we have nothing at all but lebanon and we need to go for lebanon. we need to exert all efforts for lebanon, because lebanon needs all of us, military people and civilian people, from all categories, my beloved ones, there are efforts, efforts that have been exerted internally, namely, the efforts of the cabinet, the efforts of the government and there of other efforts made by the security agencies, the army, the intelligence, all the security agencies have worked in harmony through one year and four months to reach that day. we were very patient. also, the judiciary, the judiciary in every step were there, we have as you can seat and we have crossed it to the freedom, to the dignity, to the dignity of our country, to the dignity of lebanon, and i would like in your name to thank and express appreciation to every country, to every leader who participated with us to reach that day of joy, particularly on top of all of them comes the state of qatar, and the emir of qatar, thank you very much to the state of qatar and the emir of qatar. i'd like also lo

of course during the iraq war, northern lebanon and some of the palestinian camps in lebanon were areas where they were trained and sent to fight in iraq with the fighters against the american army. this has developed now with the syrian war. it has been more complex because about hezbollah fighting inside syria, against the news road accident and i.s.i.s. and the rebel groups in syria, this has spilled over into lebanon where some groups in lebanon are fighting against hezbollah or against the lebanese army. most of the fighting has been in the north-east on the border with syria, but occasionally you get incidents like this in tripoli and very occasionally in other pockets around the country >>> will operations like this continue? <

we are summoning to resume to be next president of lebanon. look, i think: there is significant to huge concerns about jordan. slow to movebeen through some of the reforms that need to take place. he is a great, great friend of ours, israel, the region. he spends a lot of time on external issues, but has tremendous internal issues that still have to be resolved. us ink probably most of the room have visited the turkey, jordan,

along the border here with lebanon. this group was expected to cross through the main border crossing here in lebanon heading to beirut international airport. at the same time there will be 330 shia predominantly two villages in idlib will be swapped here going through turkey. this is a very significant deal that has been underway since late september. the iran jane negotiator negotiated with the main opposition group in turkey to get to the second phase today. this has been long overdue. there has been several delays. one of the factors that delayed this agreement has been the russian air strikes targeting mostly idlib. there is a glimmer of hope for these people who have been under siege for years now. it will take several hours for us to get to the end of this deal. we expect even more phases. there are roughly a thousand still holed up that are predominantly shia >>> that's on the lebanon side. going to our correspondent near the turkey-syria border. tell us about part 2 of this deal. how is that supposed to work? >

stuffed grape please. >> yes. >> the fact that lebanon and beirut works at all. more or less by world standards. >> we don't have a president. it's going to be a year now that we are without one. >> it's sort of awesome. >> don't you think that the main reason behind you seeing this as thrilling, exciting place to live in is that you're a visitor and not someone who actually lives here? >> am i wrong to love this place? >> you're not wrong to love it. i love living on the tip of a volcano, but there has to be some point where i can breathe and relax. i don't want to seem like i'm only criticizing because i really also as much as i hate this place, i love it as well. and i know that it's very precious to have such a freedom in a place like beirut. i don't need to tell you about islamic states even though they are not inside beirut yet, we can feel it every day. >> should people come here? >> yes, definitely. they should come. they will enjoy it as much as you have. i wouldn't advise them to stay more than a month, though. >> i often go to events and i asked him to

lebanon and syria.still waiting for the convoy to get to lebanon. >> okay, what are you hoping to accomplish? >> well, hopefully first of all there are many places that we don't have access to, to any such deal or the people there. and once the people get to lebanon be it there are emergency medical care that needs to be provided before they continue their journey to the final destination. >> are you optimistic if all goes well with this today perhaps there will be other agreements like this in the future? >> well, again, we hope so. we are not part of the negotiation for this deal. however, we hope that we will see more of it in the future and as i said before there are more than 100,000 people now that we cannot access inside syria so we really hope things happen. >> what are the most dire needs there that the things that you all would want to do? >> well, yeah, the people in the area lack of water, lack of food, absolutely no medical care whatsoever and injured people and would have access to healthc

the convoy to enter lebanon.people get to lebanon there is emergency medical care that needs to be provided before they continue their journey to the final destinations and they have lateral lack of water and food and no medical care and injured people who have been there for a month without healthcare and are not part of the negotiation for this deal. however, we hope that we will see more of this in the future. there are more than 100,000 people now that we cannot access inside syria and we hope things will continue to happen. >> reporter: syrian state t.v. supporting multiple explosions in the city of homs, at least 14 people have been killed and more than 130 wounded in the blast, a syrian rights group has the death toll of the explosions at 32. south korea and japan have agreed on a historic deal to end a longstanding dispute. the issue of war time sex slaves. tokyo will offer $8.7 million of composition to former korean women used as sex slaves. japan is said to have enslaved nearly 200,000 korean women dur

