and in the middle east -- america alone. and in the middle east, the united states is working to blrks as the president said, a coalition of nations who share the aim of stamping out extremism and providing our children a hopeful future that does honor to god. and the winds of change can already be felt across the middle east. israel's prime minister openly visits oman. just last week pope francis visited the united arab emirates. longstanding enemies are becoming partners. old foes are finding new ground for cooperation. and the descendents of eye sick -- isaac andish mail are coming together in common cause like never before. this historic conference is a testament to the truth that a new era has begun. together with our allies, the united states has brought the full force of our military to drive radical islamic terrorism from the face of the earth. we've taken the fight to radical islamic terrorists on their terms -- on their soil and on our terms. president trump gave our commanders in the field the authority they neede

in the middle east. we're going to talk about whether this is good or bad, right or wrong, the implications of this but it is important to lay that out. makehe third point i would as we enter the third year of the trump administration, for all the high anxiety that we have witnessed in the last two years, we have not yet had the middle east crisis. that presidents almost inevitably come to face. one can go back to presidents in your lifetime and they have all .aced some major crisis we have not had that yet. and as you look at our system, as you look at the people, the administrationhe of how we are addressing preparing options, identifying solutions, executing decisions, keep that in the back of your mind. yet had the not crisis. toh that, i am pleased introduce my colleagues. speaking first is ambassador barbara leave, she joined after completing service in the state department, a very distinguished career of diplomatic service. with a tourist the mass -- the ambassador to the uae. barbara had served a

there is so much on the middle east agenda in 2019. it's good to have a government that's focused on that. i'm delighted to be joined on this panel, to be introducing a panel of three of my colleagues, two of whom have made journeys around the world in recent days, coming back to report to what they have observed and seen and learned in the middle east. one of whom who has made a longer journey from capitol hill because this is a very different environment than capitol hill. and i'll introduce all three of them in just a moment. just a brief introductory word, historian by training so i tend to see things in historical perspective. it is i think useful to note three things so far as we enter 2019. we are now two years into an experiment in which both american political parties for the first time since world war argue for tially diminished american role in the middle east. we're now 10 years into an experiment in which two successive presidents argue for a diminished american role in the middle east. we're going to talk about whether th

for the purpose of better aligned middle east and u.s. objectives and well known as are his more than four decades of respected relationships throughout the region the issue of nuclear power for saudi arabia has been discussed before but that refusal to agree to not enrich the real process has been a big stumbling block. they wouldn't commit and it was a sticking point you might be noticing a little bit of a double standard here not only does the united states oppose the peaceful nuclear energy program of the islamic republic of iran it's actually imposed sanctions on the country for decades and this isn't the first time that the twin track treatment of the two countries has left us officials red faced in twenty seventeen a reporter asked about the usa criticizing iran's elections when saudi arabia is completely devoid of democracy here's how it went to a saudi arabia's commitment to democracy and does the administration believe that democracy is a barrier against extremism. we say is that. it dissipating we were able to make significant

sponsored call friends opened in poland on the security situation in the middle east in the middle east but it's used as a threat posed by iran israeli prime minister binyamin it's now says it will focus on what he calls common interests in a war with iran venezuela's opposition controlled congress has named new boards of directors to the states and oil company opposition leader one guy do announce the of an appointment of directors that. venezuela and its u.s. subsidiary citgo petroleum the opposition is trying to gain control of an industry that is the economic backbone of the country. at least six people have died after nearly a week of anti-government protests in haiti the demonstrators are calling on president of anomalies to step down they are angry about rising costs economic stagnation and corruption and voters in spain are facing the prospect of a third general election in four years members of parliament defeated the budget plans of the ruling socialist government and they included parties from the catalonia region you're up to date with the headlines here on al-jazeera coming

says confronting tehran is key to peace in the middle east. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the joint resolution is a push to end u.s. support for the war in yemen is one step closer to becoming reality challenges remain. it's the end of the runway for the world's biggest passenger plane as a bus pulls the plug on the a three eighty. knots backing down in haiti protesters sick of corruption and the rising cost of living keep up the pressure on the president to resign. the u.s. is seeking a new era of cooperation to confront threats in the middle east secretary of state mike pompei or has been speaking at a u.s. led meeting to discuss the region's future he listed iran as one of the challenges tehran was not invited to the events being hosted by poland the missing comes with rising tensions between the u.s. and iran after president trump withdrew from the twenty fifteen iran you kid. arab and israeli leaders were in the same room sharing a meal and exchanging views they all came together for a single reas

