of president bashar assad the forces of the regional president bashar assad are trying actually to capture the main towns along that road it has been for a prolonged actually the main target of the syrian government there was an agreement actually between turkey and russia. concerning of course this part of. that agreement has been actually violated many times and we are seeing it one more time actually because as i said i mean this is going to be for the regime a very important military operation for actually begin in control of this main road between how and. turkey has sent more suspected eisel fighters and their families to their home countries this time to france 11 suspects have been deported joining more than 60 other foreign nationals have been sent home by turkey since mid november most of them have come from france or germany but the revulsive been others from belgium australia and the u.s. turkey has been holding more than 1200 suspected ice all members in its prisons and in northern syria last month ankara amounts that would be ramping up its efforts to deport more ice or fight

whether the russians or the iranians are helping bashar al-assad, bashar al-assad will , andhis fightwill use whatever brutality is necessary to do that. to me.explain this everything seems to be connected to everything in the middle east. a report in the bloomberg today troops toy is sending tripoli because there are syrian rebels now fighting there. is that correct? that is true, but the real issue is against the russians. attemptians backed the of taking over government, in opposition of the yuan government that was put in. this is another way for the turks to fight the russians by taking opposite sides. in this case, they are on the right side by backing the yuan government that has been imposed inside libya. we canis there anything do with respect to russian influence in syria at this point, or is it a done deal as a practical matter? mark: candidly, it is a done deal outside of anything to regarding diplomacy. it would take a diplomatic breakthrough between the united states and putin to have his forces pull back. even if the syrian forces pull back, there are still around 30,00

bashar al assad's forces because it's not only one of the biggest albums although we can say right now many of its residents have fled. in this place but again the city sits on 5 highway which means. we do would be able to contact some of the the the largest quadrilles as it used to be aleppo to the cup to the which means it could boost trade between the towns that it's now holding so a lot of the money is to dick and some place that the government really wants to get hold of thank you very much for that mohamed own reporting live on the crisis in syria from antakya in techie and syrian customs officials have seize the assets of the country's wealthiest businessmen it's the 1st time an order has been issued for rami mom loaf who's the cousin of syrian president bashar assad has been accused of importing products without paying charges and fees the e.u. and united states have already imposed sanctions on mom low food reportedly controls 60 percent of syria's economy. to india now where the government has announced new guidelines and approved funds for an updated national population regi

basically, bashar al-assad winning his bid to militarily regain control of this country. all the other international players, any resistance there had been to assad earlier in this conflict has long since been gone. they have retreated to the sidelines of this conflict. the u.s. is sort of a w lol -- sort of awol, absent without leave. donald trump told u.s. fighters out of northeastern syria in early october. tens of thousands of civilians hahave been fleeing g in recent. -- recent days. renewed attacks. 200,000 people have fled since november 1 from the province. remember, a lot of these are people who are already exiled, who already were refugees displaced from violence elsewhere in syria over the course of this war. it is doubles and sometimes triple displacement. they are going south and also north toward an area near the ander weather is increasingly dire humanitarian situation, as you said. 's forces haved crushed the southern and eastern parts of idlib province, villages cleared of, quote, "terrorists." they want to keep tabs on the highway linking damascus to ale

the forces of the regime of president bashar assad are trying actually to capture them in towns along that road it has been for me for a long actually the main target of the syrian government there was an agreement actually between turkey and russia. concerning of course this part of it but that agreement has been actually violated many times and we are seeing it one more time actually because as i said i mean this is going to be for the regime a very important military operation for actually begin in control of this main road between her and aleppo and as we've seen with other attacks by forces backed up by russian forces is this an attempt to kind of create facts on the ground in syria before any permanent settlement i don't think there is going to be a bit of a permanent settlement anytime soon because it is going to be a very thought any issue and the relationship between russia and turkey and the talk on that is a have been trying over the past couple of years actually to have like like an agreement. to have like a settlement a political settlement for for. they they did th

them block them in more and more countries internet blackouts have become a fact of life syria's bashar al assad and the interview and italian broadcaster did not want its audience to see putting a face on fake news that's all and less why should you believe me deep fakes like this photo version of boris johnson are next level misinformation and they want to feature dream on their. ukrainian boy the trunk impeachment story sect news. for those of you watching this program online imagine what an internet blackout would mean to you shut out of messaging sites forced off social media deprived of news information and the means to contact loved ones and magine your 'd kashmiri and the indian government has left you in the dark for 4 months now or you are iranian and you've just experienced your most serious internet shutdown ever both of those shutdowns were imposed by governments which said they were trying to prevent security threats their critics human rights workers among them say this is about silencing dissent the. liberally severing connections between people of form of collective punishment i

