why did you have to leave damascus, because you lived in damascus in syria, didn't you ?syria, didn't you? ? ? when you are living in syria, was music a big part of your life then? ? do you think music can help to bring lots of people together as a society, as a community? and what do you remember about damascus, what do you remember about syria? and are you looking forward to going back, do you want to go back? education for these kids is the only thing between them and a life on the margins of society. music mightjust help restore a sense of self—worth and belonging, and introduce them to and belonging, and introduce them to a profession that could be of real practical benefit. these camps, spread across the valley, were supposed to be temporary, but as the yea rs have supposed to be temporary, but as the years have passed, the makeshift tents have become permanent homes. thank you, by heba, see you! goodbye. well, what an extraordinary privilege to be welcomed into that home. but isn't itjust heartbreaking that the one thing that heba and her mum and her sister and her

several people have been fired after an internal i vestigation at damascus high school. it's a disturbing story we've been following for you since last fall. >> it a started after alleged rapes of junior varsity football players inside a locker room. now the school system says coaches weren't where they were supposed to be. >> news4's jackiee ben joins us live with t details. jackie? >> reporter: the superintendent of schools announced some changes and some punishments. some say it is noth.enoug >> i say that i truly wish this had never happened. >> reporter: montgomery county superintendent of schools jack sm th announced results of an internal investigation into the incident at aamcus high school locker room on october 31st of last year. t led to the arrest of five damascus high school football players on charges they used a i broomst to sexually assault jv players. the domestic found a policy violation resulted that the were running late and left players unsupervised between ault and 3:15, when the a was said to have taken place. school resource offers from montgomery

new details alnow, sev people have lost their jobs at damascus high school at montgomery county after a scathing internal report into the rapes of football players last year. >> the report that says the adults that were supposed to be supervising the student athletes were nowhere to be found. news 4's justin finch joins us live. justin, good morning. >> reporter: eun, aaron, good morning. the head of montgomery county schools, superintendent jack , smith sayingere is a lot he has learned that he cannot share with the public but he is ensuring everyone at damascus high swift action will be taking after troubling details have been emerging. this critical time line you're seeing. october 31st, last halloween between 2:50 and3:15 is when the four j.v. football players were sexually assaulted by their teammates in their locker room. a parent reported it to thej.v. coach that evening. november 1st, the next day, a school resoce officer is notified. why not the same day? that question being asked by fiernts this day because in that critical 25 minutes players were unsupervised we have now le

live from damascus. i'm justin finch, news 4 back inside to you. >>justin, thank you. >>> new video this morning showing the moments a truck plowed into a paing lot on pennsylvania avenue in southeast. top of your screen there. you see the truck quickly coming down the hill, bam, right into the fence and into the parked cars. this happened on saturday. the owner of one of the damaged cars sent us the video. you can see six carsere busted up here. two were totaled. >>> yikes. what a mess. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here to bring us up t date on the wednesday forecast. loo at that sunshine, chuck. >> looks gd. feels chilly outside.of most the suburbs are down bel 50 degrees. national airport hasn't officially dropped below 50 just yet but we are wayto later in the spring for these final 40s of the year. last year, for example, our final trip at national airport was may 1st. dulles and bwi, the t lastp was may 9th. here we are on may 15th this year. dulles and bwr are well0 below 5 degrees. some spots have fallen into the 30s. winchester, 3

long marginalized and discriminated against by the governnt in damascus, they finally achieved their goal of limited self-rule.li their ce with u.s. troops gave the kurds the strength to solidify their territorial gains. with american boots on the ground, thassad regime was not going to march in. then, suddenly last december, president trump announced on twitter,efore the battle against isis was over, that all 2,000 u.s. troopwould be leaving syria. the news shocked u.s. miliry officials, kurdish commanders, and the diplomatic community. the u.s. secretary of defee, jim mattis, and american commander in charge of the alliance with the kurds, bret mcgurk, both resigned. >> ( translated ): to beonest this decision surprised us, especially when the fighting against the terroras not finished. >> reporter: amjad othman is t spokesperson of the syrian democratic council, the political umbrella of the s.d.f. >> ( translated ): it was not only the kurds who were shocked this decision. the christians were surprised, too, and also other arabs in the area. they know the regime will take revenge

