united states and secretary of state john kerry architect of the iran nuclear deal and sergei fedoroviran's closest allies and russia is a defender of russia president assad and here at the meeting in doha and important topics and what do you hear about what is suspected and fears of the g.c.c.? >> crucial gathering indeed jane, the americans are not trying to sell the iran's nuclear deal to the g.c.c. saying this is something that is going to curb iran's nuclear ambitions and lead to prosperity in the region but they are very skeptical and say this is something that could pave the way for iran to further expand in the region. when you look at the map and this is a way that g.c.c. officials look at reality and say this is a shifting political landscape with iran's ally expanding in yemen, in iraq and syria and different parts of the world and they are pretty much concerned and say they would like to put an end to that. the only way to do that is to get strong guarantees the americans are going to step in and provide the region with substantial military aid of greater defense system of

syria has been one of the issues at the top of the agenda between russia and iran ministers and sergei fedoroveen meeting as diplomates during the conflict in the fifth year and talks in moscow comes as the syrian launch more air strikes in the rebel held damascus and zaina reports. >> reporter: the plane dropped the bomb in a crowded marketplace. it is an all-too familiar scene for the people of the rebel stronghold of duma, this town is regularly targeted by syrian air strikes but sunday's attack was the worst yet. civil defense workers and others gathered at the site of the explosion to help move the wounded when more air raids hit. more than 100 were killed and dozens were wounded and doctors at the field hospital struggle to help those who survived and many of them were critically injured. according to activists on the ground they were civilians and women and children were among them. the observe forry for human rights said it was deliberate and did not mention the attack on duma but a military force said the airforce carried out air strikes in doo may that targeted the headquarters of th

it's actually pertaining to the situation when russia is saying and the russian foreign minister sergei fedorovssia is trying to push up with reconciliation for russia plan and that is why one reason and another reason that russia is trying to tune up the rather spoiled relationship with the u.s. otherwise the blood shed and series going on and there might be some international effort including russian federation effort and the united states effort and stakeholders to finally have some political settlement regarding syria. >> okay you say russia has its own reconciliation plan. obviously they want a political settlement. does this mean that assad will have to remain in power as far as russia is concerned or is there a shift there too? >> well so far russia actually didn't get away from supporting as far as i'm concerned. i can say that russia is probably trying to push out the plans including the political settlement in russia. when bashar assad will be in pour. there is no indication that i assume that there is a drastic change in russia's position regarding that. >> what do you think russia w

coalition against houthi rebels and john kerry one of the architects of the iran nuclear deal and sergei fedorove of the closest allies and also a defender of syria prime minister bashar al-assad and we will go straight to that meeting here in doha. iran top of the agenda and what has been said about that so far? >> essentially jane this is an attempt by the u.s. to appease or reassure the gulf cooperation council with regards to that historic deal with iran. just so as you see they have been suspicious of iran and are at odds with a lot of their policy particularly in countries where they view that iran is nettle in affairs and they believe they constantly come under the influence of iran so there has been a lot of skepticism as to iran's intentions. the u.s. being their ally from one point and being the sponsors of this deal with iran on the nuclear program is trying to say well actually this isn't going to signify any shift in the u.s.' position vis-a-vis the g.c.c. this is a deal that will make the region safer as kerry put it himself and benefit all sides so this is attempt by kerry to reas

state john kerry says he reached an agreement on the resolution with his russian counterparts sergei fedorovet in malaysia on the sidelines of the summit. syrian activists say i.s.i.l. have kidnapped dozens from a church and the observe forry for human rights was taken after i.s.i.l. captured their town in homs from the government forces and activists say as many as 230 people may have been abducted. in the u.s. the pentagon defended its decision to recruit and train fighters in syria after the program suffered a major setback and kimberly explains. >> reporter: fighters trained by the united states now refusing to fight. this video released on social media appears to show some fighters in captivity after an attack last week north of aleppo and this was by al-nusra and a six recruit has been killed and the white house is under scrutiny for the apparent failure for the operation. >> the white house and is the president disappointed with the mission so far? >> we have been forthright about the significant challenges that operation has faced but it has not significantly encumbered the other asp

the russian foreign minister sergei fedorov made the comments after meeting with his saudi counterpartscow but saudi arabia says syria president who they supported has no place in the future of the country so let's get the latest from rory challenge in moscow and you have been watching this and tell us the key points of what they had to say. >> well, the language being used in this press conference was heavy on words like possibility and talked about continuing discussions but we didn't really hear much about when it comes to combatting i.s.i.l., i.s.i.s., islamic state or da'esh, whatever you call them is hard policy and talking about some kind of possible collaboration between the russian and the saudi security forces on combatting i.s.i.s. but not really anything definite about what form that might take. they were also talking about developing a kind of coalition to combat i.s.i.s. again, we didn't hear much about what form that might take. that is something that has been discussed between these two countries previously and it was discussed earlier in the year when there was another

