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i think it is likely in syria do its iran continues to proxy work through lebanese hezbollah. lebanon, so iin can imagine this sparking something larger. quickly, the assad regime continues to consolidate its position. when area under the control of rebel forces is the southern border against jordan. if they moved there, which some indicated they might, will that be another pressure point in terms of not only jordanian and israeli counter reaction? presencets continued and his forces presence in light of what they have done over several years to their own people, and you look at them hosting lebanese hezbollah -- any kind of position like that along with southern borders and the director against short and that israel is something where to have to address. we are trained to do that through the diplomatic process referred to as the geneva process. to date that has not been available. >> thank you senators. a quick follow-up on the question that senator reid asked. can you tell us when he decision will be made about the jc poa? >> it will be made before the 12th of next month. >>

including ones i have already hinted at between iran and neighboring israel, and that includes the lebanese hezbollah fighters, betwn iran and saudi arabia. tensions werelrdy running high on those fronts even before this latest crisis erupted. there is a concern that if there any kind of increase in d tension, it co there is the risk of an even wider escalation. it is fair to say nobody wants a war, but everybody is aware thae there isisk of a wider one. jane:ro let's get the view capitol hill. i spok steve russell of oklahoma. he sits on the house armed services committee. congressman, thank you very much for joining me. do you think there should be military retaliation forhe suspected chical attack, and do you support u.s. military strikes? rep. russell: i think the question all of us have to ask is if every nation on the planet has signed to ban thuse of chemical weapons, why would any of us not be looking to hold those accountable? the u.s. has demonstrated it will act unilaterally, but i think we will see that nations, friends, allies, responsible countries in the world, they all want to see som

because deterrence for assad and for his enablers, russia and iran and lebanese hezbollah, will leadattacks are simply not worth the price because of what happens next. that didn't happen last year, it didn't happen before, during the obama administration. so there is a rationale for launching a much more aggressive, robust set of strikes, to demonstrate that there are indeed serious costs to this type of behaviour. facebook‘s ceo, mark zuckerberg, has been on capitol hill, meeting with members of congress ahead of two scheduled hearings this week. in the coming days, he'll face tough questions on how the data of millions of users got into the hands of the political consulting firm cambridge analytica. facebook has begun notifying the 87 million users whose information was shared in that breach. our media editor amol rajan reports. in less than 1.5 decades, one company has done more than any other to connect the world, and not always in a good way. each time we scroll, share or like something on facebook, we leave a digital footprint. and our personal data can be scraped by developer

in the past few months and at the same time try to direct a blow to the iranians and to the lebanese hezbollah that is supporting the syrian regime. against the insurgents so i believe that this is the real intention and that's why we see that the russians. had like preemptive declarations just to warn the united states from the risks that are running there now you mentioned russia trump also directly called out a mark of course in his tweet i do think moscow will be tough and its response all to any potential attack or possibly show restraint. well i believe that russia cannot compromise over syria cannot. accept any compromise over the security of syria because it is aware of the fact that the war in syria is a mere war by proxy directed against russia to contain it and block it from having . a global role over at regional road. the american strategy is to contain any eurasian power try to. block it from having any access to money time trade routes and push it isolation and implosion from within this is what they did with this former soviet union and i believe that loudmouth putin the russia

denying reports it's agreed to evacuate josh says the reports by the syrian government and lebanese hezbollah are all false and it is not allowing its members to leave for rebel held areas in the north over one hundred thousand civilians are said to be trapped in the town which suffered major damage during the government assault. still to come on al-jazeera but so on as new president is sworn in with a pledge to win the country off its dependence on diamonds plus. i'm john a hole and this is russia's radioactive river toucher one of the world's most polluted water words. hello the queen's owned is facing yet more flooding so thanks to this area of cloud that's making its way towards the northeastern parts of australia it's already giving us a little bit of what weather and there's plenty more rain still to come probably the worst of the weather will be centered around the queen's ville area where they could be around three hundred millimeters more rain and the ground has already saturated after the recent flooding that we saw so plenty more wet weather exactly where we don't need it there is

