assad himself was an accidental desperate. despot.but he was setting up ophthalmology in london when his brother, who was an heir, was killed in a car accident. he was assuming the family play brutishly is an article of faith and suspicious of everybody else and did he that in a ruthless fashion. it didn't have to end that way. the initial were peaceful, it was school kids in a small city in southern syria near the jordanian border, but assad reacted in the only way that that mafia clan, which is really what the assad family is, new how, and that is brutally. that violence begot other violence as well. russians and iranians share a lot of responsibility. i think they saw this as the place where they were going to make their stand against regime change, and almost anything the united states did, they were going to double down. each for their own reasons, because russian and iranian interests in syria are not identical, but it's just an awfully sad episode. in terms of diplomacy for american foreign policy, the reminder of the importanc

assad will help you kind of figure that out? >> he know the hits.ll bob his head, smile, put his hands up. >> does it still touch you when someone says not only that they look up to you but that you've had a positive impact? >> oh, man, it's so beautiful, man. i just immediately tell them, god is great. if i could help you inspire, motivate, you know, through my actions, thank you. but i want to let you know that you inspire me as well. >> that was a pretty cool interview, zachary. what was your favorite part? >> just going out to miami, hanging out with him at his house. he has a beautiful house. really down to earth, really cool guy, you know. he's been doing this for a minute, 11th album. >> did you get to meet the executive producer, assad? >> i got to meet assad. >> oh my gosh, how adorable. >> it was nice. i met the whole family, whole crew. so generous with his time. >> how lucky of me to get to sit next to this guy who met assad. 60% of women wear the wrong size pad, and can experience leaks. you don't have to with always my fit try the next

so they gave assad $4.6 billion in lichbs credit.fighters. so they gave assad $4.6 billion in lichbs credit. d >> and i'll mention that was during the existence of the iran nuclear deal. approximately -- i don't need the number, but generally do you know how many americans died in iraq as a result of iran? >> 603 americans were killed by iran, that is 17% of the total casualties during the iraq were. >> and do you know in the last say 20 years how many u.s. military open strikes have we done in iran? >> zero. >> do you see strong nations that are confident in their future sabotaging oil tankers, is that typical kind of thing? >> it is not a pattern of behavior we've detected. >> has the u.s. ever sabotaged oil tankers? >> no. >> and i want to ask about the iran nuclear deal. it was signed in to law 2015. it has been four years. and as we know time flies by. so if you think about that fact, it is pretty incredible. so i want to advance basically four years, so that amount of time ahead today. in 2020 the ban will lift. wan assuring --

family there the camp in italy offers refuge to 800000 people they come from across syria fleeing assad's bombs now their stride and here in the country's last rebel held enclave they have a vain hope for some security. there practically no jobs there's not enough food water or medicine. and his loved ones have already lived in the camp for 2 years 4 people in a simple room with tarps there's no protection from the heat his daughters suffers from bronchitis but no one can help here they prefer to go back home to hama but that's simply impossible. we can't go back because there's permanent fighting bombing and shooting whenever we tried to return there were grenade attacks and barrel bombs. and the families from across it hope to get a little help in the allen carr clinic one of the few medical centers that has not been destroyed by bombing. 126 children are treated here every day but the clinic has long been unable to treat all of them it lacks doctors and medicine newborns in particular are quickly released and do not receive the protection and the care they urgently need. unfortunately

definitely was assad is won't fly. and he has a sense that he has won with some justification and so why would he given anything to his enemies who have lost in lebanon the situation is quite different there was a civil war going on with no winners or losers. in syria the situation is not like that. of course power sharing would be much better and a political transition something that the americans and europeans are still calling for but realistically i don't see that there may be some form of political process russia's certainly is calling for that but there is no real pressure for it and in the end this just going to say no and who is going to force we're going to take a short break right now when we're back we'll continue talking to use tell german men a program director at the international crisis group. you know world big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door on

