translation is really a unique opportunity for people who are not german speakers people living outside germany syria get an insider's perspective and that's something that critter in translation provides a unique opportunity to do. things. we visited translator katie darbyshire in berlin she's a real connoisseur of german literature and is completely involved in the works of her authors. katie darby sure can certainly help you out if you're looking for a good book at her favorite bookshop or at home perhaps she's even translated the novel into english the british born linguist is one of the most prominent translators of contemporary german literature she's written books about it and teaches literary translation what drives her. a lot but to make you feel very deeply i love when literature can make you angry i sometimes i was translating it short story. and it made me cry while i was translating it which is kind of manipulative but good. i like. literature that you can hear the sound of it when you when you're reading it you can have you can hear. in the press all the where where the writers are real

don't mess and i like here here one of three come out be thoughts this is something we mustn't syria germany and other e.u. states have mooted sending syrians back home but the idea of returning to syria makes tonic very afraid. of the people who will go back to syria. probably there will go to jail probably they would have thought properly definitely if they didn't do the military duty they will go again to the military they would send them to the form climate zone in only in the berlin destructively koen in the past two years it's been mostly syrians who have moved here. one of them is twenty eight year old abdul rahman he fought for the free syrian army and survived several arab fences his foot was injured in an attack and has not since healed. i don't know saw i'm injured and i don't have anyone to care for me but my foot still hurts i'm not allowed to walk on it but i still do if i'm to ramadan has undergone several operations on his foot and is deep in debt he says he's never really been able to integrate in the three years he's been in germany and on the ferry so there's no social lif

was lost while he was fleeing syria as was his old passport both reasons why his application for asylum was turned down he and his family are now only allowed to stay in germany as war refugees until the fighting in syria and german authorities want i mean to get valid syrian passports for his family at the syrian embassy for which they would grant him a longer residence permit and german travel documents but refuses. and of up in the us i cannot go to the embassy even if there is no immediate danger i'm wanted for conscription with and i can't go because it would endanger the lives of my family. each day hundreds of people come to the syrian embassy in berlin to apply for travel documents many of them are war refugees without asylum like i mean known as people with subsidiary protection and german legal lease many lawyers feel that a visit to the embassy is reasonable for this group though are new to me to hear my bedroom. i do not believe that someone who has subsidiary protection needs to have any worries he is not being persecuted himself instead he has been taken in because there is civil war in syria. and syria to its own house but many who come here ar

but he and his family can stay in germany as war refugees until the fighting in syria ends no the german authorities want them to apply for valid syrian passports at the syrian embassy then they can receive longer residence permits in german travel documents but i mean refuses to go on i'm up in that i can't go to the embassy even if there's no immediate danger and that if i'm wanted for conscription and i can't go to the embassy because that would endanger the lives of my family. hundreds of people do go to the syrian embassy in berlin every day for travel documents many of them like i mean are war refugees with no right to asylum the legal term is persons with subsidiary protection status german legal experts say they can be expected to go to the embassy. i don't believe anyone with subsidiary protection status has anything to fear for him before they're not being persecuted personally. if they were allowed to be here because a civil war is raging in syria united brewery through to its own house with syrian human rights lawyer on where albany says many who come here are afraid also for

but he and his family can stay in germany as war refugees until the fighting in syria ends no the german authorities want them to apply for valid syrian passports at the syrian embassy in they can receive longer residence permits in german travel documents but i mean refuses to go on a map in the i can't go to the embassy even if there's no immediate danger and i wanted for conscription and i can't go to the embassy because that would endanger the lives of my family. hundreds of people do go to the syrian embassy in berlin every day for travel documents many of them like i mean are war refugees with no right to asylum the legal term is persons with subsidiary protection status german legal experts say they can be expected to go to the embassy. i don't believe anyone with subsidiary protection status has anything to fear for him before they're not being persecuted personally. if they were allowed to be here because a civil war is raging in syria united drew a creek through to its own house with syrian human rights lawyer and we're all goonies says many who come here are afraid also for th

be heard in new york but the judge found the court had no authority to rule against germany and we take you to syria leo dahl into the story of the chimpanzee which is one of africa's most iconic animals but it's populations have been in gradual decline the american general primatology suggests that more than eighty percent off that population died between one thousand nine hundred ninety and two thousand and fourteen sierra leone is now taking steps to reverse that trend and open up a business opportunity at the same time. syria loon has one of the highest concentrations of chimpanzees in the wild and the country wants to keep it that way through song through east like tulku gama the countries we happily teach in chimps rescued from captivity for you venture release back into the wild it's part of a renewed focus on the wildlife protection of our mental edge occasion in syria and given more edge and see by natural disasters last year. the government has also recruited the world renowned primark toilet just dr jean goodall to support the project. chimpanzees our closest living relatives so when peop

