fighting continues in some parts of jurors or today of course these successful strikes by the russian air force the russian military really does bring syria one step closer to liberating of course that city from the islamic state and possibly the whole country eventually from i saw as a whole. the significance of those strikes on tours or by moscow thank you very much for the. officials in the rest of the region of cuss allouni are preparing to launch an independence campaign this evening thursday it comes ahead of a plug referendum which madrid has called illegal is trying to prevent spotless with or he's already shut down the separatists official websites although it's house since moved to a new to me the government has also warned they could. be to polling stations in the country's main postal company has been ordered not to deliver any documents related to the vote. meanwhile more than hundred seven. mary's in the region are facing prosecution by the national government for voicing their support for secession. remember that when a citizen has a problem with justice just one system was a pro

areas that helped made a lot easier for the syrian arab army to manage in conjunction with the russian air forces to manage militants in those areas getting them out of urban areas so pushing them out of there is or it's very possible they're making really good advances towards stairs or now and along the euphrates river as well and so i think isis has a very short shelf life we're talking about they might you know exist in eighteen months in syria sort of present progress that syria the syrian arab army and the russians and their allies on the ground are making give them maybe eighteen months before they become almost extinct they're not their supply lines have been caught the rat lines from turkey have also been compromised as well so it's just a question of time you know how much money how much weaponry how much supplies can be smuggled in to support this sort of failing terrorist but talian that's basically holding core in this part of syria right now time will tell yeah thanks very much if there was not going to time there but it is a crucial battle as you say that is patrick henderson. than

enemy attacks despite being outnumbered they managed to get out that thanks the support from the russian air force the syrian air force they managed to withdraw and now the syrian military is on a counter offensive they've retaken almost all of the territory seized by the rebels and some statistics for you the russian military says that they've destroyed eight hundred fifty day job just fighters eleven. personnel carriers as well as dozens and dozens of pickup trucks and their artillery pieces so it does look like they've managed to blunt this offensive. thousands of protesters have gathered in barcelona to condemn police searches and arrests ahead of catalonia independence referendum on the day displaying the upcoming vote illegal to send civil guard to things promotional materials. a ten million ballot papers from several catalan ministries twelve officials were arrested including catalonians junior economy minister let alone his leader a slum the spanish authorities for imposing what he calls a defacto state of emergency and accuses madrid of violating the autonomous regions independence. we're

the ongoing battle against the terrorists since the beginning of their campaign two years ago russian air forces have killed more than fifty thousand terrorists russian fighter jets have conducted almost a hundred thousand air strikes during over thirty thousand flights to eliminate terrorism in syria one of the country's main battles is now darrow's or were syrian troops backed by moscow are trying to get rid of the remaining pockets of jihad this are to travel to the city to talk to people who live there for three years under eisel siege. have no money to buy food for my children i've only been able to feed them prove who comes in the last few months shell exploded and killed many innocent people children has been soaked in blood. that i would play with them i would push them and trust them i was like a mother and a father to go but only to die. suddenly when i went outside to buy food and that's it for my mother she was sick she had a strange kind of heart attack when i was out injured by a shell what can i do now i used to do all the housework and stand in line to buy food now i can only see

forced to repel enemy attacks despite being outnumbered the russian military police units are said to have withdrawn without casualties the syrian military has gone on the counterattack supported by the russian air force as well as the syrian air force they say they've killed more than eight hundred fifty hardest fighters the eleven tanks full armored personnel carriers as well as dozens and dozens of pickup trucks and. blunting the significant rebel offensive. says this was initiated by the united states. to distract the. he did in its fight against isis which is going very successfully in the vicinity of the. province. honoring the russian military's claim the attack was instigated by american special forces the pentagon said u.s.c. that alice reza terrorist organization had not changed with this commentator abdel bari atwan gave us his take on the story they actually the american they have a plan b. don't want the syrian army to. which is very close to being iraqi border being don't want pool to to create or to allow some sort of connection between or perceived between the iraqi army and the syrian army in that part of syria but you sort of see that this is this is the most dangerous thing it

