and damascus in turn has pointed the finger at is a missed militants that have been flooding across the border that turkey is allowed to come in and out of the country freely but the most tense moment in relation. between syria and turkey was that when the syrian government shut down the turkish requirements on its plane last year and at the time turkey requested that nato that its nato allies come up with a collective response but that never happened so publicly at least turkish officials have maintained that they do not want to be in any direct military involvement in syria so this strike on the time this month proves to be an israeli defense force operation it could become the country's fourth of talk against syria in six months and let's now take a look back at some of the previous air raids a military compound just outside damascus was bombed from the air on train yuri fires this year a second similar operation reportedly happened may the third and that's one rocket strike a warehouse of damascus international airport allegedly containing a surface to surface missiles just two

claim the substances were meant to be packed into mortars and used to attack government forces in damascus our middle east correspondent paula slee are has the latest. the syrian army has found chemical materials in the town of jobar which is on the outskirts of the capital city of damascus initial reports said that the syrian army seized a factory that was occupied by a group of foreign backed militants and that chemical materials were found inside their factory now we do see canisters we do see white packages that they have uncovered and it does seem as if they were producing chemicals in the laboratory it says poison chemical substances made in saudi arabia so we do see that the factories are also involved we're also receiving reports of the rebels were planning to stop artillery shells with the chemical weapons that they were producing here and use them to attack damascus this comes on the same day as heavy clashes supported near the capital on sunday on the seventh of july armed rebels were found in position of some two hundred eighty barrels of chemical substances at the time of the

artillery shells with the chemical weapons that they were producing here and use them to attack damascus this comes on the same day as heavy clashes are being reported near the capital on sunday on the seventh of july armed rebels were found imposition of some two hundred eighty barrels of chemical substances at the time of the syrian ambassador to the united nations said that the quantity found was enough to destroy a whole city if not the entire country be use of chemical weapons has always been a red line for washington and its allies they have always constantly pointed fingers at the syrian government and accused of using chemical weapons saying that if the if it was in the pacific head this would be the red line that they would not tolerate but back in march there was an attack in the the second largest city in damascus and it was later found that the deadly sarin nerve gas had been used in that attack moscow conducted its own investigation and concluded that the syrian rebels were actually to blame for the use of the gas and russia gave samples and documents relating to this to the

artillery shells with the chemical weapons that they were producing here and use them to attack damascus this comes on the same day as heavy clashes are being reported near the capital on sunday on the seventh of july armed rebels were found in position of some two hundred eighty barrels of chemical substances at the time of the syrian ambassador to the united nations say that the quantity found was enough to destroy a whole city if not the entire country be use of chemical weapons has always been a red line for washington and its allies they've always constantly pointed fingers at the syrian government and accused of using chemical weapons saying that if the if it was in the pacific head this would be the red line that they would not tolerate but back in march there was an attack in the second largest city in damascus and it was later found that the deadly sarin nerve gas had been used in that attack moscow conducted its own investigation and concluded that the syrian rebels were actually to blame for the use of the gas and russia gave samples and documents relating to those to the unit

chemical laboratory which produces poisonous materials in the town of jobar on the outskirts of damascus sources claim the rebels were planning to stop shells would become a cause and use them to a time of the capital let's now get more from our middle east correspondent paula sia hello there paula so what do we know about what's been found. well we know that the syrian army has found chemical materials in the town of jobar which is on the outskirts of the capital city of damascus initial reports say that the syrian army seized effect tree that was occupied by a group of foreign backed militants and that chemical materials were found inside that factory now we do see canisters we do see white packages that they have uncovered and it does seem as if there were producing chemicals in the tree there was also clearly written the word poison on these on the outside of these packages it says poison chemical substances made in saudi arabia so we do see that the factories are also involved we're also receiving reports of the rebels were planning to stop artillery shells with the chemical weapons

has found chemical weapons in the town of jobar which is on the outskirts of the capital city of damascus now initial reports say that the syrian army seized a factory that was occupied by a group of foreign backed militants in the town of to buy. and that they they found chemical materials inside the factory we have no more information than that at this stage but it is worth pointing out that some months ago samples of chemical weapons were found in the city of aleppo the second largest city in syria samples and documents relating to that were given to the united nations by russia last week moscow revealed that it had conducted its own investigation and that investigation concluded that syrian rebels were actually to blame as well as to be held responsible for killing more than twenty people in that particular incident all of this relates to a deadly sarin nerve gas attack three days ago the united nations did accept to meet with damascus and discuss the use of chemical weapons but so far other than that there's been no further statements or any comments from united nations officials abo

