israel has a problem with hizbollah and iran in the region and secondarily with bashar assad because he's an ally of russia of iran and hezbollah they're the targets that they have bombed in syria have been connected targets including his problem i don't think that they are going they want to confront directly the syrian army or go wage war in syria because they don't have any reason to remember that that border along the golan heights is radiata by go on ice and the rest of god's in syria illegal under international law ok put it on the between the illegally occupied area and the rest of syria that deem a line of demarcation which was said in ninety seven for negotiation with henry kissinger has never been violated the syrians have not allowed one penetration of a guerilla fighter of any kind it's been israel's most secure border from nine hundred seventy four not like lebanon or like some some occasional penetration from egypt or jordan it's been pretty secure so the israelis you could make the argument how to very good deal with the assad regime both father and son because joining

into israel when they needed treatment so they i think because they are more afraid of iran and hizbollah and i and frankly i think i would be to. they they are with they're willing to they're willing to provide some degree of succor to their to their enemies ok well we have one we have m.p. for a leg of our show recently talking about a truth and reconciliation committee and so we're going to cause western powers aside from the proxy involvement just as other powers and the others i would be looking at the reconstruction what did you make of president saying that france should ever have a long term role here in syria the outside powers are already seeing a victorious outside and looking to reconstruct france has france has anything but a glorious role in the history of modern syria remember france occupied syria one thousand nine hundred twenty and overthrew an indigenous government led by king faisel the emir feisal of mecca and an imposed of a mandate from until nine hundred forty six during which there were many rebellions by all communities including the united rebellion in one thous

into israel when they needed treatment so they i think because they are more afraid of iran and hizbollah and i am frankly i would be to. they they are with they're willing to they're willing to provide some degree of succor to the to their enemies ok well we had one day we have m.p. for aleppo of our show recently talking about a truth and reconciliation committee and so we're going to cause western powers aside from the proxy involvement just as other powers on the other side would be looking at the reconstruction what did you make of president saying that france should ever have a long term role here in in syria the outside powers are already seeing a victorious outside and looking to reconstruct france has france has anything but a glorious role in the history of modern syria remember france occupied syria one thousand nine hundred twenty and overthrew an indigenous government led by king feisal the emir feisal of mecca and an imposed of a mandate from until nine hundred forty six during which there were many rebellions by all communities including the united rebellion in one thousand

come on it's not just a matter of they are actively assisting the government of iran to hizbollah in lebanon with the aim of. is more important than others over friends it wants ok the united sever lifted one finger to fight terrorism opposite its aided and abetted group part of the problem here and i think again the settled areas as well as into lebanon iran absolutely carriers that influence this concern and help that and they see the point of the iranians as a that i talk to are very concerned and even by tell of even riyadh the assad government or not help them defend themselves is a natural overthrow the government so they invite whoever they are any friends they and any government would do that job so let me jump in here just let me jump in. but i don't think that it is he's likely down another is that the united states. played for many clubs because i want to share with. me what a military syria you've changed i think the that doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense i think they would want to behavior is that you go trying to enact here i mean this is the problem with milita

hands because twelve years ago of course israel feels a war with hizbollah in the south of lebanon so there's always been a real degree of suspicion and uncertainty as to what will happen so many different dynamics at play on the ground there in syria simon may have been joining us from lancaster university helping us make sense of it all thank you silence. and now we're going to head to hungary where the nationalist prime minister viktor orban has won a decisive victory in the general election his party has once again secured a two thirds majority in parliament and during his campaign or bonn took a hard line on muslim immigration portraying migrants as a threat to hungriest christian identity and his victory speech he said the results gave him gary and the chance to defend themselves and their country. victory is written in his name. nationalist across hungry and europe are celebrating victory or bans reelection his anti immigrant campaign drew people out in record numbers but in the capital budapest where the opposition performed well the reaction was mixed. much as well the govern

