so this is a very eventful political year for lebanon. >> hezbollah, with hezbollah openly declaring support for assad and going all in to send troops in syria, how has that affected hezbollah politically inside lebanon? i know there's been controversy about that decision by hezbollah to do that. it certainly has engendered sunni, acts of sunni violence that have spiked largely attributed to hezbollah's decision to go on with syria. so talk about hezbollah's political support in lebanon and how the decision to focus on city has affected their political support. >> as i said in my remarks, mr. chairman, this is not a war to which, in which the people of lebanon wanted or want to be involved. this is in effect hezbollah dragging people of lebanon into a foreign war. i think there have been political cost for hezbollah in this. i cannot say if that's why we have a government today. i think there's a lot of concern across the border, a across the political spectrum regarding the violence that you witnessed directly and that has plagued lebanon of late. but even more so than her out its p

the lebanese army defused a car bomb after another car bomb killed more people including a hezbollah> reporter: security sources say a suicide bomber ranked in a petrol station near syria and the leader sulaiman abu ghaith was killed as long with a husband and wife and the area is dominated by the group hezbollah and happening the president bashir al-assad and the front in lebanon says it carried out the attack. >> what is going on is the battle inside syria is paralleled by a battle in lebanon and groups who have now established themselves inside lebanon several of these groups are directly fighting against hezbollah and some of them like in lebanon are saying as long as hezbollah is fighting in seer yeah, supporting the assad government they will fight against hezbollah in lebanon. >> reporter: and they have been deadly attacks since sending fighters to help the president assad. last month twin bomb ings killed at least 8 people and injured 120 others and civilians are caught up with a search of violence mirroring the war being fought next door and i'm carolyn malone, al jazeera. >

israel pointed to hezbollah, as being responsible for that. we know that earlier this month israel shot two men, the army shot two men after it says the men were attempting to plant a roadside bomb in the same area of recent activity in the golan heights region, hezbollah having the finger pointed at them. >> rebels say they have freed 400 inmates from a prison after engaging with asaad's forces before entering a prison complex. >> now to yemen, shia rebels have begun withdrawing from positions near samar, after a truth was agreed with armed tribesman. some houthi fighters are refusing to withdraw, despite an ultimatum given by the army. troops have been deployed to prevent those that left from returning to their positions. >> thailand's military says it picked up a signal on its radar that may have belonged to the missing malaysia airlines flight. the officials say they didn't report the findings, because they were not asked for them. the land and sea search covers an area the size of australia. the malaysia airlines flight went missing with

there is in effect hezbollah doctoring the people of -- this hezbollah dragging people of lebanon into a foreign war. here have been political costs for les in this. in this.- hezbollah there is a lot of concern across political spectrum regarding witnessed e that you directly and that has plague d late.on of even more so than throughout its political life. there have been political costs. and we will have to see. that is why elections are important. we will have to see knew man itself. you can't automatically translate it but there is lebanese the part of people they are not getting anything out of there. >> as a matter of fact, everything that is flowing from is negative for them and goes well beyond the refugee situation. condemned the violence from sunni extremists as well as shia extremists. lebanon is paying a heavy price. deserve it people stop paying that price. >> in your testimony and my pening comments i talked about the syria effect on lebanon hich was a main subject of virtually every conversation we had. i want to ask the question about one other significant dynamic, u.s.

they said they are going to target hezbollah and iranian interests in lebanon for hezbollah's role and of the groups, al-qaeda-affiliated has clearly stated, we are going to take this into lebanon and you will pay for it. so, it is tense and it's something that the government is taking very seriously, something the people wanted to keep under control. it's why the army is now here there seem to be probably a little more neutral rather than hezbollah although the sunnis will accuse the army of siding with hezbollah. it's at difficult, complicated situation in lebanon. it's clear to say the government incredibly keen to try to diffuse the spillover of the war in syria into lebanon. >> that's stephanie decker there speaking to us from lubwa. >>> in southern syria, prisoners have been freed after rebel fighters stormed their jail. anita mcnaught has their story >> reporter: campaign to take control of the central prison took a week according to opposition sources. rebels targeted the jail because it was believed to hold political prisoners and was an army base. both rebels and syrian army