despite being outnumbered the syrian military is going on the counterattack supported by the russian air force as well as the syrian air force they say they've killed more than eight hundred fifty jihad fighters the eleven tanks full armored personnel carriers as well as dozens and dozens of pickup trucks and. blunting the significant rebel offensive. over to eastern syria now in the city of where an iranian convoy has been delivering humanitarian aid one of the first aid convoys to reach the city which had been largely on the ice will feature for thirty years during the siege of the only way locals received food and medicine was by. syrian troops backed by russian airpower has been carrying out an offensive to eliminate its remaining terror pockets in the area more than eighty five percent of the territory is now under government control of according to the russian defense ministry it also said some parts of the opposition syrian democratic forces are on their way to the errors or to join eisel battalions according to the ministry syrian government troops have been targeted twice from the are

stations from the pentagon claiming that the russian air force injured u.s. led coalition partner forces east of terrorists or they're responding to the accusation russian military said it. force conducts precision strikes only and i saw positions confirmed by her full intelligence the defense ministry went on to say about considering their intelligence didn't give any information on clashes between iceland u.s. backed forces in the area the question of how they got hit by russian air strikes remains open. meanwhile the latest round of syria peace talks and seen a breakthrough agreement on deescalation zones which could finally provide some peace in the war ravaged country. the garden tours all of the peace settlement russia. turkey have signed a document marking the boundaries of the final deescalation zone in a province in northwest syria that's on top of the already implemented zones elsewhere in the country and while there is still much to be done to unite all the country's forces in the struggle against terrorism russia's special envoy for syria is cautio

result link with forces holding the airplanes of the air boats this is of course the fairest meeting between these forces within nine months this comes only a few days off toward russian backed forces managed to break the siege over the it was the initial areas here in the result. some analysts and observers believe that this is would be an main turning point in the war against the goal is to liberate all that is the initial areas that are just a few of those areas then szell areas and districts in the hands of extremists civilians live is going to be much easier from now on and their suffering will and the syrian army has made significant progress against a soul in the past few months and it's a song to yet as all again to rout eight kilometers a day both civilians and soldiers were celebrating when the advancing army finally joined with the remaining syrian forces trapped inside that city. how are you are god. i am yes yes yes yes. yes of. course woman has more on how the victory was made possible. but three years and two months besieged need one of the longest blockades in modern history a city was completely cut off from the outside world dozens and hundreds of ki

forced to repel enemy attacks despite being outnumbered the russian military police units are said to have withdrawn without casualties the syrian military has gone on the counterattack supported by the russian air force as well as the syrian air force they say they've killed more than eight hundred fifty hardest fighters the eleven tanks full armored personnel carriers as well as dozens and dozens of pickup trucks. blunting the. rebel offensive. and in there is where a massive operation to eliminate the remaining terror pockets is ongoing more than eighty five percent of the territory is now under the control of syrian government forces two nearby villages have also been liberated these are the latest updates from the russian defense ministry and it also said some parts of the opposition syrian democratic forces are on their way to davis or to join eisel battalions according to the ministry syrian government troops have been targeted twice from the area controlled by the. and the u.s. led coalition. to catalonia now a technician and over the upcoming independence referendum are reaching a boiling point after a day of a rest and raid spain's prime minister urged catalans to abandon what he calle

they sent more than fifty suicide car bombs in order to impede the advancing military units the russian air force had to carry out hundreds of air strikes on isis targets there and tried. bases as well as bomb making factories weapons factories more than that the russian navy launched a salvo of cruise missiles that isis targets and there is order in order to open up this color to into the city the siege has been broken but it hasn't yet been lifted isis still surrounds datasource they also hold a number of districts inside the city and it will take a big battle to clear the roads and to advance further outside the city nevertheless this is a significant victory that is being celebrated in datasource both by the defendants and the civilians who have suffered so much during the siege it will take more than one two to describe what they have been through and syria is celebrating with them their allies as well this is a tremendous victory against isis. and we discussed the importance of syria the syrian army's late is victory with a former u.k. ambassador to syria peter ford. currently the breaking

