east of syria this is the major idea now of president out of one and he will be ready to accept bashar assad staying in power and the assad regime is at its border he would prefer the assad regime at its border rather than the p.y.t. these fighters of the to living close to the pick up so everybody agreed to the fact that bashar assad will stay in power he's going to he's going to win this war militarily this doesn't mean that he can win the peace because he would need to rebuild the country he would need a lot of money and this is really a piece of the great he will keep on voting syria by fear which means that people don't i'm not allowed to say anything his prisons are still set up with people as they are and the only thing that europe should do really right now is not to normalize relations with this regime to help the activists in the first place that stuff for democracy or human rights or their dignity in the first place that by the way inside it's not because they were expelled from all these are other areas it's right there were a force there they were forcibly expelled to live and t

forces we know that bashar al assad would not be able to have this offensive without the support of russia but does russia have the same interests in this conflict the same interest as bashar al assad. well it does and the reason is that this province is dominantly under the control of high at the lido shum which is being renamed such only recently earlier it was known as java the list was an ally of terrorist organization al qaeda experts believe in there isn't enough evidence to suggest that it still has ties with al qaeda this is a problem for russians because several of the russian fighter had also come in and joined this outfit and they just don't think that it's viable for them to elect this outfit continue at a time that they want in several other parts of city as if they don't want. to continue higher than you know sam has also sent unmanned aerial we close to russian bases inside the us so they do see eye to eye with the seat in government when it comes to a fact that it's the province whereas if you talk about turkey and russia then there are interests do. they have sim

east of syria this is the major idea now of president out of one and he will be ready to accept bashar assad staying in power and the assad regime is. it's border is it would prefer the assad regime at its border rather than the p.y.t. these fighters of the living close to the pick up time so everybody agreed to the fact that bashar al assad will stay in power so he's going to win he's going to win this war won militarily this doesn't mean that he can win the peace because he would need to rebuild the country he would need a lot of money and this is really a piece of the great he will keep on voting see me up i fear which means that people don't i'm not allowed to say anything his prisons are still filled up with people as they are and the only thing that europe should do really right now is not to normalize relations with this machine to help the activists in the first place that's not for democracy or when wise or their dignity in the first place that by the way inside it because they were expelled from all these are other areas that's right they were forced they're able to forcibly expel

to finish off the popular opposition bashar assad which ended up once and be concentrated and because the assad regime aided by iran and by you know russian bombardment has he seen president others in aleppo for example to finish off the opposition whether it's are with a civilian whether it's so-called terrorists and so forth it's just dig the center against the security and rule the i know it security will of a subtle assert this is what the state said to be asserting this of oddity there is in the certain result already with the help of his our allies who are now co-opting turkey emissaries let's let's talk about the people who are who are stuck in the this cross caught in this crossfire we're hurting your representative before you came on basically saying you know we we worry that a bloodbath is about to be unfolded in italy but do you share his assessment. i mean come on the u.n. is trying to. look i mean burke said hundreds three hundred years ago when good people do nothing evil will try and this is exactly what the certain from the un does their weight nothing at the same noth

i think it was a massive international community to recognize the fact that president bashar assad now has the upper hand and that is just about time before the his army can take over the province of that which is the last remaining stronghold for the rebels in syria thousands of people have attended the funerals of seven palestinians killed by israeli security forces during protests on friday among the dead a two children the demonstrations where the deadliest gaza has seen in weeks and palestinian armed factions are believed to be deciding on a collective response to the violence. elon musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the electric car company tesla's board as part of a settlement over fraud charges last quote also pay a twenty million dollars fine under the deal with the securities and exchange commission musk was accused of misleading investors when he tweeted that he had secured funding to take the company private with brazil's far right presidential candidate has been released from hospital in sao paolo three weeks after being stabbed at a political rally meanwhile thou

