currently , they are being produced and operated in syria . we have sent good teams to rebuild and modernize and increase the capacity of these refineries so that, god willing , they will actually be supplied with the oil of the islamic republic. we have the development of oil and gas fields in syria on our agenda, good studies have been done, some of our capable companies have started work, the tourism industry boom and cooperation in the field of sports, other documents have been signed. it is the needs of those who are especially related to infrastructures, whose infrastructures need special attention so that we can use the capacity of good iranian contractors in the field of sports. in the field of restoration and maintenance of historical and cultural buildings. we came to an understanding on many issues together the volume of trade between iran and syria increased by 50% last year, and the two countries hope that this volume of trade will soon reach one billion dollars a year. amirshian of the sada and siman news agency , during the meet

the wars that the zionists started in syria made the relationship between syria and palestine more closed. while these connections created many economic, political and commercial opportunities and benefits for both sides. for the zionist regime of the ittihad. it is as dangerous with palestine as the union of this country with lebanon. in all these years, syria has never recognized israel it has not established political relations with this regime. now that isis is threatening syria, weakening this country is a golden opportunity for the zionist regime. in early 1976, syrian forces entered this country with the aim of ending the lebanese civil war. these forces entered lebanon with the support of arab countries as arab shield forces. in the 1976 operation, the syrian army was able to resolve the bloody disputes in lebanon. by creating peace in lebanon, syria has found an important place among the people of this country, an alliance that could be formed against zionism. united nations security council october 2004. with the lobbying of the zionists and the efforts of france and the united

capture of the syrian capital. most likely meant the loss of all of syria.d at the most difficult moment for the syrians, when it seemed that everything was clear. i remember arguing until i was tired with my colleagues, western journalists, who said that bashar. assad. the end is clear. and i said, you underestimate, this won’t happen. on september 30, 2015, the federation council of the russian federation unanimously approved the request of russian president vladimir putin to use the country’s armed forces in syria against the terrorist groups islamic state and jephad al-nusra banned in russia. on the same day the russian armed space forces began to attack. russia, thanks to this high-tech entry, not just in quantity, but in quality, was able to turn the tide of this struggle, but here we must really pay tribute that not only we helped syria, that it was on the ground, it was the iranians who shed blood the most, the kurds fought very bravely, but we, of course, made the main contribution to the destruction. here is the entire infrastructure of this state,

today the russian federation is the guarantor that syria, as a single state, will be restored.. 70% of syrian territory is under the control of the legitimate government, under the leadership of president bashar al-assad, but here we have to cooperate with several players, this is turkey, this is the united states of america, this means iran, with whom we are negotiating, and negotiations in syria the main, main problem is being dealt with - this is a problem associated with the territories, provinces bordering turkey, with the province of idlib, which is today is the largest enclave with a population of more than 3 million people, which is not under the control of the legitimate government, and the most painful and most difficult task is - that means negotiations with ... in the united states of america, which led its troops, in fact, on the ridge , as they say, and the islamic state entered syria, they are illegally on the territory, which means the syrian republic is illegal. the americans, of course, played their role, a negative one, of course, but the fact is that the syr

he committed suicide in syria. the assassination of a commander who fought for years on the frontline of the fight against isis. more than 20 years. the israeli attack on targets took place near zainabiyah neighborhood in the south of damascus. a little later, it was announced that sayyid razi mousavi, known as sayyid razi, was the target of this attack. it was israel. in fact, seyed razi mousavi is one of the oldest commanders of the islamic revolutionary guard corps in syria and lebanon, and he is one of qassem soleimani's close companions. according to the sources of razi mousavi , he has been the target of failed israeli assassination attempts several times in the past. he has been the focus of much resistance. it was influential. the president of iran made a statement today issued and promised in it that he would avenge his death. i think the biggest concern is this. america and others will do everything they can to keep the northern border with israel quiet. another concern is the red sea and hussite attacks.

