has put itself in a posion where it has really thrown itself behind bashar al-assad, two were it has e leverage over assad. at the same time, it is almost kept prisoner by bashar al-assad. if he decides for example to continue the bombardment of eastern ghouta, because he has become very essential to the geopolitical aims of moscow in syria and in the middle east. l had some very strong rhetoric an hour agoavrov -- verylavrov h some strong rhetoric while speaking with his portuguese counterpart, saying that there is a possibility that this resolution can be followed, that the fighting can be stopped and the cease-fire can begin. but the specific parameters he said, are not being followed by the patrons of those groups who are fighting on the ground, alluding to western powers, the u.s. and turkey. he says that it took so long for this draft resolution to pass through the un security council is because russia was trying to water down these terms, watered-down what lavrov referred to as the specific parameters. he is now accusing other powers of not following those parameters. so, that

there will in fact be such a deal the cuts could be out for up for a pragmatic alliance with bashar al assad's regime in order to first of all push back turkey's military offensive there is no talking so far about a political agreement for bashar al assad of course it would mean that he would be maybe getting control back over these kurdish controlled areas in north and syria his troops have backed out in twenty twelve so if he finds somehow a deal with the cuts it would mean that he is back in charge and it would give him overall in the end major advantage in the syrian civil war and just looking at least a complicated situation for move from a wider perspective we have kurdish militias in northern syria who have been working with the united states against islamic states washington of course poses serious presidents so the kurds seem to be at risk of alienating the u.s. allies by this move. well phil as your question already suggests the situation is very very complex and my feeling is as we saw in the past years in the civil war alliances are shifting there are often very pragmatic alliances

syrian state television and now says that forces loyal to president bashar al assad will be deployed to africa in. turkey launch an operation against the people's protection units or y p g who are in control of the province almost a month ago ankara calls the y.p. g a terrorist organization the united states considers the group its most effective ally in fighting eisel. this new move by damascus in africa could mean its allied militia directly confronts turkish troops turkey's foreign minister was defiant yes in the name of the regime is in train their claims p.y.t. and there are no problems however if i come in to defend the y.p. g.e. the nothing and nobody can stop us the supplies to efren as well as members and to the east of the euphrates river the developments when set behind the scenes negotiations the details of which are unclear if the kurds are going to accept the major conditions of the syrian regime will decide on that very heavy weapons. and shows will they be exiting the city because the syrian regime is also being syria democratic forces to exit the city and to move to

that bashar al assad could become the premier war criminal of the twenty first century. is assad really a tyrant or simply a modern political leader is he a friend or a foe so far the west has not been able to decide one reason for this is that assad is a master at concealing his real intentions you have to put your feet both on the other with the. belief that the future yes. in two thousand and nine two years before the syrian uprising began a french t.v. crew accompanied assad and his wife as they drove to a concert in damascus i would have a go to i would do the butt of. only do it myself but if that be unsecure no no it is if you don't. proof and open the window. hoping you include. otherwise you would be living in a living in a cage nobody will still have a cage. bashar was never supposed to become president he graduated from medical school in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight and later did post-graduate work in ophthalmology a hospital in london. his wife graduated from king's college london and worked for several years as an investment banker. brother basile t

stop to the a syrian government attacks on civilians and called out bashar al-assad's biggest supporters. >> not just about the syrian government but his backers and we call on all of the backers, including russia, to make sure stopsiolent -- violence and people in need of help are given help. >> she says the u.k. is working with the united nations to help get humanitarian aid to the area and that president charles on is preventing many of the -- bashar al-assad is preventing many from leaving to get medical help. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalist and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. in new yorks noon at 5:00 p.m. in london and 1:00 a.m. in hong kong. i am vonnie quinn. shery: i am shery ahn. welcome to bloomberg markets. ♪ shery: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, here are the top stories on the bloomberg. fomc will release the january minutes from janet yellen's last meeting as fed chair, will then upgrade the plant to four hikes? j.p. morgan chase with a new address in the big apple, what the move me