money and equipment the lebanese. hezbollah which washington regards as a terror of. their welcome to live with me daniel hawkins thanks for joining us today and we begin the hour with breaking news heavy gunfire just outside the royal palace in the capital of saudi arabia that's according to claims on social media unverified of course as of yet multiple videos online no reliable information on what exactly has happened yet no reports in local media either clearly a developing situation lots of unknowns yet we'll keep you posted on any updates from the kingdom. other un back to chemical watchdog the o.p.c. w. has announced that its fact finding mission has visited one of the sites of the alleged chemical attack in the city of duma to collect samples they'll be sent to a laboratory in the netherlands and other labs as well the findings will be sent to members of the chemical weapons convention while the p.c. w.-i that it will consider future steps including more visit the russian foreign ministry as expressed concerns over alleged attempts by the organization's experts

confrontation between russia and the united states now the syrian government's allies hezbollah for example the lebanese group hezbollah which fights alongside the lebanese government they do not believe that these strikes are going to leave lead to a wide scale attack in fact they believe these strikes if they do happen will not change the balance of power on the ground because the government has the upper hand on the ground and the rebels are in no position to take advantage of these strikes and launch any counter offensive. let's move on to other news now and thousands of palestinians are out for a third straight day of protests along the gaza israel border fence well several people have already been injured by israeli fire palestinians could be seen hurling stones towards the border and lighting tires on fire and even pulling at the barbed wire fence there calling this friday's protest flag burning day more than thirty palestinians were shot and killed by the israelis in past demonstrations let's go to our correspondent harry forsett now he is live at that gaza israel border and we're already seeing

think that it's very likely in syria because iran continues to do its proxy work there through lebanese hezbollah and over into lebanon. so i can imagine this sparking something larger. >> something larger that could draw the u.s. into a war with iran if the escalation continues. jon? >> jon: very interesting back story to that strike. thanks very much. jennifer griffin at the pentagon. >> julie: a growing backlash after the white house correspondence dinner. a comedian crossed the line and wasn't even funny. i promise to have and to hold from this day forward, 'til death do us part. selectquote can help you keep your promise. with life insurance starting under $1 a day. but you promised dad. come on. selectquote helped jim, 41, keep his promise by finding him a $500,000 policy for under $26 per month. and found kathy, 37, a $750,000 policy for just $22 per month. since 1985, we've helped millions of families by finding them affordable coverage by impartially shopping highly rated insurers offering over 70 policies. dad, you're coming right? you promise? you promise? you promise? i promise. you p

confrontation between russia and the united states now the syrian government's allies hezbollah for example the lebanese group hezbollah which fights alongside the lebanese government they do not believe that these strikes are going to leave lead to a wide scale attack in fact they believe these strikes if they do happen will not change the balance of power on the ground because the government has the upper hand on the ground and the rebels are in no position to take advantage of these strikes and launch any counter offensive thousands of palestinians on friday approaches the illegals in israel border fence several people have already been injured by israeli fire at the border demonstrations palestinians could be seen hurting stones towards the border. and even pulling out of the barbed wires calling this friday's protest flag burning day thirty palestinians have been shot and killed by the israelis in past administrations. pakistan's former prime minister nawaz sharif has been banned from politics for life five supreme court judges made the ruling earlier on friday the ones whose been elected and remov

to see an all out attack against iranian targets targets of hezbollah bases for example the lebanese hezbollah movement which is allied to iran and fight alongside the syrian government they did not want this to happen and what we understand is that the israelis where we're pushing for this now the iranians of course they have bases in syria and the russians as well now the americans are saying that the russians were not informed and were not told about the targets in advance but but clearly they took precautions not to target an area where there are russian personnel because if russian personnel are hurt then this will in one way or another put russian a very difficult position and it will have to retaliate definitely the efforts in the past few days really have tried to contain this crisis as much as possible but everyone was expecting some sort of a strike because the u.s. government could knock back down after all of the statements all the statements that were made now the question is there is a team of chemical weapons inspectors now in damascus and they're supposed to head to do more tha