and damascus in turn has pointed the finger is a missed militants that have been flooding across the border that turkey is allowed to come in and out of the country freely but the most tense moment in relations between syria. and tacky was when the syrian government shutdown. plane last year and at the time take you requested that nato that its nato allies come up with a collective response but that never happened so publicly at least officials have maintained that they do not want to be in any direct military involvement in syria . from all the turkish military officials there and government officials as well. in istanbul thank you. well if indeed a strike the latest israeli strike on a earlier this month if indeed it does prove to be an act of the i.d.f. it could become the country's fourth attack against syria in six months and have a quick look here at some of the previous air raids a military compound just outside damascus bomb from the air on january thirty first a second similar operation reportedly happening though on may third in this vicinity here that's when a rocket struc

while damascus has pointed the finger at is in the midst militants that have been that they say turkey has been allowing to come in in and out of tuckey freely and of course turkish opposition figures to assist rebels they're allowed to come into turkey i'm sorry syrian opposition figures and syrian rebels they're allowed to come freely into talky and a lot of them we know use in order to receive medical assistance in order to fundraise and in order to plan operations from that so i was recently had a very tense moment with takesh syrian relations when. the syrian government. shot down a turkish reconnaissance plane at the time they requested talk you requested that nato ask for help from the nato. at the time they requested that nato provide some sort of assistance in a response but no response was ever given collectively by nato to that so overall turkish officials have made it clear that they want to avoid any direct military involvement in syria all right and he's fully point was coa line from istanbul paulie thank you very much. and let's now get more perspective from james corbet

damascus has blamed syrian op. figures and islamic militants for causing this trouble overall turkish officials have made it clear that they want to avoid any direct military involvement in syria under let's not get more reaction from iran to dimia he's an associate professor of the university of. mr mayor thank you very much indeed for joining us here at r.t. so if turkey's involvement is coming why is helping israel here. thanks for having me first i have to say first what i want to say a lawsuit is a big propaganda warfare going on on both sides of this conflict in syria and turkey despite the political conflict read out on government in israel especially after the flotilla incident has never been an arch enemy of israel actually turkish military cooperation with israel has been continually continuing for the last ten years you need to time when out on the draws embassador from from israel dimitri corporation has always been strong and still strong strong even vender us political conflict between this dukat and

months or have a look back now and some of the previous air raids a military compound just outside damascus was bombed on january thirty first second similar one reportedly happening on may third as well that's when a rocket struck a warehouse that damascus international airport allegedly containing surface to surface missiles are just about two days later though massive blasts were described as an earthquake like shaking the same military base that was targeted in january now on all occasions the attacks were justified as operations to wipe out iranian missiles bound for hezbollah but middle east expert and historian tariq ali he says israel is looking to get square with hezbollah simply by putting a choke hold on the syrian regime. it's rhodes motivation as always joe showed the arabs both inside israel an outside look this is how tough we are we can hit any town get in the middle east that we want to no one can do anything about it this is a country which is above the law considers itself above the law and it's united states musters and its european friends will do nothing to stop i have

and damascus in turn has pointed the finger at islam missed militants that have been flooding across the border that turkey is allowed to come in and out of the country freely but the most tense moment in relation. between syria and turkey was when the syrian government shot down a turkish recognizance plane last year and at the time turkey requested that nato that its nato allies come up with a collective response but that never happened so publicly at least turkish officials have maintained that they do not want to be in any direct military involvement in syria. relations between turkey and israel have been at a low since a twenty ton commando raid on attack is humanitarian aid flotilla which sparked fuehrer from ankara at the time the technician prime minister accused israel of carrying out a massacre saying it won't be able to clean the blood of its hands and the yuan said israeli troops who are in breach of international law in twenty twelve for me israeli commanders went on trial in absentia on charges of inciting murder through cruelly through cruelty and torture however in ma