defeat to the russian side let's be very frank when it comes to the survival of the regime of bashar assad regardless of what is going to happen on the left in the next weeks of days the regime will stay in power and russia iran and china are the winners in this geopolitical monopoly if you wish against the west and neither political force in the united states nor in europe is really willing to concede defeat and therefore we need to find new solutions in order to weaken the russians and especially the iranians because that's the next straw and of violence that we are going to see we have already seen it although it's not very much comment on a report on and western media there is already a proxy war another one going on in syria between israel and iran and this proxy war is going to heat up in the next weeks and we're going to see more problems on this nature and let's first of all stay with the question of western intervention and you advocated it in your opening. statement but do you really believe that past actions to retaliate for the use of chemical weapons have achieved anything no

forces we know that bashar al assad would not be able to have this offensive without the support of russia but does russia have the same interests in this conflict the same interest as bashar al assad. well it does and the reason is this province is dominantly under the control of high at the lido shum which has been renamed such only recently earlier it was known as jump at the last saddam was an ally of terrorist organization i'll tie the experts believe in there isn't enough evidence to suggest that it still has ties with al qaeda this is a problem for russians because several of the russian fighter had also come in and joined this outfit and they just don't think that it's viable for them to elect this outfit to continue at a time that they want in several other parts of city as they don't want. to continue to do you know sam has also sent unmanned aerial we close to russian bases inside the us so they do see eye to eye with the sit in government when it comes to a fact that it's the province whereas if you talk about turkey and russia then their interests do. they have simil

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 concentrating 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 begin with this report from stephanie decker who is 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 shadow this group formerly associated with al qaida known as the mr front that is the main issue this is what russia and syria say are terrorists and why they

moving fast and the situation could have changed a great deal by then well the syrian president bashar assad has vowed to recapture every inch of territory from the rebels and that slowly been happening the syrian government has made major gains especially since russia joined the war three years ago but is now the last remaining major prize for an aside and right now the turkish army controls a string of military posts around it live trying to prevent a government assault stephanie decker has more from a highly near turkey's border with syria. after three weeks of quiet skies air strikes have resumed on the province particularly the southwest of the province there have been civilian casualties including five children and most of the airstrikes were around the area of additional sure this is an area that rumor over the last couple of weeks had it that perhaps a first phase of this expected offensive would take place it's too early to tell whether this is the start of the offensive certainly has been quiet over the last couple of hours but there are huge concerns when it comes to this looming

just all the border with syria and they are following and watching the news and they see that bashar assad there was almost winning the war but people are saying that no we're not going to go back home because if the they are scared about the potential of going back home . the u.n. thank you very much indeed thousands of people have attended the funerals of seven palestinians killed by israeli fire during protests on friday among the dead a two children but instructions were the deadliest gaza has seen in weeks and palestinian armed factions are believed to be deciding on a collective response to the violence imran khan has more from ramallah. goals and warns it's dead again seven palestinians two of them children were killed by israeli fire on friday was the funerals took place across the gaza strip at this one in gaza city hamas had a message of defiance. and struggle and confrontation and i rejection to the siege has led to the world to listen to us because it is a great place and a great people because it is the one that goes for the jihad and no one is replacing the jihad of gaza. mor

what about russia and what about bashar al-assad's forces? know that bashar al-assad would not be able to have this offensive without the support of russiaia, but does russia a have same interest in this conflict as bashar al-assad? anchal: well, it does. and the reason is that this province is dominantly under the control as an ally of al qaeda. experts believe, and there's enough evidence to suggest that they still have ties t to al qaeda. this is a problelem for russians because several of the r russian fighters have also joined this outfit and they do not thinknk t is viable for them to let this outfit continue at a time they wawant in several other price of syria. so they do not want it to continue. they have alsoso sent unmanned aerial vehicles to russian bases in syria. so they do seeee eye-to-eye wiwh the syririan government t when t comes to attacking the idlib province. whereas if you talk ababout tury and russia, they have similar interests because russia does not want its reputation to be worse than it already is, so it wants to c