kevin yates will assume the interim principle position here at damascus.ng live in morning in damascus, drew wilder, news 4. >> thank you, dr. >>> now to a new development in the college admissions scandal. pleaded arent has guilty and this one has a connection to a local school caught up in the scandal. corey smith is now in e newsroom with more. cory? looking at s guilty and400,000. he has pleaded not guilty. he's the third parent to plead guilty in this massive bribery scandal. he faces 18 monthsrin pn and fines up to $95,000. he's the first associated with this scandal. >>> cory, thank you. >>> it's r5:48. new this morning, d.c. police have made an arrest and named more suspects in a smash and grab robbery. you may remember this story.id t store in after smashg the glass displays. one man from capital heights are being arrested. they're wanted for stealin police arest > the don'tts in otest meantre ng-timehinkt's ioa culture of d.c. i've been here all my life and i'm 67 years old. >> the peace waser ipted as illegal atv and dirt bike ridere ro true the

when you have such actions taking place on the battlefield it's difficult to imagine what else the damascus based regime could do to limit casualties. author and historian gerald holmes thank you for your time and thanks for joining us on the program. a major u.s. effort what companies have put pressure on president trump to make the escalating trade conflict with china and other news coming up in just a minute. you know world's big partisan movie lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bats and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. with your make this manufactured consensus to the public well. when the ruling class is protect themselves. with the famous merry go round listen to the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. the real news is really. a comeback the us state department says it has intelligence suggesti

to know is a long way from damascus that's always afforded the shah a certain autonomy in their decision making the tribal leaders even act as a substitute for central government the shakes revenues come from the region's oil fields and tolls levied on travelers they pay for his militia and support for tribal members might his fighters halted the advance of the self-proclaimed islamic state just short of tell us. a hastily erected wall of earth near the village is a reminder of how close the front line came was used for cover and as a barrier against islamic state trucks packed with explosives the militia is led by her mighty son bandar they call themselves the other son a deed forces or forces of the brave for a long time they fought alongside the kurds against their common enemy. i asked wanted absolute power over the region the fighting was fierce and took a heavy toll. house they surrounded us one of our fighters secor fight his own life to save us. has a raby and horses are bandages pride and joy and also tradition they used to carry warriors into battle today the tribes militia use

using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives the west point the finger at damascus for the escalation. new study reveals that hundreds of. products from clothes and makeup to children may contain harmful chemicals. on the way to the world's biggest ever election with india's prime minister position what's being billed a battle between a man of the people. live from moscow and. actually joining us this hour. a terrorist group islamic state. from syria the hardest there were still wrecking havoc in the country the latest incarnation of what was the front syrian army positions in northern italy a province that's the last region of resistance to damascus but extremists appears or for some in the west more and more. this late in the civil war by any measure this offensive was huge he had to do that shower more h.g.'s widely viewed as al qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad for this offensive according to russian intelligence 30 pick up trucks equipped with various guns 7 tanks 4 a.p.c.'s to jihad move beals or vehicles packed with explosives and driven by suicide

human rights lawyer mohsen darvish who was tortured before being able to flee the syrian capital damascus is a few months secluded to settle for us the branches to become like this. many of his friends and political allies in the fight against the regime were abused like this no one knows how many people lost their lives. so there's some there's some. i'd also look for. people in this. school to bunches. of stability among. the boy or shared all of his information with european investigators and has joined human rights organizations in pressing charges against former syrian tormentors. european police are currently investigating former assad torturers who fled to europe disguised as refugees in february one suspect was arrested in france and two others in germany. among them anwar who came to the german capital berlin as an asylum seeker. this is the first phone to be a player. in this cases this is the first time. this is the first time there's a respectable independent. court judge and we have victim and suspect and we saw signs of the law and the state of florida we don't have it in sy

positions and using tanks as well as vehicles filled with explosives and western governments blame damascus for the escalation. good evening and welcome this is r.t. international. julian assange faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing classified files u.s. prosecutors this week's 17 new charges against him all of which fall into the espionage act they come on top of a charge of conspiring to hack a u.s. government computer system which forms the basis of an extradition request for a song who's currently serving time in the u.k. don't course it takes a closer look at what it all means for the whistleblower. the stakes are now much higher for imprisoned wiki leaks founder julian assange 17 new charges by a notoriously anti whistleblower court and potentially up to 175 years in prison this new batch of a. falls under the espionage act used to convict spies and detractors during the 1st world war the indictments legal ease of obtaining and disclosure of sensitive government information which often just means exposing government wrongdoings is lighting a fire under stablish when american

