would be but it seems to me that that ought to be a high priority because it's not just about bashar al-assad there is a serious issue of deterring future brutal dictators like bashar al-assad from engaging in the things that he did. >> let's switch topics to the second part of the speech, which really about iran. orde, you would mention, one of her takeaways was about the israeli atomic archives and its importance. i know there was a real debate in the analyst community about the importance of that archived, he said it was a big deal, nothing new. even if it was it was a violation of the jcpoa or the nct for the culprits of safeguards agreement. what is your view of the significance, the importance of that atomic archive? what does it say to you and specifically as a lawyer, and international lawyer, can one say that the existence of the it is a violation of the jcpoa and its international agreement? >> in my view the iranian nuclear archives seem to indicate that iran is currently in violation of its obligations under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and iran's comprehensive safeguards i

eleven the islamic republic decided to send military advisors to hezbollah in syria to support bashar al assad its efforts to crush the rebellion. to run had its own outlook on the syrian conflict in its size the civil uprising among part of the population against bashar al assad never took place tehran saw it as a conspiracy engineer by the west and israel. tried on was why i support bashar al assad because he wasn't is the legitimate president of syria so we are probably stayed out loud that military advisors of the islamic republic of iran have helped the syrian military the syrian government and the syrian people in order to avoid terrorists taking power over this country and replacing the legitimate syrian government. if you. put iran the country behind the terrorist threat in syria is saudi arabia. and in riyadh the saudi leaders have indeed been looking forward to the fall of bashing assad since the beginning of the syrian crisis a means for them to oppose the rise in power of iran in the region. the kingdom understood very well and told. the western countries if you look at all of the

syria's civil war may soon and but not without one final humanitarian crisis as the government of bashar al assad has reclaimed one city and region after another its opponents have been driven into smaller areas many are now considered traitors in the northern province of idlib recent statements from the government and the russia have hinted that a push to retake this last major rebel held area may begin soon we began with this report from stephanie decker who's just across the border from it live in the turkish city of antakya. all eyes now on the rebel held province of the syrian government has always said it was going to take it back and it seems an offensive is now imminent what form will this offensive take that remains the question will it be limited will it be an all out war while there's intensive negotiations going on behind the scenes between turkey between the russians and also rebel groups on the ground particular group called hired to handle shadow this group formerly associated with al qaeda known as the mr front that is the main issue this is what russia and syria say are terrorist

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avoiding a further escalation of the conflict russia is selling the world of the narrative that bashar al assad's and his they've been supporting for years has essentially won the war uncle machall said earlier that she still believes that there need to be fresh elections but at the same time germany's interested like i said in not escalating the conflict further so what germany will try and do uncle michael has set this is he's going to try and talk to flooding there putin about the potential syria meeting in turkey in september where france and turkey and russia and germany who talk about percent potential solutions all right very briefly i'd like to go over to emily share win in moscow and many of the nord stream to pipeline will bring russian gas directly to germany putin has said that it's an economic project what does he mean by that briefly if you will. well north korean two bypasses ukraine and ukraine has been very worried about that and merkel came to this meeting kind of hoping for guarantees for ukraine as well and in a way putin kind of handed those guarantees to her on a platter he

sitting down and talking to saddam hussein at one point he got a lot of criticism for talking to bashar al assad back and i think is twenty's while . trying to find peace and then going to russia to speak to putin and those people about peace and that was the thing even this isn't the last five years or years and you know in the seventy's still out there going let's talk about what we find what can we do and that's important because you know this is a guy that pushed for having a dialogue but he also pushed for things like legalizing of drugs like he understood global you know he understood global climate change he understood that the legalization for drugs would actually help here so i said no where in this divorce between rhetoric and reality more evident than in the formulation of global drug policies where too often emotions and ideology rather than evidence have prevailed and i think that's one of the best thing that's so nice that your ideology is important here like that idea nobody's ideology no one should rule us all they're all here together and that's a hope that people remember that

