we asked him for his views on president bashar al-assad's pledge to take all of syria. >> i think it'sardly surprising that bashar al-assad will say such things. if we listen to what he's been saying over the past five years, he's routinely said i will retake all of my country, i will unite syria and be its only ruler, which i think is quite disconcerting with regard to moving forward on a cease-fire, because it suggests he's got an ulterior motive. that, of course, will spin off and really impact upon the trust or shaping and perceptions of trust that other groups in syria may have. opposition groups will see this and think, well, he's clearly not committed to any type of cease-fire, so this is clearly just a trap. so, of course, these comments are incredibly dangerous and pouring fuel on an already flourishing fire. so i think it's incredibly detrimental to what's actually going on for him to say such things. >> that was simon maybin, talking with us earlier from lancaster university. all right, now to the united states. how sick is she really? and how healthy should she really be? t

but this relationship with bashar al-assad needs to continue. ey want to make sure they still have access to the port in syria and by playing strategies, they have maintained bashar al-assad in power. negotiations will happen, but they will probably end up with bashar al-assad staying in power. brent: all right, simon, thank you. lebanon says it is facing a jihadist threat on its border with syria. the civil war is threatening to spill over into the country. lebanese soldiers have been positioned along the border. insurgents from the islamic state and other people started back in 2014, causing dozens of casualties on both sides, with the threat of our bombs and future incursions, the lebanese army is on alert. five people suspected of belonging to a cell of islamic state have been arrested in police operations across the three european countries. three of the suspects were arrested in spain, one in belgium, another here in germany. the organization is accused of spreading propaganda and seeking recruits for i.s. using social media, including on o

to influence the postwar era and who follows the assad regime, it would be the moment to asksk bashar al-assado step aside. the problem is, who will tell this to vladimir putin? at the moment, i feel the deal between assad and putin is we will let some humanitarian aid convoys pass. at the same time, he really wants to go back and take east aleppo. he has tried several times. this time, he said, we will finish this. the russians will help them with the hope that, after this election in the u.s. -- because that is the biggest fear, this convoy would be frozen for three or four months. no one will think about an international initiative without a new u.s. president. the russians will help fortify his position militarily on the ground. everyone has to wait until february until any international initiative will be announced. maissun: did i understand you right that russians are not able to impose their word on assad? kristin: i think they don't seem interested. maissun: they are waiting for him to get the part of the city that is held by the rebels. they might be satisfied, and then they might tal

he lambasted russia's support for the government of bashar al-assad. secretary kerry: how can people go sit at a table with a regime that bombs hospitals and dropped chlorine gas again and again and again and again and again? an acts-- and acts with impunity? you are supposed to sit there and have happy talk in geneva under those circumstances when you have signed up to a cease-fire and you don't adhere to it? what kind of credibility do you have with any of your people? it is not a precondition. it is something we all agreed on in the united nations and in the international serious support group. reporter: the international syria support group is due to meet on friday to revive the truce brokered by the u.s. and russia. the syrian military had declared it was over hours before the attack on the convoy, and act which the u.n. said could amount to a war crime. brent: to help us make sense of what is going on right now we want to bring in our correspondent. richard walker joins us from washington. emma rose is in moscow. they have been following the proc

one of the key elements that is different is that it will allow bashar al-assad to stay in power forix months during a transition. that may help this proposal get more support than previous ones. the paper says it's really going to come down to aleppo. control of the city is going to hold a diplomatic solution. russia wants military achievements by the assad government in aleppo to generate a turning point that would make it clear to the rebels that it will pay to surrender. washington wants government attacks in the city to stop, a cease-fire to be implemented and then to discuss aleppo as part of negotiations. molly: the french government is launching a new campaign to stop sexism in daily life. >> that's right. the headline on the paper is saying, sexism, you also say stop. this campaign aims to fight what the paper says are the daily humiliations inflicted on women here in france such as cat calling. 1

a very symbolic victory for the syrian regime and big blow to the rebellion against bashar al assad. e today, a very strong message from al assad praying in daraya. >> a moment there, photo op, you could say, showing the syrian president. but at the same time, the violence continues in this hellish civil war that has been going on now for year after year after year after year after year. jamonica, thanks for your reporting. we'll stay in touch with you. >>> of course, the stakes are high for the latest syria cease-fire deal. hundreds of thousands of people have died in over five years of war. i'm joined by fawaz gerges, the author of "isis, the history." also at the london school of economics. the bombs have continued to fall ahead of this u.s./russia cease-fire going into effect. how likely this truce will succeed, do you think? >> we have to wait and see in the next hours if the united states and russia will succeed in exerting pressure on the respective clients. the united states via the opposition and russia, via the syrian regime. my take on it is that the odds are against a succ

