sit there and do nothing right when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is discussed like you say that it's usually about civilians and assets troops but also troops are really only there because the rebels are so instead of or at the same time asked telling us us forces to stop their offensive which i agree they should why not also tell the rebels to give up and like take buses to lift like it happened and now i bow or homes why is this plan not discussed the security council resolution is. well the security council resolution is clear right and russia was one of the parties that that agreed to it which is that there needs to be. a ceasefire now that after that going to be with modalities that are going to be negotiated in conformity with international law sure but let's stop the firing on all sides and so the international crisis group is calling for all sides to stop the fiery but you know there is as i say and i think it's clear for people watching at this one party that has proposed reduce a force nobody's asking it now to exercise self-defense but i

when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is discussed like you say that it's usually about civilians and assets troops but also troops are really only there because the rebels are so instead of or at the same time asked telling us as forces to stop their offensive which i agree they should why not also tell the rebels to give up and like take buses to lift like it happened in aleppo or homes why is this plan not discussed the security council resolution is. well the security council resolution is clear right and russia was one of the parties that that agreed to it which is that there needs to be. a ceasefire now that are that going to be with modalities that are going to be negotiated in conformity with international law sure but let's stop the firing on all sides and so the international crisis group is calling for all sides to stop the fiery but you know there is as i say and i think it's clear for people watching that there's one party that has proposed reducing force nobody's asking it now to exercise self-defense but it isn't this is not a case

when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is discussed like you say that it's usually about civilians and assets troops but also troops are really only there because the rebels are so instead of or at the same time as telling us as forces to stop their offensive which i agree they should why not also tell the rebels to give up and like take buses to lift like it happened in aleppo or homes why is this plan not discussed the security council resolution is. well the security council resolution is clear right and russia was one of the parties that that agreed to it which is that the needs to be. a cease fire now that are that going to be with modalities that are going to be negotiated in conformity with international law sure but let's stop the firing on all sides and so the international crisis group is calling for all sides to stop the fiery but you know there is as i say and i think it's clear for people watching at this one party that has proposed reducing force nobody's asking him not to exercise self-defense but he does that this is not a case of s

when there is what like very being fired at as well so when the fire mr guta is discussed like you said it's usually about civilians and assets troops but also troops are really only there because the rebels are so instead of or at the same time asked telling us us forces to stop their offensive which i agree they should why not also tell the rebels to give up and like take buses to lift like it happened and now i bow or homes why is this plan not discussed the security council resolution is. well the security council resolution is clear right and russia was one of the parties that that agreed to it which is that there needs to be. a ceasefire now that after that going to be with modalities that are going to be negotiated in conformity with international law sure but let's stop the firing on all sides and so the international crisis group is calling for all sides to stop the fiery but you know there is as i say and i think it's clear for people watching at this one party that has proposed reduce of course nobody's asking it now to exercise self-defense but it isn't this is not a case of

mr. speaker, today the brutal conflict in syria enters its eighth year. as we meet safe and secure in this chamber, the syrian regime with the support of its principal ally, russia, is polarizing eastern guta. mr. mcgovern: the u.n. passed a resolution demanding a 30-day cease fire, supposed to permit a durable humanitarian pause so aid could be delivered and people who were sick and wounded could be removed from the area. instead the air strikes and shell having intensified, popular areas remain under siege and hundreds of more men, women and children have been killed. in the words of the u.n. secretary general, syria is bleeding inside and out. mr. speaker, our failure to stop this terrible slauther is shameful, it is unacceptable, we must urgency -- urgently work with our allies, put an end to this nightmare and find a path forward. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i want to congratulate johnstown's environmental tank and container company for being named manufacturer of the year at the sixth annual northeast 2018 ill a

special envoy to the country has welcomed a brief cease fire in the city of duma in eastern guta stuff under mr also renewed calls for an end to the hostilities across syria that was echoed by early tadi the organization's main humanitarian coordinator on the ground. we are cooperating well with the russians center for the conciliation to organize humanitarian convoys and also to assist people who are leaving east duma so we're looking at more than twenty thousand civilians who are leaving. in desperate conditions and they are housed in different shelters. around damascus so they need everything they need blankets they need mattresses they need food they need medications they need protection they need to feel comfortable being made to feel secure our teams are working around the clock with them together with. the syrian out upper class and i.c.r.c. and of course we are cooperating with the government my formula for that is secession of hostilities over do much to continue. over the east of control ability to send convoys and medical assistance into east. and people are allowed to leave. without

