led coalition re took the syrian city of raka. was still a thirty year we were forced to leave our homes because of ice and when we returned we found everything we do used to rubble and look at all the devastation of rock is a ghost city ninety minutes when live in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. one life years horrible the city and rubble have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have two boats in barrels and the us coalition caused the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. i found a mine on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go off we thought the mind didn't work and work towards it it's exploded my friend was killed and i survived. as the meeting went on and different speakers took the floor and addressed the un security council was very clear that everyone agreed that the lif

let's just reveal what happened when the us led coalition reach up the syrian city of raka. was still a thirty year we were forced to leave our homes because of ice and when we returned we found everything we could use to rubble and look at all the devastation what rock is a ghost city ninety minutes when live in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. life years or book the city and rubble have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to in. the u.s. coalition cause the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply and clearing the rubble. i found of mine on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go off we thought the mine didn't work and walked towards it it's exploded my friend was killed i survived. as the meeting went on and different speakers took the floor and addressed the u.n. security council was very clear that everyone agreed that the life of civilians i

simply a fact of life were completely acceptable let's quickly review what happened when the city of raka in syria and the city of mosul in iraq were attacked by u.s. led coalition forces. casualties or a fact of life in iraq and in syria people are much more accepting that because it's their city being liberated they understand where they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price unavoidable part of war and commanders have to press on despite that the responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis that is on them not on us that we are the good guys and munitions people on the battlefield know the difference. now we also heard from the representative of the syrian arab republic who had the right to address the meeting as the meeting was discussing his country syria and he addressed the meeting and warned about the use of chemical weapons by terrorist forces that are operating in syria he talked about a school that is essentially being

local slowly return to the syrian city of raka defacto capital of islamic state which has now left no cleaning of old infrastructure but it seems to be a shortfall when it comes to footing the bill for reconstruction. russian athletes second medal of the winter olympics in south korea taking silver in the figure skating canada getting gold in the u.s. . it's monday eleven am here in moscow welcome to the program called i'm right with you at r.t. h.q. with your world news this hour. russia is mourning the seventy one people who were killed in an air crash on sunday the regional passenger plane went down minutes after taking off from moscow there are no survivors. it's. my birthday is it the world. is or the one of them last year was made the presence of god. each day. as if you think it is it watching this is it's just it's a sure i've got it all fits into a moment of enough ownership in the bush and it's only so easy you see if. you. survive this is. the. want to. see when you were gone. i mean you. know you might have sore and i had lines the flight's final seconds were captured by a

other news now in a full months after its liberation from islamic state people from the syrian city of raka plenty returning to what's left of their homes but many buildings in the city remain riddled with land mines and booby traps and the locals say that they've been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. we're still a third here and we were forced to leave our homes because weisel when we returned we found everything which used to rubble look at all the devastation wreckage is a ghost city. we're living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandon everything around has been destroyed. life years horrible this is the lies and rubble that we have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to buy it in. the u.s. coalition because the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. i found a man on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go off we thought the mine didn't work and work towards i

both two thousand and sixteen and in two thousand and seventeen including from the iowa stronghold of raka now this battle hardened militia wants to defend against another offensive this time from turkey's military and its allies turkey's president wretch of enda one says he wants to free the area of kurdish terrorists that's the official line these officers here find out both maddening and amusing. on the gun how can you free a land from its own people he wants to free it from the people who freed it from my ass while thousands of fighters died in order to defend the slant of. the. town. to do fight though with any with any. yet in some villages in northern syria people are fearful again like intel. one sixty five christian orthodox families live here now there are only seven of the. women. most fled because of ah yes it's especially in christian inhabited communities where the terrorist group left destruction in their wake expelled or killed the population and blew up churches. has said when i saw that i was in shock and just cried. in this house i assume militants showed their wrath and

interesting to hear such harsh criticism coming from the people who recently leveled the cities of raka and mosul. we all pooled by the escalation of strikes me humanitarian disaster systematic targeting of civilians and this is how on eyes on going slaughter of trap civilians it's about the case of the syrian government as well and we cool on this including russia to ensure that this violent storms. in iraq and in syria people are much more accepting that because it includes their city being liberated they understand where they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt. syrians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price unavoidable part of war and commanders have to press on despite the responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis we want the good guys and the unison people on the battlefield to do it right now at this point leaders of the international community are in full agreement that civilian life in eastern is very important and that the conditions are dire all want to make