welcome to another news hour from al jazeera in doha, i'm adrian and our top stories, coming home, lebanonhanges prisoners with syrian rebels. prove it, turkey challenges russia over claims it shot down a russian jet to protect oil trade with i.s.i.l. beijing and deli choke under a thick blanket of smog, we will tell you why. a democratic triumph in bakino-faso as a new president is elected. lebanon exchanged rebels in syria and joyful scenes on both sides and 16 captive soldiers released after months in captivity, the lebanon army received a body of a soldier who was killed last year and al jazeera arabic abraham was there when the exchange happened. >> translator: it was a long and difficult journey to reach this point. we are here in al-nusra controlled territory and witnessing the release of the captive lebanese soldiers and it was mediated by qatar and efforts by el nusra front and lebanese government to make this deal happen. this is a convoy of lebanese security forces for exchange coming from i.s.i.l. >> for the prisoners it was a moment of joy and relief. >> reporter: this is what

during the iraq war, northern lebanon and some of the palestinian camps in lebanon were areas where they were trained and sent to fight in iraq against the american army. this has developed now with a syrian war, has become more complex because with hezbollah fighting inside syria against the al-nusra and i.s.i.s. and the rebel groups in syria, this has spilled over into lebanon where some groups are fighting against hezbollah or against the lebanese army. most of the fighting has been in the north-east on the border with syria, but occasionally you get incidents like this in tripoli and very occasionally in other pockets around the country >>> plenty more ahead here on al jazeera. raising the alarm, the u.n. says half of the population of memorandumen is one step away from fa-- yemen is one step away from famine. >> revealing the shocking lengths traffickers go. >> i've had monkeys jump out of suitcases. >> now scientists joining the fight to save endagered species. >> the more we buy, the more these animals are going to become extinct. >> tecknows' team of experts show you how the mira

evacuateds are being by lebanon. i think we will come back to our correspondent there, and let's take a look at the package on the syrian evacuations. >> security tight at the border between syria and lebanon, at the second stage of a landmark transferred dale -- transfer deal gets underway. the american red cross is overseeing the investigation. the border town with the heaviest fighting for several years is now under a six-month cease-fire. in exchange, civilians trapped in two towns in another province have been taken to the turkish border. nationswhy the united -- the deal was brokered between iran and turkey. it is part of a series of local cease-fires reached in recent months. in a similar scheme, hundreds of rebels and their families at the last opposition held neighborhood is part of the local truce to bolster government control of the city. international efforts to end the syrian conflict have been picking up pace. under a peace plan agreed to 20 nations last month, all sides are set to start negotiations in

around 300 supporters of the syrian regime are given safe passage to the damascus via turkey and lebanon. the latest from the border crossing. >> reporter: the first part of this deal has gone underway. the u.n. along with the red cross has entered the besieged town. we expect 143 wounded fighters along with their families to cross this crossing between syria and lebanon. at the same time we expect 243, coming from predomestic nabothily shia, two-- predominantly shia to cross. they will be travelling to syria. the process has been undergone since september 24. an agreement was made between an irani iranian. the ceasefire went underway september 24. this is the second phase we will be seeing more phases of this. there is around a thousand fighters and their families held up along with two shia villages in idlib, about a few thousand holidayed up there-- holed up there. this is the first face, to cross into these areas >>> much more coverage on those transfers throughout the news cast. in the meantime, south korea and japan have reached a deal on a longstanding dispute over war time sexual

we are summoning to resume to be next president of lebanon. look, i think: there is significant to huge concerns about jordan. slow to movebeen through some of the reforms that need to take place. he is a great, great friend of ours, israel, the region. he spends a lot of time on external issues, but has tremendous internal issues that still have to be resolved. us ink probably most of the room have visited the turkey, jordan, and other places. turkey, inomenal -- particular, they are hosting people in their homes. .t is an incredible thing they have a lack of water resources they are being bought up by huge amounts of people that are in their country. almost in every conversation we have, relative to the region, jordan, more so than lebanon -- i'm sorry, but we have the same concerns about lebanon, but jordan in particular is focused on, as a country, that could go the wrong way. we do support them more than i think people think, relative to internal security issues, and those kinds of things. jordan in particular is a country that wants to p

. >>> buses and ambulances cear carrying 450 fighters and civilians have crossed into lebanon under a u.n. backed deal. families have been under siege by government forces for months. now allowing them safe passage out into lebanon where they will board a plane to turkey before they will arrive in the nusra stronghold of idlib. two progovernment shia villages have been given a safe route to turkey. from there they will move to beirut and damascus. in the past year there have been similar agreements in the city of homs and in yarmouk though the last deal is on hold after the killing of a powerful rebel leader, what happened on friday. hashem ahelbarra has more from the turkish border with syria. >> wounded rebel fighters and their families cross into lebanon from syria. the end of months of anxiety and uncertainty about their future. they were trapped in zabadani near the lebanese border. the city has been the focal point of intense fighting but after a series of set backs, the rebels lost most of it to the army, that has been laying siege to the area. e wounded and their families will