course regards that as a terror group the issue was raised recently in congress and lovelorn on hizbollah a terrorist organization you just towns to shield its balance of tens of thousands of illegal rockets violent extremist organizations like this or lebanese. is a menace lebanese hezbollah a terrorist organization figures show since two thousand and six the us has provided nearly one point seven billion dollars to help the lebanese army the security assistance funds were mainly used to provide equipment facilities and training after the disclosure a state department official said the u.s. does keep a track of all equipment handed over that decreases the risk of hezbollah are using it some members of congress though along with experts argue there's no difference between the army and hezbollah which is of course supported by iran experts told us they're not convinced. to not only put money with the love of the storms were she to put u.s. security forces that's a bad mistake on the united states perjurer made this decision because it is long basically the speech will in the entire lebanes

groups in gauge to military action there are remnants of al qaeda there's the islamic state there's hizbollah there's the islamic revolutionary guard corps from iran the assad regime you name it the kurds the americans we have troops there as well any bombing raid runs the risk of ancillary casualties and casualties that were not intended such as iranians such as russians and and that's why it's so complicated and that's why it's so important that we don't just conduct a bombing strike willy nilly in this sense to use the technical term we really need to be engaged with our allies and partners there to stop this kind of chemical attack and if we're going to raid militarily through airstrikes we need to make it clear to all those adversaries russia and iran in this case that we're not aiming for them because if we do hit them that could lead to further escalation of the president's talked to the prime minister of england the president of france does he need congressional approval military response you've really put your finger on the button with this question already there bipartisan voices in

between the two direct war or maybe even proxy wars you know with the interference of lebanon you have hizbollah in the bone and so this could escalate between these three countries syria iran and israel and the major regional implications here christian syria analyst as we mentioned the author of multiple books on the subject one coming out later this summer we very much appreciate your analysis thank you. well nato secretary general yun stoltenberg has defended the past weekend's airstrikes against alleged chemical weapons facilities in syria he said that they were needed to uphold an international bound on chemical warfare stoltenberg spoke after meeting the turkish foreign minister in ankara he said that the u.s. france and britain had no other alternative bend to strike in syria and accused russia of blocking an international probe into the alleged chemical attack. on the turkish foreign minister had not driven a wage between nato a nato ally turkey and russia. and relations between turkey and russia have been tested previously by differences over the war in syria but russian president vlad

and a media unit for the hizbollah militia, backed by iran and fighting alongside the syrian regime,laims missiles aimed at dumair military airport, north east of damascus, have also been intercepted. the pentagon has said there is no us military activity in the area. the syrians blamed an airstrike last week, against the t—a airbase, on the israelis. there was no official comment then from the israelis. staying with syria — russia's foreign minister has told the bbc that relations with the west are worse than during the cold war. sergey lavrov said the us, uk and france should have waited for an independent investigation into the chemical weapons attack in syria before launching missile strikes. this from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. the missiles launched by american, british and french forces at the weekend were aimed at syria's suspected chemical—weapons facilities. and this is just some of the destruction the missiles caused on the ground. but russia's foreign minister said the attacks on his syrian allies had also left relations between russia and the west worse t

think israel has two major goals first to contain iran and the reigning influence as well as the hizbollah influence in syria to avoid a direct move to go to military confrontation if the syrian is ready to board at the golan heights and secondly to keep the united states engaged in syria politically as well as militarily and therefore i think that has been maybe clear signal to the united states the israeli attack on the syrian base a clear signal to the united states do not withdraw your forces from syria keep in gate help us to contain iran ok there are a number of other very big players in the region of course inside syria iran is among them it has no terry assets you mention the go along hi it's just across the border there how would a rand respond to military action by the united states in the days ahead i think it depends on the on the on the kind of the response of the united states if it's limited as good like one year ago i think it doesn't bear a means very much military campaign which would really weaken the military infrastructure in syria would would maybe change their behavi

the government of iran in creating a corridor across iraq syria to hizbollah in lebanon with the aim of moncton pressure on the israelis. to catch him out of the tent ok-i that's really interesting let me go to michael here because. well you know some some sovereignty is more important than others ok i mean syria should have the legal sovereign right to make whatever friends it wants ok the united states does that all the time ok and then when he says anything about it and let me go to michael you know you know israel is right on the border there one of the largest military said in the world most powerful it is never lifted one finger to fight terrorism in syria actually just the opposite it's aided and abetted groups ok so i mean worried about israel's concerns that israel is part of the problem here and i think it and saudi arabia is part of the problem here two key allies of the united states go ahead michael. you hit up you hit right on at the end there this this is as a result flowing out of a deal that between the saudis and the israelis and again the saudis actually are pourin