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allegations being made against russia and syria are being made by the forces that just leveled the city of raka. the u.s. led coalition leveled syria's rucka this is in the very recent past should be forgotten so fast when happened there was no crime for some reason nobody demanded international law to observe that. we were forced to leave our homes because of ice and when we returned we found everything just rubble look at all the devastation rock is a ghost city the ninety minutes we live in in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. by fears horrible city lies and rubble have to be to remove the debris with own money there's no running water so we have to buy it in barrels and the us coalition caused the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble the u.n. says syrian air strikes have killed at least one hundred in eastern go to this week hit secretary general has described the situation there as quote hell on earth the assad government for its pa

in four months after its liberation from islamic state people from the syrian city of raka are slowly returning to what's left of their homes but many buildings in the city remain riddled with land mines and booby trapped.

allegations being made against russia and syria are being made by the forces that just leveled the city of raka the u.s. led coalition leveled syria's rucka this is in the recent post should be forgotten so the phone when it happened was for some reason nobody did. we were forced to leave our homes because when we return we found everything we. look at all the devastation rock is a ghost city. we're living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. or the city lies in rubble have to be to remove the debris with money there's no running water so we have to buy. the u.s. coalition because of the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. the u.n. says syrian air strikes have killed at least a hundred people in eastern go to this week that secretary general has described a situation that is hell on earth has a government says it's trying to bring an end to rebel shelling attacks that have been killing civilians in damascus what i guess you have looks

led bombardment of raka in syria and i can these only just a few months ago. there were no calls of course for a cease fire to take place and those that did certainly there were no cause amongst the western media like most western politicians and very few agencies but some of those that did call for a cease fire in those circumstances where the u.s. led bombardments and sieges of these areas was causing immense suffering and loss of life among slim populations the response was that no this would help the terrorists who are occupying that area and that applied then they were being accurate in that and also it's now of course equally accurate to say that a cease fire at this stage may well actually in the short term produce some benefit to the civilian population but it would prolonging the problem in the long term because then it would allow the rebels to recreate it would allow. formations to reorganize ammunition to restock and so on and so even though it sounds brutal to some no doubt but from a military perspective this is better to be gotten over with quic

interesting to hear such harsh criticism coming from the people who recently leveled the cities of raka and mosul well let's review what happened in those two cities. we all pooled by the escalation of strikes needs to humanitarian disaster systematic targeting of civilians and this is how on us on going slaughter of trap civilians streaming children digging through rubble to find their children doctors working frantically with no medicine and no equipment it's about the case of the syrian government as well and we cool on all that because including russia to ensure that this violence stalks. cattle or affect the whites. in iraq and in syria people are much more accepting that because it's their city being liberated they understand what they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price but unavoidable part of war and commanders have to press on despite that responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis we are the good guys and the uni

already human rights watch has called for international support in clearing the rubble and the demining raka it says almost five hundred civilians were injured in the three months after the liberation and many were killed and its report organization also highlighted the growing risk of more civilians being killed as people returned to the devastated city. counterterrorism program director at human rights watch spoke to us on the group's fighting. i think you just described to you what i saw in iraq residents are very desperate from their home homes and because of the high risk and because of the few working offered to these primitive young men you can go to a couple of ground that's in the city and who are about fifty dollars you can hire people to go to your house. you know but also well and. run and so war this is at a time when you know they're not trained to do this it's very dangerous but us and many other countries. they need to provide more support what sort of support. to be more you might be equipment more funding and an increase in number of the miners and greatly increase in to tr

but the other side of syria and the area that was formally controlled by our saul around the city of raka where of course the u.s. led coalition ballman deisel and forced it to retreat from that area the russians have been focusing on the humanitarian situation in that area the destruction in that area. ben zero one one stage further in the speech you just heard he described that area now is under u.s. occupation and james you have seen in escalation in military activity we've been for as you say we've been focusing a great deal on eastern goods in recent days but many parts of the country are suffering right now and i'm desperate need of aid also there's been fighting in northern syria as things stand right now how workable how realistic is any sort of truce. well there are so many moving parts in syria there have been throughout this war but the way the conflict has developed in recent years and months even more international actors getting involved in syria let's be clear what this resolution covers it is a ceasefire for thirty days not just eastern ghouta the whole of syria is covered