port in tartus supports the syrian president bashar assad is also backed by eve ron the lebanese group hezbollah and other militias who have been battling a spectrum of rebel groups opposed to the syrian regime moderate rebel factions are mainly backed by the u.s. which is also leading a coalition that includes kurdish fighters to get rid of eisel this is america's nato ally turkey which considers the kurds a terrorist group and a threat along its border with syria has recently launched an offensive north of syria to clear the area of kurdish fighters alexei kaepernick off in moscow how far is russia willing to go to support bashar assad. well as moscow. a retailer it numerous times it's not supporting the in do in person it supports the state structures the institutions the state from from collapse and as usual as usual moscow puts in example the story of iraq afghanistan libya where the collapse of state institutions basically ended up in a in a chaotic situation so this is the first thing russia i mean it claims to support the regime but the state sovereignty institutions secondly about how f

handed over decreasing the risk of hezbollah actually using it however some members of congress along with regional experts do argue there's no difference between the lebanese army and hezbollah which is supported by iran experts told us they are not convinced. not only put money with love and look to put security forces with the bad mistake on the united states perjury were made this decision because those below basically used to trolling the entire lebanese armed forces and destroy them just drained from our shores. those. major tours were by iran and of course the conflict between the united states in iran knows very great as well as a conflict between us ally israel. the us administration. quite bluntly. puts it as if it has only one objective in bill of on the syrian lebanese in the even jordanian area and that is the defeat of isis they do not care about all the rest of course they don't want the conflict aeration between israel and hezbollah but as long as they believe that the libyan is armed forces are helping them against isis. they would rather ignore all the rest for israel it could be helping. him directly and contributing to further bloodshed

possibility of a showdown between israel and iran is still on the table the iranian backed lebanese group hezbollah which is fighting alongside the syrian government says there is a new phase following the attack on the t. for air base israel it says is now in a state of direct confrontation with iran like the iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many denounced the leaders of the u.s. u.k. and france as criminals following saturday's strikes and said they won't achieve any gains that there were fears of a wider conflict if russian iranian and hezbollah forces were targeted approach syrian government alliance is declaring victory but this is not the end of the crisis for bashar al assad arriving for work on saturday it appears he wanted it to look like business as usual. beirut the pentagon says the strike successfully hit every target and will set back syria's chemical weapons program for years you know powerful show of allied unity we deployed one hundred five weapons against three targets that will significantly impact the syrian regime's ability to develop deploy and use chemical weapons in t

handed over to creasing the risk of hezbollah are 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. now another new staff one time magazine has released its annual list of world of the world's one hundred most influential people though it has missed that one person the whole world is practically always talking about. the kremlin russian influence afraid to say negative war and above what i'm appalled. is highly likely that russia was responsible for the two poles russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder is kate is culpable. if you. like it was his decision. so that's how the news is looking so far today here and i say will be back with more at the top of the hour. the philippine city of angeles when the u.s. military moved out the six tourists moved in. and now a whole generation of fatherless children is growing up. they died an opinion one month a couple simple than an eagle. eye but a day in sudan like like. i'm the only. son in the. site isn't the first time in the t.v. crew to see you or takes you were no don't an

reached a deal with the assad government zation islam denies reports by the government the lebanese group hezbollah that it's agree it's a vacuum a duma and says negotiations are still going on more than one hundred thousand civilians are said to be trapped in the town here's what the leader of zation islam had to say oh. we made a decision we will be here if we get it through negotiations it's good but if we do not get it what should we do we are now negotiating with the regime and trying as much as possible to protect our people from danger. will suffer at least fighters from the rebel groups have left these pictures from syrian state television are said to show the fighters and their families on government buses heading for province pope francis has used his easter message to call for peace around the world about eighty thousand people were in the vatican st peter's square to hear the address in a reference to the violence on gaza he urged reconciliation in the holy land and called for an end to the war in syria. you know you. today the fruits of peace upon the. beginning and the beloved and lon

possibility of a showdown between israel and iran is still on the table the iranian backed lebanese group hezbollah which is fighting alongside the syrian government says there is a new phase following the attack on the t. for air base israel it says is now in a state of direct confrontation with iran. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali how many denounced the leaders of the u.s. u.k. and france as criminals following saturday's strikes and said they won't achieve any gains there were fears of a wider conflict if russian iranian and hezbollah forces were targeted approach syrian government alliance is declaring victory but this is not the end of the crisis for bashar al assad arriving for work on saturday it appears he wanted it to look like business as usual. beirut. nations security council has rejected russia's draft resolution condemning the missile attacks as a violation of international law moscow called emergency council meeting to demand the u.s. and its allies cease their aggression against syria why canada is live at the united nations for us was there any chance that this ripostes. well