zidan bashar al assad's government controls the area to the south his forces and the white b.g. have mostly avoided direct conflict but they have different views for syria's future assad is pushing for control of the whole country while the kurds want an autonomous region in the north max abrams is an assistant professor of political science at northeastern university he says it's hard to predict how turkey will react to the alliance. over the past few days turkey has been reopening up its military operations and now sir and in that sense it's hard to imagine a church you know standing by especially because erdogan has really been emphasizing the importance the critical importance of taking out the y.p. which are described in turkey as really just an offshoot of the p.k. today that's ten zero zero zero zero zero zero if you know that this european arab army were to go in there and basically rescue control from the y.p. . then the main sort of turkish just british and the counterterrorism just of being there would sort of subside but there are a lot of wildcards in terms of what's

was in self-defense, no americans hurt in this attack, the us bombed a syrian air base after bashar al-assadsed chemical weapons on his own people. we have seen evidence of that. mike pence, second lady karen penn's landing in south korea ahead of the winter olympics, he will be the us delegation at tomorrow's opening ceremony. last night he met with american servicemembers in japan saying the military is ready for anything. >> all options are on the table. the american armed forces, self-defense forces of japan, will be ready to defend our people and our way of life. >> the vice president on his way to a bilateral meeting with the president of south korea. from being first in the super bowl to replacing the vice president, philadelphia eagles quarterback will be the keynote speaker at the national prayer breakfast tonight. he is stepping in for mike pence who is in south korea for the winter olympics opening ceremony. pastor robert jeffers will join us with what we can expect. isis on the run in the middle east, a brand-new thready mergers, new warning, and pay for play, bombshell testimony

pushed back pro syrian government fighters from our freend fighters loyal to president president bashar al assad entered the area to help kurdish fighters there fend off a turkish assault. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has proposed a new international peace summit with israel at the u.n. one that rules out the united states as the chief broker a u.s. says it remains ready to talk but it won't chase after the palestinians. u.s. president donald trump is recommending a ban on devices that can turn semiautomatic firearms into machine guns that would include so-called bump stocks which were used in the las vegas mass shooting in october where fifty eight people died the white house says it's open to raising the minimum age for people buying the type of rifle that was used in last week's school shooting in florida that killed seventeen people i did joe castor is joining us live now from washington d.c. the top administration has been criticized in the past for not making fast enough statements after a shooting incidents and yet it seems to have come out fairly quickly with this one . certainly rob

the government is accusing the us of committing crime by bombing fighters loyal to president bashar al assad in their hours or province the u.s. led coalition says one hundred fighters loyal to the syrian government died in the air strikes it says there were a response to what it called an unprovoked attack on the headquarters of its ally the s t f but russia which backs as sound says the strikes are part of an effort by washington to control key economic assets in the region to prevent them from falling into the hands of the syrian government or from washington our pentagon correspondent patty culhane has more. i said at a briefing with secretary of defense jim mattis he was off camera but on the record and he called what happened in syria a quote for plex in situation and he said because for years the euphrates river has been a kind of do not cross line that if the u.s. or u.s. backed forces or russian or russian backed forces were going to cross it they talk about it before and he said that didn't happen this time he said u.s. forces were embedded along with the s.d.f. and they saw tanks

recent misery caused by the syrian government when you see the russian government propping up bashar al assad when you see what bashar al assad has done to his very own people including innocent women and children i'm a mom i see those videos i'm horrified and second by at and i can share the sentiment on behalf of everyone in the united states i think when they see that that that is unacceptable russia is propping up that regime russia had said years ago that it would help help syria get rid of its chemical weapons russia failed to do that the syrian regime was back on its heels years ago who came in and prop them up or russia dead. german cities will soon be able to ban the use of diesel cars on their streets after a ruling from the federal court and measures are being imposed to tackle air pollution in the stomach came reports from the capital berlin ruling could have huge ramifications for car makers in germany which is europe's largest car market soon cities in germany could enforce bans on older diesel vehicles it's a move environmental groups here have long campaigned for and now thank