syria. what does it mean for you do you have to be careful in the work you're. no because we are working men in germany and nobody is. caring about things like that but we have at the moment no official contacts we are in the context we have on a personal level too to the people who are working in the field in syria they must really personally contacts the architects and engineers and others architects and engineers in syria they haven't had any problems with it with the government with the syrian regime i don't know ok yeah i mean it's interesting to you know you ask yourself would there be any negative blowback from that what sort of support do you rely on to be the german government has been a key source of funding right yeah optimal and hopefully if they if they will fund a fuss several years now also in the future and as we've been known to two institutions the german archaeological institute and the museum of islamic on so that in spite of the state's museums so hopefully we can continue and i think if you build up and a digital archive it's important that the funding would stay because at. that

which have been damaged or destroyed in just the last eight years of conflict but here in germany a new project the syria heritage archive aims to document what has been lost so it can be rebuilt nowhere outside of syria has such a large collection of cultural artifacts from the country take a look at the some to judge and his colleagues are on the home stretch just sorting out some of the final details of the members of the syrian heritage project of putting on an exhibition showing what they've been pouring their hearts and. have created a massive archive of syrian cultural heritage hundreds of thousands of pictures reports maps only some of which are going on display. actually a very little part of the the heritage of the country because it did it's very difficult to work toward the saw. hundreds of sort of important sites it was difficult to take. the other important sites it's like choosing from like to think from sun thought to other. ism who is himself a photographer who's been living in germany for the past three years he's also contributed pictures to the archive they show images of a more peace

focus on a bit there in mines germany thank you so much. syria now and with the very last fighters of the so-called islamic state under siege their future and that of their families remains uncertain many of the children are traumatized and many have received military training in an oscar nominated documentary called of fathers and sons syrian filmmaker tal dedicate reveals just how problematic it may turn out to be to read ability the children of jihadi fighters. feels just how problematic it may turn out to be to read ability the children of jihadi fighters. this is the training camp for children that to be unshockable. to face death without showing any signs of weakness to become hardened minutes from a young age. well some i was sent here by his father that hardest himself. these images were filmed in northern syria not far from the border with turkey. the camp was run by the terrorist group. a group inspired by al qaeda the syrian filmmaker tuttle day came to the region to shoot the documentary of fathers and sons he spent over two years liv

germany. the norwegians will probably commit. the belgians and germans are not going to. the nor he we norwegians have fa base in si syria. eric: how come germany and belgium wouldn't do that. they've been attacked in the name of isis. they had a terrible bombing in belgium. >> the leadership in the countries are so feckless, i'm not sure they would defend their own people, much less somebody else's. none of that surprises me. the countries that step up are the ones that continuously do. eric: wouldn't that encourage more attacks, potentially. look at belgium, my dad was shot down over belgium, two of his crewmen died, protecting that country against the nazi menace. >> isis certainly goes where it can to take take advantage of the situation there. largely those attacks took place in that country because of the fact that they're breeding grounds for radical is l islam. there's entire neighborhoods that are not policed. the fact they won't stand up for this doesn't surprise me in the least. eric: the map, study from the instituted from the study of war, you sent us his map. that caliphate has been shrunken by how much and h

any of the jihadi is now being held in syria who come from germany will be exempt from a new law being introduced by the german government that will strip fighters of their citizenship or next report explains why. i s. fighters on the march in two thousand and fourteen the terrorist group took over the syrian city. since then the islamists have massively lost influence and some are in syrian or iraqi prisons amongst those in prison are some german scientists what happened to them has been a point of contention in german politics but now there seems to be agreement anyone who is fighting for jihad will loosen the german citizenship they fall under the new criteria. the men or women must have citizenship in two countries and be over the age of eighteen for legal and constitutional reasons this regulation can only be applied to future cases. the germinal thore think that about seventy german islamists are currently in foreign presence and this man is one of them about a dozen of them have a second nationality besides the german one but the opposition argues that these cases would not be s

iraq and syria using german small weapons germany lost ostrich than those of france and england and she wants to weaken those lost she wants to weaken the regulation so that german companies can export arms all over the world even where this active conflict zones john population is overwhelmingly ni-cads those exports but that doesn't seem to be a matter of finding the market. news for now your next update follows crosstalk. breaks and. i mess ties or for my guide to financial survival this is the hedge fund it's a device used by professional scallywags to earn money. that's right these has flaws are simply not accountable and we're just getting more and more to the. totally destabilize the global economy you need to protect yourself and get in for a while because we're for. the out. so you can on the phone lines smoke i will make a model made in the muslim on muslim for appointments november done well so it doesn't have to get a. lot of muslim it all but i just i think that that's going to. be she remembers or was you make fun of. her more if you are your friend. john barr from the sun