handed a decrease in the risk of hezbollah actually using it however some members of congress along with regional experts do argue there's no difference between the lebanese army and hezbollah which is supported by iran former u.s. army major general paul valley police funding and sending personnel to support the l a f is a big mistake to not only put money with the lovely storm forces look to put the security forces with the. united states perjurer made this decision because this flow basically used to draw in the entire lebanese armed forces it destroyed just drained from our shores. those below. by iran and of course the conflict between the united states in iran knows very great conflict between us ally israel. iran to just doesn't make sense to me. do our own work correctly states we don't want to see it work we don't want to support the lebanese armed forces. now it is a production in germany has come under fire for offering free tickets to spectators willing to westfall stick is the offer was made ahead of the premiere of a play based on hitler's youth being staged to mark the anniversary of the to take his birth. itself. was. just so i needed to s

now the leader of lebanese militant group hezbollah has revealed washington offered to remove it from terror watch lists in addition the u.s. would give it financial aid if the party dropped its resistance to israeli occupation artes and he says that the picks up the story. the u.s. terror list arguably the most dangerous list in the world and if you're on the database nudist team there's no way out of big brunton international threats right wrong if you want your name scratched off for good harry options you could become a friend of a friend the chief of hezbollah that been a share political and military may have meant with links to iran says the united states offered the group the chance to be removed from its national terror watch list but there was a catch jay you believe salim indicates you need a good message from the u.s. was president saying that the u.s. is ready and that will be a part of the lebanese government billions of dollars and be removed from the ter list but on the two conditions first one is that would work for the americans and the second is that will stop resist

hafez: before hezbollah, lebanese people, they were always scared of israel. used tactics that just about anyone would call terrorism. when is it permissible, morally, to use tactics like a car bomb, or using civilian targets? >> mr. hafez: for me? >> anthony: for you. >> mr. hafez: i'm against killing. against killing anybody, even israel. this person who i'm going to kill, in car bomb, or whatever, doesn't he has family? >> anthony: what's the most important thing happening in the world today that needs to be resolved for things to be better? >> mr. hafez: isis. >> anthony: isis is number one. >> mr. hafez: number one. they killed hundreds and thousands of shia. they are devils. they are against everything, like everything on the earth, they are against. >> anthony: recently hezbollah has become heavily involved in the war in syria in defense of the assad regime. complicating matters and, uncomfortably enough, they are probably the best organized, best equipped, most serious obstacle to isis and al qaeda in the area. >> mr. hafez: most of the villages in the

possibility of a showdown between israel and iran is still on the table the iranian backed lebanese group hezbollah which is fighting alongside the syrian government says there is a new phase following the attack on the t. for air base israel it says is now in a state of direct confrontation with iran. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei denounced the leaders of the u.s. u.k. and france as criminals following saturday's strikes and said they won't achieve any gains there were fears of a wider conflict if russian iranian and hezbollah forces were targeted approach syrian government alliances the claiming victory but this is not the end of the crisis for bashar al assad arriving for work on saturday it appears he wanted it to look like business as usual. beirut. so let's get more reaction on these strikes on a binge of aid is live for us from gaza on the tacky syria border and we know where russia and the u.s. stand on this obviously but really that we see in the syrian conflict become only more fragmented over the last seven years in a raid of different actors tell us more about reaction in

islam says the reports five a syrian government and lebanese armed group hezbollah off else and it's not allowing its members to leave duma for rebel held areas in the north over one hundred thousand civilians are said to be trapped in the town which suffered major damage during the government assault separately fighters from the file lock out raman rebel group have left juma pitches from the syrian state television said to show the feis us and their families all the government buses i think for italy province. pope francis has used his easter message to call for peace around the world about eighty thousand people were in st peter's square to hear his address in an apparent reference to the recent violence in gaza he called for reconciliation in the holy land he also called for action to bring the war in syria to an end. you know you don't mind them or through t.v. but today we implore the fruits of peace upon the entire world beginning with the beloved and long suffering lead to syria his people are worn down by apparently endless fuel. the light of the risen christ illuminate the c