well the syrian president bashar al assad is there because there are enough syrians who say we trust the government to protect us and they're on our interests against whatever challenges we see. the united states and other western countries and regional countries raise like qatar saudi arabia and turkey indeed have tried everything they could to arm the rebels and to basically inflict as much devastation in syria along with israel of course in order to make the syrian government collapse and that didn't happen because again there are enough serious behind it now. at the end of the day that the road. headed from damascus is increasingly challenging so the last we've heard from prison assad was that kurds who supported the occupation or american occupation project which is exactly what it is indeed good terms of the nobody invited them legally to syria and their presence over there amounts to occupation especially if it's a long term project any syrian who sits the project is going to be dubbed as a traitor and that means the syrian government is preparing and probably is prepared alre

and germany on their part have tried to talk to the russian government to try and persuade the bashar al assad government that pressure supports to try and end the suffering in the east and stop the fighting so that aid can actually come in to this enclave which holds more than for about four hundred thousand people who are desperately in need of humanitarian aid and medical assistance. it's a sign of a jab at life for us there in gaziantep thank you let's take a closer look now at the u.n. resolution and wow the top line of a cease fire might sound strong the small print gives the syrian government and its allies some wiggle room the deal took days of negotiations and in the end the u.n. agreed to seek the truce in their words without delay instead of immediately syria's ally russia had argued an immediate cease fire was unrealistic and the kluges an exemption allowing military action against al qaeda affiliated groups and i saw some diplomats had feared the syrian government would argue all those fighting in eastern who to have links with those groups the serious other main supporter iran sa

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in the country to support the government the legitimate government as they see it of president bashar al assad at the behest of that government and that their forces are there on invitation and for iranian leaders the real narrative of what's been happening is that israel violated syrian sovereignty israel violated syrian airspace and provoking syria's reaction so as far as they're concerned the distortion of the ground reality is what israel is doing by saying that iran encroached with a drone into israeli airspace they called it a ridiculous lie not their serving of a response and just in the last hour the secretary of iran's national security council is shown carney said that yet another lie by israel is that it hit iranian bases inside syria and the iranian leadership here is saying that the reason iran is that israel is distorting this ground reality is to turn a public opinion against iran as it continues to fight opposition forces and hunt down islamic state fighters inside syria indeed that is what the syrian government said the trone was doing it was a surveillance drone as far as the

putin ordered a massive intervention in support of bashar al assad's regime. hundreds of missions were flown to destroy any resistance against the syrian dictator in months of bombing. the west was surprised but nevertheless allowed putin to carry on not without its own all teary or motives our calculation was that russia risks being in a situation where it was stuck like afghanistan where over time it would have to spend more and more resources to prop up assad and thus far russia has not become unfortunately exhausted by its intervention in syria. although the russians wanted to avoid getting bogged down in syria and their intervention enabled the assad regime to fight the rebels the war in syria was also a war of images. during the syrian conflict putin saw how much he could use communications for his own ends . when your military budget is ten times lower than that of the united states then it is a weapon of the weak so he asked his new chief of staff general valery gas him off to come up with a new military doctrine but we knew it was a shithole not want

russia really do russia and iran are on the same side they're supporting the syrian president bashar al assad so russia really has to take a look at what it wants and what it wants to achieve and how useful iran is to remember the iranians are fighting force within the syrian conflict and one of the major fighting forces in support of the fighting forces like hezbollah so they crucial they have a crucial role for probing president bashar al assad so the russians really now need to listen to what the israelis are saying and then decide what's in russian interest what's israeli interest what's in syrian interest but it's likely the nothing much will change given that they do support the iranians all right to him and calm there in west jerusalem in one thousand plus corso now to the lebanese capital beirut until tuesday to hold as a no this isn't the first time israel has carried out strikes inside syria but how serious was this particular incident. well like you mentioned it wasn't the first israeli air strike of its kind there have been numerous strikes over the past few years but this is the

