we can see behind you southern syria. you were talking at the end of your report about those who do risk going back. what happens to them? >> that's right. >> people were able to go backwards and forwards. they were doing that to check their property, that sort of thing. many husband stayed inside syria to guard family possessions. some of them also to fight with the rebels. women, children often came out into jordan. it is becoming difficult for people to cross into this part of jordan. at nighttime you can hear shelling. we're less than a kilometer away from the southern province. dorah became known as this cradle of the revolution. it was fascinating talking to people who thought things would be over much more quickly than they have. a survey suggesting two-thirds of the syrian refugees now living in jordan fear they won't be able to go back to their homeland. the u.n. and jordanian authorities will be opening up a new refugee camp that could italy be bigger. >> very quickly if you can, 2.5 million refugees survived th

. >> it was three years ago that a peaceful protest in southern syria triggered a conflict.reduced much of the conflict to rubble. the conflict started in march 2011. anti-government protesters took to the streets. dozens were killed in the start of a brutalal bragg down. the free syrian army was formed. made up of army defectors and volunteers. more armed groups continued the fight. al nusra began to operate in syria, and al qaeda-linked groups. >> the world seemed poised for a war when u.s. president barack obama threatened to strike syria over the use of chemical weapons. that didn't happen. syria agreed to give up its chemical arsenal. representatives from the syrian government and the opposition were able to sit in the same room for talks in wiswitzerland that, too, led to nothing. three years on, had 145,000 lives lost, millions displaced. still no end to the war. there's no alternative to political dialogue. >> there is no prospect. military operations cannot give any answer. we have seen during the last three years that the parties have been resorting on military sol

in southern syria opposition forces say they are closing in on an important villain they captured a dozeny posts in resent weeks but there is fierce fighting going on for the one village still held by government forces and we report. >> reporter: syrian rebels bomb a province, if they defeat government troops hold up here they stand to capture a strategically important area, an al jazeera film crew managed to get these exclusive pictures and it sits near the occupied heights between israel and syria. it has seen territory pass back and forth between the government and opposition over the three-year war but now he looks at calling to the rebels. >> translator: the hills are besieged from all directions and morale of the forces has collapsed. soldiers have defected from the regime and continue monitoring and shelling them in their strongholds of these hills. >> reporter: opposition forces captured 13 military posts and surrounding villages in recent weeks choking off supplies and reenforcements and the government tanks tried to break the siege but were destroyed and heavy casualties on both

. >>> in southern syria, prisoners have been freed after rebel fighters stormed their jail.ta mcnaught has their story >> reporter: campaign to take control of the central prison took a week according to opposition sources. rebels targeted the jail because it was believed to hold political prisoners and was an army base. both rebels and syrian army were killed in the battle. several videos were released by a fighting group calling itself, the brigade of "the sun"ni lines. they acknowledged they worked with other brigades. opposition sources said up to 400 prisoners were freed, including women. videos showed only men. there are the central prison is the main jail in the region with separate areas for men, women and young people. al jazeera understands the fighting groups are trying to sort the political prisoners from the other inmates. they have told the prisoners with criminal convictions that they will be judged again in a rebel sharia court. as word spread and sell brat tory gunfire broke out again, one family came to the jail for an emotional reunion. the brigade has pro

syria one of these guys. he spent most of his time the last 16 months -- working in southern turkey, with a team of 25 people who work day and night, to facilitate all types of aid and essential aid at that, to reach across the border to our brothers and sisters in syria. without further ado, i would like to introduce mr. mark ward, who will come and give us some opening remarks. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is nice to be in washington for a few days. inwas right, i spend my time southeastern turkey for the most part. and other countries. other countries around syria. very soon the third anniversary of the syrian revolution, and nobody knows better than you, bashar al-assad has refused to heed the call of the syrian people to step aside. he makes war against his own people. that is something i work on a lot -- creating the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the century for his own ends. and then exacerbating sectarian conflict in -- and rob brutality against his own people. he has invited and -- an influx of foreign fighters, many of them violent extremists who now threaten syrian communities we are t

syria. there was a good article yesterday in "the guardian" about the people we used to be fighting in southern iraq and baghdad now mobilizing and sending fighters to go fight for assad in syria. that helps not only manpower on the ground, which is vital has takene alawite casualties and they are not able to mobilize enough, so there is is,power from these iraq and arms coming from russia and iran. so that is the second factor. regimerd factor is the unity andain coherence, which is lacking on the opposition side. efforts tot seen hisve assad from within inner circle. they have remained united. there are problems with the state, and i hope we talk about that. state is decaying in the war of attrition. so far, the regime has a certain unity lacking on the opposition front. >> many people felt this would become an addition and subtraction problem. the longer this went on, the it'se would be diminished, financial and economic resources le, that ist, -- mora the subtraction part. would gainn is they momentum. there might be some external support and at some point these arcs would cross into a tipp

