in syria and in the meantime. losing their own lives and killing a lot of people on the side so i think it is important for for all of us to work together how that can come about it is a very difficult proposition it's a straightforward proposition to stop fighting but how you do it how you are the government that difficult but how you bring all these various forces that are all wreaking havoc in various poor parts of syria to stop killing and cop didn't go shooting table that's a difficult proposition but we are prepared to work. in good faith in order to achieve that objective but today you're in russia and there is a lot of talk about iran and russia negotiating oil for a good straight deal worth one point five billion dollars a month and this is something america isn't too keen on a spokesperson for the united states and said that it could trigger a possible sanctions can you confirm that this agreement is being negotiated in moscow today and we're not negotiating any agreement between governments. we are here

disillusioned agenda in syria. losing their own lives and killing a lot of people on the side so i think it is important for all of us to work together how that can come about is it is a very difficult proposition it's a straightforward proposition to stop fighting but how you do it how you under governments i decide that difficult but how you bring all these various forces at all wreaking havoc in various poor parts of syria to stop kidding and come to the negotiating table that's a difficult proposition but we are prepared to work in good faith in order to achieve that. and welcome back. to. their program. so we. visit. with again that. is from. choose your language killing the killer though in the financial centers they sell some of the. treatments that use the concerns to. choose the opinions that invigorating a good. excuse to stories get in a good place choose the access to your office or. if it was terrible take the i'm very sorry take that. once again the money here is a plane flight patterns that are x.x.

in syria. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry is not taking no for an answer on his trip to europe and the middle east this week. an in fact, he told the syrian national coalition leaders if they don't attend peace talks in switzerland on january 22nd the u.s. will pull its support. >> i'm counting on both parties as well as the 30 or so plus other nations to come together in an effort to try to end this violence. >> reporter: syrian president bashar al-assad's government has said it will attend the geneva 2 summit, but opposition factions are still fighting over whether they should engage. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the opposition coalition is made up of various armed militias united in fighting against the state, including the free syrian arm, andy hadists and islamists from neighboring countries and kurdish groups. targeting the isil, over 700 people have died in the last ten days. >> if disorder is allowed to continue to grow, it is extremists who will benefit, and it's all the people who

in parts of syria it is fighting. in other parts of syria it is aligned with so it's a. very difficult and tragic hot punch of extremist elements coming from all over the world trying to carry. disillusioned agenda in syria and in the meantime. losing their own lives and killing a lot of people on the side so i think it is important for all of us to work together how that can come about is it is a very difficult proposition it's a straightforward proposition to stop fighting but how you do it how you under government so i decided that difficult but how you bring all these various forces at all wreaking havoc in various poor parts of syria to stop kidding and come to the negotiating table that's a difficult proposition but we are prepared to work in good faith in order to achieve that option and while we come back we'll talk about going from extension all the neighbors agreements to curb iran's nuclear program. when you are followed around when you are being investigated because of the whim of someone this is the begin

disillusioned agenda in syria. meantime. losing their own lives and killing a lot of people on the side so i think it is important for all of us to work together how that can come about is it is a very difficult proposition it's a straightforward proposition to stop fighting but how you do it how you under governments i decide that difficult but how you bring all these various forces that are. wreaking havoc in various poor parts of syria to stop kidding and come to the negotiating table that's a difficult proposition but we are prepared to work in good faith in order to achieve that objective and while we come back we'll talk. to me was agreements to curb iran's nuclear program. ok let's explain if the ok list six live. a. playwright on the scene play the first string he lives and i predict future. play place on our reporter's twitter play on instagram play play play in the olympics on long lead. to me speak your language explain programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the team reporting from the world talks a

. >> time to talk piece in syria. the most significant effort yet to find a solution to the conflict is about to begin. this is the world news from al jazeera. also ahead - an anti-government protestor killed in ukraine as police break down barricades. a senior pro-government protest leader shot and wounded as a state of emergency takes effect. in the dark a lawyer who campaigned against government corruption in china goes on trial in beijing. >> delegates from 40 countries are gathering in switzerland with one aim in mind, to try to end an ongoing war in syria. it's the first time the international community managed to get both syrian government and opposition to sit down together to talk. the meeting, known as geneva two is the biggest diplomatic push to stop the fighting. these are live pictures from switzerland where the meeting is being held. >> in a moment we'll speak to al jazeera's reporter. first, let's go to james bays, our diplomatic editor at the meeting. james, what is going to be on the agenda for today?