they sent more than fifty suicide car bombs in order to impede the advancing military units russian air force had to carry out hundreds of ash strikes on isis targets there intrenchments their bases as well as bomb making factories and weapons factories more than that the russian navy launched a salvo of cruise missiles that isis targets and there is order in order to open up this color to into the city siege has been broken but it hasn't yet been lifted isis still surrounds their resort they also hold a number of districts inside the city and it will take a big battle to clear the roads and to advance further outside the city nevertheless this is a significant victory that is being celebrated in datasource both by the defendants and the civilians who have suffered so much during this siege it will take more than one two to describe what they have been through and syria is celebrating with them their allies as well this is a tremendous vic. three against isis we discussed the importance of the syrian army's latest victory with the former u.k. ambassador to syria peter ford going to be the bre

forced to repel enemy attacks despite being outnumbered the russian military police units are said to have withdrawn without casualties the syrian military has gone on the counterattack supported by the russian air force as well as the syrian they say they've killed more than eight hundred fifty hardest fighters the eleven tanks personnel carriers as well as dozens and dozens of pickup trucks. blunting the. rebel offensive. and says this was initiated by the united states. to distract the three in its fight against isis which is very successfully in the vicinity of the. province. was instigated by american special forces. a terrorist organization. they actually the american they have a plan they don't want the syrian army to retire there is salt which is very close to the area iraqi border they don't want to third tools to create or to allow some sort of connection between or passes between the iraqi army and the syrian army in that part of syria and the east of syria this is this is the most dangerous thing it seems that america and they actually would like this court this old to be closed for ever and the same time they don't want to let the syrian army took control there is or simply because

locations as part of the syrian army's operation to destroy isis last foothold and bears or the russian air force has been carrying out high precision strikes against terrorist infrastructure the strikes are based on verified intelligence are drones operating and there's or haven't spotted any fighting between militants and eisel. now russia has also been modern monitoring the area around bures or around the clock and they say that they haven't registered any fighting between the s.d.f. and i saw a very suspicious absence and the russian defense ministry has also published a number of stata light images showing us special forces and their allies camped out in former eisel strongholds here we see that on september the seventh eisel was in these dark gray areas had taken over but just days later here we have the twelfth of september we seeing see things like armored hummers and construction equipment all of which belongs to the u.s. led coalition and the problem is there was no fighting no visible signs of fighting in the area to suggest that in a fight had taken place in order for the u.s. led coa

the ongoing battle against the terrorists since the beginning of the campaign two years ago russian air forces have destroyed almost one hundred thousand terrorist positions and as fights russian fighter jets have conducted more than thirty thousand flights one of the main battles in syria is now on going into areas where syrian troops backed by moscow trying to eliminate remaining pockets of terrorists traveled to the city to talk to people who lived that for three years and i saw siege. i had no money to buy food for my children i've only been able to feed them properly once in the last few months show exploded and killed many innocent people children has been soaked in moment. i would play with them i would push them and trust them i was like a mother and a father to go but all of this. started when i went outside to buy food and medicine for my mother she was sick she had a strong going to heart attack when i was out i was injured by a shell must what can i do now i used to do all the housework and stand in line to buy food now i can only see and cry. battered by hurricane harvey and the a

forced to repel enemy attacks despite being outnumbered the russian military police units are said to have withdrawn without casualties the syrian military has gone on the counterattack supported by the russian air force as well as the syrian air force they say they've killed more than eight hundred fifty hardest fighters the eleven tanks full armored personnel carriers as well as dozens and dozens of pickup trucks and. blunting the significant rebel offensive. these are the latest images from the syrian city of or where an iranian convoy has been delivering humanitarian aid is one of the first aid convoys to reach those thirty who had been under control of ice over three years during the siege the only way locals received food and medicine was for it to be dropped. for now a massive operation to eliminate two remaining terror pockets is still ongoing more than eighty five percent of the territory is now under the control of syrian government forces two nearby villages have also been liberated these are the latest updates from the russian defense ministry it also said some parts of the opposition syrian democratic forces are on their way to did it dare resort to join eisel battalions according t

