group has emerged stronger than ever the more the there are fighting to defend is the model of bashar assad which is the it's a ship. so to what extent does hezbollah determine the course of politics in lebanon. even before the beirut explosion the city still bore the scars of a civil war that for more than 15 years crippled the capital and the country as a whole. was among those who fought back that. he was 16 years old when he 1st held a weapon in his hands. the lebanese civil war erupted in 1975. beirut became a battlefield as did virtually the entire country. the war initially saw christian militias fighting against the palestinian liberation organization or p.l.o. which was threatening to take control of beirut. the hostilities then escalated into a broader conflict between christians and arab nationalists. eventually in 1902 israel invaded and occupied southern lebanon. in order to expel the p.l.o. from the country it was during this time that hezbollah was formed in resistance to israel the war claimed tens of thousands of lives and left the country devastated. believes his generatio

making the perilous journey came from syria forced to flee after 4 years of civil war president bashar assad's forces that increase their attacks on the opposition strongholds and the so-called islamic state was gaining strength and people from many other countries including afghanistan iraq pakistan and every trial also left their home loans in search of a better future a new world was faced with those of precedented numbers the german government decided to let them in and almost a 1000000 migrants claimed asylum here as part of deed look back at the summer of 2052 of them have been sharing that story with us. my name is. i was born in 1980. i fled eritrea because i could no longer stand the never ending military service. is my name i'm 31 years old. i arrived in germany in 2015. i had to leave syria and. we did after 2 years of military service i came home for the 1st time i had only seen my daughter once at birth and never again after that when i got home i walked right past her i just didn't recognize her. nothing in life could be any sadder than that. that i was arrested by the secret ser

making the thrill use journey came from syria 4 years civil war had forced them to flee president bashar assad's forces increase their attacks on opposition strongholds and the so-called islamic state was gaining strength but people from many other countries including afghanistan and iraq pakistan and every train also left their homelands in search of a better future in your. face with an unprecedented wave chancellor angela merkel's government decided to let them in almost a 1000000 migrants claimed asylum here as part of a serious looking back on that sum of 5 years ago we met up with 2 of those who came and face very different futures. that my name is. i was born in 1980. i fled eritrea because i could no longer stand the never ending military service at the us of the house. you know. i'm 31 years old. i arrived in germany in 2015. i had to leave syria. and then after 2 years of military service i came home for the 1st time i had only seen my daughter once at birth and never again after that when i got home i walked right past or i just didn't recognize her nothing in life could be any sadder

was quick to denounce that say that statement saying that it is indeed a lie however president bashar assad exotica shanker still announced military drills near the country's western borders. well for more on this ask us live to political analysts go but dr roy thank you for joining us on the program we saw production to rallies today and in minsk in the president himself a paid defiant as as a do you think you can survive this crisis. in certain. groups. he and his supporters war is reasonable to assume or wouldn't it minister it's a urge me to we are but. whole world war richard lugar him didn't seem glued on the ground to us though he does know who supporters of the election results of course are incredible here to present your tour is incredible but. the level of support for the opposition sort of the overall rating. if he is not prepared to have a repeat of the election as the opposition demands where do things go from here. what he should be would be reasonable or would question a girl so young doing what he hasn't done for the last 26 years and that has to begin preparations for succ

was quick to denounce that say that statement saying that it is indeed a lie however president bashar assad exotica shanker still announced minutes or a drills near the country's western borders. well for more on this cost lives here liquid fire and pending journalist thank you for joining us on the program that given everything we've seen these past 7 days do you think you saying those days as president to numbers i think so i thought so what people think here in europe of course this week especially you know it's the 15th of august there is nobody around so the european commission before stats can say and of course criticized because very severely the speaker's sanctions but everybody is that by accident you deem their reactions here because i think that most people know some and all but the answer is in moscow they will probably never be another election with mr pushing i mean this trick worked in 20152010 before the people are greedy fed up it shows and the elections have been rigged i mean that's the opinion of people here and it's clear i mean we know internet from the day of voting a

was quick to denounce this say that statement saying that it is indeed a lie however president bashar assad exotica shanker still announced military drills near the country's western borders. well for more on baseless cross live to journalist brian mcdonald now a brian thank you for joining us on the program that we're prone to their rallies today in minsk and the president himself appeared defiant as ever can you survive this crisis i'm sorry i lost sound on the question. am i was just saying how we still produce the rallies in minkes timmins today and the president himself a pay is defined as that what you think you can survive a crisis. i think well i mean it's still 5050 as to whether he's going to survive or not everything's up in the air it depends on what the elites bandon him so abandon him sorry so far there's been no elites there's been a couple of ambassadors who've expressed sympathy with the protesters but there's been nobody from you know the security services or the establishment itself has come out so far inside the opposition publicly at least on till that happens he's prob