putin's visit last week included an instruction to crimea prime minister sergei fedorov's administratione bad apples. these are the faces of crimea officials already charged by federal authorities with a list of crimes from accepting bribes to embezzlement of federal tax money, some were personally accepted by him and the security agency, the fbs is sending an obvious warning. >> translator: the federal authorities are seriously concerned about the way things are in crimea for one simple reason, the fsb or the federal structure dealing with state security and the challenges we see in crimea are a challenge to russian statehood. >> reporter: the last thing the kremlin wants is for the peninsula's administration to play by its own rules but the chairman of crimea's public chambers denies there is a rift with moscow. >> translator: there are instances where crimea elite have not fully followed the rules and regulations. it's difficult to switch from ukrainian practice to russian ones and maybe it caused i don't want to say conflict but some local disputes. >> reporter: hundreds of millions

secretary john kerry says he reached agreement on the resolution with russian counterpart sergei fedorovet in malaysia on the sidelines of the summit. two people have been killed ten others wounded in clashes between police and kurdish fighters in southeast turkey. forces have been stepping up attacks on military and oil and gas facilities. one of the towns at the center of attack. >> evening is usually the busyist time of the day here. as the scorching summer sun sets the streets are filled with shoppers cafes come alive with gossip. but this kurdish town close to turkey's border with iraq is in the middle of a new outbreak of fighting between turkish security forces and the separatist workers p.k.k. the mayor from the propeople's democratic party says a return to the early 1990s when the turkish military launched a major crack down on p.k.k. havens here and in iraq. >> translator: it's like a ghost town. people would be out until midnight drinking tea, having fun with friends but now the shops have started closing early, people are anxious about what is happening. they are not going ou

says the conflict in syria must be solved by syrians themselves without foreign interference and sergei fedorovit and strong allies of bashar al-assad. >> translator: the issues of overcoming the syrian crisis should be resolved and negotiated with the syrian government and the opposition which would represent the whole spectrum opponents of leadership, steps, reforms, decisions and negotiations should be taken based on mutual agreement of the government and its opponents. >> translator: we agreed on the principles and all problems should have political solutions. people in countries that are in crisis should solve their problems by themselves, nobody can solve their problems, the job of other countries is only support and cooperation, iran and russia will work closely to solve the problems in libya, syria and lebanon and foreign interference is violating the sovereignty and integrity of the countries. >> joining us from moscow is a senior research for studies at the russian academy of sciences, a lot of talk there of syrians solving the crisis without outside interferences. who is this aimed a

the russian foreign minister sergei fedorov made the comment after meeting with his saudi counterparte will get the latest from rory in moscow for us and what has been said about the collective action to end the war in syria? >> well, the relationship between saudi arabia and russia is very much a work in progress but it is a relationship that both of these two countries are working on at the moment quite firmly. it's the second visit from a dignatory in the last few months, a crown prince visited here in june. but that doesn't seem to be actually that much that is concrete yet that has come out of this relationship. we are hearing the language of possibility, we are hearing the language of continuing discussion. mainly for the reason that russia and saudi arabia don't actually agree on some key issues in the geo political arena and what they stand on roughly the same page is i.s.i.l., i.s.i.s., islamic state, whatever you want to call it and have been talking about it and discussions collaborations between security forces in how to tackle i.s.i.s. but, again, not that much has actual

secretary of state john kerry reached a resolution with his counterpart sergei fedorov and met on malaysiathe sidelines of the summit. and in the u.s. the pentagon has defended its decision to recruit and train fighters in syria even after the program had a major setback and kimberly explains. >> reporter: syrian fighters trained by the united states now refusing to fight. this video released on social media appears to show some of the fighters in captivity after an attack last week north of aleppo. five of the u.s.-backed recruits have been detained by al-qaeda affiliate al-nusra a sixth recruit has reportedly been killed. the white house is under scrutiny for the apparent failure of the operation. >> would you say the white house is disappointed, the president is disappointed with the mission? >> we have been forthright and department of defense has been forthright about the significant challenges that operation has faced but it has not significantly encumbered the other aspects of our strategy. >> reporter: the syrian fighters known as division 30 accuse the pentagon of misrepresenting