have been in negotiations with the bashar al assad government for a number of days now sources have been telling us that there are sticking points including the man with reconstruction of kurdish fighters into the city and government forces there giving up of heavy weapons by these kurdish fighters and giving up all of their military bases and manipulations going to one of those some of those points that they were agreeing to as were being asked by the syrian government the details of disagreement have not been made public or clear is yet but goodish try to say that they've asked the syrian government to come in and help them to secure these areas against the turkish advances if an event syrian forces enter that border area between syria and turkey called free and where the fighting is continuing where turkey has launched the operation on a ranch to try and clear it from the these kurdish fighters if it is to be seen that how will turkey respond because turkey has been stating that the whole purpose of this operation is to clear its border areas of fight as richard calls terrorists and w

in syria at the behest of who they see as the legitimate government of the country president bashar al assad and they are there to support that government and they're saying runyan leaders are saying that the real narrative is that israel in fact encroached on syrian airspace has had it has done several times in the past and this time the syrian government response was something that iranian leaders said was long time coming and they certainly celebrated it we've heard bold rhetoric in the past bold and defiant rhetoric from both the iranian leadership as well as the syrians and they've said that they will respond at an appropriate time with an appropriate measure and it seems now that that bold rhetoric has been backed up by fire firepower one of the officials who spoke told a zero after the incident said that the downing of one fighter plane is only the beginning and if israel's aggressive activity continues that iran and its allies in the region are prepared to deal with that aggression so certainly a lot of tough talk on both sides but there is also an effort to deescalate the situation

president bashar al assad's actions within syria they say that iran is the power behind the throne particular when it comes to the support of the lebanese group hezbollah so there is that side of this the happening right now this is very easy for the israelis to do that very well equipped to blame iran for anything that happens in syria what's of more concern to the israelis right now is how this f. sixteen was shot down by israeli story by syrian air defenses hasn't been a f. sixteen or a fighter jet that's been full and as a result of any census terms for a very long times as likely to be a big inquiry the syrians were likely to be celebrating this as a chink in the israeli air force all of these worries present pride themselves on the fact that they can patrol the air space over the arab world without much competition from anybody else so this is going to be a big inquiry as to how this was all shot down but it's now about the politics and the optics of all of this these raids are now going to go off to iran blame them squarely for this but they'll be looking to see how an incident like th

has accused president bashar al assad's forces of producing and using new kinds of weapons to deliver deadly chemicals italy's prime minister has condemned a racially motivated to drive by shooting saying hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide the nation six african immigrants have been injured in the central italian town of much errata police have arrested a man who draped himself with an italian flag and had been making a fascist salute pita sharples more. this was a drive by shooting that italian police said was racially motivated. firing from this vehicle the lone gunman is said to have targeted foreigners on the streets in a shooting spree that lasted over two hours. it took place in the central italian city of much errata the mass said six people were wounded all of them black one with life threatening injuries a twenty eight year old italian name does look at try any was arrested by military police draped in an italian flag he reportedly wore during the shootings attorney had no previous criminal record and his motive for the shootings is unclear he did stand as a fa

well usually targets the armed group hezbollah and syria which is fighting alongside president bashar al assad's forces and weather update is next and then those accused of launching a student to death and august on their fate and court and making cities more livable the world urban farm is happening in one of them paul we look at how policymakers they're trying to rejuvenate a neighborhood. still plenty of very heavy rain into borneo and also into indonesia this little area cloud here just to raja caught up to choose some very very heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding that has been some major problems around jakarta as a result of that as we go on through the next few days because we are into the rainy season so the heavy showers will continue to rumble away and that's the case as we go through thursday so much rather into borneo don't see bad further north and west pushing up towards bangkok for example to say could be up to thirty one celsius and that dry weather continuing well into the weekend thirty one celsius staying dry there for singapore but the wet weather will continue beca

strikes israel usually targets the group hezbollah and syria which is fighting alongside president bashar al assad's forces of course and pakistan is delivering its verdict in the case of a student who was learned just after being accused of blasphemy hundreds of students dragged out of his university dorm in the northern city of mud down in april last year he was beaten before being shot dead fifty seven people have gone on trial police determined during the investigation that there was no evidence had committed blaspheming. the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us risking it all is coming up next and a reminder you can always keep up to date with all the news on our website that said al-jazeera dot com thank you very much for watching. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed job as a satisfied with the state of their economy this is easily the start news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on al-jazeera. her.