us, to americans, we need a commander in chief who ready to leave on day one. >> you mention bashar al-assadds to be coralled, highway will president vladimir putin feel about that, he is a huge staunch supporter of assad? >> he is. our weakness has allowed russia into syria. we have an immensely more powerful military than russia but they have nuclear weapons, as well and we do not went a confrontation with russia that is clear but we are much stronger than they are. we can project power in a way we cannot. if we want to dry hard-line with russia we can, we have a president who is not willing to exercise american strength. how you coral bashar al-assad is you step up airstrikes, we also need no-fly zone over areas of syrian civilians that have been targeted and over areas of the moderate opposition which we need to work with more to kin assad and that way we put pressure on him and therefore have an opportunity to negotiate his departure from syria. >> your ideas to combat the propaganda of radical islamic terrorists? all the first thing is we have to work with our ally on that and we have

that was actually seeking to shore up the quote at that time, moderate sunni opposition, to bashar al-assads. >> they were all you man-- unanimously opposed to assad. >> and still are. >> absolutely. they still viewed him, i think correctly, as the magnetic attraction that will keep this war going because of the way the sunni arabs and sunnies elsewhere in the world see bashar as acting and being responsible for the deaths now, at least 400,000, maybe 500,000 syrian civilians, and the displacement of over half of the population either internally or externally. and you know, before you say well i will let them fight it out. this is a mid east problem. they have never gotten along together, let's remember that this is a region that does not play by las vegas rules. what happens in the middle east does not stay in the middle east. it speus out. and in this case the tsunami of refugees from syria into europe has caused the most significant domestic political challenges for the leaders of our most important european allies and partners, that they have experienced in decades. and that's going to p

country's city has been turn to ruins as rebelers battle forces of syrian president bashar al-assad a. heart struck deal the bombing has begin a calm. here's jackie kerry sounding optimistic. >> the reports are. >> is some reduction in violence as well as a few reports of fighting here and there. though, it is far too early to draw any d >> the world witnessed the true horror seen every day in the city of aleppo after this image of a child pulled from the rubble made headlines around the worm. today, children can be seen in the streets in the most war torn country in the world t. question now what if any relief will come to those in need. >>> a u.s. sailor and her newborn child are on dry land the uss divide d. eisenhower. she started complaining of abdominal pain. nine hours later, she gave birth to a perfect 7 pound baby girl a. smallpoxman says neither the nail sailor nor her command knew she was pregnant. >> you never know when people are fought familiar with their bodies or what happens, i always find it tough. you like to think people know >> the good news is they are both okay

-backed rebel groups trying to topple syrian president bashar al assad. russia backed assad. humanitarian groups helped to deliver aid to some of the worse-hit areas like the city of aleppo. >>> the united states is flexing its missile tore muscle over south korea as a warning to north korea following its recent bombers flew over the osan air base about 75 mile from the north korean border. the boppers returned to andersen air force base in guam woud landing. as tensions commonly rise in the south korean peninsula fighters accompanied the bombers. this morning, south korea said radioactive from the tests. >>> the ncaa has pulled several championships from north carolina because of the state's controversial law some say discriminates against lgbt people and curtails civil rights since at 2 was passed last march, the ncaa moved all games. includes in the ncaa events pulled from north carolina is the opening weekend of the men's basketball tournament. coming up on "cbs this morning," we will talk with ncaa president mark emmert. >>> colin kaepernick took his protest into prime t

but they have a real worry that russia is expected to put pressure on president bashar al assad to a degree and put into effect all the new things on the ground. and beyond that as well, he's going to need pressure on him to force from power. and russia in the past hasn't done any of this. so hope, concern, that's the picture from here. >> nic robertson, we appreciate it. >>> now to the rising global fury after north korea's stunning claim that its successfully dead nighted the most powerful nuclear device yet. cnn's will ripley is live from tokyo. you reported from pyongyang in north korea several times, more than any tv journalist in recent years, what do you think that kim jong un is trying to accomplish with the latest test? >> reporter: hey, victor. most analysts will tell you that the chance of a nuclear strike from north korea is very low. this is more about self-preservation for kim jong un. he wants to project power to those at home, which is very important, and abroad. he can also advertise the weapons regime. so this nuclear technology could end up in the hands of a terror