what they hezbollah, did in october, 1983.they went to the marine barracks in beirut and they had two truck bombs that killed 200 41 people. the targets were military, but the incident was still called a terrorist attack. >> i got time for one more question. right up front. thank you for being with us tonight. >> i heard some of your video speeches. i'm surprised whenever you raise the question of the quran motivating terrorism and all of that. at the same time, you have been mentioning osama bin laden -- >> speak into the microphone. were having trouble hearing you. >> osama bin laden is an individual. he's not a prophet. might be following the religion of islam, but he is not motivating people. ask your question. >> osama bin laden was considered and he considered himself the direct successor to the prophet mohammed. we know he was not, but that is how he saw himself. >> [inaudible] running out of time. i apologize, sir, for having to stop. i want to thank several people for having made this pop of low -- made this possible

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hezbollah is locked into a struggle of its own in lebanon and in syria. iran strike me and i'm not sure where i come out on this, but is there the potential, you've been around, i mean you were there at the second geneva, you've been around the iranian peace and ainge bell on this, is there really potential cooperation, do you think, between the united states and iran when it comes to syria? and would it be decisive or would it be significant? >> we have not a serious discussion with iranians ever about syria, to my knowledge. i'm not aware of we ever had a serious discussion with the iranians to identify what are their core interests. what's top priority set of interests, what is the second ring of interests, what's the third ring building out. i don't think we ever had that conversation. i can not imagine that the iranians are anxious to see al qaeda sink deeper roots in the eastern 3/4 of syria, geographic eastern 3/4 of syria. i can't imagine that's in iranian interests. and we've certainly seen al qaeda target in a very ruthless manner shia communiti

claiming victory backed up by hezbollah minutes and streams loyal to president bush on the outside we take the syrian town of double dealing the rebels have died. such is the trees from its office to help with investigators mandate to continue hunting for leeds as to who will walk but of course the bedding triple seven to vanish without trace i will relax because i got news or months old but is false. we begin on the crimean peninsula where russian flags flying high and celebrations the seating be in full swing with thousands taking to the streets of soft the region's one off canadian voters overwhelmingly get that back into motion to break with ukraine. join russia. russian media sources of st more than ninety percent of voters favored becoming a pot of russia in the timeout was in excess of fifty percent of the west is maintained from the outset that about. that was in violation of international lol. in washington paris and several the governments of warm ups guy. they will not accept the outcome of the faith of the russian president but an increase in rejects those accusations sayi

militants israel has also put its troops along the lebanese border on high alert as hezbollah warned it would retaliate. israel has reportedly carried out three similar air strikes over the course of the syrian civil war although they have all been unconfirmed as blind israel fought a war in two thousand six and the militant group's leader hassan nasrallah backed by iran has refused to recognize israel's right to exist the bonus twenty recent court ruling over a case involving an actor to appear in the controversial youtube film the innocence of muslims saying it sets a dangerous precedent. the ruling found that act risks in tv garcia could insert a cop or a claim teacher appearance in the film and force it to be wiped from youtube twenty people the ruling would set a precedent allowing anyone from background singers or pills without a written contract to dictate how their contributions are used and demand their removal from distribution. hugo has filed an appeal. the youtube film the innocence of muslims caused widespread and at times deadly unrest in the muslim world due to its unf

militants israel has also put its troops along the lebanese border on high alert as hezbollah warned it would retaliate. israel has reportedly carried out three similar air strikes over the course of the syrian civil war although they have all been unconfirmed as blind israel fought a war in two thousand six and the militant group's leader hassan nasrallah backed by iran has refused to recognize israel's right to exist. russia's economy has plummeted off the top line to take to the commit to tune it proved a minute. the siege of ukraine's crimean peninsula most gorgeous men from operational mode of the strategic openness region including many ports and fields on to the communications outrage in the united states and the year. this is due to russia's leading position in the fiscal the reno mainly because of the year in line to meet the need to know that you like on a cd and sent it to crimea for our liberal interference in ukraine's with school life. it's great as result of the three to four and regional instability the russian stock market crash by nearly thirteen percent on monday w