catastrophe on its southern border and syria's last remaining rebel held province the syrian president bashar al assad's threatening to launch an offensive to retake italy many opposition fighters and their families fled to the province during the civil war so i reports from beirut. the syrian government says it is going to take the lead army helicopters dropped leaflets telling rebels and civilians in the opposition controlled northwestern province that it is better to join reconciliation agreements as others in syria have done that rebels have agreed to such deals when on the verge of military defeat so far those in it looks like they are not ready to surrender instead they arrested dozens of people they accuse of promoting a return to state rule. our security track down people who are promoting reconciliation with the regime they're trying to help the regime into some areas so we arrested them they're waging psychological warfare to weaken the morale of the fighters and people they collaborating with the regime. like in previous assaults the syrian government backs up calls for reconciliation with mi

political they now hhve their seventh prime minister in just 11 years. polly: in syria, president bashar al-assad is aiming to retake control of idlib province . order and is the last rebel held area. the russian-backed regime has this your retake and key territory through a combination of deadly bombardment and surrender deals..6 c13 c1 this both near damascus and in the soututh. senior fellow at the center for syrian studies at the university of saint andrew. thankkyou very much for joining us here on the program. firstly i wwuld like to ask you, let's focus on idlib.. well, of course, this is the last rebel stronnhold, ,o to speak.. it does haveve symbolism on that level. to muuh of the covoverage on ths is that sommwhwhere along the line, we forget that what began in march 2011 was not a military battle. peacefulin its essence prooest, expressing real grievances the syrran people have. so when we cast this a as a victory y that will somemeeow ad this the question is, what will it end, when it was not a military battle to begin with? important a as it is, thehese victctories, whehether in the

dictatorship must come down before anyone would dare to go home when we asked them about president bashar al assad they said they don't want he did because that would be too easy is the syrian government in fact more than isis that has ruined their lives and led to so much of the refugee crisis they escape with a children and if you please actions but as of the man they blame for leaving them homeless come twenty team the syrian army is one by one retaking new areas from opposing factions anti assad forces once in charge of the larger part of syria are reduced to two small pockets of land and what's that a tide of refugees is coming home. to go back we want to return to our beloved syria i want my daughter to have a future she doesn't. have then i want to go back to syria return to our home alicia said as for why i am going back there is no place like home we were not happy here thank god safety and security of back in syria and separate downy now we are hopefully returning home it's not a case of a few mad men who are for some twisted reason seeking to return under the regime of a tyrant accordin

return to their homes -- the words of sergey lavro russia's foreign minister, whose country backs bashar al-assad. moscow is making a concerted effort to prove that its efforts in the war-torn country are bringing peace, not more bloodshed. our correspondent steve rosenberg has been embedded in with the russian military in southern syria and sent this report. steve: seven years of war began in this town. itns the cradle of the syr revolution, the first place to rise up against the t le of presidsad. last month, government troops regained control of eae whole ar it is a hugely symbolic victory for the syrian president. what began here as a pro-democracy protest became a civil war that h left more than half a million people dead and forced more than 12 million syrians from their homes. it is a war which president assad seems certain to win. but he could not have done that without the russian military. and our guides for this trip are the russian military. their aim in bringing foreign journalists here, to convince us that moscow has brought stability to syria. we are taken into the hills. russian m

the west bustling open for business, but the east once the center t f the rebellion agaiesident bashar al-assaduins. we saw some streets piles of rock and dust. the united nations says roughly 66,000 refugees returned to syria last year. but more than 5 million have fled since the start of the war. now syria needs people and money to rebuild. the government backing control of eastern aleppo is telling refugees they have one year to claim their property or it will be seized but this doctor says he can't go back. he was a doctor at eastern alpo's last hospital when it was bombed by the assad government and it's russian ally. the doctor and his young family are now seeking asylum in britain. what do you think would happen if you went back? >> for sure i would be arrested. the hospital, targeting schools, they have said we stop doing tht come back. the syrian government is the main problem. >> reporter: a count still torn apart. kelly cobiella, nbc news, aleppo. >>> still ahead tonight, another daring heist caught on camera. a gang of thieves in and out of an apple store in just 20 seconds. wait un