that's a shame for lebanon, it really s we know the aggression that hezbollah has had with lebanon wars against israel and being iran's proxy in syria and doing all kinds of things that are detrimental to the world. our laws need to crack down on this group of hezbollah needs to keep pace. again, the same goal, their goal is to undermine lebanese political independence and support iran's dangerous goals. we need to be one step ahead of them. iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. let's not forget that. and while the islamic revolutionary guard corps and its force spread instability throughout the region, iran's most destructive terrorist tool has been hezbollah. among other things this group was behind the bombings of the u.s. embassy and marine barracks in lebanon and the israeli embassy and jewish mmunity center in benosaries -- buenosaries, argentina. the group has put down roots in drug trafficking and other forms of transnational crime. hezbollah has become a sophisticated and complex terrorist organization and we need a response adequate to meet this challenge. th

we have 31 in lebanon. the fog has started to roll in in a few areas in lebanon and up towards whitefield and lancaster. lebanon at the moment. there will be more fat -- patchy fog developing overnight, some of which could freeze. here is the school day forecast for the kids. it' s going to be chilly with temperatures in the 20' s, but we will recover and have one more mile day tomorrow. then the temperatures come back down to december reality once we get to midweek. i will have a full breakdown of the forecast coming up. stephanie: tonight, a hudson teenager is in a boston hospital. he was airlifted with possible life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a car this afternoon. it happened on a street where problem. mike cronin has the latest on the investigation. mike: highland street in hudson was closed for several hours on sunday while police tried to figure out how a driver hit a 14-year-old boy. hudson police say this car struck the teen while he was crossing the highland street. he suffered seriou

leader >>> these are the people who are being exchait by lebanon for the 16 lebanese servicemen; right? <>> tell us something again for the benefit of anyone who has just joined us. how long has it taken to get to this point? what actually happened for these prisoners to be taken captive in the first place and the torturous negotiations that has led to their release. >>> >>> freed from the army. those were taken to the house of shake mustafa and he called for the report of - the pictures from them. the house inside the (technical issues with phone link) >>> it is serious now. they want to swap the prisoners with the lebanese soldiers and policemen >>> what are we to make of the fact that among those lebanon is reportedly going to swap today are the ex-wife of the i.s.i.l. leader and the wife of an nusra commander who joined islamic state. >>> yes. these were by al-nusra and not i.s.i.l. (technical issues with call connection) >>> for the moment, thank you indeed. retired lebanese lebanese general. he is in beirut. we will continue to monitor

lebanon at 32. 38 in plymouth. you can see on the satellite the fog that was right along the day with lots of sunshine. still some thick fog in lebanon. i' m expecting overnight for the it. the problem is some of this may freeze on contact and cause black ice. a big heads up for late-night travel after midnight or early tomorrow morning. there could be slick spots driving around. i will talk more about the forecast coming up. adam: in china, heavy snowfall is affecting thousands of farmers. local authorities say the snow in the northern inner mongolia region is causing issues for about 420,000 livestock and their 53,000 farmers. the area is having problems clearing highways and roads to the small villages. some parts have seen as much 59 inches of snow since last tuesday. stephanie: a connecticut man allegedly stole bones from a massachusetts cemetary, he says for religious reasons. hartford police say they found medina' s home friday. investigators believe medina took the bones from hope cemetery in wooster, mass.

and the rebel groups in syria, this has spilled over into lebanon where some groups in lebanon are fighting against hezbollah or against the lebanese army. most of the fighting has been in the north-east on the border with syria, but occasionally you get incidents like this in tripoli and very occasionally in other pockets around the country >>> the stand off between russia and turkey over the shooting down of the russian jet continues. turkish authorities have stopped russian ships in the black sea port. the vessels have been prevented from leaving the port. that comes after another incident outside the russian port earlier this week. officials there reportedly didn't allow the turkey vessel to approach the port. our correspondent in istanbul, what is going on there right now in that port? >> reporter: well, we understand from a port official that turkey is exercising its right essentially to inspect boats in its port. these are four russian car go ships that are in sample son port on the black sea. we don't know whether they contain car go or have off-loaded, but that doesn't matter. turk

obviously jordan and lebanon pays incredible issues. integrating their security forces and penetration by outside horses. what is your sense of survivability and our security relationships with jordan and lebanon and support for tunisia and morocco? >> the survivability? what you mean by that? >> in terms of the fact that they have incredible dust of challenges and external challenges from the refugees. aside from providing funding for refugees ensuring that jordan lebanon are going to --. >> we are submitting your resume to the next president of lebanon. >> i think there's significant to huge concern about jordan. the king has been slow to move to some of the reforms that need to take place. he is a great great friend of ours, a great friend of israel and a great friend of the region. he spent a lot of time on external issues but he had tremendous internal issues that still have to be recalled. resolved. most of us in the worm have visited refugee camps both in turkey and jordan and other places and it's phenomenal what these countries

