failing to ensure that free syrian army units were supplied. failing to fight the breakup of units in combat. the rivalg to counter islamic front, when they seized weapons. of coalitiongroup forces, the syrian national coalition, has called the appointment of his successor a relief. this is where the political dimension comes in for us. was seen to have ,otten too close to the qataris didthe saudi's -- saudis not like that. are now seen as the dominant force. obviously,or has to above all, tighten the links between this umbrella of opposition forces and the fsa on the ground. idriss something general was accused of failing to do. if he manages to do that, the west might see the opposition as a whole as something they should back more actively. has been making noises recently about doing more to support the free syrian army, which it sees as a more moderate member of the opposition. how does this affect washington's ranking. -- washington's thinking? that thingsa sign will start to change, based on barack obama's state of the union address in lat

where there has been -- word al qaeda has made headway, there is pushed back above from the free syrian army and from the citizens of various areas of the country that do not want to -- you hear over and over, syrians say that kind of islam is not us. that is of syria, that is of syrian. >> and we saw this. in places where they became influential. the people turned against them. the rule like thugs. they don't have the infrastructure the former government. the way they control the streets is through brute force and very, very harsh values. >> unrepresentative of the serious trouble but they're disproportionately influential because they're better funded with their private foundations and forces which is a huge issue that needs more attention. and they get more attention because they have the spectacle -- they have an ability to produce spectacular events on the ground. but i think at the end of the day the number of people whose support al qaeda factions in syria verses the number of people who would support a, you know, the free syrian army right now or a democratic transition in syria that

this al jazeera news hour live from our headquarters in doha and these are the top stories, the free syrian armyommander is backed for being ineffective. a pilot hijacks his own plane forcing it to divert to geneva. >> translator: we are on the right side of history, justice and truth, stay strong and don't lose faith. >> reporter: prepared to face the opposition leader calling for more, demonstrations in defiance of jail cells and we will tell you who collected top honors just two weeks ahead of the oscars. ♪ leader of syria's main opposition fighting force has been head of the free syrian army and spent most of the last year outside of the country. more now and live to the correspondent omar who is standing by for isin istan bull and why did this happen? >> well, the supreme military council says that the address was ineffective and that they wanted to restructure the whole chief of staff to try and make the syrian, the free syrian army more effective on the ground in syria. now one source at the supreme council says he lacks the military experience to run military operations on the ground. th

filming his journey into the north of the country under the protection of fighters from the free syrian army, who began the uprising against the regime of bashar al assad, but are now also battling radical islamic factions-- jihadists who want to take over the country. >> we have just crossed from the syrian borders with turkey. the jihadists don't like journalists. they don't like the fsa battalions because they are accusing them of being spies for the west. it's a very dangererous situation right now. >> narrator: muhammad and the rebels are picked up in a car and driven for seven hours through the night. >> the situation is not that good as before. new groups came and they start stealing the revolution. so it is very important for me to tell what's happening on the ground. no western media can get in. >> narrator: he is taken to stay at a rebel base where a battalion has retreated after many of their comrades were killed fighting the jihadists. after losing ground to the jihadists in recent months, more moderate rebels are now coming together to fight back. muhammad is brought to a secret

he was the head of the free syrian army, but had spent most of the last year outside of the country. more on that from our correspondent in istanbul. tell us about this one. >> yes, well, according to a statement made by the supreme military council, said it replaced the general with a brigadier. now, the brigadier used to head the f.s.a.'s operations in the israeli occupied golan heights and played a major role in fighting the assad forces during the syrian revolution. the statement also says that the decision to sack him was prompted by the effectiveness of -- ineffectiveness of command. as you mentioned he spent most of his time outside syria and is the recognised face of the military struggle. everybody says he represents the moderate face of the fighting force in syria. however, nobody, given him the equipment to succeed - not the u.s., britain nor the world. this is one of the demerits against him by his fellow fighters inside syria, that he failed to give them promised weapons. >> something else i want to ask you about, i'll bring the viewers up to speed first, to do with the

