years ago and the vacuum caused in syria allowed it to cause it and now it has a presence in neighboring lebanon claimed responsibility for the latest attack targeting supporters of hezbollah. and authorities in iraq and lebanon are trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. another reminder that syria's war does not have borders. al jazeera, beirut. >>> fighting is reported in the syrian city, the area is a stronghold of that same al-qaeda linked group we have been talking about. this video is said to show prisoners released from jails being run by them. the islamic state of iraq has reportedly withdrawn from several bases in syria and handed them over to another al-qaeda linked group. turkey's prime minister will not stand in the way of pretrial of officers who were convicted of a coup plot and last week they filed a complaint over court cases saying evidence produced at the trials was made up. in october they upheld the convictions of retired officer whose are in prison for plotting to over throw the government ten years ago. the main opposition in bangladesh has gone on th

neighboring lebanon is also being sucked in. the jihaddist' proclaimed gel is a unified fundamentalist state encompassing iraq, syria and lebanon but the real issues are much murkier and far more complex, according to former u.s. ambassador edward walker. >> this fight is much bigger than iraq. it is something that has got its depend pt in history. it's got its depth in religion. it's far brokeredder than just a question of -- broader than just a question of borders and national pride. >> reporter: nobody seems willing or able to fill the gap between them. a perfect opening for the jihaddists. cbs news, rome. >> the iraqi government is saying they are going to try to retake the city in the coming days. >>> today lawmakers returned to washington and go back to work on the agenda today, senate majority leader harry reid has scheduled a vote to extend jobless benefits for three months. also on the radar a january 15 deadline to agree on a spending bill to keep the government running and avoid another disastrous shutdown. >>> house

vacuum caused by the war in syria allowed it to set up base there, now it has a presence in neighboring lebanon. it at a tacked shia supporters, the war against isil may not have only been declared in syria authorities in iraq and lebanon are also trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. ooh another reminder that the war does not have borders. al jazeera, beirut. >> wheel there's progress towards peace in the mud east there's still lot of work to be done. he met king abdall abdalla ii. in jerusalem hammering out a framework of an agreement. direct talks between the two resumed in july after a three-year break. >>> doctors treating former descrairl prime minister israel sharon, are say he is fighting for his life. he was the third prime minister. >>> religious schools to study arabic, some of these institutions are now forcing their children to beg. >> at this time of the morning most children in senegal are gettingetting ready to go to sc. but these boys are preparing to go out and beg on the streets of the capital, dacca. getting a bowl is crucial. they live in an islamic

number of years ago and the war in syria allowed it to set up there and now a presence the neighboring lebanon. it claims responsibility for the latest attacks targeting supporters of the lebanese group. the war against isil may not only declared in syria, authorities in iraq and lebanon are trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. audio reminder that syria's war doesn't have borders. >>> secretary of state john kerry is saying that the security of syria and palestine is crucial. in jerusalem i guarantee all parties that we are committed to putting ideas forward that are fair and balanced and improving the security of all of the people in the region. kerry is jordan and meeting the king and trying to come up with a plan for the palestine leader and israeli counter part. the talks resumed last july after a three year break. >> african migrants are protesting. >> the migrants are billing the protest as a general strike, but to be exact they are not entitled to work in israel legally as all and living with conditional temporary visas that specifically saying they are not lega

now, it has the presence in neighboring lebanon. >> it claimed responsibility for the latest attack targeting shia supporters of hezbollah. the war against isil may not have only been declared in syria. authorities in iraq and lebanon are also trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle, another reminder that syria's war does not have borders. ronan bergmann is a senior correspondent for israel's largests daily newspaper. earlier i spoke to him and asked him how he was able to confirm reports. >> israeli intelligence has been working quite closely with the u.s. intelligence and other intelligence services in the west following what is happening in the region and mainly what is happening in the relations between iran, syria, and hezbollah. it has been well-known, established of fact hezbollah has, the last seven, six years build what is called stripliate basis established inside the syrian territory, not far away from the border with lebanon and used to store the long-range and medium range ballistic missiles hezbollah got from syria and from iran and the purpose of building t