ambassador to lebanon has to say. >> in accordance with the shift.is highness is always keep to take any human initiative, so we are ready under the directions of his highness, because you know that the state of qatar is to maintain the dignity of people's and individuals. >> let's bring in, the middle east center joining us now via skype from beirut. first up, was this about something suiting both sides or was money involved do you think? >> it's not clear. it is likely there was money involved. but it has been announced as mainly a prisoner swap, among few other conditions. including the provision of medical services and support. marley to those who are stranded in the mountains. one of those who was released from jail, had been arrested for transporting terrorists into lebanon. is this likely to change the dynamic of the difficult position of that country finds itself in with regard to what is happening. >> i don't think it will change the dynamic, it might encourager further kidnapping in exchange, now that there has been in terms of exchanging p

lebanon location.p the place by putting in subway-tile walls and new light fixtures. a new counter and serving area will be built to improve and streamline the ordering process. new tables, new equipment, and new floors. in all, i'm spending $85,000 of the $350,000 i invested. it's a big renovation for a pretty small space. hey, guys. -mike: hey, how are you? -kathleen: hi! lemonis: i'm really excited to gather up the franchisees at market square. i want to show them the new look and the new name -- the simple greek. lemonis: so, this name came from a branding expert. kathleen: um, "simple greek"? i'm offended. mike: the feeling that i get is that when you say, "the simple greek," it's almost, like, condescending. like you're calling them somebody not too smart, like a very simple person, like a simple arse. it's a matter of semantics, if you will. lemonis: now, with all due respect, you're not greek. i'm greek. i'm not offended by it. i don't feel like you're calling me stupid. kathleen: i'm offended.

. >>> lebanon welcomes home 16 soldiers freed in a swap deal with syrian rebels. >>> also beijing andew delhi live under a thick layer public defender's office smog. >>> and a new president is elected in burkina faso. ♪ >>> u.s. president barack obama has said it's time to bring the war in syria to an end. he has warned that it could take months and russia needed to ally itself with the fight against isil. >> it is possible over the next several months that we both see a shift in calculation in the russians and a recognition that it's time to bring the civil war in syria to a close. it's not going to be easy. too much blood has been shed. too much infrastructure has been destroyed. too many people have been displaced for us to anticipate that it will be a smooth transition. and isil is going to continue to be a deadly organization, because of its social media, the resources it has, and the -- the networks of experienced fighters that it possesses. it is going to continue to be a serious threat for some time to come. >> your senior political analyst has joined us here on the set. we he

the treasury department designated three hezbollah procurement antiquities and four companies in lebanon, china, and hong confor purchasing dual-use technology on behalf of hezbollah. these sanctions followed actions in july against three senior hezbollah military officials in syria and lebanon who were providing military support to the syrian regime and an additional hezbollah agent who served as the point person for the procurement and transshipment of weapons and material for the group and its syrian partners for at least 15 years. these designations also followed treasury's actions over the jcpoa when the department utilized and sanctioned more than 100 iranians and iran-learned persons. this november, treasury also pnted in the u.s. gulf cooperation council through which participants discussed countering support for hezbollah, for the assad regime and for other proxies in the region. that working group continues to improve information-sharing and cooperation to take joint actions targeting iran's support for terrorism and its other destabilizing activitshe region and around the worl

everything from rule of law initiatives in jordan to vocational trading in lebanon to public-private partnerships in the west bank. we believe profoundly in the capacity for rapid progress. i see our good ambassador here6. he is losing weight by the day. [laughter] but for all the right reasons. we are very aware, and he reminds me constantly that the pace of the progress we can make really depends to a large extent on improved security. we understand that. security for the region means security for us, also. it is a major goal of american foreign-policy in the middle east. washington, prime minister netanyahu was crystal clear about the stakes. he stoke up -- he spoke about savageryichie -- the of the terrorist group known as sh, and the turmoil that has misplaced millions of people across the region. he also spoke about the commitment -- his commitment to the vision of two states for two peoples living side-by-side in peace and security. important thatis that not become a slogan. not become a throwaway phrase. it becomes a policy, which is what it is meant to be. in that same spiri

the mind of on every marine in lebanon today. dead? alive or and anxiety that plagues them as they sift through the rubble, trying to find the broken bodies of their buddies. it was the force of a one ton bomb. the crater will be closely fbi forensic experts who arrived this morning. they will search for some firm evidence of who was behind the disaster. >> the suicide bombing that took so many lives in beirut was without equal, making news headlines around the world. , premeditated attack of such magnitude that it changed forever the way this country and many other nations viewed the threat of terrorism and how to deal with it. themassacre also focuses on individual. on your vulnerability as a single member of the armed forces. its services to introduce the concept of how personal a terrorist attack can really be. >> the guy said -- remember. >> as the shock of what happened wears off, anger raises to the surface. basically, it just plain hurts. wewhen it's all compiled and get the names, i think it will hit everybody harder. you can