a number of these jihadists and that is something that turkey cannot countenance but if president assad is actually able to take that stronghold do you think his victory in adelaide would actually and they were. well there great it you know but the war is already coming to an end in some ways but it certainly would be a turning point there's no question about it there is still the north east which is not rebel held but held that a kurdish forces who have had a prior agreement with the regime but clearly there is also significant differences . but the war is essentially coming to an end the original driver of the conflict which was the protests by people locally and other places throughout syria against the regime that's over and that war has more that that conflict that confrontation which turned into a war has been lost. and it lip is the last stronghold of what is the left overs of this confrontation but many people in syria who opposed bashar al assad don't support the people in it the rebels. that this war in syria has been through a long and complicated and bloody. billions of fact

this force against president assad and praised the 911 attacks as a rebel i call. very good evening and thanks for joining us this is. u.s. prosecutors have made a formal request to the u.k. for the extradition of wiki leaks co-founder julian assange has been slapped with 18 charges by the u.s. department of justice including conspiracy to commit computer hacking and violation of the espionage act from london. yes confirmation today that u.s. authorities have put in that official request for extradition fortunately in a song found over the week felix website is currently serving 15 prison sentence for skipping bail in the u.k. will a junior miss salis was sealed recently looking cool to playing in a video that a marriage belmarsh prison and dating his fall but has been unable to visit him on t.v. he's been speaking to join a ship to be told this zooms do it for a major story some problems be. possible. but his spirit struck. right because it might. be. now stabilized. judy in a soldier's faces charges under the espinosa act of 1917 year olds to conspiracy to hack g

in october of 2015, for instance, president obama said that an attempt to prop up assad will get them stuck in a quagmire and not work. that same year donald trump spoke about putin's intervention and said watch, he'll get bogged down there, spend a fortune, and be begging to get out. four years later the opposite turned out to be the case. where do we go from here? that is the topic of our discussion this afternoon which brings a group that will discussion rengional influence throughout the nation. that brings up a report done by mark cats. when the friend of my friend is not my friend, united states, russia, and allies in the middle east. we'll start our discussion today with katie katie is the only person in the government at the assistant secretary level whose portfolio covers russia and the middle east. she really has a unique perspective. he is has training from harvard high school, he is was president for litigation and a chief compliance officer and had a very impressive career in government both on the hill with the senate armed services committee, and the select committee on

get to the last rebel stronghold in syria has been surrounded and bombarded by assad's forces for months many refugee families there are fighting just to survive the few intact asperger's are often their sole source of help. so obama is very nervous as he waits for the big news his wife is giving birth and this clinic men are not allowed to enter the pediatric ward that's one of the few places pregnant women in northern england can go. after 10 hours of waiting the moment has finally arrived sebas wife has given birth to a boy mahmoud. the proud father can hardly believe his luck he sends the 1st snap shot of the newborn to all his friends and relatives. we came here to northern syria say my wife could safely deliver her child i'll stay here until tomorrow then we'll bring our baby to our hut. but a bleak existence with no prospects awaits the family there the camp in italy offers refuge to 800000 people they come from across syria fleeing assad's bombs now they're stranded here in the country's last rebel held enclave they have a vague hope for some security there practically no jobs th

syrian president bashar al-assad's troops had been quick to make themselves scarce. that could easily change now, and sheikh humaydi is looking to cut a deal with damascus. in march he went to talks with the assad government. sheikh humaydi: we're not negotiating yet. the meetings were aimed at bringing about peace, and putting an end to the hatred between ethnic groups, religions, and political parties. it's our task to diffuse the hatred others stirred up. reporter: he advises parties who want to maintain autonomy achieved in the war to seek coromise witthe governnt. sheikh humaydi: the first thing we must do is put an end to the destruction and bloodshed. fe is moremportant tn death, our souls more important than those of the dead. reporter: the shammar have survived the war. and sheikh humaydi is hoping for a permanent peace. host: overhe past mohs, pele in sudas capital khartoum have been taking to the streets, demanding basic rights and a shifto democra. april, thprotests hped trigger the fall of president omar al-bashir. a military coup put an end to his 30-ye