may have china but why for example we don't see a you when investigation into syrian president bashar al assad for it. it is that's because russia stands behind him right it's the same issue you know again well you can have an investigation and. what but what is the outcome finally and the outcome if you come to the response of a puzzle to see international criminal code while you have the facts if you can say that some years later the person may be charged before an interval come out to have you know and also if he or she is outside the con the country what about the united states it has not joined the u.n. and accused me and more the military of genocidal intent how important is that. this confirms the very cautious attitude does the united states and in particular as a genocide is is not. well accepted you know raise not well come in u.n. circles because people feel that this entails a lot of consequences and countries are powerful should do something about it if you say this is genocide and this is a call for action but nobody wants to abse send the military tell me i'm on yeah i mean it w

treasure that has been strained so deep it will take syria years decades to heal and i think bashar al assad will never again rule over syria he might for the time being with the assistance of the russians and the iranians be able to run one military battle after another and one military victory after another but the political governing of syria united like it was before two thousand and eleven that's just impossible very sobering thoughts they are my own bashar a senior political analyst in london thank you. maybe you want to get in touch with us you can do that on any number of platforms as long as you use that hash tag a.j. news good we're going to find what you say you might go to twitter at a.j. english we put a tweet out there just before the show you can reply to the thread and osama is our producer on duty looking for your responses at facebook dot com slash al-jazeera the live stream to watch and comment as you go talk to them talk amongst yourselves talk directly to us or use that number plus months of a full five hour one triple one four nine that'll cover you on telegram and on a

that liberation looks like whether in homs or aleppo areas back into the control of president bashar al assad's forces backed by russia and iran some of the. elders there the british prime minister is in south africa she's looking for business after breck's it to reason mazing cape town after that she goes to nigeria and to kenya britain with south africa's sic largest trading partner last year we have been working with with african nations with african governments in the past what i'm talking about today is a new partnership for the future recognizing the challenges that we both face we've already seen the benefits of the growth in the economy the stability here in south africa and the investment we've seen from the u.k. i think there are huge opportunities for us to work together both the u.k. and south africa to increase that investment in the future to the mutual benefit both of south africans and of the united kingdom more now from for me to miller. the prime minister is calling this a new partnership with africa she says based on shared prosperity and security now so far she's announced t

dictatorship must come down before anyone would dare to go home when we asked them about president bashar al assad they said they don't want him dead because that would be too easy it is the syrian government in fact more than isis that has ruined their lives and led to so much of the refugee crisis they escape with their children and if you possessions but as they crossed the border to safety many also bring their hatred of the man they blame for leaving them homeless come twenty team the syrian army is one by one retaking new areas from opposing factions and he assad forces once in charge of the larger part of syria are reduced to two small pockets of land and what's that tide of refugees is coming home. to go back we want to return to our beloved syria and i want my daughter to have a future she doesn't. want to go back to syria returned home a lesser sad that's why i'm going back there is no place like home we were not happy thank god safety and security are back in syria and never done it now we hope that returning home it's not a case of a few mad men who are for some twisted reason seeking

dictatorship must come down before anyone would dare to go home when we asked them about president bashar al assad they said they don't want he dead because that would be too easy is the syrian government in fact more than isis that has ruined their lives and led to so much of the refugee crisis they escape with their children and if you possessions but as they cross the border to safety many also bring their hatred of the man they blame for leaving them homeless come twenty team the syrian army is one by one retaking new areas from opposing factions and he assad forces once in charge of the larger part of syria are reduced to two small pockets of land and what's that a tide of refugees is coming home we want to go back we want to return to our beloved syria i want my daughter to have a future she doesn't. have then i want to go back to syria returned home a lesser sad as to why i am going back there is no place like home we were not happy here thank god safety and security are back in syria and danny now we are hopefully returning home it's not a case of a few mad men who are for some twisted rea