so, i just wanted to say i go back and forth of the border into turkey and the southern border with syria and i come back and i've often seen the gentlemen both here in washington and their underground doing really tireless work and amazing work in terms of trying to push for as much as is possible for this eerie and people directly on the inside and although there are different frustrations and there is many people in the government and in the state department are also pushing the envelope in the right direction and abou a senir advisor on the assistance to see react. he spends much of his time working in southern turkey with his team of people that worked day and night to help facilitate all types of aid and reach across the border to our brothers and sisters in serious without further ado i would like to address you to come and give us a few words. [applause] >> thanks very much. he's right. i spend my time in southeastern turkey for the most part and other countries around syria. very soon the third anniversary of this eerie and revolution nobody knows better than you but bush are alw

what do you think 5000 hezbollah fighters will be like when they return from the fighting in syria to southern lebanon? what do you think is going to happen if bashar assad used to prevail, as far as the other nations in the region are concerned? jordan, probably our best friend, is destabilized. the whole situation cries out for american leadership, and i'm sorry to tell you it is mia. let me also -- [applause] by the way, a couple of my favorites. tell vladimir that i'll be more flexible when i'm reelected. tell vladimir i will be more flexible when i'm reelected. -- when i'm reelected? opinion difference of even amongst our dear friends as to whether sanctions should be passed by the congress of the united states is the talks fail. argument to you is, do you believe in light of recent events of last five years that the iranian mullahs think we are serious? i don't think so. i don't think so. i believe the iranian people can have access to peaceful civilian nuclear energy, but that does not require an industrial uranium enrichment program. it does not require a heavy water reactor. it doesn'

syria. martin had a very good article i think yesterday in the "guardian." the very people we used to be fighting in southern iraq and some parts of baghdad are mobilizing and sending fighters to go fight for assad in syria. and that helped not only manpower on the ground which is vital because the alawite community is taking casualties and there is a war of attrition and they aren't able to mobilize enough, so there is manpower coming in from hezbollah, from iraqis, iranian and russian financing and huge amounts of arms coming from both russia and iran. so that's the second factor. and the third factor is, that the regime itself has a certain, in its center has a certain unity and coherence which is being laking on the opposition side. so, you have not seen efforts to remove assad from within his inner circle. they have remained very united. there are problems with the state and i hope we get to talk about that a bit. the state is, the syrian state under assad is decaying, it is degrading in the war of attrition but so far the regime has a certain unity lacking on the opposition side. >> i mean there are ma

there's complete chaos in many countries in africa and southern sudan is overflowing with blood. iraq is disintegrated. syria is on the verge. they are very concerned. the only way to deal with those problems is having concerted action from key members of the international community and russia is one of those members. if we go into if we do that and you will do that, we'll all be harmed. russia might be in a better position than others to live through those difficult times. but i hope they will not come. >> i think the world would be pleased to hear you say that. some people worry if in fact there's a ratcheting up of tensions between united states and russia tom a you will see less cooperation -- russia, you will see less cooperation on syria and iran and other parts of the world. if it took place, it might go to make the possibility of solving those or reducing the danger of those conflicts. >> you are absolutely. it is not our choice. >> is it at risk? >> i think currently, we are not at risk. currently, there is no objective reason for a major falling out between russia and the united states or the europ

gunfire ring out across the golan heights it's been a flashpoint between israel and syria since israel captured in southern poland from its neighbor and in nineteen sixty seven middle east war and now it's deleted theory and to be affected by a spillover of violence from serie is less conflict nineties day for israeli soldiers were wounded by a roadside bomb plane to hit the border. if that their effects including among israel's northern frontier this month. in retaliation for israeli jets to several military tactics in theory an overnight. or i go through this month's israeli defense forces attacked targets in syrian territory. those targets was hearing evidence nor o'neal out the tools that can operate it in attacks on forces. the policies barrett way we have those who talks real support is much we can transfer of onset see that everywhere we go. theories on forest is said one soldier was killed and seven others wounded in the israeli air strikes. night announcing the rain. in contrast to the south island of the previous night. israel appeared intent on delivering a message of deterrence the syrian presi