hezbollah is locked into a struggle of its own in lebanon and in syria. iran strikes me, is were the potential, you there at the second geneva. you have been around the iranian angle of this. is there potential cooperation between the united states and iran when it comes to syria? and would it be significant? we have not had a serious discussion with the iranians about syria, to my knowledge. i am not aware of a serious discussion with the iranians to identify their core interests, the top priority set of interests, the second ring, the third ring. i do think we have had that conversation. iraniansimagine the are anxious to see al qaeda sink deeper roots in the eastern , the quarters of syria geographic eastern three quarters. i can't imagine that is in iranian interest. we have certainly seen al qaeda target, in a ruthless manner, shia communities. not only in syria, but also in lebanon. on ant enough to build outcome? that is less evident to me. i have seen i romney and statements this week in the media saying, well, if assad reelection,un for the oppos

hezbollah's involvement affected relationships between the shirrian and lebanese people. if there was a force controlling the borders between the two countries, hezbollah would not interfere in this conflict to fight terrorism. >> the death toll from a landslide in the united states has risen to 18. emergency crews paused for a minute's silence. as the death toll climbed the list decreased from 90 to 30 people. the landslide happened without warning a week ago, sending a wall of mud cascading over dozens of homes. >> in chile protesters fought with police on the outskirts of san diego. they were demonstrating. it's a day held in memory of two brothers killed by the police when protesting in 1985. 26 people have been detained. and there has been more protest violence in venezuela. the street battles in caracas followed rallies, and a protest by their rival pro-government supporters. more than 30 died when protests started three months ago. protesters are angry about high inflation, rising crime and food shortages. >> a military commander in a western city of san christobal

now, if the syrian army backed by hezbollah fighters who are in control, seen here clearing areas and moving to the center of the city. most of the rebels are believed to have retreated to neighboring towns. >> most of the city has been destroyed, all kinds of rockets and rash bell bombs have been used. the town has been turned into a pile of rubble. the world has left us alone and the situation of the civilian is catastrophic. >> yabroud was a major rebel strong hold in the mountains. it was also a crucial weapons transit route. war in syria is shifting in president bashar al assad's favor, his army backed by air force hezbollah fighters, militia's from iran and iraq are launching a major offensive across the country. by recapturing yabroud, they control most of the border areas with lebanon. the army is also consolidating grip on hopple's province and the a battle underway in a major supply route for the army. a wave of air strike and shelling could be a sign that the army is determined to win the war in the north. the opposition says without advanced weapons from their western and

this should be something for the syrian leaders to decide, not for the wrong, assad, not for hezbollah, not for anyone that one step toward the syrian people. this must be done by the syrian people freely and fairly. [applause] so i want to just make a pledge to you that i am going to continue to be a very strong voice on the foreign affairs committee in congress to talk about the syrian people. i had the honor about three weeks ago of sitting down with king abdallah of jordan who spoke to me about the terrible humanitarian crisis right now in jordan. and it only gets worse and worse mr. ward is a hero. the ngo is a hero. american aid is feeding a lot of people in syria. a lot of people don't even realize it. it is not enough in my opinion to just gives humanitarian aid, although that is important because we need to keep it alive what is also important is taking plans for the next step so that syria can be truly independent and free and believe me it will come. it will absolutely, because oppression will not and should not be allowed to stand. [applause] so i just want to make a place

hezbollah was one of them. and the popular front for the liberation of palestine, syria and iran, and there may have been one or two others too. now, this person described the meeting, which is essentially these groups trying to -- they wanted to coordinate better and share resources better. >> this was a group that got together terrorist groups, and some of these were strange bed fellows, and you have people working together that wouldn't seem to normally be people that work together. >> they were rejectionists, and they were bitterly opposed to yasir arafat's attempts to make peace with the u.s., and so that was the common cause. they were all opposed to that. so what was in jessica's files was a memorandum. i should just backtrack. so they told her about the meeting and what was discussed at the meeting, and the obvious question, what was the proof? how do we know that's true? she was able to get the source and the memorandum, and she had written to the group, a memorandum on the meeting, and he asked his gr