in controversy in nineteen eighty two he organized the school sedation of this know what the neighbor lebanon a strike takes balls to palestine with the race in one patient from lebanon and stop you from using the time to launch attacks against these. but it also resulted in the killing of hundreds of palestinians by lebanese christian militiamen known as the cell growth and chat to a massacre from then on sharon was notorious among palestinians and hate it. the incident left a gift from office in nineteen eighty three. he remained a popular figure among the youth really bright he continued to hold the key posts in the government presided the biggest clothing drive into reception and ten the west bank and gaza. joel eventually made a political comeback. first as the foreign minister of mr hicks had his coalition government in nineteen ninety eight. then as leader of the thrills right likud party in nineteen ninety nine. it was in the landslide victory that he was elected as prime minister in two thousand and one. this would allow only two who served in the teaching you do for swimmers prime m

say the militant group hezbollah has been moving long-range missiles from war-torn syria into neighboring lebanon. that's according to reports today in "the new york times" and "the wall street journal." officials believe that hezbollah is trying to avoid an israeli military strike inside syria that would destroy the weapons. for more i spoke with eric schmidt, who co-wrote the article about this in "the new york times" times. eric, why is hezbollah moving these weapons now? >> they're moving them now to try to take advantage actually of some of chaos that's going on in syria, hoping that the mayhem on the ground will obfuscate some of the movements of these missile parts, missile systems if you will. the israelis have been watching this very close. they're very concerned about the impact these various kinds of missiles could have on their security and they conducted at least five air strikes in 2013 against these different systems that have so far been stored in warehouses in syria. many along the border with lebanon. so hezbollah has taken a different tact now. they're trying to move these miss

neighboring lebanon has also been sucked in. the intervention of the powerful hezbollah movement on the side of syria has been met with car bombs and assassinations. the jihaddists proclaimed goal is a unified islamic fundamentalist state encompassing iraq, syria and lebanon. but the real issues are much murkier and far more complex, according to former u.s. ambassador edward rocker. >> this fight is much bigger than iraq. it is something that has got its depth in history, it's got its depth in religion. it is far broader than just a question of borders or of national pride. >> and nobody seems willing more able to fill the gap between them. perfect opening for the jihadist. allen pizzey, cbs news, rome. >> jeff: pope francis did announce today he plans to vit the mid eel-- middle east in may, to israel, the west bank and jordan. later heat wave in australia. temperatures reach new heights down under. for than 70 eruptions in an indonesian volcano sends villages racing from their homes. and if you resolve to give up diet soda fo

and at least seven people have been killed in neighboring lebanon. >>> u.s.sident barack obama is due to announce his new surveillance policy in the coming hour. the u.s. national security agency has faced growing criticism after former contractor, edward snowden leaked classified documents. >>> the united nations says the conflict in south sudan has turned into an ethnic war. hundreds of internally displayed people are suffering from malaria, measles and other diseases inside camps. here is the report from juba. >> reporter: the yut -- united nations says this has essentially become an ethnic conflict. that further compounds the situation here in this young nation. the government disputes that saying that this is purely a power struggle between the former vice president and his allies where they are accused of trying to undertake a military coup against a legitimate government, and they point to the fact that there are members of bothet nick tribes, both in the government and the rebels dismissing the ethnic tone to this conflict. however, speaking to some o

the vacuums caused by the war in syria allowed to set up in and now a presence in neighboring lebanon. >> it claimed responsibility for the latest attacks and targeting the supporters of the armed political group. >> the war against isil not only delaired in syrisyria, iraq and lebanon is also trying to wipe out the group. it is not an easy battle. another remind hear it is a war without borders. >> we have more from neighboring turkey. >> the opposition fighting group is concerned with fighting each other than fighting the syrian army. we are seeing a lot of movement on the ground. we have heard that the crossing in the hands of the islamic state of iraq and al qaeda backed group of foreign fighters in recent hours is regained by the more moderate forces by the free syrian army and that is a strategic gain on that side and on the other hand we are hearing of the death of a commander of the most significant, one of the largest fighting groups in the islamic front and that group stood in the middle of the two groups, if you like, and certainly not aligned with the al qaeda backed group

