opposition really struggle in should trying for united church group to try and deal with the situation paula slayer middle east correspondent the group has positioned itself as the rebel against political leadership is again meantime fail to unite the opposition the syrian national council which operates in exile has been disavowed by the local coordination committees based in syria meantime the president of the arab lawyers association told us western efforts to create a revolution from outside of failed. since he has the only credibility it had was with the western powers we all remember when the us forced many countries to attend a meeting in turkey to recognize this as the legitimate representative of syria which was part of the political gimmick that the us and the western powers nato france britain were following because what they wanted is the changer for e.g.

salvos from the palestinian territory let's cross over live now to our correspondent on the ground paula slayer paula these warning shots into syria what more can you tell us about what's going on there well. for the first one since the one nine hundred seventy three war in too soon to reach as just kind of the phone with the i.d.f. spokesperson who does confirm that these warning shots took place he says that they were in response to a. felony of any israeli military post in the israelis do not believe that they are the target. she they believe of the internal faction fighting happening inside syria between fighters and forces loyal to the sitting president bashar assad but the army does say that it will not tolerate any more checks from syria that violate the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now than it has been several such incidents over the past two weeks last week syrian tense into the demilitarized zone between the two countries and at that time the israelis raise the below to mabel's of a complaint with the united nations so we are seeing a lot of increasing tension long

explosions in syria's town of daraa let's speak now to our middle east correspondent in the region paula slayer paula it's of course not the first time that syrian military forces have been targeted what do we know so far about these unfolding attacks. well the information that we're receiving suggests that they have been to large blasts in the southern syrian city of daraa now we do understand that the blasts were followed by clashes between both regime forces and rebels we understand that dozens of syrian security forces members have been killed now from the information we have it does seem as if two cars you know did it with explosives drove into a military camp in what many are calling a double suicide attack the first car reportedly drove into the camp and exploded it was then followed by a second vehicle which also exploded and that most of the injuries are coming from that second explosion the figures we have are some reports suggesting that up to forty people have been killed although we are receiving several tweets suggesting that there have been five explosions and that the number cou

conflict there is already claimed tens of thousands of lives artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has the latest. now what we understand is that there was an apparent double suicide attack according to activists on the ground the blast went off near a branch of the country's military intelligence in daraa that the explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels now targets and security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the problems of how men are kind of acclaimed responsibility for that attack dozens of a seven euless were killed while this violence is happening in syria the syrian opposition is meeting quite far away in the qatari capital of doha now there are deciding their fate this essentially is a meeting that has been called because many of the international backers of the syrian opposition particularly the united states are unhappy with the deep divisions within the syrian opposition and at this stage it seems as if those divisions are going to prevent the syrian opposition from coming

saturday following the israeli attacks now let's separate us from our correspondent in the region paula slayer paula obviously prime minister netanyahu taking a harsh stance here promising to crack down with an iron fist perhaps trying not to seem weak before his election in january when you look at these actual strikes are they are they proving effect on the ground. well they're not proving largely effective the latest we heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that his country is ready to strike hard to against the gaza strip if it does not stop attacking israel he made these remarks today sunday at the weekly cabinet meeting in which he said and i'm quoting that the world must understand that israel cannot sit idly by while attempts are made to attack it and the hostilities along the israel gaza border have it's going to be particularly this past weekend this follows israeli airstrikes that killed six palestinians four of whom were teenagers and two of whom belonged to the militant group islamic jihad according to the gaza health ministry spokesperson there are a number

coalition as the sole representative of the syrian people let's go live for middle east correspondent paula slayer these days paula coming through in the last hour what more do we know what's the significance of this step one tonight but it certainly is significant what we are hearing is that france has recognized the syrian opposition coalition as big it just isn't representative of the syrian people becoming the first european nation to do so the french president francois announces that the syrian opposition coalition will act like a tin government in the future is it once the syrian national council has formed a transitional government then the whole issue of the supply of arms from will be looked at now this does point to the recognition earlier of six gulf states who recognized this opposition coalition we also heard from the khatami foreign minister who say that the recognition who are obstacles to securing arms but for syrian rebels a particularly important point to make is ever missing is an exact parallel to what happened back on march the tenth two thousand and eleven when france became