well they do and they don't russia has been backing bashar al assad and he's been backing several rebel factions so they're not united why but they did come together in the estimate for says the u.s. is next take the lead and essentially has given this theater to russia to handle so bush can also be playing now russia's concerns i does not want to go in it's repetition more than it already has people into doing so in conflict because it is asking the e.u. and other followers to be able to reconstruction because it wants to lead the political reconciliation process that happens after the war is over whereas turkey what turkey saying is look we don't want any more refugees to these already home to three million people a few million refugees ever get on and what duckie saying is give us more time so we can we can this extremist other school have them in a fight among each other and so we can contain the conflict now when the meeting happens and friday the two powers of essentially expected to hopefully come up with a solution of the conflict and it's. not an entirely without already. repor

they chant against bashar assad the syrian president to a survived an eight year rebellion against his rule the opposition has been all but defeated all they have left is their voices. no constitution no reconstruction until a third leaves power that is there tomorrow and it's a message the syrians in villages and towns across the rebel controlled province of idlib are sending to the international community. we are afraid this new constitution would not be any different and it won't be in the favor of the opposition we are concerned because some countries are now moving closer to the regime. for weeks there were fears of a major assault against the province today there is a sense of relief following a deal between russia and turkey that will at least for the time being. prevent bombing and displacement. russia and iran gave priority to ties with turkey over regaining control of it lib turkey had warned a government offensive in the province would be a breaking point in their alliance but it wasn't just that a bloodbath would hurt russia's efforts to convince the international community

backed by russian airpower have been moving into the area and armed groups fighting president bashar al assad are preparing for their last stand for damascus a decisive victory in adlib would book and a brutal civil war for to her on that would mean going from the expensive task of supporting an ally in large scale military operations to the more lucrative work of reconstruction. after a surprise visit to damascus earlier this week iran's foreign minister said rebuilding syria is an opportunity for iranian companies but preserving life is still a priority of shadow it that it shadow it the conditions in it layup are sensitive we're trying to deal with the situation there and expel terrorists with the least humanitarian costs we had talks in turkey today and in a way also held talks in syria with the high ranking officials. want to use. of the three countries due to meet into iran turkey is the only one hosting large numbers of syrian refugees ungar a support some of the armed fighters in a globe and is worried a military solution will mean more displaced civilians now over the eight years of

bashar assad did it, he says.resident trump's national security advisor john bolton said the u.s. officials were working with france and the united kingdom to coordinate a response just in case bashar al-assad depose ahead with a chemical attack. john bolton warned the reaction will be stronger than the missile strike launched in the past. our national security correspondent jennifer griffin is following this live at the pentagon. jen? >> shepard, we just spoke to mattis following the 9/11 ceremony. he said the russian bombing of idlib has already begun. he described air operations 245 were aimed at softening up the last pocket of resistance in northwest syria. mattis would not say what the u.s. government would do if syrian president bashar assad again orders the use of chemical weapons adding -- >> he has been warned and the first time around he will have 17% of his air force airplanes. he has been warned and so we will see if he has wised up. >> the trump administration has twice before carried out airstrikes a

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caters nicolas maduro dictatorship and the stabilizing regime criminal regime of bashar al assad regime rocket man rocket rocket. is on a suicide mission for himself united states is ready willing and able to totally destroy north korea totally ready willing and able to. destroy north korea stage of portions of the world are in conflict and some in fact are going to hell his escapades divided many left few were indifferent and in the buildup to this trump looks ready to outdo himself once again he will head the un security council meeting on iran next week that's while he's a lawyer shared this so i stated to the iranian government you must be truly afraid of being overthrown i don't know when we're going to overthrow them it could be in a few days months a couple of years but it's going to happen they're going to be overthrown juggling two. jobs it seems the president's to low end of freelance foreign policy adviser though at least he seems inspired by his bosses remarks threat posed by iran whose chief exports are violence bloodshed and chaos all nations of conscience must work togeth

president bashar al assad of syria must not recklessly attack idlib province. the russians and the iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this tragedy.

