that you so during the last 24 hours in damascus you see you arrive to to damascus is the result of the sacrifice of more than 100000 syrian soldiers who are martyred whole war and so many lives of course little on the thousands or maybe tens of thousands of civilians or innocence who've been killed by mortars by excused by being. kidnapped and killed later or disappeared we their families still waiting for theirs there was a lot of cycling fight in the faith of those terrorists that's why you see these stability and reconstruction countries that have supported you include iran of course russia. i mean i want to get on in a bit to the british and american defacto backing for ice is. there in your country but how would you what would you say to a russian family that had lost a russian soldier who had risked sacrificed their life. for for a dictator for a release dictator what would you say to them as to why. glad to be a putin should be sending in soldiers to help your government you mention very important point even in theory no one would die for a person people would die especially. fo

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an absolute chance here at the presidential palace in damascus welcome to it r.t. international world exclusive i'm with the president of syria bashar al assad. there's a president thanks for granting as an interviewer but i was just off with why granted interview now when you haven't done it for a year and. you're most welcome the theory of. events in the wood in general in the region and you think you have to the invasion has brought syria front and center. once again this is one reason the 2nd one i think the public opinion would infer the waste has been shifting during the last 3 years. they know that. has told them so many lies about what's going on in the region in the middle east in syria in yemen. they know there. but they know what the truth so i think it's time to talk about this truth 3rd i meet so many interviews with the media. they don't try to get the information they try to get the scoop. they don't try to object have to do to bring the audience what's happening in the world that's why i stopped doing interviews for for youth well look it will be a

television is reporting the syrian army has fired on a quote hostile target west of the capital damascus it's unclear what the target was or if it was brought down meanwhile syrian state media is also reporting an attack near the lebanese embassy in the syrian capital let's go live now to stephanie deca in beirut stephan let's talk 1st about this target that the syrian military said they fired on some reports suggesting it's a draw and what more can you tell us. here it is it's unclear at the moment what is clear is that there has been an explosion around the magic area this is in the southwestern part of the syrian capital there are videos and pictures being uploaded to social media that show what appears to be a residential building on fire there are 2 different reports coming out that either a target was hit in a residential building as i just mentioned or at the air base which is a base used by the syrian army it has been struck before by israel for example targeting what the shipments to have by law so at the moment it is unclear but it is clear that something has been hit you menti

damascus for malia and for start in egypt from. the last saw the film the office look at the wall of the sofa and saw the finale of the horse that he could deal with teddy especially the one on one edge. the. not just in iraq. a holy place to she almost say. they believe is buried here. for them he is more than a colorful. he has an immense. imbued with religious authority that could be passed on only through his bloodline. so when i least that the caliphate passed to his older son. but he would not be long in the post. can adjust them to 15 hour day care and no lame cool in iraq. adroit there's a lot while we have there's a lot of media with the car hyla and yet the nazareth has an even highly and he would kill a very well camera hasa and. one at the as john our. human. form. the mask us 13 centuries ago the my capital. though the caliphate remained in the christ tribe. it had passed from the hashemites to oh my yes. and there it would remain for the coming century. the crunch point really comes late in the armies reign when he de

down very large parts of israel's daily life and harry what else do we know about the attack in damascus. what we know that the man targeted was yuri that he's a political leader from islamic jihad that so far there's been no as is quite often the case no claiming of this by the israelis as far as palestinian islamic jihad is concerned they say that he was not killed in this explosion at this building but that is sung was so it waiting to see what emerges or definitively on that front the other issue to raise is that of course this is a particularly sensitive time politically here in israel for such a big military decision to have been made there has been some criticism for instance the leader of the palestinian israeli joint list group of parties has accused of being cynical using a scorched earth policy to try and stay in power as he tries to form a unity government after the 2nd inclusive election in a row many others though are rallying behind netanyahu including his main opponent benny gantz and indeed the israeli prime minister the israeli president rather saying that this is a tim

days drive from lebanese capital beirut in damascus this is what has been a leader shake the stroller told julian the son john r t just one year into what would become the u.k. war in syria there are no it's worse in syria everybody knows that when the fed. says regime when the free has supported them on the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine and as it takes knobs back down and the face of his radiant american pressure who are involved in it is a regime which serves the palestinian cause very well my mother oil a few swirly what who are what we call for in serious negotiations dialogue is their reform admirable mr be carried out because the alternative to that no one cause of the diversities are inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria the alternatives to hysteria into civil war and this is exactly what america and israel want for syria since the hezbollah aerated victory of president assad of syria against washington and tel aviv london is arguably been