the government of iran in creating a corridor across iraq syria to hizbollah there in lebanon with the aim of moaning pressure on the israelis. in the tent ok i that's really interesting let me go to michael here because. well you know some some sovereignty is more important than others ok i mean syria should have the legal sovereign right to make whatever friends it wants ok the united states does that all the time ok and nobody says anything about it and let me go to michael you know you know israel is right on the border there one of the largest military said in the world most powerful it is never lifted one finger to fight terrorism in syria actually just the opposite it's aided and abetted groups ok so i mean worried about israel's concerns israel's part of the problem here and i think in saudi arabia is part of the problem here two key allies of the united states go ahead michael. you hit up you hit right on at the end there this this is as a result flowing out of a deal that between the saudis and the israelis and again the saudis actually are pouring millions of dollars into th

the government of iran in creating a corridor across iraq syria to hizbollah in lebanon with the aim of moncton pressure on the israelis. to catch him out in a tent ok i that's really interesting let me go to michael here because. well you know some some sovereignty is more important than others ok i mean syria should have the legal sovereign right to make whatever friends it wants ok the united states that is that all the time ok and then when he says anything about it and let me go to michael you know you know israel is right on the border there one of the largest military said in the world most powerful it is never lifted one finger to fight terrorism in syria actually just the opposite it's aided and abetted groups ok so i mean worried about israel's concerns that israel is part of the problem here and i think saudi arabia is part of the problem here two key allies of the united states go ahead michael. you hit it right on and at the end there this this is as a risk flowing out of a deal that between the saudis and the israelis and again the saudis actually are poor.

the strongest allies of syrian president bashar al—assad would be iran and hizbollah, but the strongest eight year there is a fear of that. iamjust i am just getting lots of copy here. this is from the reuters news agency. this is then saying that the missiles have targeted a military prison in homs which were thwarted and diverted from their path, injuring three civilians. this is the state newsagency in syria. something else they are saying, senior assad regime officials, saying that the targeted military sites were evacuated days after a warning from russia. that is assad official saying this. they spoke about 30 missiles fired at syria from the us, french and research. a third of which were shut down. —— french and british. clearly, much of this is difficult to verify. also, the russian foreign affairs committee has been giving a statement, saying that the attack on syria by us and allied forces are" an outrageous violation of international law and are groundless attack on a sovereign government". the us defence secretary, james mattis, also spoke to the press about the operation. e

russian allies are saying areas and waste in color moon it's a vital interest to raney unbacked hizbollah fight is want to further secure syria's western border but attention is expected to focus on the north where rebels control a big chunk of province that's where rebel fighters have been sent from different regions of syria as part of transfer deals from east in the lead eastern goods and homes some of binge of aid is following the story from gaza into up near the turkey syria border let's focus on the chemical weapons inspectors though p.c. w what's happening to them well they. we know from their official release that they are committed to this job after this strikes that happened yesterday the u.b.c. w the international chemical watchdog saying that the inspectors have arrived in the syrian capital damascus and will be carrying out their work we don't know the specifics of how will they be able to do their job but we've had assurances from the syrian government and their russian their lives that they will be allowed to operate independently but there's been a lot of question about ho

russian allies are also eyeing areas in western culture moon it's a vital interest to iranian backed hizbollah fighters who want to secure further syria's western border but attention is expected to focus on the north where rebels control a big chunk of territory in province where rebel fighters have been sent from different regions of syria as part of transfer deals from eastern aleppo eastern ghouta and homs let's go to stephanie decker who's in gaziantep on the turkey syria border given what we were just describing there the kind of distribution of people around syria what you did with the syrian government strategy is next with regard to for instance in libya. well it's almost like they're cleaning house their main target initially was this was in the hands of rebels and trying to twelve and a real thorn in the government side for years because the rebels could also target damascus with mortars or rockets etc it live is of course something that the government recently iran have said that they will target but i think perhaps it will be left for last because at the moment they're still tryin