let's go to syria. well , you know that syria has lost a lot of its infrastructure after the daesh story and the wars and crises it went through, and it needs to be rebuilt. it is and this is a very good opportunity for us to be able to. we should cooperate with this country in the form of technical engineering services and the export of these services to syria. now we are actually doing the construction of power plants and the reconstruction of syrian refineries, as well as the construction of infrastructure such as roads and railways in syria , and this trip is for removing the obstacles , in fact, now the private sectors that are working in syria are also effective. i would like to add that the prime minister of syria will continue this trip today with the president of our country, with the minister of foreign affairs and the secretary general of the national security council, as well as the president. council islami will also visit. this is a three-day trip. thank you very much. i have to tell you a

a bank in syria is an iranian bank in syria, which we have agreed on, and god willing , it will start working soon. the second is monetary cooperation between the central bank of iran and the central bank of syria, in this regard, the document we signed was related to the issue that we can have more monetary cooperation with each other to replace our cooperation with national offers. the shatab card will be launched soon. it can increase business relations, because businessmen as well as tourists can use this to export technical engineering services. and cooperation in the field of oil and energy is one of the other axes of the signed documents. in the sector of industry, the syrian side had demands that are mostly met, such as tractors, tires made in a rubber factory, etc., as well as in the field of electric vehicles, asking for cooperation regarding electric buses. we sent good teams to the slaughterhouses that are currently being produced and operated in syria. to rebuild and modernize and increase the capacity of these refineries, god willing , they will actually be supplied with

syria, iran came to the aid of syria because syria was being overthrown in a in a bloody uprising which was engineered by the west. iran was invited in to support, hez bull was invited in by syria. in iraq, the same is the case, the americans came in as an occupation force. they're illegal in that land, they've been told by the iraqi parliament, they must leave, they're not leaving, so therefore they are an occupation force. no instance in in any of the the support that iran gives to people, do you see iran occupying people or forcing them? the resistance of axis supports those oppressed who call for their aid, call for support, whether it's yemen, iraq, lebanon, and now palestine, and i think that the americans have probably learned their lesson, they're scared of going in, the israelis are trying to force them, but the their fear is preventing them because if they had wanted to bomb hezbollah etc, they could have done it by now, they haven't, that's because they know that... those those nuclear sites in israel, in damona, those us bases dotted around, american frigates and american wa

these takfiries did not have vision for syria, neither national syria, nor syria the state.tern countries, as acknowledged by some americans and politicians, including statements by hillary clinton that still exists and can be reviewed by everyone. what hillary clinton spoke about years later, we knew from the beginning, so we entered syria to prevent it from falling into the hands of takfiries, ensuring that lebanon and iraq will not be threatened and safe. chose to support his brothers and sisters in gaza, but you have cost lebanon a lot because of this confrontation, how would you reply to that? first those who claim that brought calamities upon lebanon are the same ones who in the face of the israeli enemy used to say thatiz led lebanon to destruction, however after lebanon was liberated, they found the opposite result, so we have presented evidence before, today they are making the same mistake again, they are a minority in lebanon anyway, second, ambassadors, ministers and embassies approached us and spoke with many lebanese entities, both politicians and non-politicia

he was in charge of the resistance fronts logistics in syria. musavi was also comrad of irgc's late commander lieutenant general qasim sulaimani who was assassinated in a... drone attack near baghdad international airport in 2020. the irgc strongly condemned musavi's assassination, saying the occupying israeli regime will pay for this crime. the developments in the past four years following the assassination of general suleimani show that our enemies, especially the united states have obtained opposite results from such acts of terrorism. over the past four years, the ideals and patterns of resistance grew in the region and even in the world, contrary to the... terrorist school of the united states, the resistance front has gained more power than before. the most important issue in the region and the world is still the genocide in gaza and the failure and defeat of the zionis has been revealed to the world and the regime is going through a dark period. experts believe iran islamic revolution guard score is reveared in west asia for its key role

see , brigadier general seyed razi mousavi, one of the commanders and military advisors of iran in syria, in the attack of the zionist regime on the neighborhood of zainabiyah in damascus this evening . they have reached a high level of martyrdom. the zionist regime targeted sardar mousavi with its repeated airstrikes in the zainabiyah region. the local media in the early hours this attack was announced around 4 and 5 o'clock, several explosions were heard in the neighborhood of zainabiyah, and with the analysis of these zionist regime fighters , they fired several missiles at the presence of martyr seyed razi mousavi . moments ago, the islamic revolutionary guard corps statement was published. i am reciting the army at your service in the name of allah, the most merciful and most merciful, to the knowledge of the noble and heroic nation of iran, an hour ago in the missile attack. criminally, the fake and child-killing zionist regime brought to damascus brigadier general seyed razi mousavi, one of the irgc's experienced military advisers in syria , who was martyred. he is a comrade he wa

after successfully liberating half of the area previously occupied by daesh in both iraq and syria.