humanitarian task force for syria mr egeland thank you very much for taking this time what is the situation on the ground in eastern guta at the moment as you know it. this situation is horrific on the ground there is no no other word for it listen this is a besieged area it's totally military and so and the hasn't been any possibility to get in with humanitarian relief now for months only one tiny convoy came in february that's the only thing we've gotten in since november of last year so my new tradition has gone through the roof at the time when hospitals saw being bombed. civilian housing is being bombed and it's happening in the next door to the city these are suburbs to damascus of course there is also in or fairness we have to describe there also going rockets out of this eastern gudrun neighborhoods that is hitting. city it's a terrible situation so the consideration continues as it was before the u.n. called for this thirty day cease fire and then russia backed out ball but also called their own daily five hour truce what do you make of this. the that the situation is only getting worse by the hour and the day

mr. peters you know we. started march thirteenth d.w. . this is due to all the news live from her land the syrian army makes further advances in eastern guta government soldiers have reportedly surrounded the on claves largest town duma as air strikes pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped also on the program. can trade officials from the european union get a block out of upcoming american import tariffs on steel and aluminum or is the e.u. going to counter with tariffs on u.s. products. like. that and seven years after nuclear disaster struck the japanese video fukushima some locals are using sport to move on they're hoping the twenty twenty olympics will soon put their city on the map for something completely different baseball. and welcome to the program syrian government forces say they've made significant advances into eastern ghouta the army has spent the last three weeks conducting an offensive on the area which is the last major rebel stronghold near the capital damascus the fighting has already claimed the lives of over. a thousand people and some observers say chemical

mr trump alone. now to syria where more than five thousand rebel fighters and civilians are being evacuated from eastern guta to opposition held areas in it live state media says nearly one hundred ten thousand people have left the enclave since a humanitarian corridor was open government forces are close to controlling all of what had been the last rebel stronghold close to damascus following a month long offensive just one group jaish islam is now holding out but they are believed to be close to a deal to leave say in a hot an hour from beirut. the evacuations are continuing fighters their family members as well as civilians being bussed out of what was once the rebel controlled enclave of eastern ghouta to the rebel controlled province of idlib in the northwest of the country this is part of course of the evacuation deals or what amounts really to a surrender the rebels didn't have much of a choice they were besieged by government forces and there was a relentless bombing campaign campaign that was targeting civilians who were trapped inside so it's not only the fighters who are leaving it is people who a

mr. bush you know. starting march thirteenth d.w. . place. this is detail the news live from berlin the syrian army makes further advances in eastern guta government soldiers reportedly surrounding the only place largest town in the duma as as strikes pound the last opposition stronghold in the capital damascus thousands of civilians remain trapped. in the meantime life is being.

mr affair. which you know about. starting march thirteenth d w. this is deja vu news live from berlin and syrian forces say they split rebel forces in eastern guta government soldiers reportedly surrounded they'd begun close largest city duba as air strikes pound the last opposition stronghold near the capital many civilians remain trapped there we'll go live to our correspondents for the latest. and we'll see what line.

mr a said. well stefan de mistura is essentially confirming for the security council what we're hearing from our reporters like alan fischer on the ground that the situation not only in eastern guta but throughout the country is continues to be precarious this was an meeting where the special envoy was supposed to update the security council on implementation of their resolutions particularly twenty four zero one which called for a cease fire across syria and as we can see is not being implemented the one bright spot de mistura mentioned was duma where a shaky cease fire has held for the last six days but in terms of the impact of the ongoing fighting on civilians he described a very grim picture. with civilians continuing to be and harm's way despite the action of the security council calling for the cease fire he also updated the security council on efforts to restart political talks under u.n. auspices to bring a political solution to push that forward and he had very little progress to report there as well he talked about a stock where the ministers from iran turkey and russia are meeting and that there is a commitment from them to use the u.n. in those political talks moving