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its allied fighters tend to stay close to russian and syrian military assets while the lebanese army group hezbollah and other backers of the assad government dominate areas around lebanon's east south america is the director of the center of conflict and humanitarian studies that the doha institute for graduate studies joins me here in studio good to have you with us let's just begin with trump has actually done what obama did not. how much of a change do you see in the way the administration in washington is now reacting to what was suspected to be a major chemical attack. well i think if you look at this objectively and your rational strategic thinker would say we should have waited until the results of the u.n. inspectors come out of the u.n. inspectors today in duma looking into the feasibility of the type of it was chemical attack or not but trump has done what he's done he's lived up to his populist again approach to foreign policy and this has been a very expensive exercise of face saving for him and for the other leaders at the expense of the syrian people they're taxed them selves have not

the leader of the lebanese militant group hezbollah has revealed that washington offered to remove it from terror watch lists moreover the u.s. would give it financial aid if the party dropped its resistance to israeli occupation but he said we should set the pics of the story. the u.s. terror list arguably the most dangerous list in the world and if you're on the database you just seem there's no way out of big brown to that international threat right wrong if you want your name scratched off for good harry options you could become a friend of a friend the chief of hezbollah that been a share political and military may have meant with links to iran says the united states offered the group the chance to be removed from its national terror watch list but there was a catch jay you believe salim indicates you need a good message from the u.s. was president saying that the u.s. is ready and that will be a part of the lebanese government's billions of dollars and be removed from the ter lists but on the two conditions the first one is that would work for the americans and the second is tha

in syria coordinates closely with the russian and syrian military is and then there's a lebanese group hezbollah another assad government supporter and longtime ally. dominates areas around the west close to the border with lebanon well the syrian ambassador to the united nations says the global chemical weapons watchdog investigators are due to arrive in the country. the missions team the fact finding mission. will consist of two groups. these two groups with. separately to syria on thursday today as well as tomorrow on friday we will facilitate the even of the team to anywhere they want. to check whether or not there was use of chemical substances well as the that or to the u.n. speaking earlier that is joining us from neighboring beirut is keeping an eye on developments on the ground in syria is a lot to tell us first of all about the significance of the government now in full control of duma. thirteen if i heard you correctly yes eastern now under the control of the syrian government undoubtedly a victory for the pro-government alliance this rebel enclave was a thorn in the side for the gove

to deal with the asset regime jaish al islam denies reports by the government and the lebanese armed group hezbollah that has agreed to evacuate duma and says negotiations are still ongoing more than one hundred thousand civilians are said to be trapped in the town which has been severely damaged by government bombardment well the leader of jaish al islam toward the neighborhoods of eastern ghouta on sunday explaining what's happening to the people left in the enclave. there. we made a decision we will be here if we get it through negotiations it's good but if we do not get it what should we do we are now negotiating with the regime and trying as much as possible to protect our people from danger. pope francis has used his easter message to call for peace around the world about eighty thousand people were in the vatican simply to square to hear the address from the leader of the catholic faith in an apparent reference to the violence in gaza hears reconciliation in the holy land and he called for an end to the war in syria you know you don't mind them off. today we implore the fruits of peace upon t

says the reports by the syrian government and lebanese on group hezbollah a false. and it's not allowing its members to leave duma for rebel held areas in the north over one hundred thousand civilians are said to be trapped in the town which suffered major damage during the government assault in other developments fighters from the failed rebel group have left duma these pictures from syrian state t.v. is said to show the fight isn't that families on the government says heading for province the u.n. humanitarian office says conditions are deteriorating in the refugee camps for those who have been evacuated from eastern guta well the situation is extremely volatile and we have been watching over the last couple of days tens of thousands of people coming out of school we estimate that over one hundred thousand people have left school since march the majority of them have gone to collective shelters and brought them asking us but we also asked and made that about thirty thousand of them evacuated to the direction of live so all of these people need humanitarian assista

