno california thank you very much indeed for your time so i understand that you're in touch with teams on the ground what are you hearing from them about the attacks thank you for hosting us the underground as diverse did this time as you know the recent chemical attack actually coincided with other attacks targeting medical facilities throughout libya northwestern syria the attack right now on an old count civil society counts the number one hundred ninety six since the conflict erupted in syria or it must be a few years and still at this time there's no mechanism to attribute investigate or a senate count ability or those attacks where we've seen some terrible pictures coming out as a result of these attacks and others can you describe to our audience what it is like to be caught in one of these attacks. just to describe what is going on right now and that area soraya and in the area there has been many attacks on medical facilities over the la

the most recent report of this has come just this morning from the syrian american medical society thattement today saying on twitter that we confirm that 16 patients including six women -- six children and four women suffering from symptoms indicative to exposure to chemical compounds were treated at a supported hospital in east ghouta. this marks the 197th use of chemical weapons in syria since 2011 and the seventh in 2018. ghouta was the subject of that devastating sarin gas attack a few years ago that caused the death of 1400 people. so what we're seeing in eastern ghouta is the use of a chemical that is not fatal usually, but is heavier than air and can get down into those underground bunkers and perhaps flush people out of the places where they're hiding from the conventional weapons. excuse me. >> seventh use of this chemical in 2018 alone. remarkable that it is going on. sam for us, i appreciate it. thanks so much. we'll be right back. ♪ if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cr

the 16 patients were being treated by the syrian-american medical society, operating inside the rebel-held damascus suburb. the syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons and their russian allies have accused rebels of planning to use toxic materials to later blame the government. eastern ghouta has been described as hell on earth. it is estimated around 400,000 people are surrounded there by government forces. and this cease-fire is designed to allow for much needed humanitarian aid to be delivered and for medical evacuations, norah. >> seth doane in lebanon, thank you. >>> in a possible diplomatic breakthrough, north korea says it is willing to hold talks with the u.s. the message came from south korean president moon jae-in who also met with ivanka trump in pyeongchang. ben tracy joins us from seoul with the south korean's president push for the talks to take place quickly, ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. so in recent months, north korea has said it's not going to beg the united states for dialogue and just this past weekend its state media angry about new

shortages of lifesaving medicine and equipment or dr ahmed iraqi is the president of the syrian american medical society joins us now from boston thanks very much for being with us dr so as we've been saying this bombardment of eastern huta is taking an unimaginable toll on the people there talk to us a little bit about that because i understand there you have been speaking to the head of the medical office in a hoot about that well what did he tell you. that has been cleared over the last week at least that there has been direct targeting of the hospitals in a goal to collapse a civil society in sirte guta the frequent and deliberate targeting of those hospitals the similar to what happened in a report in the past and explains way more than twenty four hospitals and clinics were told to regularly and all medical capacity is good the capacity of the medical services services have dropped to forty percent from where it was a week ago. and we mentioned there the world health organization documenting how many medical facilities of been hit i understand as well that you the you're going to zation wrote a le

this doctor is the president of the syrian american medical society who has teemed working in ghouta. two of his staff were >> the last 2 hours are the same as the last days. it's the peak. >> reporter: the rebel-held enclave of ghouta has been under siege for more than five years as the syrian regime backed by russian allies has crushed rebels. the people of ghouta are still living in fear after the 2013 chemical attack that shocked the world. it is a lawless society where rebels have used humans as shields and where government forces have fired back. >> families are in basements. it's just a matter of them praying hoping that the missile will miss their basement. so hunger is one factor, but they're waiting for death. >> and pro-government forces are reportedly preparing a new ground assault. the doctor says he knows families who want to leave but can't. they're worried government forces who control checkpoints will consider them rebels and kill them. gayle. >> all right. thank you very much, jonathan. >>> a mass ichb and deadly storm system is causing dangerous flooding from texas

the 16 patients were being treated by the syrian-american medical society operating inside the syrianeld suburb. they have always denied using chemical weapons and their russia allies have always accused them of using toxic materials to later blame the government. eastern ghouta has been described as hell on earth. the cease-fire is designed to allow if much needed humanitarian aid to be delivered and evacuations. >> thank you. >>> in a possible diplomatic breakthrough, north korea says it is willing to hold talks with the u.s. the message came through south korean president moon jae-in. ben tracy joins us from seoul with the south korean talks pushing to take place. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in recent months they said they're not going to beg the united states for dialogue. and just this past weekend it says it won't talk to the u.s. for 100 or even 200 years. now that hyperbole seems to be history. the winter oh preliminaliympics they began, with pomp and politics. seated a few seats away from ivanka trump was general yon yong-chol. isaac stone fish is an expert on ko

the syrian/american medical society said its hospitals treated 11 people for the gas poisoning and syrianix rescuers and other people had breathing problems. days ago the trump administration accused syria of using new kinds of weapons to deliver chemical weapons. the syrian foreign ministry said the united states is only looking for a provocation to attack syria. >> sandra: what else do we know more about the air strikes? >> we know that syrian government forces, as well as russian forces, hit a number of hospitals and several buildings. this also happening in this province. what's significant about this province, it's the last remaining province still controlled by rebels. rescue workers carried out babies from one of the hospitals that was hit while others tried to put out a fire. according to a witness, a five-story building there was leveled. more than a dozen people feared dead. others resulted for rescue workers digging through rubble for survivors and more air strikes attacking a rebel-held area east of damascus today killing 23 civilians. reports from the scene there say that num

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the president of the syrian american medical society has teams working in ghouta.wo of his staff were killed. >> the past 48 hours is comparable to what we've seen in the last two days in aleppo. and those are the peak of the deterioration of the situation inside syria. >> reporter: the rebel-held enclave of ghouta has been under siege for more than five years as the syrian regime backed by russian allies crushed rebels who they say have been shelling the capital, killing civilians. the people of ghouta are still living in fear after the 2013 chemical attack that shocked the world. it is a lawless society where rebels have used humans as shields and where government forces have fired back. >> people are packed in basements. it's a matter of them praying, hoping the missile will miss their basement. so hunger is one factor. but they're waiting for death. >> reporter: pro government forces are reportedly preparing a new ground assault. the doctor says he knows families who want to leave but can't. they're worried government forces who control checkpoints will conside

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