and the us has to remain engaged because a lot of these conditions still exist in the east of syria. a lot of for ice has fighters to imprison, is there so a lot of reasons for the us to remain engaged. all right, adam clement squared to get your perspective. thanks so much. we appreciate it. thank you. the you in special on way to syria is in damascus and a push to advance the political transition process. gear petterson has met with the head of the new administration of the shut up. they discussed the importance of uniting syria moving forward. petterson also called for justice and accountability rather than act of revenge. following the ousting of president bush shot of us as all events of age sat down with the syrian information minister to discuss the current situation in the country. you have to start from 0. so what kind of challenges we, you face to restrict everything and if it help desk on the move on was an old a shot of a story actually up to 54 years of ruling the criminal regime left, the country almost completely destroyed. and this criminal regime destroyed all the vil

of forces but one that was stabilised, largely, in syria. that is completely up in the air now. remember, the americans have a small number of forces in the easthe border close to iraq and jordan. officially, the mission is to contain, or to degrade, islamic state, but what they also do as part of that is to train and equip what the us it sees as a moderate arab and kurdish fighters. i expect the kind of thing we're going to see from the administration is a call for a cautious, negotiated settlement around the governance of syria. one that i think will lean heavily on their favourite factions in the country. donald trump has also been posting about events. what are his people saying at the moment, and what is the likelihood of donald trump withdrawing those troops that are in syria? yeah, we have had a couple of quite lengthy post on how of quite lengthy posts on his social media network in the last 2a hours. to broadly sort of sum up his position, he does a few things, he blames it all on president obama, calling it a mess in syria. he effectively says that russia is right to get out, to get syria off its hands. he also says this mess is a sy

it is very likely as well that is the offensive pushes further south, as well as into the east of syria and trafficking potentially shutting those down and exposing the regime cosmic involvement in only six —— illicit smuggling and trafficking. illicit smuggling and traffickinu. . trafficking. fascinating insight. _ trafficking. fascinating insight, thank - trafficking. fascinating insight, thank you - trafficking. fascinating insight, thank you so l trafficking. fascinating - insight, thank you so much. much more on the offensive on syria on a website and will be back on that throughout the programme. police in new york have been scouring cctv footage and have gathered more than 200 images of the man they believe shot and killed the boss of a major health insurance company. brian thompson was arriving at a conference at the hilton hotel when he was shot in the back. nada tawfik has the latest from new york. these are the clearest pictures of the suspected gunman. the image caught on surveillance camera shows him standing at the check—in desk at a hostel, where he reportedly shared a ro

territory, leaving it to just a few fragments of territory and the central desert and towards the east of syria today where they control plus of course, the fact that they have about $10000.00 plus or minus a few 100 fighters, is it s d s controlled presence in that country as well means that we have to be very visual. it's about the potential for chaos to allow this group. i getting the same kind of oxygen to grow their fire of instability in the region. and so i've been base remaining pockets a serious danger to a peaceful series. indeed there's lots of serious dangers to a peaceful syria, whether that's a, whether people who have been using guns to get into a government little put down guns once they have government about the use values and interests of large loss of the siri population. we should remain largely peaceful as the revolution turned into a civil war, turn into a multi front foreign conflict. you know, we have many reasons to be concerned about different cycles of violence in syria coming out. and this is just one of the, if there is a interference or interest from several sides

territory, leaving it to just a few fragments of territory in the central desert and towards the east of syria today, where they control. plus, of course, the fact that they have about $10000.00 plus or minus a few 100 fighters, is it s d s controlled presence in that country as well means that we have to be very visual. it's about the potential for chaos to allow this group again, the same kind of oxygen to grow their fire of instability in the region. that was at least been, haven't been telling the speaking to me earlier on. low britain by still bold want us to say is there is still fighting on going in northern syria battles between took expect rebels and kurdish lead forces have left more than 200 people date of the last 3 dice. turkey as being one of the main back is of the syrian, the opposition forces and analysts suggest the full of a shot. our sides racing is a moment of opportunity full ankara to increase its influence in the region. a turkey correspondent, you really hun reports to this president, add one a to support out of your position in syria is one of the big windows from the

