and identified syrian pennell said the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism it was yet good to have saw i left the syrian army cares about civilians lives what that. the military calls upon them to leave the areas where the terrorists are not. that should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army it was come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i didn't want more than $40000.00 people have been displaced by the findings in recent weeks. and then strangers in hong kong have clashed with police in christmas eve protests riot police fired tear gas as protests went through a major shopping district activist blocks streets and smashed shop windows n.t. government protests and hong kong are now in their 7th month. is on location and sent us this update. a festive lie has descended into question in hong kong a tear gas return to the streets lots of protesters turned out for demonstrations out shopping malls across the city tonight but the riot police tom into the shopping centers a quickly to disperse crowds because they accuse them of attending illegal or simp

and identified syrian pennell said the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism. i left the syrian army cares about civilians lives what that. the military calls upon them to leave the areas where the terrorists are. that they should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army has come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i'd be much more than $40000.00 people have been displaced by the violence in recent weeks. let's bring in riyadh all knowledge of who the us which is a syrian based human rights organization or it is currently in sweden and joins us via skype heh thanks for being on the program now you're in contact with your colleagues who are on the ground in syria what are they telling you. the situation is catastrophic. syrians in england for sure have spent a different kind of christmas eve brutal attacks continue to target civilian infrastructure and homes. since the start of the assault over 40000 turned these have been forcibly displaced from their homes and now they are leaving under open skies because nowhere is safe now in atlanta e

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