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farmers have found themselves at the cenenter of the rivalryry betwtweebasharar al-assad and te local kurdish aututhoritieses. the camps are fighting to buy wheat. farmers have found themselves caught in the middle of a conflict between bashar al-assad and local kurdish authorities. >> they know the harvest is good .his year both sides are taking advantage of us instead of trying to listen. the farmer is always the victim. >> after successful -- after successive droughts and war, some are willing to sell to the highest bidder. the kurds it is from or the regime, we want an increase in the prices of grain. >> kurdish authorities cannot compete with the price, but says no wheat bots can leave the kurdish region. united n nations, syrians do not have acaccess too food. over 600 u.s. companies signed a letter urging donald trump to end his trade war with china. to letter says his threat would add overs 2000 dollars in cost for the average family of four. the companies point out tariffs are taxes paid by u.s. importers and not by c china, contntrary o [indistinct radio chatter] newswscaste

they gave assad $4.6 billion in lines of credit and billions of dollars in revenue. it would have made a big difference had iran not been on the field. >> i will mention that was during the existence of the iran nuclear deal. approximately, i don't need the number but generally, do you know how many americans died in iraq as a result of iran. >> 603 americans killed by iran, 17% of the total casualties during the iraq war of americans who were killed. >> do you know in the last, say, 20 years how many u.s. military open strikes have we done in iran? >> zero. >> do you -- let me ask you another. do you see strong nations that are confident in their future sabotaging oil tankers? is that a typical kind of thing? >> it is not a pattern of behavior we have detected in the region. >> has the u.s. ever put limpet mines and sabotaged oil tankers? >> no. >> i want to mention a quick point about the iran nuclear deal. this was actually signed into law in 2015, the year obviously now is 2019. it has been four years. as we all know time flies by, and so if you think about that

the stress of being in a war zone as he when he visited julian assad with 2 medical officials who specialize in psychological torture when the brits arrest of the size of a single charge by the u.s. government was conspiracy to commit computer intrusion by helping chelsea manning hack into the pentagon then last month came 17 new. it's as i understand the u.s. a u.k. extradition treaty he can only be prosecuted for crimes for which he was extradited but chris could that disparity thwart extradition or if we do get him back here could that prevent him from being charged on anything other than that single count and not as i understand it it's interesting that the only time julian spoke at length this morning in the courtroom was to address the lesser charge because he's charged with 17 counts under the espionage act each of wood which carries a maximum turn a term of 10 years so that's 170 years the attempt to. hack a government computer carries a 5 year term and that was the 1st charge that was announced but julian wanted to make it clear to the court that neither he nor wiki leaks hacked int

parts of the mainstream media mourning the rubble icon who fought against assad don't you harness and praise the 911 attacks we take a look at the controversial figure. and accusations of u.s. meddling in british politics after secretary of state michael isikoff pledging to push back against u.k. opposition leader jeremy corbyn becoming prime minister. you're watching or an international bringing your live news updates from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. a scandal has erupted in brazil after a leaked messages suggest a corruption case against the country's former president will of the silva was politically motivated the messages published by investigative news site the intercept appear to show the judge discussing the probe was prosecutors supporters of lula da silva say the leaks confirm their fears that the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning his 2018 reelection bid now the probe was part of brazil's biggest anti-corruption crusade known as operation car wash which saw dozens of high level politicians in prison but was sentenced to almost a d

the controversy came just a day after assad his extradition hearing was postponed as poor health meant that wiki leaks co-founder failed to appear in court with all the details he has. didn't the sound was actually meant to be here in person he was meant to pass via video link but he's not even well enough to appear via video link 10 minutes on she's been moved to the hospital wing old belmarsh prison that wasn't a maximum security prison where stabbing at 50 eccentric specific details when he went into the ecuadorian embassy back in 2012 and went to the state all praying for him so about the face of his health what we know is that there was a push from the medical board to. the fact that they did this and that may put him on the board speaks speaks plenty and that's how you know being in a higher security max a maximum security prison is difficult for anyone but julian spent 7 years confined in the ecuadorian embassy before but without medical treatment without most of the medical treatment so he's gone in other words states that most people might think this was meant to be the 2nd he