suspicion that the us was sparing about the looser to use it against the legitimate government of bashar assad. unlike isis which has been. largely defeated and has existed only in the form of separate groups rather looser or. has taking over the deescalation zone of aid lip it's use it as a. platform for carrying strikes against the mean civil infrastructure and rushes which may mean basically respond to these. attacks and it's impossible to have the situation linger for ever. because of the good war missile because we need to fully liberate this zone from terrorists we need to make sure that the digital government has full control of the territory there is one element factor. and the charities who are there in the zone they're sprawling. they're penetrating other regions a lot of them are now in libya in libya they're adding oil to the fire of the collages and the fighting which. as an obstacle on the way of the political process or discuss syria in great detail we discussed the. situation to the east of where you are freight is where the u.s. was its coalition which hasn't been invited to s

syria shelling and air strikes that it led province have escalated in recent weeks president bashar al assad's government appears to be preparing for a ground offensive to secure the highway linking damascus with the northern city of aleppo it's a case foreign minister has had talks with rival leaders in the bia aimed at ending fighting to capture the capital tripoli un says at least a 1000 libyans have been killed since warlord holly for huffed are began his offensive on tripoli a strain has experienced its hottest day on record the average temperature across the country on tuesday was nearly $41.00 degrees celsius that record could be broken on what state has it's only the start of the southern hemisphere summer the searing temperatures have made things worse for crews dealing with more than 100 bushfires in the eastern state of new south wales you are up to date those are our current headlines the news continues here on our jazzier after inside story thanks for your company the by. thousands of international soldiers are in africa region but despite this there's been a dramatic increase in

as strikes on the province of escalated in recent weeks it comes as the government of president bashar assad appears to be preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway linking the capital damascus with aleppo. and in pakistan the former president pervez musharraf has been sentenced to death in a treason case the shark lives in 2 by carney and what was tried in the pakistani capital islamabad in hit in absentia the case relates to a state of emergency imposed after suspending the constitution in 2007 regular mohamad has mall. pervez musharraf has been living in exile for years fighting to clear his name the court case that hands him a death sentence involves a decision he made back in 2007 as president of pakistan he imposed a state of emergency and suspended the constitution saying he needed to fight what he called rising is the most extremism he also fired the chief justice of the supreme court which led to nationwide protests prompting his resignation a year later since then he's been living into by musharraf has maintained that he wasn't given a fair hearing in the summer a

northwestern syria shelling and airstrikes and at the province of escalated in recent weeks president bashar al assad's government appears to be preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway linking the capital damascus with the northern city of aleppo. muslim leaders are in malaysia for a summit aimed at tackling challenges facing the islamic world conflicts in iraq and lebanon are on the agenda ahmed fahour has the story now from kuala lumpur. tight security at this kuala lumpur convention center organizers say muslim leaders meeting here are taking a new approach to handling the challenges facing these lifeworld you have to start with problem identification right well of the issues that need that inflate. and come up with some solutions. to how to overcome them and not go. talk but something concrete the leaders of 3 sunni nations malaysia turkey and qatar are leading this initiative and are joined by iranian president hassan rowhani high level delegations from indonesia and pakistan are also here. but pakistani prime minister imran khan canceled the day before after visiting saudi ara

and as strikes on province of escalated in recent weeks it comes as the government of president bashar assad appears to be preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway linking the capital damascus with aleppo on now to yemen a new report from the united nations world food program says more than 11000000 people in yemen still struggle to get enough food this despite the program expanding its food assistance to the country by 50 percent since the start of 2019 nearly 5 years of conflict has destroyed yemen's economy but the price of basic goods out of reach for many people. all elsewhere israeli politician gideon sar has been officially has officially launched his bid to unseat prime minister benjamin netanyahu as head of his ruling could party netanyahu is israel's longest serving leader but he's been weakened by a corruption indictment as well as back to back failures to form a government this year so far is the only could member who said they would consider running for the top slot and now the general election the 3rd in less than 12 months will be held on march the 2nd. now