damascus has blamed syrian opposition figures and islamic militants for causing this trouble over rule turkish officials have made it clear that they want to avoid any direct military involvement in syria. relations between turkey and israel have been in the lows since the two thousand and ten commando raid on a turkish humanitarian aid flotilla which paula slew was talking about and that spot fury from ankara at the time the turkish prime minister accused israel of carrying out a massacre saying it won't be able to clean the blood of its hands the u.n. said israeli troops were in breach of international law in two thousand and twelve a former israeli commander went on trial in absentia and charges of inciting murder through cruelty and torture however in march this year all legal action came to an unexpected and abrupt halt after benjamin netanyahu and no one spoke on the phone with the israeli prime minister expressing his regret at the loss of turkish life let's get more on this from dr hussein budgies and international relations professor from the middle east technical university a

damascus has. opposition figures and islamic militants for causing this trouble over all turkish officials have made it clear that they want to avoid any direct military involvement in syria. relations between turkey and a zero have been at a low since a two thousand and ten commando raids of a turkish humanitarian aid flotilla were sparked fewer from ankara at the time the turkish prime minister accused israel of carrying out a massacre saying it won't be able to clean the blood of its hands and the un sad israeli troops were in breach of international law in two thousand and twelve for former israeli commandos went on trial in absentia on chinese of inciting murder through cruelty and torture however in march this year all legal action came to an expected and abrupt halt after benyamin netanyahu. spoke on the phone with the israeli pm expressing his regret at the loss of technician life and her aunt to me an associate professor at the university of oklahoma says if turkey's involvement is confirm

the start sit back at some of the previous raids here we have it military compound just outside damascus was born from the air on january thirty first there we go the beginning of twenty third scene of a second similar operation reportedly happened on may third as well that's when rockets struck a warehouse at damascus international airport. didley containing surface to air missiles now just two days later massive blast when described as earthquake like they shook the same military base that was targeted in january on all occasions the attacks were justified as operations to wipe out iranian missiles abound for hezbollah but middle east expert and historian tariq ali he says israel is looking to get square with hezbollah or by ultimately trying to choke the syrian regime its roots motivation as all widgets to show the arabs both inside israel an outside look this is how tough we are we can hit any get in the middle east that we want to no one can do anything about it this is a country which is above the law considers itself about the law and its united states musters and its european fri

has found a chemical laboratory which produces poisonous materials in the town on the outskirts of damascus sources claim the rebels were planning to stuff shells with the chemicals and use them to attack the capital a middle east correspondent paula slit has the details. the syrian army has found chemical materials in the town of jobar which is on the outskirts of the capital city of damascus initial reports say that the syrian army seized a factory that was occupied by a group of foreign backed militants and that chemical materials were found inside that factory now we do see canisters we do see white packages that they have uncovered and it does seem as if they were producing chemicals in this bar treat it says poison chemical substances made in saudi arabia so we do see that a cell the factories are also involved with also some receiving reports of the rebels were planning to stop artillery shells with the chemical weapons that they were producing and use them to attack damascus this comes on the same day as heavy clashes are being reported near the capital on sunday let me remind you t

team to come to damascus. so, it is important and significant in this regard. however, we will really need to wait and see the outcome of the meeting when it happens between d team investigating allegations of chemical weapons with the syrian government. because what the u.n. is asking for is that access to all areas in syria in which the opposition are staying and claiming that the government forces used, cool weapons. at the moment, the government is allowing the u.n. to go to one area in which the government accuses the opposition of using chemical weapons against its own forces. we really need to wait and see the outcome of the meeting when it happens next week. >> how has the opposition reacted to the news? spoke with the syrian national coalition -- a spokesman for the syrian national coalition welcomed to visit and he said forces are willing to cooperate with the u.n. team to investigate the allegation of comical cool weapons being used by the opposition in the liberated areas. he did call on the u.n. to conduct a thorough, professional and comprehensive

now at some of the previous airstrikes we can see here on the map a military compound just outside damascus was bombed from the air on january thirty first i should say a second similar operation occurred that was reportedly on may the third when rockets struck a warehouse at damascus international airport allegedly housing some type of missiles there further strikes to just two days later massive blasts described as earthquake like shook the same military base that was targeted in january and on all occasions the attacks were justified as operations to wipe out iranian missiles bound for hezbollah but middle east expert and historian tariq ali he says israel is looking to get square with hezbollah or ultimately putting syria in a choke hold. it's rhodes motivation as always to show the arabs both inside israel an outside look this is how tough we are we can hit any good in the middle east that we want to no one can do anything about it this is a country which is above the law considers itself about the law and it's united states musters and its european friends will do nothing to stop i ha