was quick to denounce this say that statement saying that it is indeed a lie however president bashar assad exotica shankar still announced military drills near the country's western borders. of the roman cost roughly let's bring in mark aghasi she's an international affairs commentator good evening. we saw a defined it today in minsk in front of his supporters do you think he could survive this crisis. i think he could survive this crisis indeed it depends really what he does and what the other side does i personally suggested they do an election recount which nobody seems to be calling for possibly because the opposition would find out what it probably already knows that didn't actually win the elections and possibly because you could shake of a smart part might have to see that he's 80 percent was somewhat less so maybe it doesn't sue i decide to actually genuinely recount those 'd elections but that would really tell us who should be in power and that could answer the question of whether it should be luke look at schenker who survives in power or not when you look at all the tribes that

prosecutors say the suspects are linked to some assassinations mainly of opponents of syrian president bashar assad that include the failed attempt on the life of former minister marwan mehdi what was a serial murder of the political class. targeted the people who gathered on the 14th of march or those who expressed one position to bashar the regime to they knew that the policy of syria was to pave the way for iranian bret being influence in lebanon. the balance of power is now in favor of hezbollah whose armed wing is considered a terrorist organization by the west and the arab league secretary general has denied any role in the killing and questioned the legitimacy of the tribunals before indictments were issued. called it an israeli us tool and vowed to never hand over the suspects the lebanese government i don't think. it will say that it's not within its capacity to arrest those people that means the tribunals should refer the case to the un security council but that divided and lacks the means to deliver a guilty verdict and has allies control political and military power in the country in 20

minister was quick to denounce to say that statement saying that it is indeed a lie however president bashar assad exactly the shanker still announced minutes or a drills near the country's western borders. the things appear calmer now in minsk the beginning of the week was marred with unrest which left a demonstrator dead video has now emerged reportedly showing the moment of the tragedy and a bit of a warning you might find the footage disturbing here you can see a group of riot police who are just a few meters away from the alleged victim shortly after comes the apparent moment to the protester was killed while others interior ministry had previously claimed the victim had tried to throw an explosive device at officers but it went off in his hand and sounds like a look at how events unfolded during the week. you just take in people that i doing i think. 'd yes i swallowed yes q yes i've come out but i want to leave in a free and peaceful country what would mr you. most how much of this mass that is going on can you take the time which. was not so. likely. the lives of others. but it's. the bell

has already established relations with health with bashar assad that the theater. of syria already in war in yemen and involved in the war in libya so really they u.a.e. has been for a long time now sharing intelligence and cooperating strategically with their israel normalizing relations with israel so what we see now on the part of the u.a.e. and perhaps behind enemy saudi arabia is basically formalizing their already existing cooperation organization and strategic alliance with israel all to say that it's the same kind of dictators that have marker see in the arab world like sisi let him have a good time and mohammed bin zayed of you really. eager to to forge an alliance with israel because they would like to see that kind of protection from is and the united states for their regimes everything about this agreement is appeasement everything about this agreement is betrayal according to the palestinians and from a strategic point of view it would have less to do with encouraging peace and more with encouraging appeasement and occupation and certainly in the end o

done by the lebanese parliament changing the constitution in august 2004 the syrian president mr bashar al assad effectively ordered mr hariri to support mr la hood's mandate extension stating that syria alone would choose the president of lebanon. in the months before his assassination mr hariri zz allies were publicly calling for an end to the syrian political military and economic dominance over lebanon on his supporters held 3 meetings in the bristol hotel in beirut and issued coals for the indus syrian domination of lebanon on these occurred in september and december 2004 and a final one just 12 days before his murder that occurred on the 2nd to fairbridge 2005 they's matings came to be known as the bristol group meetings there was also an attack on the lot of mr hariri as political ally and friend mr mollenhauer day on the 1st of october 2004 when a car bomb exploded outside his house mr ahmed a escaped death and was seriously injured in the attack but his bodyguard died another person was seriously injured. witnesses testified that the attack on mr hama day could be construed as a warning

perilous journey came from syria where 4 years of civil war had forced them to flee president bashar al assad's forces had increased their attacks on opposition strongholds and the so-called islamic state was gaining strength but people from many other countries including afghanistan iraq pakistan eritrea they also left their home in search of a better future in europe faced with an unprecedented wave chancellor angela merkel's government decided to open germany's borders and almost a 1000000 migrants claimed asylum here as part of our series looking back on that summer 5 years ago we met up with 2 of those micro. look into how. to live my name is burkholder. i was born in 1980 sure and. i fled eritrea because i could no longer stand the never ending military service at the us about how much. you know my name and i'm 31 years old. i arrived in germany in 2015 and i don't think i had to leave syria. and then after 2 years of military service i came home for the 1st time i had only seen my daughter once at birth and never again after that when i got home i walked right past her i just didn't reco