. >>> new details, several people have lost their jobs at damascus high school after aca sing internal report into the alleged rapes of football players last year. the adults who were supposed to be supervising the student-athletes were not where to be found. justin finch has more on that report. >> reporter: we heard the superintendent said he wished thnever happened. understandable concern about this report which uncovered the jv football players were meunsupervised at the tihat alleged sexual assault took place. here is what we now know. on october 31st, 2018, last yeat ben 2:50 and 3:50 four jv football players were reportedly seasally ulted by their own teammates in the locker room and a parent did alert a coach that evening but there was no until november 1st, the next day when a school resource officer got involved. and some say that was just too late. the report goes on to find the students were seunsupervi because their coaches were running late and didn't notify other staffabout that. and in that 25-minute window those students lives re changed forever. part of why the county

in the provinces using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives at the west point the finger at damascus for the escalation. this is the weekly here on our t.v. welcome to our roundup of the headlines that shape the week. u.s. prosecutors have unveiled a 17 fresh charges against wiki leaks co-founder julian assange all falling under the espionage act they come on top of a charge of conspiring to hack a u.s. government computer which forms the basis of an extradition request for a songe who is currently serving time in the u.k. it's all a quarter takes a closer look at what it all means for the whistleblower. the stakes are now much higher for imprisoned wiki leaks founder julian assange on 17 new charges by a notoriously anti whistleblower court and potentially up to 175 years in prison this new batch of accusations falls under the espionage act used to convict spies and detractors during the 1st world war the indictments legal ease of taining and disclosure of sensitive government information which often just means exposing government wrongdoings is lighting a fire under stablish when a

airy, damascus, seeing shower activity.rn frederick county and back towards western frederick, to the south of there, looking at more showers. we may see a few more as we moon through. because of this all rotating around this huge area of low pressure, look at these showers moving on right back to the region. not done yet. most of us remain on the dry side. in olr another coight tonight. this has been the pattern. we've been cooler. this ngttern is goi to change, though. the warm air way back to the west. watch how it moves our way by fridayndnd into saturday a then it's going to -- this pattern is going to stick around for a while. the warm air to thesouth. this is going to fluctuate a little. we're not hot yet. not talking upper 80s to near 90 yet. we're going to get close over the next couple of days. then i got to -- 71 degrees tomorrow. more sunshine, less wind and a great afternoon tomrow. i think tomorrow afternoon will be spectacular after another cool start. 75 on your thursday looking good for weather day atats pa

el hallak: you could shoot all the way down to the end of damascus road.is: and the people down there, they have no idea where it's coming from. el hallak: of course. and they try to shoot back. but they shoot back at the other balcony. lemonis: on the balcony, it's hard for me to spot those peep holes. but there's no doubt, i'm in their line of site. el hallak: and that's exactly where the bullets came out -- through here, through here, and out. yeah. so, anybody who was there was being killed. lemonis: so as a kid, you would -- el hallak: not allowed to be here. this was the green line. this was no-man's land. you don't cross. lemonis: the green line was literally that -- overgrown trees and bushes that had pushed their way through the ground where people feared to walk. for mona, it's a vivid memory. she was six years old when the civil war started, el hallak: whomever has been through war doesn't wake up in the same way that someone who hasn't been through war because you know you kind of earned your life. during the worst times, the bombing, you run t

in damascus and even in beijing and moscow they continue to inspire the world and let people know that even the worst dictators can be overthrown and replaced by freedom and democracy. watching the fate of libya's gadhafi buton drew conclusions regarding u.s. foreign policy believe him. but it will not that was the way it worked with nuclear loot. and because of this deal if you're good you will then you convince me she was going to see. it as a lesson. from sleep then you're going. to go well this is a good thing to do i mean it comes close to that in your. post did you study habits of course in your team a good each. moon you produce you missed the normal duties. of. achievement. russia wanted to avoid regime change in syria and has backed her ally president assad since the beginning of the war. she brought in her air and land troops into 1015 proving that she was back on the world stage ready for combat. ice year for the. girls a good reason not just the image of the night but you more than. you would usually. still. believe this year. but what i did it was on a policy matters it's