has staunch supporters in the middle east such as saudi arabia the u.a.e. and. which have repeatedly called for a tougher stance against what they say is iran's destabilizing role in the region or has been joins us live now from warsaw so hessian what's been happening today but basically we're expecting world leaders and delegates arrive to the building to see behind me the bad szell royal castle for the opening ceremony of the conference for the promotion of peace and security in the middle east the americans are saying this is going to be a brainstorming sessions where delegation is good be able to sit together and talk about ways to objects was defeat i still in the middle east however seem to be facing some problems particularly with the absence of some of the key players in the region that russia is not attending the iranians were not invited to seems to be. it remains to be seen how the this coalition would be able to solve the problems in the region when some of the key players are not there if you don't have the iranians on board this us in a way you can

conference on the future of the middle east very much the focus on iran and what the u.s. and israel see as the need to confront iran. well let's take a step back for a second remember how this conference came to be initially was an invitation sent out by the united states to countries around the world to confront what to describe as the iranian threats that's was and received very well by european countries on the european union as well not kind of forced the u.s. to change the title of this conference albeit so very generic peace and security in the middle east one but having said that that's just been a false pretense because everything that's been said publicly so far has as we've just heard been about iran be it from the israeli prime minister who is probably the most senior statesman attending that or just summits or the u.s. vice president mike pence what other trying to achieve we're still not quite sure because even though that's and he always said that he was hoping for some sort of unity amongst nations who wanted to go to war with iran not to confront iran simp

on the middle east on iran do you have on them in this league. supported. c.p.o. is a joint comprehensive plan of action that's the name of iran to you. and in the mostly vote for stronger ties with iran so at least on the formal bases the unity is still there but i think the u.s. is really trying to break it apart and poland and eastern europe. countries countries that those that seek stricter all seek stronger ties with the u.s. the easiest to break out all right yes fun hina thank you very much while iran has called the middle east conference in warsaw a circus and says it's an attempt to demonize the country iran is taking part in parallel talks about the syria conflict in the russian resort town of sochi the leaders of russia iran and turkey are in opposing sides but they are discussing ways to end the eight year long civil war also on the agenda as the u.s. plan to withdraw its troops from syria a blow for kurdish forces closely allied with the u.s. we have this report from the kurdish city of kabbani in northern syria leila visits this grave in every thursd

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two meetings one region and conflicting objectives of push to ensure stability in the middle east is causing division rather than unity. and the runway for the world's biggest passenger plane air bus pulls the plug on the a three eighty. and installed the title winning basketball card she decided it was time for a bit of only cool drama golden state steve kerr gets rejected. streets and. security forces appear to have been the target of an attack in indian administered kashmir a bomb went off in the district killing at least eighteen people most of them members of a paramilitary force fifteen people were injured but al jazeera sources on the ground say the number of dead could be much higher this attack happened on a highway that connects the state capital guard to the city. this is a real you know. i was sitting inside my shop and all of a sudden an explosion happened it was very like the building would come down. the side of the explosion on the breeze from vehicles and there is a car is a senior journalist who joins me on skype from shonagh are the capital of indian administered k

in a obama tried to do this kind of balancing and try to establish in the middle east this kind of coexistence between saudi arabia and you know on the assumption that the major divide in the middle east with which i and i deal with that assumption is this conflict this divide between saudi arabia and iran and so with with the with the conclusion of the way that nuclear they could even between the united states you know the p five plus one and you know that. was that if we take nuclear weapons if we take the fear of nuclear weapons out of the equation in the relationship between the states and the west and iran then we can start talking about these other. these other obstacles or challenges in the relationship which is very much iran behavior in the region so is their war that you put all the aspects of the. policy under i think it's kind of balancing policy it's a kind of a distorting some kind of equilibrium policy and and. let's put it this way it's a de is collation policy now you mentioned the work that the obama administration tried to do on iran but there are also many ot