washington of course for gods as a terror group the issue was recently raised in congress and levanon hizbollah a terrorist organization you just towns to see all the its balance of tens of thousands of illegal rockets a violent extremist organization like this or lebanese. is a menace lebanese hezbollah a terrorist organization official figures show that since two thousand and six the u.s. has provided nearly one point seven billion dollars to help the lebanese army the security assistance funds were mainly used to provide equipment facilities and training and after the disclosure a state department official said the u.s. does keep track of all equipment handed over that decreases the risk of hezbollah using it however some members of congress along with regional experts argue there's no difference between the lebanese army and hezbollah which is supported by iran experts told us they're not convinced. to not only put money with love these were she to put u.s. security forces that's a bad mistake on the united states perjurer made this decision because it is below basically used to trolling th

the government of iran in creating a corridor across iraq syria to hizbollah there in lebanon with the aim of moncton pressure on the israelis. to catch him out in the tent ok-i that's really interesting let me go to michael here because. well you know some some sovereignty is more important than others ok i mean syria should have the legal sovereign right to make whatever friends it wants ok the united states that is that all the time ok and then when he says anything about it and let me go to michael you know you know israel is right on the border there one of the largest military set in the world most powerful it is never lifted one finger to fight terrorism in syria actually just the opposite it's aided and abetted groups ok so i mean worried about israel's concerns that israel is part of the problem here and i think it and saudi arabia is part of the problem here two key allies of the united states go ahead michael. you hit up you hit right on at the end there this this is as a result flowing out of a deal that between the saudis and the israelis and again the saudis actually are

into israel when they needed treatment so they i think because they are more afraid of iran and hizbollah and i am frankly i would be to. they they are with they're willing to they're willing to provide some degree of succor to the to their enemies ok well we had one we have m.p. for a leg of our show recently talking about a truth and reconciliation committee and so we're going to cause western powers aside from the proxy involvement just as the other powers on the other side would be looking at the reconstruction what did you make of president saying that france should never have a long term role here in syria the outside powers are already seeing a victorious outside and looking to reconstruct france has it france has anything but a glorious role in the history of modern syria remember france occupied syria one thousand nine hundred twenty and overthrew an indigenous government led by king faisel the emir feisal of mecca and an imposed of a mandate from until nine hundred forty six during which there were many rebellions by all communities including the united rebellion in one thousand

groups in gauge the military action there are remnants of al qaeda there is the islamic state there's hizbollah there's the islamic revolutionary guard corps from iran the assad regime you name it the kurds the americans we have troops there as well any bombing raid runs the risk of ancillary casualties and casualties that were not intended such as iranians such as russians and and that's why it's so complicated and that's why it's so important that we don't just conduct a bombing strike willy nilly in a sense to use the technical term we really need to be engaged with our allies and partners there to stop this kind of chemical attack and if we're going to raid militarily through airstrikes we need to make it clear to all those adversaries russia and iran in this case that we're not aiming for them because if we do hit them that could lead to further escalation of the president's talked to the prime minister of england the president of france does he need congressional approval for military response you've really put your finger on the button with this question already there are bipartisan voic

the government of iran in creating a corridor across iraq syria to hizbollah there in lebanon with the aim of moaning pressure on the israelis. in the tent ok i'd that's really interesting let me go to michael here because. well you know some some sovereignty is more important than others ok i mean syria should have the legal sovereign right to make whatever friends it wants ok the united states does that all the time ok and nobody says anything about it and let me go to michael you know you know israel is right on the border there one of the largest military said in the world most powerful it is never lifted one finger to fight terrorism in syria actually just the opposite it's aided and abetted groups ok so i mean worried about israel's concerns israel's part of the problem here and i think in saudi arabia is part of the problem here two key allies of the united states go ahead michael. you hit up you hit right on at the end there this this is as a result flowing out of a deal that between the saudis and the israelis and again the saudis actually are pouring millions of dollars into