cooper is a former lebanese m.p. his father was one of the two companions who disappeared with us on the trip to libya. he believes that muammar gadhafi helped fuel lebanon's civil war for his own political ends. that have any if we. live. what kind. of the. gadhafi is right hand man. visited beirut during the civil war so he never met. the first meeting between the him and gadhafi occurred in one thousand nine hundred seventy five. according to a such as son it was not amicable. some survey never we can't remember when. we had. shaved head of if you have. your dog. can i be you can nor. there. between nine hundred seventy six and nine hundred seventy seven a sort of intensified his efforts to end the lebanese. many lebanese admired his courage and charisma but the found it difficult to mediate in a country so divided. in march nine hundred seventy eight israel invaded south lebanon under the pretext of crushing the p.l.o. . the united nations issued resolution four to five calling on israel to withdraw immediately.

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company was part of the official lebanese delegation in libya to attend the anniversary celebrations and which meant. so what how it is. how we. can. be. alert but smoking loudly in the law. and. the whole. mean. on august thirty first jordanian journalist shakur all joe harry met in the hotel lobby. we had be with. you. and as we learned for your book. for. this to. work. with us. and the who were there were no no. to earth and phone book where you were the. who the other use of you know their interests. their wanted to go to paris where his wife was in hospital this meant to missing celebrations for the anniversary of gadhafi september first revolution. hell. i would let fear away at me. a lot of lead. to get. your ideas. from the shot. from book. store with a couple shots set of needs a skinnier than the. teen. says. because if you want. the brief conversation between. diem and dean suggests our souther was heading to meet gadhafi that day. after checking out the journalist i'll show her in the lobby. she was the last person to see them leave the hotel. who were just. assure from.

libyan officials left the airport with their lebanese guests. saddam and his two companions were driven to the i shot the hotel in tripoli where they would stay. this is where the shot the hotel one stood. all the remains a rusty signpost and scattered concrete ruins. and. in two thousand and seven the hotel was demolished another element in the story of assad there in libya that has disappeared. the ashanti hotel had been among the classiest in tripoli as a place hosting foreign visitors it was heavily monitored by the libyan intelligence service visit to libya coincided with the anniversary celebrations of the september first revolution in one nine hundred sixty nine when gadhafi had seized power. government employee who some milat had been assigned to the man and his two companions during their visit. to the front office of the. little kind of healthy should now let me have the. only and. the only and i b. has. that is in the back of stuff out. and i'll stop there are no sort of. caught up in what i said marked up well let me stop there. so t

libyan officials left the airport with their lebanese guests. and his two companions were driven to the i shot the hotel in tripoli where they would stay. this is where the shot the hotel one stood. all the remains a rusty signpost and scattered concrete ruins. and. in two thousand and seven the hotel was demolished another element in the story of assad there in libya that has disappeared. the ashanti hotel had been among the classiest in tripoli as a place hosting foreign visitors it was heavily monitored by the libyan intelligence service visit to libya coincided with the anniversary celebrations of the september first revolution in one nine hundred sixty nine when gadhafi had seized power. government employee who some milat had been assigned to be and his two companions during their visit. to the front office of the. little kind of healthy. lead now let me have the. only answer. we should that be has and that is in the back of stuff out. and i'll stop there and also the. team caught up and what i said marked up well let me stop there. so too

economy inadequate public services and the metal some attention of two rival regional power has many lebanese hopes recent elections might provoke reforms to help solve their problems but in a country where power is apportioned along sectarian under nasty. little ever seems to disturb the status quo we went to find out why. in may twenty eight hundred eleven and went to the polls it was the first parliamentary election in nine years and there was one question on many observers minds was it to be politics as usual or would growing concern over the country's myriad problems affect the outcome. there was that at least a hint of change in the the first time a grassroots movement known as the civil society coalition was fielding hundred hits against lebanon's long established sectarian parties. on the other you see you see his view of the middle. on this and not explore the idea. but apathy was the biggest winner but it has turned out it was less than fifty percent despite general discussed way of aspiring unemployment and faltering basic services it seemed few lebanese believed the route to solut

