a hand that not only are i asked terrorists so are assad's soldiers we don't want the assad regime there even stronger than i asked. and now the turkish president wants the refugees to go back to the syrian side in the buffer zone where assad's troops have moved in the brothers don't want to return but fear they have no choice this is what else can we do there's nothing we can do against them if they decide that we should go back last you know a lot of you know that. today more than half of the inhabitants of act jacqueline are syrian refugees many like this month have lived in turkey for years he was injured in the fighting and is now taking combat leave phaseout is a syrian fighter who was sent in by ticky to battle the kurdish y.p. gene his unit is supposed to have massacred many of them feisal says he's really fighting for his homeland for him living together with kurds is unthinkable. here before i joined the free syrian army the kurds entered our village and expelled us from our homes they've storm our land and forced us to flee. no i cannot return to our village as long as the wif

is just like all but the problem of let me put it is the following he kept assad in power but he has not the financial means to stabilize this regime so this is why he needs something that looks like a political solution to make the west pay for reconstruction and to normalize relations with damascus so that's the big plan afoot to know how to get a political solution something that looks so to make everybody conciliate with assad ok very fascinating insights to begin with jennifer give us an idea of all the turkish people are saying about the latest developments about turkey having such a central presence now in. syria. the situation in turkey is quiet like there is only one voice of what's going on in syria and that is pretty much consul lated by the fact that the media is pretty much console they did under the influence of the government so. when the incursion started apart from the protest party h.t.t.p. almost everybody in turkey was kind of line up behind i or the one including the main opposition party including the voices that we were thinking that the would kind of challenge

a hand that not only are i asked terrorists so are assad's soldiers we don't want the assad regime there even stronger than i asked. and now the turkish president wants the refugees to go back to the syrian side in the buffer zone where assad's troops have moved in the brothers don't want to return but fear they have no choice this is what else can we do there's nothing we can do against them if they decide that we should go back last you know a lot of you may not know that. today more than half of the inhabitants of act jacqueline are syrian refugees many like this month have lived in turkey for years he was injured in the fighting and is now taking combat leave faizal is a syrian fighter who was sent in by ticky to battle the kurdish y.p. gene his unit is supposed to have massacred many of them feisal says he's really fighting for his homeland for him living together with kurds is unthinkable. before i joined the free syrian army the kurds entered our village and expelled us from our homes. our land and forced us to flee. no i cannot return to our village as long as the white paint gen

assad. i know you guys are with me on this. as the founder of the syria caucus, i will continue to urge my colleagues to hold those responsible for war crimes in syria accountable. if president trump were to sign into law the syrian protection act of 2019, what kind of impact with that have on the assad regime and their supporters? >> thank you. i share with you the pleasure, the killing of al-baghdadi. >> worth celebrating. >> it is a great thing. i think that it is important that we recognize what assad has done. we spending money in funding projects to document the mass atrocities. we are working on record-keeping, underwriting some of that. this is a regime that is beyond pale. we are focused narrowly on three things in syria, preventing a resurgence of isis, we are working on preventing iranian influence in the country and rolling that back, and also a political future with the implementation of 2254. this is the issue about caesar. this is a regime that cannot be allowed to persist as is. refugees were not angela reduces

operations within syria and the assad regime in damascus, would you say the assad regime benefits from u.s. programming in syria? >> well, if i can punt to my -- my understanding is, no, it does not benefit the outside regime. >> congressman, you're raising a very serious issue that concerns us greatly. as you know, the one place that -- the one activity that we do have in assad-controlled areas is our humanitarian assistance program that is implemented almost exclusively through u.n. agencies, with a few exceptions. and the issue of keeping control of our resources and ensuring the interrogatory of that program is a constant challenge, but it's something we work very closely with our u.n. partners on. we watch very closely. and it's, please, do keep the attention on it as we will as well. >> i'm grateful we have bipartisan legislation on this point. and i know it's not covered very often but actually people of both parties can work together substantially. particularly in the middle east. and then secretary, are there any u.s. citizens currently held or detained by the saudi government

i'm not going to be an apologist for the assad regime -- >> i don't want to talk alternative history now about what happened. let's talk about what is now unfolding in syria. where do you think this could lead turkey? how long can turkey state in this country? is a going to be something which is reminiscent of israel's presence in southern lebanon 18 years and eventually the very enemy that there to fight with would be emboldened because turkish -- kurdish autonomous aspirations? at the end of the day we all racing demonstrations of support in the west to kurdish aspirations. their plight is on the international agenda. is it going to backfire in%? >> so turkey's invasion and occupation in northern syria will prove to be erdogan's waterloo. it cannot occupy over a prolonged period of time in northern syria. the kurds have a long history of struggle. they will continue to resist. the fsa and turkish forces will bear the brunt of its retaliation. >> why are the kurds failing time and time again to gain their autonomous territory, the and iraq or be in java? >> we supported a flawed ira

