she is the spokesperson for the national committee of the red cross in dasmascus. thank you for being with us. we saw the report on the extent of the problem for millions of syrians inside of the country. how acute is the problem from your end? i just wanted to ask you what have you seen from your end in dasmascus about how bad the rove refugee problem has become in syria? >> yes, the military operations and active fighting in syria is taking place in areas po populad by a large number of civilians. people are having to flee their homes on a weekly basis the number now is up to 5 million. zplthe number of people fleeingd the humanitarian need. >> what is the most desperate need of people there? they are obviously in a terrible situation right now. a lot of things they are lacking. what are the most basic things that they are lacking that are the most urgent need of help now. you have a lark numbe large numf people that go to government controlled areas that is considered a little bit more safe. but then you have hous hundredsf thousands of people that are stiltrapp

of this is the potential release of a number women opposition prisoners from the syrian regime, dasmascus is expected to be involved in the release as well. there are three aspects of this and seem so many -- so many parties involved. and most importantly qatar playing a key roll in events recently we saw a release of a video of two turkish airline pilots. that was a demand to show that they were in good health and could be released. so events now unfolding fairly quickly after a very long time for these people. not connected with the syrian conflict being held against their will. >>> a syrian opposition monitoring group says at least 16 government troops have been killed in a car bomb attack south of the capital da mass -- dasmascus. a bomber blew himself up. they have had four airstrikes on the area near the check checkpoint. >>> a group of hackers said it was behind the shutting down of the web sites. the syrian electronic army posted on it's twitter account that it took control of the.qa demain name. you get an error message. they have targeted qatar because of it's support of rebels

amar had a men's wear shop in dasmascus. here he works seven days a weeker. >> ldays adays a -- aweek. nearly ten hours a day for $350 a month. >> so does his counterpart. with so many people willing to work for less, wages have dropped across the country. syrian amar has been find four times for not having a work permit. >> can i speak honestly. you won't get upset. i have never ever seen such prejudice in jordan. you are syrian you should not work. even when the permit man comes he says you are syrian you should not work. leave it for a jordanian. >> this is a slow day at the school in iraq. children normally sit three to a desk at the school. this is one of the sirians this syrians that account for 10% of the student population here. only a fraction of syrian children that live here are even in school. there are even bigger problems, shorshortages of water and electricity and healthcare, and subsidized bread. >> the syrian refugees have negatively impacted the level of services provided whether education, health or infras

. >> staying with syria an explosion near the airport in the capital da masse dasmascus.video is showing the after math of the attack. the power was cut after rebel ar artillery. utearaartillery fire. >> let's join nick spicers in berlin. we are talking about europe's most powerful leader none too happehappy about this i imagine. >> absolutely not. she is a reserve woman that likes to keep her card close to her chest. she picked up the phone, the phone that she expects is being eavesdropped on to call barack obama if you are listen to my confident it'foreignphoneit's e didiplomatic offensive continues with the foreign ministry. calm on the american ambassador and i assume it's going to be a dressings down later today. >> you suggested that the issue of spying quite a i part from th -- apart fromthe political a. >> think about the secret police every where 100,000 officers and enableneighbors informing on neighbors. and any time you picked up the phone you could guarantee that the conversation would be par r. and coming from that mind set and think you are joining a free g

here in dasmascus they have taken it upon themselves to manufacture prosthetic limbs.rts of these are made from remnants of the army metal from bomb shells and blown up cars is meltedded and molded together to help the disabled. >> this joint here for example is made from a hinge of a destroyed car now it has the same function of your knee. we are forced to make due with what we have because the seige is not letting anything in. this is one of the people whose life has all but wrecked by war. lishis leg has been blown off ad he now has a prosthesis free of charge. >> at first i used a stick and hopped from place to place. now i have a leg. prior to the war these people had different professions. but as the war has united millions of syrians thank you th suffering it's brought together people in their efforts to help each other. >> we have coverage on this news hour of the indian grand prix. >> and the no motto gp title rae coming down to the final run of the season. stay with us. >> you are watching the news hour here on al jazeera. >> georgia is holding presidential e

through the fence we spoke to mohammad from dasmascus whose how was your journey?> so crowded and the seas like you say, it's too dangerous. what do you want now? what is your dream for the future? >> to complete my studies. so to have respect. >> lampedusa was a sleepy place known for fishermen an sunsets. now it has a fame it never desired. as the island that people risk everything to reach. one thing i foundin found inter, david, is the number of aratrains. is a country we are not talking about. but the authorities say that the numbers are equal to those of syrians this year. given everything we know about what is going on in syria with the horrific civil war that has to be quite the indictment of conditions in artra. under the harsh regime. >> well, barnby thank you very much for that from lampedusa. let's go live to geneva. there we can find the director of the international protection at the united nations high commission for refugees. this is the highest number of refugees worldwide. there has been in two decade according to u.n. figures are you better able

of it it will give them an advantage point over looking over government bases within the capital dasmascus. it's a very key complex for the rebels fighting the syrian government in syria. >>> and the refugee crisis in syria continues to worsen. to help the european union is donating $100 million to lebanon where there are 800,000 displaced syrians. neighboring countries have been hit by the crisis. iraq is housing 200,000 and jordon 50 500,000 refugees and a half million in turkey. and germany is offering a temporary home to 50 5 syrians. after months and months of fear and war and waiting it's back to school for the syrian children at a country where they can at last feel safe. he learns to say he is 44 years old. because whatever they did before it's back to the basics for the adults as well. the family heads to lunch. hamid in a wheelchair is 15 tiny because of a cit a degenerative disease. a disability that helped get his family into germany. >> i didn't want to leave. nobody wants to leave their country we left too late and we suffered a lot. weigwe heard the bombs going ofe mortar an

they were returning from d dasmascus from a mission in england.hey are demanding their immediate release. >>> eighty people have been killed in a stampede in a temple in central india. pilgrims were gathering for a remission ufor areligious salva. >>> a youth leader has launched his own youth movement for the launch of the economic freedom fighters party in africa. >>> we are getting reports of two suicide bomber attacks in the syrian capital of d dasmasc. they believe the bombs were targeting state tv headquarters. no casualty have been reported so far. we'll bring you more as it comes to us in al jazeera. >>> some of the worst abuses if syria are happening in government detention facilities. that is a warning from a human rights watch. intimidation and torture have been standard operating procedure in syrian prisons. the government denies the allegations. >> mohammad calls the torture he endured in different prisons in syria. he was detained three times for inciting violence and calling for the regime to be toppled. a court released him in june

that moon will appoint a special coordinator to over see these teams they will be based in da mas dasmascus have a team in cypress. everything is moving forward at fast speed and we expect the approval to come soon. with these deadlines going forward, so far the cooperation is reportedly good. all sides are saying the syrian government is cooperating and they are moving forward on schedule. >> we just heard there from the russian president. but what are other representatives at the u.n. saying about this mission to destroy 1,000 tons of chemical weapons by next year, are they optimistic? >> well, you hear from diplomats that it's the one bright spot in their dealings with syria over the last two-and-a-half years the international community has been divided on how to help quell the unrest in syria and what can be done to stop it. the one point of agreement has been the destruction of syria's chemical weapons and it's what the security council rallied around and found agreement own. so far we have not seen anything from the diplomats on how this is, carried out. thank you. >> the u.s. o unite