coalition is supposed to be working to crush eisel and recent months the u.s. led forces attacked pro-government troops five times one of them was the downing of a syrian army jet and the justification was always the same self-defense and what they also say is they had to respond to the violation of so-called confliction zones which by the way weren't approved by the syrian government ok but if it helps eradicate eisel what's the problem well first we have the u.s. training and giving arms to a bunch of anti-government forces one of them the new syrian army would really like to topple assad. then there's the syrian democratic forces largely consisting of kurds who would really love to grab more power from the government and eventually become independent remember the de confliction zones they're controlled by those forces supported by the u.s. and the syrian government is not allowed there so once i finish we will have fully trained armed to the teeth forces controlling significant chunks of syrian territory partially hostile to the government what could possibl

is i authorized by military we have the greatest military in the world ok but if it helps eradicate eisel what's the problem well first we have the us training and giving arms to a bunch of anti-government forces one of them the new syrian army would really like to topple assad. then there's the syrian democratic forces largely consisting of kurds who would really love to grab more power from the government and eventually become independent remember the de confliction zones they're controlled by those forces supported by the us and the syrian government is not allowed there so once i finish we will have fully trained armed to the teeth forces controlling significant chunks of syrian territory partially hostile to the government what could possibly go wrong i don't see u.s. forces leaving in the short term did indicate that he wanted to lessen tensions with the russian federation that he wanted to focus our u.s. military policy towards the elimination of the islamic state what we've seen however over the last five months since he was inaugurated is just the opposite so it seems in this eff

of the syrian city of raka where the coalition is supporting kurdish troops in their fight against eisel the u.s. led coalition has also conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters here in el tam near the training base the bands of on site at the same justification for each raid that pro assad forces has breached a complection zone and he said now we look at how this military escalation may be reaching a boiling point. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been and. let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lin's going on here d. as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area a potential targets and are tracking them all of this happened as both the u.s. and syrian government backed up by the russian

is arming the kurds to fight eisel that's really irritated turkey use a u.s. ally nato member i mean where do you see that relationship developing because will they actually be able to get these weapons back after flooding the area with these arms is that realistic at all. no it's not realistic at all is it i mean it depends on whether you believe in fairy tales all or and father christmas i don't i don't imagine that those arms are going to be hunted but they might get a percentage of them back but i think we'll get a lot of excuses and a lot of farfetched stories about those some heavy guns being lost or destroyed in the confusion of war so i don't think we should hold our breath on now but it's the kurdish question who is arming them is becoming paramount in the last few days with a new saudi crown prince in saudi arabia. prince mohammed bin salman has told the kurds in no uncertain terms that if he doesn't get what he wants which is for the turkish troops to be removed completely that he hinted he said he might look at options on arming the kurds themselve

not so sure that it will admit it but it's going on today that turkey is battling eisel allied groups who invaded the south an island of mindanao and captured one of its largest cities and the u.s. military is there to providing assistance the u.s. embassy in manila claims that the philippines government requested the aid. and apparently it wasn't the president who asked for help but the philippines army with the army brigadier general saying to a.p. that we don't have good surveillance equipment so we asked the u.s. military for help now the philippine army stressed it was only the equipment and no boots on the ground however the pentagon said it's also sending an additional three hundred to five hundred u.s. troops to support regular training activities and note the details now that the president no well it turned out he didn't until the help arrived. but made an appeal as it didn't even know that the american love images would probably be technical and president attorney did not say whether his military went over his head he only said that because of the longtime close ties between

is i authorized by military we have the greatest military in the world ok but if it helps eradicate eisel what's the problem well first we have the u.s. training and giving arms to a bunch of anti-government forces one of them the new syrian army would really like to topple assad then there's the syrian democratic forces largely consisting of kurds who would really love to grab more power from the government and eventually become independent so once i finish we will have fully trained armed to the teeth forces controlling significant chunks of syrian territory partially hostile to the government what could possibly go wrong so it seems in this effort to defeat the u.s. could in fact be fanning new hotbed of tension if you like washington has a case of tunnel vision trying to solve only one problem without seeing the bigger picture sound familiar it should iraq anyone but history teaches us nothing clearly not even past tweets such as this one from donald trump to then president obama in two thousand and thirteen he warned that nothing good would come to the u.s. from attacking syria appar

