. >> they have targeted western supported groups but are they not also targeting el nusra groups which is affiliated with al qaeda? >> el nusra does operate in some of these provinces where these targets were been but the targets they are going after are western supported moderate opposition. it includes for example, one instance where a defected officer from that regime that has been fighting with the free syrian army in the south who was killed, you have division 13 you have other divisions across idlib, hama and in these areas, that are the sort of core moderate opposition that have better than supported by western powers and other sort of friends of syria group and these have been the main targets. >> do syrian moderates still have significant fighting forces inside syria or has this become a battle of the extremes, assad and i.s.i.l? >> assad and el news nusra are no friends but the greatest threat is the moderate syrian opposition that is there because then the west would support them and the free world would support them. and for i.s.i.s. it is the moderate muslims it is the syr

the italian government is even willing to pass millions of dollars in ransom payments to jabad el nusra, released in january 2015, these exclusive pictures show the 11 million harcheddehanded over to represes of el nusra for the italian women. representatives declined to comment on our inquiries, saying ransom is not a common practice. >>> witnesses now say attacked when he tried to stop a man who was beating a woman. in august spencer stone helped subdue a woman on board a paris bound train. >>> the epa is now investigating a second software program on volkswagen diesel systems that affects their emissions programs. diesel engines already outfitted with infamous systems, giving volkswagen an opportunity until the beginning of the year to come up with a plan to fix the problems. >>> one of sepp blatter's close associates says that blatter hopes to be back on the job in ten days. >>> a stunning new report about smoking in china. researchers estimate it will kill one out of every three young men. al jazeera's rob mcbride reports from hong kong on the steps being taken to prevent that from

among the groups are conservative groups like el nusra. now riz says it is ready to cooperate with the u.s. led coalition. >> we are interested in the coalition created by the united states, >> the democratic forces of syria is not a new force. now has a kurdish and arab face. zeina khodr, al jazeera, beirut. >> it's almost 15 months since malaysia airlines flight mh 17 was shot down over eastern ukraine with a lose of 278 lives. now investigators in the netherlands are about to release their report. as neave bark he reports, they will not hesitate to point fingers. >> fighting in eastern ukraine, for the passengers of mh 17 this is where their lives ended. 298 people were killed including 15 crew. most of them were dutch. >> there are so many questions at this moment. >> dennis shelton is among hundreds of families who want their questions answered. >> we have lost so many lives, a lot of families have is -- they have not been the same anymore. the whole families have changed. and that's something that is supposed to stay forever. >> soon

like el nusra front. they say the threat required they put their defenses aside. >> we have created a joint operations room, we have united our forces. all of the groups have come together to unite against the oncoming forces. >> since 300,000 live in the northern homs country side, they say conditions are bad because of the difficulties in bringing in food and much-needed supplies. >> translator: it's a desperate situation, people cannot afford the high prices. the regime controls the roads in and out of this region so they can control the prices. >> reporter: the rastan plain is an important route. battle further north secure a corridor between its strongholds on the course and damascus. it is important not to lose its last remaining stronghold in the country. zeina khodr, al jazeera, beirut. >> prison riot in peru. authorities say, the disturbance broke out in pixis. the violence quickly spread to the prison's rooftop. after they tried ostorm the prison. >>> tens of thousands of people have protested i

among the groups coming under fire are rarashem and the el nusra front. not supported by the u.s., now russia says it is willing to cooperate in the u.s. led coalition. >> reporter: the democratic forces of syria is not a new force, it is an exist one supported by the u.s. coalition, but now has a new face. hoda abdel hamid, being al jazeera. >> local court has now rules that they have completed their sentences, when taken into account time already served. their father was also convicted in the same case and remains in prison. >>> still to come on al jazeera, we hear in people on germany's southern border with austria, where picture post card scenes go hand in hand with the refugees crisis. >>> following a hunting ban in botswana, we meet villagers who want it lifted and the big game is back. >> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. another day of violence between israeli israel and palestine. following more violence in jerusalem and the west bank. >>> funerals are taking place all over turkey for the victims of the blast in ankara which killed 97