pushes its middle east agenda at a conference in colons but iran isn't an vices describes the talks as a stuff this. hello i'm a saudi attain this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iranian russian and tuchis leaders are in salt talks about the war in syria. the joint resolution is passed. a push to end u.s. support for the war and yemen is one step closer to becoming reality but challenges remain. it's the. end of the runway for the world's biggest passenger plane thousands of european jobs under threat as air bus kills off the a three eighty. s. the u.s. secretary of state says a new era of cooperation is forming between arab and israeli leaders he was speaking as a conference in warsaw where the u.s. has gathered sixteen nations the official agenda is broad but the real focus appears to be iran most european nations have sent junior officials to the meeting it's a further sign they're unhappy with u.s. sanctions against iran tehran has dismissed the gathering as a second it says the real work is taking place in sochi that's where the presidents of russia iran and turkey a m

rival meetings on the middle east the one on the ending the war in syria the other is seeking to unite sixty nations against iraq. hello i'm barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london also coming up a car bomb attack on a paramilitary convoy kills at least eighteen people in indian administered kashmir airball says it's scrapping production of the a three eighty after it's a dream of dominating the skies of the world's largest airline or fails to takeoff and thousands full silent in florida exactly a year after a gunman killed fourteen students and three staff at a school in parkland. hello thank you for joining us to competing meetings have just wrapped up both addressing stability in the middle east insall chain russia's president hosted his turkish and their rainy and counterparts for a fourth round of talks on the war in syria meanwhile in poland representatives from sixteen nations have attended what was largely seen as an anti iran conference sponsored by the u.s. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was the only head of state to attend well in the closing press conf

any solution to unrest in the middle east was impossible without first taking on iran. you can't achieve peace and stability middle east without confronting iran it's just not there been one for eleven years syria and iraq. rages and who do so last night has all. these are real threats there are others as well but you can't get peace in the middle east up which. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu echoed the u.s. position of uniting against the wrong person. in our struggle turning. for some sixth foreign minister and representatives of dozens of government. and israeli prime minister for foreign ministers of arab countries stood together and spoke. truth or. immunity against a common thread here and you. are joining us now live from warsaw as our correspondent jim ellis show yeah so what are the main takeaways from from this conference then. well depends if we're going to speak to a cynic or maybe those who are in favor of it cynics would say this was just another attempt by the trumpet ministration to try and exert its leadership of the international community b

has staunch supporters in the middle east such as saudi arabia the u.a.e. and bahrain which have repeatedly called for a tougher stance against what they say is iran's destabilizing role in the region. joins us now from warsaw so what's been happening there today hashem. well michel we're expecting world leaders and delegations to arrive later in the day here in the old city for an official ceremony and then they will start the talks and this despite all the statements from the u.s. diplomats and from the polish government this is not iran focused the event has become divisive and controversial this explains why many world leaders have decided to stay away from this so-called conference for the promotion of peace and stability in the middle east earlier today members of the national council of the revolution of iran which is an umbrella organization of iranian opposition held a rally one of the attendees was the foreman of new york julie rudy giuliani has said very sabella time for a regime change in iran and this explains why we've been hearing some harsh

among those who have been most astonished about that the middle east conference being hosted in poland as a polish people's themselves because poland traditionally does not have a lot of exposure in the middle east it has very little diplomatic clout there and very few interests and so the interests of the poles in the whole thing just conference is not so much about the middle east it's about pleasing the us suppose are very interested in having the u.s. permanent military base in that country even willing to bankroll it with two billion dollars and. polish president visits the white house last september he even offered two names that base if it ever materialized to name it for trump so that's what the polls aiming for my case we mentioned that europe and the u.s. don't see eye to eye right now on iran policy is the u.s. using this summit to break a european unity on iran i think at least trying but you know on the on the surface at least unity is still a very strong last week the european union published a paper on the middle east on iran do you have on them in this league. supported

led conference to promote peace and security in the middle east convened on wednesday evening in the polish capital warsaw with a little clarity as to what it's in to achieve initially washington had said the conference was being organized to confront what it described as the iranian threat that didn't sit well with several european countries forcing president donald trump's administration should rename the meeting. despite this a small yet well funded the iranian government's protest was held in warsaw addressed by one of america's most ardent pro israel politicians former new york mayor rudy giuliani well i believe there has to be complete change or i have a change of regime there has to be a democratic. regime that respects human rights that for a non-nuclear iran that's for a peaceful around and then we can solve the problem the middle east the absence of world leaders and the trumpet ministrations perceived pro israeli bias when it comes to dealing with the middle east is proof the iranians say that the meeting will fail on the course of war so conference i believe it's dead on

