that bashar al assad is getting more people. that we know that bashar al assad is ignoring his promises. that bashar al assad is simply continuing with strikes against humanity. is that what we need to know? we know it. so i think time is over now. we need to protect the observ s observers. what we need now is to act. and we know what it means. safe zones, humanitarian corridors and support for the syrian opposition. and if we can do it with the security council, let's do it with the security council. because of the position of russia and china. we do it without the security council. but the community has an obligation. and finally the last question, can you give some information on the last incident with the german ship that is trying to deliver arms to syria. and that is directly breaching the arms embargo. this is more important than always putting your hammer down when we are talking serious problems as a crisis in syria. thank you. >> if i may, i believe that for those in regulations are to be abided by, it's up to you how t

of course this is what syria and the national government of syria little president bashar assad needs you know fruitfully see and positively speaking that's what they need mostly on the ground of syria they need the back of support not only by the international community today under the law of the united nations but this resolution to be implemented through the observers that they have just started you know to lend over the soil of syria now accepting those three hundred observers by the government of syria this is what is highly needed by the government for sure and they have accepted this so far as we all heard the foreign minister for a little more live has mentioned this through his visit back in china recently just days ago no the question is how can we abide by such a measure by under the united nations by the international community and as such i meant the you western union the western europeans let's say or the european community community and. their allies for sure the united states of america and other arab pan out of regional let's see enemy right now but they were friends

the opposition will not accept any solution that keeps president bashar al-assad in power. after tens of thousands were driven into exile and thousands died, the bitterness and mistrust is immense. it is telling, perhaps, i did not meet any refugees who believed they would be going home soon. bbc news, on the turkish-syrian border. >> for more on the tension inside syria and diplomatic efforts to broker peace, i was joined by british foreign secretary william hague, in washington for a meeting of bgh. -- of the g-8. you have met with the foreign ministers. do you have a sense of how the cease-fire is being implemented? >> it is tough to say. there is a skeptical eye. in the last year, when the syrian government has said they are cooperating, they have gone on to break their word. that are not fully implementing the ceasefire. the have not withdrawn their forces from populated areas in taken heavy artillery back to barracks. it is a welcome announcement, but we need to get a monitoring mission in there as fast as possible. >> you met with the russian foreign minister. do you

bashar assad regime has been so iran is standing to lose a major supply of weapons to the syrian opposition enough to upset the regional arms balance right now no break no work what i hear i think saudi arabia's started to supplying them with weapons but we're talking about light weapons so this as far as or as long as long as that is what is happening i don't think this will change them in the balance of power in the middle east there are still very weak so possible that they can be simultaneous interventions in syria and iran doesn't seem likely i don't see the european european union or nato going into syria and i don't see the european union or. taking part in an attack against iran this could be nato could. try to draw all the europeans into attacking targeting iran doesn't seem very likely if turks up here thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're welcome. dear mom i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains have been getting worse and no doctor has been able to help me please know tha

if we say never again, why are we allowing bashar assad to stay in power? that's... that pretty much... >> rose: but say what you think the president of the united states ought to do? >> well, we ought to start getting weapons into the opposition. there are many ways to do that. in libya we didn't directly supply the arms, but the arms and equipment and training got in. we've got to give... at least give them some semblance of a fair fight. i think we need to carve out sanctuary which is the turks, i think, with our leadership... what's absent in this is american leadership. that's what they're waiting for. that's what the gulf states are waiting for. that's what the saudis are waiting for. that's what the turks are waiting for. a sanctuary so they can arm and train and equip. the turks would play a key role in that but, again, american leadership. and if necessary the use of air power to prevent bashar from... >> rose: u.s. air power... nato air power? >> it would have to be multilateral. >> rose: but using air power in syria. there's some fear that they may have ve

and yet there is so much attention and focus on syria and particularly army president bashar assad's handling of the situation so how do you explain that well . that would be expected from the west it's much closer to europe and with the traditional relations tradition relations with countries like france. and when such atrocities take place that meant they cannot stay quiet is there a connection between what is happening in syria and what is happening in iran where there is a connection obvious connection because iran is syria's playing and the us sudra g.m. has been iran's closest alley for over two decades i mean. this is. the main route of iran into lebannon into me to the whole region into influencing israel if us or through june falls apart. iran is standing to lose a very strong alley because any government would take place to take the government in syria with a. western ally and democracy which is not very likely all muslim muslim brothers who are sunis of were very hostile to shoot iran. any region. would be either hostile to iran or. corporately with iran that as much as th

how you can talk about the kofi annan clan -- plan, which is not applied in practice with bashar al-assaderybody is recognizing that in fact it is not working. bashar al-assad is not willing to apply it. i think all of this is leading us to an increase of killings. that is in syria. we should put observers and the international community and the european union. we should give all this support. you need several thousand military equipment to protect them. otherwise, it is impossible. in a normal operation, when you put two out of 50 observers in syria on the ground, how many observers do you need to do that? why do we do it? to protect our observers. not to protect the syrian people. i think it is really not the way forward. what we have to observe, what we know already -- the plan is not working. bashar al-assad is getting more people. he is ignoring his promises. he is simply continuing with a number of crimes against the mandate. is that what we need to know? we know who wins. what we need is