been in syria. for to make his own jihad but jihad in the way they develop their walk so and he anyone and if someone in the well if you are talking about jihad people think immediately that people are fighting which one is not for some muslim true believers making jihad can also be a part of lutheran did work giving the. medication to civilian people this can also be a way of making jihad and by some of the local volunteer work in this way in the way of giving medicines for civilian people and separate from that you have been a dime a while ha stakes are so in syria. when i did decide my son to come back. first of all because the players i make in the media and we succeed in this in this and second because i realize i don't want to buy them out or in syria. ask you sir for many times a question on the field in syria is this my future. i want i want to live in the and after he see so many cruel things and incredible things he decided to return to his family which one. is his family his mother and fa

and syria has been. impossible i don't mean the international committee for example we are in the process of going to geneva two for example and we do believe that the kurdish delegation must be one delegation and it must a clear vision of what the kurds in studio one what the kurds in syria one must have it must be through this dialogue with the syrian government for example the few i do the question for the idea is that this unilateral action does they have any agreement with the syrian regime does it has anybody be survive with any change in the development in syria actually i mean as far as i know i did accuse the kurdish democratic union party of siding with the assad regime something that's really using it it's apparent you know they want to lead they denied it at least but at the same time mr herzog person for you if they denied for example on the ground on the reality i want to rush out to the itself made a program on how the airport is being protected by the syrian army and whether you i.d. it i

out the disillusioned agenda in syria and in the meantime. losing their own lives and killing a lot of people on the side so i think it is important for all of us to work together how that can come about is it is a very difficult proposition it's a straightforward proposition to stop fighting but how you do it how you under governments i decide that difficult but how you bring all these various forces at all wreaking havoc in various poor parts of syria to stop kidding and come to the negotiating table that's a difficult proposition but we are prepared to work. in order to achieve that subject and welcome back. to curb iran's nuclear program. the flame. the limbic spirit travels with the flame from its place in greece. join james brown for an elemental and epic journey around russia and beyond. where i. play. dramas that challenge be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. faces changing the world's lights now. so picture of today's. on demand from around the globe. looking. to fifty wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's r

and assad is ready to fight to the last syria.oreign negotiations gathered in the stated hopes of drafting a plan to bring peace to syria, but right from the start, he hard lines of division between many of the participates, especially the syrian government and leaders of the opposition, cast doubt on the success of the conference. >> translator: the syrian people aspire to have a strong army that protects their assets, land, and ethnicity, protects it's borders and land. >> the syrian foreign minister, denounced the proceedings and the participants. >> translator: in one in the world has the right to give or take legitimacy to a president, go, or constitution, or law or anything in syria, except for the syrians themselves. this is their right, and what will be agreed to here, whatever it is should be put to a popular referendum. we are here to decide what the people want and not to decide their fate. >> he held the line insisting assad will remain in power as long as the syrians wanted him too. the infuriated conference participa

he did not send an invitation to the other opposition inside syria and outside of syria, which cause a lot of imbalance in the composition of the opposition. the delegation of opposition is simply a delegation of the opposition. there was no other personage from inside, outside of this coalition. that's why this coalition is not representative of the whole gamut of the syrian opposition. we pointed that out in order to send an invitation to all of the opposition whether inside or outside syria. >> we heard last week from moscow that syria is ready to implement some local cease fires and other humanitarian measures. we have not heard anything about that. these ideas are still on the table? >> thank you very much for this question. yes, the initiative was launched by our minister in moscow, delivered to mr. lav rov. he conveyed the syrian initiative to minister kerry, and after a while he asked mr. kerry what happened, and the answer was that washington is still trying to make--to get in touch and make a pressure on the armed groups plating in aleppo. so we're waiting for the americans

so in syria. they are not that cameron said he was yesterday in the united states today it's insincere. nobody knows but she shot a music style not stop here. is that it was a good example for those who wish to understand it and most of them will not understand that you know the guy that states are some civilized western countries and you will. and then have them. since the moment. and now they have all that no one to taste it did the big ten s of fat tire. a man with a difference of syria for up to them. there isn't any terry and that means that no one knew nothing of democracy and when she stands there somewhere. users of syria they have passed. in spite of the country for over a hundred years and now they are holding conferences in order to change its their friendship with the syrian people but they are putting people under siege in imposing sanctions and stop pointing to every reason to miss their dad see exactly why and speaking of that horrible humanitarian situation. if you really feel conc