bruce through peace and security in the middle east. peace the. well what do you make of that to see have the right to call around the greatest threat. not at all because actually middle east is in iran for many players and contributors and america and is right in order to come to the main contributors of the anxiety. and also war tension and now is right in front minister it's just making something death can be can be named as a foreshadowing future foreshadowing evolved in the middle east and now he's trying and mike pence also trying to overshadow the palestinian issue and the palestinian is writing disputes a known time disputes but i for shoddily devolved it to me that he's against iran so what he's saying exegete his. is warmongering again he's following to suit up on yahoo two ways or want to guess you're on and off course i can say that really and also or i mean responsible by date on rhetorics because by rhetoric since i made in his op came to power ex-president. untie israel rhetorics also contribute at least eight creasing tension in th

win back the middle east particularly our arab allies. sunni arab states led by saudi arabia turkey and israel and what he heard from all of those leaders and all of us have heard from them is are rare is the big threat it's not isis convinced of the dividends from this new approach trump now refused any idea of possible dialogue with iran. saudi arabia has welcomed mr trump's realistic approach to meeting the challenge of iran's extra territorial ambitions in the area and we think it was about time that the us walk up to the fact that the problem with iran is not just nuclear development but it is idea the visit to saudi arabia was a clear signal that the u.s. is going to now completely side with iran sunny neighbors and support them and arm them and the obama era of believing that the region should be shared between iran and saudi arabia was over and that was i think that trip to saudi arabia and the rhetoric against iran was the turning point. president trumps insistence upon this new american vision of the middle east came as a relief

from sixty nations gather in the polish capital walsall for a two day conference on iran and the middle east sponsored by the united states vice president mike pence son secretary of state mike pompei o a both there along with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu but most nations have sent lower level delegations a french based group of dissidents iranians have been using the event as an opportunity to rally for regime change in their country but back in iran the foreign minister dismissed the duty as dead on arrival. it's another attempt by this stage to. an obsession to get on. and i think the fact that. they're not even aiming to produce a greek text rather than just attempting to make a statement by going to. is in warsaw for that conference and jamal perhaps he should start by explaining why this meeting is so controversial. well felicity i mean it starts with the people who are very maybe the people who won and that's the first points of contention initially this was meant to be the summits that's was put together by the united states to combat it's what they described as the

everybody the palestinian leadership has no trust in the united states as fair mediators in the middle east peace process anymore traum now is promising to roll up the middle eastern deal of the century in april what are your expectations of this deal. first of all there will be no deal because a deal needs above not of the palestinians autum up but of notice to up the because of them to tumble is initiating one secondly this deal is going to people are dead because we don't know the content of the deal that only talks about a state in gaza that doesn't. refer to sixty seven borders that doesn't refer to you by two or three that doesn't deal with the policy not if you g.'s that moves the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem the american embassy that is using blackmail to kmiec and missile to try to push the by the scene a suicide and to accept the base the peace initiative or of the ideas that is not going to happen so for us we have spoken loud and clear our voice was loud and clear our president has explicitly stated that we are a month going to be bought at the do this deal and until now u

taking place to address the billeted in the middle east. russia's president. hosted turkish and iranian leaders for a fourth round of talks on the war in syria. the president says he's ready to drive. india's prime minister has condemned the bombing of a military convoy in the indian administered kashmir which left at least thirty nine people dead. a senior democrat on the u.s. senate foreign relations committee has called on the trumpet ministration to turn over all documents related to the killing of saudi journalist. to the u.s. secretary of state asking for the records on whether any senior saudi official was responsible for his death. i m p's in britain are voting right now on amendments to prime minister to reach the maze bragg's a plan the opposition wants the government to give harlem and either a vote on a revised break to feel or a range of debate on the next steps by the end of this month let's go live now to lawrence leigh in london so long as what it what is the significance of these votes . if you can't your mind back a few weeks ago when sarees