parts of the mainstream media outlets are dumping the man who condone to harvest against president assad and praise the $911.00 attacks. and of u.s. meddling in british politics after america's secretary of state might come pale pledging to push back against u.k. opposition leader jeremy corbin becoming prime minister. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. a scandal has erupted in brazil after leaked messages suggest a corruption case against the country's former president lula da silva was politically motivated the messages published by the investigative news site the intercept appear to show a judge discussing the probe with prosecutors supporters of wood to silva say the leaks confirmed their fears the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning reelection last year the probe was part of brazil's biggest anti corruption crusade now this operation carwash which saw dozens of high level politicians and prison will dissolve what was sentenced to almost a decade behind bars for corruption and money la

the mainstream media outlets are dubbing the men who condone it jihad as fought against president assad and praised the $911.00 attacks i caught. you watching or change national bring in your line of news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program we start with breaking news this hour as russian officials have announced they have dropped the criminal case against russian investigative journalist. who had been arrested for illegal possession of drugs the evidence gathered against him was said to have been rigged salmon and found invalid or join live in the studio by now bring us up to speed on the case well we're in the heads a ruling in. the head of russia's narcotics police has been. the police officers who carried out the arrest. suspended their investigation by internal affairs how they carried out the arrest whether the used too much force whether. they're also investigating the investigation which led to the arrest to see whether police went beyond the scope of their powers where they were whether they had legitimate evidence proof to carry out this arrest and i'm

washington is accusing some mair foz of profiting from the civil war and helping president bashar assad the u.s. police falls and his family are directly supporting the regime and building luxury properties on land stolen from displaced syrians from washington d.c. patty cohan explains why the u.s. decided to take these meshes. u.s. president donald trump hasn't been focused very much on syria so the sanctions announcement it was a bit surprising but the treasury department's come out and said 16 people and cities with a relationship with assad in syria are going to be sanctioned what this means is that americans are generally prohibited from doing business with them and if they have any assets in the united states those can be frozen this is a fairly big company in the middle east so what treasury says they're doing in one aspect is taking the property of syrians who fled the war syrians who are still there and converting that property into luxury buildings so there's been sanction for that and this is a company that has a broad reach as i mentioned they're involved in sugar refinery t

of the mainstream media outlets are doubling the man who condone jihad this fall against president assad and praised the 911 attacks a rebel icon. and accusations of u.s. meddling in british politics for america secretary of state my compare this tape pledging to push back against u.k. opposition leader jeremy corbin becoming prime minister. you're watching r t international coming to you live from the russian capital where it's just turned 4 pm welcome to the program. a scandal has erupted in brazil after a leaked messages suggest a corruption case against the country's former president will lead to sylvia was politically motivated the messages published by investigative news site the intercept appear to show a judge discussing the probe with prosecutors supporters of lula da silva say the league confirms their fears the case was a stitch up designed to prevent him from winning reelection last year the probe was part of brazil's biggest anti-corruption crusade known as operation car wash which saw dozens of high level politicians imprisoned will have to sell but was sentenced to almost

warmed by parts of the mainstream media outlets that dubbing the man who can done this for president assad and praised the $911.00 attacks and rebel peikoff. thanks for joining us this is our. u.s. prosecutors have made a formal request of the u.k. for the extradition of wiki leaks co-founder julian assange has been slapped with 18 challenges by the u.s. department of justice including conspiracy to commit computer hacking and violation of the espionage act from london. yes confirmation today that u.s. authorities have put in that official request for extradition will soon be in a strong state found all the weak links what such as currently serving about 15 persons sentence for skipping bail kate in the u.k. will a junior miss salis was sealed recently looking cool to playing in a video the to the merged belmarsh prison and taking his fall but has been able to visit him on t.v. he's been speaking to join a ship to be told this the sooner you do it for making the story some probably be. possible. but his spirit struck. right because it might. be. now stabilised. duty in a soldier's faces ch

mourned by parts of the mainstream media outlets are dubbing the man who condone jihad against president assad and praised the $911.00 attacks and the rebel i call. it watching our 2 international bring you in your life news update from our studio here and most welcome to the program we start with breaking news this hour as russian officials have announced they are dropping a criminal case against russian investigative journalist north who had been arrested for the illegal possession of drugs the evidence gathered against him was said to have been salmon and found invalid the officers who were in charge of the case have been suspended the journalist attention provoked anger and protests were not joined live by more i've got to for more on this now the case had provoked outrage among the media community did anyone expect this latest twist. you know the wood that this was coming the outpouring of support for him was it was unanimous it was everywhere we had protests and in moscow we had russia's 3 biggest newspapers. published the same title. with him basically. it was solidarity like never befo

