unannounced visit to my mean base in syria's lattakia province where he held talks with president bashar al assad person also stopped in egypt where he met with president abdel fattah el-sisi in just time. at a military base in western syria a visit but a lot of beer putin it's the first time the russian president goes to syria since the start of the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by senior officers and warmly embraced by president bashar al assad. putin's forces have been helping his troops since two thousand and fifteen when the syrian government was on the brink of collapse in a speech putin declared victory over what he described as terrorists and announced the partial pullout of his soldiers from syria my general you don't know much about but he goes there to the general command i give the sort of russia's military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you this. putin also pledged to continue to support syria's military by keeping some of his forces on the ground before departing for the egyptian capital where he met w

iran and turkey countries that are deeply involved in the conflict he also says syria's president bashar assad is backing the peace initiative that may weaken his powers but leave him in office for at least a few years with a reformed constitution and. what we will likely see is a syria not divided but the void in terms of spheres of influence it will be like a multinational company would countries holding shares and of course russia having the biggest. political settlement is still a long way off for opponents of the government what is being. discussed doesn't amount to peace but priorities have changed in two thousand and seventeen calls for us had to be removed from power were no longer heard western leaders now seem to be more concerned with working with russia to counter iran's growing influence in syria have put out a theater table. let's now bring in gas joining us in istanbul yeah a lot of these spokesman for the syrian negotiating committee in moscow alexei clinic of his middle east expert of the russian international affairs council and in beirut sami and director of the levant

end in failure and we're expecting at any moment now the head of the syrian government delegation bashar al jaafari to give a short statement to the waiting journalists behind me it seems though that as far as the united nations mediator is concerned that it will take pressure from russia from vladimir putin to try and get some concessions from the syrian government and from bashar assad to to get a new review of the fire the peace process because at the moment the whole process is going nowhere the delegation the syrian government delegation will leave geneva tomorrow morning and the opposition group will give a press conference tonight at eight thirty but it does seem that once again these talks have ended in failure will get more details as the day goes on hopefully from bashar al jaafari who is the the leader of the syrian government delegation but i've also been talking to insiders involved in this process and they say that sami an alternative set of talks is actually going on and has been going on for the last year and is picking up pace now this has the approval or at least the kn

i told the president, i said, "bashar assad is slaughtering people. we are watching genocide take place. and it is going to eventually destabilize the entire region." >> smith: this president looks out at the landscape and doesn't see reliable partners. why should we be getting involved in this? >> well, i'm not saying there are any real easy options, and i'm not saying it's not complex. but i do not believe that we needed to end up in a situation that we are in today. >> smith: if bashar al-assad was to be toppled, who would replace him? >> i think that would be a very difficult thing to sort out. >> smith: in the president's view, it would be very difficult to sort out. the u.s. had just gone into libya months earlier and toppled qaddafi only to see chaos ensue. and mccain's suggestion of creating safe havens in syria was a tall order. president obama asked the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, for a briefing. >> so dempsey gives a presentation, and everyone's jaws drop. he basically says that it's going to take roughly

bashar al assad's crimes were being pushed into the background. this happened in spite of the thousands of civilians who were killed by his forces in july twenty fourth two months after the russian veto the syrian opposition attempted to resurrect caesar's dossier. this time they went to the u.s. congress which opposed the military intervention in syria even after the chemical attacks and. a group of republican support us intervention. evan mcmullan a member of the commission of foreign affairs arranged for caesar the photographer to be interviewed in front of members of congress. we knew that most people in the united states didn't know of us its mass atrocities and the idea was that if americans understood more what exactly ossett was doing if they really understood they would have much more sympathy and they would expect i believe our leaders to do more and especially the president who is our commander in chief and who leads our foreign policy to do more to act to stop assad's. trustees. caesar was in hiding afraid of being captured by the syri