the libyan officials left the airport with their lebanese guests. saddam and his two companions were driven to the i shot the hotel in tripoli where they would stay. this is where the shotty hotel one stood. all the remains a rusty signpost and scattered concrete ruins. and. in two thousand and seven the hotel was demolished another element in the story of assad there in libya that has disappeared. the ashanti hotel had been among the classiest in tripoli as a place hosting foreign visitors it was heavily monitored by the libyan intelligence service visit to libya coincided with the anniversary celebrations of the september first revolution in one nine hundred sixty nine when gadhafi had seized power. government employee who some milat had been assigned to the man and his two companions during their visit. to the front office of the. little kind of a healthy. land now let me have the. only answer. we should that be has and that is in the back of stuff out. and i'll stop there and also the. team caught up and what i said marked up well let me stop th

is a former lebanese m.p. his father was one of the two companions who disappeared with us on the trip to libya. he believes that muammar gadhafi helped fuel lebanon's civil war for his own political ends. that have any if you. live for. a sliver of the. yani. in front of the. gadhafi is right hand man disallow angelou definitive beirut during the civil war though he never met. the first meeting between the him and gadhafi occurred in one thousand nine hundred seventy five. according to a such as son it was not amicable. some survey never well we can't remember what. shape. between one nine hundred seventy six and one nine hundred seventy seven a start of intensified his efforts to end the lebanese war. many lebanese admired his courage and charisma but the found it difficult to mediate in a country so divided. in march nine hundred seventy eight israel invaded south lebanon under the pretext of crushing the p.l.o. . being.

sun your coupe is a former lebanese m.p. his father was one of the two companions who disappeared with us on the trip to libya. he believes that muammar gadhafi helped fuel lebanon's civil war for his own political ends. that have it and you're free to. live. what kind. of the. in front of the. gadhafi is right hand man. visited beirut during the civil war so he never met. the first meeting between the him and gadhafi occurred in one thousand nine hundred seventy five. according to a such as son it was not amicable. some survey no we can't remember what. we had. shade. of if you have. your nor. can ever you can nor. there. between one nine hundred seventy six and one nine hundred seventy seven a subtle intensified his efforts to end the lebanese war. many lebanese admired his courage and charisma but the found it difficult to mediate in a country so divided. in march nine hundred seventy eight israel invaded south lebanon under the pretext of crushing the the p.l.o. .

is a former lebanese m.p. his father was one of the two companions who disappeared with us on the trip to libya. he believes that muammar gadhafi helped fuel lebanon's civil war for his own political ends. that have any if we. live. what kind. of the. gadhafi is right hand man disallow angelou definitive beirut during the civil war so he never met. the first meeting between the him and gadhafi occurred in one thousand nine hundred seventy five. according to a such as son it was not amicable. some survey never well we can't remember what. we had. shaped. between one nine hundred seventy six and one nine hundred seventy seven a sort of intensified his efforts to end the lebanese war. many lebanese admired his courage and charisma but the found it difficult to mediate in a country so divided. in march nine hundred seventy eight israel invaded south lebanon under the pretext of crushing the p.l.o. . being.

and could cannabis cultivation be the answer for lebanon's struggling economy the lebanese government wants to legalize the country's flourishing production of the movie controversy. that more straight ahead here did of use. the sky was on fire. at the ramstein air base. not to experience the crash. how ossified was coping with the tragedy. of the american. and a village of around shine. forty five minutes. what unites. what divides. the money and. driving force. what binds the continent together. the answers and stories aplenty the. spotlight on people. focused on girls on g.w. . folks first day in school in the jungle. the first clinging lesson. of the doors grant a moment arrives. jointly around you jane on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary during an orang utan returns home on the d w don't come to tanks. we make up oh but we watch as often that found out that if we are the sum of seven percent. want to shape the continent's future to. be part of it enjoy enough in youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challengers. to the seventy se