>> that's interesting i have traveled to the middle east and europe and far east talking to leaders around and at times the president speaks on so many subjects fluently but they are adjusting to that they are not you to use having a president of the united states speak publicly virtually every single day. but pay attention to politics. and as it pertains to your region and country that is president trump so pay attention to policy and certainly you will pay attention what the president is saying that's the most important thing. how has the president handled iran? >> he went to riyadh last summer if i stand here with you to stand up to the strategic threat i know the administration has a closer alliance with the middle east so i call that nato. and to have a single goal to dominate and control the middle east and then to destroy the state of israel. of what i'm talking about almost the same words i'm describing every single year and almost total control from eastern syria and more political influence than what we have and to encroach on saudi arabia and that is the prize and also from the

candidate here of collective security at work in such air consistently in secure region as the middle east both to discuss that i'm now joined by hasan nuff a political science professor at cairo university professor enough it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you for having me it's ironic isn't it that they trumpet ministration while continuing to put pressure on nato at the same time seems and am are the by the idea of a similar alliance in the middle east and for a what i heard three countries already egypt jordan and saudi arabia have signaled that openness to the plan do you think that interest is genuine or are they just trying to placate president trump. what i think of this is an israeli effort. the us administration has been taking to the idea and the whole objective is to try to and to get the. as an i and the. and the system so they are trying to convince. some some are whether the order the convincing iran and they're not as right because they and to me and is a threat to the whole arab world it is expanding its influence and so on and also to the un

led talks on middle east security tehran was excluded. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resolution to end american military support for the saudi embassy led war in yemen the measure now faces a contentious voters in the senate president donald trump says he'll veto the legislation if senate has approved it. at least nine people have been killed and dozens injured in a week of anti-government protests in haiti demonstrators are angry over rising prices and corruption they want the president to step down al-jazeera is in the capital port au prince. another protest in the streets of the haitian capital. although they fired tear gas if i put it but we are determined to get rid of is over there this month. thousands of haitian nationals continue to join the protests for the prince all of them for the resignation of president. sadat exactly right now. we will not have a dialogue with moyes we can have that dialogue when he has gone in the last two years haiti's economy has suffered a sharp financial decline and a fast climbing inflation r

pressure on nato at the same time seems in and marred by the idea of a similar alliance in the middle east and for a what i heard three countries already egypt jordan and saudi arabia have signaled that openness to the plan do you think that interest is genuine or are they just trying to placate president trump. what i think of this is an israeli effort. the us administration has been taking to the idea and the whole objective is to try to and to get the. as an i and the. and system so they are trying to convince of the. some some are whether the order the convincing iran and they're not as right because they and to me and is a threat to the whole arab world it is expanding its influence and so on and also to the united states especially after withdrawing from the the nuclear program so it is perceived as the interest of the united states and that is true of other countries especially the saudi arabia and israel is the life that about it because this is a way that. make the arabs forget about. the conflict that is right if i may detect here because it would be if they mr trump the the firs

led conference to promote peace and security in the middle east convened on wednesday evening in the polish capital warsaw with a little clarity as to what it's in to achieve initially washington had said the conference was being organized to confront what it described as the iranian threats that didn't sit well with several european countries forcing president donald trump's administration to rename the meeting. despite this a small yet well funded and governments protest was held in warsaw addressed by one of america's most ardent pro israel politicians former new york mayor rudy giuliani well i believe there has to be complete change or i have a change of regime there has to be a democratic. regime that respects human rights that is for a non-nuclear iran that for a peaceful around then we can solve the problem the middle east the absence of world leaders and a trumpet ministrations perceived pro israeli bias when it comes to dealing with the middle east is proof the iranians say that the meeting will fail on the course of war so conference i believe it's dead on arrival or dead b

there's no constituency in america for continuing these intractable middle east wars or getting into new ones in latin america i would love to see a policy shift i think donald trump came in without a real coate foreign policy i think it's great that he campaigned on america first platform a noninterventionist platform he's not governing by that but he's not the first president to not live up to his campaign promise i have to strongly disagree with les that that there is a massive issue here is going up to this is a sort of superficial every other word game series of the same ok george i mean when trump made the decision when the trump made the decision to pull out of syria you know both parties the media the deep state everyone did everything in their. power to slow that down or even have it revoked ok that's what he campaigned on and if you look it up the public opinion right after he made it after the media barrage all of the politicians the deep state his even his own cabinet still the public agreed with the president of the united states because that's what he promised to do at