this is the first cousin and opponent of syrian president bashar al-assad. he talks about russian influence in the region. the fight against isis and what he sees as the most likely outcome to serious civil war. this is the founder of the organization for democracy and freedom in syria. >> thank you very much. they can for inviting me and i would like to thank them for of theazing opportunity , i have with a warning some positive things to say about president donald trump. i appreciate that he is not passionate in many parts of the word right now but you're president of the force in terms of his first term. for election that is entirely democratic, this is for my country and for the children who have yet to see their father's homeland. -- as not so long ago people of different faiths lived together in an atmosphere of tolerant and harmony. we gird for those times to return to the democracy question dictatorship. and how we should celebrate a democratic elections. however, to understand this is no longer simple, it has become the heart of extremism and the pr

sponsored talks last week after the opposition demanded that president bashar assad should play no role in any interim post-war government meanwhile russia's military says i saw as being completely defeated in syria it says there are no remaining districts still under eisel control russia began its bombing raids in september two thousand and fifteen in support of syrian president beleaguered forces that's it mightn't is next.

made by the head of the rebel syrian interim interim government which opposes the role of president bashar al assad. the funeral has been held for a palestinian man who was shot by israeli soldiers during a protest in gaza a twenty year old was one of thousands of palestinians confronted by the israeli military along the gaza border at least fifty people were injured when israeli forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting at the u.s. decision to recognize roselyn as israel's capital. has more from gaza. the west bank i was i don't see it was any god. to be on the friday when i write that. leads up to the time that went off to die saturday morning the families injuries the ministry of health says it's a sixty five thousand to die in the on the rest in the file and it's the same for six december the when u.s. president trump said america would recognize to resell them as the capital of israel but i would judge. it's a very bad decision for the palestinian people the americans are supporting israel in our own land we are people in our homeland and have given a martyr for palestine and for

bashar assad would not be in the situation that he is in now without the help of russia and the backing of mr putin but while. putin also said that he did praise the russian troops for having been victorious as he put it in have for brilliantly as he said in syria there is still the admission that there was an awful lot of work to do and he said that russia could not bear the brunt of that and that it had to go into some kind of partnership with other global players as well to ensure that there isn't a lost generation in the future as well of course what is on the horizon as well in march twenty eighth of the presidential elections in russia and of course mr putin has thrown his his his name into the hat for that as well he is running as an independent contender but said would welcome. political support from other players as well because he is facing a challenge although he is there is being much touting of the foreign policy successes that russia has had recently and the stark contrast that has been presented with the u.s. for example in the middle east there are still challenges which

underground stop in latakia province before heading to egypt putin spoke to his allies syrian president bashar al assad at the home i mean airbase russian forces have played an important role in supporting army that's going on the significance of this now from our in kabul on who's the director of policy analysis of the doha institute he's with me here in the studio what is president putin up to here well i think he's trying actually especially after he announced victory against isis a few weeks ago he made it clear that he was actually and will be withdrawing will be partially we're doing prompt syria and by visiting the middle east right now i think he's going to secure secure the agreement of both egypt and turkey he's visiting them actually today and tomorrow or the agreement what to with to withdraw his troops out of the war no i only saw i think he's trying to build them into a building something like peace keeping force in syria as he's planning to withdraw from syria i think he doesn't want on the one hand to leave syria to be taken over by the iranians the door i mean they are as are

the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by senior officers and warmly embraced by president bashar al assad's. forces have been helping his troops since two thousand and fifteen with the syrian government was on the brink of collapse in a speech putin declared victory over what he described as terrorists and announced a partial pull out of his soldiers from syria niger you go you know you were stuck but you guys that were to the general command give the sort of russia's military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you this is. putin also pledged to continue to support syria's military by keeping some of his forces on the ground before departing for the egyptian capital where he met with president bill fattah el-sisi that leaders have been strengthening ties in recent years has purchased billions of dollars worth of russian military hardware and has approved a draft agreement to allow russian jets to use egyptian military bases putin and c.c. also signed a deal under clear power. the growing ties between russia and egypt the se