achieve in a province well one of the main goals of russia and syria is to support a government of bashar al assad so what they want to achieve in italy opposed to the treaty the rebels there or at least a large part of them so that's why the conflict this increasing there at this moment because russia is supporting assad to try to take over most of the areas back to the syrian government ok thank you very much fatima fun they'll come back for talking to us initially at least six people have been injured in a drive by shooting in the city of my karata all of the victims were foreigners a twenty eight year old italian man is now in custody the country's interior minister says that the suspect had neo nazi and fascist ties and was motivated by racial hatred. a victim of the drive by shooting on his way to hospital. he's one of six african immigrants who police believe was targeted in a racist attack that shocked italy the suspect opened fire in eight areas of much of our in a two hour terrorist spree one of the injured describes what happened was possible to get. to know. some of the injured was sta

peace but now it is stained with blood it's also the end of one as extending the olive branch to bashar al assad in syria who once used to be his allies it was not much but this operation is an attempt to massacre the kurds open the story up to the journalist who knows servile colleagues who got into trouble with authorities over reports criticizing the offensive he says the government gave editors of turkey's leading media outlets directives on how to report patriotically . with anger the left i mean i have you noticed how all of the newspapers have similar headlines. this is actually government propaganda. journalists must censor themselves to avoid trouble with both. unfortunately you can't do you proper journalism in turkey anymore. but mahmoud a columnist for the government friendly daily sabbat disagrees he says the government is not influencing coverage of the afrin offensive. when it comes to national security every journalist bears responsibility that's how it is everywhere in the world. but that doesn't mean they're not free to report on everything but there are some media and intellec

cease fire they're not adhering to the cease fire because they continue to sponsor and back bashar al assad's government that is tragic as a result of that we are seeing innocent civilians and you've all seen the video many of you are parents you have seen the children who are suffering and dying you've seen the innocent people doing that paid groups are still waiting to deliver desperately needed supplies so imagine. if you have aid being able to be there that we can't imagine it's really getting got first big for the people inside the residents of eastern are going to use a brief lull in the fighting to clear the rubble and hope the next pause brings real relief. let's bring in diana seaman here she's a syria researcher from amnesty international and joins us now from beirut how does the temporary cease fire brought any relief to the people of eastern go to. not yet i mean people who've interviewed her and side of history would have told us that the ceasefire was lighted or breached even before the two pm deadline that was said by russia a doctor told amnesty international that even before

this quote comes from the main opposition to bashar al—assad, the national coalition and they think thattional silence about the tragedy that is happening there. when we think of the syrian war... that is the politicians. we think about aleppo, but this is off the scale and some people are saying that eastern ghouta is turning into it and it seems that the president is determined to take this enclave because it has been in the opposition‘s hands for years. because it has been in the opposition's hands for yearsm because it has been in the opposition's hands for years. it is one of the rebel held suburbs of damascus, if he is able to take this, it would be a game changerfor him and his fight to cling on to syria in terms of his leadership.- what cost? there are talk of people being slaughtered wholescale in the last couple of days. we are talking about barrage is of air strikes, rocket fire artillery going into several towns, hitting hospitals, schools and very large numbers of children being killed as well. absolutely all. it the online story has analysis from jeremy ballon, our middle e

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residents there is nowhere to hide from unrelenting airstrikes carried out by the forces of president bashar al assad his military says that it is targeting only what it calls terrorists but independent monitors say the shelling has killed more than four hundred civilians since sunday many of them children. hell on earth and there's no escape this hospital now a graveyard. government work planes have been pounding eastern cuba for the fifth consecutive day children are under siege in one of the most brutal bombardments this war has ever seen and some of the most. we were able to evacuate our patients or treat them. we had to do one of the operations under the rubble and if . we couldn't evacuate we had to do it under the rubble. 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.