like assad is digging in the opposition seems to be in shambles our correspondent in the region paula slayer keeping us up to date thank you for that. well as paula just said in the syrian president has vowed he will not go into exile in an exclusive interview with our team president bashar assad said only the ballot box can determine his future and system that he has the support of his people and the army. i don't want to be. leaving supposed to come to be unsafe. but we've been fighting us here i think for the president to stay or to leave. the small percentage and the only way to define thief. because he threw the bottle. so it's not about what we hear it's about what we can get through the books and the books we've got any president. bush did in our two exclusive friday through sunday on r t r t dot com well one of america's best known military leaders and cia director david petraeus has announced abruptly that he is stepping down now transferred admitted to an extramarital affair saying that he was guilty of quote unacceptable behavior david petraeus served as cia boss from twenty eleve

course the largest death toll in a single incident since the carnage began on wednesday ortiz paula slayer has more . the reports we're receiving is that hoff of the people who have so far been treated at shifa hospital which is the biggest hospital in gaza city off of the people being rushed there are in fact children the hospital is simply not coping it's running short of space and also medical supplies at the same time there was an israeli air force strike ten members of the same family killed when a three story building in which they were collapsed around him were also witnessing an increase in the target of journalists sister organization we see you all have an office in gaza city and just an hour off today miss the office because of electricity cuts that office was destroyed by an israeli air force strike the israeli air force has targeted two media buildings and the army is not apologetic for this it says that it was in fact taught in the patient and ten on the roof of the buildings that are being used by her must and that the i.d.f. did in fact know that there were journalists in t

of hamas activists suggest the target was an army checkpoint artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer joins us live now with more details paula the attack is one of the largest in recent months give us details as to what happened. will be the mission we have is that as sort of a side car bomb explosion took place near a military post in the central syrian government of hama now the authorities say that two people were killed although we hearing from the syrian opposite of a treat for human rights that at least fifty soldiers and progress fight has died at the post where this happened is near the center for rule development is the largest gathering place for troops and pro regime militia men fall in the region we are also hearing reports that up to one ton of explosives was used it comes as a six foot attack which takes place in the capital city of damascus now in that incident three women and excuse me heat children and. women were killed when they was hit by a mortar the show and this just yesterday even as people were injured in central damascus heavily guarded military and governme

has followed a series of sporadic gun battles outside the building our middle east correspondent paula slayer has more. while a gun battle was raging in south tripoli between two rival libyan militias around the libyan security kate courses building and from the information we have at least five people have been injured and part of that building has been destroyed now we are receiving reports that the whole area has been cordoned off that many residents in the area have rushed home and they barricaded themselves in front inside of their homes and also arming themselves to the point when i can see that security building is false and makes to the tripoli central hospital and some of the but it's from his gun battle his the hospital was also on sunday morning today was a car bomb explosion in front of the police station in the second largest city in libya of bengazi now at least three police officers wounded in that car explosion we're not hearing any reports as that actual people who have been killed we also know that part of the building particularly the entrance has been damaged that facade t

very interesting paula slayer our correspondent in the middle east live from tel aviv thank you very much. france has allocated one point five million dollars in aid to the new syrian rebel coalition that's despite criticism for and raise the block may not have enough support inside the country or even much control of the anti assad fighters on the ground france was also one of the few nations to give its full endorsement to the group and professor paul sheldon food paris is pursuing only one major goal in syria. rance major interest would be to continue with sorenson your recent sore throat that we're all really but it. really cured served just as they didn't here in the case of libya all they were close to were ours got up and they didn't really care who took over afterwards the. problem or thing the so-called syrian opposition is that they are not united the only thing unites the militant they would like to remove the current government they come from a very wide range of political and religious viewpoints. viewport origins. never going to succeed in syria not be able to come toge

