the free syrian army are not a band of terrorists the free syrian army are ordinary people who want their land back they are arabs mainly arabs who have been thrown out of their lands by the kurds in may beach by everyone and by they have been subject to cruelty by assad in the past they have all come together they were a small group when turkey first launched its operation in your free to shield in two thousand and sixteen or ghost of two thousand and sixteen they were a small group but when turkey succeeded in the year of your a free to shield with russian help because russia helped us by opening the airspace. and it was a success well mission the this created a positive impact of among the syrian opposition forces they started to unite around turkey and they started to unite in a joint cause so the free syrian army success in the euphrates shield resulted in a more. united front which is not terrorist which is not jihadist but which is ordinary syrian opposition people so i do not think that it is right to call these people judge this. etc this is the same free syrian army u

the free syrian army are not a band of terrorists the free syrian army are ordinary people who want their land back they are arabs mainly arabs who have been thrown out of their lands by the kurds in may beach by everyone and by they have been subject to cruelty by assad in the past they have all come together they were a small group when taking first launched this operation in your fridge is shield in two thousand and sixteen or guest of two thousand and sixteen they were a small group but when turkey succeeded in the year of your a free to shield with russian help because russia helped us by opening the airspace. and it was a success well mission the this created a positive impact on among the syrian opposition forces they started to unite around turkey and they started to unite in a joint cause so the free syrian army success in the euphrates shield resulted in a more. united front which is not terrorist which is not jihadist but which is ordinary syrian opposition people so i do not think that it is right to call these people judge this. etc. this is the same free syrian ar

the free syrian army are not a band of terrorists the free syrian army are ordinary people who want their land back they are arabs mainly arabs who have been thrown out of their lands by the kurds in may beach by everyone and by they have been subjected to cruelty by assad in the past they have all come together they were a small group when turkey first launched its operation in your a free to shield in two thousand and sixteen or ghost of two thousand and sixteen they were a small group but when turkey succeeded in the year of your a free to shield with russian help because russia helped us by opening the airspace. and it was a success well mission the this created a positive impact of among the syrian opposition forces they started to unite around turkey and they started to unite in a joint cause so the free syrian army success in the year for it is shield resulted in a more. united front which is not terrorist which is not jihadist but which is ordinary syrian opposition people so i do not think that it is right to call these people judge this. etc this is the same free syri

led strikes in syria two weeks ago turkey which supports the rebel free syrian army backed the strikes in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack on the town of duma russia and iran strongly condemned them. a saudi led coalition air strike has reportedly killed two hooty leaders and dozens of fighters in yemen's capital city state television says a high level meeting was targeted at the who does interior ministry in sana'a earlier this month the rebel second in command saleh assam had died in an airstrike in western yemen. these are live pictures that you're looking at right now of that funeral in sana'a in yemen. several people were killed in an attack by boko haram fighters in nigeria's north east borno state police say at least two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the city of maiduguri several other people were injured in the explosions and the gunfire makes reports on the number of people killed in the attack boko haram has mounted regular attacks in borno state this year singapore's prime minister has warned southeast asian nations a trade dispute between the united

led strikes in syria two weeks ago turkey which supports the rebel free syrian army backed the strikes in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack on the town of duma russia and iran strongly condemned them china and india say they will improve military contacts are to their latest meeting india's prime minister narendra modi's in china holding talks with president xi jinping a recent military standoff on a stretch of the border that lasted for months india also raised the issue of chinese infrastructure projects in pakistan administered kashmir which india considers to be under an illegal occupation those are the headlines you have today we're back with more after the listening post. seven billion light in this. story. in mind to be. with. you meant to be. a lawsuit filed by the democratic national committee president. with leaks to the russian government ulick's fire her.