iraq and syria using german small weapons germany lost other than those of france and england and she wants to weaken those lost she wants to weaken the regulation so that german companies can export all over the world even where there's active conflict zones german population is overwhelmingly against those exports but that doesn't seem to be a matter of finding a market. bombshell investigations claim that american mercenaries helped haiti's president consolidate power seven military contractors were arrested there in february but then released without charge some intense rivalries in the government and protected anti-government protests in the country. just when they missed an exotic get out these men or most scenarios he says they were here to attack part of the executive branch of the government. see those reports due to privacy considerations we're unable to comment further they were apparently going to transfer eighty million dollars out of the petrel caribbean account in haiti in the bank to another account which would be under the control of president joe from elmo we saw the

for now more later thank you sir we're back with more news for you there are now syria just a few moments. in germany's capital there is a barber like no other sort of what had to be hard for my remark goes from across what you have. but as his city changes he's moving with the time. and going on the road. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live down. the master barber of berlin this is europe on al-jazeera we know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well that is something that we're trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to places and reported on a story that it might take an international network for months to be able to do it united nations peacekeepers are out there going on tyrol you know. we are challenging the forces we're challenging companies who are going to places where nobody else is going. a nation where corruption is endemic embroiled in a battle to hold the powerful to account. how does this radical transformation occur. i mean if you want to shedding light on the romanians pressing for change and the unconventio

germany global public policy i'll. the atlantic council says that syria's government is responsible for ninety eight percent of all chemical weapons attacks what do you say to vacuum. thank you for this question first of all syria syria state in two thousand and two thousand and thirteen has become a part of the chemical weapons convention and the syrians then went to the united nations to become part of this convention to say i'm not i don't use i don't use chemical weapons against our. people but if you want to talk about the last attack in duma there is not evidence that. syria or are to be used chemical weapons in this known to confirm that was fake and just to play to accuse the syrian army what tournaments i think has failed in syria and and this to play. clear for the syrian people or all only people so i think there is a may in the future we will not continue to pay this white helmet because i think from the beginning of this war against syria only players against syria made false or man or wrong decisions when they attack syria and when i think that i mean british states and i mean friendly states and united state

much for coming on going underground a european think tank from germany global public policy allied to the atlantic council says that syria's government is responsible for ninety eight percent of all chemical weapons attacks what do you say to that is and he can use thank you for this question first of all syria and syria state in two thousand and two thousand and thirteen has become a part of the chemical weapons convention and the syrian state went to the united nations to to become part of this convention to say i'm not i don't use i don't use this chemical weapons against our. people but if you want to talk about the last attack in duma there is not evidence that. syria names that are going to be used chemical weapons in business on the contrary that was defeat and just the plate to accuse the syrian army what tournaments i think has failed in syria and there and discipline is the key it's a gear for the syrian people or all only. people so i think there is a may in the future will not continue to pay this. why ten minutes because i think from the beginning of this war against syria only players against syria made false

was a summit in istanbul of this four countries russia turkey germany france and we have a channel there which we discuss the situation in syria with our american colleagues between the military and also foreign ministries. it seems to me it's quite a. demand is network of different branches of contacts which could and should lead to the result to artificially create any new groups have these of any sense but i want to remind you that there are until now formally created by us your russian and us international global this is part of syria we add in the plenary for much of one and they got together. as a meeting together but the two target groups of this international the support of syria the target group of this support of the ceasefire and and on the humanitarian assistance in syria they regularly do three times a month the main meet in geneva these groups include representatives of more than twenty countries including the countries of the region of the west of for russia china iran. and so on so there's no shortage of the mechanisms is supported only that everybody is governed by the resolution twenty two fifty four as we di

at the front you look at belgium you look at germany and how many islamist terrorist attacks have actually been committed by people who have returned from syria then i wouldn't be glib about it feelings to a side i let say that we're not going to join them in there but parity we're going to maintain our values of humanity the rule of law and justice and we're going to we're going to allow it back in to put on trial and i'll be very happy to see her in prison for a very long time for crimes we've got to make sure that there's safety and protection for those children when they have that they held to account and then there's going to be a global conversation maybe through the international criminal court to actually hold these fighters responsible for the crimes that they committed. human rights watch has released a damning report exposing torture and abuse of suspected of having links to islamic state in iraq the group says iraq and kurdish authorities routinely for suspects some as young as fourteen to confess using harsh methods report features a number of first hand accounts. sort of there are two shot. to me a shot i mean and so you know. a

the front if you look at belgium you look at germany and how many islamist terrorist attacks have actually been committed by people who have returned from syria then i wouldn't be glib about says feeding suicide i let said when not going to join them. we're going to maintain our values of humanity the rule of law and justice and we're going to we're going to allow a little put on trial and i'll be very happy to see a prison for a very long time for the crimes we've got to make sure that there's safety of course. action for those children would mean that they held to account and then there's going to be a global conversation maybe through the international criminal court to actually hold these fighters responsible for the crime according to the save the children char at sea there are no more than two and a half children in camps in northern syria from iran thirty countries their homelands are engaged in the whether or not they should accept them back a recent survey in france for instance suggests that sixty seven percent of respondents believe the state should not be children of militants we got the views of our guests on not to. let us not f