they will never, ever except the regime of -- accept the regime of bashar al-assad. at is not me speaking from a place of personal bias. that is the fact and reality. you can talk to anybody on the supportho does not bashar al-assad, and they will tell you there is no going back to how it used to be. there is no putting the genie back in the lab. at this stage, that is simply not an option. then you start to look forward, what are the options? i agree with what you said about the dangers of escalation. at the airstrikes have got to stop, because as long as the airstrikes go on, you can be what you're seeing happening on the ground in northern syria is the generation of one of the most dangerous generators for terrorism and extremism -- incubators for terrorism and extremism that we have seen. as long as we consider isis a major national security priority, we cannot continue to --e what is happening with continue to ignore what is happening with the syrian civil war, because the two are linked. it is the giant wind infecting the rest of the body. it promises or threate

first of all, russia has to get bashar al-assad to stop bombing.s a challenge, russia says it has a commitment. the next piece, the u.s. has to get the rebel groups on board. the trouble is the rebel groups have been very skeptical. haif been getting bombed by russia repeatedly, and that's despite past promises to stop doing that. then the focus becomes the terrorist groups. specifically isis, but theal koo -- al qaeda group consisting of russia, syria and the u.s. if you believe all three of them, then this deal can work. >> a cease fire brokered by the u.s. and russia. but in the final hours before the deadline, airstrikes by the syrian air force rained down on northwestern syria, killing at least 90 people, a rights group said. syria's president, bashar al-assad, vowing to, finally, take every piece of land from the terrorist. not in trust. >> it will be the actions that will define whether or not this will be able to come together. >> the cease fire is limited, first to allow much needed humanitarian aid to reach the cities in need, such as ale

this marks the 1st known direct american strike on syrian president bashar al-assad's forces. this is file video of syrian troops in aleppo. the united nations scheduled an emergency meeting to discuss the air strike. a senior member of the obama administration says the united states has relayed their regret fire of syrian forces fighting i.s.i.s. >>> the phoenix zoo has become home to even more animals now, this time of the lego variety. i love them. and the upkeep on them, i would think, is much less, wouldn't you? we'll show you more after the break. to prove how authentic my new brewhouse bacon burger is i'm going undercover, at an actual brewhouse. it's awesome. amazing! what if i told you, you are eating a jack's brewhouse bacon burger from jack in the box. not this one. absolutely lying. no! didn't see that coming, did you? porter ale cheese sauce, grilled onions, and bacon on a artisan potato bun. jack's new brewhouse bacon burger, new from jack in the box. >>> you're watching the best, fox 10 news. >>> thrilled to report that the even more animals now. this time they

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and are only opposed to bashar al assad and those should be left alone.des say. they seem to be quite major technical details that are in the way. you also have the issue of humanitarian access especially in aleppo, which john, is under siege again by bashar al assad forces. how do you get goods in there to secure them? the president after his meeting with vladimir putin said there are still issues of mutual trust preventing agreement. vladimir putin seemed more positive saying there could be agreement within the next couple days. both sides can agree on, john, it is very important to reach agreement quickly because of the terrible suffering of the civilians there. both sides said they want negotiations to continue and reach a deal as fast as possible. >> it is likely thousands of people in syria caught in the middle of this. they care less about the gaps of trust. they want action soon. fred pleitgen, thank you. >>> phyllis schlafly has passed away. the founder of the eagle forum. she remained active right up until recently. endorsing donald trump. donal

bashar al assad and the iranian regime are propping up assad's regime and at the president obama andest supporting the rebels. on polar opposite sides. let's say we can get rid of isis, because ideologically speaking we can't get them off social immediatey. but let's say militarily speaking we can get rid of isis. what will you do with the assad regime? that's how the syrian conflict started. >> well, president obama promised to get rid of assad a long time ago. you know, the line in the sand. never did it. is that one of the reasons why in your judgment the russians and the iranians, when it comes to the war on terror, don't really believe much of what president obama is saying or doing? >> absolutely. because the iranians and the russians have massively learn how to work around u.s. foreign policy to their benefit. right enough isis is a distract that almost pen fits them and the turks, you can put that in there the turks can find the kurds. the iranians and the -- can prop up assad's regime and president obama is talking about now not taking down assad. he is -- by the time say by