and bombarded by the syrian government forces, backed by the russians, but it is basically bashar al—assad his own people, killing them. 0k, al—assad bombing his own people, killing them. ok, let's turn, we are going to stay with the observer and university chiefs having 5—star expenses. i mean, the figures here are shocking, i think an annual bill of8 are shocking, i think an annual bill of 8 million in expenses by vice chancellors, is that right? there an awful lot of numbers here but is a channel 4 awful lot of numbers here but is a channel a programme but it has been linked to the observer, and these are the questionable claims made by the university vice chancellors, including a pawn star martini. you stopped right there that you forgot the fine dining, the 5—star hotels. idid not the fine dining, the 5—star hotels. i did not know what a pawn star martini was. we do now. we looked up, we did our research. we understand it is called research. apparently, it is passionfruit, vodka with vanilla essence, and you have prosecco on the sideline juices well. freshly squeezed lime juice as wel

taking any potential deal between kurdish militia fighters in north in syria and the regime of bashar al assad seriously and it also indicates they might be willing to escalate the situation further but of course that remains to be seen because so far we have no official confirmation by the syrian regime in damascus yet there are state t.v. reports and there are conflicting reports from the kurdish side kurdish media so right now we actually don't know what's going on on the ground and if in fact pro syrian government forces are moving towards afrin the information is scarse and i can't give you a clear picture of what's happening over there but i'm sure you can tell us about turkey's perspective and their growing involvement in syria what's at stake for uncle i mean what happens if syrian forces really back the kurds. well then turkish troops would not only be fighting syrian kurdish fighters in the north and syria but also pro regime troops that means the whole military operation will get more tough it will get more risky and more complicated and this is certainly not what i'm korea official

had a guest and well that gets repeated the usual bluster let's give it a watch but you've got bashar al assad is obviously a dictator but he was against isis too and now we're fighting him it seems demented to me and i bet you if you polled most americans they would agree with me well what i think you know the administration is doing now and what president trump is doing now is shifting from isis to iran. and russia is heavily involved in there's a lot of people i think rightly asking why not just let the russians take care of it well i'll tell you a couple of reasons one the russians don't care about isis they care about defending assad to they're aligned with iran and iran has made more gains in the last decade under the obama administration in terms of advancing its had germany which is not in the united states' interest or israel's interest than they've made in the last thousand years and three i'll quote a former nato commander who said the russians have weaponized refugees pile them into europe allowed isis to infiltrate and have done more to destabilize our partners in europe and the w

they care about defending bashar al-assad. more gains under the last decade and of the obama administration in terms of advancing its hegemony, not in the u.s. interest or israel's interest, then they made in the last thousand years. three, i'll quote a former nato commander who said the russians have weaponize refugees, piled them into europe, allowed isis to infiltrate, have done more to destabilize our partners in europe. so i think all of those things occurred -- >> tucker: with respect, that is pure propaganda in my opinion. russia and iran are bad, i'm not defending them. i wish we had more time. thank you. >> thanks. >> tucker: parades are fun. president trump wants to throw one for the fourth of july and a lot of people are collapsing into panic. that story is next. ♪ with standard technology like lexus safety system plus. the lexus es, and es hybrid. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. kayak compares hundreds of travel and airline sites so you can be confident you're getting the right flight at the best price. ch

reportedly pushed back prosimian government fighters from free in fighters loyal to president bashar al assad enter the area to help kurdish fighters there fend off a turkish assault turkey's president reza tayyip erdogan has vowed to capture the area within days. u.s. president donald trump is recommending a ban on devices that can turn semiautomatic firearms into machine guns it would include so-called bump stocks which were used in the las vegas mass shooting in october where where fifty eight people died the white house says it's open to raising the minimum age for people buying the type of rifle that was used in last week's school shooting in florida that killed seventeen people and students who survived last week's shooting are heading to florida's capitol to directly appealed to state legislatures to act on gun control the republican controlled legislature had been willing to unwilling to enact tighter restrictions. action speaks louder than words because if you don't do it now there's going to be another one and another one and another one and that cannot happen there is no way that t