led coalition leading the anti eisel offensive for the syrian city of raka is bombing everyone that's what locals have told r.t. rocked the artes ruptly video agency or despite the coalition's insistence it takes every civilian casualty seriously the grim situation on the ground suggest otherwise that i knew little about i knew that if this will what they are and the guts of my family and all men to the model. assure you of a rational aim a little medal a dash dash well if that is nesmith has met but you were born your little niche that actually your little bit isn't a bit of a bit of wood and has been and the dome that has you had of all that and then has become of old and i had a little. one in has it one as it would but i want. to . use a block. digit. marked a good. shoe. of the u.s. led coalition hasn't denied using phosphorus which was just mentioned in its operations it's an extremely toxic substance and is banned from use as a weapon well coalition says it only uses phosphorus in ways that are permitted during battle for example to create a smoke screen however human rights wa

examine the location the russian air force carried out a major air strike in which they say thirty eisel commanders were destroyed and also as many as three hundred fighters killed now if it is proved three weeks almost since that album daddy was also there of course that is going to be big news we still get to be really careful about this because we do have to remember that daddy is the most important man and since two thousand and eleven he's had a huge valentini on his head in particular the americans were offering twenty five million dollars for any information on the whereabouts of any kind of data that could lead to his capture or death. and to talk about this further when i joined by security analyst and also for my counterterrorism intelligence officer shells bridge good evening she shows if it is confirmed that al baghdadi is not dead how do you think this would impact on the fight against isis. well it would have a major impact i mean he's not just a symbolic leader he's also involved in the operational planning and perhaps even more important if several if the reports are true

russian intelligence is tracking eisel fighters have been trying to escape their stronghold in iraq through the so-called southern corridor that's pretty much their only way out as the city has been surrounded by u.s. led coalition forces for quite some time now for we understand the fighters have been trying to go. to palmira of the prophets and that's where they've been targeted in the latest series of airstrikes from russia now as i still continue to lose ground a rocket this is certainly not the first time we've heard terrorist managed to escape the city in fact there have been reports last month of the kurds one of the main forces fighting isis opening up a chord or allowing the terrorists to lead the city of raka the kurds have the night despite the ministry of defense and russia have confirmed seem to movement large eisel convoy moving from towards palmira and these latest images released it shows six cruise missiles being launched from two warships and a submarine currently located in the mediterranean and the strikes managed to destroy and i saw a command center and several i saw w

power has seen him fight off other terrorist groups in the region and force locals to convert to eisele but i guess d.f. picks up the story from afghanistan. beyond this desert and those mountains lays islamic states newest caliph and the realm of warlord as azula stars himself as a warrior of god others call him a heretic cruel and heartless. he has murdered so many and besieged even more there is no end to his killing at least twenty five members of my family could people's heads off their legs arms and fingers some victims i couldn't recognize because of what they did to their faces i lost my son everyone lost their sons head moment ammerman he is the most evil men in the world it is because of him that was tough he in poverty he brought his terrorists home homes and murdered everyone as azula is a second generation warlord jihad just just like his father dangerous and vicious fanatical until recently he was incarcerated in baghran prison then came his unexpected and unexplained release. he's an international terrorist it was american soldiers who released him from bagram for have a

want to raise by military we have the greatest military in the world ok but if it helps eradicate eisel what's the problem well first we have the us training and giving arms to a bunch of anti-government forces one of them the new syrian army would really like to topple assad then there's the syrian democratic forces largely consisting of kurds who would really love to grab more power from the government and eventually become independent so once i suppose finish we will have fully trained armed to the teeth forces controlling significant chunks of syrian territory partially hostile to the government what could possibly go wrong so it seems in this effort to defeat beisel the u.s. could in fact be fanning new hotbed of tension if you like washington has a case of tunnel vision trying to solve only one problem without seeing the bigger picture sound familiar and should iraq anyone but history teaches us nothing clearly not even tweets such as this one from donald trump to then president obama in two thousand and thirteen he warned that nothing good would come to the u.s. from attacking sy

syria the move comes in response to the downing of a syrian fighter jet by an american warplane in the eisel held city of raka the city has the details now one thing is when diplomats engage in a war of words but today's development shows that it's gone far beyond that with russia deciding to end the single most important agreement that the u.s. and russia signed since moscow was invited by the assad regime to join the fight in syria now this agreement we're talking about here was signed back in october twenty fifth dean and what it does is established as a communication channel between u.s. and russia forces operating in the airspace over syria to prevent any sort of unwanted incidents as you can imagine this air space is very dense with so many different countries so many different groups involved in any sort of mistake and misinformation really can lead to think of all consequences and in this case of the syrian being shot down according to the russian military the u.s. has not informed russia off the decision to shoot down this syrian jet through the existing communication channel at the