we have the latest from monitoring the situation in syria from neighboring lebanon. it seems that the government forces are taking advantage of the in-fighting. >> the rebels are bogged down in their own war and the regime is trying to move forward and make advances, it is a strategic territory and industrial area and the main point of entrance into the rebel controlled east of the city. it is divided, the rebels controls the east and the government controls the west and if they take control they are able to block the supplies lines coming from turkey and we are understanding that the regime is trying to push into the southeast of the capital. it is strategic because it lies on the main highway. that highway links the airports to the western part of the city under the government part of control and when they managed to block that road they couldn't resupply the forces in the west of the city. the internal fight something continuing. the islamic state is holding on to strategic territory in the east of the country and controlling the border crossing between turkey and

now, it has a presence in neighboring lebanon. >> it claimed responsibility for the latest attack targeting shia supporters of the lebanese armed political group hezbollah. the war against isil may not have only been declared in syria. authorities in iraq and lebanon are also trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. another reminder that it will war does not have borders. >> live for us in istanbul. being between opposing groups anita, what do we know more about the voyages in syria today? >> well, the fighting has split four ways now with what we know is the moderate islamic groups, the fighters we associate with the banner the free syrian army. covertly backed but probably less and less covertly as time goes by by the islamic front, the far more powerful group complies at least 11 brigades, the syrian army of course benefiting from this, and being able to exploit the fighting between the two groups distracted by each other to pick them off. we are hearing today that in an area west of aleppo called al rash hadin, gone after some of the free syrian army groups there. o

sina hadr has more from neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: syria's armed opposition is pushing forward with what seems to be a coordinated offensive against the islamic state in iraq and the levant, or i.s.i.l. the al qaeda linked group has been pushed out of its bases, hasn't been working for the interest of their revolution. imposing their own laws which many in the opposition believe are brutal. i.s.i.l. for its part has threatened to withdraw its fighters from the front lines if attacks against it continue. warning that regime forces would then be able to retake aleppo. in a recording the i.s.i.l. said it was being stabbed in the back by some groups involved in a conspiracy that seeks to get rid of al qaeda before peace talks in geneva. rebel leaders deny they are wage this war on behalf of the international community but there are some who believe it has to do with geneva. >> what we are seeing here is fighting over who is going to be the negotiator with the regime. and so far there is no unified opposition, actually there is a lot of in-fighting in order to produce a negotiator.

we have the story from neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: protests are growing and they're becoming more widespread. people in the rebel held north of syria wants the islamic state to leave their country. factions have turned their guns against this al-qaeda linked group and pushed them out of villages. in this video the opposition said they captured a tunisian, a commander of the group. a newly formed syrian rebel alliance went as far as declaring war on the islamic state. it demanded that isil fighters either join the ranks of other rebel groups or hand over their weapons and leave syria. the alliance accused isil of spreading strife and insecurity and liberated rebel areas spilling the blood of fighters and wrongly accusing them of her say. >> islamic state equals the assad regime. we won't stop until we're finished. they have helped us in battles. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: commanders say they're receiving help from the islamic front, the most powerful rebel alliance in the north. they have not come out clearly to state its position but one of its commanders who was tortured and killed

we're following the story from neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: protests are growing and they're becoming more widespread people in the rebel-held syria want to lead their country. it is not just protests. armed rebel factions have turned their guns against this al-qaeda linked groups. there have been battles in parts of aleppo. in this video they captured a tunisiaen a commander of the group. a newly formed syrian rebel alliance went as far as declaring war on the islamic state. it demanded that isil fighters either join the ranks of other rebel groups or hand over their weapons and leave syria. they're accused of spilling the blood ever fighters and wrongly accusing them of heresy. >> islamic state in ruthlessness. we decided to fit them. we won't stop until we're finished. they have helped us. >> reporter: they say they are receiving help from the islamic front. the front has not come out clearly to state its position but it's one of its commanders who was tortured and killed by "a" few days ago that sparked a wave of protest. >> i saw them execute him and that annoyed a lot of people