they're being taken to damascus via lebanon. it's part of a rare deal negotiated with the help of iran and turkey and backed by the united nations. >>> south korea and japan ended a long standing dispute with a deal on war time korean sex slaves. the japanese prime minister has made an apology and offered compensation. >>> there was a delegation from the president's government in burundi. they were there, he however did not decide to attend. representatives from burundi's rival opposition groups were also part of the talks, too. other people taking part, well that included the exiled human rights activist as well as religious leaders. the main purpose to prevent a return to civil war. malcolm webb joins us live from the ugandan capital. take us through what's on the table, what's up for discussion. >> today was just an opening session and before discussing any terms of any kind of deal, the first thing on the agenda to be discussed is when they'll actually start discussing and that probably won't be for two weeks from now in nei

it's the first leg in a journey that will take them to lebanon and then syria's capital, which is based on bashar al-assad. this complex movement of people was made possible because of a deal brokered by iran and occur can i. it's seen as a significant development in a country battered by more than four years of violence. the united nations hopes this deal would create some level of trust between the government and the rebels. they're ahead of a crucial meeting. there is a growing sentiment that no one will win this war in syria, and a compromise is the only way to bring an end to this phase of the conflict. al jazeera, in southern turkey. >> the japanese prime minister shinzo abe has apologized for the second world war policy forcing hundreds of thousands of south korean women to be sex slaves to japanese soldiers. it was an issue that has long soured relations. turkey will pay $8.3 million in compensation to the living victims. >> the victims have waited 70 years for an apology for japan. it finally came from japanese president shinzo abe. >> we have been expressing you our remorse on

. >> there are pockets of these groups all across north to northern eastern lebanon. a decade ago they were out in isolate camps in the mountains, and now they're in the poorest areas of tripoli. recently they have been hooked up and in the iraq war some of the palestinian camps in lebanon where areas where they were trained to sent and fight in iraq with the groups against the american army. this has developed now with a syrian law because the hezbollah fighting in syria with the rebel groups in syria, this has spilled over into lebanon where some groups are fighting against hezbollah or against the lebanese army and most of the fighting has been in the north-east around the area on the border with syria, but occasionally you get incidents like this in tripoli and very occasionally in other pockets around the country >>> in the capital of burundi three gunmen wearing police uniforms have been killed after attacking a car which belonged to a police commander. this is the latest incident in this african nation hit by violence over the president's third term. the govern

of course during the iraq war, northern lebanon and some of the palestinian camps in lebanon were areas where people were sent to train and fight in iraq against the american army. this has developed with the syrian war. with hezbollah fighting inside syria against the al-nusra, i.s.i.l. and the rebel groups in syria, this has spilled over into lebanon where some groups in lebanon are fighting against hezbollah or against the lebanese army. most of the fighting has been in the north-east on the border with syria but occasionally you get incidents like this in tripoli and very occasionally in other pockets around the country >>> lots more ahead on al jazeera, including raising the alarm that the u.n. says half of the population of yemen is one step away from famine famine. conflicted about chinese investments while one african area is planning a banning a chinese chicken farm. en farm. thousands of people have been protesting in south corey's capital-- korea's council. the demonstrators say the policies seek to undermine workers' rights.'report from our correspondent >> reporter: a much

mere are the temperatures now. 32 in lebanon. 38 in manchester and nashua. here's your christmas forecast. temperatures in the 50's. close to 60. i'll have more on the full forecast coming up in a few moments. stephanie: thank you. wii following a developing story out of hollis. a fire broke out displacing the family. no one was home when the fire started. one end of the house was badly damaged by the flames. the rest of the homes sustained heavy smoke damage. firefighters are still investigating, but they say the fire appears to have started around a chimney. >>> a man was forced out of his home on christmas eve after a crashed on to his house. the tree fell damaging the house yesterday. the home owner was downstairs at the time and was not hurt. there's no apparent reason why the tree uprooted other than the recent rain. >>> new hampshire's highest court has upheld the hiring of former associate spanish he was fired for changing evaluations from another faculty members. the supreme court said an arbitrator exceeded his authority and u.n. h. was within its

zabadani, on syria's border with lebanon there a group of rebel fighters and their families have been under siege by government forces for months. now they've been allowed safe passage out of syria into lebanon and there they will board a main to turkey before finally arriving in the nusra front stronghold of idlib. there civilians and injured fighters trapped in two pro-government shia villages have been gief given a safe rout to syria. where in the last year there have been similar agreements in the city of homs and yarmouk, although this last deal is on hold after the killing of a popular rebel leader on friday. hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> wounded rebel fighters and their families cross into lebanon from syria. the end of months of anxiety and uncertainty about their future. they were trapped in zabadani near lebanese border. the city has been the focal point of intense fighting, but after the series of set backs, the rebels lost most of it to the army, that has been laying siege to the area. the wounded and their families will be taxicab to turkey, their final destination i

