when he was losing, hezbollah came in, iran unleashed hezbollah, and they turned the tide in the war. birds of a feather flock together, unfortunately, and hezbollah has also gained from this relationship. the war in syria bound hezbollah and russia together. the result, deeper coordination and training between the two. russia talks a good game about fighting terrorism, but its partnership with hezbollah has shown that moscow is eager to collaborate with a group that has american blood on its hands. now is the time to choke hezbollah off from its patrons. this bill would give the administration every tool it needs to confront this dangerous group. with -- with this measure, we build on a 2015 law, by imposing sanctions on anyone who knowingly supports hezbollah's fundraising and recruitment efforts. as terrorist groups, including hezbollah, rely more and more onion line crowd sourcing and social media to spread their message, we need to be one step ahead. this legislation, bipartisan, also imposes sanctions on any part of a foreign government that supplies material support or arms to

five members of hezbollah. a few years ago. and top hezbollah commander must have. charges against him were later dropped after his death in syria and two thousand and sixteen hezbollah denies involvement in. and accuses the court of being. the lebanese armed group has vowed never to hand over the suspects who are tried in absentia the prosecution's evidence is based on an interconnected mobile phone network allegedly used by the suspects in the months before the assassination one of the networks stopped working just two minutes before the truck explosion that killed twenty one other people. the prosecution also explains why senior operatives tied to the syrian government would have sufficient motive to carry out the. killing. and his worsening relationship with syrian president. assad. was pressured to stop the tribunal ministers affiliated to has brought down his first government in two thousand and eleven but years later his political calculations changed he formed a unity government with a group that has since grown stronger politically weakened in the recent el

iraq lebanon and yemen and continued backing for militias such as hezbollah the us government says hezbollah fighters base in lebanon have gone from strength to strength emboldened by their battlefield experience in syria and the americans accuse iran of undermining legitimate governments and american interests in the middle east the report details a worsening of war in afghanistan and coordinated attacks by the taliban and its affiliated hakani network someone launched from pakistan which provoked the us to recently cut three hundred million dollars in security eight let's take a look at the report other findings the u.s. state department says there were about eight thousand five hundred what it caused terrorist attacks around the world last year the task killed eighteen thousand seven hundred people there americans attribute the twenty five percent year on year four in the number of deaths to victories against eisel and improved security in iraq despite that i said remains active and code attacks in twenty countries last year more than half of all attacks by armed groups including i said a

five members of hezbollah. a few years ago. and top hezbollah commander must. charges against him were later dropped after his death in syria and two thousand and sixteen hezbollah involvement. and accuses the court of being. the lebanese armed group never to hand over the suspects. in. the prosecution's evidence is based on an interconnected mobile phone network allegedly used by the suspects in the months before the assassination one of the networks stopped working just two minutes before the truck explosion that killed twenty one other people. the prosecution also explains why senior operatives tied to the syrian government would have sufficient motive to carry out the. killing. and his worsening relationship with syrian president. and political pressure to stop with the tribunal ministers affiliated to has brought down his first government in two thousand and eleven but years later his political calculations changed he formed a unity government with a group that has since grown stronger politically weakened in the recent elections . trying to form his third

iraq lebanon and yemen and continued backing for militias such as hezbollah the us government says hezbollah fighters base in lebanon have gone from strength to strength emboldened by their battlefield experience in syria and the americans accuse iran of undermining legitimate governments and american interests in the middle east the report details a worsening of war in afghanistan and coordinated attacks by the taliban and its affiliated hakani network someone launched from pakistan which provoked the us to recently cut three hundred million dollars in security eight let's take a look at the report other findings the u.s. state department says there were about eight thousand five hundred what it caused terrorist attacks around the world last year the task killed eighteen thousand seven hundred people there americans attribute the twenty five percent year on year four in the number of deaths to victories against eisel and improved security in iraq despite that i still remains active and code attacks in twenty countries last year more than half of all attacks by armed groups including i said