media just as it did with protests in damascus and 2011 is eagerly covering the protests in lebanon but while the protesters like in syria have legitimate grievances is the coverage a little too eager you can see the sheer size of the process here in beirut smart a square yesterday on sunday the process were triggered in part by a plan. on to tax calls on whatsapp and other messaging services that have turned into a revolt against weak government ailing services and the looming economic collapse collapse not a word you'll hear on nato nation media in respect of jelly xion demonstrations in france after a year of protest and of course protests can be infiltrated here's what president assad told me about protests in lebanon in the past few days after explaining the infiltration of legitimate protest against his government in syria back in 2011 of course the one we believe the spontaneous demonstration to be spontaneous but where will it go that depends on the. people well some of the awareness of the people in lebanon today will arguably me down to our next guest joining me from beirut is

a and not assassination a murder with his wife were you surprised israel also shot missiles into damascus to kill. her son. as well yes. that's that's a nation continues i mean it that it goes to. to gaza and then from gaza to damascus and vice a versa and you need don't see the international community oust by this by this murder you don't see a quick a condemnation and some sanctions imposed upon israel and this killing. it really has taken some highlight because it hits leadership but daily this israelis are killing individuals are killing people and killing brothers sisters wives husbands. and continuing it their upkeep illegal occupation of our land and. building colonial settlements on our villages maybe you don't see that international condemnation because european governments and the united states. believe that islamic jihad is a terrorist movement dedicated to destroying the state of israel well the reality is that israel is a terrorist a government that is that they catered to destroying the palestinian homes rights people you wonder who i mean really who is the murderer and who

media just as it did with protests in damascus and 2011 is eagerly covering the protests in lebanon but while the protesters like in syria have legitimate grievances is the coverage a little too eager you can see the sheer size of the protest here in beirut smart a square yesterday on sunday the process were triggered in part by a plan to attack calls on whatsapp and other messaging services that have turned into a revolt against a weak government ailing services and a looming economic collapse collapse not a word you'll hear on nato nation media in respect of julie xion demonstrations in france after a year of protest and of course protests can be infiltrated here's what president assad told me about protests in lebanon in the past few days after explaining the. infiltration of legitimate protest against his government in syria back in 2011 of course no one would believe the spontaneous demonstration to be spontaneous but where will it go that depends on the awareness of the people well some of the awareness of the people in lebanon today will arguably me down to our next guest joining

indicate that moscow is behind this more diplomatic approach moscow is trying to bring on korea and damascus together and we also heard a nuanced approach towards the syrian kurds while underlining that he wants to take complete control of the syrian kurdish area he did acknowledge that the realities on the ground as he called and said this is a long term goal so that does indicate that they will be some possible negotiations between damascus and the syrian kurds and it is believed that moscow is working hard to facilitate that there was a meeting today between president u.n. secretary general antonio what did they talk about. well i think the key part of this meeting was one selling his plan to settle between one and 2000000 syrian refugees currently in turkey back into this save so that one calls which turkish forces are currently controlling in syria now this is an extremely controversial proposal because there's been a lot of critics saying that this is turkey trying to change the demographic a composition of the area with removing kurds and replacing them with predominantly syrian arabs

also hit apartment buildings and a hamas facility in gaza syria says israel fired missiles towards damascus targeting another commander of islamic jihad it's unclear what happened to him but his son and granddaughter work killed fighters in gaza have retaliated firing more than 50 rockets into israel one exploded on a busy highway narrowly missing cars and buses a factory instead ops was also hit setting it on fire in a moment we'll go live to her before. that on the israel gaza border but 1st here we have all the day's developments with mohamed el. in the sky above israeli cities israel's defense system attempted to intercept palestinian rockets. and damage on the ground can be seen there is a state of eilat some schools have been closed and transportation services disrupted as islamic jihad fighters fired rockets in retaliation for the assassination of one of their senior leaders in gaza early on monday and israeli fighter jet targeted senior islamic jihad leader. at his home he was killed along with his wife some of his children were also injured the part of the building where he was lod