they were allowed safe passage out and into lebanon before they boarded a trie train to turkey. shia villages have been given a safe route to turkey to travel on to damascus which is mostly held by the government. in the past year there have been similar agreements with in the city of homs and yarmouk, after the killing of a rebel leader put the yarmouk deal on hold. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> wounded rebel fighters and their families cross into lebanon from syria. the end of months of anxiety and uncertainty about their future. they were trapped in zabadani near the lebanese border. the city has been the focal point of intense fighting but after a series of set backs, the rebels lost most of it to the army. it has been laying siege to the area. the wounded and their families will be taken to turkey, their final destination is unclear. they could be sent to refugee camps on the border with syria or moved to areas under opposition control inside the country. also, as part of the deal, shia militia fighters were given safe passage out of small towns in northern syria. these pro

it's the first leg in a journey that will take them to lebanon and then syria's capital, which is still largely a stronghold of bashar al-assad. this complex movement of people was made possible because of a deal brokered by iran and turkey. it is seen as a significant development in a country battered by more than four years of violence. the united nations hopes this deal will create some level of trust between the government and the rebels ahead of a crucial meeting in geneva next month. there is a growing sentiment that no can decisively win this war in syria, and a compromise may be the only way to bring an end to this face of the conflict. >> the emergency agency said that at least 30 people were killed in a wave of overnight attacks. there have been reports of a suicide-bombing, too. at a mosque. let's go to mohammed idris from maidugari, tell us why you think that events have increased so much over the last 24-48 hours? >> well, basically, david, over the past few days maidugari was on military lockdown. no vehicle is allowed in. no vehicle is allowed out basically because the se

they will be crossing from damascus to lebanon via turkey. the two towns, roughly 243 predominantly shia will be coming via turkey. this is a very complex agreement that it has been three times now that has failed, but today it seems like at least for now it is the first part of the agreement has come through >>> we're thinking this could be a matter of hours of a continuous process or a matter of days? >> well, hopefully it will be within hours. like i said the plan is to have them leave the areas at the same time. they have not yet entered the rebel control area. it is a very long day. it will be a very long day for the u.n. this has all been brokered under the u.n. we expect it to go on for a few hours. at least we can say the first part and at least 30 wounded have been transferred >>> thank you so much. there is, obviously, another significant part to the story and our correspondent joins us live near the turkey-syria border with the other part of this story. tell us more again about the other aspect to this story. >> reporter: basically

hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> wounded fighters and their families cross into lebanon from syria. the end of months of anxiety and uncertainty about their future. they were trapped in zabadani near the lebanese border. the city has been the focal point of intense fighting but after a serious of se series ofe rebilitierebels lost most of ite army. the final destination is unclear. there could be sent to refugee camps on the border with syria or moved to areas under opposition control inside the country. also, as part of the deal, shia militia fighters were given safe passage out of small towns in northern syria. these pro-government fighters were evacuated to turkey. it is the first leg in a journey that will take them to lebanon and then syria's capital which is still largely a stronghold of president bashar al-assad. this complex movement of people was made possible because of a deal brokered by iran and turkey. it's seen as a significant development in a country battered by more than four years of violence. the united nations hopes this deal will create some level of trust betwe

lebanon has freed 13 prisoners among them, an ex-wife of the isil leader. >> reporter: back in the armsf their families, 16 lebanese soldiers freed by al-nusra front. the result of a delicate prisoner exchange. they were captured in the northernty after force fighting broke out in august of last year. >> translator: we call on our government to take the same steps to negotiate the release of our comrades being held by isil. >> reporter: 13 prisoners associated with al-nusra front have now been released by the lebanese government. it's not only al-nusra who had taken hostages in all 30 lebanese security personnel were captured. four were executed, one died of injuries, nine others remain in captivity. but they are being held by isil, a group which is at war with al-nusra. the lebanese government says it is doing all it can to secure the release of the remaining host agency. >> translator: we have a target, a big target that is a real challenge. i mean the military personnel being captive by isil, and we need to free them, and liberate them for the sake of lebanon, for the sake of our nat

lebanon was different. relatively it's safer than syria, although it's still hard. the risk of the militia all around. and also the syrian government invaded lebanon for 30 years, so even people who are support the revolution here, they -- they got 30 years with syrians so wasn't really helpful. so we stayed there for six months, and then we have to leave to egypt because i wanted to get my brother back to high school, because we left when he was graduation from high school. so had to do his high school. so we left to egypt, where i said put him in high school but at the same time the egyptian government didn't allow me to have residency, even tourist residency, because i'm a youth, syrian, politically involved in syria. so i had to leave the country every three months to be able -- to be legally in egypt, leave and come back. at that time my mom would come and go to egypt, take care of my brother when i'm not there, and then later on in january, 2013, the government went to our house and wanted to arrest my other brother. my mom was in egypt at the time. so there w