the opposition, that syrian groups which include el nusra front plus kurdish fighters hold sway in these areas. >> isil controls large stretches of territory in the northeast and southern corridor. russia says it can you tell me airstrikes in the 4 days before sunday. the isw has identified 12 locations where it says with a high degree of quanfidence, russia carried out its air campaign of those 12 russian airstrikes, the isw said 10 2u8ing hit opposition targets. two hit isil territory. both were al raqqa where oil assets are located. looking at that, the opposition must be worried that they are the real targets of this russian air campaign, not isil. >> reporter: that's whatever they are saying but if we look at the map, these airstrikes are not indisriminate. there seems to be a strategy. russia has a strategy because the areas that they are targeting form an arc around the proof ince of latvakia. it is a government stronghold, part of the strategic territory. as of late, rebels have been making advances, pushing towards this area. now, with these airstrikes, the plan may be to push t

a powerful forcen t ground el nusra front did not sign that document or that statement. it is not because nusra doesn't have good relations with these governments, in fact nusra is a main ally of a powerful rebel force in the north of the country. but they know nusra is really controversial. why? the u.s. has listed it as a terrorist organization and the real fear now people in the opposition what they have been telling me is both the syrian government and the russian government is going to use nusra's presence as an excuse to target the opposition against the government of syrian president bashar al-assad. >> zeina khodr in beirut, thanks. >>> joining us vie scie from skn dubai is mark kimmit. , turkey called russia's incursion into its air space irresponsible do you agree? >> i agree. whether that incursion was purposeful or accidental should have been avoided. >> could it have been accidental? turkey sort of jught juth down o syria in that part of the world. >> i'll give one being accidental but the command and control communications is done in that area should indica

away from saying, among the groups coming under fire are conservative brigades like ahar ashem and el nusra front, they are not part of the alliance and not part of the u.s. coalition. >> gulf countries and service men working in syria. this is not just about the elaboration of rules but also of coordination of joint actions. >> reporter: the democratic forces of syria is not a new force. it is an existing one that was supported by the u.s. coalition but now has a kurdish and arab face. zeina khodr, al jazeera, beirut. >> the u.n. is calling on moscow and washington to come together and help solve the syrian chris he. special envoy said today that russian intrerchtion int intervd introduced new component into syria. >> the working groups which was what syrians were always asking. the possibility of all included, everyone part of discussions of their own future, need a take place sooner than later. >> mr. de mastura discussed the danger of syria being partitioned. russian jets intensified their attacks near latakia province. the alawite minority to which he belongs. cia covert program starte

we're going to see attacks on i.s.i.l, we're going to see attacks also on other groups like el nusra front which is considered also a terrorist organization by the u.s. and by the security council of the united nations. but clearly, also, we are seeing now that there is support for president assad, at least this was one of the issues which was not clear between the united states and russia. but after the meetings that took place, u.s. officials came out and set that russia is likely to go after i.s.i.l. and at the same time, they are likely to support the regime of bashar al-assad. >> now these air strikes are believed to be the first conducted by the kremlin in the middle east since world war ii. do you agree as secretary of defense ash carter did that this will merely throw gasoline on the fire and inflame the war? >> the possibility is there, for other members of the coalition on the one hand we hear that they are welcoming russia to join in the campaign against i.s.i.l. on the other hand, we hear statements like they are pouring fuel on the fire and it's going to make the situati

along the partners, el nusra front. are used by the syrian and russian governments to justify their attacks. >> nusra is all around syria not just homs, it is fighting the regime they are using nusra's presence as an excuse to kill civilians. >> the northern country side of homs is the only rebel controlled territory in the province which is important to the government's control of western syria. while russian strikes have targeted some i.s.i.l. positions, the are are antigovernment forces that advanced towards lat latakia province. clear that i.s.i.l. is not their only target in their aerial campaign. president himself says nusra is on the list. nusra is one of the opposition groups. the u.s. considers it a terrorist organization and has targeted it in syria. >> honestly speaking i haven't heard about our plans to counter the work of u.s. or anybody else. >> the u.s., some in the opposition are concerned that the two powers may have more in common than thought. zeina khodr, al jazeera beirut. >>> syrian government forc