syrian president bashar al-assad appearing in public, monday. assad taking part in holiday prayers at a mosque in the damascus suburb of daraya. government forces taking control of the area last month after a four-year battle with rebels. assad says: "..when we come to this area we give a message that syrian state is determined to recover every area from terrorists, re-establishing safety and security, rebuilding the infrastructure, rebuilding everything." voic views all groups opposed to his regime as terrorists... and those remarks came just hours ahead of a scheduled ceasefire in the country's bloody civil war. secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergey lavrov striking the deal, last week. kerry says: "..the plan as it is set forth if implemented, if followed, has the ability to provide a turning point, a moment of change.'' the cease-fire also calls for humanitarian corridors into rebel control... and has been the site of deadly fighting recently. a syrian civil rights group says more than 2-thousand have been killed th

syrian president bashar al-assad appearing in public, monday. assad taking part in holiday prayers at a mosque in the damascus suburb of daraya. government forces taking control of the area last month after a four-year battle with rebels. assad says: "..when we come to this area we give a message that syrian state is determined to recover every area from terrorists, re-establishing safety and security, rebuilding the infrastructure, rebuilding everything." voic views all groups opposed to his regime as terrorists... and those remarks came just hours ahead of a scheduled ceasefire in the country's bloody civil war. secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart sergey lavrov striking the deal, last week. kerry says: "..the plan as it is set forth if implemented, if followed, has the ability to provide a turning point, a moment of change.'' the cease-fire also calls for humanitarian corridors into

just yesterday once again russian forces along with president bashar al assad's forces surrounded rebelscity of aleppo and here president putin is saying a deal is around the conner. he's putting himself in the position of being on the world stage saying aunt deal, deal with me on other issues, ukraine is one of those issues, he wants sanctions lift there had, economic sanctions for innovating and annexing crimea. >> there have been concerns of a hack, a potential russian hack on the u.s. elections in some weeks we know the president waded into that. let me just play what president obama said. >> what we can not do is have a situation there which suddenly this becomes the wild wild west where countries that have significant cyber capacity start engaging in competition, unhealthy competition or conflict through these means when i think wisely we put in place some norms when it comes to using other weapons. >> just wanted to play president obama's response to that as well. nic robertson thank you for joining me from london. >>> up next on cnn, we have obtained documents from inside the inv

syrian president bashar al- assad seemed to somewhat triumphant message to his opponents this morning when he attended holiday prayers in the neighborhood of daraya just outside of damascus.now just a few weeks ago assad had forced this neighborhood to surrender to his forces following a four-year long siege. president assad then released a statement this morning according to reuters saying the syrian state was determined to take back all land from the "terrorists". syrian rebels had already expressed grave doubts about this agreement since russia and the us signed it late on friday night and now the deal looks impossibly more uncertain.the guns are sundown this evening but the syrian government has spent the weekend pounding rebel held areas killing nearly 100 people and wounding more than 100 more.now russia who negotiated with the us has been on the offensive as well. they're bombing rebels in aleppo and idlib."syria's war has seen this kind of thing before, forces jockeying for a better battlefield position before a proposed ceasefire begins but that doesn't look good for the ceas

does anybody on earth believe that our new partners will insist that bashar al-assad leave syria? mr. graham: everything you said, i want to associate myself with. here's our dlem m. there are two -- dilemma. there are two forces inside of syria that are a threat to us and the region and people in syria: isil, a news are a, the other -- al-nusra are a threat to the united states. raqqa, the capital of isil's caliphate is in syria. they planned the attacks in paris and europe out of raqqa. they communicate with sleeper cells throughout the world. thousands of westerners have gone to syria for training under isil's control. so the bottom line is it is in our interest to destroy this caliphate because the next 9/11-type attack is being planned in syria. and if you take the land away from isil, then you're doing a lot of damage to them. they become a terrorist organization rather than a terrorist army. so the plan to destroy isil is beyond ill-conceived. i had dinner last night with a turkish ambassador. what is the ground force that we're relying upon to go take raqqa away from isil?