of the mainstream media outlets are dumping the man who didn't danger how this 40 against president assad praised the $911.00 attacks a rebel i can't. face are joining us this evening this is our. russian officials have announced that they have dropped the criminal case against russian investigative journalists who had been arrested for the illegal possession of drugs the evidence gathered against was being reexamined and found inviolate with more his artie's my guess. the head of russia's narcotics police has been fired the police officers who carried out the arrest there they've been suspended they're under investigation by internal affairs over how they carried out the arrest whether they use too much force whether through the legal itself they're also investigating the investigation which led to the arrest the see where the police went beyond the scope of their powers where they were where they had legitimate evidence proved to carry out those arrests and i'm sure they'll be many more people fired because this was this was a huge scandal especially in russia very very resonant neverth

parts of the mainstream media outlets are something the man who condone this force against president assad has praised the $911.00 attacks of rebel i. am. very good evening and welcome to this is r.t. international. u.s. prosecutors have made a formal request to the u.k. for the extradition of wiki leaks co-founder julian assange the son just been slapped with 18 charges by the u.s. department of justice including conspiracy to commit computer hacking and violation of the espionage act from london. yes confirmation today that u.s. authorities have put that racial request for extradition for the songs found all week this web site is currently serving about 15 prison sentence for skipping bail you carrie. well judy the sellers will see who simply looking cool to wait a minute to do it it's a marriage belmarsh prison and baseball that has been able to visit him on t.v. he's been speaking to joel shipped would be told this that soon do it for make still some problems. in his impossible. dream. but his spirit struck. surprise because it was my. last. now stabilized. duty and a soldier faces cha

the mainstream media outlets dropping the bomb who have done just how this force against president assad and praised the non-relevant types of rebel. very good evening thanks for joining us this is. u.s. prosecutors have made a formal request to the u.k. for the extradition wiki leaks co founder julian assange just being slapped with 18 cianci spy the us department of justice including conspiracy to commit computer hacking and violation of the espionage act from london. yes confirmation today that u.s. authorities have put that racial request for extradition for the songs found the week this web site is currently serving about 15 prison sentence for skipping bail hearing. well jr this all is we'll see who's looking cool to wade in to do that to the marriage belmarsh prison and take his fall but has been able to visit him on t.v. he's been speaking to joel shipped would be told this the sooner you do it for making the story some problems be. possible. for ice. cream. but his spirit struck. right because it might. be. now stabilized. julian is still faces charges under the espinosa act of

parts of the brain streaming media outlets adopting the man who condone this force against president assad and praised the $911.00 attacks as a rebel i call. for joining us this evening this is. u.s. prosecutors have made a formal request to the u.k. for the extradition of wiki leaks co-founder julian assange just slapped with a team charges by the u.s. department of justice including conspiracy to commit hacking violation of the espionage act. correspondent charlotte is in love and joins me live on the line that charlotte bring us the latest. well that's why it's confirmation today that the u.s. has formally request this extradition of julian saw on those charges including charges under the espionage act and also conspiracy to hack a government it was filed with the british authorities some reports suggesting as far back as last thursday and also reports suggesting that there will be a coup tearing later on this week of course julian assange is serving a 50 week prison sentence in belmarsh prison in london after he failed to appear full of bail hearing around 7 years ago well i'm out in t

activist he chose a battleground over comfort joining serious rebellion against president bashar al assad in this online video he explained why he decided to take up arms and fight against government forces are going to russia where i live my god i'm good i'm a shocker groove illusion will continue this journey cannot be stopped by obstacles all the government this is our land it's our country. where the so rude was injured on thursday in northern hama province where fighting between serious army and rebels in their last stronghold hasn't turned survive in recent months he died on saturday a fate it seems he expected. in the lyrics to a song he wrote he predicted his death in the battlefield. so rude had many followers but also enemies he survived at least 3 assassination attempts he was banned from playing football after serious government declared him a traitor salut family was certificated to the revolution 4 of his brothers and his father were also killed in the war a cause they believed was worth fighting for. will persevere jaan al-jazeera. people in kazakstan have started voting to