he is remembered on board as the most quiet since he's been a minute that these militia hezbollah are cooked inconclusive war in two thousand and six. even the civil war was based in the big city and as has been helping us to watch a us audience to fight rebels trying to topple him that even small businesses to talk to hezbollah couldn't detect a plot to bomb the eastleigh defence tuesday controlled golden knights can see being held to a tree . i am the owner can use on him more was on. open . the it all it is you this was the cheek to match too so that when this up. the government has decided to drop it on the hasty of the african nation so that championship instead of just a week to the pink team is tournament next topic is friday team as they each have any mood and the middle east visit to south africa decency. silly to not clean and pristine as i can wrangle shine the stamps is from beyond the ash in this academy haunting in the miss teen miss mason. he also had the opportunity to use from an internationally reputed cottage in purely to buy one afternoon on tuesday ms development

hezbollah was one of them. and the popular front for the liberation of palestine, syria and iran, and there may have been one or two others too. now, this person described the meeting, which is essentially these groups trying to -- they wanted to coordinate better and share resources better. >> this was a group that got together terrorist groups, and some of these were strange bed fellows, and you have people working together that wouldn't seem to normally be people that work together. >> they were rejectionists, and they were bitterly opposed to yasir arafat's attempts to make peace with the u.s., and so that was the common cause. they were all opposed to that. so what was in jessica's files was a memorandum. i should just backtrack. so they told her about the meeting and what was discussed at the meeting, and the obvious question, what was the proof? how do we know that's true? she was able to get the source and the memorandum, and she had written to the group, a memorandum on the meeting, and he asked his gr

and it's not at all comprehensive and that the real problem is the behavior in the region and is hezbollah in the confrontation with saudi arabia. not even talking to them about these issues. if we were, you would at least have a chance. i'm not saying that we necessarily would succeed. but i think that there were lots of voices from the region and elsewhere early on saying that you need to come to them with a proper proposition. and we haven't been able to do that. >> i think it's a sad situation. it might be a little bit different from the iranian nuclear deal, but i think it's a good thing. i support it. the democratic struggle is the subject of the book that we did previously. democratic activists support this between iran and the u.s. for interesting reasons. but on that deal, it might actually be working against the possibility of progress in syria. in other words, can the human rights make this argument that because of this fragile deal, it's very cautious and very reluctant to push them on these issues like syria. this is not the moment for that. the tragedy is that these are two g

had an opportunity back during the second lebanon war, back during the war with hezbollahering -- hezbollah, to actually see the effects in august of 2006 of what was happening with rockets firing into a city on a daily basis. the city was under siege. there were literally 600 israelis, jewish israelis, arab israelis, jews israels, who were victims of these attacks from the communities who were in the trauma hospital and every day these rockets were rain down. now, this was not just the handy work of hezbollah. and of hamas that we saw last year. no. this was with rockets provided by iran, by iran and syria. and in the rocket attacks that i saw in 2006, those rockets, every one of them, in the cone of those rockets had 80,000 ball bearings and they would be fired on schools, on homes, on the hospital itself that was a tart. that was done to create -- target. that was done to create the maximum number of civilian casualties. well, so it is in terms of the challenges that israel faces, again, those challenges now because iran is supplying the weaponry. so in response to the congress -- in res