in syria.lso now joining the conversation, joshua landis, and the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver. joshua, let me start with you, what is the united states up to and has it made any progress in its efforts to stop the fighting in syria? >> well, it hasn't made a lot of progress. there's complete chaos on the ground on the rebel side who have been fighting each other tooth and nail as you mentioned in your start up, and the -- the worry on the part of the opposition is if they begin to talk to assad, he is quite powerful on the grown now, and this could lead to the partition of syria. a rebel controlled area in the south, and a regime controlled area in the rest of the country. so what their real beef is to try to hold the american's feet to the fire and make them actually deliver on this promise they made at geneva one that assad would step down, because they don't have the power to do that themselves. so that's -- the trackations that are going on rig

and this includes syria, syria is a large concern for policy makers, most fellows fighting in syria todayon't want to blow up times square tomorrow. this is our obligation as americans and we have to meet it. >> how is al qaeda in syria being used by these regional players, like the shia iran block versus gulf states? >> they are receiving support from a number of gulf states like qatar and kuwait. i was doing field research in qatar earlier and while qatari aid is reaching the area, it is doing as a secondary is consequence. to reach the why syrian opposition like the syrian islamic front or a secondary effect. >> brian is the territory that al qaeda occupies in syria completely under al qaeda's control? >> no, i think in control has to be put in quotes here. the fact is that the syrian army was obliged to withdraw from portions of the country, simply because a large portion of the syrian forces are comprised of sunni conscripts. and therefore, their reliability could not be guaranteed. it was more important to protect the capitol and to protect the ethnic and sectarian enclaves that are

kurds live in syria but syria is of course a very important geopolitical juncture for all those surrounding countries with very large kurdish populations how crucial do you thing is the outcome of struggle for syria or are the overall kurdish cause it's very very important the syrian developments we look at it very very closely because it's going to affect the kurdish question it's going to affect the sunni shia relations in the middle east it's going to affect the security issues in iraq and it's going to affect the political situation in iraq in turkey in every word for the entire of the middle east very very quickly you already mentioned kurds in syria have no reason to like the assad regime and many of them had difficulty getting citizenship or or you know speaking their language subsequently no love lost there but do you think kurds will benefit if the syrian opposition particularly the most radical factions that it will only take. you know the core in iraq in syria rather we don't believe because to be honest with you number of the syrian regime or the opposition whether it's rather c

and let us recognize that most of the death and destruction in syria come from conventional weapons which are thrown in abundance to all the warring sides from many quarters different actors have been inserted a sectarian get a mission into this country some of these obvious have generated or said forth in prophecy but we have also been continued into a community we have also seen continued into communities already there it and even demonstrators of against extremism syrians are still united india deep love for their country pride in their culture and religious heritage and long history of living in peace syrians must start talking to each other again to regain what has been lost we see power for example of this the spirit of sort of their it in every day with the many mothers and fathers striving to protect and instruct go to of ditch families on a daily basis in syria i decided that all syrians women and men i you gauged in the effort to shape our shared future. excellences let me turn now to the war that begins at this conference. the syrians themselves had the primary responsibility t

i live in syria. i have the right to give the syrian version here in this forum. >> yes, of course. >> after 30 years of suffering, this is my right. >> reporter: the syrian opposition leader called on the syrian government to join them in rebuilding syria without president assad. >> translator: if we have a partner in this room willing to transfer from the assad delegation to a national syrian delegation such as ours, i urge them to sign geneva one in front of all of you immediately. >> reporter: he was armed with images first seen on cnn, which war crimes investigators says shows the regime's torture of prisoners. if a political solution isn't found soon, he warned, for the syrian people, time is blood. the u.s. is seizing on the photos to turn up the heat on the syrian regime, hoping to convince assad's inner circle to abandon him. >> the latest charges are charges with photographs and documentation of mass torture. the questions raised by this require an answer. >> reporter: and, wolf, everybody e

written or not see from damascus syria. as the world's top diplomats head to switzerland we'll keep you updated on the diplomatic build up to when the state's peace conference or there are also. after three years of. just to live over one hundred thousand. room a c. and common sense come together with one. war is not the answer. does peace have a chance. to internationalize here mosco will be twenty four hours a day more news for you in just a minute including a live report on a fortune terror act in russia. jingle bells jingle bells it's christmas time for all you people are stealing all your. yeah they're in our pocket we give them a bonus every year and they do what ever we want what ever we want the f.b.i. or crooks to the f.b.i. or it's funny it's a farce it's american justice is a is a farce the f.b.i. is i think the cost of bribing the f.b.i. has gone down there is fear deflation the cost of drug dealers going down in america under obama's america there is a deflation. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others