anybody with all due respect the lebanese experts that work in the middle east in general in the gulf in particular bring into this economy the local economy six billion dollars a year on this i don't know what contribution to my economy iran has done. given hezbollah's recent election successes it's made look like iran is winning the proxy war against saudi arabia. yet the history of lebanon is all about no one side ever becoming dominant and just question where we are living it's always going to be this balance between these. because when i was one other you have civil war but maintaining this delicate take will librium through lebanon's confession the system has long been seen here is both a blessing and curse it's about identity it's always been a lot of them to love them i mean you still have just communities you don't have one living on have liked in the ones you don't have one for the future you have nineteen of them while the power sharing that somebody age in the current constitution might have kept these different visions of life or at least prevented lebanon from returning

anybody with all due respect the lebanese experts that work in the middle east in general in the gulf in particular bring into this economy the local economy six billion dollars a year on this i don't know what contribution to the economy iran has done. given hezbollah's recent election successes it's made look like iran is winning the proxy war against saudi arabia. yet the history of lebanon is all about no one side ever becoming dominant and situation where we are living it's always going to be this balance between these different agenda because when i was one other you have civil war but maintaining this delicate librium through lebanon's confession the system has long been seen here is both a blessing and curse it's about identity it's always been a lot of them to love them i mean you still have to live with just communities you don't have one on you have liked him the most you don't have one for the future you have nineteen of them while the power sharing that somebody age in the current constitution might have kept these different visions of life or at least prevented lebanon f

begin in lebanon where the civil war in syria has led to over a million refugees seeking safety now lebanese authorities are requiring they register their names part of plans for their return many are alarmed. it was not a voyage could they have ever imagined undertaking but the mother of eight and grandmother of three children was forced to flee her syrian home and flee talks to take refuge in the town of ourselves just across the border in lebanon. although it happened five years ago when memories austin fresh this is my son so that her husband and his song were killed in the syrian war. at the beginning of the uprising protests were not violent they were peaceful but my husband was killed because he took part in the my son was with the regime army doing his compulsory service the syrian intelligence service killed him because he deserved. huda fears the assad regime but the pressure from lebanon to leave is building some three thousand syrians have already registered to return that i can never go back to syria. she is especially worried about this man goes in by is a member of the syrian

in beirut the lebanese judiciary and the families of those missing have never been convinced by reports from libya. who have. had a. way. but the only. be. we really. haven't. besides stories of their murder there have also been reports of the him and his two companions being held at one time or another in secret prisons in libya. a former prison guard. was arrested after gadhafi his downfall he was himself in prison and. sources from inside the prison where my soda is held told al-jazeera of what he revealed under interrogation. by sewed claimed he had guarded. between one thousand nine hundred ninety two and nine hundred ninety five in a secret prison in tripoli. we were not granted permission to meet and interview must so rude. the former prison. in north tripoli holds another story. al jazeera visited the place with witness. and former prisoner. who says he was imprisoned here in two thousand and one and he remembers seeing on the wall of his cell the words. that. time may have raised the words. to say. i know that as. our from each year lebanon's shia community marks the day of the

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is a former lebanese m.p. his father was one of the two companions who disappeared with us on the trip to libya. he believes that muammar gaddafi helped fuel lebanon's civil war for his own political ends. that have any if we. live for. a sliver of the. new army. in front of the. gadhafi is right hand man disallow angelou definitive beirut during the civil war though he never met. the first meeting between the him and gadhafi occurred in one thousand nine hundred seventy five. according to a such as son it was not amicable. some survey never well we can't remember when. we had. shaved head. between one nine hundred seventy six and one nine hundred seventy seven a sort of intensified his efforts to end the lebanese war. many lebanese admired his courage and charisma but the found it difficult to mediate in a country so divided.

and jordanian governments and lebanese that the lebanese president told from the program that we don't need to wait for a political solution for before refugees return so refugees are concerned the united nation. making it clear that it is still not safe for these people to return home. and in the news ahead on al-jazeera rejecting all stare if you measure is in argentina thousands of people braved the bad weather to resist budget cuts to public education. how i would got most shall is stressed around the black sea at present you can see the area cloud have a sponsible for those showers just pushing out of georgia armenia maybe into some parts of the med looking fine and dry some lovely sunshine coming through here temperatures getting up to around thirty one celsius the beirut on saturday similar values for jerusalem over the next couple days back that gets up to around forty six degrees for the race will couple gets up to thirty one more warm sunshine coming through but a little further south in the wool sunshine extends its way down across the arabian peninsula quite as hard as it h