or that assad's government was behind it.r than some other faction and there were many in the country's civil war. but it didn't matter that theree was literally no evidence, everybody in washington began agitating for regime change war immediately.e immediately. and especially on the left. bill crystal and max booth and everyone at nbc and cnn were completely for it. this show was not for it. we didn't deny the attack happened. we just told people to be skeptical. >> universal bipartisan agreement on anything is usually the first sign that something deeply unwise is about to happen. if only because there was nobody left to ask skeptical questions. and we should be skeptical of this. starting with the poison gas attack itself. all the geniuses tell us that assad killed those children. but do they really know that? of course they don't really know that. they are making it up. they have no real idea what happened. and now the same people who brought you a dying american middle class, undefended namerican borders, and endlesss p

attempts to overthrow president assad an hour and a half away as drive from lebanese capital beirut in damascus this is what has been a leader shake told julie in the sun join our t.v. just one year into what would become the u.k. war in syria move on no it's also in syria everybody knows the fed. says regime oh i'm afraid has supported their own to the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine and as it takes knobs back down in the face of its radiant american pressure. for this is a regime which serves the palestinian cause very well my mother oil a few swirly what he was what we called for in serious negotiations dialogue and reform at liberal mr be carried out because the alternative to that no one cause of the 1st things about it was inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria the alternatives to hysteria into civil war and this is exactly what america and israel want for syria since the hezbollah aerated victory of president assad of syria against washington and tel aviv london is arguably been shell shocked by donald trump's decision to si

international world exclusive i'm with the president of syria bashar al assad. there's a president thanks for granting as an interviewer but i was just off with why granted interview now when you haven't done it for a year and. you're most welcome the theory of. events in the wood in general in the region and you think you have to the invasion has brought syria front and center. once again this is one reason the 2nd one i think the public opinion would infer the waste has been shifting during the last 3 years. they know that. has told them so many lies about what's going on in the region in the middle east in syria in yemen. they know there. but they know what the truth so i think it's time to talk about this truth 3rd i meet so many interviews with the media. they don't try to get the information they try to get the scoop. they don't try to object have to do to bring the audience what's happening in the world that's why i stopped doing interviews for for youth well look it will be a journey from damascus to reconstruction but how many civilians how many soldier

phil: was that an endorsement from president assad?orian: certainly a far more nuanced approach from assad. you recall a week ago he tore into the turkish president, calling him a third-rate actor and adding to the bad animosity between the two. this was more diplomatic, recognizing the turkish president for the short-term -- underlining they want the turks to leave. assad said they don't want to see turkey as an enemy. it indicates marks account -- indicates moscow is behind the diplomatic approach. we heard a nuanced approach, telling the syrian kurds that while they will take control, he did acknowledge the realities on the ground and said is a long-term goal. it indicates that will be plausible negotiations between damascus and the syrian kurds and that moscow is working hard to facilitate. phil: there was a meeting between president erdogan and the u.n. secretary. what did they talk about? dorian: the key part of the meeting was heard of one selling his -- or no one -- president erdogan n selling his plan back into this safe zone.

welcome back you're watching an international exclusive with president bashar al assad of syria. of course one might say that syria historically your father and yourself have always supported the palestinians and the un resolutions governing the birth jillian's do you see israel which after all many believe to be a nuclear weapons of mass destruction. as influencing policy in the european commission in the state department in the pentagon definitely israeli the or enemy that they occupy our land. evident intuitive to be part of any thing that could happen against syria any plan. is to gauge. through with their victory through their relation with the terrorists and. visiting the terrorists who are being treated in the hospitals you believe those which are the true of the israeli government was directly not supporting al-qaeda linked and isis day shooting militants trying to destroy your government these really publish these photos formally as a news it wasn't our educations 2nd they support in every time or every time the syrian army advanced again both. in the south these are aid

is exactly what america and israel want for syria since the hezbollah aerated victory of president assad of syria against washington and tel aviv london is arguably been shell shocked by it all trumps decision to signal the end of the war could lebanon be an anglo israeli consolation prize state mandated u.k. media just as it did with protests in damascus and 2011 is eagerly covering the protests in lebanon but while the protesters like in syria have legitimate grievances is the coverage a little too eager you can see the sheer size of the protest here in beirut smart a square yesterday on sunday the protests were triggered in part by a plan to attack calls on whatsapp and other messaging services that have turned into a revolt against a weak government ailing services and a looming economic collapse collapse not a word you'll hear on nato nation media in respect of julie xion demonstrations in france after a year of protest and of course protests can be infiltrated here's what president assad told me about protests in lebanon in the past few days after explaining the infiltration of leg

