torturing civilians in aleppo he allegedly led a militia group of one hundred fifty men links to the free syrian army considered one of the so-called moderates in the west this is a very comfortable to use for the narrative that guy is a syrian army like europe did with the good guys and you know it turns out what the for instance critics you can say right from the beginning these are good guys of the position to a lot so-called opposition. they're being hijacked by by by terrorists by you thought it was interesting the enough it appears the suspect came to germany as a refugee but was caught after he was recognized by a man he allegedly tortured and here are some of the answers he put down in his refugee application do you have no knowledge about war crimes committed in syria or crimes against humanity in particular about fide has taken civilians the perpetrators who commit these crimes or syrian regime and terrorists from isis can you name offenders by name i know no names as an alleged rebel commander who is now being prosecuted for torture his answers seem quite well expected and this baffling st

refugees being tried in germany for alleged war crimes the suspected former commander of the free syrian army is accused of torturing civilians in the city of aleppo local media reports that he was arrested after one of his alleged victims recognized him in the street you know francis santiago has the story. year old was arrested in april last year and is accused of abducting and torching civilians in aleppo he allegedly led a militia group of one hundred fifty men linked to the free syrian army considered one of the so-called moderates in the west who is. very comfortable to use for the road to. europe. for. being saying by the beginning these are good guys on the opposition to the more they're being hijacked by by by terrorists by god it is interesting the enough it appears the suspect came to germany as a refugee but was caught after he was recognized by a man he allegedly tortured and this baffling story by the way has barely been touched by the mainstream media among the few mentions it's had in germany it seems the coverage is making sure no one things badly of the free syrian army of c

torching civilians in aleppo he allegedly led a militia group of one hundred fifty men links to the free syrian army considered one of the so-called moderates in the west it's a very comfortable use for the. syrian army like europe did you know what we've. been saying right from the beginning these are no good guys on the opposition to the more they're being hijacked by by by terrorists by jihad it is interesting the enough it appears the suspect came to germany as a refugee but was caught after he was recognized by a man he allegedly tortured and this baffling story by the way has barely been touched by the mainstream media among the few mentions it's had in germany it seems the coverage is making sure no one things badly of the free syrian army of course they're not the bad guys just good willed rebels according to the findings of the federal prosecutor's office his troops pursued primarily self-serving interests why nobody is writing about it why it's not top news because the minute you shouldn't so i. wouldn't go there with you official narrative who's responsible for all these people who came i

we carried out action in this administration where we cut the funding to the free syrian army. the last vestige of what came from the revolution of syria and we essentially just turned syria, everything west of raqqa, over to the government of a sodden and russia. -- over to the government of assad and russia. those guys we screwed because we cut the funding, they will start thinking about the united states as a terrorist target in the future. we have to keep up the kinetic warfare. i take better claim that donald trump is using more of my policies on syria because he told time magazine last year the last book you read was "defeating isis." it said we need a joint arab coalition to defeat isis. that is just me bragging. but, it it had pictures in the back. [laughter] [applause] >> the funny thing is, it it had i'll had beend implemented. i know you paid attention to the maps. i have written three books about it. go after the ideology of the and al the cult of isis qaeda. they are in a apocalyptic cult. >> the last six months, all of they want to believe they are the executors o

and of course there's a third option which is more dangerous that turkey does not control the free syrian army any more today indeed in united states and americans interests are not any more overlapping because for the future of syria and turkey. turkey is interest all quite different than the american ones. the battleforce i saw from war torn iraq has devastated civilian lives and parts of the country with children particularly affected in fact even before the liberation of most all of the battle for talent far the number of youngsters desperately in need of help exceeded five million there are no present day figures but the numbers now expected to be much higher. investigates. these children have seen more bloodshed and agony than most adults will in a lifetime nearly ninety percent of children have lost a member of a family either they were kidnapped or killed and when they were escaping from the fight many of them have lost family members they were shot at from behind or falling on booby traps it has been a horrible experience. so this helicopter flies that are. dropping down on the floor

we are attacking al-qaeda in the and in so or in syria, where we are allowing the free syrian army towhen he talked about how it was his instinct to pull—out but then that decisions were much different when you sit behind the desk of the oval office... do you think this will be the start potentially more u—turns? there has been a huge change, obviously, in the people behind the scenes. no, i do not. this is national security. this is because he has listened to intelligence briefings. the united states does not seek a military presence in afghanistan. they do want to withdraw. they want to do it responsibly. they want to do economic development, like he has here. his policy has been focused on economic development in order to help these crisis issues. he will adopt the same policy over there and get his troops out as quickly as possible. we will not do it responsibly like in the past. thank you both. do let us now your thoughts as well. now do something to be different, the great british bake 0ff. to be different, the great british bake off. it moved to channel 4. new channel, new face

led coalition forces in syria have fired on the free syrian army near the city of men in the north of the country u.s. forces were responding to fire by the turkish backed syrian rebel group coalition commanders have informed turkey of the incident and stated the attacks on their forces are unacceptable and must be disk. immediately u.s. coalition forces are supporting local syrian democratic forces comprised of kurdish and arab fighters against the islamic state the coalition forces are currently not observing the four deescalation zones a stablished by russia iran and turkey earlier this year and also welcomed by the un artie's jacqueline has the details it's a very complicated situation of course in northern syria and the coalition spokesperson actually confirmed today that u.s. backed forces have clashed with pro turkish troops not once but multiple times in recent weeks over patrols that have been conducting patrols in their area to keep tensions down received multiple times over the course of the last two weeks that the u.s. has already responded warning turkey that to pull its

refugees being tried in germany for alleged war crimes the suspected former commander of the free syrian army is accused of torturing civilians in the city of aleppo local media reports that he was arrested after one of his alleged fiction victims recognized him in the street because francis santiago has the story . a country can send fighter jets to force the plane down.