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it's climate and fertile soil offer perfect conditions for the cultivation of the damascus roams. precious oil extracted from bulgaria and roses is sourced by the world's leading perfume makers from the poorest country in the european union. but increasingly people here are finding ways to claim a share of the money that can be made from their valets fragrant resource. it's 5 o'clock in the morning. red custody is setting off for her job in the flower fields. her husband and 2 children are still asleep. it's a half hour walk from her home in the small village of stiletto volt to the rose field where she works as a picker. or overbought mcarthur when we hear the word rose we immediately think of vogue area it's my country my home my family and even if life doesn't look so rosy the rose is the symbol of focus area you need to fill it up while got it. right kind loves getting up early and arriving at the rose field in the freshness of the morning. she's always the 1st to arrive. the 39 year old always looks forward to the harvest in may and june the 3 week window is a special time of

because damascus will see no reason to wait any longer and that of course is hugely worrying for the many many people still living in adelaide. people the year the u.n. various coordinates is already saying you heading for humanitarian disaster onto if the syrian regime decides to go into these hundreds of thousands of people then have to flee absolutely but at the same time the u.s. is saying don't they respect the agreement but the same time u.s. officials are saying there is the biggest collection of all cried out in their lives since nine eleven so there's very mixed message coming through what will anybody do to protect this region because we've see hired by how do sham this once this group that was once affiliated with al qaida spread its power over the entire region turkey has been helpless to do anything about it so it's a it's a cauldron that's boiling and if it's us i'm sworn he's going to take it back or he says no you're not but it's unclear who's done stuff. really good to get your perspective on a worrying story joshua landis joining us there from oklahoma thanks so muc

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positions in using tanks and vehicles filled with explosives the west points the finger at damascus for the escalation. a new study reveals that hundreds of e.u. products from clothes and makeup to children may contain harmful chemicals. on the way to the world's biggest ever election with india's prime minister pitted against the opposition was being billed a battle between a man of the people and the elite.

. >>> thi morning students at damascus high school will be without their principal.ng down in the aftermath of the locker room assault. drew wilder has more. >> reporter: kasey kraus announced her resignation in a letter yesterday.e incident has demanded significant attention drawn ongoing negative media attention. that is the alleged rape of junior varsity football players by their teammates. five boys are charged for that and kraus's resignation letter to students and staff, it has become clear that in order for da masscuss high school to move forward, they need a new leader. monday the principal of julius west middl school kevin yates will assume the interim principal position. drew wilder reporng from damascus. >>> another parent has pled guilty in the college admissions ibery scandal. it shows steven semprebibo leaving court. he pled guilty and admitted to paygin $400,000 for his son tont get entry i georgetown as a tennispl er. he was not a tennis player. he was the first associated with georgetown tooso. he allegedly3 accepted $ million in bribes and no w long

the base close to the coastal city of latakia and explosions have also been heard in the capital damascus state media reported what it described as luminous objects coming from the direction of israel and that they had been shot down israel hasn't commented but in the past its forces have attacked sites in syria that it says are connected to iran the lebanese group hezbollah and an airstrike in syria fighting killed several civilians including a father and his baby daughter many more people were injured while the u.n. aid chief has warned his worst fears are being realized. mark says the offensive there could result in the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century our diplomatic editor james bates reports. the russian ambassador. under pressure in the security council last year russia was one of 2 countries with turkey that guaranteed it as a safe now it stands accused of unleashing with its. a campaign of bomb on the province since late april this escalation in violence has reportedly killed and injured over 100 civilians and further displaced 180000 the aerial bombardment is alarmi

sanctions on tehran government controlled areas are suffering from a fuel shortage damascus has another oil rich ally russia but politics seem to be apt play. a member and i will sure is not assisting the syrian government with fuel oil i think russia is using this to put pressure on the syrian government and its ally iran russia wants the writings and say that the political military and security decisions in syria come from the kremlin. syria has just granted russia control of the main and strategic commercial port and on the mediterranean for the next forty nine years it appears russia is replacing iran.

