now we have reports that the assad regime has used chlorine gas against its people multiple times in recent weeks including just yesterday there is obvious evidence from dozens of victims so we proposed a security council press statement condemning these attacks so far russia has delayed the adoption of the statement a simple condemnation of syrian children being suffocated by chlorine gas i hope russia takes the appropriate step to adopt this text showing the council is unified in condemning chemical weapons attacks accountability is a fundamental principle but it's just the first step our goal must be to end the use of these evil unjustifiable weapons when actions have consequences when perpetrators are identified and putt punished we come closer to reaching our goal but if we can't even take the first step of establishing accountability for chemical weapons use we have to seriously ask ourselves why we are here the requirements for establishing accountability for chemical weapons use have not changed since this council voted unanimously to create the joint investigative mechanism

we know what iran syria and the assad regime are doing because they have done exactly the same thing before this is the same playbook they use for aleppo and twenty sixteen once again we including russia demanded and this security council chamber that assad stop the bombing. and yet russia iran and assad continue their attacks defying the wishes of this council and the international community because we've been through this before we know what russia will say today they will say that there are terrorists in eastern guta so the assad regime can bomb as ferociously and indiscriminately as it wants and kill as many civilians as it wants that defies the principles and shrines in the laws of war the assad regime should not get to bomb and starve its own people into submission under the guise of counterterrorism this russian argument makes a mockery of this council and international law russia also accuses the united states of somehow being responsible for humanitarian crises in syria but these accusations are ludicrous the united states does not block humanitarian aid anywhere in fact the

groups report fresh chlorine gas attacks in syria at least province during government air raids the assad regime denies that it is using chemical weapons and israel begins issuing deportation notices to thousands of afghan migrants the government says they could face jail time if they refuse to leave. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us belgium is on high alert today as the trial begins for the man who was believed to be the sole surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris attacks of the slum is on trial in brussels today over the shootout with belgian police that led to his capture he has so far refused to answer any questions about this charge is against him. and we'll get more on the court case in just a moment but first let's take a closer look at the slum and his dramatic arrest. the end of an international manhunt on the eighteenth of march twenty sixth seen belgian special police capture one of the most wanted terrorist suspects in europe the man believed to be the only surviving suspect of the paris terror attacks that just four months before this police raid h

ok well let's let's let's first start with deal with damascus with the assad regime . are they willing to grant these currents autonomy independence some know that they aspire to no i don't think so there is no reason to believe that the us who seem a lot with the kurds any form of autonomy any form of federalism any form of them local government so what are they turning to that well actually for the. turkey is the big and in need. and they have always been dealing with the assad regime and so for them it means that if they can fight with the assad regime turkey they were turned to the us have to assume they are more or less not really interested in the interests of the kurds living in syria but they are interested in the interests of the party of the care of the p.k. k. ok let's look a little bit now towards turkey why is this such an existential issue for them that they're even willing to get bogged down in syria over this over this issue well in a way it's understandable i mean there was a wall between the p.k. k. and the took est since the one nine hundred eighty s

eyes will now be on the syrian regime iran and russia our goal with this resolution is clear the assad regime needs to stop its military activities around eastern ghouta and for once allow humanitarian access to all of those who need it we are deeply skeptical that the regime will comply but we supported this resolution because we must demand nothing less we owe this to the innocent people of syria begging for help. in the days to come our resolve to stand by our demands and this resolution will be tested all of us must rise to the challenge of maintaining the ceasefire just as we came together today all of us must do everything we can to make the demands of this resolution a reality it's the only way to restore the credibility of this council the syrian people have been waiting long enough thank you as government do but. who are we and. i think the united states of america and i'll give the floor to the russian federation. thank you mr president would you please mr president. following one thing consultations during which the overwhelming majority of delegations demonstrated a sincere focus

all of us on this council must do our part to press the assad regime as hard as we can to comply. but we are late to respond to this crisis, very late. on wednesday, the secretary-general made an emotional plea for an immediate cease-fire in syria to allow the very basic necessities to get to the people. kuwait and sweden had a version of this resolution ready to go for a vote. but russia called for a delay. on thursday, in an effort to stall, russia called for the open meeting on the humanitarian situation in syria. in that meeting 14 members of this council were ready to impose a cease-fire. but russia on strukted the vote again. and then yesterday this council sat around for hours ready to vote only to have russia delay it again. every minute that the council waited on russia, the human suffering grew. getting to a vote became a moral responsibility for everyone but not for russia, nott for syria, and not for iran. i have to ask why. at least 19 health facilities have been bombed since sunday. 19. as they dragged out the negotiation, the bombs from assad's fighter jets continue