going to get along with the kurdish side of this conflict, which, you know, kurtz control, the east of syria gearbox by the us, the coalition. so they're now concerned that if the regime is ever out of the picture, these 2 groups are going to be fighting each other garcia. one is thank you so much for bringing this up today. why do humming does not get drunk? why do go to the tasteful waves, squeeze our bodies? how much do we need to put a stop hans? praying for help find beyond fis gets much on dw science. outtake talk channel harvesting our lives in a hurry. we have to get a move on this goal. from us last night, gains to feed, so targeting produce growing by farmers again, tonio, mazda, it seems to be not the only frustrating the, the sacrifice for him. he came home with my family. my colleagues got out of it. after working all day in the fields, were having to guard them as well. and tony of feels powerless in this game of cat mouse, one where criminals rarely get caught in a battle over precious olive oil. which i think in the 60 years of all the farmers here will have given up the anto

syria. so, and of course the amount of states went into that area, particularly in the east of the creek. curtis dominated areas most especially in the northeast where, where there's, or there's hotel in the, it's the oil that does the united states is pumping, which is a resource of syria. but the united states is not sharing that. now why is, why is the united states where it is right now? it is to stop any flow of goods coming in from your ron through syria, down until 11 on to, to, to resupply hospitalized. and this is also the now and then separately it's, it's also the designed to by the israelis to get up into a level now wow, this, this most recent incident flip that was attacked by a tens of board hogs. these are the air force us air force jets. i think that they were really targeting more of the rocky top huntsville out of out of iraq. that would be the sheer militias. they have a history of attacking us assets in that region. and that's separate and, and, and pat reiner the, the general law spokesman for the kind of guy and conceited that, that is separate from the action that's now o

the new syria has inherited plenty of threats and much unfinished business. 0rla guerin, bbc news, north—eastse. he went missing injune after going for a walk on the greek island of symi. the senior coronerfor buckinghamshire said the cause of dr mosley�*s death was most likely attributable to either heatstroke or a unidentified disease. thousands of troops from north korea have been sent to russia in the last few months to support its invasion of ukraine. in the last week, the us, ukraine and south korea all say the soldiers have entered the fight and a significant number killed, but can they deliver the gains that vladimir putin desperately wants? 0ur seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie, has been speaking to two former north korean soldiers who defected to the south. believe the propaganda, and north korea has the toughest army in the world. but these videos, of course, mask a bleaker reality. two soldiers who've managed to escape the regime tell us they're poorly trained and underfed with many malnourished. the soldiers kim jong—un has sent to russia are thought to belong to north korea's

the new syria has inherited plenty of threats and much unfinished business. orla guerin, bbc news, north—easters online after a family house was destroyed at the weekend when an e—bike battery exploded. the blaze in catford in south—east london spread quickly. one person escaped but two others were trapped in the loft — one man fell and a woman was rescued by firefighters. an inquest into the death of broadcaster dr michael mosley has not been able to determine a cause. the 67—year—old science journalist went missing injune on the greek island of symi after going for a walk. the coroner said the cause of death, while unknown, was most likely heatstroke or an undiagnosed health condition. to boxing now, and britain's tyson fury and urkaine's oleksandr usyk have been weighing in ahead of tomorrow night's world heavyweight title in the saudia arabian capital, riyadh. here's our sports reporter ade adedoyin. the last time these two faced each other, it was a fight for the ages — a brilliant and brutal contest under a heavy barrage of punches, fury wilted, his unbeaten record and air of invincibil

separate disturbance from, from, you know, getting strong that's what the americans are doing in the east of syria when they grow. some code is separate to use the using the profits from oil and the green the so we just a of the resources. the reason they occupied of this us on the formats is a useful combination of players if you wish. and we'll have very much concerns after this trip on to the point surroundings. like had the conversation with the turkish means. so for an affairs and was uranium colleague, we agreed to, to write to me this week. did you see it coming? hopefully in the in the margins of this international conference. we would like to discuss the need to come back to strict implementation of the deals on the loop area because you live days correlations on was the place from where the terrorist moved to they can level and the arrangements reached in to in 219 and 22 inch provide that for our talk is friends to control the situation in the loop, the installation. so and to separate the field, the some from a new center from the position, which is not the earliest on which go through