failure, then you examine and re-examine options which were rejected, increasing arming to the free syrian army. we have options, the question is whether we will use them or not. >> reporter: some who oppose mccain's idea say the army of the free syrian army because it increases the chance of weaponry getting in the wrong hands, but mccain rejected that notion. >> isn't it a terrible idea to do nothing? the fact is that we still have a viable opposition. >> reporter: the president says he's working to help syria, on friday, he spoke with jordan's king to find ways to bring peace to the country. syria hack in the midst of a civil war for nearly three years and some human rights groups estimated it claiming nearly spoke thousand lives. >>> while most federal offices are closedded for president's day. parts of one historic building will be open. the library of congress is hosting an open house of its beautiful reading room. if you've never been, you should go. it's open 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. library staff will demonstrate how the can believe access the library's produces, reference libraries wil

the commander of the free syrian armies being sacked. we looked at who will replace him. anand an ethiopia pilot hijack s own plane. and the italian president asks renzi to form a new government. >>> the most comprehensive report speaking of unspeakable atrocities. widespread oppression and torture and crimes against humanity. pyongyang rejects the findings, we have details from geneva. >> reporter: recalling the oppression of family before she escaped. many witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. there have been many investigations into human rights in north korea, but never one as comprehensive as this. using a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state, how people cope with depravation and starvation is difficult. the international commission of inquiry finds in massive system of oppression, torture, systemic rape and abduction of foreigners many of these encounters of inhumanity. kim jong-un had executed his uncle. kim, age 31, took over for his late father just two years ago, but the chairman has written a letter to him. it is his commission wi

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failure and examine and reexamine the options which were rejected, increasing arming to the free syrian army. we have options. the question is whether we use them or not. reporter: some who oppose mccain's idea the arm willing of the free syrian army is a bad idea it increases the chance of weaponry to get into the wrong hands. >> isn't it terrible to do nothing. we have a viable opposition. reporter: the president says he is working to help syria. abdullah to bring peace to the country. syria has been in the mids of the civil bar, civil rights group-play rounds estimated the conflict claimed 130,000 lives. scott thompson reporting. >>> president obama is criticizing uganda anti-homo sexuality bill, it will criminalize, it allows life imprisonment for anyone being convicted of being gay. president saying the legislation will complicate the relationship between the two countries. >>> secretary of state john cory is accusing the syrian president of stone walling in peace talks. cory is calling on russia to carry, carry says because of the lack of discussion, no progress was made in geneva. >>>

there is a viable free syrian army. there are people, there's groups that have joined together against these extremists. isis, radical al qaeda extremists that are there. there is still viable opposition that we can help and assist. we can do that, and to do nothing, of course, we'll see a further deterioration and a regionalization of the conflict. look at the situation in jordan. look at it in lebanon. and recognize that it is russians and syrians and outside help and iranians, iran revolutionary guard are there. 5,000 hezbollah, out of lebanon have come in and reversed the tide. >> why not -- >> remember when the united states said seas not a matter of whether we provide relief but it's a matter of when. >> i think the point here is bashar al assad is as strong as he's been since the civil war started. he's strengthened his positions. he's trying to rouse out the rebels in the city they have captured. all these people running around with weaponry. yes, there are legitimate groups but there's no legitimate way to tell

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. >> the free syrian army tells a different story saying rebel fighters were escorting civilians that needed medical attention, from a besieged area. >> dozens were killed and loss. government forces spotted the fighters, trying to get out of the country side. the attacks started by mines, heavy machine-guns and forces clear the area. >> the attack may single a new chapter in the conflict. >> the regime stopped the moment momentum of the rebels, primarily because of hezbollah, and money from backers like russia and iran. they stopped the advance of the rebels and is in some cases pushing them back. >> while the fighting around the capital is far from over, the attack stands out as one of the deadliest in syria's civil war. >> there has been a large increase in the number of palestinians killed, according to amnesty international. dozens of peaceful protesters have been killed by israeli forces. amnesty international accuses israel of killing children. >> it is reckless. israeli forces facing the protesters do not try to resort to nonviolent means to contain the situation or maintain l

dollars working with saudi arabia to run light weapons, antitank weapons to the sort of fsa, free syrian army to the south, in beddar province in particular. i know more can be done on the humanitarian front. more united states and european countries where they have easier access to. i especially agree with heather though about the limiting or the elimination i should say of assad's resupply capability. this is an important point that really doesn't get enough attention. he is wholly dependent on foreign weaponry coming from both iran and russia. much of it is flown into the country which requires runways that need to allow planes to land. some of it is sailed into the country of the port cities, and you could implement a naval blockade, we have a number of war ships in the immediat medit. we could eliminate the supply chain in the air. this could pick a fight with russians but they don't care to have a fight picked with them. arming oguy who not only has created grievous war crimes but also gassed his own people. what do you need to know if diplomas wildiplomacy will not . >> dan, wha what i