. with the assad regime. east weather front that we are experiencing in the uk. experiencing in the uk. crusher —— criticism of russia's very well founded. very well founded. matter so much, fighting against the americans directly. americans directly. fighting alongside the assad forces against the americans. against the americans. it is an incredibly dangerous situation. incredibly dangerous situation. is the potential risk of americans and russians facing off directly. and russians facing off directly. the kremlin admitted that several dozen were wounded. dozen were wounded. bad news. jeffrey kaufman. for russia, there was a lot of —— a lot at stake. was a lot of —— a lot at stake. the only russian mediterranean base is in syria. is in syria. its foothold geopolitically in this area. and the us is focused elsewhere. elsewhere. give their syrian allies time to finish off the rebels. finish off the rebels. prevent the collapse of the syrian state. libya is not a shining template. no one wants to go there. thi

aren't strictly syrian military troops official troops their militias that are allied with the assad regime but the consequences of fighting between assad linked forces militias and turkey could be very severe what do you think is in it for president assad to to try to push turkey in this way. well i mean we have to remember that the official position of the turkish government with respect to assad is that. you know the arab one government wants assad gone they somewhat you know back you know they've someone. with drew there sort of insistence on him sort of leaving but recently the the the the turkish president sort of made a very fiery statement a couple of months ago suggesting that. you know assad has to go in there and you know peace in syria so there is a extension existential conflict between the two countries and so i think this is sort of really at the backdrop of this conflict and these are these war of words that we've been seeing recently between the two countries where is russia going to stand in relation to this particular potential conflict because on the one hand there was a

ypg has killed more oppositional politicians than the assad regime ever did and we should not forgethis. daniel: that last statement is totally unsubstantiated. if you say that, you probably lack the k knowledge of what the assad regime has done to the opposition over many decades. syriane're talking about kurds. daniel: we're talking about the regional context of syrian kurds. i agree the pyd is not only a creation of the pkk but is also somehow and emulation in this method of the assad regime. that is why it was grown. that is why it sought refuge during the times when it was oppressed and persecuted in turkey and the assad regime supported them. if you look at the regional context, then the performance of the ypg -- i'm not talking about human rights. i'm talking about our notion of stability. in this difficult context, they did prove themselves. they showed that they can be efficient -- have very little time left on the clock and i would like to talk a little bit about where we are going from here and who might be able to exercise influence. if the u.s. were willing to use it, wo

laura: has the war in syria strengthened not only the assad government but also the hold of sossia and iran? mara: oh, very muc iran and the syrian regime had close relations for a long time, but they've deepened considerably. frankly, assad has managed to stay in power not least because of the iranians and the russians , and it will be interesting to see what happens as he further consolidatesis gains. the extent to which he decides russia and iran can maintain a substantial presen there. laura: you have extensive experience within government. egic is the u.s. str objective in in syria beyond fighting islamic state? mara: well, that really was the top u.s. objective. initially when president obamafo sed on what to do about isis, the plan was to deal witht isislso to deal with the assad regime -- second, but not tirely ignore it. now that we had the stage where isis is to be did this -- we have hit the stage were isis is increasingly defeated militarily this administration , has to figure out how much it cares about the assame. we are hearing very different things -- from the ste department, there is the view that the unite states, the

but it we have very clear evidence that they have maintained these stockpiles and if the assad regime discussed the side to escalate this conflict they could they would have an incentive possibly to share that material or for that material to be obtained by other non-state actors who could use it in very dangerous ways against the united states and against our allies in the region mary it was made clear in the briefing today that the u.s. would take action against syria itself it was necessary but we've already got quite a change in tack with the trumpet ministration and syria and the approach to this problem a real difference of what we had for example with obama. absolutely the trumpet ministration has taken two steps that are very clearly different from president obama's approach the first strike against the syrian air base back in april of twenty seventeen which was in response to the the syrian attack by the assad regime that was a unilateral strike by the united states that something that the obama administration did not do so the trumpet ministrations willingness to engage in u