progress in the current round of geneva talks as long as the opposition keeps demanding president basharal assad to step down. security forces . given extra powers to stop violence that followed last sunday's disputed presidential election. with dozens more injured in protests and nighttime curfew has now been imposed for the next ten days almost a week after the election a clear winner. is narrowly ahead of opposition candidate. who's climbing electoral fraud and called his supporters to the street the curfew appears to have some support. but in the end it was a good measure i think it was a very wise decision for the well being of all insurance. they need to resolve the situation as soon as possible we hunger and continue like fear i think the curfew is good because that way there will not be any more crisis almost respect the curfew because really what is happening in the country is a terrible crisis. is life for us in the capital take. are you seeing it coming down guessing maybe because of the still more security powers they've given the the offices on the streets or indeed because

hundred families remain somehow holding out to meet the ruins of phones in the side of president bashar assad. it's the festival of eid an old who can make it so i've come to the moken mosque on the ground but but it's not a time for celebration. and. own low for our. show. over here in the euro lou and then the revolution bit. however you have you know nothing left out what you have to move out and how much out you believe it will be done ultimately lead up. to the dead or also remember to here in job as pynchon bomb shelter cemetery. in the. fad has been an undertaker a job of more than fifty years. the work of the women. many of his own family now law i met these broken tombs. and some of us out there that you miss my eyes a few of that will come back. of them find it. but it's the it that is to put the fear in me but. the motive of god has a sieve is to. tell whether or not i have thought it would be a doubt it was god who is a man and it is so without god is a month ahead. because. they are no solace and i would i would it ignore the mad side of the vision of the willem i mean what

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he made the announcement after he met with the syrian leader bashar al-assad.t was putin's first trip to syria since russia launched a air campaign there in 2015. >> russia was tasked to fight a military group in syria. it was achieved brilliantly. i congratulate you. brent: putin also made stops in turkey and egypt. journalist rick michelson is following -- ruth michelson is following his journey. was this an accomplished moment? >> correspondent: vladimir putin wanted this to be his mission accomplished moment. he touchdown in syria, was met by president bashar al-assad and made an announcement about troop withdrawl from syria. we saw an announcement like this last year and it was not met with policy on the ground. russian troops stayed. the timing of the announcement seems to be extremely significant. especially given that putin has announced he will be running for reelection next year. brent: what about the declaration of jerusalem as israel's capital by president trump. that has stirred up anger in the middle east. has that opened the door for russia to ex

syria he made the announcement during a surprise visit to syria where he held talks with president bashar al assad it was part of a whistle stop tour of russia's middle east allies which some are calling a victory tour well first stop was the unshared children visit to they came from an air base in syria's latakia province then flew to cairo for plan talks with the gyptian president al sisi before doubling back and heading north to ankara for a meeting with turkey's reject tayyip erdogan entails tieup has this report. at a military base in western syria a visit by blood near putin it's the first time the russian president goes to syria since the start of the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by senior officers and warmly embraced by president bashar al assad. putin's forces have been helping his troops since two thousand and fifteen when the syrian government was on the brink of collapse in a speech putin declared victory over what he described as terrorists and announced the partial pullout of his soldiers from syria my general you don't know much about but he goes the way to the

kimberly thank you well for more on this i'm joined by al-jazeera senior political analyst marwan bashar who joins me now in the studio amar when you have been writing on our website front and center about this sentiment from washington having this idea that the international community that everybody must accept this new reality never mind that it is an illegal disputed reality but nonetheless everybody has to learn to accept it i think that's why that's one of the reasons why the french president mccrone called the american decision of violation of international law. even though this was originally borne out of a decision by congress where it still violates international law. the idea that you accept the reality is if there are created on the ground as has been exactly that in terms of israeli strategy of occupation and creating illegal settlements in east jerusalem and the rest of the west bank so if the american administration saying we must recognize jerusalem as the capital israel because that's the reality the israelis conclude and that's exactly what president about us warned agai

the start of the withdrawal of russian forces from the country he was met by the syrian president bashar al assad. defense minister and the head of the russian military in syria the first withdrawal was ordered back in march for sixteen hours a part of the air force remained to continue the fight against the islamic state last week russia proclaimed the country's liberation from the terrorist group. will continue training syrian forces and supplying military equipment one senior lawmaker has claimed that the withdrawal is likely to be completed within just several weeks. thanks so much for joining us here on this monday on international. which will give you more headlines in half an hour. everybody i'm stephen. out. with guy usual suspects every proud american first of all i'm just george washington and r.v. enthusiastic this is my buddy max famous financial guru and well just a little bit different i'm not a. good one i know no one knows up with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the road have some fun meet every day americans call me and hopefully start to bridge the g