possibility of a showdown between israel and iran is still on the table the iranian backed lebanese group hezbollah which is fighting alongside the syrian government says there is a new phase following the attack on the t. four air base israel says is now in a state of direct confrontation with iran. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei denounced the leaders of the u.s. u.k. and france as criminals following saturday's strikes and said they won't achieve any gains there were fears of a wider conflict if russian iranian and hezbollah forces were targeted approach syrian government alliance is declaring victory but this is not the end of the crisis for bashar al assad arriving for work on saturday it appears he wanted it to look like business as usual. beirut. russia strongly condemned the strikes accusing the united states france and britain of violating international law and the u.n. charter mike hanna has more from the united nations this is the first time the council has met on syria this week a series of meetings that have served only to illustrate the massive divide on the issue because

possibility of a showdown between israel and iran is still on the table the iranian backed lebanese group hezbollah which is fighting alongside the syrian government says there is a new phase following the attack on the t. four air base israel says is now in a state of direct confrontation with iran. iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei denounced the leaders of the u.s. u.k. and france as criminals following saturday's strikes and said they won't achieve any gains there were fears of a wider conflict if russian iranian and hezbollah forces were targeted the pro syrian government alliance is the clearing victory but this is not the end of the crisis for bashar al assad arriving for work on saturday it appears he wanted it to look like business as usual. beirut. and that does it for the al-jazeera news alba do stay with us takes over shortly with the latest world reaction to dollars. and cents tax against syria's government. in australia more indigenous children are being taken from their families than ever before. investigates whether history is repeating itself. on al-jazeera. getting to th

able to regain territory and shore up his position thanks to support from russia, iran and hezbollah — the lebanesesyria have been amongst others saudi arabia and and israel. the complicated alliances have turned syria into a proxy war — raising the stakes for the prospect of intervention by washington, paris and london. but let's concentrate now on one of assad's key backers — iran. it has backed him with intelligence, weapons and troops. it's believed more than 1,000 iranian soldiers have been killed during the conflict. tehran says its involvement is to battle sunni extremism in syria. critics believe it hopes to cement its status as regional power. amid all of this are new questions about the 2015 nuclear deal, which president trump has repeatedly criticised. well, hamid baeidinejad is iranian ambassador to the uk and hejoins me now. with regard to the chemical attack in douma, the fremplg french proof says there is proof it was a chemical attack and it was by bashar al—assad. you have condemned these attacks before, will you do so now? as you know, we have been a victim of chemical weapons wit

foreign ministry you have the revolutionary guards as well as well as the iranian backed lebanese group has valar hezbollaheven saying that this what it's calling an aggression is a continuation of quote the recent zionist aggression in syria a reference to the israeli air strike on monday that targeted a syrian army airbase that left seven ukrainian revolutionary guards dead acknowledging that it lost those men warning of a response a retaliation iran sending its top advisor to the supreme leader. to damascus in a very strong show of support to the syrian government as the u.s. was debating on what action to take and in the syrian capital issuing two threats one threat to the israeli government saying that iran will retaliate for that attack on the t. for air base and at the same time a warning to the united states telling them that their troops in syria are considered occupying forces the americans have two thousand approximately two thousand troops in the north east of the country in the kurdish region and will lay it to saying that a military operation will be launched in that area to quote liberated a

we have the sameposition regards to hezbollah and the lebanese armedforces? 92 both . >> to regard hezbollah as a terrorist organization , people designate members of hezbollah and those associated with their support as well as entities that are involved with has a lot. that hasn't changed, that remains and is vigorously pursued reedit with respect to the lebanese elections, we certainly support a free and fair election in lebanon. with respect to the outcome, you will understand i don't want to prejudice by my comments. those outcomes, i would say broadly speaking, we do not see the likelihood of a dramatic change in the political constellations of balance marks lebanese electoral politics or the national assembly today. with regard to the lebanese armed forces and hezbollah, i want to be clear. the united states has provided exceptional support for the lebanese armed forces in recent years and not just financial support. it's not simply a dollars and cents issues. we have personnel working closely within the lebanese armed forces. this gives us insight and