the un security council demanding moscow rein in its ally, bashar al-assad. most bitter u.n. meetings in recent history. while bombs rained down on aleppo world powers lashed out at russia for its support of the syrian government. moscow has been supporting damascus in its attempt to retake aleppo by carrying out airstrikes. the u.s. along with france in the u.k. accuses russia of escalating the conflict. >> what russia is doing is not counterterrorism. it is barbarism. >> other countries have thrown stronger accusations across the table. >> the information we have indicates a new incendiary --pon capable of destroying arms on a civilian area constitutes a war crime. these crimes will not go unpunished. >> russia, one of the syrian allies,most important refuses to budge. it blames terrorist groups for the violence. inmore than 200,000 people aleppo have become prisoners of the terrorist groups. a are trying to use women and children as human shields. the syrian government only uses airstrikes with the aim of giving the rebels out of the city with as little effect on civilians

any strategy that's going to be effective in defeating isis has to involve also constraining bashar al-assad - he's carrying mass atrocities against syrian people." let's go inside iowa politics -- to talk about the people not trying to move into the white house. this week -- the months-long board of supervisors to raise the minimum wage officially pas. passed.the third and final reading -- and supportive vote was monday.on new year's day -- the minimum wage will become 8-25 an hour -- that's up from 7-25 an hour right now. it will increase one dollar every year over the next three years -- eventually stopping at 10-25 an hour.individual towns can effectively "opt-out" of the increase by passing an ordinance that resets the wage in that town to another value -- as long as it's higher than the state "hiawatha has been the most creative on that has said since they already have a lot of small businesses that pay 10-dollars and above, they'd be willing to see it through. cedar rapids and marion i think are willing to go to 8-25 and wait to see what the legislature might do." do."wapello county f

lavrov laying out how he had told the assad regime, bashar al assad, told had been told of the plan and his responsibility. secretary kerry thanking him for that. of course, what has been trouble in the past is when the political transition comes up down the road, the expectation is that russia will tell president bashar al assad that he will need to step aside. that hasn't happened in the past. at this stage, it's not clear how that will happen this time going forward. a long way to go yet. cnn, geneva. >>> since syria's civil war began, an estimated 400,000 syrians have been killed. five million have fled their homeland. the violence first fled in 2011 when some teens and children were arrested for writing political graffiti. dozens were killed in a subsequent crackdown on anti-government protests. and of course from there, the fighting widened across the country, pulling in syrian rebels, kurdish forces, militant fighters, and isis. >>> reuters says syrian government forces have retaken an important road in the northern city of aleppo. that road is in the southwest of the city at the

and bashar al-assad told sergei lavrov he is willing to do that. this deal would also require unrestricted humanitarian access to aleppo. several other cease-fire agreements have failed over confusion between moderate opposition forces and extremist groups. this deal says there will be a differentiation between the two, that russia and the u.s. will actually work together with military and intelligence information to combat isis and also other extremist groups. and syria, russia -- washington, rather, has raised great concerns about this again because of russia and the u.s. sharing intelligence information. but then again, that said, time is of the essence. this is supposed to take effect at sundown on monday. >> let's hope that deal holds. john, thank you for that update. >>> well, back in this country, controversial bill headed to the president's desk allowing the families of 9/11 victims to sue saudi arabia for any part it may have played this those attacks. but the administration says it opposes the bill. we'll tell you why. >>> former u.s. amb

they question whether president bashar al assad will go along with this.nt they say it's going to be up to russia to put pressure on assad, and what happens, they say, if russia doesn't do that? they're asking this question, because this is exactly where this type of deal in the past, earlier this year, two years ago, has fallen down. the russians say they've spoke ton assad and he accepts what's being laid out here. >> all right. everything starts sundown monday, as you said there. nic robertson in geneva. thanks so much. >>> we also have to show this moment. lighter moment. considers all the serious pop topics discussed. this was yesterday, as reports were waiting for word on this landmark agreement. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov comes in with a special delivery. pizzas -- >> and -- wait for it -- >> two bottles of vodka. >> uh-huh. >> russian vodka to the waiting press there. he said, the pizza was from the u.s. delegation. the vodka from the russian delegation. >> trying to score browny points, you see in the center of the screen taking cell p