assad al-ashar--assad al-shar-- ashad--ashad al-asar-- bashar al-assad, uh... - bashar al-assad.ve mispronounced his name a few times. - hitler, who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. as monie of you know. okay, jonathan, somebody's asking a question. it's not your press briefing. major, i-- - [inaudible]. - you want to come on up? - i'm just asking. - i mean, i'll be glad-- we can just-- and with that, i'm glad to take some questions. steve holland. - steve holland's not here. - with that, david jackson. - david is not here. - eamon javers. i will let the tweet speak for itself. yeah, i'm gonna let the tweet speak for itself. his tweets speak for themselves. his tweets do speak for themselves. i don't--i mean, that's the silliest thing i've ever heard. okay. this is silly. okay. next. stop shaking your head again. - sean! sean! sean! come on, sean. sean. sean... - sean, come here. - what about the putin call? - sean spicer. - sean. - where did sean go? - he walked away. he just... [indistinct chatter] - good-bye, spice. now, with any new administration, it is normal for

the war nearly seven years ago he was greeted by senior officers and warmly embraced by president bashar al assad. putin's forces have been helping his troops since two thousand and fifteen when the syrian government was on the brink of collapse in a speech putin declared victory over what he described as terrorists and announced the partial pullout of his soldiers from syria not ingenue you don't know much about but he goes the way to the general command i give the russia's military presence in syria has come to an end and the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you this. putin also pledged to continue to support syria's military by keeping some of his forces on the ground before departing for the egyptian capital where he met with president of the fatah el-sisi the leaders have been strengthening ties in recent years has purchased billions of dollars worth of russian military hardware and has approved a draft agreement to allow russian jets to use egyptian military bases putin and c.c. also signed a deal under clear power. the growing ties between russia and egypt the se

made the announcement on a surprise visit to an airbase in syria where he met with syrian leader bashar al assad no it was putin's first trip to the country where russia watched an air campaign back in two thousand and fifteen. the military was tossed out fighting militia groups here in syria the topic that was supposed to be solved using military force was in general achieved. it was achieved brilliantly. but i congratulate you was that i will now putin also made stops in turkey and egypt journalist ruth michelson is following putin's tour for she joins us from cairo tonight good even to you ruth so what did we see in syria today was this putin's mission accomplished moment. well i think got him and he certainly wanted it to be its mission accomplished but he touched down in a syrian and base to be met by president bashar assad as he said and made an announcement about troop withdrawal from syria we actually still quite similar an announcement from a lot of men about a year ago and it wasn't necessarily matched with policy on the ground large number of russian troops stay than not and

hello bashar al jaafari made those coincident interview with the eleven on page tv channel on my a gene. but it's not yet clear if the syrian government allegation. join the talk three. when the war in syria is now in its seventh year has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people so far. all previous rounds of peace talks have failed to make progress. but francis says that eighty meeting with a group of rohingya refugees in bangladesh those you as a just a small fraction of the six hundred and twenty thousand. muslim minority for neighboring ghana being forced to flee will the u. n. is calling a campaign of ethnic cleansing against them. withdraw is a in ghana earlier in the week that holds if avoided using the term rohingya is it could have offended his hosts. busy he did use it articles on sunday has this report. mmhm. not all those. we often condemned on this. this is a few. more g.. yeah. risky. lupe ditched diplomatic language on friday a truly the one he had so diligently avoided sunny days earlier during a visit to burma. leading up to the track the topic of how h