dictatorship must come down before anyone would dare to go home when we asked them about president bashar al assad they said they don't want him dead because that would be too easy is the syrian government in fact more than isis that has ruined their lives and led to so much of the refugee crisis they escape with their children and if you possessions but as they cross the border to safety many also bring their hatred of the man they blame for leaving them homeless come twenty team the syrian army is one by one retaking new areas from opposing factions and he assad forces once in charge of the larger part of syria are reduced to two small pockets of land and what's that tide of refugees is coming home. to go back we want to return to our beloved syria i want my daughter to have a future she doesn't. have then i want to go back to syria return to our home alicia said as for why i am going back there is no place like home we were not happy here thank god safety and security of back in syria and separate downy now we are hopefully returning home it's not a case of a few mad men who are for some twiste

syrian president bashar al assad says his army is close to victory in the country's civil war his regime now holds around true thirds of syrian territory with kurdish groups controlling much of the rest with many commentators saying the war in syria is nearing an end refugees a broader facing mounting pressure to go home lebanon is currently hosting roughly one point five million syrian refugees the highest proportion in the world travel to the town of a mother who fled syria the government killed her husband and son and there's no way back for her chill for her and her children but work our correspondent reports . it was not a voyage of the undertaking but the mother of eight and grandmother of three children was forced to flee her syrian home. to take refuge in the town of ourselves just across the border. although it happened five years ago the memories are still fresh my son or husband and son were killed in the syrian war. to beginning of the uprising protests were not violent they were peaceful but my husband killed because he took part in the my son was with the regime army doing

of syria who were still sufferingened the oppressive -- suffering under the violent regime of bashar al-assad. i worked with john to pursue a policy as to how the united states could best support the aspirations of the people for stabilities and a prosperous future. john mccain and i didn't agree on all national security issues, but i will always remember his courage of conviction when it came to standing with the oppressed and vulnerable people across the world against tyrannical dictators or despots. and on this issue, we were on the same page, trying to get the policy right. whether it was international affairs or domestic policies, john worked to find common ground with his colleagues, though to do that we were trying to create, of course, a stronger country and a better world. and i'm grateful to have been included among those who can say that they worked with john mccain to try to enact good policy. mr. president, let me conclude with these words. in one of his final interviews, john mccain, when asked how he would like to be remembered, his simple response was, quote, he served his cou

problems that's one of the vast areas of territory still held by rebels opposed to president bashar al assad. folk counting is underway and mollie's presidential runoff after a tense election that was marred by violence security sources say a poll worker was killed by the harvests in the north of the country and the threat of violence may have kept turnout low incumbent ibrahim boubacar is expected to win the vote the result is due later this week for. checks at polling stations security measures were once again stepped up for molly's presidential election runoff voters chose between the incumbent president even him. and opposition leader . seventy three year old kate to said he was confident of victory after topping the poll in the first round of voting. but many in the country were unhappy with the outcome. and. i'm a bit disappointed with the first round went but unfortunately i don't expect much to change in the second round. the opposition are concerned about voter fraud demonstrating in the capital bamako at the weekend. plus many were unable to vote in the first round that's after aro

you know, he referred to bashar al—assad, the president of syria, as an animal, a "gas—killing animal missiles in syria". i don't approve of that. not only don't i approve of that, i like the secretary general‘s position. he said... secretary general of the un, antonio guterres. he said what is required is unfettered investigation, to determine who was responsible, hold them to account, and ensure that impunity is not allowed to stand. kofi annan there. 0ur correspondent imogen foulkes told us about the reaction to kofi annan‘s death. we will all miss him greatly. just a couple of years ago, i was with kofi annan, chairing just a little debate in geneva, in which he was taking part. often, with these events in geneva, you don't fill the room. it was packed. there were people queueing outside the door, to get into an assembly hall which actually holds hundreds of people. and, just about, you know, every un worker in geneva who could get an hour off was in that room. they wanted to hear the former secretary general talk about the issues facing the world. he was greatly, greatly loved in