airstrikes on a deal of problems have escalated in recent weeks comes as the government of president bashar assad appears to be preparing for a ground offensive so $4.00 to $5.00 the main highway linking damascus with pull. in the 3rd consecutive night of protests in 11 months capital supporters of 2 main shia groups hezbollah on the mall have fought with security forces these repeatedly fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters in the it comes hours after lebanon's president michel aoun delayed consultations with political parties to name a new prime minister major christian parties refused to support the only current candidate caretaker prime minister saad hariri french transport workers are staging demonstrations nationwide for the 13th day against government plans to reform pensions trains and flights are being disrupted and that could continue throughout the christmas holidays workers would need to work 2 extra years before getting a food pension under those proposals the government says they will create a fair system the official behind the plans has had to quit ov

businessman it's the 1st time an order has been issued for rami back lou who is the cousin of president bashar assad he's been accused of importing products including oil and gas without paying charges and fees the e.u. and u.s. have already imposed sanctions on back with the report of the controls 60 percent of syria's economy will christo as a middle east analyst and director of the council for british understanding he explains just might have been targeted. the matter who family right in the sense of the call of this regime remember the heart as the last sentence the father of bashar last sent was not marriage to a nice matter which is. now a week land as well as the assets and in fact in many ways of her greater social standing and mohammed who is the father rami was very much the regime's banco he is extremely rich so to see the regime taking action like this against somebody so senior and indeed. there were parts of this new crony capitalism that underpin the regime gemma demonstrates that all is not well in new and in a echelons of power now there's a number of scenarios one can consider here

given that much of the money that mcauliffe has made has come because of his close ties with bashar al assad. well this is an extraordinary moment because the man who family right in the sense of the call of this regime remember the half as the last sentence the father of bashar last sent was not married to a nice matter which is a much looser a. and that o.e. clan as well as the assets and in fact in many ways of. social standing and management who is the father and he was very much the regime's banco he is extremely rich so to see the regime taking action like this against somebody so senior and indeed others who were parts of this new crony capitalism it underpinned the rashid jetman demonstrates that all is not well in new and in a echelons of power now there's a number of scenarios one can consider here there is an extent the regime is trying to shore up its legitimacy at a time of real declining revenues when so many syrians are deaf suits are below the poverty line. and are resentful of those who have millions who actually show off their wealth and know in a way and we've seen this or

5 highway which links the cup with all the muskets to the city of aleppo it is a place where bashar al assad's forces very keen to get and they've been making steady progress towards 10 months in the past few days of clashes they managed to take up to 20 towns and villages but the opposition have been putting up a very is the flight and they say to have taken from the regime's forces about 3 villages in the past 2 into 4 hours so people keeping on moving to the turkish border and then not being allowed to a course of this point to take your photo saying they will not allow one more city of affinity to cross into turkey so mohammad we've heard from turkey it's repeatedly said it cannot cope with what it sees as the unshared burden of many thousands of refugees as you point out where you are trying to cross over but what's the alternative for these people. well there's not much of an alternative the charter to work as we've been speaking to are telling us they are working around the clock to ensure that many of the refugees have what they need but the comps that they've been running on the borde

it's the 1st time an order has been issued for rami makhlouf who's the cousin of the president bashar al assad he's been accused of importing products including oil and gas without paying charges and fees the e.u. and the u.s. have already imposed sanctions on muslims who reportedly control 60 percent of the syrian economy. still to come here on al-jazeera we'll examine the roots of the crisis in chile and across latin america after a year of unprecedented unrest. and where it all began will be invested hemis thousands of christian pilgrims from around the world gather to celebrate christmas. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast well here across north america we're going to be seeing some better weather but in terms of snow for christmas that's going to be kind to hard to find we're talking temperatures above average as we go towards the 25th here across the northern tier states it is going to be the clouds and to that parts of canada we are going to be seeing those temperatures sink below freezing but mostly across much of the united states high temperatures are goi

businessman it's the 1st time an order has been issued for romney maloof who is the cousin of president bashar assad he's been accused of importing products including oil and gas without paying charges and fees the e.u. and the u.s. have already imposed sanctions on the loof who reportedly control 60 percent of syria's economy. at least 4 people have been killed in northwest libya in the latest as strikes by. us forces the attack was launched on the town of the shura around 20 kilometers east of the capital tripoli at least 3 people were injured in the offensive fighting around the face of the contested capital has escalated in recent weeks off to have to declared a final attack on tripoli 7 months ago when libya's internationally recognized government which is based in tripoli reportedly has asked for turkey for ground troops after the 2 signed a military cooperation pact last month the policy is libya has been divided between 2 rival governments and those who support them the u.n. recognize administration that by prime minister fayyad as a so raj is based in tripoli it's supported by tacky and mos