though says the plane was attacking islamic state fighters and the syrian jet was downed near the eisel held city of rock of course currently under siege by u.s. backed local rebels in the north of the country just here it's not the first time the u.s. led coalition is targeted approach assad's forces in the war zone just last month in southern syria near the border crossing the coalition also bombed pro-government forces several times offer accusing them of violating so-called the confliction zones artes and so now it takes a closer look at the latest role. the u.s. shoots down as syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lin's going on here d. as coalition speaking of the escalation after this self-defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes i

up the night this by the ministry of defense and russia have confirmed seeing the movement of large eisel convoy moving from towards palmira and these latest images released it shows six cruise missiles being launched from two warships and a submarine currently located in the mediterranean and the strikes managed to destroy and i saw a command center and several i saw weapons stockpiles in the provinces while the turkish and israeli forces that are also operating in the area they have been informed about the strikes in advance but nothing is said about communicating with the coalition forces as on monday russia has halted the agreement of military cooperation in syrian airspace for the us after they downed a syrian government fighter jet near rock on sunday we spoke to award winning journalist modern gioia about the differences between the russian and american approach in syria. both of the strategies and the source of both of these big players one on american soil and two pronged approach which is confusing. conflicting at the best of times america wants to support a large demographic of

from the control of eisel but we can also confirm according to suffer through sources from the syrian military operating in that area that the popular church was actually carrying air strike against a convoy from myself and that the fighter jet in no way you posed any direct or in direct threat to any militia group from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control over gain control of the city of warplanes of the so-called international coalition shut down one of war a fighter jets in the south ern suburb of rock the fighter plane was in a mission to destroy slotnick state terrorists the aircraft crashed in the pilot is missing but i think there is more to that story and what's more to that story is that is the u.s. is trying to true boundaries in the syrian conflict and red lines. for the syrian army not to cross the syrian battlefield is a very complicated one right now where it has the presence of various international and regional powers but what i can tell you for a fact is that it seems that the syrian army and the syrian government are a

how can the plane strike then more civilians die than terrorists so civilians were either helping eisel or being used as hostages or as protection against u.s. armed forces so that they wouldn't attack that house in order to get to ice so how are we supposed to take care of that and not kill innocent civilians if indeed they're innocent secretary of defense matters he says that two billion cattle thieves are a fact of life in this sort of situation do you agree with that oh no not at all you know all life is precious now and nobody does really but that's the line they use always and it's in reality there will always be some civilian casualty but it shouldn't be if that life you know for someone sitting in a desk chair in washington to say that it's very difficult. you know i think it's a very delicate political situation some of the reports that have come out say that more civilians have been killed then i still fighters but in surprise me at all especially because there is no they're wearing a badge says i'm i'm a isis fighter right and they're there we have their breasts like civilian

is really targeting eisel but we don't recall america bombing so actively. so whatever it's called now it's constantly changing its name but it doesn't change its nature. well russia's now halted some cooperation with the u.s. over syria it's pulled out of the agreements to prevent collisions in syrian airspace meanwhile australia has announced it's temporarily suspending air operations in syria. well the u.s. led coalition claims the syrian jet was downed in self-defense however in the last month it's already targeted government forces five times well let's have a look at where these attacks have taken place the plane was shot down southwest of the syrian city of raca where the coalition is supporting kurdish troops in their fight against dies so the u.s. led coalition has also conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters here near the at times training base well the pentagon cited the same justification for each raid that pro assad forces had breached eight d. conflict zone well it's now it looks at how this military escalation may be re

to the russian military well they've received intelligence indicating of a big get together between eisel leaders and commanders to. discuss a possible escape routes or skate plans to flee the city when necessary so after confirming the location of this big get together and informing the u.s. forces operating there were russia has conducted these airstrikes in hopes to wipe out the top leadership off islamic state. silliman nation when you know one of. those in your now bear in mind of whether or not al but that he has been killed this has not yet been confirmed by the us government nor the syrian government have come out to comment on this and it will take some time for the authorities to investigate this but if it is confirmed what al baghdadi stuff will certainly serve as a huge blow to the terrorist group as he's considered by many as the most important man of the organization in fact it was him back in two thousand and fourteen who declared all of the ice the controlled territories as part of its so-called caliph it and to give you an idea of how much he is wanted while the u.s. has