within the hour and syrian state media are also reporting an attack near the lebanese embassy in damascus group islamic jihad says the attack targeted the home of another of its leaders at least 2 people were killed and 6 and let's go live now to harry fossett was and less troublesome so what else do we know. about these airstrikes about the targets that were hit. well the main target that was struck was indeed the home the indeed according to the israeli military the floor were the man in question was sleeping but. israel says that they targeted him because he was an imminent threat the israeli military calling him a ticking bomb saying that he was behind a recent spate of rocket attacks from gaza into israel in recent months and they had information that there was more to come that they had issued some warnings through islamic jihad itself to try to interdict that activity those warnings went on he did and so they recommended the israeli military and the internal security agency to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu that this was the time to strike and that he approved that strike no

almost on this once more under fairly conquered damascus. but. was soon to be stripped of his command. obama i mean who are you seeing. what obama said that you know might have by the of the what and the how did file and you had there and the men had run out of milk in the. well i'm the lab your mother went. after 2 years the caliph would recalled his brilliant commander to the battlefront once again. this time here in northern jordan in the tranquil valley of the yarmouk river. and oldest 636 this was where the by son time army clashed with muslim forces underfed. once more victory fell to the muslims. a woman by the the need for the obedience to have. a day off the hook and the had to hit and miss with the needle to any case sorry i'm wouldn't it be your fault. unless we went down and about. the muslim conquest smoothed on words in all directions capturing the rest of the live on of its great cities. finally they laid siege to jerusalem it's so. awful making up this that i don't see. a woman like you know. yeah the little. n e a t. c list of th

damascus the syrian capital. and $634.00 and after almost 7 centuries on the roman rule. the city was conquered by most. an army commander was appointed governor of the mosques and later the entire province. i mean i mean look at that he shot me well and good as an incentive. and that's where you are i mean a home with ideas at the n.c.i.c. who are let you lay a pile a him. some high level below. or the valley a shammy your own shadow be on them while we are well as law in a. while yet came from the same family of the correct strike the oh my yes as the murdered caliph. he refused to give the oath of allegiance to the new caliph. many of us mons relatives began to mom but only hand over those killers for justice and the center of a myatt resistance to ali was syria which was governed by a member of a finance family his 2nd cousin michael olea. and $657.00 ali marched northwards to quell malia's mutiny. they met a battle called brushless a feat which was inconclusive and they agreed to negotiate this proved to be a canny decision on the part of me because it's. splits elis

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bastards entered damascus the capital of the mighty mighty it states. the largest empire yet you know. but in the years to come they would struggle to maintain the unity of the vast state they now controlled. by the mid century. bussard said seize control of the caliphate but did little for their cousins. a sense of betrayal to coal and fermented among the islands. in a bold and dangerous move they declare the rival caliphate in medina. and i busted on me was rushed to the city. its roof the street crushing the rebellion. in the midst of the but he ordered it up but she knew of it and. of the moment he let the assault. and they had let the corn up in a little a minute the libby. as she. will we know if she. the sun now bus it's consolidated their dominance of the center of the state from their newly built capital but that. but they had failed to exert the same control over the provinces of the far west. in 756 and 0 made fugitive prince called obdurate man reached under new c.e.o. . only 6 years after the collapse of his grandfather's calif and. he succ

are we going underground as a british armed israel bombs besieged gaza and the syrian capital of damascus while facing the prospect of a 3rd election in a year and amid struggle trumps decision to defy global consensus on the theft of palestinian land coming up in the show are israel and the us a rogue states when it comes to international law we'll that's israel's form of in washington. and the new film gaza fights for freedom documents israeli mass killing by bullets and poison gas we talked to the film's director files abby months old will go have a days going underground at 1st which countries have privileged trading relations. ships with the european union cited as a key issue in britain's general election campaign well here's one country famous for repeated violations of international law and one that has been bombing damascus and reportedly killing civilians in syria this week israel has a privileged trading relationship with the european union based on the e.u. israel association agreement establishing that product originating in israel within its internationally recognized border

israel also shot missiles into damascus to kill. sun jury as well yes the designation continues i mean that it goes to. to gaza and then from gaza to damascus and vice versa and you need don't see the international community oust by this by this murder you don't see a quick a condemnation and some sanctions imposed upon israel this killing really has taken some highlight because it hits leadership but daily this israelis are killing individuals are killing people and killing brothers sisters wives husbands. and continuing it there are keep the illegal occupation of our land and. building colonial settlements on our villages maybe you don't see that international condemnation because european governments and the united states believe that islamic jihad is a terrorist movement dedicated to destroying the state of israel well the reality is that israel is a terrorist government that is that they catered to destroying the palestinian homes rights people you wonder who i mean really who is the murderer and who is the victim i mean they a