. >> there was another sign today that the syrian civil war has spilled over into neighboring lebanonauthorities say four people were killed in a car bombing in a hezbollah stronghold in south beirut. it is the second deadly car bomb in the area this month, and an al-qaeda-linked group is saying it's responsible for the bombing. >>> thousands of new documents released by the archdiocese of chicago showing the lengths the church went to deal with sex abuse scandals involving priests. it goes back decades and shows that the archdiocese sometimes relocated priests after abuse has been reported, and assigned others to watch them around children. the evidence recovers only 30 of 65 clergy for whom the archdiocese says it has proven claims of child abuse. >>> diane estherbrook is outside of the chicago archdiocese for us. diane, these documents were posted online today, and i'm wondering how victims are reac reacting? >> well, tony, the victims say that these documents acknowledge what went wrong, and it shines the light on the abuse that went on for several decades within the catholic chur

a warning tonight as the violence from syria civil war is now spilling over into neighboring lebanon. they are urging americans to avoid going to hotels, shopping malls, social events where you would expect to see americans. the warning comes amid a growing wave of bombings linked to sectarian violence to the war in syria. at least a dozen people have died in a pair of deadly bombing in the last two weeks. >>> fox weather alert now on the dangerous cold gripping a large swath of the nation. records could be broken in the coming days across the midwest, north east and even parts of the south. windchill warnings from minnesota and stretching, let's go meteorologist kate rin roth of wtxf in philadelphia. it is not as bad in some areas as we thought but it is still record-breaking. >> it is. and that is why it is being called a historic outbreak because it is literally over half of the country and extending into the southeast. and even if you don't break a low record temperature, the wind values are so extreme and some of us tomorrow morning will be digging out of several inches of snow.

both china and russia and tactical support on the ground from fighters including hezbollah and neighboring lebanonll as iran. he's a man who feels very much in a firm position in his country and in recent days gone on interviews and said he would consider running for office again when his term expires later this year. this is something he set out to do several years ago and said he was going to finish his term and every passing week it seems he is getting closer to that objective. >> and steve clemens, we have a report of alleged war crimes and we have not independently validated that here at nbc, but it looks as though these charges will certainly flavor the syrian opposition's approach at these talks. >> not only the syrian opposition but you're going to begin to see a constituency of the united states saying this is looking more and more like a rwanda humanitarian disaster under president obama's watch and nobody is doing anything. we've had 55,000 photos of torture and crimes and murtd done by the regime and i think it's going to make it harder to come forward with the deal in geneva. most peo

has committed five hundred million pounds of aid that's to assist syria's neighbors like lebanon jordan turkey and iraq cope with the sheer number of refugees but that as far as it's willing to go the u.k. has been criticized for saying no to the refugee agency repeal to work for syrians fleeing the conflict despite calls to open its doors for now why answer is no the latest count more than two million syrian refugees are at the borders of neighboring countries this is. not just. on the war. concerned shared by seventeen other nations who've said yes it's hard to understand why they're taking this position given that this is something that we have done in the past problems the conflict in the balkans with thousands of kosovo. i fear that there may be may be domestic immigration considerations that is influencing this come slap in the middle of a political climate and a national mood that's increasingly wary of anyone coming through the door we already have accepted a number of we have except i think about one thousand five hundred asylum seekers that is a fact we've already shaky said i

the spillover of conflict in the neighboring lebanon and iraq, the destabilizing flood of refugees in jordan, turkey and lebanon. the implications of the drawdown in afghanistan. the deteriorating into security posture in iraq. the growth of foreign cyber capabilities. the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, aggressive nationstate intelligence efforts against us. and assertive russia, a competitive china, a dangerous unpredictable north korea, a challenging iran, a lingering ethnic divisions in the balkans, perpetual conflict and extremism in africa, violent political struggles, and among others, the ukraine, burma, thailand and bangladesh. the specter of mass atrocities and the increasing stress of burgeoning populations, the urgent demand for energy, water and food. the increasing sophistication of transnational crime. the tragedy and magnitude of human trafficking. the in situ is rot of invented synthetic drugs. i could go on with this litany, but suffice to say we live in a complex, dangerous world. a statement for the record that we've submitted, particularly the classi