bizarre fascination with strong men like putin, north korea's kim jong-un and syrian president bashar al assad. in the meantime, donald trump is back at his focus of slamming hillary clinton for using a personal e-mail server while she was secretary of state. clinton, meanwhile, hammering trump for praising russian president putin. cnn senior white house correspondent jim acosta kind of walks us through what's happened. >> that it was -- i thought it was very important, very revealing in many ways. >> reporter: declaring victory after his national security forum with hillary clinton, donald trump walked into an education event in cleveland and sounded like he was in a school yard brawl, hammering the former secretary of state's e-mail scandal. >> every time she talks about the subject, it's different. she's got get her act together. this is yet more evidence that clinton is unfit to be your commander in chief. >> hello! >> reporter: but clinton is swinging right back, slamming trump's praise of russia's vladimir putin. >> if he says great things about me i'm going to say great things about hil

it is president bashar al-assad gaining ground, on his way to control all of the city voter >> i can'tay, but we will not allow the people -- we will not allow for humanitarian aid to reach those people have been injured. aleppo [indiscernible] there is a tactic to bomb all of the people to keep [indiscernible] or the humanitarian organization, keep people outside to help them. they are trying to attack other areas. today he was talking offenses in the north side of aleppo. they were able to enter from there. anchor: that was the point the u.n. wanted to use to bring to aleppo, and it fell through. what are conditions like in aleppo itself? did any aid get through? our people leaving their homes? >> there is nothing inside of aleppo before or after the cease-fire. it was so difficult [indiscernible] he said early today, there is no more civilians living here. in our neighborhood, there is a shelter like the basic ground. it can be civilians, but no civilians were live in that place. when hundred two are facing [indiscernible] they don't have that much of food for more than 10 days in t

there are a number of key issues asy cannot agree on, such what to do about bashar al-assad, and the role of russia and the role of syria. we do not have details of what they talked about yet, but we understand there has not been a deal on syria. the united states says russia has a responsibility to dramatically reduce the scale of violence in syria, both from warplanes and from -- there can be no real cease-fire until they do that. where is russia says the focus of the united states needs to be -- the islamic state are the people who really are threatening the stability and sovereignty of syria. that is an argument by russia which may be strengthened today if it turns out that islamic state is responsible for those attacks. reporting from beirut, thank you. staying in the region, pro-government rebels continue to take new ground from the islamic state group on libya pass coastal city of. on sunday, tanks could be seen heading toward the center as froms pushed the jihadists their few remaining strongholds. it is a battle that could be nearing the end game. all this is happening on th

some republicans have been calling to defeat terror groups and take out president bashar al-assad... but mister obama has been a vocal critic of those ideas. obama says: " in syria there is not a scenario absent of us deploying large number of troops we can stop a civil war in which both sides are deeply dug in." the president says fighting isis overseas doesn't solve the problem of home-grown terrorism... we are going to have for awhile." / "these so- called lone wolf terrorist actors are going to be our biggest danger." president obama also explained why he won't use the term "radical islamic terrorism. obama says: "these folks think and claim they are speaking for islam but i don't want to validate what they do." on-cam tag the additional troops will be sent to try and retake the iraqi city of mosul by october... and brings the total number of u-s forces in the country to about five-thousand. in new york, a narrow ridge of high pressure moves to our west and that cut-off low is just far enough to the southeast to give us a mostly dry day today. highs will get into the low to mid 6

review and accused syria and russia of committing war crimes as president bashar al-assad stepped up attacks on aleppo. hospitals were targeted killing seven people. moscow says it is ready to resume talks despite the failure week. syrians aspire last >> in accordance with the instruction of the president of the russian federation, we are ready to continue working with our american partners on syria. we are planning to send russian and to geneva's to resume consultations with the american side to look for ways to normalize the situation in aleppo and syria. >> the u.s. accuses russia of using incendiary bombs on aleppo and has warned moscow it will end diplomatic talks unless it stops attacking the city. meanwhile france says it is working on a u.n. resolution in hopes of achieving the truce. we are proposing the discussion of the resolution to gain a real cease-fire in aleppo and this resolution will hold everyone rest possible. those who do not vote for it will risk sharing the complicity of war crimes. paris wants to ground syrian warplanes to deliver humanitarian aid. more than 2