allegations being made against russia and syria are being made by the forces that just leveled the city of raka the u.s. led coalition leveled syria's rucka this is in the recent post should be forgotten so fast when it happened there was no for some reason nobody demanded international law to observe this. was still a thirty year we were forced to leave our homes because of ice and when we return we found everything we could use to rubble and look at all the devastation what rock is a ghost city by the minute when live in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. one life years or book this is in the rubble have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have two boats in barrels and the us coalition caused the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to how. with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble as the meeting went on and different speakers took the floor and addressed the u.n. security council was very clear that everyone agreed that the life of civilians in eas

in four months after his liberation from islamic state paper from the syrian city of raka all slowly returning to what's left of their homes but many buildings in this city remain riddled with the land mines and booby traps and locals say they've been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. we're still a third. of our homes because weisel when we return we found everything which used to rubble look at all the devastation rock is a ghost city i mean we're living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. horrible the city lies in rubble you have to pay to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to.

news now nearly four months after its liberation from islamic states people from the syrian city of rakare slowly returning to what's left of their homes but many buildings in the city remain riddled with land mines and booby traps and local say that they've been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. or similar thirty four that leave our homes. when we return we found everything we could use to rubble whether look at all the devastation lot rock is going to see. the minute we live in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. the city lies in rubble that have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to buy in. the u.s. coalition cause the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble.

really for months after it's liberation from islamic state people from the syrian city of raka slowly returning to what's left of their homes but many buildings in this city remain riddled with the land mines and booby traps and locals say they've been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. when we return we found everything we just rubble and look at all the devastation rock is a ghost city by the minute we're live in the midst of destruction completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed.

if four months after its liberation from islamic state people from the syrian city of raka are slowly returning to what's left of their homes but many buildings in the city remain riddled with land mines and booby traps and locals say they've been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. was still a third. of our homes because myself when we returned we found everything we just rubble look at all the devastation rock is a ghost city. even if we are living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. like us horrible the city lies in rubble have to be made to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to buy in barrels and the us coalition caused the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. i found a mine on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go off we thought the mind didn't work and work towards it it's exploded my friend was killed i survived. a

only four months after its liberation from islamic state people from the syrian city of raka are slowly returning to what's left of their homes but many buildings in the city remain riddled with land mines and booby traps and locals say they've been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. was still a thirty year we were forced to leave our homes because of ice and when we returned we found everything we used to rubble and look at all the devastation rock is a ghost city. the minute we're living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. the city lies in rubble that have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to buy in barrels and the us coalition caused the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. i found a man on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go off we thought the mind didn't work and work towards it it's exploded my friend was

interesting to hear such harsh criticism coming from the people who recently leveled the cities of raka and mosul. we all pooled by the estimation of strikes me humanitarian disaster systematic targeting of civilians and this is how on our ongoing slaughter of trap civilians it's about the case of the syrian government as well and we call on all that has including russia to ensure that this violent storms. in iraq and in syria people are much more accepting that because it includes their city being liberated they understand where they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt. syrians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price but unavoidable part of war and commanders have to press on despite that the responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis we are the good guys and the unison people on a battlefield the difference now at this point leaders of the international community are in full agreement that civilian life in eastern is very important and the conditions are dire all want t

international media in the way the different situations have been portrayed when the syrian city of raka and the iraqi city of mosul were being liberated by the u.s. led coalition and a lot of bombing was taking place so we heard u.s. leaders saying making statements to the effect that civilian casualties are just a fact of life civilian casualties or a fact of life in iraq and in syria people are much more accepting that because it's their city being liberated they understand where they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price so it's unavoidable part of war and commanders have to press on despite that the responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis that is on them not on us that we are the good guys and munition people on a battlefield know the difference. r.t. arabic correspondent was only reports on the latest developments in eastern guta. how much any account it's the second day of the truce we haven't seen any civilians wal

