with anchor up so the hope is there we discussed the importance of these talks with science mohammad marandi from the university of tehran he believes the syrian national congress would be a positive step forward though there are many questions regarding how it might work given that so many scientists are involved. the very fact that for the first time. this process is being moved forward largely without the united states and its allies i think is one reason why it has achieved so much faster than the talks as well as the current talks from sochi have. pushed the part of the process a great deal for the force things have shifted in change of enormously on the ground and hopefully these talks will help pave the way for. the conflict to come to an end but i think that it looks good on paper but it i'm sure it's going to be very complicated in the weeks and months ahead one of the difficulties is what about those groups that align themselves and continue to be allies of. we know that many of these people have committed horrific crimes they continue to exist they continue to terrorize people in

always in close contact with anchor up so the hope is definitely there politics professor syud mohammad marandi told us the idea of a syrian national congress would be a positive move he say yes there are still questions of brigs actually how it would function though. the very fact that for the first time. this process is being moved forward largely without the united states and its allies i think is one reason why it has achieved so much thoughts on the talks as well as the current talks in sochi have. pushed the part of the process a great deal for the force things have shifted and changed of enormously on the ground and hopefully these talks will help pave the way for. the conflict to come to an end but i think that it looks good on paper but it i'm sure it's going to be very consciously catered in the weeks and months ahead one of the difficulties is what about those groups that align themselves and continue to be allies of al qaeda world the united states pull out of syria the americans have occupied significant portions of syria without the permission of the syrian government this is a vi

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but we're going to discuss this further with a side mohammad marandi from the university of tehran welcome to the program. let's start with talking about how crucial you think today's trilateral talks all. they're very important and the very fact that for the first time. this process is being moved forward largely without the united states and its allies i think is one reason why it has achieved so much faster than the talks as well as the current talks and so she have. pushed the pause process a great deal for the force this comes along side the achievements made by the syrian arab army alongside with the help of the russians the iranians has well law and the iraqi of iranian pakistani volunteers who've all struggled for years to push back the extremists that were funded by the one stream if they were funded by saudi arabia and unfortunately the united states as we know from documents that have been revealed the defense intelligence agency documented two thousand and twelve the wiki leaks documents we know that the united states has coordinated the movement of extremists and the bringing

anchor up so the hope is definitely there we discussed the importance of these talks the science mohammad marandi from the university of tehran he believes a syrian national klyce process is being moved who is allowed to participate in what is what is very positive is that these countries seem. to be determined obviously all three of them have their own opinions but i think the very fact that they're getting to get they're getting together and they're making the statements public show that there is a strong degree of determination. the lebanese prime minister has announced he's putting his surprise resignation on hold after the country's president asked him to reconsider. i'm still. together and we shall carry on to you. we are a nation of moderation a nation of stability the political crisis began when the lebanese prime minister announced his resignation in saudi arabia's capital riyadh the decision was televised and was met in beirut with disbelief with many suspecting it being pressurised by the scientists then france's president micron invited terri and his family to paris where the french l

she is a journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst and in toronto we cross the mohammad marandi he is an associate professor at the university of toronto are across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much appreciate jamal let me go to you first in washington as we saw this situation play out in lebanon and i don't think it's done yet we'll see what the next move is here but looking at what's going on in saudi arabia critics can make the claim that the the lebanon episode was to deflect from what was going on in saudi arabia and vice versa i mean how are they connected or they're just very different things happening at the same time go ahead in washington no i tend to believe the two different things happening in this. saudi arabia house legitimate to make a complaint about. it is not only in the burden but in syria and in yemen maybe. issue was introduced was too hasty in and such an impulsive but it succeeded. issue of his will on the table and now even the flinch to make any statements about how the law should be. should be viewed. fi

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things may be looking promising here in a prank reporting that will politics professor side mohammad marandi told us the talks were a positive development but difficult days still lie ahead. fastener fox as well as the current path of. push the power of the process a great deal for the force things have shifted in change of enormously on the ground and hopefully these talks will help pave the way for. the conflict to come to an end but i think that it looks good on paper but it damn sure it's going to be very complicated in the weeks and months ahead there's a lot to do and it's not clear if the americans and their allies are going to help this process move forward or whether they are going to improve and competed but i think what is what is very positive is that these countries seem. to be determined obviously all three of them have their own opinion. now there is a high security prison on the edge of siberia in which hundreds of inmates and never likely to taste freedom again because they are among russia's most dangerous offenders are many will probably see at their days inside black dolf

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