face saving exercise to damage the hezbollah a political movement that helped prevent a coup in damascus and the love democratic elections in lebanon this happened on the social results for surrogate and its political honors made significant gains. for just over half of all parliamentary seats so what did britain do after hezbollah as success at the ballot box in lebanon it proscribe the democratically elected political polity of hezbollah as a terrorist little wonder arguably as his bullet together with syria's allies have been fighting u.k. attempts to overthrow president assad an hour and a half ways drive from lebanese capital beirut in damascus this is what has been a leader shake the told julie in the sun john on t.v. just one year into what would become the u.k. war in syria there are no it's in syria everybody knows when the fed. says regime oh i'm afraid has supported on the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine and as the tests knobs back down and the face of his radiant american pressure one of the said regime which serves the palestinian cause very well

syria from all over the region to try to overthrow the government in the stablish a caliphate in damascus. that was wrong wrong wrong and you know i think that's another reason why president trump is under attack because there are people who have a vested interest in the continued instability of the region and usurping the government in damascus now you know to me that's not what america should be about we shouldn't be looking for dragons to slay around the world we should be focusing on this country and in our needs in this country and not on trying to knock off governments and various parts of the world that that was never the intention in the formation of this country and we need to get back to some basic principles of what it means to have a nation state of instead of this knocking heads as as partisan and further dividing a country where you know there's a there is believe it or not an underlying unity in america i saw it when i ran twice. and i see people are looking for ways to close ranks as americans again instead of you know going through this on and on and on people just you kn

forces say they've carried out a series of air strikes on syrian and iranian military targets in damascus unconfirmed reports from the syrian capital say that a family was killed in the attacks what you're seeing now are images of one of the explosions that rocked the ancient city according to syrian state media many of the missiles were intercepted by the country's defense systems the incident comes a day after israel claimed 4 rockets had been fired from syria into the occupied golan heights. well for a bit more analysis on this we can now cross live to alison drew bruno he's an analyst at gulf state and lipsticks our sandra let's start here why do you think israel carried out those airstrikes now what's triggered them. yes there in fact the timing is very telling right now we've had a week of activity with missile exchanges and but he was a few days ago that israel killed islam and jihad member in the massacres and his son so but more importantly i think the timing of these attacks today coincide with the riots in iran and in fact the even the israelis are saying that the rockets were

is one country famous for repeated violations of international law and one that has been bombing damascus and reportedly killing civilians in syria this week easier and has a privileged trading relationship with a european union based on the e.u. israel association agreement establishing that product originating in israel within its internationally recognized borders benefit from pressure and show tariff treatment upon they are empty into the european union yes special even trade treatment for violators of international law so israel's detractors might have it but there was more this month from the european court of justice thank you has a longstanding and well known position that it will not recognize any changes to pre-one 1967 east or any borders other than those agreed by the parties to the israeli palestinian conflict they you consider us settlements in occupied territories illegal and international law illegal hundreds of national. more but not suitable for any e.u. armed action to enforce international or in israel so instead the e.u. has decided to require labeling of fruit from i

forces say they have carried out a series of air strikes on syrian and iranian military targets in damascus unconfirmed reports from the syrian capital say that a family was killed in the attacks we're seeing here images of one of the explosions that rocked the ancient city according to syrian state media many of the missiles were intercepted by the country's defense systems and the incident comes a day after israel claimed 4 rockets have been fired from syria into the occupied golan heights political analyst alice entrepreneur give us his assessment of the increasingly volatile situation. we've heard a week. or the missile exchanges but it was a few days ago that israel killed the. member in the massacres and his son. but more importantly i think the timing of these attacks. today coincide with the riots in iran and in fact the even the israelis are saying that the rockets were fired from iranian areas or from a very militias based in damascus on the iranian side there are television is going to be more difficult to carry out because it will give fodder. at least the way i see it to the pr

assad an hour and a half away is drive from lebanese capital beirut in damascus this is what has been a leader shake the told julian the sun join our t.v. just one year into what would become the u.k. war in syria there are no it's worse in syria everybody knows when the fed. says regime oh i'm afraid has supported on through the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine and as it takes knobs back to town in the face of his radiant american pressure one of these he says.