abdullah professor of political sciences at damascus university put some money in the meter so good to have you with us so we talk about the future of america in syria particularly north of that country initially of course it was there so it was there to fight isis now that problem is gone now they're there for good they say for at least a long while to fight iran should we have seen this coming all along. thank you very much for having me and i think. what mr assad. said in the congress. shows that america is lying all the time especially with this administration first of all you said before the. fight against terrorism then i says now we are hearing and other reasons the one to give us a model of democracy. to see that america where is their models in afghanistan or iraq or where america it means there are problems so . i think that it's seems to me that they are they want to stay and the reasons behind that mr sutton fifty eight and it's of international law everyone knows they are and they are not in syria by invitation of legal syrian government they are not going to themselves by

a professor of political science is that damascus university he said the u.s. has no legal right to be in syria the what's mr. sayed in the congress. come he says shows that america is lying when the time is smitten with this administration first of all the seed before the. fighting against to resume then i says now we are hearing another reasons the one to give us a model of democracy. to say that america where is their models in afghanistan or in iraq or where america it means there are a problem and the reason behind that mr sutton prettied and it's international low everyone knows they are not they are not in syria by invitation of the legal syrian government and they are not going to themselves by the. new solution so they are our competitors. this week marked the sixth consecutive friday that palestinians have gathered to protest against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital at least seventeen people were injured in clashes in gaza local journalist who dari reports now from the scene. but the rule. was. to the out why the palestinians a

by the us and our partners we heard from dr buss dula a professor of political sciences at damascus university he said the u.s. has no legal right to be in syria the what's needed to. say did the congress. come he says shows that america is lying go to the time this mission with this administration first of all the seed before the. fight against terrorism then i says now we are hearing another reasons the one to give us a model of democracy. to say that america where is their models in afghanistan or in iraq or where america it means there are a problem and the reason behind that mr sutton fifty eight and its international low everyone knows they are not they are not in syria by invitation of the legal syrian government they are not going to themselves by the. lucian so they are bitters. this week marked the sixth consecutive friday that palestinians have gathered to protest against the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital at least seventeen people were injured in clashes in gaza local journalist who reports now from the scene. god. oh. god why the palestinians are outraging th

a professor of political sciences at damascus university he says the u.s. has no legal right to be in syria. what. the seed in the congress. shows that america is lying god the time is smitten with this administration first of all you see before the. fighting against terrorism then i says now we are hearing another reasons. one to give us a model of democracy. to see there to america where is their models in afghanistan or in iraq or where america it means there are a problem the reason behind that mr sutton fifty eight and it's of international law everyone knows they are and they are not in syria by invitation of legal syrian government and they are not going to themselves by the security council resolution so they are bitters. it is now the sixth consecutive friday palestinians have come out in force to protest donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as these really capital at least seventeen protesters have been injured in clashes in gaza from where local journalist has been reporting for us. it was. the out lie palestinians are outraging the israelis a

who is a professor of political sciences damascus university his point is that the u.s. has no legal right to be in syria. what. seed in the congress. shows that america is lying god the time especially with this administration first of all the seed before the there are for fighting against to resume then i says now we are hearing and other reasons the one to give us a model of democracy. to see there to america where is their models in afghanistan or in iraq or where america it means there are a problem the reason behind that mr sutton fitted and it's of international law everyone knows they are and they are not in syria by invitation of legal syrian government and they are not going to themselves by the security council use aleutian so they are bitters. this week marked with six consecutive friday that palestinians have come out in force to protest the us recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital at least seventeen protesters have been injured in clashes and gals are from where local journalist has been reporting for us. was. god on the out while palestinians are

well we discussed the i spoke with dr abdullah a professor of political sciences art damascus university he sees the u.s. has no legal right to be in syria what. said in the congress. shows that america is lying going to time this mission with this administration first of all before the. fight against terrorism then i says now we are hearing another reasons. one to give us a model of democracy. to see their america where is their models in afghanistan or in iraq or where america it means there are a problem and the reason behind mr sort of. international law everyone knows they are not in syria by invitation of the legal syrian government they are not going to themselves by the security council resolution so that our competitors. this week marked this six consecutive friday that palestinians have come out in force to protest the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as these really capital at least seventeen protesters have been injured in clashes in gaza from where local journalist has been reporting for us. wow. wow i thought it. was. rather close. to our home while palestinians are outraging

university. i'm sam ford. and that story is next on abc7 news. is there we are keeping an eye on damascus.e want to give you a look at this. we are watching as the salt trucks get filled up in town and found icy spots. larry: breaking news out of massachusetts. the crews are fighting a massive fire in the city of lynn north of boston. the 18-unit building was built in 1860. we know at least one person was taken to the hospital for burns. we will keep watching this and get you more informations a it comes in the newsroom. alison: but first, we are all here in the weather center. as we come to talk about the chilly er. it sounds like things will start to turn our way. bill: that is a big story. we are going five days below freezing up to 60 degrees. if not higher by friday. larry: we will take that. alison: i love it. bill: we won't know what to do with ourselves. get the shorts out. the whole deal. good evening. this is what it looks like color enhanced doppler. the green is where the rain is reported. the pink is where there is a wintery mix and welt snowflakes. the radar is looking higher

damascus. the same is true with iraq. but if you look at the polls carried out by the university of maryland, an american university, theyly shown that the overwhelming majority of iranians support iran's foreign policy in the region, because iranians know that if syria and iraq had fallen, it is basically because the united states and its allies like saudi arabia was supporting the extremists. if these countries had fallen, the battle would have started inside iran itself. we had a terrorist attack in tehran. if these countries had fallen, the situation in iran would be dramatically worse. so it is not only for the sake of security in the region that iran helped fight in these countries, but also for iran's national security. professor, thank you. professor mohammad marandi, who does have links to the iranian government and so can speak about what happens in tehran. it is worth pointing out how differently the 0bama and trump situations have handled the iran situation. injune 2009, a series of protests erupted in tehran over the election results. president 0bama stayed pretty quiet and was criticised for not strongly su