separate disturbance from, from, you know, getting so that's what the americans are doing in the east of syria when they grow. some code is separate to use the using the profits from oil and the green the so we just a lot of the resources, the reason they occupied of this us on the formats is a useful combination of players if you wish. and um, we'll have very much concerns after this trip on to the point surroundings. nice to have the conversation with the doctor. she means so for and this is and we is uranium colleague. we agreed to, to write to me this week. oh, did you see it coming? hopefully in the in the margins of this international conference. we would like to discuss the need to come back to strict implementation of the deals on easily area and because easily days correlations on was the place from where the the or is to move they can level and the arrangements reached in to in 219 and 22 inch provide that for all with turkish trends. to control the situation and the zip disk relation. so and to separate the field, the some from a new center from the position which is not the earlies

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that's what the americans are doing in the east of syria when they grow. some code is a separate use using the profits from oil and the green the so we just a of the resources, the reason they ok, but farmer, us army and c o thomas pen told us, washington undermines those in syria who don't follow as agenda and is using the terrorist of forces to further its interest, you know, things from past experience that, that, that the united states, governments use this, this organization as a tool to try to achieve insights. and especially in the 1st like syria, that is completely, there's a lot thomas around in the sense that it rejects from, from top down like us, the nothing to do with any country that yes, that, and doesn't want to do with the policy from totally revolution or push me things to talk to the government to get together the favor of you know, what washington is a chamber washington's interest. the timing for me is really interesting that it's taking place now as the now we're getting ready to change it. ministration has another space, both to trump

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separate districts from, from, you know, getting so that's what the americans are doing in the east of syria when they grew some code to show a separate use using the profits from oil and the green the so we should a of the resources recently. ok, but we spoke to the format, non commissioned officer of the us army thomas pen. he code uh, so getting off of the view about washington's, the stabilizing actions and the reach. and i think that its main goal is to undermine anyone who doesn't follow its agenda. know, from past experience to the united states, governments use this, this organization as a tool to try to achieve insights. i especially in the 1st i see this completely, there's a lot in the sense that it rejects from, from top down like us the nothing to do with it or let me transfer you to the next that and doesn't want to do with the policy from totally revolution, or push me things to talk with the government to get together the favor of you know, what the washington is, is it's a washington's interest. the timing for me is really interesting that it's taking place now as the. now w

that's what the americans are doing in the east of syria when they grow some code to show a separate use using the profits from oil and the green. so we just a of the resources to reach the occupied former us army and ceo thomas penn told us at washington undermines those in syria who don't follow its agenda and is using the terrorist forces to further its interest. know, from past experience in the united states, governments use this, this organization as a tool to try to achieve. it's a, it's a special unit in a place like syria that is completely uh, there's a lot thomas around in the sense that it rejects from, from top down like us the do it for the any country that yes, that, and doesn't want to do it that the policy total revolution or which these things to talk to the government to get together said, or else you know what washington is a chamber, washington's interest. the timing for me is really interesting that it's taking place now as the. now we're getting ready to change it. ministration stays both to trump down to about 8 weeks of staying in the region. it's 60 violation

we got a, a military sky image getting on in the north east of syria, but a diplomatic one day home between anchor and washington of the semester. so hale uh, took your husband refuting the claims by the united states, including this uh, this fire claim by the us officials today and uh, is it donald funds on friend le takeover claim uh over to care. it was all sort of you to buy the turkish for administer during an interview he had delivered to alta 0. that was a, is on wednesday. apparently 2 kids is 2. kids sees the why? pj, assuming curtis reval, reply p g under the, the umbrella as the extension of the outlook. curtis stone worker's part in today we heard the defense minister oprah shows uh, talking to press and the saying that they expect the serial national army a to fight against that occurrence. the 2 kids sees a new syrian administration as a legitimate partner. also even consider is about removing the h t s. had dr chum from the terrorist list that took yeah, has put on years ago. and that's why the new army that is going to be functioning under the native syrian government, the n