they're coming in from lebanon, from turkey. do you have a sense of confidence that when some of those around we're going to try to kick out individuals that have traveled to iraq and syria that we are catching all individuals that are traveling to iraq and syria, or we are not talking someone who went to visit a dying grandmother that is there that is a family member? talk us through the process of how someone would evaluate this person has traveled to known terrorist safe haven area we were not getting a passport stamp from syria. syria. >> so we would look at whether or not the intelligence community or the law enforcement committee has provided any information to us through their classified holdings that we could balance our information that we collect on the traveler against that to draw any associations more than just a name check. if you're using a cell phone or e-mail address we can connect to something, someone else picked up that we could relate to that, would probably be our most capable way of doing that right now. i

recently, and during the iraq war northern lebanon was some of the palestinian camps in lebanon were areas where they were trained and sent to fight in iraq this has developed with much more checks. this is continuing where some groups are fighting against hills or against the lebanese fighting. >> now it's possible that the u.n. climate conference in paris has created a document to curb carbon emissions. delegates will try to arrive a at a comprehensive settlement in the week. they're working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the threat of further global warning. the background is that conversation. the reality is that this renewable energy gains popularity, the more land it takes to build wind farms. they're controversial because they have resulted in hundreds of legal disputes. and with more more wind farms being planned in the country, there is more controversy. [ . >> there is peace and tranquility, unless you live near one of these. here's the problem, two villages separated by a ridge and eight turbines. the territory of san clÉmente have eight turbines in the it's territ

that document several terror attacks, including the october 1983 suicide truck bombing in beirut, lebanon, that killed 241 american serviceman and french paratroopers, including interviews with survivors of attacks in greece, italy, puerto rico, and lebanon. the film encourages service members to be more aware of their surroundings and the potential for terror attacks when stationed overseas. >> in athens, greece, if you have ever been, the motorcycles never stop. they always zoom right between the cars. they stopped in front of the traffic. you might have 15 or 20 of them at one time in front of all the traffic. atthis particular afternoon about 4:20 p.m. in the afternoon, i heard a motorcycle coming. is slowed down. its slow down too quickly. me being the third car from the front. i turned to watch it. they slow down and came right next to my car. there i was sitting and watching them. a guy in the back reached to his belt and pulled out a metallic object. eyesight was a pistol of some kind -- i saw it was a pistol of some kind. >> it sounded like a firecracker. remember thinking that s

in lebanon, stephanie woods, news 9. shelley: our new wmur-cnn granite state poll shows while hillary clinton is leading democrats nationally, she is still chasing bernie sanders here in new hampshire. right now sanders holds a ten martin o' malley still struggling badly to get any traction. clinton as the inevitable democratic nominee. >> clinton does have the perception that she' s going to win the primary, and that she' s the most electable candidate in the general election. so she' s the candiate that a lot of voters feel they should vote for, but not the candidate that they want to vote for. shelley 83% of democrats view : sanders favorably. clinton is also popular among democrats. we will have complete results from our poll on our website, wmur.com. three republicans arrive in new hampshire tomorrow to campaign. donald trump will be in portsmouth for the new england police benevolent association executive meeting. ohio governor john kasich will be in manchester for 3 events, and ends the day with a town hall meetin

keeping hezbollah to fight, israel and politically dominant in lebanon, are crucial iranian nationalsecurity priorities. assad has delivered. iran feels there are no constituencies to this particular relationship in syria beyond the ruling family and its enablers. it sees bashar personally as embodying whatever residual legitimacy is left to this regime. fourth, for russia, assad's continued incumbency proclaims moscow's return to great power status. putin claims that washington has been on a democratization and regime change jihad since 2003 and iraq. he wants to stop a cold in syria. he wants ideally to confront president obama with a binary choice between the barrel bomber on the one hand and al-baghdadi on the other. he wants president obama to beat his 2011 words on assad stepping aside. russia i believe it sees that the unit diplomatic process as a time buying instrument. russian military operations in syria are fully consistent with the goal of forcing binary choice on washington, but it will take time to create the requisite military facts on the ground, and extend a process

i want to talk about hezbollah and lebanon. in 1978, the interim force was created. 2006esolution of strengthened the monitoring with the illegal transport of weapons into lebanon. but we know today they have an estimated 120,000 rockets. some of these sophisticated and guided weapons. it looks to me that if that mandate or directed to keep weapons out, they are failing against that mandate. can you talk about their current role and 1701, what is their role, and -- we have had reports that there have been threats around the reprisals if they report violations. what can we do to strengthen them there and to preclude lebanon from the evening of transport of dangerous weapons? -- unifill has played an ameliorative role but there is the question that hezbollah has been able to maintain an expanded arsenal and we continue to urge them to be more aggressive in patrolling, monitoring, and speaking out about violations of the mandate. and i think that what you have seen in recent months is more transparency on the part of them. part of