syria in eastern syria has to do with their own capabilities go with defiance in the back of so in full capacity i think it's a little bit. mis misinterpretation of reality i don't be fired the fact that saudi arabia for its own reasons without the american bickering but with their own reasons is supporting certain elements within the syrian opposition because the saudi arabian government is preferring now to try to blow. rather ok take care of the future with those groups will operate against saudi arabia it's quite clear ok daniel if i go back you in washington i agree with what we just heard here because you know washington these look they look at these nation states here and they look at suppose geopolitical interests or maybe a little bit of oil is thrown in there but you have the saudis there with a stack of money and it's just all about iran and you know and that's the prism that they see everything through and the united states continues to trip and fall and walk through a minefield in that region because they don't get the same interpretation because they don't understand they

of syria? >> people inside syria find it very difficult to seek help they need. basic try to distribute aid to them will stop their organizations that provide medical assistance and food. it is a big challenge for us to reach everybody inside syria, and we are not by any means reaching all those who need us. >> tell us about the role of the day bring countries who have been taking in some of the refugees? >> their role is crucial. they're taking the majority of the refugees from syria. they are countries that have their own problems, countries ,acing shortages of water children who need to go to .chool, families need shelter food is necessary. many of the syrians who arrive are looking for work and are competing with the locals and therefore, salaries tend to go down just at the same time as rent goes up because syrians cannot afford to rent houses or apartments. it is very difficult for the neighboring countries. these countries have been very generous to receive these refugees so far, but nee

inside syria, over six million displaced. more than half the human flood leaving syria are children. one million children, 70% under the age of 12. children like this one, only two days old when her family fled to iraq. or this 4-year-old, her face scarred from a life saved. or this one, whose hope is to go to school. or this child who works to feed his family. the tide does not subdied. last august over 40,000 refugees cross add temporary pontoon bridge in northern iraq in just one week. recently outside lebanon, 6,000 new arrivals in a matter of days. in jordan, refugees flooded in in an overnight crossing. borders are overflowing. support is critical and critically needed for communities hosting so many refugees. neighboring conindustries have shown great generosity, but the strain on economies, on infrastructures is acute. food, education, health care, housing this crisis requires more than lifesaving humanitarian aid. they urgently need robust economic development to help host countries cope. across the region, the sense

warning about chaos in neighboring syria deepened as the u.s. and its allies threatened the syrian government sending the signal to the rebels to fight on to the detriment of a political outcome islamic groups have now taken over the opposition movement there and have even chased the western backed leader of the free syrian army out of the country to be snatched either leave it alone because if you kick it they're going to come out and that's what we did when we invaded iraq you know three and it can bite not just somewhere far in a war zone but here in the u.s. american intelligence and counterterrorism officials now say islamic extremist groups in syria with ties talk to a recruiting and training americans who have traveled there to get them to carry out attacks when they return home there are dozens of extremist islamist forces that are operating both inside syria and over the syrian borders walk has been a breeding ground for extremists since the u.s. invasion now residents of fallujah and other parts of the country are bracing themselves fo

regional should not see from damascus syria. as the world's top diplomats in switzerland another obstacle that motor overshadowed proceedings. of the torture of prisoners by the syrian regime we're following that story right now on our web site or to dot com special coverage of the geneva conference tomorrow. the death toll of over one hundred. c. and common sense come together with one mention. war is not the answer. does peace have a chance. more international news is coming away after a short break do stay with us this is all t. international live in moscow. if you refuse economic ups and downs in the final months they belong to the deal and the rest because i think the case you will be every week on a. lot of fun you're going to watch the. face of your life you know alone. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure. security forces in russia's southern republican dagestan say they have prevented a terror attack the bomb squad defused a major explosive device in artie's and in english the has the details on th

one in syria. groups engaging in fighting the growing divisions among those. threatening the upcoming peace talks . with trust and politicians affecting the way people see the common currency as they look for a replacement. security being a major concern of the upcoming winter olympics in sochi we take a look at how city is making sure athletes and spectators are protected. the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. thousands of iraqis are fleeing their homes in the anbar province which is turned into a war after al qaeda linked militants took control of the two cities the army has yet failed to retake the occupied territories that have been declared an islamic state by the militants as iraqi military gathers its forces for a decisive assault. looks at what is empowering the extremists in the region. you know they run on chaos emboldened by the fighting in syria these al qaeda linked militants overran parts of iraq including the city of. we have said earlier about the serious situation will actually go into iraq and this is