that's what the americans are doing in the east of syria when they go some code to show separate, to use the using the profits from oil in the green. so we should, they are the resources, the reason they ok, but they can cross now to risk a consultant. alejandro bruno from the gulf stay alan analytics, at least under the so called self defense measured the u. s. military conducted in syria, reportedly targeted allies of the countries army. what do you make of the timing is it comes well national forces are battling the power groups? well i think the overall timing of the entire um, the resurgence the, the reappearance of the syrian war into the, the news cycle, you know, last week is very interesting because it coincides with the so called cease fire between the israel and lemon on. and i'm a, i mean to me, although i can't prove it, it's on the speculative and i think it's very important. and this is one of the main reasons why syria was always in the, in, in, um, has been attacked since 2011 is because it's the conduit between your, on iraq and then 11 on to hezbollah. so it's a ve

there are the turkey backed rebels that controlled a small part of northern syria in aleppo, and the kurdish led forces that control the north—east we also have isis that carries out attacks in the country but it doesn't control territory. country but it doesn't control territo . �* , . , , ., country but it doesn't control territory-— territory. let's assume a on hts, territory. let's assume a on hrs, the — territory. let's assume a on hts, the surprise _ territory. let's assume a on| hts, the surprise offensive. they have taken over aleppo and are moving south. it is they have taken over aleppo and are moving south.— are moving south. it is a very interesting — are moving south. it is a very interesting group. _ are moving south. it is a very interesting group. it - are moving south. it is a very interesting group. it used - are moving south. it is a very interesting group. it used to | interesting group. it used to be al-qaeda's branch in syria. in 2006 in 2016 they broke ties with al-qaeda because they struggled to gain support from the local population, from rebel groups at the time, so the al-qaeda brand was simply a big hi

that's what the americans are doing in the east of syria when they grow some code. just separate this by using the profits from oil and the green, the sol, which they are the resources. the reason they ok, but they assessed on the formats is a useful combination of players if you wish. and we'll have very much concerns after this discrepancy was a live point surroundings. life had the conversation with the doctor. she means so for an affairs and was uranium colleague, we agreed to to write to me this week. oh, did you see it coming? hopefully in the, in the margins of this international conference, we would like to discuss the need to come back to strict implementation of the deals on easily area because it live days correlations on was the place from where the terrorist move to. so they can level and the arrangements reached in 2019 and 22 inch provide that for our darkest trends to control the situation in the loop. the installation. so, and to separate the say up the some form a new set of from the position which is known, the earliest on reach growth rate is of

these deadly weapons falling into extremist hands, particularly islamic state, who are in the east of syriaqi kurdish peshmerga against them back in 2015 and 17. so, yeah, it's pretty extensive, and the international community needs to get on board this and help the new syrian government as much as possible to make sure these weapons no longer threaten the syrian people. and hamish, are you aware of any contacts starting up between the opcw, the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, and the the new rulers of syria? can really help there. obviously, we want the new syrian people, the new syrian government, to really sort themselves out and develop syria exactly as they want. but in areas like this where expertise required, iwould hope that the united nations in particular, will be offering the advice and offering the teams who can go in and neutralise these chemical weapons as soon as possible. an update from the call reiterated by the secretary of state, the situation in syria from antony blinking. underscoring the points he made in the statement he released earlier today th

and now we, we, we see that in the east of syria, a lot of and yours are being effectuated because of glasses. so the, the future is insert that we can make, we can trust and haste to the, to making this decision, as might disappointing a brochure. it just quickly help us understand your, your personal asylum process, how long it took and whether you find it the typical for all the people, the syrians you've been working with since then to. yes, i have been working with students with these cosigned them. i'm a sense of the asylum and i studied the process inside my assignment personally took, i think a piece to use a to get all my papers done and nothing. all the whole like stress when process of not knowing when you interview is who's going to enter. do you want to, to know your life story? and if you are convincing or not, and then you do that the, let me go to so much of the and get some stability, some sort of stability after so much of suffering. a lot of people, i know they, they and i at the time of good, which is not only the, the, the full, the government, but also i think it