despite general discussed over spiraling unemployment and faltering basic services it seemed few lebanese believed the route to solutions mais through the ballot box. other than bored with the food from launching the sham you will be of will be landing our assumption was that people were fed up after nine years of having the same parliament people would go and call it seems that this was not the case are we at the point where people both give anymore in the all to most of an election that promise much but to live at least two to the six million citizens we've been to investigate why lebanon's distinctive political setup appears so dysfunctional and resistant to change. in twenty fifteen lebanon's capshaw beirut the first of several demonstrations against huge mounds of uncollected garbage that were piling up in the city. soon the rallies were attracting over one hundred thousand people as fury grew over the state's fadia the authorities squashed the protests in doing so a movement that would later attempt to challenge the country's unique political system. as the most religiously diverse

and leaving the political world where he has for the last nine years as a parliamentarian for the lebanese forces. a right wing christian party which gained in the elections the aspirations of the. shi'ite from iran to iraq to syria to lebanon is obvious. to the democratic system in the economy of this country this country cannot sustain if hezbollah maintains what they're doing they've had their impact directly and indirectly on the economy of lebanon and the proper governance of the system. i don't feel personally threatened by possible that's for sure but i know that my country is threatened by their presence and surprisingly hezbollah refutes such claims. well i mean. i don't know how him can lift asia and the doctors will love iran. on one. in the us. sense of affective states well for hezbollah like most other political parties office services to its supporters including providing food for the poor. man. was the kind of guy that would. peddle i'm an omniscient and feel nothing must be a big problem because a lot. over. not. one fifty. seven the f.b.i. got brought in for. banks to def

and jordanian governments and lebanese that the lebanese president told for the program that we don't need to wait for a political solution for it before refugees return so refugees are concerned the united nations. making it clear that it is still not safe for these people to return home. and still to come on this program an economy and crisis argentina as government battles to stop its currency from sinking any further. rescue workers than me and mar struggle to reach thousands of stranded people and plotted villages cost by a dam collapse. hello welcome to look at the international full cost a place to say we have got some sloppy dry weather now pushing towards taiwan but for the southeast of china the storm clouds stay in place and more heavy showers just around home call never really too far away driven in mona southwesterly winds will have a shot was there for sas day perhaps standing and breaking a little as we go on into sunday but the shot was never really too far away north of that fine and dry for shanghai a thirty four cells has become for the west hanoi thirty three degre

is a former lebanese m.p. his father was one of the two companions who disappeared with us on the trip to libya. he believes that muammar gadhafi helped fuel lebanon's civil war for his own political ends. that had a bit early if we. live. what kind. of the. gadhafi is right hand man disallow angelou definitive beirut during the civil war so he never met. the first meeting between the him and gadhafi occurred in one thousand nine hundred seventy five. according to a such as son it was not amicable. some survey no we can't remember where. we had. shaved head. between one nine hundred seventy six and one nine hundred seventy seven a sort of intensified his efforts to end the lebanese war. many lebanese admired his courage and charisma but the found it difficult to mediate in a country so divided. in march nine hundred seventy eight israel invaded south lebanon under the pretext of crushing the p.l.o. . be.

you have a as you look at this lebanese group has the same ideology as iran is would like to hit it to be of age whatever we see as so it is naturally a very close ally to let is. hardly to laugh when his last hezbollah is also an ally of syria will use his word love with him this past so it is a link between ourselves and syria the. more this true year that if about what you know what did how do you might ask and like ourselves in syria. hezbollah is hostile towards israel c s a how you understood that you had to me was. there was a lot. for terror on maintaining those links with lebanese shia organization hezbollah is therefore a necessity the political and military group which iran co-founded in the early one nine hundred eighty s. is to this day an ally and an. essential tool in the latter's resistance to israel i am for a. it's through syria that iran has provided hezbollah with logistic and strategic count. and if you talk to iranian officials today many believe that the reason israel did not attack iran at the height of the nuclear standoff was because they were afraid of hezbol