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somewhere near and we'll be waiting for more updates from both the syrian army and the russian the russian air force the russian me. tree that of course have been helping the syrian government troops on the ground with their airstrikes certainly major news coming out of syria over the last few minutes thanks. now in other news the founder of the red crescent in yemen has died in hospital in the capital city of sana'a he was unable to receive vital medical treatment as a result of saudi arabia's blockade of the country dr abdullah. passed away at the age of seventy six after a failed heart operation he was prevented from traveling abroad for surgery in local hospitals like the equipment that would have potentially saved his life a spokesperson for the red cross told us he died as a result of conditions that have killed millions of others in yemen first of all i would like to see what you have. to grow cross and red crescent that don't don't mess us the menu doing is one of life's complete me of yemen and sit down and let you eat it he. is in reason millions of the brits every in yemen as we speak it

and that was after a massive push by the syrian government troops east towards backed by the russian air force not what these people are doing right now is they're trying to kick state completely out of the province i just want to show you a map here what they are also doing is they are trying to recapture the oil fields and the province of dare was or is the most all rich province in syria if i so loses control over this you can see it here you know all of the map that means they will be in real trouble with cash the already lost the all fields outside palmira the kurds here in the north east they recaptured the fields near the house. and speaking of the efforts and efforts by the u.s. backed kurdish units and also other elements of syria's moderate opposition the envoy that we listen to he praised their efforts and the operation to retake. it's along the euphrates river and in the north of syria moderate kurdish an arab groups that are to some extent under the influence of the us a fighting i saw in our newsroom. and quite successfully that's evident if you look at the partial liberation of

in the fight against eisel right now given that just last week syrian forces with the help of russian air force finally were able to break the siege of that city of paris or a which had been already in control been controlled by eisel for almost three years already so a very significant city right now and what we saw today were caliber missiles being used by the russian navy and today successful strikes and this is just the latest example of their deployment in syria since two thousand and fifteen we've been seeing this projectile used by russian forces and hopefully that thursday's successful attacks by russia will really help them bring syria one step closer to liberating that city and the country as a whole from the. yeah it does seem to be getting closer to. go with the hope to think. now its two children who were rescued from i still held territory in iraq have now been reunited with their relatives back in russia it's believed the youngsters immediate family were killed in the battle for the city of mosul. we've been running a campaign called bring them home to help authorities truck the

to be terrorist locations as part of the syrian army's operation to destroy foothold in the russian air force has been carrying out high precision strikes against terrorist infrastructure the strikes are based on verified intelligence our drones are breeding and there's or haven't spotted any fighting between the militants and eisel russia has also been monitoring the area around areas or around the clock and they think they have not registered any fighting between eisel and the s.d.f. which would be a rather suspicious absence of fighting the russian ministry of defense has also published a number of thought alike images showing us special forces and their allies camped out in former i saw strongholds. here we have the seventh of september and you can see these dark gray areas we're all eisel strongholds and then just a few days later we have these pictures coming out and that's showing in these former strongholds we have construction equipment and armored cars along with also on september the twelfth we have armored hummer and a defensive a barrier being put up all in these former eisel str

japanese clownish patrick henson believes that the russian air force is being came to the syrian army's recent gangs dairies or it might be the most important choke point right now in the syrian conflict because of its geographical location regionally russia's been making incredible advances with airstrikes with the syrian armed forces on the ground and isis being basically pitched on both sides of a sort of a greater regional area that they had more or less strategic control over a year a year and a half ago the red a case of isis but not just isis also you know the al nusra front is absolutely going to stabilize the middle east as a whole through syria can be seen as a stabilizing force an important player in the middle east. los angeles city council has voted fourteen to one in favor of renaming the federal holiday it was called columbus day but when i be known as indigenous peoples day things jakim vega expects. the time of heated discussion over america's historical figures and their often controversial past los angeles has become the most recent city to vote overwhelmingly in favo