. >> the golan heights the free syrian army has advanced on government posts expelling troops and capturing heavy weapon livery. the rebel fighting group used tanks to stop forces from advancing into areas out of damascus control. >> >> after more more than two years it is clear there is no likely winner in this war. and after the long days of talks in geneva, here in syria, the signs of war are much louder than the calls for peace. for al jazeera. >>> a suicide car bomb has killed four people in hermel on the town of the lebanese syrian border. the bomb is a hallmark very sectarian violence from lebanese groups linked to the opposing sides. sunni fighters have struck in retaliation. this is now the fourth such attack this year. >>> over in spain, the abortion debate is back. now the government has denounced plans to roll back a 2010 law to allow women to have abortions in their first 14 weeks of pregnancy. >> a 30-year-old single mother of one child living in spain. she found out she was pregnant. here reaction? >> when i discovered i was pregnant i knew what i wanted or what i didn't want

this al jazeera news hour live from our headquarters in doha and these are the top stories, the free syrian armyommander is backed for being ineffective. a pilot hijacks his own plane forcing it to divert to geneva. >> translator: we are on the right side of history, justice and truth, stay strong and don't lose faith.

. >>> the western-backed free syrian army has dismissed their military chief. analysts say the secular opposition group made up of army defectors and civic volunteers is trying to reorganize. the fsa's supreme military council said general has been replaced by brigadier general al bashir. yidris became the fsa's military chief in late 2012 and has commanded operations and weapons supplies. but he has been criticized for his ineffectiveness in battles against government forces and islamic extremists. no prospect is in sight for peace in syria's civil war. recent talks in geneva between the government and the opposition ended with no major progress. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state john kerry has visited the united arab emirates and met with abu dhabi's crown prince mohammed bin dow he'd al nahian. he blamed the government of barber al assad for stalling progress at the talks. the uae and other gulf arab states including saudi arabia and qatar support syria's opposition forces and have demanded that assad step down. u.s. president barack obama plans to visit sa

when twenty three year old med returned from syria where he joined the free syrian army he continued his jihad here in lebanon and. target the district where she'll leave tripoli is divided into sunni and shia parts ironically by the street called syria two years ago we filmed on that street first street in the city of tripoli separates the whites and sunni neighborhoods in this part of north running like a murderer between those who support the syrian president and his regime and those who want him out today we can't get on with hashi's sometimes was. who do you fight against who is your enemy i'm addicted and i fight against them for those those who don't carry that for i go far lebanon is probably the war spillover of the syrian conflict and while the world is hoping for peace to come back to that middle east country war seems to only spread further on. people here seem to be used to seeing fighters carry sniper rifles through busy markets they tell us everybody here has a weapon and is ready to fight. will come to this camp outside you will see every day to raise a little first t

and fallen soft arguer was attacked by militants belonging to al-qaeda linked groups and the free syrian army . they stormed into the city and they kept the civilians in their buildings and sent them as human shields which made our mission a very difficult this is why it takes so long we want to avoid civilian losses or to reported allegations the dozens of civilians had been executed that people were beheaded and burned in over ins and one claimed the doctors and patients were killed in a clinic which revelled to address hoping to verify these reports but there is still no way of getting into the besieged areas of the town to confirm if any of that actually happened we got as close as the army can there actually to address the old town admiral blood and the work his house in complex nearby a drum a lier. both are now besieged and i could go use a long another one maybe some bank ones here to separate other out by law and out room aliya and to prevent the militants uniting because of. these corydoras go all around the besieged cities with the army watch in the area day and night this is one o