greg joined i a chief economist jimmy -- we are joined by a chief economist, jeremy cook.a compromise look like? >> i think both parties come into this with extreme views. you have to come in with extreme views. then everyone can walk away thinking they have won. i quite like the swap deal. they said they weren't going to do anything like that. maybe they could talk about longer-term debt. tying to a budget surplus of 1%. it makes sense. inmates greece will have to pay very little interest. -- it means greece will have to pay very little interest. we see the european union. you guys need to be growing the way -- build up your base. if you aren't paying back your debt at a level, you'll start growing at a great and encourages people to invest in you. everyone wins. >> germany can afford to wait. greece could run out of money within months. the need is more -- angela merkel -- until the cash squeeze occurs. >> she will drag her feet. she doesn't want to be seen as cal poly to this new administration and running around after them. like a kid who is on the hyperactive, but the

jeremy: that is a legitimate use of force? assad: of course. there are no barrel bombs. it is like talking about cooking pots. we have bombs, missiles, alerts -- bullets. jeremy: in the fight against islamic state and al qaeda the u.s. says you cannot be a partner in the fight. would you like to be a partner? assad: with who? jeremy: the countries attacking islamic state. assad: definitely, we cannot and do not. we cannot be allied with a country that supports terrorism. jeremy: do you talk to americans? there are american planes in the air all of the time. assad: they do not talk to anyone. they easily trample over international law and our sovereignty. they do not talk to us and we do not talk to them. jeremy: i'm serious -- i'm curious that there have not been any incidences between the two. no shots have been traded. no planes shot down. jeremy: correct -- assad: correct. there is no direct communication. through a third-party. more than one party. sometimes, they convey a general message. nothing tactical. jeremy: is that a continuing dialogue through third parties? assad: there is no dialogue. informatio

cooking pots for bombs. the barrel bombs are well documents. the effects are well documented too. the position of the victims, which include civilians. that is something he is saying is not the case. >> jeremy did you get a sense, sense -- the uae have resumed some attacks on islamic state targets in the course of tuesday and returned safely. did you get a clear sense as to how much information is being passed to the assad government by the u.s.-led coalition? >> reporter: no, i didn't get a clear sense of that. it became clear there was a dialogue going on via -- well information being passed i should say, by the iraqis which is a quite obvious middleman. they have relations with the americans and of course with damascus. but, the content of that safe to say it's about what's going on in the war, wasn't revealed. i think, though the fact that this operation is going on without a hitch in terms of the syrians coming up against the americans and their allies suggests there must be close communication happening. >> jeremy is now in beirut joining us in the studio is a member of the syrian national council and director of the lobbying group, the syrian center for allegations. thank you for joi