syria eighteen days before my abduction during the time i was photographing the war from the free syrian army side i was the air force intelligence and come out to bell which were two of the most dangerous parts of aleppo at the time and on new year's eve after i got the photographs i went there for i was on my way out forty five minutes from the turkish border when i was abducted by the on the front ok i'm in syria i didn't want anybody coming to rescue me there was no way you can land seals in the areas that i was in one prison yes it was out of the country every other one was in a lot so there's just no way to fly black hawks low enough where they're not going to get shot down so i didn't want anybody coming to get me but i did want them doing the best that they could to keep me safe and none of that was done. more news in thirty two and a half minutes this is art international stay with us. henry kissinger once said the brochure on the united states went into the ukrainian crisis acting rationally based on mutual misconceptions with tensions heightened over the scruple case all the sites

the free syrian army side i was the air force intelligence and carmel jamelle which were two of the most dangerous parts of aleppo at the time and on new year's eve after i got to photographs i went there for i was on my way out forty five minutes from the turkish border when i was abducted by the on the ocean front ok i mean syria i didn't want anybody coming to rescue me there was no way you can land seals in the areas that i was in one prison yes it was out in the country every other one was in a lot so there's just no way to fly black folks low enough where they're not going to get shot down so i didn't want anybody coming to get me but i did want them doing the best that they could to keep me safe and none of that was done. vonte don't comb or any of her other social media for the latest from us twenty four seven from the line from moscow it's kevin i was saying thank you for watching this latest update. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. on the shores of the mississippi ri

it has been backing several of the of the armed opposition groups in syria most notably the free syrian army and so it has a different take on civil war it also has a different take on the. on the of the on the air strikes that were just taken by the united states and france and the u.k. it is broadly defined with those whereas russia and iran of course think there's been a disaster thank you very much for that for now that's for a challenge joining us. live from moscow following that news conference between the foreign ministers of russia and turkey we'll have more for you on that in just a few minutes. rewind returns with a new series of care bring your people back to life or i'm sorry i'm brand new updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries there has been a number of reforms put in place since the program was full rewind continues with heart of darkness we were following orders we sing young people to fight these wars put them in the most complex situations you can imagine and have a midwife and the scissors rewinds on al-jazeera. the nature news as it breaks this is one of the areas

syria eighteen days before my abduction during the time i was photographing the war from the free syrian army side i was the air force intelligence and come out to bell which were two of the most dangerous parts aleppo at the time and on new year's eve after i got the photographs i went there for i was on my way out forty five minutes from the turkish border when i was abducted by the unanswered front ok in syria i didn't want anybody coming to rescue me there was no way you can lay seals in the areas that i was in one prison yes it was out the country every other was in a lot of folks there's just no way to fly black hawks low enough we were not going to get shot down so i didn't want anybody coming to get me but i did want them doing the best that they could to keep me safe and then when that was done. a potential trade war between china and the united states is spiraling beijing has announced that it will introduce reciprocal tariffs on u.s. goods like food products and cars worth around fifty billion dollars a year chinese foreign ministry has all also condemned the recent u.s. proposal t

syria eighteen these before my abduction during the time i was photographing the war from the free syrian army. i was the air force intelligence and come out to bell which were two of the most dangerous parts aleppo at the time and on new year's eve after i got the photographs i went there for i was on my way out forty five minutes from the turkish border when i was abducted by the only sure front ok in syria i didn't want anybody coming to rescue me there was no way you can leave and seals in the areas that i was in one prison yes it was out the country every other world is in a lot of folks there's just no way to fly blackpool it's low enough we were going to get shot down so i didn't want anybody coming to get me but i did want them doing the best that they could to keep me safe and then that was done. when i was thieving news that a fire has broken out in a shopping mall just in the east of moscow we do understand that the fire is now under control of visitors are said to have been evacuated but reports say just a few people have been injured the fire in a shopping mall in the city of cana

my name is so how dirty i'm from dad as or so i'm a member of the free syrian army and i fight against i. know i heard i asked was luring kids to the mosque and indoctrinating them you know that was when i asked began training a generation of child soldiers. that's why i got them out of the country. i'm looking after them now and trying to help them forget everything i asked put them through the film and. you know there are in the room children are very useful to i as in far more than an adult age twenty twenty five or thirty who knows who he's dealing with. of the world are using children aged just four or five to kill people should be diligent about what this generation will survive. these children will be the successors of us collapses us about america when i ask disappears at least children will still be here and as adults they will rebuild islamic state. look. this is an example of what i asked does for the world assume this boy is four years old you know he's from there as sort. of however. you will because he's about to kill a man a super man who's barely thirty. or thirteen sor