ministry us forces were informed in advance about the military operation here and added that russian air force conducts precision strikes early on intelligence confirmed by several channels as a footnote we will. it's like militants have been recruiting foreign fighters in syria and iraq meantime for the past few years another side of this whole story many when that a fight bought their families along with the most a suppose you would but with the terror group suffering a string of major defeat the wives and children of a large number of killed fighters have ended up in refugee camps with uncertain futures ati was first to talk to some of the widows of foreign extremists and their right to camp where hundreds of families are stranded locational identities disclosed for the. moment. it's a chain that. scares you because it is such a dumb was a vision of. an elite yeah it was a lot of like the killing fields please see them live on. your computer that's something please don't any of the gun use things you know how to make you think i'm going to look like they're doing right. now on the legal sta

programmed it's about the latest results in this ongoing push by the syrian army and also the russian air force to gain positions around doors or in to break the siege that's been out there for some three years right now so want to. conflicting reports i mean that our sources imbedded with the syrian army are saying that the siege has been broken so that means they've gone beyond this point where the syrian government troops can reunite with their allies inside there was or but our sources in the russian military are saying that for now fighting and still going so at this point we are still waiting for more but in the lead up to this over the last couple of days everyone's expectation is that it is pretty imminent that they could retake series ill if that happened how significant would it be andrew well it is pretty straightforward i should say in this studio i have said many times that if the siege of terrorists or is broken that means the beginning of an end of islamic state in syria we heard this from the russian defense minister we heard this from many analysts why for many reasons of cours

impede the advancing military units russian air force had to carry out hundreds of air strikes on isis targets there intrenchments their bases as well as ball making factories weapons factories more than that the russian navy launched a salvo of cruise missiles that isis targets and in order to open up this corner to into the city sieges be broken but it hasn't yet been lifted isis still surrounds the resort to hold a number of districts inside the city and take a big battle to please the woods and to advance further outside the city never the less this is a significant victory. celebrating independence or by the defenders and the civilians who have suffered so much during these will take move good ones to describe what they have been through syria is celebrating with their allies as well this is a tremendous victory against isis. sennott said thick black from the u.s. state of virginia thinks the liberation all of terrorism will mean the end for i saw in syria. the relief of the arrows the war was a spectacular strategic victory by syria and its allies it is one of the greatest theate

the fifth when a landmark progress in the city was finally seeing a syrian forces backed by russian air force were finally able to break the three year long blockade of the city and it's also believe that a number of very high level i sold militants were killed in the massive air strikes conducted by russia and while fighting of course does continue in the city today's successful strikes by russia really do bring syria one step closer to finally fully liberating that city and possibly the country as a whole from islamic state. for two children who were rescued from are still held territory in iraq have now been reunited with their relatives back in russia is believed the youngest is immediate family were killed in the battle for the city of mosul here we're taught to you that we have been running a campaign called bring them home to help authorities track down the relations of orphaned russian speaking children well this is he said to have been rescued from the basement where he had been with his mother two brothers and sister as the fighting raged he was the sole survivor from his family and

region right now given that just last week on september the fifth syrian forces backed by the russian air force were finally able to break the three year long siege of bures or and that was a city which was considered to be one of few remaining strongholds and it's believed that in the massive russian airstrikes that took place a number of senior i saw militants were in fact killed so of course right now in parts of the fighting does continue but today successful strikes by the russian army will help bring syria one step closer to liberating that city completely and hopefully the country as a whole from islamic state jackson to go live with thank you. officials in the rest of the spotless region of cuts allouni are preparing to launch an independence campaign on thursday evening it comes ahead of a referendum which madrid has called illegal is trying to prevent spanish authorities have already shut done this separatist official website although it has since moved to a new domain the government has also warned the electricity to polling stations in the country's main postal company has been orde