iran and turkey countries that are deeply involved in the conflict he also says syria's president bashar assad is backing the peace initiative that may weaken his powers but leave him in office for at least a few years with a reformed constitution and who. we will likely see is a syria not divided but the void in terms of spheres of influence it will be like a multinational company would countries holding shares and of course russia having the biggest. political settlement is still a long way off for opponents of the government what is being discussed doesn't the bow to peace but priorities have changed in two thousand and seventeen calls for us had to be removed from power we're no longer heard western leaders now seem to be more concerned with working with russia to counter growing influence. in kenya ahead on a cross between a bus and a truck has killed at least thirty people passengers who were trapped in the wreckage a critically injured in hospital government spokesman in the rift valley region says the bus was on the wrong side of the road. investigators are at the scene of the in

sponsored talks to end the civil war the opposition is still demanding the departure of syria's president bashar al assad but that's not yet been discussed the un's humanitarian advisor for syria says that essential supplies are being allowed to reach a siege suburb of damascus yet agle and is calling on world powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from eastern guta it's been under siege since twenty thirteen nine children of diet over the past few weeks while waiting for permission from the government to be moved to hospitals just forty five minutes away the saudi led coalition says that it's intercepted another ballistic missile fired by the rebels in yemen it was reportedly shot down near the southwestern saudi city of commerce bush aides earlier who said that they'd hit a military target it's the second missile fired from yemen in less than a month the first was destroyed near riyadh's international airport on the verbal forth the coalition's been fighting the hooty is in yemen since twenty fifteen russia has accused the u.s. o

be his mission accomplished but that he touched down in a syrian and base to be met by president bashar assad as he said made an announcement about troop withdrawal from syria we actually still quite a similar and outspent lot of men whose in about a year ago and it wasn't necessarily matched with policy on the ground large number of russian troops state than not and so you know it's not clear what the actual cost outcome of today will be but the timing of the announcement seems to be extremely significant especially given that it is just announced that he'll be running for reelection again next year and what about the u.s. declaration of jerusalem as israel's capital last week by u.s. president trump we know that has stirred up a lot of anger in the middle east does that open the door for russia to extend its influence in the region. well it's certainly possible and never sent me people out as that would all be that russia would like nothing much and we still are in a statement put out by the egyptian president see that they really focus on the consensus reached between the president o

the suburb of gunta has been under control from forces loyal to president bashar al—assad. and the team. hello there. some of us have already seen snow already this festive season. for a few more, we're starting wednesday on a wintry note. we have an area of low pressure. this cloud drifting northwards in the cold air. while the system is delivering rain, mixed in with that, sleet and snow drifting across southern and south—eastern areas to start the day. further north and west, especially, northern england, northern ireland, scotland, potential for icy stretches with clear skies through the night. through the day, scotland, northern ireland, western areas of england and wales, that will have the best of the sunshine. towards the south and east, struggling to improve through the day. some areas improving. but the london area will stay pretty cloudy. across kent, up into east anglia, here, outbreaks of rain sleet and snow mixed in right through the afternoon, coupled with a strong northerly wind. that combination could actually cause a little bit of disruption. but across no

the syrian president, bashar al—assad, is said to be considering an appeal to evacuate the youngstersre among more than 130 needing urgent medical treatment in eastern ghouta. olivia crellin reports, there are some distressing images from the start. at only two months old, baby karim has become a symbol of the suffering of the 400,000 people trapped in eastern ghouta. karim lost an eye and suffered severe injuries in a reported government attack. his picture has inspired renewed focus on the plight of those trapped in the suburb of damascus, which is entering its fourth year, its fourth christmas under siege. the harrowing image of the maimed baby has spawned a social media awareness campaign with many, including the uk's ambassador to the un, matthew rycroft, and the syrian white helmets posting photos of themselves with a hand over their left eye. but in spite of the terrible images coming out of eastern ghouta, un efforts to arrange medical evacuations have so far failed. last month, nine people with urgent medical needs died there after requests to evacuate them were denied. nearl