these demonstrators address the salient point if the regime prefers to spend resources on its lebanese syrian iraq and yemeni allies rather than on its own citizens then it loses legitimacy. the islamic republic has never been as powerful outside its own borders as it is today. with the demise of the i ask caliphate the regime is facing a further loss in popular support for its military actions and growing calls for a radical change in. priorities. in the eyes of many iranians the unfair to should no longer use history as a means of propaganda and instead focus on ensuring economic and social justice for all and guarantee freedom of speech. such reforms appear key to the regime survival without change it is likely that further protests will follow and even uprisings they in turn could lead to a spiral of violence and to a radicalization of the regime or to its collapse. this week's highlights. dancing in the wind. indoor sky diving is the new trend. living without walls or roofs a very special kind of hotel experience. eating in heaven gourmet cuisine for those who aren't scared of hei

lebanese reputation her leg arsonist believed. rich. cool the roman emperor nero. to be just get back trust. remount historians are reexamining. rethinking wrote his history be known figure to be introduced him her lead starts aug fourteenth on d. w. . the lead. of the law. student news wire from dora when turkey's currency in free fall amid a diplomatic spat between washington and uncorrupt the liberal plunges told record lows that for donald trump ramps up tariffs on turkish imports turkish president right have chapter one is defiant saying his country what emerged victorious in an economic war and also coming up. thousands of tourists are left going nowhere as ryanair pilots walked off the job at europe's biggest budget airline.

to tehran maintaining those links with lebanese shia organization hezbollah is therefore a necessity the political and military group which iran co-founded in the early one nine hundred eighty s. is to this day an ally and. an essential tool in the latter's resistance to israel . i'm. it's through syria that iran has provided hezbollah which logistic and strategic count. and if you talk to iranian officials today many believe that the reason israel did not attack iran at the height of the nuclear standoff was because they were afraid of hezbollah loss of power of retaliation not because of iran's capabilities so for tehran defending the damascus regime as a question of self interest it must not for as of late two thousand and eleven the islamic republic decided to send military advisors to hezbollah in syria to support bashar al assad's efforts to crush the rebellion. and. tehran had its own outlook on the syrian conflict in its size the civil uprising among part of the population against bashar al assad never took place tehran saw it as a conspiracy engineered by the west and israel

we have seen tours on the lebanese border by some of these iraqi groups. presumably a kind of area familiarization kind of visit to prepare them presumably beyond the propaganda purposes of these visits, to prepare them for the possibility of participating in future wars. i run also built intelligent -- iran also built intelligence collection site. part of it is early warning but part of it is to build up their knowledge of the israeli enemy in order to facilitate future operations and then, logistical facilities in syria in order to support their militias there. to support them in the civil war and their operations against the anti-regime forces there, but also perhaps to garrison and use them as a staging area for operations in the future against israel. as i mentioned, it's part of a kind of larger project of creating a network of proxies all around israel and others multiple directions. israel has been motivated by its concern of avoiding a repetition of the scenario that evolved in the last 30 years with regard to hezbollah where hezbollah in the 1980

and jordanian governments and lebanese that the lebanese president told from the program that we don't need to wait for a political solution for it before refugees return so refugees are concerned the united nation. making it clear that it is still not safe for these people to return home. to venezuela where some people escaping violence and their collapsing economy service struggling to start a new life in neighboring peril as a racial slurs and hate speech of made it hard for many of them to feel safe marianna sanchez has our report from lima. thirty eight year old the bush man keeps an eye on municipal police will selling a traditional rice string from venice when he still doesn't have a street vendor permit trying to make a living far away from home is hard he says but worse is hearing slurs against been swings a signal or more especially to people like me a street vendor people tell me move get out of here go back to your country. an armed assault mainly perpetrated by even a fearless and con and security cameras sparked a wave of anti been astroland feeling in. this honest compat