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the piece on showtime nineteen seventy one small crimes accused hezbollah of this prosecute all. i mean does bought these focus on the nativity mission of the position and all the nocturnal i'm all for the dt list. using random people including the jargon of them and oil were cute and twenty five others were injured in an attack on a call to focus on african islam abbas on monday the attack comes days off to focus on taiwan announced the month long ceasefire. i don't really need to try and explain each vehicle is situated in a busy shopping and office no time the attack began exciting as it just isn't going as the setting in the morning the gunmen who dances up and chatting. a senior police official said. in all its next session starts to fall in mcconnell wind. could it be that on each of the attack of art and rejected the petition asked if i'd only did the reason she always wanted. still behind a mosque in the capital into cars and setting me back and scored a confidence motion against the seat in which more than hundred the third book in at any location seen as obstructing the

hezbollah and the confrontation with saudi arabia. we are not even talking to them about these issues. if you were you would at least have a chance. i'm not saying we would necessarily succeed that i think there were lots of voices from the region and elsewhere early on saying iran can deal but you need to come to them with a proposition. and we haven't been able to do that. >> i think it's a sad situation because in fact my view might be a little bit different on the iranian nuclear deal. i think it's a good thing and i supported the democratic struggle in iran which was the subject of the book that nader and i did previously. democratic activists in iran, dissidents support encroachment between iran and the u.s. for the interesting reasons we talked about but on that deal, that process it might actually be working against the possibility of progress in syria. in other words can from the human rights watch makes his argument. a cousin of this fragile brief window where it could get a deal with iran it's very cautious and very relucta

>> lets me start -- let me start with hezbollah. it is a shia group. it is present in 100 groups, including mexico. they are joining forces with mexican drug lords. a lot of tunnels have been discovered in tijuana and san diego. not only do they smuggle weapons. they smuggle people. for the second one, hamas is less dangerous in north america, but they are definitely dangerous in the middle east. going to take questions from the audience. think of what you would like to ask. we are going to come left into right. you can ask your questions of next fewitz for the moments. i want to ask this because it's very sensitive, but very important. there is -- i think a misperception when we put this program on that this was going to be an anti-islam night. the purpose was to educate and highlight the different fashions of terrorism, how it happens and why. there are peaceful muslims. i have friends who are of the islam faith. they are peaceloving people. -- you have had people protest almost every place you have gone to. why is that happening? itsome groups do no

they are fighting hezbollah.hey are fighting these extremists coming from iraq, supported by iran. they are fighting these almonds on the ground. >> to the united states government try to restrain with saudi arabia did in serious question him >> not that i know of. i have not heard the u.s. tried to restrain anything. >> because it was helping the jihadists. >> they know exactly who we are supporting. there is extensive cooperation between united states and saudi arabia. on the ground, who receive support in syria. >> is your government trust the united states? >> we do. we have had a long and historic relationship with the united states. during the 40's, 50's, and 60's when the cold war was at its height, the saudi arabian and united states worked closely on many issues. afghanistan was one. the middle east, you had terrible things happening. soviet encroachment. some parties, and the kingdom and in other states worked closely. the ultimate cooperation happened when saddam hussein invaded kuwait. we had half a m

others say there are lots of iranians with hezbollah and iraqis. i do not know myself. >> if assad leaves for whatever reason, nobody knows. why you cannot leave it to chance. the regime that exists for the moment was built by the father of the current president. -- the keystone. john went to take the keystone before you made -- you do not want to take the keystone before you made arrangements. you have to make sure it you need to make sure that institutions are there. moves --in the country orderly manner as possible to a new syria. >> why do you do this? secretary-general was,d me, my first answer no. when he insisted and you tell yourself you have no right to say no. somebody, itally, is difficult. failure is more likely. it is much better as an old man fails than a young man. know -- stop one day and leave it to a young man to finish. >> what you hope for is people will get tired of killing? arehe ordinary people already tired. they hope for justin and 2 -- just an end to this tragedy. the people fighting, some are tired. i am sure the people i

in high profile bombs, and many claimed by the al-qaeda affiliated brigade, and at the same time, hezbollah reportedly protecting the lebanese shia communities now extended into syria protecting the assad regime. from where i sit, the region is increasingly unstable, increasingly violent, and increasingly sectarian. having today that, that is a major challenge in which the committee, obviously, wanted to have our attention. ukraine is the 800-pound gorilla at the moment, and we can't ignore it nor ignore russia is a common element in both countries. the russian support for assad and syria and russian invasion and occupation of parts of ukraine my clear that putin's game is not 21st century statesmanship, but 19th century gainsmanship. having lived under russia for years understood their ground because they understood the fight was not president dwoft's corrupt leaders, but fiche of their independent nation. putin cast say sides law to respect the ukraine. >> the concern for ukraine, tomorrow georgia, two nations waiting to finalize their association agreement with the european union, a proc