however iran does not see hezbollah as a terrorist organization hezbollah does not carry terrorist attacks in european capitals or in the united states it's a local resistance group fighting against israel and if we declare every force that is fighting israel as terrorists then yes it will be but that's not how iran sees it are regarding confrontation between iran and the united states unfortunately we are going down that path because every few days the trump administration is accusing iran of something new and i think this is part of a much larger campaign ok is trying to dehumanised the iranian people as well as been posing sanctions on them hillary the americans made a quite clear that they would like to ramp up sanctions against iran and they're trying to convince a major allies to follow suit i mean this report do you find it as an element that could further. will pressure allies particularly to say you know what it's about time we follow the americas in this particular path yes absolutely though there is an important debate or perhaps even war going on within the trump administration

five members of hezbollah. a few years ago. and top hezbollah commander. charges against him were later dropped after his death in syria in two thousand and sixteen hezbollah denies involvement in. and accuses the court of being. the lebanese armed group has vowed never to hand over the suspects. in. the prosecution's evidence is based on an interconnected mobile phone network allegedly used by the suspects in the months before the assassination one of the networks stopped working just two minutes before the truck explosion that killed twenty one other people. the prosecution also explains why senior operatives tied to the syrian government would have sufficient motive to carry out the. opposition to syria over lebanon and his worsening relationship with syrian president. assad and political pressure to stop. ministers affiliated to has brought down his first government in two thousand and eleven but two years later his political calculations changed he formed a unity government with a group that has since grown stronger politically weakened in the recent

iran and hezbollah are allied to syria and the war israel had more than one hundred positions in syria since the war began south korea's president in is in pyongyang for his third summit with the north korean leader kim jong il the two leaders were all smiles as hundreds of people lined the streets of catch a glimpse of the historic meeting in the capital they've been holding talks focusing on north korea's nuclear disarmament. the saudi amorality coalition says it's launched a large scale operation targeting areas under who controlled in who data the alliance says it's captured two parts of the city since the advance began on tuesday the danger is the main gateway for relief supplies and commercial goods into yemen several members of zimbabwe's opposition of walked out during the president's state of the nation address to parliament and his imminent jagger was speaking in the capital harare he was outlining his government's agenda after winning a disputed election in july china says it has no option but to retaliate after the us impose tariffs on another two hundred billion dollars wo

hezbollah is a heavily armed rainin backed group in lebanon and it holds considerable influence over political life in lebanon and you know and they're going to frequent with a show of the yemeni government made many concessions during the consultations include wait but there are a red line that cannot be crossed like not allowing in yemen what is happening in lebanon where a party like hezbollah creates hurdles in the political process now loom can and the government could accept the hooty this is a political movement within the political community in the country through a democratic process that reflects their true size and the foreign minister he's tweeted analog august tweeted that he fully supports un proposals for new talks soon the u.s. troops are fighting alongside yemeni government forces and the u.n. special envoy for yemen he says that he's convinced the truth is are also prepared to talk so the priority now for martin griffiths is to get all sides around the table as soon as possible. it's going to be within weeks i don't think we can allow it to be delayed until kind of

the prospect of opening a dialogue with iran and the ayatollah interceding with hezbollah to free thee house. the scheme had a serious downside, it was against the law. the sale of arms to sponsors of terrorism is prohibited. >> the law is explicit and says you can't do it indirectly. it is the same as doing it directly. >> the president of the united states. >> the plan also ran against reagan's own stated policy. >> america will never make concessions to terrorists. to do would only invite more terrorism. >> however, in the gray world in which we live, it is sometimes necessary to have a public position and a secret position that may be slightly different. >> two powerful voices on reagan's national security team, secretary of state george schultz. >> schultz was blistering his opposition to this. contrary to the policy. clearly, not only were we dealing with terrorist, we were trying to trade. >> reagan faced a stark choice. honor his policy and the law by rejecting the plan. or take a dangerous step that might free the hostages, but in so doing, violate his oath of office. fact is