there are growing concerns for the millions of syrians who have been forced to flee into neighboring countries. in lebanonrefugees make up quarter of the population, and hundreds of families are in danger of becoming homeless once again. our middle east correspondent reports on lebanon's northern -- northern border with syria. roadside, this family, all nine of them, have nowhere to go. they are refugees from syria. , and theseir home are all their belongings. becausee been evicted they have no money to pay rent. when their landlord spots are camera, he reconsiders. the family have got another week. within minutes, everything and everyone is back safe. the joy is short-lived. the children haven't been to school. there is no money, even for food. >> i can't buy my family bread. buy them a kilo of potatoes. all of it is so expensive. i cannot provide any of it. >> the villages here are poor, and like the rest of lebanon, they can't feed and house the refugees. every scrap of space is being taken. a swiss charity was paying rent, but stopped when it found irregularities. while it in that -- it investigates,

shelling of northern israel by the palestine liberation organization in lebanon, sharon unleashed an invasion of israel's northern neighbor. the plo was driven from lebanon but thousands of israelis and palestinians died. many hundreds of palestinians slaughtered during a massacre at the refugee camps by lebanese christian militiamen. a commission found that the israeli army indirectly responsible and faulted sharon personally for not taking appropriate measures to prevent bloodshed. he was dismissed from the defense ministry. but sharon went on to other cabinet posts. overseeing a rapid expansion of jewish settlements in the occupied territories. he opposed the 1993 oslo peace act korlds and in 1998 he declared -- >> israelis against having a palestinian state. and the government is against having the palestinian state here. because of the vengeance. >> in 1999, he was elected leader of the rightist likud party. a year later during his campaign for prime minister, he made a provocative visit to the temple mount, the third most revered by muslims. shortly afterwards the second palestinian uprising or intefadeh begin. late

neighboring syria, and what happens in syria is already spilling into across the region to neighboring countries such as lebanon and turkey. and at the core of it are two regional major powers, iran and saudi arabia, and we're seeing them fighting in every one of these countries. >> increasingly dangerous, ayman mohyeldin back from the field. appreciate it as always. >>> and still ahead, one month to go until the olympic games in sochi, russia, and today, more one of the biggest nonathletic controversies facing athletes and visitors alike. >>> a month to go until the winter olympics in sochi, russia, and as you are about to see, some of the drama surrounding some of the games has nothing to do with winter sports and everything to do with the host nation. tonight, we hear from people in russia who are at the center of this. our report tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: even if the sochi games are a glowing success, russia's chance to shine on the world stage could already be tarnished. six months after the government passed a law on what it calls homosexual propaganda, international outcry from acti

but also those in neighboring countries like turkey lebanon and jordan. and this dislocation. this disruption is absolutely unacceptable we're in full agreement that the resolution of this conflict. must be peaceful that there isn't a military solution. and we're in full agreement that we need to make it our best efforts from the moment that we announce this. last spring in moscow. for now we must continue our best efforts. in order to try to bring the parties to geneva and forge forward. for all of the reasons i decided we are in full agreement. that we have to do all we can in order to. begin the process of duty. a process that we all understand will be difficult and will take some time. so we must begin we must begin now. in the days leading up to the dialogue that will begin in march for switzerland. the united states will continue to consult or a closely with our international partners including ambassador bridge amy and our russian counterparts. then we will also keep in very close contact with the syrian coalition. i will be meeting later today. with presents are bought

from their homes, displaced inside the country, and over 2 million are outside, in the neighboring countries of lebanon, jordan and turkey, what kind of an election could be arranged that would be credible? i don't think we should focus on the timing of an election or what an election could mean. there's a lot of work to be done to end the existing level of human suffering, and then for the political figures, to work to try to find some common ground. and they're not -- they haven't taken those first steps. >> ambassador richard murphy. >>> homs was one of the first cities to face a military crack down following the start of military crack downs, you ask see heavy military on the roads. 750,000 people lived in the city of homs, then the war broke out and the cars were replaced by tanks. and this is what it appears to be, today. these photos show the old town of homs demolished, the red cross says it is impossible to tell how many people are left. >>> unrest grows in ukraine as protest spreads throughout the country. demonstrators clash with police while trying to storm a regional government building in