doing more now to help the rebels especially on the southern front out of jordan than previously were. some of the statements coming out about syria have been more muscular. there has been actually the director of national intelligence talking about serious as a direct national security threat to the united states. the deputy secretary of state talked about this as national security threat. i'm wondering if the president has been slowly dissuaded by the behavior of assad and now of putin in to thinking that anything is discussible or that we can talk through any problem and i'm wondering if we're moving in to a phase that jimmy carter moved in of a ii the soviet invasion of afghanistan, been as, enough with the belief that i can just reason with everyone. i don't know if we're there yet. >> rose: anybody think that's a possibility? >> well, you are seeing more robust arming and effort in the south of syria but i think broadly speaking, the u.s. after that last round of peace talks russia just didn't deliver the regime in the way that in many ways they estimated they would be able. >> rose: fell behind the schedule. >> on the cw, f

syria. >> lots more ahead, including the victims of human trafficking. details of a raid in southern thailand. >> they may work for a profitable tea producers, but these sri lankans say they are among the poorest people. we'll have more on that. ♪ what is this place? where are we? this is where we bring together the fastest internet and the best in entertainment. we call it the x1 entertainment operating system. it looks like the future! we must have encountered a temporal vortex. further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ that's my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. >> welcome back. let's recap the headlines here on al jazeera. malaysia... >> mission authorities have refocussed the investigation into the crew and passengers on board. >> malaysia's prime minister says the missing airliner was deliberately steered off course and hijacking is not being ruled out. he called out a search in the south china sea. >> three years since the start of the uprising to overthrow bashar al-assad

what do you think 5000 hezbollah fighters will be like when they return from the fighting in syria to southernnon? what do you think is going to happen if bashar assad used to -- continues to prevail, as far as the other nations in the region are concerned? jordan, probably our best friend, is destabilized. the whole situation cries out for american leadership, and i'm sorry to tell you it is mia. let me also -- [applause] by the way, a couple of my favorites. tell vladimir that i'll be more flexible when i'm re-elected. tell vladimir i will be more flexible when i'm reelected? there is difference of opinion even amongst our dear friends as to whether sanctions should be passed by the congress of the united states if the talks fail. my argument to you is do you believe in light of recent events of last five years that the iranian mullahs think we are serious? i don't think so. i don't think so. i believe the iranian people can have access to peaceful civilian nuclear energy, but that does not require an industrial uranium enrichment program. it does not require a heavy water reactor. it doesn'

syria. it's a conflict that neither diplomacy nor fighting have managed to end in any way. three years ago protests in the southern town of derat marked what has become a brutal civil war. the company remains divided against itself. since march 2011, an estimated 140,000 people have died within the country. 6.5 million are trapped inside syria itself and 9 million now displaced. 2.5 million have fled across borders. sunni nevertheless fighting minorities show signs of destabilizing the entire region, well beyond syria's borders. so who is in control? >>> if you thought it was a stalemate in syria, it is they have made significant gains in territory the last year. this is a map from january 2013 with the government controlled areas highlighted in pink. a year later and you can see assad forces increased their holdover the part of the country that borders lebanon, including the area around homs and pushed north to aleppo. recent months has seen fierce clashes. president a sawed has exploited these complex shifting divisions. in the shape of iran and the lebanese hezbollah he has had committed allies too. he's not af

central syria faring in the low 30s and down around southern california we are looking at 26% of average. but as we go through the next several days we've got the summertime low clouds and fog at the coast into tomorrow and monday. but we are going to take it out as far as it goes into tuesday and that's when things could get a little bit interesting with the possibility of some showers lining up late tuesday and sweeping through the bay into wednesday. he is we are looking as far out as we can to bring in any possible chance of showers. and it looks like we might see a little bit. 60 monterey, 67 yosemite with 79 in sacramento. and bay area highs ranging from about 60 half moon bay, with that cool sea breeze. 63 in santa cruz. 27 san jose so the 70s north end of the bay, south end of the bearskin land east bay with 73 livermore. the accuweather seven-day forecast, a few degrees of warming tomorrow and look for it trying to continue into monday. a chance of rain on tuesday. it will spread south. and that will take us through wednesday, thursday and friday looking dryer and slightly milde