so if you're talking about hezbollah, you're talking about iran.embered very clearly how the earlier hostage crisis spelled the end of carter's presidency. >> president reagan was always anxious to try to figure out a way to get the hostages back. >> so the question becomes if you want to get the hostages out, do you deal with hezbollah, or maybe you find some sort of way to deal with iran. >> but u.s. relations with iran remain polarized since the ayatollah khamenei had come to power in 1979, six years later there was still no direct communication between the two countries. >> we were always looking for ways to secretly open a dialogue with the iranian government. >> one of america's closest allies, israel, suggested a plan to free the hostages and renew relations with iran. >> iran was in the middle of really tough, terrible war with iraq and they desperately needed weapons. >> since the u.s. could not be seen selling arms to iran, israel offered to act as the middle man. the prospect of opening a dialogue with iran and the ayatollah interceding

will be determined to stop iran's military build up inside syria and the transfer of weapons to hezbollah there so certainly netanyahu not suggesting that israel is going to stop its military strikes in syria from moving forward he did however say that it will most prepared to share all details for a fire investigation to be conducted with the russian side when so far as to suggest that the israeli commander of the air force flying to russia to provide full details for such an investigation this is a severe taste in terms of what is often presented as a strategic relationship and a close relationship between netanyahu and putin now the israeli defense forces has also issued a statement in which it says it mourns the deaths of the fifteen russian servicemen it did acknowledge that it carried out bombings against targets inside syria on monday night but also stressed just like the israeli prime minister that it was not responsible. these are expresses sorrow for the death of the air crew members of the russian plane that it was down to my view to syrian anti-aircraft fire israel holds the a

israel confirm strikes on syrian territory but insists syria iran and the armed group hezbollah responsible for the downing of the jet. israeli army of the russian president extend condolences to the families of the plane's crew some of the remains along with personal belongings have been located in the mediterranean sea where the aisle twenty and. thanks for joining us this is r.t. and. israel is to blame for the downing of a russian military plane off the coast of syria according to russia's defense ministry claims israeli air force used. twenty as cover from syrian air defenses missiles from which hit the russian plane fifteen crew members died as a result four israeli fighter jets have been targeting syrian facilities in latakia province the town. so now suppose it would be up on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities near the city old for the taqiyya the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming into land the israeli jets deliberately created a dangerous sit

so if you're talking about hezbollah, you're talking about iran.gan, like everybody else, remembered very clearly how the earlier hostage crisis spelled the end of carter's presidency. >> president reagan was always anxious to try to figure out a way to get the hostages back. >> so the question becomes if you want to get the hostages out, do you deal with hezbollah, or maybe you find some sort of way to deal with iran. >> but u.s. relations with iran remain polarized since the ayatollah khamenei had come to power in 1979, six years later there was still no direct communication between the two countries. >> we were always looking for ways to secretly open a dialogue with the iranian government. >> one of america's closest allies, israel, suggested a plan to free the hostages and renew relations with iran. >> iran was in the middle of really tough, terrible war with iraq and they desperately needed weapons. >> since the u.s. could not be seen selling arms to iran, israel offered to act as the middle man. the prospect of opening a dialogue with iran a

but we have no reason to engage with hezbollah, or with hamas. are trying to send rockets, to dig tunnels. and we say this very clearly to our people who are in the area. if it will be quiet in israel, it will be quiet in gaza. and, by the way, we encourage humanitarian projects in gaza. we work with the eu, we work with the un, about those projects. we have our humanitarian needs, as well, and you refer to the israeli boys who are being held by hamas. two israeli citizens, and two israeli bodies of foreign soldiers. you havejust made a point of saying israel cares about the humanitarian situation. if that is true, why has israel and your prime minister, mr netanyahu, been so fulsome in support of the trump administration's decision to cut $350 million worth of assistance per year, that was channelled to the un relief and works agency, unrwa, that specifically provides assistance to palestinian refugees? you in israel have been delighted by that, so where is your concern for palestinians‘ humanitarian needs in that case? first of all, we have to

the israeli are force led to the tragedy israel has previously blamed dawning on syria iran and hezbollah. looks at how it could affect relations between russia and israel especially considering their previous history. whatever side you ask no one's guilty culpable or liable everyone blames someone else israel holds the assad regime whose military shot down the russian plane fully responsible for this incident israel also holds iran and hezbollah terrorist organization accountable for this unfortunate incident this regrettable incident is the result of the usual israeli impudence and rootedness who always use the filthiest means to achieve their unsavory goals and in that very hostility in our region was that the syrians who launched a missile while fending off a surprise a raid on their country was a theory and his by law who apparently had an arms factory that just had to be bombed or was it the israelis who reportedly hid behind russian aircraft because presented objective data testify that the actions of israeli fighter pilots which led to the loss of life of fifteen russian serviceme