he added that the murder is a clear violation of syria's sovereignty. this crime definitely deserves punishment. the israelis must pay the price for their recent terrorist actions. iran will give a smart and a strong response to the israeli strike at the appropriate time and place, and in such a way that the zionist regime's purposes in carrying out these attacks won't be fulfilled. brigadier general sayid razi musavi was assassinated in a missile strike a neighborhood in damascus. he was in charge of the resistance front's logistics in syria. musavi was also comrad of. rgc's late commander lieutenant general qasim sulaimani who was assassinated in a us drone attack near baghdad international airport in 20020. the irgc strongly condemned musavi's assassination saying the occupying israeli regime will pay for this crime. the developments in the past four years following the assassination of general sulaymani show that our enemies, especially the united states have obtained opposite results from such acts of terrorism. over the past four years. ideals and

these takfiries did not have vision for syria, neither national syria, nor syria, the state.d to impose its control over the entire region. let's not forget the hints and movements by some western countries, as acknowledged by some americans and politicians, including statements by hillary clinton that still exists and can be reviewed by everyone. what hillary clinton spoke about years later, we knew from the beginning, so we entered syria to prevent it from falling into the hands of takfiries, ensuring that lebanon and iraq will not be threatened and safeguarding the entire. i want to end off where i started with palestine, lot of your uh local, regional and international fows are saying that hisbullah by standing with the palestinian resistance in gaza, by supporting it militarily in south lebanon, that hisbullah is actually bringing nothing but despair to lebanon, that his chose to support his brothers and sisters in gaza, but you have cost lebanon a lot because of this confrontation, how would you reply to that? first those who claim that brought calamities upon lebanon a

the regime has staged more attacks on south lebanon as well. as on syria, and on monday, in a targeted missile strike it assassinated iran's top military men in syria, commander sayid razza musavi, who headed the iran's revolutionary guard core in syria, as iran continues to assist the syrian government in its fight against terrorists. musavi was a close companion of the marder lieutenant general qasim sulaymani, who the u.s. assassinated almost four years ago. in iraq. i'd like to now welcome my guests to the spotlight. anthony hall, professor of globalization, lethbridge university, out of lethbridge. and glendison, professor of political science university southeastern norway out of oslo. thank you both for being with me, starting it off with anthony at. "i mean, the israeli regime has always been a rogue entity, however it just seems to be exponentially um, getting worse and just increasing its terror throughout the region. if you agree with that, why do you think it is the case and what is it trying to accomplish? well, there's an individual by the name of benjamin netanyahu, i'm

those days when isis attacked syria. the enemy behind the wall. it was the airport since those days , the noble martyr seyyed razi mousavi, who spent most of his life at the airport, was a witness in the days when the airport was hit with mortars , even once when general soleimani entered the damascus airport, seyed razi was also there. many times this happened at the airport in the month. it happened in damascus and syria, it was not the first time in these days when this martyr was defending the muslims in palestine , he saw his enemy as a serious threat because supporting the palestinian front and supporting the syrian front was the priority of this honorable martyr. in addition to the fact that this noble martyr defended the palestinian muslims as the frontline of the battle against isis , he made extensive efforts. he was the support commander of the resistance front. this brazen move of israel shows. because of this , just as the americans martyred soleimani in iraq after the victory over daesh , the main supporter of daesh became the main s

are christians, syria is a country that has very deep roots in christianity to go ahead and and and do a air raid in syria in this is in itself shows how insensitive the zinanis regime and his allies in that region are, it goes to show how insensitive they are, when the world celebrates christmas, they go and they choose to attack, compromise the sovereinity of a country and attack that country. on the day of christmas, that also goes to show the bias and the hate and the disrespect that the zinanis regime has for christianity as well, yet we see evangelicals supporting zionism all over the world, especially here in the us, on the other hand, the martter was ally of of of syria, the martter was a representative of the islamic republic in syria and for him to be... martered in syria is in itself it's it's a crime and we've seen that the us empire and the genocidal powers like the zionist regime they don't care about sovereinity they don't respect sovereinity they don't respect the independence of countries and this expansionist behavior that the zionist regime and the us empire has i