istanbul he is the host of the syrian opposition radio station which is highly critical of the assad regime welcome to you and thank you so much for joining us i want to turn first to these reports of this alleged gas attack we're more are you hearing from your sources there in the country. didn't to your question the voice was and does good can you just repeat that please we heard reports of an alleged chlorine gas attack in a live province allegedly conducted by the assad regime and we're wondering if you have heard any further information from your sources in the country. this is definitely not the first and it doesn't seem like it's going to be the last attack on civilians using chemical weapons this happened inside october which is at the countryside so dark i was one of those styles that have you know desist to all kind of extremism starting with the assad regime. to isis has always been a stronghold for the moderates to be an opposition and all the other attacks previous to this you know video document that enough investigators. you know part of the international efforts to you know

but it's also somehow an emulation and it's messy methods of the assad regime because that's where it was bred that's why it was grown that's why it sought refuge during the times when it was when it was president persecuted in turkey and the assad regime supported them but nevertheless if you look at the regional context and you know what's going on in the region then the performance of the y.p. gee i'm not talking about human rights i'm talking about our notion of stability and western notion of stability they did in this very difficult difficult context they did prove themselves that they have these they showed that they can be efficient and so did the syrian democratic i'm going to let you know it's not only you know we likely out of absolutely have very little time left on the clock and i would like to talk a bit about where we're going from here and who might be x. able to exercise influence down hugo laugh if the u.s. were willing to use it would it have political leverage these a v the y p g or the p y d in order perhaps to get some kind of or enunciate of claims that are trou

the assad regime and their supporters have been pummeling eastern ghouta where four hundred thousand people live under siege and constant bombardment needs to be understood and still legitimate targets of military operations russia iran and the assad regime are not even trying to hide their intentions they are asking civilians to leave eastern good to on the false premise that they can then attack anyone left in the area as much as they would like you who sets up temporary sets and once the civilians ambulances. because we've been through this before we know what russia will say today when you know you don't know they will say that there are terrorists in eastern guta so the assad regime can bomb as ferociously and indiscriminately as it wants and kill as many civilians as it wants i want to ask you so what do you do to implement the resolution with the assad regime should not get to bomb and starve its own people into submission under the guise of counterterrorism this russian argument makes a mockery of this council and international law but did you notice those who consider a mode

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dealing with the assad regime and americans donald trump regime is not interested to deal with vicious south it is a very complicated. political and military situation there nobody knows what type of allies can be established and always leaving which. tomorrow but the main factor there are the powers turkey ministers of america russia and iran and the. the parts of this conflict set regime and by p.g.d. they have to come to a certain agreement in the long run if they want to deter and stop the turkish. interation turkish military operation there because turkey is still not the main kountry rich has international law from point of view to stay there the more turkey's presence there the more it will be difficult for turkey but the december time turkey is very much determined to clean up get. out of the nearest. the borders of turkey and the americans of course promised it to the turkish ministration to the turkish president that they will definitely not they're allowed the right p.g.a. to fight with turkey saw from this perspective any corporal any war between kurds and turks will be not

i'm not talking about the assad regime. which of the foreign forces actually know what they're doing and have a plan in syria? >> well, i think it's pretty clear that iran is in the -- they have a grand -- all the way from lebanon to the shiia crescent. they're achieving that goal. in terms ot rami is saying, this is part and parcel of how assad and russia and iran are trying to win the war. they want to make neighborhoods uninhabitable for their enemies. they bomb hospitals, make civilians' lives miserable, either with chemical weapons or barrel bombs or whatnot, eventually force them to flee and then they declare victory. what they will end up controlling is the shell of cities that no longer have people in them. but that apparently is fine with them. but in terms of who's on the ascendency, it's clearly iran. turkey is upseat with the united states for backing kurdish groups in northern syria. turkey views the kurdish population in south eastern turkey with great skepticism, and pkk is a terrorist group they view as an e

the united nations i also would also like to ask you about the words that are coming out of the assad regime and also their allies the russians because we know that the regime for example they say that they are just targeting rebels and terrorists something else that they are saying is that they never intentionally target hospitals in their airstrikes we of course we have reports of multiple facilities that have been hit in eastern. what do you think when you hear claims like that what is your response. like. i don't know if. it's not making sense at all it's like thirty sheep again that for two years and so years ago there have been claiming that the white ten minutes i'll write that and they are like tourists organization and not even a children a child can kind of like believe that. they have some programmed against me that i'm not a doctor and i'm not like a. supporter and. i don't know how they like god that's maybe from my long beer or something they they have been talking to doctors be the media war car the type of thing that bakeries that bakeries are not making weapons of course and