next door in syria the same groups are being aided to overthrow the government in syria so america is continuing to political games in the region and of course the people the suffer the countries themselves a car bomb has exploded near a school in the syrian center of hama province killing at least sixteen the country's state media is reporting and for more on the aggravating violence in the region let's now talk to emotion malas islamic and middle east expert from the hebrew university mr miles welcome to our very nice to see you here so looks like the syrian opposition has a new enemy apart from the assad regime so how does this rise of al qaeda linked extremists affect the whole the whole situation in syria. well it certainly changes situational because visibility is the mainstream will position in syria much more war radically and frightening in seconds as they have in common enemy al ball sunni and shia because they certainly both of them and they also have a give. bashar assad the argument that if you don't want me if you don't want to talk to this satan that you know you'll get

in syria. you need. the agreement will float down twenty five buttons which of the apostle called stand by each unit or two. between the people's seat. for that. we must also create a collective foot thistle for. tool. today she yells his insights into what is up and up to now. the army pfft locally owned and lived outage without it. soon its prices by suspended live also up against. that condition groups. it's unpleasant. to see that. in a time when all the city and bought these from the opposition. the next one and fought in its fight against the kansas is skeptical about what's going to happen there the wheel. we must have a new audiences and you can position. for many groups inside the country. and remembering ounces of gold putting the code. roche months between the groups. hold on for a twenty two solution and groups who are against it see it sounds all over the years due to its no it's not the case it's too early in your view for for talks item on the one taken with a camera soon and i think horse

original not see from damascus syria.and as the world's top diplomats head to switzerland we'll keep you updated on the diplomatic build up to one state's syrian peace conference on our stay with us. after two years of. the death toll of over one hundred. mostly in common sense come together with one. war does not do young. does beside by chance. relating the program ninety days after the death of his ideas are alive they socialist ideas which inspired the communist i can come back into functional signs to the walls economic woes. under reward for sending foreigners back home office stuff and person get gifts kicking out asylum seekers coming up after the break. i know. tanya laid it well tell me how you are my little grandson. i know you i don't like. being cut off. except as an ecovillage that the spiritual side is destructive. i try to convince her and try to preach that it was a sect but it's dangerous and she had to leave it was a story she had lost her mind. she will come back i know it was and i will wait but even

not for syria. the resolution to this crisis cannot be about one man's insistence or one family's insistence about clinging power. this needs to be about empowering all of the syrian people. the international community expressed a united vision for syria that respects its citizens and protects the rights of every group, every sect, every faith, mr mrurallism where all people are represented. a nation in which all syrians can peacefully consult their government without fear of retribution, fear of imprisonment, fear of death. a syria that works closely with its neighbors, but also can exist peacefully as a sovereign, independent, and democratic state. these are the syrian people's hopes for the future of their coup try and, and we support them. now, let me emphasize, as i said earlier in my comments today, what happened in syria began in the wake of the transformation that began to break out, throughout the middle east, and everybody knows the events that began in libya and tunisia and egypt. eventua

from damascus syria. well as the world's top diplomats head to switzerland we'll keep you updated on the diplomatic build up to wednesday's syrian peace conference and. well still to come for you this hour here at all to. suggest over one hundred. loma sea and commonsense come together with one. war is not. does peace have a chance. the national lot of her mosco coming up for you this hour expert analysis on how catalonia is likely to react to the spanish prime minister ruling out any chance of a referendum on independence that's one of the stories coming one shortly. tanya. well tell me how you are my little grandson. i know you i don't like. being cut off. except as an ecovillage that the spiritual side is destructive. i try to convince her and try to preach that it was a sect but it's dangerous that she had to leave it was a story she had lost her mind. you know you she will come back i know it was and i will wait even if it means i must wait until my dying day. security forces of russia's southern rep

written or not see from damascus syria. as the world's top diplomats govern in switzerland another obstacle that might overshadow proceedings are the gages of the torture of prisoners by the syrian regime we're following that story on our web site. special coverage of the geneva conference tomorrow. after three years of. this and just to live over one hundred thousand. see in common sense come together with one. war is not the answer. does peace have a chance. more news coming when just a minute including the latest on the fort hood terror act in russia's republic of dagestan this is faulty international. jingle bells jingle bells it's christmas time for all you people or fat schmucks i'm stealing all your the f.b.i. the f.b.i. they're in our pocket we give them a bonus every year and they do what ever we want what ever we want the f.b.i. or crooks to the f.b.i. or it's funny it's a farce it's american justice is a is a farce the f.b.i. is i think the cost of bribing the f.b.i. has gone down there's your deflation the cost

