syria's opposition refuses to attend international peace talks just a day after the lifting of the e.u. arms embargo opens the door to lethal weapons supplied to the rebels. shot seven times while being interviewed by the f.b.i. over his alleged connection.

communique of the syria will come from all the g eight leaders including russia we know that the e.u. arms embargo was lifted last month that was also a lot of pressure that came from britain and france now we know that in britain david cameron he hasn't been able to pledge military support to the syrian opposition because he faces a lot of criticism from his own party and from his deputy prime minister even nick clegg has said that he doesn't think it's the right time to arm the syrian rebels boris johnson mare of london a very outspoken man has said don't those syrian maniacs in france we've got political elites now questioning how the syrian crisis came about all together. i'm going to tell you something i was in england two years before the violence in syria on other business i met with top british officials who confessed to me that they were preparing something in syria this was in britain not in america britain is in invasion of rebels into syria they even asked me although it was no longer minister for foreign affairs if i would like to participate. in a summit they're discussing co

armed only. since britain and france blocked attempts to extend the e.u. embargo on supplying arms to the syrian rebels there have been growing fears that the weapons could end up in the wrong hands and this is why the syrian opposition is made up of many divided and often competing factions and clearly there is no force that can represent it as a whole there is the syrian national council the national coalition for syrian revolutionary and opposition forces the supreme military council the free syrian army the international coordination committee the jobber or the brigade and many more like to point out that only the n.c.c. says it's open to dialogue with the authorities while all the others have officially proclaimed their goal is to topple the regime the only difference being how extreme their approaches are and here is where these two rebel groups stand out . is officially recognized as a terror organization by the u.s. it's also known for its links to al qaeda and for being among the most highly trained rebel forces currently on the ground in syria and

that both sides are to blame now you know that david cameron has supported the idea of lifting the e.u. arms embargo of sending military aid to the syrian rebels the british britain hasn't committed itself to that yet however they have definitely been discussing it with a big us taking that step now jim a person isn't sure about what will happen if on this are sent to syria and if they fall into the wrong hands. when it comes to selling weapons to our says government who's responsible for the blood including of children i don't think you'll deny that both sides are responsible there's always the question of who's to blame i don't deny that we shouldn't support people opening up other people's bodies and each in their entrails on camera do you want to support these people do you want to. live near putin in response to a journalist's question about why russia provides arms to syria he was quite frank he said russia provides defensive weapons to the syrian the legitimate syrian government it's not breaking any rules while it does so and he calls on every other government to act within the frame

we believe rightly change the terms of the e.u. arms embargo because it was almost as if it was saying there was some sort of equivalence between. on the one hand and the official syrian opposition on the other i don't believe there is the syrian opposition of committed to a democratic pluralistic syria that will respect minorities christians so that is the argument for that we've made no decision to arm the rebels to a position but i think it's very important that we continue to work with them help the train and assist them in order to make sure that we have an influence on the opposition who i believe want a democratic syria that's how it should be so that will be miles out and president putin for the first off of your question. called the bus to work with regard sleaze supplies of weapons to the acid government and as regards to who has the blood of the children and peaceful citizens of syria i believe we will not deny that. if the blood is on the hands of the both parties so both of the parties. i think that with me and there's alwa

seawards opposition refuses to attend international peace talks just a day after the lifting of the e.u.'s arms embargo.

arms to the rebels the u.s. is currently deciding whether to send weapons that's after the e.u. lifted its arms embargo two weeks ago dealing a blow to the prospects of peace talks this comes as reports claim rebels could be behind the killing of more than sixteen she muslims in the syrian village of heartland sparking fears more and more extremists are joining opposition fighters both civilians and pro assad fighters are fallen victim to what the militants themselves of labeled as cleansing political analyst a mother walked up to leave the opposition is not interested in a peaceful outcome. those people have the power to stifle or kill any political process to their aura of invisibility should be reduced it would be good for the political representatives of the opposition to have any meaningful say in a negotiation table and actually being able to keep their words afterwards but as long as there are promises of weaponry and support towards those rebels on the ground without that they would go to the table to the more top in fact with the ideology behind what they have been doing

says the decision has no effect on the provision of arming the rebels but the us is currently divided over whether to send weapons that's after the e.u. lifted its arms embargo two weeks ago ultimately dealing a blow to the prospects of peace talks meanwhile reports claim rebels have a high in the killing of more than sixty shia muslims in one syrian village sparking fears of more extremists joining and assad forces political analyst i'm not about half he believes that at the end of the day the opposition's simply not interested in any sort of peaceful outcome for those people have the power to in that stifle or kill any political process to their order of invisibility should be reduced it could be for the political representatives of the opposition to have any meaningful say in a negotiation table and actually being able to keep their words afterwards but as long as there are promises of weaponry and support towards those rebels on the ground or one of that they won't go to the table anymore at all in fact. with the ideology behind what they have been doing since the very beginning is fishley. affiliated groups they are not interest

e.u. lifted its arms embargo on syria and that means that any member state canal funnel that weapons to the syrian rebels are the u.k. and france they spearheaded the initiative winning over the majority of countries who had originally opposed the move over concerns that would feel the conflict. going to take a look at the syrian opposition and exactly those who they are that might be on its behalf. since britain and france blocked attempts to extend the e.u. embargo on supplying on's to the syrian rebels there have been growing fears that the weapons could end up in the wrong hands and this is why the syrian opposition is made up of many divided and often competing factions and truly there is no force that can represent it as a whole there is the syrian national council the national coalition for syrian revolutionary and opposition forces the supreme military council the free syrian army the international coordination committee the. brigade and many more and i'd like to point out that only the n.c.c. says it's open to dialogue with the authorities while all the others have officially procl