the most of syria's oil producing fields in the north east the government of syrian president bashar al assad does not recognize the kurdish self-proclaimed rule and calls the move illegal a statement from syria's foreign ministry condemns the agreement to quote steal syria's oil under the sponsorship and support of the american administration which damascus says is quote no and void and has no legal basis the official u.s. narrative about its involvement in syria has been about helping its allies the syrian rebels in the fight against the islamic state but last year president trump contradicted the official narrative by publicly announcing that the u.s. mission in syria isn't really about securing its oil fields unbelievable. draft dodger donald trump told the truth he told. the reality of why we're there i've got news for you people the only reason we have an interest in the middle east is oil it's always bad blood for oil and i encourage people when it comes to these war situations please read general smedley butler is book war is a racket let me repeat that to time congressional medal of

civil war in syria had been raging for 5 years in its fight against the insurgents president bashar al assad's army had laid waste to entice it is. amid the chaos the so-called islamic state that seized control of great swathes of eastern syria. putin did not want to see another arab dictator toppled he decided to intervene. save the bus for us with a thought probably a minute by which flash are all assad it wasn't about supporting him personally siddique of the cause the problem was keeping the syrian state going. what is u.s. and european intervention in other states internal affairs ever achieved e.u. battle with this excuse of teaching you about democracy in your way of life and we've been used to when democrats you know which moves each bribe you know. only chaos and collapse when. you're asked by the maker of this with us is applies to afghanistan iraq and libya you know it that's aids and now in syria russia was saying stuff like that that's enough that stuff which. on the 30th of september 2015 russia launched its ass strikes officially they were targeting islamic terror militia. bruto

biden on the seventh anniversary of the biggest failure of joe biden's career when in syria, bashar al-assad gassed children after the obama-biden team said they would do something about it. we saw this gassing of children, a by all accounts, and nothing was done. so i find it really troubling that this group which really pushes war inc. in so many ways wants to somehow say that the return of joe biden and the return to the status quo is going to be better. it's really troubling to many americans. we know longer have a problem of republican versus democrat, we have a problem of washington versus the rest of the united states. >> martha: interesting way to put it. we all remember president obama talking about the red line have they started moving chemical weapons around or using them in any way and then that redline went unanswered which is a significant moment in that administration. here is john kerry the other night at. watch this. >> for the eight years of the obama-biden administration, we lead by example. we eliminated the threat of iran with a nuclear weapon, built a 68 nation coalitio

they were willing to put necessary force to keeping bashar al-assad in power.ling they have the same feeling in lebanon and willing to use the same type of tactics? trey: absolutely. the iranians are willing to do whatever it takes to keep their proxies in power and i would give you examples across the middle east where we've reported, reporting on the ground in gaza city talking to islamic jihad and hamas, when we were reporting in baghdad talking to militia members from hezbollah, they want to see that continued support from the iranian regime and they are willing to do whatever the regime that iran asks. excuse the profanities, you can tell people are upset. the woman speaking about lebanese president michel aoun. she said she didn't want him to be president anymore and that's what we are seeing, similar sentiment across the city. leland: trey, your perspective of control iran has from gaza to where you are in beirut to reporting in baghdad is invaluable. our thanks to you, you and your crew stay safe throughout the night and obviously we will be back throug

bashar al assad, the dictator in syria, announces 98% of the people have voted to keep him in power. really? tell me more. the castro brothers in cuba, 99% of the vote. kim jong-il in north korea, 99% of the vote. saddam hussein, 100% of the vote. you know, these guys working it hard enough, they could probably get 110% of the vote. in the right precincts. but, you know, after going through those kind of motions, you know, voila, the dictator says to the world and to his own country, look, i've been overwhelmingly democratically re-elected to my post. the people love me. i'm not pushing myself on anybody. they've asked for me to stay. they love me. this weekend in belarus, the guy who has been the dictator there for more than 25 years, the first and only president that country has ever had since the collapse of the soviet union, he stood for re-election, and there's no reason to think in a real election that he would be re-elected. he has badly botched, for example, his country's coronavirus response, which has led to widespread anger and criticism. the economy in belarus is circling

bashar al assad what i saw was a party pro-criminal justice, pro-immigration, pro-woman, loves dr. a party to vote for that believes in that stuff, that party's called the democratic party. what you saw tonight was the republican party pretends that they're us, and i think the most bizarre part of it, the best part of their convention is pretend that they're us. >> the conventions you paid attention to. all i can say is, i have to make one quote, yeah, one comment. and that is that what the republicans focused on a lot -- and you guys have criticized them is, you know, on the strength of donald trump and the economy. why? because we're in an economic difficulty right now. we're in an economic difficulty not because of donald trump. let's be honest about it. we were hit with the coronavirus and everybody wanted -- >> and how he handled. >> wanted the country to shut down. >> yeah, but he botched it. >> no, he didn't botch it. what's been botched is the reopening of the country where democrats have continued to shut -- >> no. >> if you look where the highest unemployment is, it's in