terrorism food and said good, all the help and everything change after syria, now syria is still trying to get back on it's feet regarding all of this, but better days are ahead, correct, isabella? yeah, absolutely. i would. i would also try to reiterate on one thing, when russia, russia came to syria to protect so, so to, to defend syria against the world wide terrorism that have been sent by the vsoft to the soft world of, uh, you wrote in america. actually they came up with the invitation of the syrian government of the syrian office law. i do apologize. i'm still that. we've still got the secretarial heygood. i'm with you. carry on. yeah, yeah, yeah, my own country. so these are where just they were just or if they came to syria just to protect the back medicine that are in the, the american back mercenaries. and they were just making sure that they are doing a good job. and this good job was done by and this job was there was encountered by the russian syrian partnership. i gave the we had partnership against the federalism that we have been faith. yeah. well said, well said isabel

the pace of targeting us occupation bases in syria and iraq is escalating. the resistance has altered its approach intensifying the targeting both quantitatively and qualitatively. the number of targeting operations in a single day for a single base. has increased significantly, for example, the assad base recorded three strikes within a few hours last tuesday, december 12, highlighting current trend where rocket barriages have become a characteristic of... the ongoing escalation, the scene carries within it a decision by the resistance to transition to more impactful strikes against us forces, potentially hastening their withdrawal from both iraq and syria. now to discuss this issue with us from damascus is miss venessa bailey, independent journalist and very dear friend, it's a pleasure having you on with us veneessa today to discuss these escalatory confrontations between the axes of resistance. resistance and the american occupation and the zianist occupation in west asia, but for the first time since the integration of the resistance axes in west asia w

one, not for syria itself. were at the heart of this axis of resistance, on one side it is to iraq, on one side to lebanon, on the other side to occupied palestine, while syria itself was also targeted, that is, in fact , syria was a center to support the resistance front, that's what i said. doubtful here not exist since the beginning of 2001. that the region suffered a security and political turmoil due to the policies of america and america's allies , it was natural that the governments that were threatened, well , we saw iraq itself, yes, syria was one of those countries, that's why in the framework of military cooperation and security that was between the government of the islamic republic of iran and the syrian regime. some of our country's military advisors help in the framework of official cooperation between the two countries, just as we once did in iraq, when terrorist groups like isis came, the iraqi government requested the islamic republic to come. and to help in the field of security and defense.

missile strike it assassinated iran's top military man in syria. commander said razza musavi, who headed the iran's revolutionary guard core in syria, as iran continues to assist the syrian government in its fight against terrorists. musavi was a close companion of the marter lieutenant general qasim sulaymani, who the u.s. assassinated almost four years ago, in iraq, i'd like to now welcome my guests to the spotlight. anthony hall, professor of globalization, lethbridge university, out of lethbridge, and glendison, professor of political science university southeastern norway, out of oslo. thank you both for being with me, starting it off with anthony, and... "i mean, the israeli regime has always been a rogue entity, however it just seems to be exponentially um getting worse and just increasing its terror throughout the region. if you agree with that, why do you think it is the case and what is it trying to accomplish? well, there's an individual by the name of benjamin netanyahu, i'm getting feedback in my, i'm not talking against myself if ther

not one of those fronts, gallen mentioned was iran. on monday a top commander of iran's irgc in syria was assassinated in an israely missile strike targeting his house in damaskus. at the meantime, the resistance front in the region is adamant to respond to the israeli american cr. being perpetrated in gaza. that are more topics in this episode of the spotlight today. i'm your host. all me to introduce our guests. analyst is joining us from brussels. also with us is the spokesperson of the masar albadil movement in vancouver, canada. welcome to the show, gentlemen, elijah, beginning with you uh, let's talk about christmas celebrations this year and how different they could be given this genocide going on, and you know iof soldiers have no regard for any religion, muslims, christians are like, rituals, nationalities, what your job is, you're a journo, you're a doctor, whoever you are, they hit mosk, they hit churches, so and anybody standing in their way as the war minister was saying, is legitimate target as the israeli authorities actually they themselves proclaim, so let's talk abou

father zahlawi, thank you very, very much on this very special day for being with us from syria, from damascus, father zahlawi, catholic priest of the church of our lady of damascus, merry christmas to you and to all your parish and to all the christians, especially the christians of west asia who have been suffering under the occupation in the occupy. holy lands of palestine, thank you very much for being with us and for giving us a bit of your time on christmas day. ladies and gents, please stay tuned because next we will be talking about how the iraqi resistance is supporting our brothers and sisters in gaza. since october 17, 2023, iraqi resistance fractions have been actively involved in the latest conflicts that broke out in west asia on october 7 known as al-aqsa flood operation. as part of their role in the axes of resistance, these iraqi factions targeted us occupation military bases in syria and iraq with about 110 attacks, using bomber drones, grad and katusha missiles, all the way to threatening to use precise long and medium range missiles. more details in the following r