we consider hezbollah and the militias as terrorist organizations. they considered them as being their allies and they're fighting for their benefit. so there is no way to reach mutual understanding. and clearly, the security council resolution 2118, 22118, letter for geneva conference it was stated that international conference, they're negotiating starting with political transition and establishment of tgb. with geneva, communique, you read the terms of it, you find the item talking about violence. it says all parties has to cooperate with the tg in order to put an end to violence. which means it. gp has to be condition before having it put an end to violence. it is not about we are, i mean hungry or we want to replace the regime. it is about practicality and having a successful negotiating strategy and policy. the regime insisted no way to discuss this. we insisted, no, we have to discuss this. so mr. brahimi reached, he made a compromise. and he said, okay, we agree, i propose we discuss both of them in parallel. which means we have a session tod

the army backed by hezbollah fighters is on the offense i. if it gets full control, it will be the second biggest military achievement. the first was the recapture of the city last june. this is the rebels last stronghold in the mountains, if they lose it, they lose a vital weapon supply route, and it paves the way for government troops to retake rebel positions around damascus. >> earlier today the united nations tweeted the latest numbers on syrian refugees. two years ago - think about this - there were about 23,000 refugees. today, two years later, it stands at 2.5 million people. syrian women and girls had to deal with their own danger. i spoke with heidi layman from the international rescue committee, and says women in refugee camps are under a daily threat of sexual and domestic violence. >> the war and the trauma that the women and girls faced is compounded by the issues of violence that they face every day. i was in jordan last month. i was taking to a group of -- talking to a group of women and they talked about domestic violence the

in the past, hezbollah has blamed car bombs striking lebanon. this shows rebel fighters pushing out of the city. hundreds have escaped the onslaught. we can't independently verify these pictures. >> it is a disaster fighting against the syrian government. it was a major strategic prize. it links damascus to the city of homs. the syrian army had already captured several other towns in their push for the city. you may remember another major strategic loss for the rebels, this was the last rebel strong hold in the mountains, right across the border from lebanon, most of the weapons the rebels have used to fight the government have passed through this border area. the syrian army is said to be targeting fighters who escaped across the border inside lebanon. war planes have struck several areas on the outskirts on sunday. aljazeera is monitoring the situation from neighboring turkey. we are joined live from istanbul. what's the latest you're hearing from there? >> the syrian army issued a statement saying that its soldiers and forces restored stabili

hezbollah admitted last bring it is fighting the syrian regime and has framed the war as self-defense. the group is sending capable fighters and support for , and iran militia com is using iraqi shia groups to counter operations. it is actively supporting the assad regime and is driving sunni attacks and violence. the factors contributing to instability in lebanon are exacerbated by the protected conflict in syria. i will turn to erect. what we have witnessed there is a resurgence by the islamic aqi, for iraq and levant, which has a group of extremists that have a steady flow of fighters to syria. last year attacks returned to their peak levels from what we saw in 2007 and 2008. at the end of last year the group was averaging one suicide attack per day. the situation in falluja is is concerning. hundreds of fighters have joined the ranks of former insurgent groups. is threat posed by isio growing, not diminishing. in the time ahead we will work with our colleagues from state and defense to aid the iraqi government's counterterrorism efforts. last point i make is in light of the large