to enroll the highest number of syrian refugee children as possible but it hasn't been easy the lebanese government for example is under a lot of strain its resources its infrastructure has been strained as a result of the influx of over a million syrian refugees into the country but three hundred thousand children do attend classes over three hundred fifty lebanese public schools operate double shifts shifts in the afternoon to accommodate these children but of course there aren't enough spaces to accommodate the remaining three hundred thousand syrian children of school age and it's not just that syrian refugee families have little choice but to send their children to work to be able to provide for the family so there's also a question of child labor they cannot afford to send their children to school and instead their children work and there's also the issue of transportation many parents here will tell you that we can't afford to pay for transportation to send our children to school even if there are places in school so a very very dire situation for syria's children the thoughts now

enjoy a full day of lebanese culture and cuisine with music, dance, games, and more at the lebanese festivaln saturday in downtown redwood city. in the south bay enjoy a free family day of blues saturday. in the east bay had to the crab co-fist festival on saturday. games and activities and a fish on a bicycle parade. in berkeley celebrate the 2018 resilient day and lavish them festival on sunday with a daylong party and ritual recognizing brazilian independence day . the plastic labor day weekend are culture block party will be held in oldtown oakland . the festival will celebrate the diversity and pride through performances, artisans, studios on the streets, and more. in san francisco grab your dancing shoes and join the fun of the ninth annual salsa festival on the fillmore . the today extravaganza features salsa lessons, live music, and a few and a free huge outdoor dance party under the stars at the fillmore central plaza. taste of sonoma returns to the north bay at the green music center. wide and culinary enthusiasts access to tastes and experience the bounty of sonoma county . the a'

the lebanese government is now looking to legalize cannabis growth for medical purposes in an effortto boost its cash strapped economy but not everyone here supports those plans. and i'm against legalization if it means the state will be supervising the process and i don't want farmers to give a crops to the state and then the state to sell it on to manufacturing companies we are probably legalization only if the farmers have a direct relationship with the manufacturing companies. in twenty twelve authorities promised farmers here compensation for destroying their crops but sharif says the money never came. he says up to eighty percent of the people here depend on cannabis cultivation to survive without having one book planting cannabis a now here is a consequence and not a direct action because the state neglected us and our area in general so most of the farmers resorted to cannabis because that was the only thing that guaranteed a return. i mean the. farmers also say that cannabis is the only crop that can withstand the harsh climate of the bekaa valley. in beirut we need. is prog

and jordanian governments and lebanese that the lebanese president told from the program that we don't need to wait for a political solution for before refugees return so refugees are concerned the united nations. making it clear that it is still not safe for these people to return home. u.s. politicians have been paying their last respects to the late senator john mccain a military guard of honor carried his casket to lie in state at the capitol hill in washington where the republican served for thirty five years vice president mike pence and speaker paul ryan delivered tributes mccain supported military infant interventions in afghanistan and iraq and backed israel's twenty fourteen war in gaza he will be buried on sunday strongly as catholic church has rejected proposals for priests to report sexual abuse of children revealed during confession the decision will put the country's biggest religious group at loggerheads with the government a five year inquiry had recommended that priests face criminal charges if they fail to report abuse the catholic church has accepted ninety eight pe

the lebanese government is now looking to legalize cannabis growth for medical purposes in an effort to boost its cash strapped economy but not everyone here supports those plans. i'm against legalization if it means the state will be supervising the process and i don't want farmers to give their crops to the state and then the state to sell it on to manufacturing companies we are probably legalization only if the farmers have a direct relationship with the manufacturing companies. in two thousand and twelve authorities promised farmers here compensation for destroying their crops but sharif says the money never came. he says up to eighty percent of the people here depend on cannabis cultivation to survive. a change of pace now we're going to have to some tennis news and it was a bittersweet match first spain's david for a rare at the u.s. open he was forced to quit because of injury for the first time in tooth hundred eight matches and that at his last ground slam tournament before retirement his opponent was his davis cup teammate and friend who we saw a little bit earlier there ra

begin in lebanon where the civil war in syria has led to over a million refugees seeking safety now lebanese authorities are requiring they register their names part of plans for their return many are. it was not a voyage of cut the ever imagined undertaking but the mother of eight and grandmother of three children was forced to flee her syrian home and to take refuge in the town of ourselves just across the border in lebanon. although it happened five years ago the memories are still fresh this is my son her husband and eldest son were killed in the syrian war. and the beginning of the uprising protests were not violent and they were peaceful but my husband was killed because he took part in the my son was with the regime army doing his compulsory service and the syrian intelligence service killed him because he does or. who fears the assad regime but the pressure from lebanon to leave is building some three thousand syrians have already registered to return and that i can never go back to syria. she is especially worried about this man goes in by is a member of the syrian committee tasked