. >>> for refugees in lebanon, they celebrated christmas with palestinians at the small suv camp. many are having a find time to find time. estimated that there are roughly 400 million syria refugees now living in lebanon. >>> howard is up next with your weekend holiday forecast. hopefully some of it will be rain free, but on the way first. >>> a unique approach to tackling homelessness >>> as millions across the country ring in the warmth of their homes, this are some families that are out living in homeless shelters. >> it's affecting more children than ever before. one new york family is home for the holidays thanks to a new program having a big impact. >> reporter: tisha howard's new apartment is a work in progress. no furniture yet, but has a christmas tree and a permanent place they call home. it's pretty amazing. estimating more than one million children without homes nationwide. >> all kinds of family experience homelessness. >> the family of the community, an ornization creating affordable housing for more than 30 years, called sugar hill opened for 124 units a year ago.

this is a part of lebanon with a lot of militant groups. and al nusra and isis and others have a presence in the hills around this area. all this comes at a time when there's growing concern about the isis threat to lebanon. there was, of course, that twin suicide bombing in beirut last month by a cell which was dispatched from syria to lebanon to launch the attack in a hezbollah neighborhood. isis trying to provoke increasing sectarian tension in lebanon. they want the syrian civil war to come to beirut. >> isis is not believed to have been a part of the exchange atta talks here, but how does this exchange relate to the terror group? >> well, it only relates to them inasmuch as a daughter of al baghdadi is going to be freed, allowed to go to turkey as part of this with her mother. the lebanese did dna testing on this girl. they got a dna sample from al baghdadi and established it was his daughter. it's not like she grew up with him. her brother was only briefly married to al baghdadi. for reasons we do not know, they became divorced and es

that is the case at lebanon at this point. overnight, the fog will thicken up even more. because of that and cold temperatures, we will likely have freezing fog and maybe black ice overnight. look at the temperatures. we have fallen into the 20' s north. 39, laconia. 36, concord. high temperatures were so warm for december sanders -- standards. tomorrow morning, 20' s across the state. 28 in salem. here' s what is going to happen. overnight, passing clouds. again, the threat of fog, especially in the usual areas like the upper valley. some of that may freeze on off-ramps, the bridges. those are the areas you want to morning. 10:00 tomorrow morning. the fog will be gone. we will have sunshine returning. a few passing clouds up north. throughout the afternoon tomorrow, it looks bright and sunny. one more day with mild temperatures. temperatures tomorrow afternoon s. down. here is a breakdown of the forecast for tomorrow. kids getting back to school after the weekend. 28 degrees at the bus stop. it will be chilly. watch out for slick spots. by recess, a mix of sun and clouds

reporter: security between turkey and lebanon as a landmark transfer deal gets underway. the international red cross is overseeing the operation. the force is the source of heavy fighting for years. in exchange, they are taken to the turkish border. that is why the united nations, the deal was brokered with iran and turkey. it is one of a series of cease-fires reached in recent months. hundreds of rebels and their families left opposition held , to bolsters government control of the city. efforts of been taking -- picking up place. to start are set negotiations in january. the plan says nothing about president bashar al-assad's future, but aims to hold elections in 18 months. the syrian journalist has been laid to rest. he is been making a documentary critical of the islamic state group and was due to fly to france with his family for asylum. so far, there has been no comment on his killing from turkish authorities. across to asia now, it is being billed as an historic right and historic wrong, an apology for sex lives taken during world war ii. women were forced to work

if that individual crossed the border from lebanon to go fight in syria and then crossed back and is now returning. >> no, that wouldn't show up. >> it might not. those who seek to enter syria knowing that governments are watching out for that are going to break their travel, disguise their travel effectively. this is why you have to rely upon the intelligence community which is working cooperatively with partners across europe to identify those persons that may be suspect in that regard. >> sure. so that's one area because we hear that kicked around all the time. now you talk about this reciprocal agreement several times about relationships and how we're going to other countries. kelli, you mentioned active inspections. do we have others coming in and inspecting our facilities and our checking processes that are doing rigorous checks on us and our systems? >> not even nearly, not close to what we do. i mean, it is not considered -- >> that's a yes -- other nations do come check our system? >> no, no, they do not. that's not a requirement. what we do do, we offer to share best practi

our friends in jordan and lebanon are bearing an enormous burden.hey are kind of doing it by themselves so again, the richest country on earth sort of has an obligation here but that obligation isn't going to be met without presidential leadership so it kind of comes back to that. >> thank you. i'm on the board here at the arab center in d.c. i just got back from palestine in jordan. i was there with some congressional staff. behind us was let trail of senators coming from both parties and they were visiting the refugee camps in jordan. it made me think about your comment on the resources that there may be a case to be made here in the u.s. within congress and the appropriations committee that if they're not going to take the refugees which i think is a very tough sell in this environment. by the way democrats and republicans, i don't see a democrat allowing allowing refugees in either. i don't think this is a republican thing. i do see a case that could be made to help more refugees where they are. i'm wondering if you can comment on that. >> i'm d