hezbollah will win and israel will lose.l, he is right about the first point. they do glorify death and we do sanctify life. but he is dead wrong on the second point. it is precisely because we love life that israel shall win. [applause] in the past year, iran's radical regime has tried to blur the moral divide and wheels out it smiling president and its move-talking foreign minister. if you listen to their soothing words, they are not square with a ron's aggressive actions. iran says they only want a peaceful nuclear program. why is it building a heavy water reactor, which has no purpose in a purple -- in a peaceful nuclear program? iran says it has nothing to hide. white does it ban inspectors from its secret military sites? why does it not divulge the secrets of its military nuclear activities? they absolutely refuse to say word about that. iran says it is not building nuclear weapons. why does it continue to build icbms, intercontinental ballistic missiles, whose only purpose is to carry nuclear warheads? unlike scud mis

he said, iran and hezbollah love death and israel loves life and that's why he said iran and hezbollahisrael will lose. well, he is right about the first point, they do glorify death and we do sankfy life -- sanctify life, but he is dead wrong on the second point. it is precisely because we love life that israel shall win. [applause] in the past year iran's radical regime has tried to blur this moral divide. it wields out its smiling president and smooth-talking foreign minister. but if you listen to their words, their soothing words, they don't square with iran's aggressive actions. iran says, it only wants a peaceful nuclear program so why is it building a heavy water reactor? which has no purpose in a peaceful nuclear program. iran says, it has nothing to hide so why does it ban inspectors from its secret military sites? why doesn't it divulge its military, secrets of its military nuclear activities? they absolutely refuse to say a word about that. iran says it is not building nuclear weapons. so why does it continue to build icbms, intercontinental ballistic missiles, whose only pu

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now it's the syrian army backed by hezbollah fighters who are in control. they are seen here clearing areas and moving to the center of the city. most of the rebels are believed to have retreated to neighbouring towns. >> most of the city has been destroyed. all kinds of rockets and barrel bombs have been used. the town has been turned into a pile of rubble. few are trying to resist. the world has left us alone, and the situation is catastrophic. >> yabroud was a rebel strong hold. it was also a crucial weapons transit route. war in syria is shifting in president bashar al-assad's favour. his army backed by air force, hezbollah fighters, militias from iran and iraq are launching a major offensive. asaad controls the west and border areas. the army is consolidating the grip on homs province, and a battle is underway, a major supply route for the army in idlib. a wave of shelling in aleppo is a sign that the army is determined to one the war in the north. >> the opposition says without advanced weapons from their western and regional backers, fighting will co

hezbollah publicly admitted that is fighting for the syrian regime. the group is sending capable fighters in support for a pro-regime militia. in this active support to the drivinggime, it is increased sunni attacks. various factors contribute to instability in lebanon. finally, i will turn to iraq. what we have witnessed there is the former group known as a queue i. i. last year, suicide and car bomb attacks return to peak levels. at the end of last year, the group is averaging one suicide attack her day. falluja, wheren hundreds of isl fighters have joined ranks with former insurgent groups to consolidate control of the inner city test areas. the interest in the region is growing and not diminishing. we'll be working closely with our colleagues from state and defense to aide counterterrorism efforts. the last point i will make is that in light of the fire component in the syrian crisis, we are working to gather every piece of information we can about the identities of these individuals. we play a role in supporting the effort to watchlist individual

government forces and lebanese allies from the group hezbollah have besieged the town for weeks in an attempt to control key transport routes. yabroudosition had held for most of the duration of the conflict. a group of syrian americans rallied outside the white house on saturday to mark the three-year anniversary of the protest that set off the civil war of syria. gives me a lot of satisfaction. it shows the people in syria that we are here for them, that they're not by themselves. >> an estimated 146,000 people have been killed since the conflict began on march 15 2011, roughly half of them civilians. we will have more on syria with independent reporter patrick cockburn later in the broadcast. the u.s. has concerned -- confirmed a new round of weapons shipment to iraq. u.s. embassy in baghdad says nearly 100 hellfire missiles and hundreds of thousands of ammunition rounds have been delivered this month. the obama administration has accelerated weapons aid in recent months to support the iraqi government's against military groups. this comes amidst wanting to terry and violets set up