that's what the americans are doing in the east of syria when they grow. some code is a separate use using the profits from oil in the green. and so we should a of the resources to reach the o q, but we spoke with risk consultants, alessandro bruno from both state analytics. he says, serious geographic location makes it of particular interest to the west. i think the overall timing of the entire and the resurgence of the reappearance of the syrian war into the news cycle last week is very interesting because it coincides with the cx, these fire between the isabel and limit on or i think it is very important. and this is one of the main reasons why syria was always in the, in the has been attacked since 2011 is because it's the con, the week between and the lawn, iraq, and then 11 onto hezbollah. so it's a very important piece in the highway to supply his beloved and perhaps israel's main enemy. we have the whole area surrounded and it's, um, it's a proxy war. and i, it's through, i think, as the model for the war in ukraine. not a coincidence that the ice i

because we know that in the east of syria, for example, and he brings it up, that the us have legally occupied a significant part of the country where the main oil fields are. and it's a large part of the territory. i'm what the us is doing is extracting it and using the money to fund military structures in these which they themselves created. and that of course poses ways danger. but what's alarming at this point is that they're getting information that the west is now dictating to. these new leaders who they time and kind of corporate. but when you have this, the, it is clear that i'm at l. sharah and he's just stacy, it's a now under enormous pressure from the west. the americans have become more active . so your opinions also, and everyone wants to what not to preserve the unity of o. s no political forces in syria, but to gain more influence and even more territory. and ask for western selfishness, the new head of the diplomacy kaya kal, us made a very illustrative speech demanding that syria stopped cooperating with russia. the major powell like a stone, he has said that it will

what's it, what's the, what's the important to understand is that these cards in the north east of syria, they are doing, and washington's beating. they are there at washington's behalf, essentially because the us doesn't want to repeat, will be back in the every bit of, of county stuff by sending, you know, thousands and thousands of troops to, to take control of the. so they turn to the cars, who have been there a long time i lives and it to, to, to control these vision. so i think of what we're about to see. like i said, he's the balcony station us here. we're going to see it split up. we're going to see it 13, get what they want, which is that north of syria, a to uh, to push it back against the cars themselves, right? are probably going to c h t is and there and there i, i see is an update of friends. it they. busy in the, in the, in the west of syria, and then in the northeast, we're likely going to see the cards. and again, they're on a needle state, which is what they have been trying to do with us a sponsorship for so long. at this point they already have us, they might have fou

was defeated in 2019. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin travelled to the north east of syriae was given rare access to the largest is jail in the city of al hasakah where around 10,000 is suspects are held. the fall of assad has not freed all of syria's prisoners. with good reason, we were told. this is a maximum securityjail. around 5,000 men are detained here, including some britons, cut off from the outside world and a changing syria. but local authorities warn is is planning its next moves, and could use the current chaos to try a jailbreak. it's very rare to get access inside these walls. this is the biggest prison for is detainees. the men being held here, most of them were with is until its last stand. kurdish security sources tell us that they were deeply committed to the ideology of is. we were taken to meet a detainee. hello. who didn't want to be identified. he is 28, from australia, and said he was speaking freely. do you have blood on your hands? were you involved in killing anybody with is? no. i wasn't. "no, i wasn't", he said, barely audibly. 0n the key questi

0ssama muhammad, a journalist in al qamishli — an area controled by syrian kurds in the north east of syriare looking at very complicated allegiances, sometimes stories of opposing forces so let's begin by expending to our audience who the group known as the kurds are. they have been a big ally of the us in tackling so—called islamic state, haven't they? so-called islamic state, haven't they?— so-called islamic state, haven't they? so-called islamic state, haven't the ? ,, . haven't they? starting with the kurds, haven't they? starting with the kurds. they — haven't they? starting with the kurds, they have _ haven't they? starting with the kurds, they have established l kurds, they have established the main forces with fighting alongside the international coalition against isis. kurds where the main city which they could defeat isis in this city and then in the international coalition with the support of the local communities and local forces, alongside arabs, christians could defeat isis and eliminate them. the kurds are known by their loyalty with the international coalition, started to w