linked targets with their weapon facilities or transport facilities supplying hezbollah in lebanon so i think a number of questions are being raised now but chief amongst all those questions i think in my view is how much longer can this strange relationship this delicate tenuous balancing act between east and west between russia and america's biggest ally in the region israel cannot carry on if we look back just a few weeks ago netanyahu return from moscow quite happy that he secured some sort of agreement if not of a verbal one lease with with mr putin over iran iranian positions in the south of syria and this is one of the issues which is really making israel very skittish at the moment is that with the war coming to an end and assad emerging as a victor it seems. increasingly significant likely that iran will build more village installations in syria so iran is really one of the key issues here which is that which is up to the core of the of the of the of the issue but the question still remains how much lower come this relationship last how much longer will mr putin in russia put

as well so they're ratcheting up tensions with the syrian regime and with iran with hezbollah maintaining a conciliatory regretful tone towards the russians and why is that is because since two thousand and fifteen they've had the russians and the israelis an agreement that the confliction agreement which they say is working and perhaps that's much more crucial to them than any kind of escalation of the conflict between those two parties russia and israel all right so iran can talk you very much indeed two hundred live from occupied east jerusalem now let's go straight to new york this is the scene at the security council where the member states the fifty. member states are gathering they're awaiting a briefing from de mistura the u.n. special envoy to syria as well as mark lane the head of the emergences at the u.n. so this is a regular briefing session but we're going to be dipping in and listening to what mr davis stewart has to say because this is of course quite an important moment again in that terrible war in syria now the north korean leader kim jong il in the says he wants to pro

that area of israel confirm strikes on syrian territory but insists syria iran and the armed group hezbollah are to blame for the downing of the russian jets. israeli army and russian president extend their condolences to the families of the plane's crew some of the remains along with personal belongings have been located in the mediterranean sea where the aisle twenty came down the search and rescue operation that is still on the way. good evening and thanks for joining us this is r.t. and tonight. israel is to blame for the downing of a russian military plane off the coast of syria that's according to the russian defense ministry claiming that the israeli air force used twenty years cover from syrian air defenses missiles from which the russian plane fifteen crew members died as a result for israeli fighter jets had been targeting syrian facilities in the taqiyya province at the time. so let's put it that way up on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for the israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities near the city old attack the bombing occurred in t

syrian facilities but blamed the planes going on the syrian government itself along with iran and hezbollah which israel views as a terrorist group meanwhile in a phone conversation with benyamin netanyahu vladimir putin stressed that israeli operations are taking place in violation of syria's sovereignty or today's middle east correspondent polls there was more. the russian president vladimir putin has spoken with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and during that phone conversation netanyahu expressed his but great he blamed the downing of the russian aircraft on syria and he also stressed the importance and i'm quoting of continued security cooperation between the sides to prevent a repeat of what happened on monday night now natalia who didn't repeat his political position that he's had for years and that is that israel will be determined to stop iran's military build up inside syria and the transfer of weapons to hezbollah there so certainly netanyahu not suggesting that israel is going to stop its military strikes in syria moving forward he did however say that israel was prepa

think that the russian leadership might send a clear message that you know if attacking iran and hezbollah is going to lead to incidents like the one we witnessed today then israel has to put a stop to that so and this just smart this development just might be the beginning of a further you know more sent back for israel within the within the syrian territory maybe this might be the beginning as i said before of israel stepping back down and even not being allowed to operate on what it considers or to target what it considers to be its arch rivals in syria meaning iran and hezbollah are right ali risk middle east affairs commentator thanks for your time today on our to your insight into that incident with the rapidly developing diplomatic fallout thank you . the last night's events were not the first time israel has been in action against syrian personnel and facilities i discussed this earlier with r.t. and they are today. and the reason why russia pointing the finger of it at the israelis is because of those past hostile actions say that israeli forces often took aim at syrian targets so