stood up against the regime they decided even before that they wouldn't like to stay for example to damascus or in the south when syria the syrian regime took over these regions during the last few years so they've already decided once to go to live to stay somehow in areas that are not controlled by the regime out of fear of personal persecution so these people the assad regime really don't doesn't want them in all controlled territories syria's the dropped out of the headlines for the last few months and you seem to be saying that this fighting has been going on all the time the while the world's attention has been else where not to this extent there was some kind of truth it was holding you know but everybody was just waiting there was no solution this is not a solution for it what we seem to see is that the regime is really decided on at least to gain back control over certain routes that are very crucial for the commercial. commercial routes present to routes that go through the area through the province for example who connect aleppo a major city inside syria to the coast for example i

in northwestern syria because they have to deal with providing gas and fuel to the residents in damascus and so on. so i think the jihadist thing is there, it's still growing. i think it's grown back in eastern syria. the second part, i want to talk very quickly. the conflict. i think the u.s. has an interest to maintain some of the franl i will gains that have been made in syria the past few years or two years. same framework, 2017. even though it's not a perfect case scenario, it's not ideal. but at least there's some stability that you can use to build on that and kind of push against the regime and push against the jihadis and against other actors. i think if the u.s. leads now, the regime would be able to consolidate the gains furthermore and the jihadis will try to grow back again. i think the u.s. has an opportunity still to do something in syria if the u.s., say, pulls out of eastern syria, the whole conflict -- you see the regimes trying to take some of the areas. turkey will try to do the same. the arabs and the kurds will start fighting. it's going to be a mess. i think that's

we begin tonight at 5:00 with some breaking news in that locker room assault investigation at damascus high school. >> montgomery county schools releasing the results of a striking new report. just a short time ago, it stopped short of blaming most of the administrators under scrutiny. >> our leon harris at the live desk now with a closer look tonight at these findings. rtleon? >> re: jim and wendy, what i'm hearing is the letter sent by the superintendent to the schools, essentially, it is critical of the lack of supervision in that school locker room at the time of the assault but the letter also says that incident was reportedith adequate time to montgomery county police. this letter says the locker room sed at the time of the alllted sexual assau last october and since happened during a dead time between varsity and junior varsity practice, this report says that jbcoaches were delayed in arriving but didn't communicate appropriately. this goes on to say the aswult first reported by a parent on the evening of october 31st and the incident reported to the police on the morning of nov

he will stay as a teacher in the school system, but not at damascus high school. and, as we snoknow, the princip has been reassignedas jack smith w pressed hard by reporters on why, given texts exchanged between school staff that night about thent incide why police were not called until the next day. >> i don't think i can be any more clear. in the context of everything d, saiit didn't indicate there was a sexual assault. there was a lot said. i frankly can't share that information at this time.ll but i am teg you it did not indicate a sexual assault at that time. the next morning it became much more clear as staff members talked with students about actually what had transpired. >> reporter: now, the criminal investigation continues. told by the o perintendent including looking into whether this was some type of prior pattern that students had heard about fore. live at montgomery county school headquarters, jackie ben se. >>> an i-team investigation raising questions about one of our area's oldest halfway houses. >> hope village, alace designed to help inmates nea

and explosions have been heard in the capital damascus state media's reported quote luminous objects coming from the direction of israel and they have been shot down israel hasn't commented but in the pulse its forces have attacked sites in syria that it says a connected to iran and the lebanese group hezbollah are. now in from both major leaders in the australian federal election opinion poll suggests the governing coalition will lose to the center left labor party. we'll be ready to hit the ground from tomorrow we'll be ready to start straight away and we'll start straight away my 1st cabinet meeting the 1st order of business would have put a submission to the independent umpire to get the why age is moving again for millions of our fellow australians my 1st legislation would reverse the cuts to penalty rights we will convene the parliament as soon as possible to start action on climate change. the rest of the world's fighting climate change a strain has been missing this is not the aussie way to go missing in the big fights the world will know that if i begin selected astray is ba