one and a half million at least refugees from the middle east ofjust refugees from the middle east of just syriaa and other countries as well. something which is been a very polarizing factor in german domestic politics that is helped to give rise to the ike paternity for deutschland the german far—right party that has gained strength in popularity in the polls. their entire message is that germany should not be a refuge for so many of these people, that it is changing the character of germany. that seems to be something that this man taleb al—abdulmohsen agreed with them about. that he had a conspiracy theory that the german government was somehow in league with islamic extremist, with china islamized germany. these are all things at the investigators are looking into. let's be clear, none of this in any way justifies what he did. whatever conclusions they come to, they still haven't referred to this as a terrorist attack for the but whatever conclusions they come to there are obviously quite a complex back story going on here. only bits of which are starting to come to light now. which are sta

so that's when it comes to syria hills is that it's necessary to deal with the east of syria, where americans have legally occupied a significant part of the territory, of course, because it's very oil rich. and it's also said it's very concerned, and that there's talk about the new people in charge. the ex spelling russian military base is that this is very, very dangerous talk. now he also brought up latin america and the fact that russia's relationship with other countries around the world is becoming stronger and stronger. so sanctions and they haven't really effective as, as building it's relationship with other parts of the world. and now we're here, of course friends is making the steps behind the scenes. so interesting to see what key of we'll have to say about that. if those speak out about this new they or in the coming days. and if mr. lab road will clarify, moving to now, what did they propose was something concrete on the table. and was that after all, just another attempt to buy themselves some time because they can see that things on the front line are not worth now. and perhap

of syria. >> this is a historic day for the middle east. of the assad regime it's very surreal. >> and i think the happiness is shared amongst all syrians, all around the world live from london. >> this is cnn newsroom with max foster and christina macfarlane. >> hello. a warm welcome to our viewers. joining us around the world. i'm max foster. it's monday, december ninth, 9 a.m. here in london. and noon in damascus, syria, where cnn's team heard strikes in the early hours of monday morning after the fall of assad's regime. it's not immediately clear who carried out those strikes allahu akbar on sunday, the leader of the rebel forces in damascus delivered his first public remarks since their takeover of the country. abu mohammad al-julani says defeating the assad regime is a, quote, victory for the entire islamic nation. russia says that president bashar al-assad, a key ally to vladimir putin, fled to moscow with his family where they were granted asylum after rebels took the capital. they said they were actively searching for assad. some o

a and it's curtis prox, these have been in control of all of these syria, east of the u. fridays. right? uh, for 4 years now. right. uh, you know, going back to the, the, uh, just after the time of the russian intervention. right. and that is where syria's oil and weak fields were, which were denied to the syrian government, preventing any type of economic recovery uh, or restoration um the uh, hired to her all shop along with the purchase down as law mich party and the other 31 flavors of untouchable jihad were still in control of northern england, the turkish regime of early one. we're in control of all of northern syria to a depth of up to 30 kilometers where they continued to support the rest of the as long as then g audi faction. and the primarily syrian wines that had been molded into what had once been known as, as the free syrian army. now they called the, the syrian national army and they had an 82800000. as long as the g r. e's under arms effectively under are the ones payroll. so between the us sanctions and you know, serious resources under control of the u. s. the stee

also trying to get kids back into school, trying to make a deal with the kurds in the north east of syria are afraid this chaos could lead to isis rising up again. of course the fear over what hts wants to do. they are making noises about -- will discontinue or will we see a move to a more islamic structure? people are concerned. some believe it and some do not. some people fleeing to try to get out of the country. the lebanese border are full of people trying to escape. many fears in this country, many hopes, as well of what a free syriac could look like. peoplere saying please, western powers, come in and help us while we can rebuild this country. so much joy but so much loss as people across the country find their homes destroyed, find family members who are dead or forgotten forever. mixed feelings. perhaps what syrian people have dreamed of will come. amna: that is special correspondent leila molana-allen reporting from damascus tonight. thank you. ♪ we start the day's other headlines in malibu, californiaa -- where fire crews are working to contain a wind-driven wildfirehat exploded