e.u. lifted its arms embargo last month that was from a lot of pressure coming from the british and the french side now despite the fact that the u.k. and france have been calling on the syrian opposition they face a lot of criticism both countries at home for calling to do so for example david cameron he hasn't been able to follow suit and pledge direct military support to the syrian opposition because he faces criticism for its from his own party from his deputy prime minister nick clegg has said that he doesn't think it's the time to on the syrian opposition boris johnson lemaire of longings and has said don't own the syrian maniacs so it would be something very difficult to get on them and. so so far only continuing to train and provide non-lethal support for the syrian opposition but also in front of the political elite some people that are already starting to question how the syrian crisis came about all together. i'm going to tell you something i was in england two years before the violence in syria on other business i met with top british officials who confessed to me that they were pr

e.u. has the ended its arms embargo to syria how does that change the situation on the the ground.well the arms haven't arrived yet from the air in union and there's still a small lesson mark over whether or not they will ever come and the americans haven't moved yet either but if they do start to arm then of course it's obvious what the outcome will be and how the situation will be approached on the ground there will be more fighting the rebels will be encouraged by the shipments of new arms there will be obviously the encouragement that comes from political support are well and the fighting will increase so this decision which is no a month old but which has as i say yet to be put into operation to arm the rebels this decision is the equivalent of throwing paschal on onto a fire it will only make things worse and i'm frankly absolutely astonished that the g. eight countries the western countries should continue to take this position in northern ireland at their g eight summit in northern ireland why didn't they look around them why didn't they ask the people in ireland and in nor

you allowed the arms embargo to lapse -- when the e.u. wed the arms embargo to lapse -- they are considered to be game-changing weapons. syria said they would not abide to such weapons and they would strike at them. russia has since backed off on the idea of sending them -- i am to -- they are holding it out there. understand russians how serious it would be if in fact they did send those missiles. let us go to a local caller in mclean, virginia. john on the independent line. caller: thank you for your wonderful program. i was wondering why we are looking at the pain in the middle east and not at cause of the pain? believe all of the sectarian activities and terraced escalated -- sectarian activities in terrorists escalated. -- you think iran is there very clearly. why don't the superpowers help the people of iran to get rid of this regime and then everything will be back to normal and people will have to have lives been there would be gnosis -- there would be no necessity for military intervention. i do not know why they did not have -- [

ministry says it's against placing heavy weaponry in nations neighboring syria the arms issue came up during the russia e.u. summit in the euros which again called for both sides to start a dialogue on she's an executor of severe brings us the details. at the press conference during the russia e.u. summit. particularly stress that russia has never violated any international regulations on supplying weapons in the syrian case moreover he said that the issue of the s. three hundred missile complexes which has been actively debated over the past several weeks is not serious at all because of the contract on supplying syria with these complexes that was signed years ago and it has not been yet fulfilled according to what he meant and whether this means that the s. three hundred have not been in fact delivered to syria is of course of course this remains to be seen but he stressed that delivering any weapons to any sides at this moment of time would destabilize the situation in the region and any attempts to find a peaceful solution to the syrian bloodshed both sides have read separated the things we have heard

e.u. countries if we remember is made there was this decision that they made on whether or not to extend the arms embargo to syria twenty five out of twenty seven nations were against that idea including germany very reluctant to get involved militarily we know that the u.k. and france were the two countries that were really heavily pushing for non extension of that arms embargo however what's interesting to see is that the statement coming out today from the u.k. and france looks to be like a scaled back on their initial aggression on the issue we have a statement from downing street they're saying that the u.k. government has not decided yet whether to arm the syrian rebels and they are asking that the assad. grab unrestricted access to the u.n. investigation team going back to that statement of the e.u. and france had also said in reply to with suggestions of a no fly zone to be established france had said that such no fly zone in syria. the approval of the u.n. the security council but they said that any intervention in the approval of the international community and they say that this is unl

the bomb his ideas need more work as he put it and nuclear arms reduction is a matter for the distant future. still to come barack obama's e.u. trip started with the g eight summit in northern ireland with world leaders but peace talks in syria with a final state but having no call for president assad to leave we examine that just ahead. in russia woman's died at least forty one people have been injured in a series of blasts in a fire an arms death toll in central russia witnesses and they're reporting fresh explosions to tonight. i was six thousand people been evacuated from small town of square the first blast went off tuesday night but still in a state of emergency artie's with emotions following the situation there. around two thousand people are now involved in the operation at the scene rescuers find man munition expiries helicopters and tanks have been used as well but despite all the efforts unfortunately it looks like that blaze still continues the rescues have only managed to stop the fire from spreading it's not contained but again it's a huge area on fire almost impossible to get in for rescues right now because

arms embargo on the syrian rebels. the russian foreign ministry says it's against placing heavy weaponry in nations neighboring syria they sure came out during the russia e.u. summit in the euros and also he's an exact here with us following the meeting and is joining us now live alex say hello nice to see you. there have been many accusations aimed at russia recently over its weapons dealings with syria so what does the russian president have to say about. well i deem important particularly stressed that russia has never violated any international regulations on supplying arms in. syria he stressed that he focused on the three hundred missile. the issue which has been debated over the past several weeks very actively with the contract on supplying syria with the s. three hundred. was signed years ago and this contract hasn't yet been fulfilled whether this means that the how to conduct this have indeed been delivered to syria is of course remains to be seen but. supplying syria a new side of the conflict now with additional weaponry would destabilize the situation in the region this is something more has been strongly against at the same time the head of