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them in syria. is going to be crucial for any chance of loss completely so i would say yes all the pressure we can to get rid of them out of syria or destroy them in syria has to break gordon former commander the british military chemical defense regiment thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on this great to talk to you and well more news just ahead for you here a lot international including our latest report from the olympic city of sochi stay with. stalled talks accusations traded and endless demands made this sums up the process being played out in geneva with a virtual stalemate on the battlefield outside prophecies are left to make the hard decisions and compromises to alleviate and then to finally end the civil war but do these outside powers have the political will. wealthy british. market. scum. find out what's really happening to the economy. takes away before nato troops pull out of afghanistan the u.s. is growing increasingly frustrated with the country's government kabul is still

about to syria. to play into the engine the father parties who are actually from the beginning of the crisis they have been really intent on destroying syria the institution so much kidnapping them killing so we don't want to look back what we want to do is to try and save people from so many massacres from so much blood should try and see the light at the end of the tunnel and that would depend of course on you know how the parties different parties involved in solving the syrian conflict conflict cooperate with the charter and of course the syrian national council is one of such parties at this point as they seem to be divided and don't even seem to be decided in fact whether to conference the geneva two conference or not why do you think there is so much division was in down i think the division come from because of the these parties first of all they have and they have been living outside of course so many years they are kind of. you know the whole do not know what the syrian people are going thr

syria gives access to the mediterranean. russia has no other presence in the middle east. for russia to give up access to syria is like giving up access to the entire half and anything to the west. russia has no intention of giving up access to the mediterranean. they have signed a geneva one communique. it has publicly pledged it will consider a transitional government that will remove assad. russia is trying to play it both ways right now. what kerry is trying to do very diplomatically with the russians and especially with the russian foreign minister is to ease russia toward that point that we talked about, ease russia to the point that it can't support assad any more. it doesn't have the diplomatic leverage and assad doesn't have the support of russia to show their financial and military support to the government. there was more military weapons going into russia than ever before, that's another challenge for the u.s. and u.n. and for kerry trying to convince russia that assad is truly isolated and needs to be discarded, and we have to move on to a syria that has no fu

stick in its nature how exactly is neocolonialism relevant to syria. well listen it's pretty simple i think that syria is a country that is true typically very important from the economic point of view also you know very well that syria must be used to enable the transfer of gas that comes from these famous supposedly muslim countries in which i dispute the muslim character to supply power to our european countries today since gas primarily comes from russia and the east and therefore allowing gas to pass through syria would be a big economic gain of course and therefore syria today as other countries such as mali as the central african republic are today the victims of a global economic conspiracy which is attempting to destabilize regimes which so far i would like to remind you have never posed any problems three or four years from now no one will ever consider bashar al assad a dictator of course it is comical from the moment that economic interests come to play the friend of yesterday may become the enemy of today. she's to put it down to just last

how did sometimes they get caught dose not seen from damascus in syria. the world's top diplomats cavity and switzerland another obstacle that my devotion to proceedings allegations of the torture of prisoners by the syrian regime. following that story run on a website on to telkom the status of special coverage of the geneva conference tomorrow. i at for three years. go over one hundred well mostly in the stands with one. more snow on the beach. peace a chance mortals who uses the un official break to stay with us this is auntie international london mosque the eye. he gazed at the lake when asked how long i forgot that we all sang night at the traffic light thingy free coffee. guru. what kennedy. your teens today are a little research the eye the security forces in russia supper republican pakistan say baker presented a terror attack. the booms called defused a major explosive device and aunties adding the commissioner has the details on this the device was found near the administrative building in the southern republic of the darkest on now this was don

what is happening in egypt, in russia, yemen, syria, and iraq, is it related to our presence in syriai think this is nonsense. terrorism is killing innocent people. >> reporter: lebanon has been entangled in a conflict that has spread across the region. officials are calling for national unity to save the country. but the fractions are too far apart for that. through lebanon's history security has only come about when there is political consensus. >>> you are watching the al jazeera news hour. coming up on the program, just says after the nigerian government signed the law criminalizing same-sex relationships, arrests spread across the country. >>> the australian open continued on wednesday, in extreme heat. >>> at least seven people have been killed in an explosion inside a mosque in pakistan. hundreds of people were there, and more than 40 have been taken to hospital. >>> police in china have detained the leading scholar from the muslim minority group. he is accused of breaking the law. but no further details were given. the academic who is an economist campaigns for the rights of m