southern sudan is overflown with blood, overflowing with blood. iraq is basically disintegrated. syriais on the verge of being disintegrated, etcetera, etcetera. so they're very concerned and the only way to deal with those problems is to have concerted action from key members of the international community and russia is certainly one of those members. so if we go into this, if we do that then you will be harmed. we all are going to be harmed and i think russia may be in a better position than many others to live through those difficult times. but they will not come. >> rose: i think the world will be pleased to hear you say that bcause some people were e in fact there's ratcheting up in tension between the united states and russia specifically, you will see less cooperation on syria, less cooperation on iran and less cooperation in other parts of the world, which if it took place might go make the possibility of solving those or reducing the danger of those conflicts. >> you're absolutely right. it's not our choice. this is not -- >> rose: but is it at risk, the relationship and the c

here, syria's defense minister with top military commanders visit what was for months the rebels' biggest stronghold in southern syrian. there's no time for celebration. he's shown a map of rebel positions and gives orders to launch an attack. with rebels losing ground in the center this is where the next battle may take place. joba and the west of the suburbs of damascus. these are major rebel strong holds. but this time, armed groups may not get enough weapons and fighters to hold out. as rebel fighters plan to attack a military base in adra, a rebel town north of damascus, this commander is asking his men to shell the area. tanks join the fight, but the government is massing thousands of soldiers in the area with unmatched fire power in the army takes the suburbs the rebels will be left with few choices. open front lines at the risk of more casualties or retreat north to adleb and aleppo to await the size of the battle that will decide their future. hashima barrak al jazeera. >> predominantly shia village, moments after a car bomb went out, a local leader from the shia group was killed in that explosion. the

southern russia where there is almost one population. and this is an international effort he has been had trips. it is the islamic jihadists fighting in syria fighting in afghanistan. so this is an international jihadist threat not simply a national separatist movement as it might perhaps have been some time in the nineties. bob it's really no surprise that the d c the moon. the reit sector the extreme western ukrainian ultra nationalists have made this appeal the dough kumar. they have discussed this online before in fact. during chechen wars in the nineteen nineties come. several of their leaders who are now. and in control of kiev. openly faults with each actions against the russians and quite loudly boast about how many russian tanks or how many troops the kill. so this is actually about an alliance of doubles if you will that we've never seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this the situation that the dimitri your own shoe again who is not only the right sector leader and in control of the paramilitaries that are basically in control of the streets of kiev at this moment but now he has a night yes been given a position on

you think this guy does an hezbollah fighters will be like when they return for the fight in syria to southernlebanon? what do you think is going to happen if bashar assad continues to prevail as far as the other nations in the region are concerned? word, probably her best friend is destabilized. global situation cries out for american leadership and i'm sorry to tell you, it is mia. let me also -- [applause] adelaide, a couple of my favorite, tell vladimir but i'll be more flexible when i reelected. [applause] tell vladimir i'll be more flexible when i reelected? i want to talk about it ran a minute with you because there is a significant difference of opinion even here amongst our dear friend as to whether sanctions should be passed by the congress of the united states if the talks fail. and my argument to you is do you believe that in light of recent events over the last five years that the reigning mullahs -- i don't think so. i don't think so. i believe the radiant people can have access to peaceful civilian nuclear energy, but that doesn't require an industrial uranium enrichment program

syria. the suicide-bomber drove a car completely loaded with explosives into an army checkpoint. the wounded were flown out by helicopters. >>> nine planes and eight ships are now searching the southerndian ocean where experts believe the malaysian 370 plane went down. they spotted objects but so far no debris from the plane has been found. >>> meanwhile many families members are clinging for hope as others remain angry as weeks pass by without any sign of their loved ones. many demanding answers from the government. >>> a hectic season is winding down for president obama's healthcare law. monday is the last day to enroll but the white house has extended deadline to mid-april for applications that are stalled on the website. for an in-depth look, tune in to the week ahead with jonathan betz. >>> coming up on al jazeera america, after a strong quake and dozens of aftershocks some experts say it could be the end of an earthquake drought. >> good afternoon to you and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, and here are today's headlines. secretary of state john kerry is in france meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. lavrov has denied a russian invasion of

syria and for the syrians. it is a stalemate somewhat in favor of the government, taking yabroud, taking the southern suburbs ofamascus by getting stronger, but not so strong they're going to win. the northeast is held by the opposition, and above all, by the to heidi -- jihadis. [indiscernible] ware's no way i think this can really be seen in doing this year or in the next few years. >> your comment on the failure of the peace talks in geneva? once john kerry said it was going to be about transition and iran was not going to come, they're going to fail. it is somewhat hypocritical about this in my mind. doingasically the west is in the original powers like saudi arabia, is asking bashar al-assad to step down and the regime to and. but the regime holds 13 out of 14 provincial capitals. it holds most of the populated areas. maturely, and is growing stronger and not weaker. so why should leave our? although as a pretense this is looking toward peace, the only power is aould leave complete confirmation of the situation and that could only hope and -- happen after he period of years. what looks like an attempt to m