led coalition forces did retake the city of raka let's take a look at what happened in that city. it was still a thirty hour and we were forced to leave our homes because i said when we return we found everything we could use to rubble look at all the devastation lot rock is going to see. by the minute we're living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. the city lies in rubble that have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to buy in. the us coalition cause the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. i found a man on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go off we thought the mind didn't work and walked towards it exploded my friend was killed i survived you saw me. now everyone in the security council chamber seemed to agree that the civilians in eastern guta were a top concern and that humanitarian concerns about civilians there was

really four months after its liberation from islamic state people from the syrian city of raka are slowly returning to what's left of their homes but many buildings in this city remain riddled with the land mines and booby traps and locals say they've been left to take on the reconstruction by themselves. was still a third year before that leave our homes but. when we returned we found everything we could use to rubble look at all the devastation what rock is a ghost city by the minute we live in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. one life years horrible the city and rubble have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we have to vote in. the us coalition cause the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. i found a mine on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go off we thought the mind didn't work and walked towards it exploded my friend was killed i s

locals slowly return to the syrian city of raka the once defacto capital of islamic state which has now left with no clean water or infrastructure but there seems to be a shortfall when it comes to first in the bill for reconstruction. and russian athletes grab their second medal at the winter olympics in south korea taking so but in the figure skating with canada getting the gold and the u.s. coming. over i will welcome you watching r.t. international with me mickey aaron. russia's morning seventy one people killed in an air crash on sunday the regional passenger plane went down minutes after taking off from moscow there are no survivors it's now been twenty four hours since the crash and we're learning more about the passengers on board the ill fated play we talked to one grieving mother who lost her only son in the tragedy. you. don't work. and. it's. over a little. bit. this woman and her daughter was on board the doomed flight ninety year the youngest victim was just five years old in drag ski who also caught the flight it was his thirty third birthday he was on his way home to cel

in october twenty seventeen a syrian based alliance led by kurdish fighters captured the town of raka the capital of the islamic state since twenty fourteen. the i asked caliph not has now collapsed but turkish forces have launched a campaign against kurdish fighters in northern syria have the courage been betrayed by the west. on. your opening statement said in essence you do think they've been betrayed or at least led on by the u.s. coalition would you say that the u.s. and its allies will fully turned a blind eye to the claims and interests of the kurds in their eagerness to work together with them against us or to be honest i think the deal was very clear from the beginning ironically. a kurdish friend recently told me that he doesn't understand why the p k k and the people like the like the anti imperialists kurds in this region a so critical of the united states and also so so critical of like international western interventionism but at the same time once the cia nuff said that they are they feel very flattered to cooperate with the with washington and i think the deal was very

the coalition has also media so if you destroyed the city of raka as the representative of the russian federation just said. my government calls once again for dismantling this illegitimate coalition and to stop its crimes against the syrian people immediately yes. she also. the russian military has issued a communique today saying that. the areas under the control of the allies and agents of the united states in syria and witnessing currently the worst humanitarian crisis in the country. in these areas have become black holes just like the black holes in space so mr president. we're going to eastern. this in government believes that the current deterioration in the situation is due to the fact that terrorist groups in that area has launched attacks against residential areas and military points they have launched more than two thousand one hundred eighty missiles and mortar against the city of damascus until yesterday to show these attacks have claimed the lives of sixty six civilians and injured four hundred seventy four others most of the what. the government forces have been forced

now he was of course referring to the city of raka a syrian city that was recently retaken by u.s. led coalition forces and when that took place we didn't see the same level of outcry about humanitarian suffering and about civilian life there seems to be quite a double standard let's just review what happened when the u.s. led coalition reach up the syrian city of rock. was still a third year we were full sleeve own homes because of ice and when we returned we found everything we do use to rubble and look at all the devastation what rock is a. ninety minute when living in the midst of destruction we feel completely abandoned everything around has been destroyed. or book the city and rubble have to be to remove the debris with all money there's no running water so we head to. the u.s. coalition cools the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply and clearing the rubble of. a friend of mine on the streets near my home my friend and i trying to detonate it from a distance but it didn't get along we thought the m