government that if mr assad is convicted in the u.s. that he will not be death penalty eligible that's frequently done with latin american countries european countries that oppose the death penalty and it is frequently those assurances are frequently given to the requests states. have less appreciate your time and your insights thank you douglas mcnabb international criminal defense lawyer my pleasure. as into our top story this hour the u.s. secretary of state might pump said the washington believes iran was behind the attack on teen tankas in the gulf of oman during a press briefing he called iran a threat to international peace and security let's catch up with our correspondent can him open he joins us from new york just take us through please scaly what exactly pompei had to say. well the u.s. secretary of state is placing blame for the incident regarding to oil tankers he says that the islamic republic of iran is responsible and that that is the position of the united states this is what we heard earlier from mike pompei oh it is t

judge jeanine: do you remember when nancy pelosi made a trip to meet with bashar al-assad.he president objected and asked her not to. she went there to get assad's version of what was going on in syria while president bush was running for reelection. isn't that exactly in line with what they are saying the the is considering doing and would be illegal? she did something worse. >> i think going to meet with bashar al-assad when we are trying toned his regime is pretty bad. the law is pretty clear. no campaign can receive money from a foreign government. no campaign can receive anything of value. i'm a politician. i meet reform people all the time. so does the president. sitting down and talking with somebody is fine. but the president said earlier this week, no he wouldn't accept something from a foreign government he thought was wrong. but you don't call up the fbi every time talks to you. you only call you are up the fbi when somebody does something wrong. judge jeanine: are people break the law when they meet with people from foreign countries? >> no, they do it all the t

administration's i need a message that they are going to try and target those closest to bashar al assad. the u.s. is reportedly pushing saudi arabia to complete its investigation into the killing of said teacher in this jamal khashoggi before the 1st anniversary of his murder the u.s. government official told the voices news agency it's urging the saudis to show tangible progress towards holds and those responsible to account question gee was killed in the sinai the sanity consulate in istanbul last october donald trump continues to defend his latest migrants' agreements with mexico which is criticized for offering nothing new. there's the agreement there's a very simple agreement. the u.s. president shows what he says is the proof which compels the mexican government to control the flow of migrants north towards the border with the us mexico says it will send troops to southern border with bottom our own weapons they trump threaten tariffs on mexican exports for failure to comply with his demands meanwhile the u.s. government says the number of people caught crossing the southern borde

government could misuse money meant to help rebuild the country assad's all but one the 8 year war his forces in a leading unoffensive in the last rebel held province of its lip human rights watch says assad's government has wrecked the aid system to undermine human rights by benefiting government loyalists and punishing those perceived as opponents its report warns foreign governments and charity groups to have more control over the work and budgets so ok ali in syria is a researcher at human rights watch she says organizations must work together to make sure financial aid gets to those who need it most. what the report essentially has found is that the syrian government has actually implemented a series of policies and legal frameworks that we had seen coming since 2011 essentially to co-opt the aid that's being that's being fed into government to help syria but now as the syrian government is retaking territory all these policies have sort of gained in importance and the restrictions that they're applying on humanitarians would be then importance so that what human rights watch are

believes falls and his family are directly supporting the assad regime and building luxury properties on land stolen from displaced syrians from washington d.c. particle hain explains why washington decided to take these measures. u.s. president donald trump hasn't been focused very much on syria so the sanctions announcement it was a bit surprising but the treasury department's come out and said 16 people and cities with a relationship with bashar al assad in syria are going to be sanctioned what this means is that americans are generally prohibited from doing business with them and if they have any assets in the united states those can be frozen this is a fairly big company in the middle east and what treasury says they're doing in one aspect is taking the property of syrians who fled the war syrians who are still there and converting that property into luxury buildings so they're being sanctioned for that and this is a company that has a broad reach as i mentioned they're involved in sugar refinery trading grain they do a lot of transportation in the middle east so this could have