fired into southern israel after the deal had been sealed more from our correspondent in tel aviv paula slayer. a ceasefire ends some of the fiercest fighting we've witnessed in years between israelis and palestinians if indeed the truce holds it will mean that roughly one point seven million gazans will have a spine now from what we've seen eight days of heavy bombardment at the same time it brings with spikes to roughly a million israelis who live in the south of israel and who've been on the receiving end of constant barrage of rockets but i say if it holds because it is perceived as being rather fragile it certainly is a truce that came by surprise it followed a day of deadly violence in which some twenty eight israelis were injured in the first bus bombing in tel aviv since two thousand and six and there were massive israeli air strikes over gaza so the sense on the ground particularly in the hours leading up to the announcement of the cease fire was that israel was going to go ahead with a ground offensive has said that he is willing to give this truce a chance he says however he does ho

correspondent paula slayer right now for the meantime israel says its army has fired on positions in syria and scored quote direct hits in response to air and across the border fire other piece of confrontation is fueling fears that israel could be dragged into the syrian conflict as fighting has already spilled over into turkey and lebanon. and offers it at the scene of fierce clashes between lebanese sectarian groups are divided over which side they support in the bloody syrian standoff. they share a determination to fight to the death but this isn't syria it's lebanon the conflict has crept across the border leading to death and destruction here in tripoli we're standing here you can see the almost complete destruction of a home and this is literally the front line of the. neighborhood in tripoli right across the street out the window that's the neighborhood where the largely sunni community have been has been clashing with the largely allawi community that is based here it's actually not very safe for us to stand here we've been told by the owner of this apartment that they're st

for in their revolution more on the roots of their discontent from our middle east correspondent paula slayers. what in a thousand protesters have taken to the streets of the eastern city of benghazi they're calling for greater autonomy saying that they feel marginalized by the new government in tripoli now this comes a little more than a year on after the ouster of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi and i asked ironically that of that the people of benghazi played such a central role in bringing about they are now saying that they were basically off before the revolution that the whole eastern part of the country is marginalized and deprived of political and economic power now what they want is an autonomous region in the east we're talking here about roughly half the territory obviously at and around three quarters of the country's vast oil reserves what they also want to step in ghazi will become the economic capital of libya what this means is that you will have key institutions such as the central bank as well as the ministries of oil and finance based in the city and this is not a

representative to the wider arab league bloc doesn't see that that way middle east correspondent paula slayer has this report. the six gulf states have formally recognized the new syrian coalition as the official representative of the syrian people the foreign minister of qatar has said that this recognition will remove obstacles that will ultimately be able to secure arms for syrian rebels the coalition does look set to set up a so-called government in exile if indeed this happens this will have the backing of western as well as arab states there are fears that this could set up a libya style scenario what we saw in libya was opposition fighters sitting themselves up as an alternative government that got the backing of the international community and ultimately led to nato airstrikes and foreign intervention so there are concerns that that might happen here in syria there was also a number question about just how feasible all this proposition group is really we're looking at a patchwork of various organizations here it is made up of rebel fighters as well as dissidents and people from all ba

of hama activists suggest the target was an army checkpoint artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer joins us live now with more details paula the attack is one of the largest in recent months give us more details us what happened. well we don't have last information at this stage what we can tell you is that this suicide car bomb attack happened in central syria in the province of hama and according to all reports at least fifty soldiers have been killed we understand that it took place not far from a military checkpoint and human rights groups say that it has the fingerprints of al qaida now it comes amid increasing levels of violence in syria we also received reports of a number of lost in the central part of damascus just yesterday at least eleven people were. injured in the central part of the city when explosions took place near a heavily guarded military and government buildings they also took place not far from a hotel that is frequented by foreigners no one has it came to sponsibility any of these attacks or with the latest there are policies on the fifty army troops that ha