i mean eisel certainly doesn't have any isis certainly doesn't have any we can't trust in isis to release these people or to care for their well being if they were in areas that the syrian army and government could access their well being would be a shirt. you because visited syria several times during this long drawn out bloody war in terms of the color of the coverage we see of the conflict when people pick up their papers switch on the t.v. how does a correspond generally from what you've seen. it really depends who you're talking about it depends whether these people have actually gone to syria and talked with syrian people visited the areas in question or whether they were reporting from offices outside of syria and relying on sources usually affiliated with al qaeda are funded by the west and i say this because recently i've been to some key areas eastern aleppo a lot of homes. these are areas that were heavily propagandized in western and gulf media by people who are relying on sources and in each of these areas people were suffering civilians were suffering and the root cause for

said right now just a few minutes ago that it had launched six missile attacks on eisel and the misses have flown through the iraqi air space meaning that the missile is that it had used been cruise missiles and not ballastic missiles so shot up. all traverse over two thousand kilometers in range they have not been used most probably iran would have used. an zone five are missiles that fly. for a bell less than one hundred kilometers from seven to nine hundred kilometers the i.r.g.c. said it is launched ground to ground the mid range missile. i personally believe has been the choice it is the organisational weapon system of the iranian army the ground troops the regular forces of iran but because the the mission has been carried out by the i.r.g.c. aerospace force. this could have been also used by them because the aerospace force of the i.r.g.c. is also equipped with all types of short and long range ground to ground ground to air air to surface missiles i see so. iran is. running out of time very quickly then just in your estimation a brief if you don't mind how much of an escalation

this move comes in response to the downing of a syrian fighter jet by an american warplane in the eisel held city of raka we're going to get the details now from our correspondent susan called this why exactly has the russian military taken this step. while call and in response to this shooting down of the syrian fighters by the americans just forty kilometers southwest of rocca the russian defense ministry had they have released a statement describing this as not only a violation of syria's sovereignty but also a violation of international law the russian military also said that the u.s. has continued to commit acts of aggression against internationally recognized army of syria now at the time when this syrian jet was shot down well russian planes were reportedly also operating in the area and according to the russian military walt the u.s. a stale to inform them that they're planning to shoot down this syrian jet they have existing communication channel between the two sides according to this agreement they've signed back in october two thousand and fifteen and as a result of this a s

targeting what it says were islamic state bases in retaliation for this month's deadly attacks by eisel interior. should know that surround is not london and paris this was a job which had to be done if you do more wrong things. more deadly attacks it is the first time around has fired medium range missiles in nearly thirty years the last was when it took part in the iraq war the missiles have a range of up to seven hundred kilometers and it remains unclear though whether they successfully hit their target as more details and you hear that iran has launched missile strikes the reaction from most people would be fear and dread and that's because iran has been painted as the baddy of the entire region and that's because we've been led to what we've been told as a country that supports terrorism iran has conducted another ballistic missile to president trunk is putting iran on notice for firing a ballistic missile and there are also reports the white house is considering labeling iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organization yet what these latest developments show is a

we really don't know entirely who created eyes so who's supporting eisel there's no question the us find some of these terrorist groups to be extremely effective allies and it's imperial endeavors so that. i must say i don't trust what the u.s. government is saying i don't trust with the kurds are doing who exactly is i so we know that at times the us britain france israel and so forth absa ported so i think i think we can't believe what any of these people are saying we need to use our own minds our own reason and the first thing we need to do is think about words now unfamiliar to us like to taunt peaceful coexistence and to portray russia we americans should remember that russia's military budget is less than ten percent of america the us controls the whole world except pretty much russia and china it would like to control everything it's very aggressive it's. a must have not seen anything like this of the cuban missile crisis which thank goodness ended because kennedy and khrushchev made a. very good deal they each disarmed russians got their missiles out of cuba the americans got th

syrian army plane and pro-government forces questions emerge over whether washington sees defeating eisel as its only goal in the country's conflict. and again a stand witness is growing numbers of local food is turning their guns on u.s. military advisers with three american soldiers killed and seven wounded in twin attacks in the last two.