. >>> among the groups coming under fire are conservative brigades like arar ashem and el nusra front. they are not part of the alliance and not supported by the u.s. now russia says it is ready to cooperate with the u.s. led coalition. >> reporter: the democratic forces of syria is not a new force. it is an existing one that was supported 50 u.s. coalition but now has a kurdish and arab face. zeina khodr, al jazeera, beirut. >> germany's ruling coalition is pressing ahead with plans to set up so-called transit zones at its southern border to assess asylum applications. german chancellor angela merkel, as jonah hull reports from southern germany, there are signs that her policy may be losing public support. >> reporter: when german chancellor angela merkel delivered what appeared to be an open invitation to refugees earlier this summer, it is likely that she didn't even foresee the overall effect. germany could take in 800,000, the real figure could be almost double that. here we are in a germantown on the bank of the river, in this place, austria, the place where picture post card pl

among the groups coming under fire, are el rashem and el nusra front. they are not part of the alliance and not supported by the u.s. now russia says it is ready to cooperate with the u.s. led coalition. >> we are interested in cooperation with the coalition fold by the united states and gulf countries, service men working in syria. this is not about the elaboration of rules but also about coordination of joint actions. >> reporter: the democratic forces of syria is not a new force. it is an existing one that was supported 50 u.s. coalitio by t. zeina khodr, al jazeera, beirut. >> what do you think of this new group and how effective that he going to be? >> so far for the last four years there has been huge frustration that the various syrian opposition groups armed and political were fractured and divided. so at least this is heading in the right direction. we are seeing a new coalition or at least a new branding of one which involves kurdish and arab forces. slightly larger than the one that captured tal aviaz. the united states as zeina khodr reporte

did bomb the el nusra front to protect the first group of fighters, but now with russia allegedly targeting u.s.-supported groups, the pentagon won't make that same pledge. >> there were circumstances when that was discussed previously. and i'm not going to get into a situation of talking about hype themselves and what might happen in the future. >> as for the future, russia is leaving open the door to expanding their airstrikes into neighboring iran. >> we have asked. and we are a polite people, and we don't come when not invited. >> that on the day when iraq's leader expressed dissatisfaction with the u.s. support and seemed to be issuing an invitation. >> [ unintelligible ]. >> and the u.s. strategy, the ground part, after days of denying that it's much -criticized program to train and equipped syrian rebels is suspended, the program is paused. and some syrians are still being trained outside of the country, but none are being sent into battle until the pentagon can figure out how well the pacly unsuccessful program can be made to work. randall? >> so jamie, the question of whether or no

the group that did it was a loser a -- was el nusra. dr. katz: that makes sense. chairman: and that is a radical opponents. islamic a group? dr. katz: does that go contrary to what you are testifying? dr. -- dr. katz: they are a radical group. chairman: does that go contrary to what you are testifying? dr. katz: i think what we are seeing is that as assad regime weekends, ultimately, we will see a conflict between it and isis. they are not going to kiss and makeup, because they are both radicals. chairman: with that, mr. saradshyan, and then -- with hat, go ahead, and i will have some questions later. some questions later. >> i cannot help it be a little confused about everything that was said here. first, let me make an observation. for the last few weeks, we have been hearing about how the syrian army has been weekend and how -- weekend -- weakened and everything else. i thought that was a setup for the russians to come in to syria. today, i understand the russians bombed the free -- i wrote it down here, the free syrian army. but that wasn't isis. today, i unde

have today is the islamists extremist violence that has given birth to isil, to el shabab, el neal new al-nusra. >> they are so polite they make a smack down sound polite. they a look who is sending troops into syria now? iran. maybe they are just picking up olives from ms. jarrett's martinis. hillary's negligence kerry's stumbling the party's foreign policy is reassuring it is spreading a rash. turns out obama had it backwards. the jv quad is us. >> period. >> mind blowing stuff. let's welcome tonight's guests. >> she is so bright children are told not to look directly at her because they will go blind. fox news national security analyst. he splits more sides than a butcher on meth. it's the hail lir why yous rob belong tv writer producer and founder of ricochet.com. her favorite color is vodka. it is op he had ca op ed from n review. chairman of the very board it is our liberal xanl panel. you are the expert. i know a lot as well. >> pretty darned good show. >> tell me what happened this week from your perspective. >> we walked away from the middle east. we have abandoned our allies in the mi