only been confirmed anonymously by israel's military officials and military compound just outside damascus was bombed from the air on january the thirty first this year and second similar operation reportedly took place on the first of may so rockets struck a warehouse at damascus international airport allegedly containing surface to air missiles and just to. days later massive blast that was described as earthquake surely the same targeted in january that happened on may the fifth so on all occasions that time were justified as operations to wipe out to wipe out iranian missiles bound for lebanon's hezbollah and the oren senior correspondent of the haaretz newspaper told my colleague. this month's reported raid have the same intentions. what i'm trying to portray is israel's defensive agenda of not clashing with syria but when a terrorist organization such as love tries to get its hands on such a sophisticated missiles we have no current confirmation of direct hezbollah involvement we also know that these russian weapons were actually sold to syria more than two years ago now if indeed is

the battle for damascus is intensifying, too. these pictures uploaded to youtube, which aljazeera cannot independently verify, shows neighboring positions. rebels exchanged gunfire forces.o-assad in aleppo, the rebels have promised to increase their attacks against government forces over the next four weeks. united nations secretary general has called for a cease-fire in syria during ramadan, but this shows how a seemingly futile that is for a month-long truce. aljazeera. >> north and south korea are due to hold talks on reopening the kaesong >> . it has been closed from may. they have blamed things on increased tensions. we are joined now on the border with north and south korea. harry, talk to us about the importance of today's meeting. >> well, this is, really, the first meeting that these two sides are having in the kaesong complex. they had some talks which loss some 15hich lasted for hours into sunday morning, and all that was really agreed is that they would have a principle agreement to reopen the joint industrial complex

filmed by activists near the damascus suburb, it showed bodies of the victims, some appeared to be shotthe head, others in the chest. activists said that pro-gunmen have killed others in a reconciliation committee, reportedly there were working to convince the gunman to put an end to fighting. there are reports of intense fighting -- fighting between rebels and regime troops on the outskirts of damascus. dozens were hurt after government planes bombarded a village in the province. britain said that they would give syrian rebels equipment to protect them against chemical weapons. one of those weapons being sarin gas. syriand of the government accusing britain of the trail after they abandoned plans to arm rebel fighters. he made the comments to a british newspaper after the u.k. prime minister ruled out forming the opposition on advice from his military. britain and now says that they plan to trade moderate -- train moderate rebel units in non- legal aid. iraq has been hit by waves of bomb attacks in the biggest increase in violence for that country in years, including blasts of football

leaders in many of the islamic countries very early in the uprising turned their backs to official damascus and to some extent to syrian people as well because if you look at any polls in syria the majority of syrians soon half years later after all those massacres they still support bashar al assad well i don't know how far these polls are. fair and. the freely conducted but certainly the mismatch or over the world about this and we don't want this to turn to be a long war like in somalia we don't want this to be a new cold war between. two powers in the world we don't want be to return to civilian or this why we support of all international efforts for solving this is the the problem and we think that solving the problem will not be by continuing the fighting. no almost one. a hundred thousand people were killed you have a government which uses. a little please aircrafts heavy artillery to show that its own people well the shell rebels rebel positions who are able to. see really as you see the civilians and then we have the opposition which some of part of the positions who are making bru

leaders in many of the islamic countries very early in the uprising turned their backs to official damascus and to some extent to syrian people as well because if you look at any polls in syria the majority of syrians soon half years later after all those massacres they still support bashar al assad well i don't know how far these polls are. fair and. the freely conducted but certainly the mismatch or over the world about this and we don't want this to turn to be a long war like in somalia we don't want this to be a new cold war between. two powers in the world we don't want be to return to civilian or this why we support of all international efforts for solving this is the the problem and we think that solving the problem will not be by continuing the fighting. no almost one. a hundred thousand people killed you have a government which uses. a little planes aircrafts heavy artillery to show that its own people well the shell rebels rebel positions who are able to. see really as you see the civilians and then we have the opposition which some of part of the positions who are making brutalit