united states and the west will not do anything regarding the people fence if not to stop the bashar assad and its own las so turkey may you know open the borders of turkey so that the current three point five million refugees that are residing in turkey may come to europe because at the end of the day nowadays according to reports we have with what we understand that there are three million people in italy. come to turkey and turkey. made it very clear that they cannot carry does burden anymore yeah just following up and not on chris say the syrian government offensive. that it should stop and if it doesn't is to muss is going to listen what kind of reaction in effect could we expect from opening the borders anything else. well turkey again they don't want to open the borders they'd they told that very clearly that they cannot have this burden anymore and in this regard turkey's trying to differentiates. different groups like. sham which is considered as a shot and it is also considered as a terrorist organization also by turkey about from the other hand turkey sees some other groups. as

moving fast and the situation could have changed a great deal by then well the syrian president bashar assad has vowed to recapture every inch of territory from the rebels and that's slowly been happening the syrian government has made major gains especially since russia joined the war three years ago it is now the last remaining major prize for an aside and right now the turkish army controls a string of military posts around it the trying to prevent a government assault stephanie decker has more from a hanley near a turkish border with syria. after three weeks of quiet skies air strikes have resumed on the province particularly the southwest of the province there have been civilian casualties including five children and most of the airstrikes were around the area of additional sure this is an area that rumor over the last couple of weeks had it that perhaps a first phase of this expected offensive would take place it's too early to tell whether this is the start of the offensive certainly has been quiet over the last couple of hours but there are huge concerns when it comes to this looming

telling the international community basically that they have to come to terms with the fact that bashar assad has the upper hand and that is just a matter of time before the syrian army takes over the whole of syria now even if the syrians take over the territories they lost to the opposition they will have to deal with a particular issue which is the presence of the turkish army of the northern part of the country french and american troops based in the eastern part of syria they are there to provide assistance to the kurdish militias operating there now for the syrian foreign minister what is that those troops have to pull out otherwise the syrian army will use force let's listen to what the syrian pharmacy had to say in. any foreign presence on syrian territory without the consent of the syrian government is illegal and constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the un charter it's an assault on our sovereignty which undermines counterterrorism efforts and threatens regional peace and security we therefore consider any forces operating on syrian territory without any explici

stands to pay the prize for the wall street journal budget side at the on that syrian president bashar assad was looking to legitimize the imminent attack on counterterrorism croutons at the monochord on the us to stop focusing on chemical attacks adding that conventional weapons have a sponsible far more deaths but he also said that the obligation to stop the bloodshed does not rest solely with the west saying russia and iran responsible at the long one that of regime assault would also create serious humanitarian and security risks for turkey europe. and beyond whatever one's pleas for a political solution commas the united nations says that thirty thousand people have already been displaced within problems in the last week alone many of them are now heading towards turkey stephanie decker has more from un talk here on the turkey syria border. there's a huge numbers given by the united nations over thirty thousand people fleeing the areas where the bombardment is taking place and going to different areas inside most of the people according to the united nations going into camps these are c

stop the government from cementing its grip on power their market they're demanding president bashar assad be removed from office before a new constitution is drafted a russia turkey deal has a virtual possible government offensive for now the president of vietnam has died in hospital after being ill for months sixty one year old try and die quiet was one of vietnam's three most powerful leaders but his presidential role was largely ceremonial in the philippines the president's proposed changes to the constitution have led to more protests opposition groups a road rager detailed plans for a federal state will lead to dictatorship the march in manila was on the forty sixth anniversary of the declaration of martial law by former president ferdinand marcos. cambodia's granted a pardon to an australian filmmaker jailed on espionage charges james ricketson was arrested in june last year after using a drone to film a rally organized by a now dissolved opposition party he was charged with spying and sentenced to six years in prison last month not yet clear whether the sixty nine year old filmmake