led strikes in syria two weeks ago turkey which supports the rebel free syrian army backed the strikes in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack on the town of duma russia and iran strongly condemned them china and india say they will improve military contacts after their latest meeting india's prime minister narendra modi's in china holding talks with president xi jinping a recent military standoff on a stretch of the border had lasted for months india also raised the issue of chinese infrastructure projects in pakistan administered kashmir which india considers to be under illegal occupation those are the headlines you have today we're back with more after the listening post. the and in this case. it's still. in mind to be. with. you meant to be. the last trial by the democratic national committee president. with links to the russian wiki leaks. still. fly. on the travel back democratic party. that's why we. hello i'm richard just reading your at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week hillary clinton and the democrats were on the los

syria eighteen days before my abduction during the time i was photographing the war from the free syrian army side i was the air force intelligence and come out to bell which were two of the most dangerous parts of aleppo at the time and on new year's eve after i got the photographs i went there for i was on my way out forty five minutes from the turkish border when i was abducted by the youngster front ok i'm in syria and i didn't want anybody coming to rescue me there was no way you can land in the areas that i was in one prison yes it was out the country every other one was in a lot so there's just no way to fly black boats low enough we were not going to get shot down so i didn't want anybody coming to get me but i did want them doing the best that they could to keep me safe and then that was done the way it looks for now thanks very much for watching x. news from national shadowed on average just a half an hour. for a world cup twenty eight team coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question by the way is going to be our coach. guys i kn

led strikes in syria two weeks ago turkey which supports the rebel free syrian army backed the strikes in response to the suspected chemical weapons attack on the town of duma russia and iran strongly condemned. a united nations security council delegation is visiting revenge refugee camps in bangladesh the team will then travel to myanmar behind state from where around seven hundred thousand range of fled a military crackdown last year. china and india have agreed to keep talking to resolve their ongoing border dispute on the last day of a visit to ease tensions between the two india's prime minister narendra modi and chinese president xi jinping said they will improve communication. those are the headlines right now it's inside story. on counting the cost why you're wrong nuclear deal and other factors are at play in a new game of oil it could mean people prices at the pump. and into korean summit what would a school in relations mean for their economy. counting the cost. stepping into history kim jong un becomes the first north korean leader to set foot in the south since the korean

the free syrian army, opponents to assad who are not radically islamic and certainly isis and this continues through today. moving throw various permutations what russia may or may not want in syria. a great deal of speculation but we can narrow it down to, russia has been terrorized since 201 but the events of the arab spring. many of the public events, the large protests, the liberalization objective's the crowds in the arab world share a lot in common with the opposition in russia. mobilizing through social media and have as their goal destabilization over the governments and this is fry frightening to post soviet states including belarus and others in central asia. it's similar to what is happening in rich -- russia and you can almost time a crackdown of the -- to the arab spring up to the present time. one by one, every time russia tried to do something to prevent the collapse of the arab springs whether inemman, libya they found themselves defeated. strategically checked. ignored by the united nations, by the west, and found those be hugh mailate -- humiliating, and losing assets. russ

russia began to bomb other syria, the free syrian army and others who are not necessarily islamic. and this continued and continues today, moving through various permutations of what russia may or may not want in syria. there's been a great deal of speculative article can narrow it down to a few things. russia has been terrorized sense 2011 by the events of the arab spring and many of the public , thes with large protests liberalization objectives of these crowds in the arab world share a lot in common with the opposition within russia organize their social media and they have as their goal to destabilize the different regimes in their countries. this is very frightening to post-soviet states, including belarus and some of the ones in central asia. it's quite similar to what's happening in russia and even almost time a crackdown on to the eventsion of arab spring and find him into the present day and one by one, every time russia tried to do something to prevent the collapse of one of these arab regimes, whether it was yemen or libya, they found themselves defeated, strategically c