northwestern syria shelling and airstrikes in edler province of escalated in recent weeks president bashar al assad's government appears to be preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway then came the capital damascus with the northern city of aleppo. italy's foreign minister has had talks with rival lead us in libya aimed at ending fighting to capture the capital tripoli the u.n. says at least a 1000 libyans have been killed since warlord holy for the candidates offensive 8 months ago and as more. reinforcements are heading to the front line for what could be the final battle for tripoli militia allied to the internationally recognized government moved heavy weapons and fighters south to the outskirts of the camp. we then had you brigade support forces are on our way to the capital tripoli we are on our way and god willing we will be victorious. after forces are also reinforcing their front lines each side has foreign help turkey has offered to send troops in support of the tripoli government will have to are has soldiers for hire there are a 1000 new russian mercenaries deployed to

businessmen this is the 1st time an order has been issued for ami mahmoud who is the cousin of president bashar assad he's been accused of importing products including oil and gas without paying charges in fees the e.u. and the u.s. have already imposed sanctions on math kloof who reportedly control 60 percent of syria's economy at least 4 people have been killed in northwest libya in the latest estimates by who for huffed us forces the attack was launched on the town of 10 shura around 20 kilometers east of the capital tripoli at least 3 people were injured in the offensive fighting around the fiercely contested capital has been escalating in recent weeks. india's government has approved funding for a census next year which it's feared could be used to enact a new citizenship law more than 20 people have died in weeks of protests against the law which fast track citizenship for minorities from some countries but it doesn't include muslims meanwhile security has been stepped up across india as protests escalate police and paramilitary forces have been also deployed in the capital delhi. iraq's parlia

1st time an order has been issued for rami mamu fus the cousin of private cousin of president bashar assad has been accused of important products without paying charges and fees the e.u. and united states have already imposed sanctions on mom no food reportedly control 60 percent of syria's economy. in other world news india's government has announced new guidelines and approved money for an updated national population register that many fear could be used to further discriminate against muslims the survey was introduced in 2010 but for the 1st time people will be asked to share information about the date and place of birth of their parents that also be asked to give details of identity documents voter cards driving licenses and passports the government has approved more than $500000000.00 in funding for the exercise prime minister narendra modi's pushing ahead with despite facing backlash over a new citizenship law that's also being viewed as on time muslim in new delhi there are more protests against the law 25 people have died since the violence began when the legislation was passed ear

we're asking for allows mercy and for the united nations to see what happened to us because of bashar al assad and the russian army. they are killing us. with heavy shelling. and is strikes. syrian troops have been pushing into it live. and identified syrian criminal siege the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism. you do have saw i looked. syrian army cares about civilians lives. the military calls upon them to leave the areas where the terrorists are not words with us should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i didn't want more than 40000 people have been displaced by the finance in recent weeks. demonstrators in hong kong have clashed with police in christmas eve protests riot police fired tear gas as protests went through a major shopping district activist block the streets smashed shop windows the anti-government protests in hong kong are now in their 7th month. because on location and sent us this update a festive lie has descended into question in hong kong a tear gas return to the streets lots of protestors

the syrian army has been subjecting rebel positions to sustained attacks president bashar al assad wants to regain control of italy province tens of thousands of people have fled since fighting intensified many want to head north to safety in turkey. turkish president heir to one says that more than 80000 people are on their way to his country. he warns that the situation is like the 2050 migration crisis. well beyond the man looked at john 67 if this violence against the people of it does not end this number will rise further the pocono unity wash in this case turkey will not carry the burden of this migration all alone. the negative effects of this pressure on us will be an issue felt by all european countries especially greece stunnel marquisate about 3700000 syrian refugees are already living in turkey in difficult conditions. but most have come to terms with their situation and see no other option. it seems here we can't endure living through the bomb attacks we have no relatives left in syria. safety for the civilian population is just one of many problems the international communi