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thousand and fifteen the stepped in and they changed the ground the tilt of the ground in favor of bashar assad but even if said takes back it eighty percent of the syrian population still wants assad out of power we're back to square one well. this statistic were first the polls where it comes from so. i don't know but we need to see of course the u.n. process under the u.n. auspices and the elections and then transition period which actually russia advocates for and supports but what moscow view is as a prerequisite for that is the pacific ocean of the conflict which means the end of of the fight so to create conditions where political process could be launched when the u.n. can work on the ground to monitor the election the organize election process so this is what moscow eventually pushes for you hide what is next for you the millions of people who live in no man's land in syria or pushed out of the country. claims back most of the territory in syria. would you still continue the fight first or workforce or for those who live in they will for sure not feel safe because many of them i wanted

before a full scale assault on it led turkey backed opposition forces against syrian president bashar al assad within the iran's hassan rouhani refused calls from turkish leader reptile iran for a ceasefire the three latest match in the iranian capital tehran for what was seen as the final chance for a diplomatic solution before a full scale assault on it led turkey backed opposition forces against syrian president bashar al assad and now fears a new flood of refugees russian president vladimir putin dismissed president wants a ceasefire proposal saying a truce would be pointless. there are no representatives of armed opposition here at our table and moreover there are no representatives of nusra front or i asked on the syrian army. so in my opinion and i believe the turkish president is right in general it would be good to have a ceasefire branch we cannot speak for them moreover we cannot say that no threat from terrorists. will stop shooting although they will stop using drones with bombs . so if anything the tehran summit. highlights of the differences between the main powers involved in t

importantly what will the assad government say about this agreement because from what we understand this agreement was reached yesterday between turkey and russia without the involvement of bashar al assad ok now this is a very big turkey and president. well he said yesterday that he believes with this agreement major a huge humanitarian disaster was present prevented for him yes this is a diplomatic success he is the man who convinced president putin of another solution of a compromise but this is not an entirely selfless move here by turkey's president he has geopolitical interests in syria he seeks to establish a longer term presence and that's why he wanted such a buffer zone for it live from the very beginning he wants to make sure that he is one of the men at the table when there will be negotiations about syria's political future. right across. the border thanks very much. the south korean president again has arrived in north korea for his third and possibly most challenging summit with its leader kim jong un but can he restart nuclear talks promising discussions on denuclearization with the united states earlier this year have since stalled traveling with moon some two

last larger region in the country that's held by rebel forces observers say the army of president bashar assad is preparing a large scale assault to retake it live backed by russia and iran. there's hardly enough time to put out the fire in this town and seven if that. then a second strike happens. to those little so they don't have the lowest we're going to get us a little low this member of the right helmets after several prayers after having been hit himself. the law. so loves it up as the troll he comes to his aid and nava blast goes off nearby. the footage shows how desperate the situation is for civilians in their lives and for those trying to rescue them. it's the second day of heavy bombardment in syria with reports of helicopters dropping barrel bombs on several rebel held town and villages. this man from southern it has a son by his side the trying to escape the brunt of the airstrikes into the city where. we were displaced by the russian strikes barrel bombs and shelling. they hit us with everything. and we're heading toward the northern area where. you know them and. they're not al

turkey both have direct strategic interests in syria moscow has strongly backed syria's president bashar assad's regime with troops on the ground but turkey too has intervened in the syrian conflict carving out a zone of influence near its border in recent days turkey has increased its military presence in the region the risk of a confrontation between russia and a nato member over it live grew as fighting increased. a lower have you. sensed the beginning of the month dozens of people have been killed and wounded in air raids and attacks by the syrian government and the russian air force reports from adlib have been growing increasingly dire. there's always the sound of war planes and there are attacks on many areas and. people can't sleep because of the air raids all day and night that. now two of syria's major players have pledged an end to the killing in it live but they have to in. sure the deal is on. so will it be. hot between. profits. how are people reacting to the news of this tale. well you have to understand people in the middle of have been bracing for the worst for a massive militar