the current arrangement between russia and israel to allow israel to operate against iranian and hezbollah targets inside syria is mutually beneficial for both countries and should be jettisoned then outside despite the anger of the russian defense ministry over all of this there's no sign yet from vladimir putin that he is willing to tear up that deal over this incident . sham muslims around the world are commemorating assura the annual mourning for the prophet mohammed's grandson and mum hussein was killed in the battle of karbala and what's now iraq thirteen hundred years ago hussein's death was a major factor in the split into two main sects of islam city and shia the anniversary is commemorated worldwide on the tenth day of the first month in the islamic calendar some shia every year beat themselves to express their grief for the pain hussein suffered the u.s. sanctions have made it harder for ronny and shia muslims to travel to iraq to mark a sure reports from baghdad. intense and vibrant in the iraqi city of kabul. the crowds which used to pack the shrine of imam hussein are smaller

they continue to fund groups such as hezbollah and hamas. russia, on the other hand, is providing weaponry and defense material to iran and extensive support to the syrian regime that enables assad's brutal targeting of its own citizens. russia continues occupation of ukraine and crimea. and then north korea continues to attempt to invade sanctions and pressure and has not abandoned weapons of mass destruction and missile programs. all three of these countries use similar tactics to exploit the global financial system as they establish and employ front and shell companies trying to mask the origin of the beneficial ownership associated and to disguise the nature and intent behind certain transactions. all three collude with one another. on the other hand, these three countries are very dissimilar in terms of the size of their respective economies and the extent to which they have businesses intertwined with global supply chains. for these various reasons our sanctions programs have to be nuanced and tailored to address each of these challeng

but they do confirm that they will target what they perceive to be weapons shipments from iran to hezbollah whether that's to their proxies inside syria or going through to lebanon on saturday night there was an attack on damascus international airport report saying that that hit a plane that had just unloaded a weapons shipment again none of this able to confirm we did have an unusual and rare admittance by the israelis couple of months ago saying that they had hit around two hundred targets over the last year and a half inside syria iranian weapons shipments targets also you know things that would go to the group hezbollah so again it is unclear picture we have the information from the official news agency we have seen picture of large explosions that seem to be over at the moment and just briefly latakia is bashar al assad's hard. and it is a low white area this is you know a technical industries area some kind of park would have to verify exactly what seems to have been hit but that's all being confirmed by the official syrian state news agency indeed as you say stephanie it's a confusi

just one it's not just hezbollah brigades. these groups, and they are not just sticking in iraq and doing their business there. to syria.ending them that's where bashar assad is his manpower of and we're seeing others. on the israeli border just ithin the last year talking about how we're going to support hezbollah and his fight against israel. a thorn in s been the side of the u.s. government and in israel, and in multiple countries. conducted terrorist attacks on south america. ou know, put all of that into perspective and look at the of th of the shi'ite side this war and it's something that should terrify us all. why the jor reason precipitous withdrawal from desire to end the war, end the war in iraq by president obama, was just a massive mistake. it opened the door for iran to support these groups. know, it's something, i think we're going to see the deadly fruits in years to come. i hate to say it because i was in the bush administration, bigger than em is iran.the obama's leaving >> i agree. >> that's my big point, is

what they claim there was iran and hezbollah in syria as if syria doesn't have the right to control its own ally you know to choose its own allies through that help to fight off israel's proxy jihadi s two hundred some attack and supposedly they did it using a russian reconnaissance plane that was frantically trying to land to get out of the conflict area as cover and then the syrian air defense. might have x. what is it with a russian ministry of the friends accidentally locked onto it with a with a passive radar detection it's a much bigger radar signature than the israeli f. sixteen so the russian minister and says it clearly blames israel for this first of all they never should have been talking an illegal attack on syria to begin with if they had some idea that it could be a threat to their security they should have taken their evidence to the u.n. security council of course if that's the case but you know for me and we got a demon here this has some echoes of the u.s.s. liberty on the american what was in the one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. were an american ship and sailors