the leaders of neighboring turkey and lebanon support a plan for aid to flow from their countries, but even if an agreement is reached, the red cross says humanitarian corridors limit the scope of their work and had hard to enforce. instead, they want daily cease-fires. let's go to geneva where our diplomatic editor is covering the talks. so one of the focuses today is on the humanitarian corridor. how did it play out, james? >> reporter: well, it's still being discussed here. it's one of the issues that's on the agenda, but let's just remind people what's actually happening on the ground in syria. there are 12 trucks nearby which have aid, medical supplies, they're desperately needed in the city of homs, and so far the go ahead for them to go on that route into the old city of homs has not been given. what we hear from the syrian government side is, yes, we will help with this. we've always said we'll helped besieged communities. that's contradicted by the u.s., a senior u.s. official telling us that the u.n. government blocked any convoy into the old city of homs. the syrian governme

the civil war in neighboring syria has fuelled situations in lebanon. many sunnis support the syrian opposition. >>> the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged northeastern japan in march 2011 killed more than 18,000 people. giant waves have pummelled the region many times in the distant past, as well, and residents have tried to leave records of these events. now, some researchers believe the old accounts can help prevent future disasters. nhk world reports. >> reporter: an amateur historian, she explores areas in northeastern japan, focusing on geograph geographical names. she says many locations have links to past disasters. this area is called oginazawa. the name means big ship stream. it's almost three kilometers inla inland. >> translator: this place is so deep in the mountains that i never believed a ship or a tsunami could reach this far, but on march 11th, the tsunami did reach here, so i realized that the legend was probably true. >> reporter: tazai says place names may hold messages from people living in the area centuries ago. she asks locals a

>> i think we have seen neighboring countries keep their borders open -- lebanon, turkey, egypt, otheruntries in north africa all doing their bit. to see other countries keeping their borders open, too. i know that my colleague who is the high commissioner for refugees has been talking to countries in the european union, and he says and we all agree with him that we should not see people from syria and other countries drowning trying to get to countries in europe. >> hello. welcome to the health show. you the mosting important health stories from around the world an. >> with their powerful census now, there -- powerful sense of smell, they know whether their diabetic owners will be falling coma., your -- into a, >> in the best way to deliver health care whether you live, work and play in a lagoon are. toshe has been trained detect the telltale smells of people have when they are falling ill and >> that means that dogs like easy can detect a diabetic persons blood sugar levels. >> for one young owner, it has already changed her life.

neighboring countries. >>> some of the syrians in lebanon are most in need of international help. >> reporter: it is a heavy burden for this 14-year-old girl. she is trapped. she is a refugee from syria, this is all the family has and there is only one way to keep it. >> i'm not obliged to marry a 44-year-old man. i'm crying because of the situation i am in, but i have to do it so that my family can survive. >> reporter: she has agreed to marry the 44-year-old lebanese landlord. she is the tradeoff. the family can no longer pay the $250 monthly rent. in exchange the owner of the house demanded that she become his second wife. >> it is a difficult decision. every mother wants to see her daughter secure and marry the man she loves. no mother wants to hurt her child, but we have no choice. >> reporter: if they move out of the house and into a tent her husband and son would not be able to survive in the cold, and her 12-year-old son barely makes enough money to provide for food. this is an example of how desperate syrian refugees have become. the majority cannot survive without help and humanitarian organizatio

humanitarian crisis is not only effecting millions of syrian people but also those in neighboring countries like turkey, lebanonordan and this dislocation, this disruption is absolutely unacceptable. we are in full agreement that the resolution to this conflict must be peaceful, that there isn't a military solution. and we are in full agreement that we need to make our best efforts from the moment that we announce this last spring in moscow through now, we must continue our best efforts in order to try to bring the parties to geneva and go forward. for all of the reasons i've just cited we are in full agreement that we have to do all we can in order to begin the process in geneva, a process that we all understand will be difficult and will take some time. but we must begin and we must begin now. in the days leading up to the dialog that will begin in switzerland, the united states will continue to consult very closely with our international partners including ambassador brahimi and our russian counterparts and we will also keep in very close contact with the syrian coalition. i will be meeting later today with