this is around the damascus area. there goes that line of strong to severe stormings. the west in through west virginia. you see the first part of this o starting enter virginia. there is some lightning here too. because the first round of storms came through, pretty much area wide, it helped to cool and stabili atmosphere. we are not anticipating severe weather. will we see more storms? yes. some could have wind and heavy rain. but the severe thunderstorm threat is really, really low. that's very good news. tomorrow, however, another chance, but not for everybody. >> absolutely. owthe chance tomorris really south of washington and northern virginia. areas like fredericksburg, up into parts of southuqrn faer county, out through charlottesville with a high temperature of 85. overall awe really comfortable day as this cold front moves through. it will lower the humidity. mostly to partly sunny skies, but the chance for some isolated showers south of washington tomorrow. what do i mean by that? here's future weather at noon. only a few pockets of clouds. we hit,2:00 p.m.

syrian human rights lawyer darvish who was tortured before being able to flee the syrian capital damascus is a few months security center for us in the branches you become like this. many of his friends and political allies in the fight against the assad regime were abused like this no one knows how many people lost their lives. so there is some there is some. i think it was i looked for. people in this. last clue to bunches. of stability among. the boyer shared all of his information with european investigators and has joined human rights organizations in pressing charges against former syrian tormentors. european police are currently investigating former assad torturers who fled to europe disguised as refugees in february one suspect was arrested in france and two others in germany. among them anwar or who came to the german capital berlin as an asylum seeker. this is a fit of stone it will be a trial. and these cases this is the first time and this is the first time there is a spectacle of the defendant or judge and we have victim and suspect and we saw signs of the law and the state o

hamza is from damascus and came here in his early teens.larly skilled in calligraphy, spending hours carefully carving arabic script into the finished stone. what does the second word say? allah? god is the merciful. yeah. you find when you are doing this kind of thing that you feel connect to the craftsman and stonemasons who would have done this 500 years ago? exactly, yeah. when you look at those things that they built, they are so, those things that they built, they are so, so... those things that they built, they are so, so... so beautiful, so amazing to look at. they did it with their hands. so that is just, you know, thinking about that is amazing... the process of creating something absolutely beautiful, something absolutely beautiful, something you can enjoy looking at, can be proud of. it is the beginning of the process of becoming something, something that happens to you in the past, you know, trying to do something new. no-one at the school is under any illusions about the scale of the task ahead. this is a video showing to stud

damascus has another oil rich ally russia but politics seem to be play. rather at the moment and i will sure is not assisting the syrian government with fuel oil i think russia is using this to put pressure on the syrian government and it's. russia wants the writings and so the political military and security decisions in syria come from the kremlin. syria has just granted russia control of the main strategic commercial port in the mediterranean for the next forty nine years it appears russia is replacing iran as syria's main oil supplier but it's not just losing leverage in the energy sector iran's financial difficulties makes it harder for it to remain serious economic lifeline the sanctions are affecting its ability to expand its economic influence u.s. thanks sions on iran have worked in russia's favor it no longer has to compete with her on over the economic benefits in post-war syria also the sanctions contain iran's influence and weakens its footprint making it easier for moscow to convince gulf arab countries and the west to reintegrate the syrian

baby daughter many more people are engineered meanwhile explosions have been heard in the capital damascus state media reported that objects the same coming from israel's direction adding that the fed. says shot down many of the projectiles israel hasn't commented but in the past its forces have targeted sites in syria that it believes are connected to the government's allies iran and the lebanese group hezbollah are moving on to other news to iran where a senior politician has suggested talks be held between his country and the u.s. after weeks of escalating tensions harsh with a laugh a lot of chairman of the iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy commission he tweeted the highest iranian and american officials have rejected the war option but there are 3rd parties who are rushing to destroy a large part of the world they must be a table in iraq with the 2 sides can meet in order to end this tension when he however has no major influence on iran's foreign policy as in basra the explains from their own. mr felos is a senior m.p. he's an elected member of iran's parliame