revelation of this investigation and the results of course has a back story and it goes back to damascus asking the u.n. really pushing the u.n. to conduct an investigation on site that never happened in according to sergei lavrov very frankly he says he believes it's because of pushing and demanding by western partners abt the u.n. security council and this is why russia went ahead with this investigation on site on the ground i do to damascus and their claims that this was in fact that attack that took place in march in the suburbs of aleppo that it was by the armed rebels that it wasn't by the regime and they were the result of course have been washington is aware of them but so far. the only reaction we've had is that they think it's very unlikely that this evidence will prove that the rebels are behind this and that legislation to ship arms to to syria began after these allegations that the assad regime was behind this chemical attack with no proof congress has not given that the green light there seems to be a lot of i disagree on both sides of the aisle you have the white house yo

government's invitation to visit the country and the offer had previously been rejected because damascus was only willing to a allow investigators to access the site of the chemical attack and aleppo while investigators wanted to conduct a broader probe now all this comes after russia had said that it found proof that it was the rebels not the government forces who had used sarin gas in aleppo foreign minister sergei lavrov said the russian team went to the site and gathered firsthand evidence it is not washington's claims that damascus was to blame for being based on flawed analysis meanwhile u.s. lawmakers are holding back on promised arms supplies to the syrian opposition fearing that the weapons could end up in terrorist hands anti-war campaigner richard becker told us that moscow's finding squid be enough for washington to reconsider its pledge of lethal support to the rebels you know when we started we should be an eye opener for everyone who has any doubts about what's going on this latest report from russia and we've got to be use of chemical weapons by the opposition the interve

confirmed and known to mislead by israel's military officials and military compound just outside damascus was bombed from the air on january the thirtieth fast a second similar operation reportedly took place on the third of may rockets struck a warehouse at damascus international airport allegedly containing surface to surface missiles and just two days later massive blast that were described as earthquake like sure of the same military base that was targeted in january and on all occasions that time the attacks were justified as operations to wipe out why it wipe out a rainy and missiles bound for hezbollah and lebanon and army or in senior correspondent at israel's haaretz newspaper told my colleague larry sushi this month reported raid had the same intention israel's defensive agenda of not. syria but when terrorist organizations such as bill are tries to get its hands on such a sophisticated missiles we have no current confirmation or direct hezbollah involvement we also know that these russian weapons were actually sold to syria more than two years ago now if indeed israel is involv

council and this is why russia went ahead with this investigation on site on the ground i do to damascus and their claims that this was in fact that attack that took place in march in the suburbs of aleppo that it was by the armed rebels that it wasn't by the regime and they were the result of course have been washington is aware of them but so far the only reaction we've had is that they think it's very unlikely that this evidence will prove that the rebels are behind this. well as we know earlier washington of course a. regime of using the chemical weapons to use it as a pretext to justify arming the syrian rebels but now this initiative has been held back by congress does that mean that american political establishment is sort of divided on this issue certainly it doesn't it seems to be very clearly divided i mean that legislation to ship arms to syria began after these allegations that the assad regime was behind this chemical attack with no proof congress has not given that the green light there seems to be a lot of i disagree on both sides of the aisle you have the white house you

only been confirmed anonymously by israel's military officials and military compound just outside damascus was bombed from the air on january the twenty fast a second thing lobbed ration reportedly took place on the third of may rockets struck a warehouse a damascus international airport allegedly containing surface to surface missiles and just two days later a massive blast that were described as earthquake like sharing the same military base that was targeted in january and all occasions that time were justified as operations to white out in rain in missiles bound for hezbollah in lebanon and army or in senior correspondent at israel's haaretz newspaper told my colleague what we sushi this month reported raid had the same intention israel's defensive agenda of not. syria but when a terrorist organizations such as bill are tries to get its hands on such a sophisticated missiles we have no current confirmation of direct hezbollah involvement we also know that these russian weapons were actually sold to syria more than two years ago now if indeed israel is involved in these airstrikes what'

place on may the food targeted surface to surface missiles provided by iran and was targeted to damascus international airport israel has not gone on record to claim responsibility for any of these attacks at. same time television has made it clear that the country is prepared to go into syria if it means preventing hizbollah or i've the militant groups from obtaining additional what it calls sophisticated weaponry israel with a red line israel does consider advanced missile systems such as the systems coined to be a favorite to vital infrastructure on the country's coast including its gas reserves and its power stations so the facts seem to point towards a nice radio strike but as i say no confirmation from the israeli side not that we were expecting to get it anyway. good to have you with us for all the weekly here on our city still to come on the program for whom the tax holds independent businesses about finding themselves on the receiving end of austerity measures in france details on the rest of the week's top headlines in just a moment here with me. in jacques another significant