foreign policy in the middle east and destroy our foreign policy interests in the middle east and i think also it's very concerning right now a lot of countries are using. this very disgusting and sad murder that happened to took a shot she to further their own interests qatar and turkey being each turkey this is a country that holds how many how many journalists in jail right now after the last attempted revolution so i think you have. a long way to go we need to go may i interrupt this is this is nothing to do this is not going to turkey is no mistake no no no no no this is nothing to do with domestic politics talk about a trial in saudi arabia the level of the level of the the level of moral and u.s. policies in the middle east must be of the foremost discussion point when it comes to turkey's jailing journalism's also for this is a democratic discussion that he made on democratic terms in turkey yet turkey did have many other experiences unfortunate experiences which you might very well known about the fact that. drew you are going to have to pull a plug on a conversation with joyce b

which resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths in the middle east and so all you can do is say it isn't worth that. effort and. we've given those ins and dozens of talks a long outline people listen to us carefully and then they had nothing changes while in many of those talks you you mentioned the issue all for risk neutrality and i wonder if risking a child to is even a possibility in the united states especially post nine eleven can any american leader be risk neutral when neutrality as a category it doesn't seem to exist in the united states anymore at least when it comes to a public life and public discussion yes i think there's that as a important problem the issue for any public servant is to get the risk right the most important thing that governments do is protect their citizens in the united states constitution practive the first words are the government you will preserve domestic tranquility so consequently saving lives is very important they do not have an infinite amount of money even in the united states so they sometimes act as if they did and what they should be

we hope to have follow-up meetings where we can truly begin to deliver on something ceat the middle east rtainly needs, and the world will benefit from as well. >> woodruff: so we are told n thatber of key middle eastopn and eurn officials decided not to attend. there are some countries represented at a lower level. how does that affect your ability to move this forward? t >> juds event's been absolutely historic. it's the first time we've put it together, and even tonight, it's the first time in a quarter oa century that you had the pri minister of israel in the same room talking about threats in the middle east with senior arab leaders from all across the middle east. it was truly remarkable. it was historic. 70-plus countries gathed together, all sharing ideas. we come from different backgrounds, we co from different places, we see these risks differently, but tonight i think we began a conversation which will lead to really good outcomes all across the middle east. >> woodruff: you mentioned the prime minister of israel, mr. netanyahu, who a short time ago was quoted aeeting that the

has staunch supporters in the middle east such as saudi arabia the u.a.e.and bahrain which have repeatedly called for a tougher stance against what they say is iran's destabilizing role in the region where she joins us now live from warsaw. obviously at some sort of protest what's going on. yes andrea and this is a ground lead by the iranian opposition based in europe the gathering here to send a message to the international community that it's about time to build international support to achieve their goals which is basically they say they want to regime change in iran they want to build a secular republic and they would like to have the backing of the international community of the meeting of the former mayor of new york rudy giuliani i spoke with him a while ago and he said basically he's excited to be here it was because he believes this could be a first step to build international support to enforce regime change in iran and this explains. what we've seen over the last few days which is that the united states of america trying to rally international su

and saudi arabia and them of us together and this is a big change in the whole middle east is thought e.g. sure the saudis are the only ones who have money to spend in the region because it at this point of time is a recipient of military aid so is jordan but do you think the saudis can be trusted to be god because if they are they want spain for that can you really build a proper balance alliance as opposed to just having a paymaster with a few client states and says no to the question of the cost of an open issue and it will be paid by saudia arabia as a matter of fact and it is a source of draining saudia arabia because two. and so on so if you are talking about the cost of a military operation we have to see what kind of military operation what will be done on the ground if there will be an attack against the you know an aura and says just alliance defense of our allies if you want i can my understanding it was not be thrown at defensive alliance it is not a sort of a collective security because none of this company is really threatened by by iran it is what is needed now is to. m

to rival meetings addressing instability in the middle east have wrapped up in europe in sochi russia president hosted turkish and iranian leaders for talks on how to end the war in syria and what comes next while in poland the u.s. stepped up its efforts to isolate iran at a conference attended by sixty nations well israel's prime minister was the only foreign head of state to attend with many european countries sending low level representatives well let's start with a summit in sochi with three countries vying to be the key foreign players in syria once the u.s. has this report from tehran. this so-called guarantors of the syrian peace process the presidents of russia iran in turkey are partners in the astronaut negotiating framework the leaders met to find consensus on how to carve up syrian territory following the planned u.s. withdrawal of american troops from an area under the control of the kurdish group the y. peachy it was clear even before the summit began that they didn't agree russia and iran told turkey that the syrian government should we gain control of northeast syria