eastern ghouta is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds, fighting the government of bashar al—assaded and besieged for four years, with fighting intensifing in recent weeks. i think it's a combination of everybody‘s efforts, that at this really low time in syria there is a ray of light, and it's the children. it's the children who are missing growing up in syria — we must sort them out, to give syria a chance of a prosperous and peaceful future. but food is hard to come by. malnutrition is now widespread. human rights groups accuse the syrian government of trying to starve the rebels into submission. this evacuation may have the appearances of a humanitarian gesture, but that's simply not the case. we've been told by two sources that the syrian government only agreed to it as part of a prisoner exchange. the main rebel faction in eastern ghouta agreed to free 29 syrian government hostages, and in return the same number of critically ill patients are being allowed to receive urgent medical care. but the united nations says hundreds of others need to be evacuated. among them, three—mo

the union of medical care and relief 0rganisations wants syrian president bashar al—assad to allow themldren. they are among more than 130 children needing urgent medical treatment there. it's been under siege now for four years. a short while ago we spoke to hamish de bretton—gordon an advisor for the union of medical care and relief organisations. i started by asking him to tell me about the process of negotiating with the syrian president. we have done it before. this time last year we approached the syrian government and also president putin, the russian president, to allow a ceasefire to allow us to get 500 children out of aleppo. in that case it worked. so we decided when we heard about the seven children with curable cancer to go down the same route. yesterday we approached bashar al—assad's office and we spoke to him via intermediaries who told us that he knew exactly the problem is at the moment and he knew about these children and he would consider whether he would allow a ceasefire and we have been told to call him back on tuesday morning to hopefully get that ceasefire in pl

the russians backing bashar al assad, and the u.s. believes bashar al assad must go. now it seems the russians publicly calling for u.s. forces to leave syria. i want to read you a statement from one of the main envoys, the task of defeating the terrorists group in syria by the americans has actually been fulfilled and therefore we believe that are crumbling. we see there's potential for conflict between these two nations in syria. very interesting to see how that plays out in the putin/trump relationship we have been talking about so much on our air, christine. >> absolutely. thank you, fred. >>> the massive thomas wildfire in southern california inching closer to being the largest in state history. as the fire grows, so does the costs to fight it. that brings the total to more than 272,000 acres and the cost to fight it topping $170 million, and it's only 65% contained. >>> and passing a spending plan to keep the government open another month. one more month. hi, i'm mike ditka. and i'm johnny bench. and we've spent our whole lives around professional sports taking

extended until december fifteenth the opposition still demanding the departure of syrian president bashar al assad but that's not yet been discussed. and the un's humanitarian advisor for syria says aid supplies aren't being allowed to reach a besieged damascus suburb egeland is calling on the world powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from eastern due to it's been under siege since twenty thirteen nine children have died in the past few weeks while waiting for permission from the government to be evacuated to hospitals just forty five minutes away we have. convoys of aid workers being blocked from women and children wounded that need desperately this price inside the area of eastern good which is indeed just forty five minute drive from that must this city there is now malnutrition among the children it has gone from two percent to twelve percent a five fold increase in the last ten months. the united nations security council failed last month to agree on investigating chemical attacks in syria the inquiry into their use

to eye on most issues regarding syria but still have differences on the future role of president bashar assad and the issue of syrian kurdish fighters the wife e.g. put in began his wall when chip in syria the fust time the russian president was that the country since the start of the war the ill is seven years ago he was greeted by senior officers and warmly embraced by president. potence forces have been helping his troops is two thousand and fifteen when the syrian government was on the brink of collapse in a speech put in declared victory over what he described as terrorists and amounts to a partial pullout of his soldiers from city. to the general command i give this order russia's military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you for your service put in also pledged to continue to support syria militarily by keeping some of his forces on the ground he then departed for the egyptian capital there he met president of the fatah. the leaders have been strengthening ties in vicinities put in and says he also signed a deal on nuclea

bashar al-assad will give up powers, he'll keep the military, security and others. and leave the economic ministries and others that need a lot of money, if you don't have the money, you'll be out soon. and i think the regime knows that. that is why they are putting their money on that. they think whatever opposition comes, they'll come without enough funds. and then the people, the syrian people will look at bashar al-assad and say, you know, we were better seven years ago. what you people calling for democracy have brought for us, with the u.s. and europe and the alice, where is the money? the $300 billion that we need for construction. that will be the difficult start. [applause] mr. al-assad: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. [chatter] ♪ announcer: c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. wednesday morning, american university law professor angela davis talks about race and criminal justice reform, and a discussion on politics in the media with the washington examiner. be sure to watch washingto