for now despite all the hardship who last best bet seems to be levanon if the lebanese. was cross over to beirut. bora who filed that report joins us from there unsure how common it is the view among lebanese authorities that it's time for the syrian refugees to go home and how realistic is it to expect them to do so. well that's pretty widespread there is no disagreement when it comes to that. that the student refugees must leave and that it's time but it is realistic or is it not now from my experience and all of these years about being told to sit in refugees especially now they see these still don't think it's time for them to go back because they don't know what's happening in syria large parts of the country their homes their neighborhoods have all been bombed out and also because they fear the regime they don't know what action the regime will take against them merely because they left the country so they may be seen as cletus and also because some of them or their family members likely will dusty's participated in a peaceful protest of the regime a dog with them

to enroll the highest number of syrian refugee children as possible but it hasn't been easy the lebanesegovernment for example is under a lot of strain its resources its infrastructure has been strained as a result of the influx of over a million syrian refugees into the country but three hundred thousand children do attend classes over three hundred fifty lebanese public schools operate double shifts shifts in the afternoon to accommodate these children but of course there aren't enough spaces to accommodate the remaining three hundred thousand syrian children of school age and it's not just that syrian refugee families have little choice but to send their children to work to be able to provide for the family so there's also a question of child labor they cannot afford to send their children to school and instead their children work and there's also the issue of transportation many parents here will tell you that we can't afford to pay for transportation to send our children to school even if there are places in school so a very very dire situation for syria's children just gonna riley

to enroll the highest number of syrian refugee children as possible but it hasn't been easy the lebanesegovernment for example is under a lot of strain its resources its infrastructure has been strained as a result of the influx of over a million syrian refugees into the country but three hundred thousand children do attend classes over three hundred fifty lebanese public schools operate double shifts shifts in the afternoon to accommodate these children but of course there aren't enough spaces to accommodate the remaining three hundred thousand syrian children of school age and it's not just that syrian refugee families have little choice but to send their children to work to be able to provide for the family so there's also a question of child labor they cannot afford to send their children to school and instead their children work and there's also the issue of transportation many parents here will tell you that we can't afford to pay for transportation to send our children to school even if there are places in school so a very very dire situation for syria's children. he is a senior e

everything. >> i want to just play the song that duna is singing about. ♪ ♪ ♪ came floating on a lebaneseg in over jasmine wind ♪ and we danced we did ♪ in a enchanted wind >> well for people of a certain generation we remember omar shareef. the great egyptian actor. >> lawrence of arabia. >> not to mention. it's interesting that you show the story of the other. that each side is able somehow to connect with the other side. >> the pull is always there. it's the stuff that gets in the way of it. that stuff is usually -- has to do with money and power. i was just in tel aviv. when you go to egypt or to israel, you know, israel -- you know, the food in israel has become great. mostly because they love the food from all around them. the music, the art, the food, that's a connecting point. that's possibly the most important connecting point. and that's why when we or any administration cuts funding for the arts, they are really cutting just yet another one of those connections. >> regarding your play, the arts are being given short sha riff no matter where you look around the world. the united

while the professor of history and international relations the lebanese university in beirut came believes the u.s. is exhausting its ability to provide stability in the country the united states is being involved in too many crisis the resources are being drained and at the same time it's antagonizing russia china. iran even pakistan india and other countries and their attempt to maintain its head germany over global affairs but this is exhausting the united states and i believe that it's leading it to overextension the way. they did. by the historian paul kennedy in his famous book the rise and fall of great empires so i believe the united states is being overstretched and it might lead to a crisis within this country and of course it's wrong worldwide. police in the u.k. say the man detained after tuesday's westminster car running incident is being held on suspicion of attempted murder and performing an act of terror he's been identified as a british citizen of sydney's origin details now from. we do know that the press here are saying that this is a man who is twenty nine years old he