dead horse as media affairs and free syrian army was it was instrumental in getting us out and that results in the end clashes between f.s.a. and and jihadi groups. long i did jihadi group that captured us and the results and some casual casualties on their parts as well so how did it where there were people out for revenge i think do you think that the men that that stopped you do you think that they knew who john and james yes. i said yes yes. ok. yes people who say like why did you have to go back to the same place that we were captured on the island and. i said i don't understand it. either. i went to the same spot but the thing was it was such an unremarkable stretch of road where they were kidnapped i was able to find the approximate location where they were taken because most often our fixer was able to describe pretty clearly where it had happened we did a slow drive through the area for about five or six minutes and the whole time i just kept thinking how bizarre it was and how unremarkable that area was and what it must have felt like for both jim and john at the time i didn't kno

the column one region northeast of damascus and then a few days rebel factions linked to the free syrian army are expected to hand over the districts. in southern damascus in order to stave off a military operation. that will leave a few districts in southern damascus still outside government control. is in control of that pocket of territory it's almost been two weeks since government forces and their allies launched an all out assault to recapture the area eisel fighters have been putting up fierce resistance. for. government forces have made some gains but the battle is not easy their heavy weapons are ineffective in built up areas the government however is pushing ahead with its military solution to the war focusing on recapturing the remaining areas besieged by bashar al assad's forces. the northern countryside of homs province is among the biggest town in the opposition controlled area. has been coming under heavy fire the region is strategically important for the government it's close to the main road connecting the government controlled cities of homs and hama rebel factions have been

iran is reisraeli, united state hezbollah, al qaeda, free syrian army, syrian democratic forces. uncomfortably of how the stage was set in august, 1914. >> oh, dear. >> nobody wanted a war then. >> that's about the gun dfz august. barbara tuckerman's how we got into a world without wanting to. >> kevin system founding editor of defense one and robin wright at the woodrow wilson center. it looks like a lot like suez '56 where the stopping the iranian venture or. all kinds of stuff. iran's ambitions to be the dominant force in the middle east in the persian gulf and our situation which is we want to stop bashar assad his son from doing this use of chemical weapons, at the same time we don't want to go to war with russia, their ally who is there in syria with them. how do we do this. >> seven years after this war started we are now in a far more dplech situation that almost almost overnight escalated to something that's not just about chemical weapons but the relationship between washington and moscow. the attempt to try to halt iran iran'sing, growing influence in the middle east p

night, three a.m., the army entered our house, and i found them in my bedroom looking for the free syrian armyut. ♪ >> anthony: oh, thank you. ♪ >> anthony: oh, thank you. >> rawan: we always eat here. grape leaves is my favorite food. >> anthony: i saw you went for that first. >> rawan: yeah. >> anthony: it's delicious. >> rawan: yeah, it is. we come here a lot, and we talk a lot about syria. we talk about our visa issues most of the time. actually now i have four months left and i really have no idea what am i going to do. >> anthony: what do you think? will they renew your visa? >> rawan: so far, i don't think so. >> anthony: do they arrest you? do they take you to the border and kick you over to the other side? how does that -- >> rawan: they would send you back to syria. >> anthony: what happens if you go back to syria? >> rawan: most probably die on the way, or some people get arrested or be taken to the army. >> anthony: how different is damascus from beirut? >> rawan: oh, it's really, really different. in damascus, i was always afraid of the government. some people died because they cu

know the turkish operation in afrin previous the kurdish control region in conjunction with the free syrian army backed by turkey was successful as i said and turkey is being talking about expanding it for the tottenham member age where the syrian kurdish y p g affiliated with the p.k. k. street has been fighting is based together with u.s. troops which was in the case in africa and that's been a bone of contention between washington and on korea and clearly getting the elections out of the way before making a major move off of them making a major move in in members would be important how difficult it be for the opposition to it to get any kind of momentum in such a short period. extremely difficult you know the the incumbent party always says advantages present out on has and on broken record of electoral success stretching back to november two thousand and two when his party for us won . elections and gain power. and you know the main opposition party republican people's party as a ceiling of about twenty five percent and has rarely gone beyond that the national action party i said earlier is

column one region northeast of damascus and then a few days the rebel factions linked to the free syrian army are expected to hand over the districts. in southern damascus in order to stave off a military operation. that will leave a few districts in southern damascus still outside government control. is in control of that pocket of territory it's almost been two weeks since government forces and their allies launched an all out their heavy weapons are ineffective in built up areas the government however is pushing ahead with its military solution to the war focusing on recapturing all the remaining areas besieged by bashar al assad's forces. the northern countryside of homs province is among them the biggest town in the opposition controlled area rustan's has been coming under heavy fire the region is strategically important for the government it's close to the main road connecting the government controlled cities of homs and hama rebel factions have been offered an evacuation deal if they refused reconciliation so far they haven't given that may change if the military pressure continues. be