father's native city the area was at the time under the control of armed rebels opposing president bashar al assad's. two days after the bombings he went to the city and filmed everything he saw these images were filmed by ibrahim militia mechanisms on that island so i feel that a big email you said it upset our people. and if you be doing to them an american tough a kid and. i mean talk to you so much and which i wouldn't want to study it should be day tartlets milo look and look and but they aren't happy to govern the french and have it on a lady. walking . and. walking. i'll give you everything. if brahim was guided by residence to the location of the strikes surrounded by debris he started recording the evidence oh. yeah it's a three bus. something that the. victim. of a. scan mode would still look and hadn't a fit it was so dull without them in the midst the of the. old boy. ebrahim recovered an unexploded grenade which he believed to contain saddam gassed it was confirmed by these amateur videos filmed by a local camera man at the hospital inside just after the attack the symptoms l

bashar al-assad will give up powers, he'll keep the military, security and others. and leave the economic ministries and others that need a lot of money, if you don't have the money, you'll be out soon. and i think the regime knows that. that is why they are putting their money on that. they think whatever opposition comes, they'll come without enough funds. and then the people, the syrian people will look at bashar al-assad and say, you know, we were better seven years ago. what you people calling for democracy have brought for us, what did you give us? your allies with the u.s. and europe? where is the money? that will be the difficult start. [applause] mr. al-assad: thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> coming up, efforts to fight online sex trafficking. that is followed by a look at how social media is being used by violent extremists, and what can be done. eastern, our c-span cities tour, in concord massachu

troops from syria he made an unannounced stop at home air base where he spoke to the syrian president bashar al assad russian forces of course have played an important role in supporting assad's army. you know. but he goes to the general command i give disorder russia's military presence in syria has come to an end the motherland awaits you friends safe journey i thank you this we then saw mr putin in the egyptian capital cairo with president of the fattah el-sisi they agreed to build egypt's first nuclear plant and also discussed that conflict in syria then he is off to turkey of course moscow and ankara have been active in syria's war but crucially they are on opposing sides more from mohamed i don't know who is in on her. the russian leader will conclude his way to all three countries. and is expected to hold talks with east. of the presidential palace behind me the to discuss many issues including bilateral issues trade between the two countries energy and defense matis syria is going to dominate the talks the two countries have seen in their relations ever since turkey doll and a debt b

let's get some reaction to that and everything else now with marwan bashar al jazeera senior political analyst he joins us live from doha and i suppose these comments from the suggest that if anything the conflict in yemen could get even worse there is the potential for even more escalation this there would be an unfortunate through the of the situation. meaning that the death of. which is basically a blow to his new our lives in riyadh would be that's considered an opportunity for the alliance as well as for months. on his followers to escalate the war in yemen as i said it's an unfortunate reading of the situation and the developments today because if anything. his followers i'm sure have learned the lessons. there is no military solution for the problem in yemen that the civil wars are not worn they're only lost and if anything this should have been an opportunity before i think least before and this kill a show of military action is taken that diplomacy is once again being tried out to see if the various parties including the healthy s. will now embrace the u.n. the initiative for.

now the leader of the syrian opposition has accused president bashar assad's government of rejecting the peace talks in geneva an eighth round of un back negotiations aimed at ending syria's war began last week talks were paused over the weekend and both sides were expected to return to the swiss city on tuesday but the government delegation was a no show. now an exhibition opened at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum that highlights the plight of syria's missing citizens as part of the museum's mission to alert the world to crimes against humanity also in jordan takes a look if life is revealed in details these scraps of cloth list those of eighty two men who were held any secret military prison in syria five years ago they are now on display at the u.s. holocaust memorial museum in washington. over the loudspeakers a man reads the names of the prisoners the men he had suffered alongside for the better part of the year it's the least the human rights activist mansour omari says he could do i am on sort of money i come from. syria. story you will see inside is the story that was hidd