and russia. 28 agency trucks are now stuck in an area controlled by bashar al assad's forces. they're waiting to enter aleppo to deliver supplies. turkish media says officials are only allowing u.n. deliveries. they also say the r roads aren' safe. in aleppo, there's been a pause in the relentless bombing. no major clashesere repororted between oppositioion forces. but russian military officials have already accused members of the opposition off violalating truce. >> translator: since the cease-fire came into forcece, w registered 26 cases of shelling directed at residential districts and governmental army positions. >> a group monitoring syria's civil war has released updated figure on the toll the conflict has taken. it says more than 300,000 people have been killed since the conflict began more than five years ago. and at least 11 million have been forced to flee their homes. >>> from our weather desk, jonathan oh is back now with a look at the rest of world weather. jonathan? >> hello, james. yes, we are still monitoring a couple of named storms over in the western pacific

in an interview, syrian president bashar al-assad blamed the u.s. for that attack as well as for the collapse of last week's cease-fire. meanwhile, aleppo saw some of months,iest fighting in signaling a fresh uptake in hostilities. reporter: aleppo ablaze once heaviestder the bombardment in months. the silence of the cease-fire, broken. truly medical sources say dozens were overnightthese strikes, captured here on amateur video, in eastern rebel-held aleppo. as day broke, residents emerged to inspect the extent of the latest destruction. according to the syrian 15ervatory for human rights, raids alone targeted two held by --ds still nothave received the aid which set out to get to them at the start of cease-fire 10 days ago. suspended for 48 hours, after a deadly strike on an aid convoy. says aid ison finally headed to besieged areas near damascus. >> the security situation in syria is a patchwork of levels of security or insecurity. multipletchwork of actors, armed groups. and we need to take that into when we evaluate it on a case by case basis. s

over the weekend bashar al assad announcing his support for that deal. >> and also to kick in, a stunningouring an area previously claimed by rebels, vowed to retake all of syria from what he called terrorists. cnn arwa damon is following the story live from the turkey/syria border. arwa, we are minutes away from this cease-fire. how's it looking? >> reporter: well, so far it seems as if things have ever so slightly quieted down, but that being said, since the deal agreement was announced, some 200 people have lost their lives in syria. most of them in rebel-held areas, and the deadliest of the acts of violence taking place in the province of idlib where air strikes hit a market where people were shopping ahead of the muslim holiday of eid which began today. you mentioned the syrian's president to damascus' suburb there. he went there for prayers, walking around amidst devastation. this is an area that has effectively been under siege since 2014, where people living within that neighborhood starved, went thirsty, went without medication for years before a locally brokered truce allowed re

. >> in damascus, president bashar al-assad chose to celebrate by visiting and praying in a suburb ofs. it was in rebel hands for five years after what the u.n. called an unrelenting reach. -- seige. president assad's government -- has backed the cease-fire but his words suggested he has unfinished military business. >> the syrian state is determined to recover all areas from the terrorists, to restore security, to rebuilding infrastructure and everything else that was destroyed in human and material aspects to it we -- aspects. we came here today to replace the freedom they try to remote. -- promote. >> people are used to war here. the holiday is being celebrated even though there is a heavy thunder of artillery fire. the cease-fire agreement is complicated and potentially fragile and all sides in the worked out whether it can work. doubt whether it can work. but it is all the diplomats have. it might be a rest bite for the respite for the people. bbc news, aleppo. >> the cease-fire does not include jihadist groups such as the so-called islamic state. free syrian army soldiers backed

this came after a defiant bashar al-assad blamed the unitedla states for the failure of a cease-fire agreement struck two weeks ago.ag hari sreenivasan reports. >> sreenivasan: a rain of firets lit up aleppo overnight. it was one of scores of air strikes-- the most in months, and it answered secretary of state john kerry's plea for the syrian military and its russian allies to ground their jets. air strikes resumed monday, hours after a u.s. and russian-- brokered cease-fire expired. in an interview airing today,od syrian president bashar al-assad told the associated press, the blame lies squarely with washington, and its allies. >> we announced that we are ready to be committed to any halt of operations, or if you want to call it cease-fire, but it's not about syria or russia; it's about the united states and the terrorist groups that have been affiliated to isis and al- nusra and al qaeda, and to the united states and to turkey ande to saudi arabia. >> sreenivasan: the white house today rejected that charge, but assad went further, insistingth the u.s. deliberately targeted syrian