international correspondent paula slayer i first asked her if talk of talks about a cease fire has been any comfort for the people there well it's it means comfort because it is a sign on the horizon that what we've witnessed for the past seven days is coming to an end but it certainly doesn't mean that it's a long term solution we are hearing conflicting reports on the one hand hamas is saying that a cease fire has been agreed to and goes into effect from midnight local time tuesday but we're not hearing the same kind of statements being made by the israeli government they are calling for some kind of twenty four hour. delayed period where they are calling for some kind of twenty four hour period by which the situation can be assessed and they can determine whether or not a mass is in fact serious about implementing this kind of truce the egyptian president mohamed morsi has stated that he does expect the israelis to stop their operation by the end of tuesday so the signs of there the words are being said a cease fire is about to be implemented if indeed it has not already been and we

correspondent paula slayer i asked her if the people in tel aviv are noticing a pattern in the intensification of the air war between israel and gaza. seventy people here are noticing this i mean you have a throwback here to operation cost lead which was the name of these radio operations back in december two thousand and eight at that time the stated goal of these radio army and the israeli government was to completely delete the supplies of weaponry that hamas and other militants in the gaza strip have been hearing the same kind of warmongering the same kind of statements coming out of these ready to ship i think so there's one significant difference is that for the first time ever rockets have been aimed at television they have been successfully into sifted but this certainly has been to chew down the backs of many israelis there was also a rocket that landed not saw from the city of jerusalem this happened over the past weekend it's the first time since nine hundred seventy that a must that a missile has reached so far into the country now the analysis essentially is that since that last w

tougher action two against militants in gaza after a surge in salvos from the palestinian territory paula slayer wraps it up. early on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time since the one nine hundred seventy three war as spoke earlier with the israeli defense forces folks listen unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a more to show for link near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies do not believe that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that it won't tolerate more attacks from syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just last week three syrian tanks crossed over the demilitarized zone between the two countries alarming israelis and also causing them to waste their lives in the area the idea of has filed a complaint with t

including four teenagers were killed on saturday in an israeli retaliation middle east correspondent paula slayer has more the latest we heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that his country is ready to strike hard to against the gaza strip if it does not stop attacking israel he made these remarks today sunday at the weekly cabinet meeting in which he said and i'm quoting that the world must understand that israel cannot sit idly by while attempts are made to attack it now hostilities along the israel gaza border have it's going to choppy particularly this past weekend this follows israeli airstrikes that killed six palestinians four of whom were teenagers and two of whom belonged to the militant group islamic jihad according to the gaza health ministry spokesperson there are a number of people who were injured the figures stands at around thirty eight including children the problem though is that often in these israeli airstrikes is rowland's of killing civilians and not militants as its intention is a must has taken responsibility for this attack there were four israeli

interviews obama as florida but moderate and the lesser of two evils artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has this report. what we have seen from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that he has not shied away from making it publicly known that he would have preferred a republican inside the white house what we now witnessing and what we have seen in the past is sometimes a very public clashes public spat between the obama administration and israeli leaders and these were often over the iranian nuclear program as well as the palestinians peace talks now there are commentaries at the moment circulating here in israel that say that netanyahu now has a very serious problem on his hands and there is no way that he can cover it at a recent poll put the support amongst israelis towards romney at fifty seven percent twenty one percent supporting obama and the watches of netanyahu and obama the relationship between the united states and israel has deteriorated to an idle time low and the big question of course is the whole question of what netanyahu now will do these are very rare and

international correspondent paula slayer. i want to talk now about the latest efforts by the government to deal with the threat of cyber security now as we've been telling you recent efforts by congress to pass cyber security legislation have failed so now president obama has taken the matter into his own hands were portably signing a presidential policy directive twenty according to the washington post this is a classified document which lays out what federal agencies can and can't do to respond to cyber threats and attacks so because this document is classified i mean son of us can see it we don't know what's in it even those in congress will not have oversight though it may very well impact many americans so two attorneys with the electronic privacy information center or epic have filed a freedom of information request demanding that the president release this secret directive put simply they want to make sure there's accountability in the foyer request it says transparency in cybersecurity is crucial to the public's abili