and we spoke earlier to jamal wakim professor of history and international relations at the lebanese university he says israel's responsible for the tragedy even if the incident is more complex. believe this move by the israelis was premeditated it was planned in order to send a message to the russian side that it will be blood that the russian servicemen will be killed in case the russians support a military action mainly in it live and this was also coordinated with the americans i believe that comes as part of this collation. by the american side and its threat to bomb syria in case the syrian army moves to liberate it live from terrorist groups there so. i understand this incident as part of this is collation and i believe that it came at a crucial moment when president putin was able to strike a deal with. the president over the in order to stop the military operation there and to try to do to defuse the situation that's why i believe that the israeli side is fully responsible for provoking the incident and drawing. friendly fire from the city in part two down the. russian plane with fifte

we spoke to jamal what came he is a professor of history and international relations at the lebanese universityand his opinion israel is fully responsible for the tragedy. we're relieved that this move by the israelis was premeditated it was planned in order to send a message to the russian side that it will be blogged that the russian service men will be killed in case the russians support a military action mainly in it live and this was also coordinated with the americans i believe it comes as part of the it's collation. by the american side and its threat to bomb syria in case the syrian army moves to liberate it live from terrorist groups there so. i understand this incident as part of this escalation and i believe that it came at a crucial moment when president putin was able to strike a deal with. the president over at live in order to stop the military operation there and to try to to defuse the situation so that's why i believe the israeli side is fully responsible for provoking the incident and drawing. friendly fire from the city in part two down the the russian plane with fifteen ser

universal. and it is important for me to have lebanese people, white people latino, whatever i can get into the room. if i can get everybody of a different background laughing at my joke, then we all have the same energy. >> so you do tell jokes based on your background. do you think helps people understand you better. >> yes. i think arab background has a terrible pr coming out of the middle east. it is great that an american kid is doing it i was raised here. i grew up here and i went back to middle east and spent about 20 years there but i maintained that american need to push things forward and to overcome as opposed to resigning to your situation. a lot of people in the middle east have resigned to the situation. for me, we can do better. we deserve better. >> do you have a goal? i know you're living your dream. do you have an ultimate goal? >> my ultimate goal is to specifically get to everyone to laugh at the same joke. if i can get to that level in the middle east like i have here, i think could i pull it off f i got crowds of tens of thousands of people laughing at the same jokes and m

country he has now been living in the lebanese capital beirut for five years but shelby is an artist and a successful one but he wants more training and to attend university if possible a tall order for refugees in lebanon. it's just too expensive here it costs far more than i heard there's no chance everything will cost so much here. he discovered cure on the internet it's a german website meant for refugees both in germany and in other countries which aims to help them prepare for college especially for the online lectures a well known universities but also with personal assistance also here in lebanon if the refugees do eventually go to college credits they have earned through kieron should transfer. a shabby has taken business administration courses so that he can sell his art more easily in the future. but i especially like about kirron is that it is so easy to use. they have a lot of videos that offer. it's easy to learn their material. and. your arms berlin headquarters are in a prime location employees come from different countries and the atmosphere is cosmopolitan the assistant around three thousand three hundred refugees half of whom are in ger