at the same time, hezbollah protecting the shia communities now extended into syria tradeking assad regime. having said that, that is a challenge the committee obviously wanted to pivot our attention. ukraine is the 800 pound gorilla at the moment. we can't ignore it. nor can we can nor that rush is a common element in both countries. the russian support for assad in syria make clear that putin's game isn't 21st century statesmanship. 19th century gamesmanship. they understood the fight wasn't just with their government corrupt leaders, but for the future of their independent nature -- nation. we need a policy that checks and .ounters russia not international law, not even those commitments that has and made personally. a process the ukraine was engaged in to the displeasure of the russian government. i want to note that i welcome the response to the situation in the ukraine. in the form of loan guarantees we which to endorse. and the executive order restricting visas, and blocking property under u.s. jurisdiction. or contribute to the misappropriation of state assets of the ukraine, or pu

love death and israel loves life and that is why, he hezbollah will win and israel will lose.l, he is right about the first point. they do glorify death and we do sanctify life. but he is dead wrong on the second point. it is precisely because we love life that israel shall win. [applause] in the past year, iran's radical regime has tried to blur the moral divide and wheels out it smiling president and its move-talking foreign minister. if you listen to their soothing with, they are not square a ron's aggressive actions. iran says they only want a peaceful nuclear program. why is it building a heavy water reactor, which has no purpose in a purple -- in a peaceful nuclear program? iran says it has nothing to hide. white does it ban inspectors from its secret military sites? not divulge the secrets of its military nuclear activities? they absolutely refuse to say word about that. iran says it is not building nuclear weapons. why does it continue to build icbms, intercontinental ballistic missiles, whose only purpose is to carry nuclear warheads? unlike scud missiles which are li

including workers at tepco holding a moment of silence, employees along with others bowing their hezbollaho remember those who were lost. and the radiation continues to leak from fukushima, but we know that thanks to the efforts of a small group of scientists. jake ward is live in california one thousand feet of offshore ia boat off the pacific ocean. how do we know that amount of radiation coming off the shores of fukushima, and how do we know that it's small enough that we don't need to worry about did. >> reporter: it's due to scientist who is have been trying to basically take a look at both the seafood that moves back and forth between the japanese coast and the california coast, which includes pacific blue fin tuna, and trying to sample the water itself. the trouble is they're not able to get federal funds to do this. instead, they're soliciting crowd funding just to be able to dip buckets in 14 different sites to sample this amount of seawater they can't get federal funding to do it. that said with the small amount of readings they have been able to take, they do know that the seawa

hezbollah now has many as 100,000 rockets pointed at israel and actively engaged on the ground in syria in support of the assad regime. iran spent billions of dollars, arms members of its elite force in syria and now despite parameters set forth, statements out of iran this week indicate that iran may now be unwilling to discuss outstanding questions on the possible military dimensions of the nuclear program. according to "the wall street journal" they said they're in no rush to discuss the issues possibly to force them to extend the agreement and showing adherence to other parts of the joint plan of action. please assure us the united states and allies will not allow negotiations to go past six months. and finally, mr. secretary, if you could just respond in writing to this last point. i'm increasingly concerned that there is a presumptive bias against young israelis seeking to travel to the united states. reports indicate that because of widespread visa denials, many student-aged travelers simply no longer apply to come to the united states. in fact, on embassy tel aviv's website ther

you have iran not only supporting sadat -- assad and hezbollah for its supporting al qaeda elements moving foreign fighters and raising money particular from kuwait through iran and knowingly allowing al qaeda elements to do so within iran. in terms of proxy issue this is no longer a simple rebellion. this is grown into a classic case of a proxy war between the sunnis gulf states and iran and the other. the same vocabulary that to humanities -- dehumanizdehumaniz s the other will set the stage for the next decade. the bottom line is while the war itself might be negotiable maybe this sectarianism is not and is almost certainly going to create conditions for its stability. it talks about things it describes as looming this equilibria. it anticipated this chronic instability is something we would see and they highlighted places where you could see things like this failure to respond to this crisis has led in part to the horrific consequences today. if we don't want either camp to win tomorrow because they're bad guys and both sides there certain things we have to do. they must degrade the re