reporter: against her family's wishes she began studying to be a pediatrician as bashar bashar al assad began waging war against his own people. by then her city was under siege. >> they close everything, every entrance. and it was very bad situation. we don't have anything to eat now. >> reporter: a fellow physician, dr. saleem newmoore had opened a small hospital underground. she went to volunteer. >> it was about 2 or 3-year-olds we have. we couldn't be up, because they targeted everything. >> reporter: hospitals. it didn't matter. bomb the hospitals. >> they bomb the hospitals lot of times. too many times. the hospital, six years, 20 or times later. >> reporter: a syrian-born film maker had heard about dr. ammani and the plight of hospitals in the region. >> the hospital was established in syria when the syrian regime start to use the war plane, targeting intentionally the hospitals. because the hospital where the victims come, where the people gather, where the people are protected. >> reporter: he began filming "the last men in aleppo". a film that focussed on the rescue group "th

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report which claimed chemical weapons use by assad of syria may have been compromised it was the report which britain used to bomb syria yes as usual we used to it especially in lebanon you know after our experience with the u.n. . unfortunately they do what the us tells them we've been through that and as you said there was a blog a said that they were making that can eat dog proved that there was nothing to prove that and i can tell you i had the same thing in lebanon. ever many instances a stock thing with the implementing $4.00 to $5.00 it said $22.00 yeah because there is only each one know by the implied that and then we when we got back our land by force. in 2000 had the big argument that the time with mrs albright and she was convincing me from new york that they would there are lots happened that there was still 20000000 meters that 2 x. still missing and she is talked for about 3 hours on the phone to come visit me telling me that it's we will look after it i said i cannot if there is one meeting missing i have to get it back it is my it's not my property to give away and afte

s work this confirms chlorine attack was only the latest example of the assad regime's chemical warfare attacks on its own population except it isn't done its own raveling to whistleblowers involved in the investigation and now come forward alleging irregularities and suppression cherry picking of actual findings the 1st contest that the u.p.c. w.'s acetate and that the gas canisters would dropped rather than placed at the scene observations at the scene of the 2 locations suggest that there is a higher probability that both cylinders were manually placed at those 2 locations rather than being delivered from aircraft the 1st whistle blower was allegedly an al. side contracted the u.p.c. w. said it took into account all findings not just here is the problem is according to the 2nd whistleblower a member of the team which was on the ground the collecting samples is that the u.p.c. w. took into account some findings more than they did others most of the duty and focus he reports on the instant the interim report and the final report was scientifically impoverished procedurally irregular an

international arrest warrant against songs for 2 charges one of molestation and another of rape but assad has always denied these charges he's even cooperated with the international investigation from abroad and it was the threat of extradition to the united states if you were to have been arrested in sweden that forced him to take political asylum within the ecuadorian embassy in london now it turns out that this case that started it all doesn't even have enough so-called corroborative evidence for. the evidentiary basis is such that he corroborating evidence is not sufficient to in a way that is prescribed by the supreme court deemed that the description of the alleged criminal act can be proven. earlier today the swedish prosecutor explained her reasoning for dropping the charges she said that the witnesses involved were were credible but over the years the case itself had weakened and in the q. and a that followed she also said that the heavy media influence on the witnesses was another important consideration that they took into consideration 1st inspection suppose of joining the sol

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syrian president bashar al assad speaks on mounting tensions between the e.u. and turkey in an exclusive interview to r.t. . hello you're watching international i'm whereas on a lot could welcome to the program. 30 years ago the berlin wall was told down reuniting east and west berlin and heralding the beginning of the end of the cold war security is high with major celebrations being held of course germany in berlin thousands have been taking part numerous events including exhibitions on the walls history is jacqueline who can now with a quick look at its rise and fall of. the berlin wall a symbol of the cold war and division a mind that separated the city families friends and changed berlin for the remainder of the 20th century 40 kilometers long at slice of the city and was erected on the night of august 13th 1961 1st it was just a barbed wire and concrete france with 12 checkpoints but it swiftly grew into the fortified version most no. today the checkpoints were reduced to 3 and crossing became all but impossible. imagine this a concrete wall 3.6 meters hi