the assad regime has intensified the shelling in recent days.s of women and children were killed yesterday. adding to the awful situation of some 400,000 syrians in the area. the united nations says there is a severe shortage of food, water and basic supplies. the french foreign ministry said the bombing is a serious violation of international law and warning among other people there that the situation is only going to get worse. like we've seen for the last few years when it comes to syria the international community is in disagreement what to do. russia and iran have been unflinching in their support of the assad regime. turkey seems more concerned about what to do and the ambitions of the kurds in iraq and syria rather than the syrian rebels and assad regime. the trump administration, which has launched a successful campaign against isis in iraq and syria have taken the same policy as the obama administration, not doing a lot about the actual fighting between the assad regime and the rebels and we have this situation where the bloodshed reall

reach is palpable speaking to germany's parliament chancellor angela merkel called the assad regime conduct a massacre. the horrifying events that we're seeing in syria the fight of one regime not against terrorists but against its own population killing children destroying hospitals all of these constitute a massacre which needs to be condemned and we say a clear no to this. but an opposition politician said that without action words are hollow. it's not enough just to say we are condemning it she said that germany try a bigger role there no idea what she's talking about i want to see consequences as the airstrikes continue relentlessly russia a key ally of the assad regime blames the rebels holding duty for the region's humanitarian crisis. and for more let's bring in dana abi she is a spokesperson for the un's world food program in the middle east and north africa she joins us this evening on the phone from the egyptian capital cairo welcome to you dina and i'd like to begin by first asking you about access when was the last time that the world food program was present in eastern and wha

rage is palpable speaking to germany's parliament chancellor angela merkel called the assad regime conduct a massacre. the horrifying events that we're seeing in syria the fight of one regime not against terrorists but against its own population killing children destroying hospitals all of these constitute a massacre which needs to be condemned and we say a clear no to this. that i but in opposition politician said that without action words are hollow. it's not enough just to say that we are condemning it she said that germany is going to try a bigger role no idea what she's talking about i want to see the consequences as the airstrikes continue relentlessly russia a key ally of the assad regime blames the rebels holding duty for the region's humanitarian crisis. the u.n. security council is due to vote on a thirty day humanitarian ceasefire in syria. the u.n. envoy for syria says there is quote no alternative. well earlier we spoke to sign your course sure she is the syria director of save the children in amman jordan we asked her to give us a sense of the tragedy unfolding and. you know

but syria's ally russia denies the assad regime is behind the chemical attack foreign minister sergei lavrov says the reports are an attempt by rebels to provoke fresh fighters but. their only goal is to be smirched and to demonize the government forces to accuse them of all possible deadly sins and military crimes in order to continue actions in the eastern regions. russian president vladimir putin's demand for humanitarian pause all his hope of a much needed rest bite being eastern. and will that so-called humanitarian paul's really come into effect to talk about that i'm joined here at the big table by marcus he is a middle east analyst with the german institute for international in security affairs here in berlin it's good to see you again see so now we're hearing that the russian president vladimir putin has ordered this polls to start tomorrow a daily polls. is that simple can moscow say stop fighting and the fighting stops not really i mean it can. tell the syrian troops to stop the fighting but past experiences tell us that the islamist rebels where two groups being present in

clout over assad because really russian russia's bombing campaign was the only thing that kept assad's regime in power and turned the tide of the war however there have been indications recently bet's russia's influence over assad may not be as absolute as as we once thought notably arks answer to every seventh there was. dozens of down hundreds of russian mercenaries died in the u.s. air strikes but questions have been of why and some people are saying that russia perhaps perhaps let this mercenary operation which was being carried out to take an oil field near tears or for assad's purposes purposes that russia has not signed on for in that particular instance maybe russia allowed them that are russian to fail to send assad a message that he had better clear his actions with russia all right journalist alec leung reporting for us now from moscow alex thank you very much. you're watching d.w. new still to come the bundesliga served up two sensational matches on sunday labor has been locked horns with shocker in a battle for the champions league and desperate cologne went up against like that