damascus president bashar assad says that he is fighting these armed groups a hit of the april tenth good line which was agreed to according to and his plan and he also says that these armed groups are increasing their activity he says and that they are interested only in violence and that they're being funded and armed by countries such as turkey saudi arabia and qatar now in a show of support for our side in the reforms he's been implementing thousands of syrians took to the streets of damascus on saturday in a massive rarely that rarely coming while banki moon says that syria has not been doing enough to show its commitment to announce a proposal but this is something that assad has denied he says there for days now he has been withdrawing his tanks and troops from numerous cities damascus is worried about the commitment coming forward from the opposition side it says it is no indication from the opposition as to whether or not they are fully committed to the peace plan and they're also concerned by the void that will now be opened in the cities where the troops no longer are at t

democracy is about the rule of the majority and the majority of the people support bashar assad these people. with their different from the guns course that supporters there is indeed little difference between peaceful protesters and the rebels and it looks like the west is making the same mistake they betting on the arm the position international porous make activists like this guilty of association it began charging militia we will start seeing violence. doings it gets much much worse and a lot of i will start to come in as i say all the buzz is just not promote democracy or quite the opposite chaos and even promote in the long run. syria has long prided itself on tolerance but when it comes to politics the gloves come off very quickly and only a syrian says to agree to disagree but more importantly they have to learn how to do it in a nonviolent way and the workers are the damascus syria well despite the reduction of violence in syria officials from western and arab countries have been meeting today to reinforce sanctions against president francis previous measures have started to

buy coffee or not and they all gunning for the unconditional departure of the syrian president bashar assad before they can be any kind of talks of permanent peace what we saw recently was the so-called friends of syria which really has become the friends of the syrian opposition and here we've had countries nuclear age support and increasing support for the syrian opposition they are calling for the syrian president bashar assad to step down they've also pledged more material support with countries like the united states and its allies saying that they will give more financial support there will be an increase in salaries and want at the same time lawn bowls not only to the syrian government to listen to the international community the syrian regime has spoken to the u.n. chief banki moon and has pulled so-called terrorist at it's is on the increase and has been on the increase in the last few days in a once the u.n. and international attention to be focused on those on the basis of blaine's on the opposition fighters. they also use paula say a lot from sort of i think you're updating us o

opposition were armed to the teeth they would not succeed in overthrowing the syrian regime of bashar assad and that result would only be fully fledged civil war we've also said that these international bodies were pushing the opposition away from peace and discouraging negotiations again making the point that they would be no peaceful resolution but only more violence by moves such as these by the friends of syria. most of them from the universal peace federation is skeptical about the decision to fund the rebels just gains or potential cease fire. said the money as much as millions of dollars to the rebels or to the opposition is today inside syria will help a lot i mean they will help them in military not just thinks military. artillery and this will not act as a support to the united nations regional powers such as turkey but saudi arabia they want to see in or stop for this i'm sorry to say this because it has been so far in action since here they want to hear that much pressure on the regime of president bashar assad in order for him to leave the country let them have their new presid

our allies pledging to the support to rebel fighters they're also calling on syrian president bashar assad to step down and at the same time they say that they are committed to paying the salaries as well as providing communication equipment to these rebel fighters. the u.s. backed syrian opposition also committed to the u.n. peace plan is looking for more help from abroad take a point burger from the future freedom foundation says the rebels in washington will not give up their pursuit of regime change if you have a cease fire where the rebels are under that cease fire and say ok we're we're in we're no longer going to engage in violence against this regime then what was the point of starting the rebellion in the first place and so it's very likely that the rebels are going to use any kind of a cease fire to consolidate their position and continue forward with their goal the u.s. for example is pressuring the assad regime to relinquish power they're doing it under this are a democracy in freedom well this is just hypocrisy we know that the u.s. loves dictatorships they just sent one point

with the united nations they're going for the unconditional departure of the syrian president bashar assad before they said it would be in talk of peace negotiations or peace plan on the table however what we've seen in the last few days is meetings of the so-called friends of syria but what this really has become is friends of the syrian opposition but the united states and our allies pledging to support to rebel fighters they're also calling on syrian president bashar assad to step down and at the same time they say that they are committed to paying the salaries as well as providing communication equipment to these rebel fighters. closely reporting there with the u.s. about syrian opposition is also committed to regime change to give up now that's according to jacob hornberger who heads the american base future freedom foundation . if you have a cease fire were the rebels are under that cease fire and say ok we're we're in we're no longer going to engage in violence against this regime then what was the point of starting the rebellion in the first place and and so it's very likely that t