back to door in jones in istanbul dorian was that indorsement from president assad . well sadly a far more nuanced approach from our side if you recall a week ago our sobs tore into the turkish president right typer the one calling me a 3rd rate actor and adding to the already very bad animal on the most a t between the 2 leaders but this was far more diplomatic recognizing that the turkish presence is at least for the short term but underline that they want the turks to leave but also said that they don't want to see turkey as an enemy and this does indicate that moscow is behind this more diplomatic approach moscow is trying to bring on korea and damascus together and we also heard a nuanced approach towards the syrian kurds while underlining that he wants to take complete control of the syrian kurdish area he did acknowledge that the realities on the ground as he called and said this is a long term goal so that does indicate that they will be some possible negotiations between damascus and the syrian kurds and it is believed that moscow is working hard to facilitat

forces in the in the parea when they fought against assad and isis in that area everybody applauded them what's the situation when it came to when they came to p y the y p g held areas suddenly the air changed they said well there are terrorists they are jihadists they are the same people who fought in that everybody is thankful to turkey for keeping things under control in italy because we prevented another maybe i don't see much ground a should see much gratitude coming your way at the moment are basically taking care of about 7000000 syrian refugees for the last 45 years we are preventing another major humanitarian crisis and other migration for from there i know that doing more than anyone i know that like we do you know what the situation in africa is now it's very it's very calm no there is no very calm ok there is no ices there is no p.y.t. there much of what you are saying you know ekk propaganda you say journalists and syrians very accountable in syria you said regional they are not a set about the reason they are upset about af and they lost a big chunk of land if you ask

whether it's turkey, russia, the assad regime, the kurdish ypg. they learn their lesson by exhorting threat for too long and allowing it to emerge and it seeot in their interest to isis forma caliphate. in addition, i think a lot of our allies in the region and in europe have a more direct interest in what happens in syria than we do. the oilfields aren't critical to our economy. the oil in the middle east isn't as critical to our economy as it was 20 or 30 years ago because we have increased mastic production so much to shale production and offshore drilling and things of that nature. we really shouldn't be as engaged and concerned about the middle east as we once were. importanty not that to us. >> david shelton out with a new book titled it should not be this hard to serve your country. at yourking aim organization and you in particular saying that you want to privatize the v.a. system which was one of the reasons he was forced out by the president. the former v.a. secretary bespoke is a great work of fiction. have never advocated for privatizi

pave the way to a full blown ministry confrontation and when we heard from syrian president bashar al assad he is not happy about takings and evolvement in syria and he had a warning for ticky. he didn't mince his words when he was talking about turkish president but as of the other don't throw in all sorts of accusations at him saying that he's an invader that his b. is embezzling there was sources or syria particularly in north northern part of the country to the point where both president assad. retaliation to the point where his servants were even ready for war if the turkish mrs decides to stay longer in the area listeners sent to what they had to say. the syrian land is wide and the theater of operations is wanted from the far south to the far north the turk is the american agent in this war we were fighting this turkey everywhere and whenever it struggled to do what it wanted with it left no option but war this is obvious but i say we will need to keep open the opportunity for the political process in all its forms and if it didn't produce results then we consider them an enemy and w

to hate him but they wanted syrian president bashar al assad speaks a mounting tension between the e.u. and turkey in an exclusive interview with r.t. .

syrian president bashar al assad shares his thoughts in an exclusive interview with r.t. it's the 1st time he's spoken to an international channel in more than a year. quite to other countries. in different ways in different ways regarding p.r. not only always or money or financial resources they do their rights. their rights political rights. thanks for joining as you watching r.t. international. shocking footage of a man being set on fire in hong kong have to getting into an argument with protesters i must warn you you may well find these images coming up now disturbing . was the look was. running through there was taken to hospital in a critical condition earlier in the day an anti-government protest there was shot at close range by the police officer slater said that the manager tried to grab the officers weapon and the officer didn't intend to hurt him but the clashes between protesters and police have left more than 60 people injured. antigovernment protests in hong kong began in june and have turned increasingly volatile since political analyst and journalist check

assad, to be sure, kept a small stash of sarin because he is afflicted with an almost people.gical desire to gas his but nonetheless we got rid of i think there was a substantial gap between the stated objective, assad must go and there must be democratic transition, and the means we were willing to put in place to make tt happen. you cannot look back on it any other way. so when you have no internatiocol support, no ressional support, little public support, that is a hard set of circumstances even for someone who has a responsibility to lead in the face of stiff odds. beginning.t an auspicious reporter: you are at peace with thatecion? samantha: no, i look back and wish it had been otherwise, but i am tried to explain to you that it is not a mystery why we landed where we did. reporter: another part of your book people are finding fascinating is knowing the woman who they know as an ambassador. senior advis one thing really struck me -- we are both irish -- old sweaters were pulled out at one point whenur you f out you were pregnant. i like these stories, like running somewhe in the whit