the fifth when the landmark progress in the city was finally seen as syrian forces backed by russian air force were finally able to break the three year long blockade of the city and it's also believe that a number of very high level eisold militants were killed in the massive air strikes conducted by russia and while fighting of course does continue in the city today's successful strikes by russia really do bring syria one step closer to finally fully liberating that city and possibly the country as a whole from islamic state. well to wrack now at least fifty people have been killed another eighty wounded in twin attacks in the south of the country according to local media and officials islamic state is claiming responsibility in the first attack one terrorist detonated a suicide vest in a restaurant on a highway linking the province with baghdad seven more than open fire and then shortly after that two suicide bombers one of whom was driving a car rigged with explosives blew themselves up at a nearby security checkpoint it's been reported the majority of the deaths were in the restaurant and

that lasted for more than three years by the syrian government troops that are backed by the russian air force they had this massive push eastwards and then finally they were able to do it if you look at the map right now what they are involved in right now is liberating the entire province which is of course one of the most important for reason there are many many oil fields there as you can see right here just come up this is the euro zone here this is the most oil rich province there was or and if it's not make state is if the government forces manage to rid of state of access to this this will be a major victory but of course the previous milestones when when paul mir was taken there also oil for their sphere and the kurdish forces have. the essentially islamic state doesn't have access to these all those over here that are near hasa cup besides something else we heard from mr lloyd ranty of who is russia's and boy to the syria talks he praised the u.s. led coalition of the kurds and also other moderate opposition forces syrian opposition forces in liberating iraq which used to be the de f

british did when landmark progress in the city was finally settling a syrian forces backed by russian air force were finally able to break free year long blockade of the city and it's also believe that the number of very high level i sold militants were killed in the massive air strikes conducted by russia and while fighting of course does continue in the city today's successful strikes by russia really do bring syria one step closer to finally fully liberating that city and possibly the country as a whole from islamic state. back here in the u.s. a new report claims the pentagon is buying weapons and ammunition from eastern europe to arm syrian rebels natasha sweet explains the report questions that legitimacy of the paper trail and which these weapons are being tracked to international weapons monitoring groups are making a big claims that the pentagon is spending a massive two point two billion dollars buying weapons from the former soviet union to arm syrian rebels fighting isis well the organized crime and corruption reporting project and the investigative reporting network say they've obt

september the fifth when a landmark progress in the city was finally seen as syrian forces backed by russian air force will finally. tell you i'm really fully liber and possibly the country as a whole from islamics has claimed responsibility for an attack. the people in southern iraq today gunmen opened fire on people at a checkpoint near nasiriyah on the t. car province if an attacker detonated a car bomb and during dozens more here and just from today's attack though be advised that was a graphic scene but i. was . there on the. right amount of otherness after. the attackers struck all i says is hanging onto the eastern syrian city pterosaur by a thread the syrian army has punched through the terror group's lines after days of heavy fighting marking a turn and the war against isis but as i said a weekend or remain strong kerry stuck investigative journalism vox's publisher joining me to explain why al qaida is still a stubborn problem for the syrian people well there's nothing like. al-qaeda coming to the rescue and. nothing like being needed and he fights i mean that's pretty easy to figure out and

because of isis you know isis has displayed a lot of people but i'm a little something to the russian air force the assad regime air force and they're in this place and people that's why you have refugees in new york you have an international rugby club let me ask you this if you my mom it regardless of equality you don't deny do you that syrian rebel groups have been involved in human rights abuses. with the group amnesty human rights watch so here's my question i think you do agree with that you don't deny that they have my question is that one of the reasons your revolt failed because so many groups lost the confidence of areas they were controlling because they were carrying out beheadings and shootings and stonings no no no that's not like people in it live with the. well you know that's not what people in aleppo at least four hundred thousand in the city of aleppo who are ethnically southern and i don't speak for all the people that you know you here's what they would tell you here's what they would tell you they would tell you. first of all violations infractions and such are working in