in chechnya but across all of southern russia where there is a muslim population and this is an international effort he has been had troops islamic jihadists fighting in syria fighting in afghanistan so this is an international jihad is threat not simply a national separatist movement as it might perhaps have been some time in the ninety's. it's really no surprise that these. right sector. extreme western ukrainian alter nationalists have made this appeal to mars they have discussed this online before in fact during the chechen wars in the one nine hundred ninety s. several of their leaders who are now. in control of kiev openly fought with the chechens against the russians and quite loudly boast about how many russian tanks or how many troops they killed so this is actually an. alliance of devils if you will that we have seen before and so it's really no surprise that in this situation that dmitri euro show again who is not only the right sector leader and in control of the paramilitaries that are basically in control of the streets of kiev at this moment but now he has yes been given a position on the. security and defense council as the deputy within thi

syria leone. jsz. >>> australia's prime minister say there are new and credible leads in the search for the missing flight. chinese satellites defect debris in the southernndian ocean. it's not clear what the objects are and that's the focus of the search. they tool have satellite i am mallings calling potential objects of interest. they float within the search area about 7500 dlab rates southwest on perth. >> we have significant developments new to satellite imagery. it's satellite imagery. it does seem to suggest at least one large object down there consistent with the object that earlier satellite imagery discovered, which i told the australian parliament about last week. yesterday one of our civilian search aircraft got visuals on a number of objects in a fairly small wrar in the overall australian search zone. >>> mishd obama visit the great wall of china. she's on a week-loveng visit to promote education among chinese students. she was accompanied by her two daughters ma lea and sasha. >>> hundreds of protest z occupied parliament in taipei, but critics say the agreement would leave the i land vulnerable to political pressure from beijing. the pres

of the same war these people are waging in syria at the moment five militants have been killed overnight during an anti terror operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan the armed group was holed up in a house when it was surrounded by state forces to offer the militants the chance to surrender in reply the terrorists opened fire killing an officer and sparking a gun fight one of the dead militants was revealed to have been behind a deadly car bombing in december last year which took the lives of three people. the greek economy has shrunk by a quarter since the eurozone crisis began and relentless spending cuts have left their mark on the most vulnerable in society many unemployed parents are now having to rely on charity handouts to feed their children and keep them in school as artie's maria fanaa reports. that simple enough every school day here in one of the poorest areas of athens begins the same way with humanitarian breakfasts it's nothing extravagant some fruit sandwiches and juice from a local ngo to few young brains and bodies something their families can no longer provide most of the kids at this school come from troubl

force behind this effort to get a southern front, front from jordan trained up the cia, armed by the saudi's that would move toward damascus and begin putting the syria a pressure onssad. the ibi -- the idea behind it would be to force into the negotiating tables to make optimizes and step down from power. many people believe the only way he will step down from power is when he steps into a coffin or when he is destroyed. there is not the heart to really do this or it the neighbors are getting tired. turkey is tired of this fight. jordan is frightened that there's more refugees, the country could explode. it's the same with lebanon. there are one million refugees in lebanon and jordan. these are small countries. about 4 million and jordan is 6 million so that number of refugees is overwhelming the neighborhood and causing a lot of economic deterioration and stress to these neighboring countries. they don't want a big offensive that could cause the capital into armed warfare and create waves of refugees. >host: aside from his job, our calledrites a site syriancomments.com. what do you do there? about what'se going on and i publish articles well aboutp

months he has been working in southern turkey working day and night to help facilitate all types of aid and essential in reach across the borders to our brothers and sisters in syria so i would like to introduce our guest to come and give us a few words. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is nice to be in washington for a few days. i do spend my time in southeastern turkey for the most part it in and around syria. very soon the third anniversary of the syrian revolution, nobody knows better than you but he has refused to heed the call to step aside. and something that i worked on, he created the worst humanitarian capacity for this country for his own and. and it's exacerbated in this brutality against his own people that has invited an influx with many of them violent extremist. those who now threaten syrian communities that we are trying to help by imposing devices through tactics and so the united states government but i have worked for a workaround and honor the courage of those inside stood up against the regime's brutality and continue to stand up as best as they can including how to end this conflict. now when you look at me i have been in the foreign se

