investigative journalist rick stirling believes the evacuation will help to stop the bloodshed arounddamascus. they have their base of operations it is live in and clearly the the strategy of the syrian government and their allies is to remove the terrorists from the more populated areas and get them all concentrated in it live and in deal with that down the road it's tremendously positive to remove the terrorists from around damascus that had mortars and help cannon missiles coming into it on a nearly basis which i witnessed myself the news about some terrorist leaving the area the news of public protest by civilians in those areas against the against the occupying militants are positive indications. on friday a u.n. humanitarian convoy finally managed to and used in ghouta the aid supplies have been delayed by heavy fighting as government forces battle terrorists the u.n. refugee agency representative assad recently visited the area here's what he had to sign. various part of these. groups inside they need to to convince that security assurances that they can come in and those who a

on this let's now cross live it to rick stirling an investigative journalist and member of the syria solidarity movement rick as always thanks for being with us here on our team international. so the white house statement blames russia and the syrian government for violating the cease fire agreement now is this even a reasonable charge. well the cease fire agreement explicitly excludes the terror groups that basically dominate the region so in areas that are there just a billion that's where the ceasefire applies in the areas that were the terrorists are launching mortars into damascus and our group that was explicitly excluded in point number two of the resolution so the statement also says russia is killing civilians under the false auspices of counterterrorism operations if you think that the white house seriously believes that russia wants to deliberately kill civilians even from a purely military point of view what would actually be the gain of this. well i think that i think the statement coming out on a sunday it's a little bit unusual press release on a sunday but it's an esca

against militants in ghouta and also blaming russia and iran for supporting the syrian government rick stirling investigative journalist and member of the syria solidarity movement says washington is waging in a war. i think this statement coming out on a sunday it's a little bit unusual it's an escalation of the information war they make reference to chemical weapons in there and interestingly enough this statement also includes a reference to aleppo which is actually a very good comparison because the very same claims were being made kid months ago when. the armed opposition groups were finally expelled from aleppo it was learned that the civilians were really joyful at finally being liberated and left with today the civilians are returning to their rebuilding you still left other people walking home you stand westville that well without fears it's a good comparison because the same claims were being made to vote he still let go fourteen months ago that are now being made to vote and it's basically a lot of bolts information accusations without evidence then and just let's call it what it is