order to reach their lebanon hezbollah the border with israel the event hands are not going to be pushed out very easy but what the russian president said in the past there few months that all foreign forces should believe. was received a very negativity in tehran so. this is why i believe it was the from day one it was a big mistake by tehran for it to put all its eggs in the. in the russian side of the equation and consequently now that they have to they have to reject it but what is important and if we make a connection between the recent incident and the past many years of nuthin negotiations russia has always used the daniel card to put pressure on the u.s. on europeans and get concessions from there and i believe they are going to do the same thousand ships on one hand the game is because of their isolation they need russia russia is backing russian. more than before and on the other hand they cannot. completely go the way that the russians do not aggravate this so this is why didn't his our cornet and the russians are using this situation in order to consider a date. presence and

order to reach their lebanon hezbollah the border israel the hands are not going to be pushed out very easy but what the russian president said in the past there few months that all foreign forces should believe. was received a very negative the integrand so. this is why i believe it was the from day one it was a big mistake by tehran for it to put all its eggs in the. in the russian side of the equation and consequently now that they have to they have to reject it but what is important and if we make a connection between the recent incident and the past many years of nuthin negotiations russia has always used the daniel court to put pressure on the u.s. on europeans and get concessions from there and i believe they are going to do the same thousand ships on one hand the game is because of their isolation they need russia russia is backing russian. more than before and on the other hand they cannot. completely go do wait that the russians do not aggravate this so this is why didn't his our cornet and the russians are using this situation in order to consider a date. presence and their

russia helped broker a deal to keep iranian and hezbollah forces in syria away from the golan heights from the israeli border at israel's request in golan heights the russian military at israel's request launched a special operation to identify and exuma the remains of israeli soldiers that for decades and russia got un troops by. back to the golan heights after six years at the request of israel with the assistance of the russian forces all iran backed formations with heavy weapons were withdrawn from the golan heights to a safe distance for israel more than one hundred forty kilometers to the east of syria in twenty sixteen at the in austria leaving britain facing the prospect of crashing out of the e.u. with no deal next march in a speech after the meeting prime minister made demands and greater respect from your it. throughout this process i have treated the e.u. with nothing but respect. the u.k. expects the same artes in a day or two day or takes a closer look at the stalemate between brussels and london. gregg's it an on off drama that feels like it's been going on for centurie

hezbollah has been a thorn in the side of the u.s. government and israel and multiple countries, has conducted terrorist attacks in south america, you know, put all that in perspective and look at the growth of the shia side of this war and it's something that should terrify us all and it's a major reason why the precipitous withdraw from iraq, the desire to end the war in iraq by president obama was a massive mistake that opened the door for ir iran to support these groups. it's something we are going to see the deadly fruits in years to come. >> i hate to say it, i was in the bush administration, but the problem is bigger than just the obama's blind eye to iran. >> i agree. >> and that's my big point, is that by focusing in on the networks and ignoring the states we haven't played this game well. to me it's amazing to compare our effort at building a proxy in iraq to putin's effort to build a proxy in syria. now obviously he has -- he's more ruthless than we are and willing to do things like expel sunnis from the country in a way th

order to reach their lebanon hezbollah the border with israel the ied and hands are not going to be pushed out very easy but what the russian president said in the past there few months that all foreign forces should they leave. was received a very negative the integrand so. this is why i believe it was the from day one it was a big mistake by tehran for it to put all its eggs in the. in the russian side of the equation and consequently now they have to they have to reject it but what is important and if we make a connection between the recent incident and the past many years of nuthin negotiations russia has always used the daniel card to put pressure on the u.s. on europeans and get concessions from there and i believe they are going to do the same thousand ships on one hand the game is because of their isolation they need russia russian backing russian into the more than before and on the other hand they cannot do it completely go the way that the russians do not aggravate it so this is why didn't his our cornet and the russians are using this situation in order to consider a date. pres

israelis can have their own opinions but they can't have their own facts and the fact is that iran and hezbollah and syria have not launched a single unprovoked attack on israel since at least two thousand and six when the dollar was defending lebanon against an israeli attack since that date has not been one single unprovoked attack from the syrian side that that is the fact it's really is not under threat from iran or hezbollah this is a pretext to attack syria i very much doubt that israel will change its behavior because israel is given the diplomatic political cover by the united states in the un security council just imagine if the boot was on the other foot and that with syria or iran that was launching strikes on israeli coastal cities just imagine that to get some idea of the enormity of what israel is doing but of course there is no way of calling israel to account because of the u.s. veto in the security council. last night incident was not the first time israel has been in action against syria earlier we discussed the previous cases with artie's nativity to. the reason why russia poi