force behind this effort to get a southern front, front from jordan trained up the cia, armed by the saudi's that would move toward damascus and begin putting the syriassure onssad. the ibi -- the idea behind it would be to force into the negotiating tables to make optimizes and step down from power. many people believe the only way he will step down from power is when he steps into a coffin or when he is destroyed. there is not the heart to really do this or it the neighbors are getting tired. turkey is tired of this fight. jordan is frightened that there's more refugees, the country could explode. it's the same with lebanon. there are one million refugees in lebanon and jordan. these are small countries. about 4 million and jordan is 6 million so that number of refugees is overwhelming the neighborhood and causing a lot of economic deterioration and stress to these neighboring countries. they don't want a big offensive that could cause the capital into armed warfare and create waves of refugees. >host: aside from his job, our calledrites a site syriancomments.com. what do you do there? about what'se going on and i publish articles well aboutpeople

long-standing border dispute between syria and turkey erupted on sunday and officials shot down a syrian tighter jet after it violated their air space. it happened along a southernder crossing near the med -- mediterranean and when the other plane did not comply it was shot down. >> translator: a syrian plane violated our air space and we took off and hit the plane. why? if you violate my air space our slap after this will be hard. >> pilot of the plane ejected safely and the second time turkey shot down a syrian aircraft, last september they shot down a helicopter in the same region. 529 people have been sentenced to death in one of the largest trials in egypt and a judge handing down sentences to the muslim brotherhood or ousted president mohamed morsi and all accused of violence and storming a police station and damaging property and it's part of the crack down on the muslim brotherhood which began after morsi's removal last july and 700 defendants in court on tuesday. the trial of three al jazeera journalists detained in egypt since december has resumed. the interim president tells the family of fahme he will get a fair trial and treatment and he was sufferi

syria. the chemical. credibility with the international community. from moscow and the international with me thank you for joining. crimea remains defiant the autonomous region in southern ukraine says it will stand its ground against the self-imposed government in kiev it's now accepting former members of the country's elite riot police squad who had faced armed radicals during the uprising but now find themselves out of a job. or went to one of the very few places where they are still welcome. this is the golden eagles swan song on the bear could ukraine's elite police force after weeks of deadly clashes in the capital kiev on the orders of the ministry of internal affairs to protect government buildings from rioters the barricades are no more. ukraine's new authorities were quick to disband the thousands sean and to write unit former officers were made to publicly kneel in western ukraine and beg for forgiveness while local shouted shame pelting them with objects. it's hard for us there are many among us who sacrificed their health and lives to protect the citizens of the twenty two years of service they just threw us out like garbage it's painful. all over all of th

failed in syria and it will fail once again in the ukraine alexandria it's very interesting here over the last few hours and days there's been many protests rallies i would say in eastern and southern ukraine and they're carrying a russian flag and they're carrying a placard saying i'm russian and it's very interesting to me because it looks like the european union gets left with the ugly duckling in the west because it's not much of an economy there again a thuggish regime. that is illegal i mean this is a very interesting process that's being played out right now because the more they keep pushing and supporting this regime in care of the more russians in the east will gravitate towards russia well exactly and it really begs the question of what they all thought they were doing at all frankly i mean if we go back a few months when mr yanukovych which decided not to sign your socio shin agreement he suggested tripartite negotiations with the e.u. and the russians had that happened we would not be in the situation we are in now if you play an all or nothing strategy which is what the west has been doing in the e.u. has been doing in the ukraine the very serious risk you run is that

lebanon say as long as hezbollah is fighting in syria, supporting the asaad government, they'll fight against hz in lebanon. >> hezbollah is dominant in southern parts of lebanon. there has been deadly attacks in the area, since admitting sending fighters to help bashar al-assad. last month bombings killed eight and injured more than 120 others. just like the attack in bell beck, civilians are caught up in a surge of violence, mirroring the war fought next door. >> the syrian government says it's in full control of yab road the last rebel strong hold. bashar al-assad's forces launched a full offensive. most of the 40,000 that lived there were forced to leave. before that the government took a number of areas around the area. the u.n. and arab league envoy has been visiting iran. he met the secretary of iran's supreme council. iran is a major supporter of syria's government and funds fighters linked to hezbollah. they hope they can bring progress to peace talks. the palestine president mahmoud abbas is due to meet u.s. president obama in washington on monday and they'll discuss a draft peace deal between israelis and the palestinians that's bee