it seems that the assad regime of use anybody as expendable whether they are child or adult, it mattersage in their ongoing civil war. the un security council can vote and people can talk but unless there's a will for something to be done nothing will be done and i fear that nothing will be done and i fear that nothing will be done and i fear that nothing will be done. we also had three brexit stories. to go through them —— we also have. the observer has bad news forjeremy corbyn, the labour alliance putting pressure on jeremy corbyn over his brexit stance. this is one of the caucasus within the labour party which feels we should still stay inside the single market even though jeremy corbyn is likely on monday to go back to officially backing membership of the customs union, to try to possibly vote for a compromise deal. going to the house of commons. if we move to the sunday press, what is their take on brexit? quite extraordinary. -- sunday express. theresa may is very upbeat and she said ministers have set the brexit course and uk's best days lie ahead. on page four, it shows theresa

to assad's regime however lately that's been coming into doubt especially with the attack february seventh when u.s. airstrikes killed dozens if not hundreds of russian mercenaries in syria. some people interpreted that attack as a way for russia to try and tell it was side that he had better pay more attention to what russia wants in the region because those mercenaries as it has emerged were trying to take on an oil field that the syrian regime wants in there is or there are a correspondent in moscow and vladimir van valkenburgh in the syrian town called bonnie thank you both for that update. moving on to some other news now and i hear in germany chancellor angela merkel's conservatives have voted in favor of entering a coalition government with the center left social democrats the chancellor as christian democrats approve the coalition with a broad majority the move was expected the social democrats are voting next week an early america announced her picks for the new cabinet most of the candidates are younger and there are more women of a chance are also named in one of her fiercest cr

they are backers of the assad regime. we will continue to press russia for an early resolution.the opposition are not democratic opposition parties. they're far from it. some of them worse than daesh. they are really bad, some of them. does that minister not agree you have to be very careful in making judgements? there are no good guys in this. there are victims, but there are no good guys. both sides are horrible and we need to be very careful about making judgements. we've got to try and get a balanced answer to help the victims. a former liberal democrat leader said syrian civilians were being subjected to war crimes. isn't it right now to remember that based on the nuremberg principle that those who preside over the commission of war crimes or are complicit in their being used are as guilty as those who actually commit them? i think the noble lord is right to raise the issue. history resets us many lessons. anyone who has responsibility in bringing about the end or cessation of the violence in syria or the civil war should make every effort to do so. i totally agree. there a

groups report fresh coreen gas attacks in syria and live profits during government air raids the assad regime denies that it is using chemical weapons. and israel begins issuing deportation notices to thousands of african migrants the government saying that they could face jail time if they refuse to leave me. plus a stunning super bowl upset fans go wild after the philadelphia eagles defeat the new england patriots to win american football's biggest prize for the very first time. and the berlin wall stood for many for more than twenty eight years today marks a turning point the wall has now been down for as long as it was up we need a man who helped east germans escape. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. belgium is on high alert today as the trial begins for the man who was believed to be the sole surviving suspect of the twenty fifteen paris attacks. is on trial in brussels today over the shootout with belgian police that led to his capture he has so far refused to answer any questions about the charges against him. and we will get more on the court case in just a

aboutly i have read renewed violence in syria and how the assad regime is , and theyhospitals have lost hundreds of women and children in the witnesses are ongoing with ae constant bombardment with safety zones. i would like to know what he thinks about it. , we sometimescies find ourselves backing aside. i just wanted to see what he has to say about that. host: walk us through that. guest: what has been happening is a moral and humanitarian catastrophe. hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives and millions of people lost their homes and were forced to flee the country. starvationhas used as a weapon of war trying to literally starve people out. as you mentioned, they renewed a campaign, because they have been doing this throughout the course hospitals, to bomb knowlinics where they women and children are gathering to get food and medical attention. in eastern damascus -- damascus, they previously did it, and they a disregardve shown for any basic principles of for the sanctity of any human life. the united states response to this has been frankly inadequate. i do not think we n

given, should the assad regime be on notice? ms. sanders: i think the president put the assad regime on notice some time ago and we are continuing to echo that message where we call for an immediate end to these offensive operations. in terms of any specific operations, i'm not going to broadcast what we may or may not do, but they should it take very seriously. i don't believe anything has taken place. reporter: waist the time line for anything happen? ms. sanders: he is not going to lay out a specific calendar. he says that is a big mistake. so i'm not going to do that today. reporter: first on the question about background checks, the president has talked about making background checks stronger, but that would suggest that he thinks an effective background check is a useful tool, so can you say for sure that he supports whether it is background checks, whether panding the checks and sales at gun shows and the internet. ms. sanders: i'm not aware that's the position he is in right now. he supports the cornyn legislation and that w

