. >>> targeting the islamic state of iraq and the levant, prime minister dimitri me medvedev. >> no, absolutely not true. up to the syrian people to decide who will be the head of syria. by the way, it combines many nationalities and regions. we have to operate on the assumption that assad is the lejts malegitimate mat presiden. >> german chancellor angela merkel,. >> angry over the country's refugee policies, victoria gatenby reports. >> stabbed at a campaign event ahead of cologne's events on sunday. tried to fight off the attacker. >> the perpetrator made a direct line and stabbed her with a knife. it was horrible to see, really gruesome and i'm shaking as i talk about it. >> police say the attack was targeted and deliberate. >> mrs. rica is not only a mayoral candidate she is also responsible for accommodation of refugees in clone. cologne. >> rica is an independent candidate but backed by other candidates, led by german chancellor angela merkel. the german government says it expects 800,000 people to seek asylum this year. record numbers of refugees have led to anti-immigrant ra

head another round of talks but rejected talks held in washington, chaired by prime minister dimitri me medvedev. jamie mcintire is there. good evening jamie. >> perhaps more than a thousand have moved into central and northern syria over the past two weeks and they appear to be linking up with hezbollah fighters in what has all the earmarks of an offensive to take back some areas of syria that are currently head by syrian antigovernment rebels. the center of the issue seems to be aleppo and the province around it, various areas, some held by the syrian government forces some busy the antigovernment opposition, some held by i.s.i.l. in that area. the pentagon has down played the overall numbers saying it's not as high as 1500 in some places but doesn't deny the iranians are there or which side they're on. as you mentioned the pictures have surfaced on social media of kasam sulimani the kuds commander, seeking to a pro-regime forces, a force of bashar al-assad, more evidence that these russian air strikes along with the iranian troop presence in the ground is aimed at the u.s. backed opposition m