relation to both sides as far as bashar assad goes there is skepticism that he will continue with his troop withdrawal and actually meet this deadline and then the skepticism being voiced by countries such as russia particularly amid calls for arming the opposition and rebels and this follows a friends of syria meeting that's all countries like qatar and saudi arabia waging millions of dollars to pay the salaries of rebel fighters and at the same time we heard from the united states a pledge that if it would provide communication equipment so there is a lot of skepticism as to whether or not the deadline for the cease fire will be made and indeed whether or not these political will to actually adhere to it. still heard through this hour or an hour to the war crimes court and libya fight it out over gadhafi is most influential songs pay claims of slump as being assaulted in custody as libya refuses to hand him over insisting he is tried. first france for trey's itself as the country of liberty equality and fraternity yet one town there feel increasingly isolated the country's muslims a

there certainly is a lot of skepticism with relations with both sides as far as bashar assad goes there is skepticism that he will continue with his troop withdrawal and actually meet this deadline and then the skepticism being voiced by countries such as russia particularly amid calls for arming the opposition and the rebels and that's follows a friends of syria meeting that countries like qatar and saudi arabia pledging millions of dollars to pay the salaries of rebel fighters and at the same time we've heard from the united states a pledge that if it would provide communication equipment so there is a lot of skepticism as to whether or not the deadline for the cease fire will be named and indeed whether or not these political will to actually meet and here to it. we of course will continue to monitor the situation closely as will you our middies correspondent paula slayer live from tel aviv. and senior members from islamic groups including the muslim brotherhood or at washington to try and boost their image and relations with the u.s. it's all ahead of the first post revolution presi

corporation with iran as much as the bashar al assad regime has been so iran is tending to lose its supply of weapons to the syrian opposition enough to upset the regional arms balance right now no right no what i think saudi arabia started and started to were supplying them with weapons but we're talking about like weapons so this as far as or as long as that is what is happening i don't think this will change them in the balance of power in the middle east they're still very weak as a possible but they can be simultaneous interventions in syria and iran doesn't seem likely i don't see the european european union or nato going into syria and i don't see the european union or nato. taking part in an attack against iran this could be nato could. you know who would try to draw the europeans into attacking targets in iran doesn't seem very likely you have to accept here thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're welcome. issues that so much of isn't limited to the people at the earliest time finally when we should value measurements of well being industries such as g.d.p. and othe

getting worse there certainly is a lot of skepticism with relations with both sides as far as bashar assad goes there is skepticism that he will continue with his troop withdrawal and actually meet this deadline and then escape this isn't being voiced by countries such as russia particularly amid calls for arming the opposition and rebels and that follows a friends of syria meeting that so countries like qatar and saudi arabia pledging millions of dollars to pay the salaries of rebel fighters and at the same time we heard from the united states a pledge that if it would provide communication equipment so there is a lot of skepticism as to whether or not the deadline for the cease fire will be made and indeed whether or not there is political will to actually adhere to it. fall asleep or middle east correspondent britain's sky news t.v. networks admitted it authorized journalist to hack into private e-mails on two separate occasions but the broadcaster which is part of rupert murdoch's media empire said his actions are actually in the public interest bennett's across the story in london. we

bashar al assad's regime has been so iran is standing to lose a major supply of weapons to the syrian opposition enough to upset the regional arms balance right now no break you know what what i hear i think saudi arabia started and started to supplying them with weapons but we're talking about like weapons so this as far as or as long as that is what is happening i don't think this will change the balance of power in the middle east that there are still very weak it's a possible that they can be somewhat tenuous interventions in syria and iran doesn't seem likely i don't see the european european union or nato going into syria and i don't see the european union or nato. taking part in an attack against iran this could be nato could. he lives it could try to draw the europeans into attacking targets in iran. doesn't seem very likely. thank you very much for joining us. you're welcome. this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution and the most recent study

listen to both sides as far as bashar assad goes they risk it this isn't that he will continue with his troop withdrawal and actually meet this deadline and then the skepticism being voiced by countries such as russia particularly because we arming the opposition and rebels and this follows a friends of syria meeting that's all countries like qatar and saudi arabia pledging millions of dollars to pay the salaries of rebel fighters and at the same time we heard from the united states a pledge that if it would provide communication equipment so there is a lot of skepticism as to whether or not the deadline for the cease fire will be made and indeed whether or not these political will to actually add here to it. sarkozy is trying to win back french voters by promising to freeze the money the country pays towards running the european union both among a raft of money measures he outlined as he tries to secure a second term as president trying to cushion the blow of inevitable tax hikes political science professor appear go down hill joins us from paris live via broadband thanks for being wit

the world should push for tough, comprehensive sanctions against bashar al-assad's government to force him to comply with the u.n. cease-fire. that is the call today from hillary clinton as the u.n. secretary general confirms the fact on the ground, saying syria is not honoring the cease-fire. he is still pushing for more u.n. monitors to be allowed into the country. our colleague in powell has seen evidence of the continuing assaults. >> on april 1, syria agreed to kofi annan's peace plan, saying it would not move further into populated areas. in a pattern of broken promises, it sent its soldiers. the story of what happened just down this road is perhaps worse than many other areas, but it is not unique. in villages across the north, people were not just single out. there were collective punishments, and many paid the ultimate price for having the audacity to call for change. this remains a dangerous place, where rebel fighters offer a thin veil of protection. but it was a chance to see firsthand what happened here. many people were crushed when their homes were shelled. even the scho

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