and initially even with the free syrian army to do something that the american people are not willing to support to be done with their own troops so this is quite an old narrative that is not unique to donald trump but what needs to happen here is that even donald trump's troop troops of the united states don't trump has in northern syria at the moment are roughly two thousand professional uniformed americans who work as force multipliers to existing local forces so it's also important to highlight that two thousand forces will not be enough on their own to actually stabilize the north of syria what needs to happen is you need a professional force of roughly two thousand as the americans have now that can actually embed and control local forces that you work with as sorry ok the question now is who in the arab world would be willing to do that. and that's going to make because because the u.s. is suggesting the army could be made up of troops from saudi arabia cats are the u.a.e. and egypt but three of those countries currently have a diplomatic and commercial standoff an embargo on q

the column one region northeast of damascus and then a few days rebel factions linked to the free syrian army are expected to hand over the districts. in southern damascus in order to stave off a military operation. that will leave a few districts in southern damascus still outside government control. is in control of that pocket of territory it's almost been two weeks since government forces and their allies launched an all out assault to recapture the area eisel fighters have been putting up fierce resistance. pro-government forces have made some gains but the battle is not easy their heavy weapons are ineffective in built up areas the government however is pushing ahead with its military solution to the war focusing on recapturing all the remaining areas besieged by bashar al assad's forces. the northern countryside of homs province is among them the biggest town in the. decision controlled area rest on has been coming under heavy fire in the region is strategically important for the government it's close to the main road connecting the government controlled cities of homes and how much re

i mean i was in the grand and i saw that that that is not the true there o'boyle and syrian free army is the not the. keep any any hostages from either the soldier where they are literally really hostages. yes yes they allowed to leave and go to do their home and do everything and this older kid many b. ball and game day many many many shared urine but they're able of they're not they're like that or anything and they are earthy and free army they're what. created for depend to be book or to defend the film with depend who can defend i'm sort of from the children and women i mean there are many people look into from white him with their whole panel. after we leave there under the rubble no one can help them to get them out. when. the houses and everything they thought and get and. like from the fire they they go they think you did it when did leave the ball and. going experience that you're sharing with us and you know this war is for tracks of war so with us we greatly appreciate you sharing some of your experiences with us. arturo we're going to stay in the region saudi arabia is kn

we don't have a free syrian army to count on to really understand. figure it out,-hope they will figure it out. ainsley: i will tell you what devin nunes wants. unredacted documents. it is april 11th. today is the deadline day for the doj to hand over those documents. steve: that's right. while they apparently got a whole bunch of documents, congressional investigators did, they got 3,000 documents. ainsley: out of the millions. steve: now up to 6,000. the 3,000 that the department of justice handed over on monday apparently were largely duplicate. things that the investigators had already seen but the doj gets to say hey, look, we gave you a bunch of papers. well, they are worthless. here is the thing. what they want at the core is they want the very original paperwork that started the spying on the trump people. so far the department of justice has only given heavily redacted versions of it. devin nunes says unless i get it today, there is going to be hell to pay. >> i can tell you this: we are going to get the documents. we are going to get the tw

the rebel terrorist finally over the syrian army has been able to free eastern gota we thank our president. at the border suffer for the last rebels are leaving the area the conditions of their withdrawal were negotiated late into the evening many are now trying to get to the city of idlib in the north one of their last remaining strongholds. and their children were taking prisoner by the rebels for four weeks and held as hostages. in the end my son was ready to kill my daughter and me so they couldn't violate us say any more. so. that only a couple hard. they beat them with rifle butts and stomped on them with their heavy boots and a horse can i live in then they grabbed my daughter and screamed that she was now married to one of the revolutionaries if she refused they would cut off her head and give it to me. said they were monsters so you know means. more and more refugees are making their way through the card or out of eastern gota more than four hundred thousand people were caught in the crossfire essentially held hostage by rival groups with a common goal overthrowing the assad regim