some significant major terror incidents here on the mainland including one cell that was linked to eisele which was behind the attacks here in paris in november two thousand and fifteen that killed a hundred and thirty people now four months later another cell that was linked to that cell then carried out a series of coordinated attacks in brussels in which thirty two civilians were killed here's a reminder of those attacks in belgium just over a year ago. was. that attack on tuesday evening in brussels came just a day off that yet another attempted attack here in the heart of paris on the show a man in a van that was full of petrol and also contained was rammed into a police vehicle on one of the busiest streets the seans elisei in the heart of paris now that caused another explosion and again the suspect was neutralized at the scene no more details have been emerging about that man he is apparently a thirty one year old he was known to police and not only was he known to police he was actually on a wanted watch list now despite being on not wanted watch list it turns out that the thirty

and democratic forces position rocka a serious says no they say that the syrian jet was targeting eisel targets in iraq a rocket is of course the capital of islamic state self-proclaimed caliph it and russia has described this as an act of aggression they describe this as a violation of not only of syria sovereignty but also of international law russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov he's also commented on this before the statement was released by the russian military. we call on the united states and others who have their forces or advisors on the ground in syria to ensure the coordination of our work zones of deescalation are one of the possible options to move forward jointly we call in everyone to avoid unilateral moves respect syrian sovereignty and join our common work which is agreed with the syrian government while the u.s. is heating up the battle in syria a key ally says it will not be entering the fight against isis in that country let's continue our team coverage from tronto where our teams alex the hell of it is live with the latest from toronto alex. yes the kenyan govern

if they have got this level of intelligence how come they still haven't found out who is supplying eisel with arms and finance was three years now so every game they seem to be really decisive battle against you know just eyes against other as we see. right again the. forces or. stopping of this are vaunts i think some kind of dirty deal is to going the bag. into its ports to migrant rescue ships operated by n.g.o.s which suspects are being exploited by people trapped because they put increasingly struggling in recent months with tens of thousands of refugees still reaching the shores. now the italian prime minister says the country is being forced to take drastic measures. to help. this message doesn't come from a country that wants to break the rules or better than its commentary and position its country. and which asks. for a concrete contribution money. i'd like to see that would help address this issue. we have to discuss the issue together we believe if i like italy or greece and it sounds italian prime minister also stressed this country is bearing the brunt of caring for migrants

bombers have killed at least three people in mosul shopping district the area was recaptured from eisel several months ago and the country's prime minister said the total liberation city will come within days but for now the heavy fighting there is affecting thousands of civilians who remain trapped. because she doesn't. like it i'll. get a good sign they are. happy but i don't feel a lot of coffee a lot of. political a helicopter the whole of the. love but obviously part of her god and that he had. found a kind of joy and a. joy that god that's. the joy of god however put out. meanwhile experts have been speculating over who could replace isolator i'll be back al baghdadi if his death is confirmed that follows reports of his possible elimination by russian and strike but unlike al baghdadi who had a religious background the two main contenders to replace him have a very different backstory. a baby and a many both served a security officials under saddam hussein and following the u.s. led invasion of iraq in two thousand and three they both joined the sunni insurgency part of which late

have tonight this by the ministry of defense confirmed several times that they've seen movement of eisel exiting from and going towards palm and in this latest video released by the ministry of defense we see missiles being fired from two warships and one submarine currently located in the mediterranean and these airstrikes managed to destroy an eyesore command center and also some of those weapons stockpiles in that area now turkish an israeli forces happened informed about these latest airstrikes but we haven't heard anything about informing the u.s. as russia as you know on monday has already halted that agreement of moves you cooperation in sealing airspace with the u.s. after they downed the syrian government jet on sunday but that's all we have so far nic ok thanks for that update. thanks for those. well over to germany now where the parliament has approved a law allowing the country's secret services to monitor messaging platforms like what's up critics say that the plan infringes the civil liberties artie's piece or all of it tells us more. german parliament has adopted this law

general he installed the brig said troops will be assisting afghan forces in a non combat role against eisel taliban led insurgencies washington's operation in afghanistan has so far come in a cost of one trillion dollars and has left over two thousand soldiers dead in that country now there are currently over nine thousand nato troops in the country while the u.s. has likely fewer deployed there the spike their presence the taliban has extended its control in afghanistan over the past two years though we spoke to done to leesburg a political writer and journalist who sees nato as presence in the country is to keep afghanistan dependent on the west i think we have to to really understand the purpose of nato and the west involvement in afghanistan is really to maintain the relation of colonial dependency on the west that that country has so that they want to deploy enough. enough troops to keep the government just about empower the afghan government just about in power and to keep it dependent on western military aid for its existence and its survival the contribution to the actual fight agai