isis wreaking havoc in sinai, and hezbollah pointing 150,000 missiles at israel. so we must continue to strengthen israel's defenses, and this important bill codifies the memorandum of understanding with israel signed by the obama administration, the largest u.s. military assistance package ever. the measure also expands u.s.-israel cooperation in areas of mutual interests, including authorizing usaid to partner with israel to aid low-income countries. by leverage israel's innovations in water, food, security, energy and health sectors. increasing polarized washington, israel can never be a partisan issue and that's why i'm so glad this is not a partisan issue. i urge my colleagues to support it. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: jafflet new york reserves. -- the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. royce: i reserve the right to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: i now yield to the gentleman from florida, mr. hastings, for unanimous consent request. mr. hastin

they continue to fund groups such as hezbollah, hamas and the searing machine slaughter of its people while advancing their own missile program and regional instability. brush up on the other hand is providing weaponry and defense material to iran and extensive support to the searing machine that enables the targeting of its own citizens and further russia continues its occupation of ukraine and crimea is a verse in the western democracies and remains a permissive environment for north korean procurement efforts to circumvent the resolution center and actions. of course, north korea continues to evade sanctions and pressure and has not yet abandon its weapons of mass destruction are missile programs. on the one hand, all three of these countries use similar tactics to display to the system as they establish unemployed companies to mask the origin of the beneficial ownership associated with illicit flows into disguise the nature and intent behind certain transactions and very importantly all three collude with one another in an effort to blunt the effectiveness of our actions. on the o

russia helped broker a deal to keep iranian and hezbollah forces in syria away from the golan heights from the israeli border at israel's request in golan heights the russian military at israel's request launched a special operation to identify and exuma the remains of israeli soldiers dead for decades and russia got un troops back to the golan heights after six years at the request of israel with the assistance of the russian forces all iran backed formations with heavy weapons were withdrawn from the golan heights to a safe distance for israel more than one hundred forty kilometers to the east of syria in twenty sixteen at the urgent request of the list called for it to acknowledge complacency and doping moscow denies such a program ever existed but in a letter to water russia's sports minister admitted that there were issues within the country's anti-doping agency the reinstatement was widely met with dissent as our sports correspondent alexy our chefs get our report. it's definitely been a very difficult decision for water and even in that statement the knowledge that the decision

russia helped broker a deal to keep iranian and hezbollah forces in syria away from the golan heights from the israeli border at israel's request in golan heights the russian military at israel's request launched a special operation to identify and exuma the remains of israeli soldiers dead for decades and russia got un troops back to the golan heights after six years at the request of israel with the assistance of the russian forces all iran backed formations with heavy weapons were withdrawn from the golan heights to a safe distance for israel more than one hundred forty kilometers to the east of syria in twenty sixteen at the urgent request of the chief of the general staff of the israel defense forces israel received the mega three tank captured in one thousand eight hundred two in lebanon and kept in russia ever since. and then there's the diplomatic cover russia's given israel by backing it up and the un security council or by protecting israel from the bombers parting shots of our goal is a no russia has been helping israel a lot moscow has always taken israeli interests into a

iranian and hezbollah forces are still active in c. we're going to remain on a military presence and more importantly they have a stated that as long as there is no friendly regime which is acceptable to the syrian people and this little international community then east chase and justification that american military that's over here are going to go to work we're going to go to a break here but ok all those things goals and demands we'll be waiting until hell freezes over for that to happen we're going to go to war breaking out about your break we'll continue our discussion on syria stay with aren't it. prosecution will need to be criminals in this show before the pump is all. over you push us off the thread you'll find somebody numb on purpose you do i mean yeah i mean i mean political pressure on the only moon called golden earth her security industry knows what the kind of business models he was my american corporations jadhav wasim called police sold on could be mental disease has a new album use the controls on the scene and the s