territories for several years rescuing victims of the fighting and government asterix syria's president bashar al assad describes them as western sponsored propaganda tools to help terrorists as the russian backed military gradually defeated rebel forces the danger confronting the white helmets increased with government troops approaching dozens of them and their families in the areas of daraa and were evacuated to the golan heights by israeli troops from that they were taken to jordan canada britain and germany have agreed to take the main t.w. simon young has been speaking with for ok i'll have to be one of the white helmets cofounders who told him its members didn't want to leave. first of all i would like to say that. we asked for support to protect those volunteers and their families inside syria we didn't aim at getting anyone outside but because the international community failed to ensure protection of civilians inside syria and particularly for the humanitarian workers and the white helmets the last resort for for those volunteers were to to escape through the occupied golan heights to short a

dictatorship must come down before anyone would dare to go home when we asked them about president bashar al assad they said they don't want he did because that would be too easy is the syrian government in fact more than isis that has ruined their lives and led to so much of the refugee crisis they escape with their children and if you possessions but as they cross the border to safety many also bring their hatred of the man they blame for leaving them homeless come twenty team the syrian army is one by one retaking new areas from opposing factions and he assad forces once in charge of the larger part of syria are reduced to two small pockets of land and what's that a tide of refugees is coming home we want to go back we want to return to our beloved syria i want my daughter to have a future she doesn't. have then i want to go back to syria return to our home alicia said as for why i am going back there is no place like home we were not happy here thank god safety and security are back in syria and danny now we are hopefully returning home it's not a case of a few madmen who are for some twisted

province that's one of the last areas of territory still held by rebels opposed to president bashar al assad. a white supremacist rally in washington d.c. fizzled out on sunday after only a handful of neo nazis showed up the supremacy ists were massively outnumbered by hundreds of counter protesters rally was held on the first anniversary of a demonstration in charlottesville virginia where one woman was killed. i have hundreds of people marching through washington to condemn racial hatred the year after a white supremacist rally in charlottesville ten deadly these counter-demonstrators far outnumber the white nationalist protest which is also being held in the u.s. capital yes it's vital that. we don't allow white supremacist and open fascists to take the street on contested i don't want nazis and white supremacists to speak for me i thought it was important to come out so that there's other voices to counteract them this empowerment of people who think that their comrades in the conference it was either the booze rights is the way out of line and because it was against all isn't it ridicul

may have china but why for example we don't see you when investigation into syrian president bashar al assad for example and is that's because russia stands behind him right it's the same issue you know again well you can have an investigation and. what but what is the outcome finally and the outcome if you come to the response of a puzzle to see international criminal code while you have the facts if you can say that some years later yeah and maybe each august before an interim come out tribunals and also if he or she is outside the calm the country what about the united states it has not joined the you when accused me and more the military of genocidal intent how important is that while there is. the very cautious attitude of the united states and in particular the genocide is is now. well accepted you know a very small will come in u.n. circles because people feel that is entails a lot of consequences and countries a powerful should do something about it if you say this is genocide and this is a cold fraction nobody wants to act just send the military to me i'm ah yeah i mean it will be i

has not offered its support yet president bashar al assad has dropped leaflets over there calling for rebel groups to surrender and this may be the new unifying factions that he and god willing and we hope that it could help the country and the revolution we hope all the factions can be joined under one name that there would be tickets and usually what you would never waste our martyrs on the widows blood we need to remember those who suffer in the prisons and the woman. for now those living in syria has lost opposition stronghold can only wait to see what happens next scene. al-jazeera at that city north versus syria. still ahead on the bulletin ecuador left support of a struction to allow entry to venezuelans fleeing an economic crisis and the closure of the busiest bridge in nigeria causes frustration for millions of commuters. hello again it's good to have you back well here across parts of south asia.