well, the russians are using their military power to help the assad regime in eastern ghouta, and hereed nations security council in new york they are using their veto power to help the assad regime. today, all it took was the mere threat of a veto to block a d raft mere threat of a veto to block a draft resolution which would have called for a 30 day ceasefire, which would have allowed humanitarian convoys into places like eastern ghouta ran for medical evacuations to ta ke ghouta ran for medical evacuations to take place. the russians are proposing amendments, but these negotiations have been going on for two weeks. the russians have already been granted major concessions and the western powers are saying this is yet another delaying tactic by moscow to grab more time for the assad regime to continue its military offensive and to kill more people. britain and america today, again, as they have for many years, bemoaned russian obstruction but what they've never been prepared to do is back at those words with meaningful action in syria to cou ntera ct meaningful action in syria to coun

intervention if it's just these militias semi official anyway so the assad regime can distance itself from it although the official state news has been kind of pumping that up. because they'll say well hang on this isn't our official army it's not the regular forces these are irregulars so if they were to commit regular forces though we have to bear in mind that the syrian army has historically lost every single war it's ever been involved and it's never actually one of war so it will come up against a nato quipped trained and you know a highly proficient and professional fighting force as the turks army it's highly unlikely that they're going to win or come out not bloodied so is what we're seeing . i don't want to use the language of a new phase out another phase in what is a conflict now of seven years in length i mean i'm no where do you see things going except to become even more complicated well i suppose it is actually the thing that the defining characteristic of this was the things become more complicated not less so even when you have the de confliction zones of the escalati

opposition leaders say the assad regime is committing a new holocaust.ding to the syrian observer d for human rights, at least 310 people have been killed since sunday. >> the situation is desperate. families do not know where to look for shelter. they are in basements. there are large numbers of civilian casualties, dead and injured. >> the assad regime and the russian backers continue to insist syrian troops are only targeting terrorists. with russia and iran's help, the assad regime has pushed rebel to the brink of defeat. >> translator: we believe it's possible to stop the bloodshed and provide the beginning of a settlement. >> despite talk of a settlement, the assad regime appears in no hurry to rush into negotiations, preferring instead to negotiate once the rebels are fully defeated. in northern syria, another sign of just how difficult ending the war has become. government supported militias have moved on the city of afrin to -- turkey continues to see u.s. backed kurdish forces as a threat. insisting kurds giving up the territory is at odds with

the assad regime intensified the bombing in the last couple days.ast 127 people, including dozens of children and women have been killed yesterday alone adding to the awful situation there. 400,000 lives there, most are without food and water. the french foreign ministry said the bombing campaign that's being waged is serious, a violation of international law. lot like we've seen the last few years, when it comes to seer kwrarbg the international community is at a disagreement of what to do. russia an iran have been in their support. turkey is more concerned about the kurds who they see as a terrorist and enemy. the trump administration developed a plan that tkpaoeted isis for the most part in iraq and syria but, dana, when it comes to ending the war in syria that helped create isis and given it space to grow, the trump administration has struggled a lot like the obama administration before it to come up with a solution that russia, iran, the assad regime and turkey can all agree to. that's the real problem there. as long as there's this disagreemen

and large the united states has been a bystander to events and has allowed russia, iran, and the assad regime to remake syria in a devastating way. laura: do you think this will make a difference in syria, this five-hour dail pause in the bombardmen br it might have modest impact for some people, but what sewe hav before, when the esyrian reg bombed humanitarian convoys in 2016 with russia watching them do that, they use aid as a weapon of war. they will continue to use all sorts of means, military andck aid, to atta who they see as their opposition. laura: we saw the espalling pictf what was happening in eastern ghouta. the white house said was put on notice some time ago. there was that one airstrike by the trump administration against the syrian military. does the u.s. have any influence? brian: it could if it wanted to, but it doesn't appear to want to. there is no serious debate in america today abouumsyria. the tradministration has a rhetorical approach in speeches and saying it is putting actors on notice, but besides that strike in april of lasyear, ere doesn't seem to be any impetus