and if you look at the region more broadly, al qaeda has surged neighboring syria, conducted attacks in lebanonn egypt. this argument that al qaeda has been decimated, i think, as we've seen in the last few days in iraq is not true anymore. >> the people in those regions reportedly are not happy al qaeda is back. they are now being restricted with the shah rei-- with the sharia law under the thumbnail of these organizations. what should we be doing? what can we do? >> in my view we should not be deploying large tphufpls american forces -- numbers of american forces, especially conventional ones. i think this is a fight the iraqis should take a lead in. the u.s. can provide assistance from the c.i.a. as well as special operation forces which can collect intelligence, pass it on to the iraqis to conduct operations. there are a whole range of things including limited targeting that the u.s. can and should do. the problem is if this gets bigger we've got a problem in the homeland. >> no one is saying we should continue to fight the war. we left troops in germany, left them in korea, left them in ku

you have to look at the relation between syria and lebanon, syria and its neighbors. this is not something to describe in a short interview. make,int that i want to syria,port of iran, for and getting the syrian government -- it is very legitimate. the syrian government is a government. it has been recognized by the united nations. it is recognized by the international committee as a government. there are some problems over there, of course, we will not deny. is that important thing we have to have people from syria -- >> that iran support will russia and the united states are trying to do with respect to the chemical weapons and getting them out of the country? and develop some kind of dialogue that will lead to a january 22, some conversations in geneva? ass iran want to participate secretary of state kerry said they could be on the sidelines. what does iran want to get out of this? >> you are well aware that we and russia work together. unfortunately, we succeeded and came to a deal about the elimination of chemical weapons. --know that >> from iraq? >> we have bee

100,000 people lose their lives, more than 2 million people have fled the country to neighboring countries, be it lebanona. and of course, we see the violence taking place in syria on a daily basis. there are some almost 40 nations taking part in this peace conference. not many people hold out a lot of hope it will have the desired results. in other words, to try to bring some kind of a peaceful resolution to this conflict in syria and move forward for the country. but certainly, the fact it is going ahead and we will get this first face-to-face meeting between al-assad and the opposition is at least a step forward, something which we haven't had so far and something which is a step in the right direction, as i say. we will have to wait and see where that goes. >> and you'll keep us abreast on the situation. thank you. billionaire making huge profits off his $250 million loan to the new york times. he has -- is poised to double his money thanks to the steep terms he gave the struggling newspaper five years ago. our guest rejoins us now. it is interesting, these kind of stories are fairly familiar. when y

we're seeing this regional conflict burning out of control in iraq, syria and lebanon and embroiling neighboringtes. >>rose: and all of these sunni groups regardless of how they're viewed by different powers, different states, seem to be gaining in number, and syria has provided them a grounds to do what? >> i think what you are seeing is polarization what happens when woo conflict burns out of control. the extremists on both sides are in power. the worst of all worlds. because the country's essentially divided at the risk of some simplification of hezbollah on the one hand and al qaeda on the other, the sunni and the shiite extreme is are being pushed out they are becoming a nonfactor because we never provided them that much support to begin with. we kind of stood on the sidelines. the extremists are getting empowered. this is a terrible terrible situation kind of the worst of all worlds. >> and the longer it goes on it's going to pull not only lebanon and iraq with it but syria as well. >> robin the last words. >> in many ways the problem is that syria as the strategic center of the middle eas

way but already the war has displaced 2 million people who have fled to neighboring countries. 900,000 of those refugees are in lebanon. we have reports from one refugee camp where they're not optimistic about the peace process. >> reporter: it's the first time that syria's government and opposition finally agreed to meet. but many are indifferent about this much anticipated international conference. regions living in makeshift shelters struggling to meet their basic daily needs say it's not credible because it's almost three years late. she lost her father in aleppo during the war and three brothers have gone missing. she believes the conference is going to be a failure. >> they need to solve this conflict so we can go back to our country. stop spilling syrian blood, especially that of children. why should our children live like this? >> refugees living in unofficial tent the communities receive little aid and having to survive in such squalor conditions make their top priorities staying clean, warm and fed. the refugee agency registering syrians every week. many destitute syrians are left without basic necessities.