whistling again because of the heavy bombardment by the criminal bashar al assad yesterday more than 400 rockets hit these town. and they set off while more family with nowhere to go. joining many many more fleeing the renewed offensive. checky say $80000.00 people are currently heading towards its border with syria and the situation is deteriorating shah. if the violence towards the people of live does not stop this number will rise even more in that case turkey will not carry such a migrant burden on its own the negative impact of the pressure we will be subjected to will be something that all european nations especially greece will also feel. at the moment there's no option for this new wave of displaced people other than joined half a 1000000 of those who fled to the border this year already invited to safety but living conditions the u.n. describes as horrific. afghan president ghani appears to be heading for a 2nd term preliminary results show he won september's election with just over 50 percent the announcement had been delayed. because of irregularities and the recount johnn

were asking for allows mercy and for the united nations to see what happened to us because of bashar al assad and the russian army . they are killing us. with heavy shelling. and a strikes. syrian troops have been pushing into it live. and identified syrian colonel said the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism. yet they do have saw i lack history in army cares about civilians lives what i do want to get the idea on the military calls upon them to leave the areas where the terrorists are. that should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army has come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i've been with more than 40000 people have been displaced by the science in recent weeks. well 30 years ago today romania's revolution drew to a close with the execution of dictator cesco it was the final and bloodiest chapter in the series of revolutions in 1909 that overthrew communism in europe dan voice is a retired military prosecutor who played a role in ending the tyranny and he shares his perspective on that to mulch of his time when the revolution broke out in december 1

were asking for allows mercy and for the united nations to see what happened to us because of bashar al assad and the russian army . they are killing us. with heavy shelling. and is strikes. syrian troops have been pushing into it live. and identified syrian pennell said the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism it was jetted to have saw the syrian are. he cares about civilians lives what they're doing to your yard your own military calls upon him to leave the areas where the terrorists. would you are that you should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i'll be much more than $40000.00 people have been displaced by the findings in recent weeks. demonstrators in hong kong have clashed with police and christmas eve protests riot police fired tear gas as protests were through a major shopping district activist block streets and smashed shop windows n.t. government protests and hong kong are now in their 7th month. phoebe kong is on location and she sent us this update. the 1st of my has descended into question in hong

missile strike on a school building in syria's province the opposition is blaming president bashar al assad's government for the attack the school is being used as a shelter for people displaced by violence in other parts of the country. on kong protesters have clashed with police and demonstrations scuffles broke out after activists occupied shopping malls please fire tear gas as thousands of protesters blocked streets outside of the shopping centers anti-government protests in hong kong are now in their 7th month. the spanish coast guard has rescued 37 migrants from the new off the canary islands most of them are from sub-saharan africa they were brought ashore and are reportedly in good health this year alone more than 30000 migrants have arrived at spanish ports. and now to the central american state of honduras which is in shock after 2 deadly prison riots in 2 days the death toll has reached almost 40 in clashes between rival gangs authorities have declared a state of emergency but that has failed to stop the violence and may even have provoked more. this spin written on their faces rel

missile strike on a school building in syria's province the opposition is blaming president bashar al assad's government for the attack the school serves as a shelter for people displaced by violence in other parts of the country. protesters have clashed with police and demonstrations scuffles broke out after activists occupied shopping malls riot police fired tear gas as thousands of protesters blocked streets outside the shopping centers the anti-government protests in hong kong are now in their 7th month. accord in turkey has ordered businessman osman to remain in jail on charges he attempted to overthrow the government. is accused of organizing and funding the gazey park protest against then prime minister of russia tire paranoia the european court of human rights has called for his release saying there's no reasonable suspicion he committed a crime. at least $24.00 passengers were killed after the vehicle they were driving in plunged off a cliff on the indonesian island of sumatra rescuers rescuers are still searching for survivors possibly trapped inside the bus which veered off a road

were asking for allows mercy and for the united nations to see what happened to us because of bashar al assad and the russian army . they are killing us. with heavy shelling. and a strikes. syrian troops have been pushing into it live. and identified syrian pennell said the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism. i left the syrian army cares about civilians lives what that. the military calls upon them to leave the areas where the terrorists are. that they should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army has come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i'd be much more than $40000.00 people have been displaced by the violence in recent weeks. let's bring in riyadh all knowledge of who the us which is a syrian based human rights organization or it is currently in sweden and joins us via skype heh thanks for being on the program now you're in contact with your colleagues who are on the ground in syria what are they telling you. the situation is catastrophic. syrians in england for sure have spent a different kind of christmas eve brutal attacks continue to target civi