syrian government forces say they have taken control of two towns of bursar all harir and. in the eastern darracott countryside state media showing troops believed to be iranian backed militia entering the town earlier on tuesday however the rebel free syrian army says fighting is ongoing in the area first of all her rear has come under heavy air and ground attack in recent days as part of the government campaign to retake the northeastern province the u.n. says forty five thousand people have fled the violence that are heading towards the jordan border the capture of bursa harir is the first major government advance and that offensive it cuts off a k. rebel supply line into a province allowing more pro-government troops to move in retaking the entire province of to give the government control of all the way up to the border with jordan all the way to the israeli occupied golan heights are in carb want to specialise on syria and the director of policy analysis at the doha institute for graduate studies he joins me now in the studio so let's talk about the significance of th

harir nasser and. in addition to the town of a larger more than fifty aerial raids have been carried out against al harir alone now yes now another aerial raid villages and towns on the front line with forces in the waiter there still being targeted. still to come here on al-jazeera mystery surrounds this my can facilitate in texas as the u.s. government wrap up efforts to reunite two thousand children separated from their parents. in mexico election day is just around the corner voters seem to want change but is change alone the answer to the country's problem. well i would be raining heavily in just a thin line of white above my head is a cold front coming out of eastern europe it produces significant thunderstorms but apart from that and the few showers tashkent east and south of afghanistan there's not a lot going on apart from the wind certainly warmed up recently wrapped into the low thirty's stuff a task in kabul forty is a full cross around we see that in most of iraq but knuckly near the coast

stories right now syrian government forces say they have taken control of two towns of purser all harir and. in the eastern terror countryside cuts off a key rebel supply line into a province allowing more pro-government troops to move then as they try to take control of the entire problem it's. chemical weapons watched august holding a special meeting at the hague this was for quested by the u.k. after a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter in england acts in syria will also be discussed. the german chancellor has just gusting europe's migration crisis with the spanish prime minister in berlin ahead of an e.u. summit on thursday. under pressure from a coalition partner to find an illusion to stem the flow of refugees and immigrants . the plight ever hands of muslims living in thailand has been highlighted in a new report by the burma human rights network the report titled existence denied details efforts by me and more as a government to make life difficult for a hedge outside its borders large numbers of her hand to have fled violence and poverty and me and mark

harir. and. in addition to the town of a larger more than fifty aerial raids have been carried out against both from algeria alone now yes now another aerial raid villages and towns on the frontline with forces and. they're still being targeted. on al jazeera to tell you what happened when protesters try to stop carrying migrant children in the us mexico border. and police officers under arrest in ethiopia after an attack on the prime minister's rally. welcome back we've got some really heavy rain affecting parts of vietnam southern china and b.m.r. and we're like to see that rain continuing tear in the course of monday further towards the east the recent rain around for hong kong but for food shoot towards shanghai and over in taiwan where the conditions generally aren't looking too bad not a great deal of changes we move into tuesday again those eastern areas seeing some dry weather but for a mere mom afraid as the same old story with torrential rain continuing so let's move from there down int