actually the reason behind the blood shed, the reason behind the turmoil is the regime of president bashar el assadranslator: no differences between apg, assad and i.s.i.l. terrorist originations and they commit crimes against humanity, let no one deceive anyone. we went to syria because they invited us. if someone kills 380,000 people, if someone kills his own people are you obliged to accept their invitation. >> goes to show the fragment mentation of fighting i.s.i.l. and washington believes it has a partner in the kurdish fight and russia claims to be attacking i.s.i.s. is actually a strong supporter of the assad regime and come under accusations of u.s. treasury in the past few days with indirect links of buying oil from i.s.i.s. the other important message from erdogan is his reiteration he was going to try and meet with russia's vladimir putin in paris when the two arrive for this climate change summit. until now the kremlin has not responded positively or negatively to erdogan's request for a meeting but it's a sign that erdogan is trying to deescalate or publically show he is reaching out t

bargaining may take a while and the warring sides do not recognize each other and no fate of bashar el assadore fighting as they try to gain the upper hand on the ground to be able to make gains at the negotiating table, beirut. >>> coming up, later in the program and telling you why some candidates for the u.s. republican nomination think children of undocumented workers are a big threat and report from hong kong where thousands of refugees say they are isolated and kept away from the rest of the population. ♪ the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. ♪ welcome back i'm shilulie-ghosh and sports ministry says it's not surprised that drug cheating is widespread in russia

for simply one reason, they know the eastern part of the country is a bashar el assad stronghold and to pound the stronghold to bashar al-assad and send a message they have the military capabilities to move forward and hit swiftly of what it is supposed to be the assad stronghold. >> the rebel groups on the ground how many are there and what do they want? >> peter, we have different factions with different affiliations and sometimes with different agendas but sometimes they unite when they are faced with major threats just to give you an idea, we had two main blocks operating particularly in the northern part of the country in idlib and in aleppo, free syrian army and conservative factions particularly affiliated with al-qaeda. the moment they sense there is a massive military operation in the offering by the syrian government they unite and form what they call an operations military rule where you have top military commanders, intelligence leaders from all the factions unite, launch the fight, gain territory but by the end of the day they each pass its own way. efforts by different

una estrategia para atacar a isis, la forma de hacerlo es increÍblemente uniÉndose con el dictador bashar al-assad rusia y estados unidos y bashar al-assad luchen contra isis. estÁn buscando a dos personas. uno el octavo terrorista que se cree que se encuentra en bÉlgica, y el segundo es un hombre que vamos a aprender, es un joven de 27 aÑos, y es el cerebro tras los ataques, recordarÁn que hace poco hubo un ataque en un tren, que fue detenido por ciudadanos norteamericanos, el cerebro detrÁs de su operaciÓn, y tambiÉn de los ataques de francia. a mis espaldas se encuentra la catedral de notre dame, acaba de ser abierta hace menos de 24 horas, se encuentran unos soldados, y la forma en que vigilan la gente sumamente interesante, preocupante, y causa sin la menor duda nervios, llevan sus rifles con el dedo en el castillo preparados para cualquier incidente, es decir, aquÍ en francia lo que estamos viendo es ataques a isis en siria, estamos viendo la preparaciÓn, la coaliciÓn de varios paÍses, el secretario de estado de estados unidos se encuentra aquÍ, y tambiÉn hay mucho miedo, porque nadie cree a

north western part of syria, attacking targets that are rib el-- rebels on the ground that are fighting, the government and president bashar al-assad. the u.s. tends to focus more in the east. and those are targets that are more isis targets. just this week, however, there was a coordination exercise where the u.s. and russians actually exchanged a communication just so they can talk to each other and try and avoid crashing too each other in the skies over syria. >> sreenivasan: is there concern that this could be the beginning of kind of mission creep, putting special forces on the ground or putting special advisors on the ground, is one step trying to increase our air campaign, is another step? >> well, certainly that's what the critics in congress and elsewhere are saying of the obama administration's decision, to put those 50 or so special ops guys on the ground. those forces will be there to help coordinate intelligence, to basically give advice to the syrian rebels on the ground in the east. as they push toward roca, the self-proclaimed capital of isis in eastern syria. the air campaign as you said, increasing both the number

el nusra front. and despite losing control of most of the country, president bashar al-assad and his allies insist it is vital to the fight against groups like i.s.i.l. but syrian rebels don't agree. >> today the syrian people have a number of priorities. number 1 is bashar al-assad, must leave. the second is to uproot terrorism. we must take these matters into consideration, while pondering on a diplomatic solution. >> and while the political solution appears to be limited to discussions, on the ground, the assad government is finding it hard to retain control of areas it retook from opposition fighters in aleppo and latakia. but priority is no match for those who want to get rid of president bashar al-assad. the latest escalation of violence in syria raises concerns of a wider conflict. but many say that as long as countries like russia and turkey remain divided on how to solve the syrian crisis, fighting will continue and more people will likely die. hashem ahelbarra, antakia, on syria's border with turkey. >> baghdad visit today boat say 10,000 troops are needed to be successful in iraq. >> we ne