things happened in damascus and syria . it was not the first time that they threatened him in these days when this martyr. he was defending the muslims in palestine , he saw his enemy as a serious threat, because supporting the palestinian front and supporting the syrian front was the constant work of this noble martyr , in addition to the fact that this noble martyr was defending from the palestinian muslims , he made extensive efforts as the frontline of the battle against isis. he was the support commander of the resistance front. this brazen move by israel shows this. just as the americans martyred soleimani in iraq after the victory over isis, the hands of the americans. it turned out that the main supporter of isis and the main supporter of the terrorists in the region are the americans. this testimony of the noble martyr removed a curtain and made it more clear that israel is the defender of the terrorists alongside the united states. . israelis know, that is as the americans were expelled from the region with the ma

to discuss this issue with us from damascus syria is father elias. a catholic priest of the church of our lady of damascus. father zahlawi, it's an honor to have you with us, especially on these very tough, devastating days with christmas being on the verge of these very devastating days. now uh, as you know, there is no christmas in bethlehem this year, actually there's no christmas in all of palestine and all of the region of west asia, with the us zianist israeli war on the gaza strip. festivities are off. this year there will be no christmas in the city that is synonymous with the birth of jesus christ. peace be upon him because of the ongoing genocide in gaza. now as a man of the church yourself, what does this cancellation mean to you and to your paris? i wonder what is the significance of celebrating the birth of christ. "who brought to the world the most profound meanings of god and humanity. i question what this celebration has turned into. regardless of religious observances, the current event. have no connection to the birth of the one who carried the perfect image of god a

making actually inforcing the 16 documents which were signed during the iran president's visit to syria will الطابع العملي على الوثائق 16 التي تم التوقيع عليها خلال زياره فخامه رئيس الجمهوريه الاسلاميه الايرانيه الى سوريا طابع العمليه الفائق والاتفاقاتات التي توصلنا اليها اليوم وبالتاكيد كل ذلك من شانه ان يعزز التعاون الثنائي بين لدين. شكرا لكل ساده الوزراء من الجانبين الاسلامی و سوريا من هم تشکرم. the the people of gaza by the west, and this were pursues some fake and fabricated objectives in violation of human rights, however, the position adopted by iran, syria in that regard, it is in based on this position, they support the resistance front, and they will not allow the us and israel to reach objectives. تمت بين السيدين رئيسي البلدين خلال زياره السيد رئيس الجمهوريه الاسلاميه الايرانيه الى الجمهوريه العربيه السوريه يومين 43 ايار 23 والتي تم خلالها الاتفاق على مجموعه من مساح عمل المشترك التي من شانها تحقيق مصلحه كل من سوريا وايران وسياق ثاني يتعلق بعقد اجتماعات الدوره ال15 لللجنه العليا المشتركه السوريه الايرانيه والتي كان اخر انعقاد لها في دمشق في عام to to syria on may the 3rd and 4

syria advisor in syria urging the international community to stop the regime's destabilizing activities in the region, and hamas says israel's removed organs of 80 palestinians whose dead bodies were abducted by the regime's forces during their on slot on gaza. hello everybody, it's 4:00 a.m. in the besieg gauza strip and you're watching press tv world news. now start this bulletin with day 82 of israel's genocidal campaign in gaza, death holes approaching 21, and more residential buildings have been reduced to rubble. city of khan unis to the south is once again come under deadly air raids and artillery strikes. the israeli army is also hit nucerot, burge and magazi refugee. camps health officials in gaza say israel's killed more than 240 palestinians in the past 24 hours and uh also wounded to - 400 others. the uh world health organization once again raised the alarm about the dire humanitarian situation in gaza, who denounced israeli blood bath and carnage in the palestinian territory. we've seen children. women, young men, old men and women, people bleeding out, at the same time yes

and iraq responded to most of them, in addition to directing strikes in iraq and syria against sites the pentagon claimed were linked to iran. in the meantime, the islamic resistance in iraq threatened the us occupation that its bases in both syria and iraq. are legitimate target for it due to the main role of the united states of america in the war on the gaza strip. to discuss this issue with us from beirot is mr. hamza khansa, journalist and political commentator. thank you very much for being with us, mr. hamza on this very early morning. now, the iraqi resistance factions have been enhancing their missile capabilities and their expertise in the field of drones an attempt to position themselves for major battle in the region. now the alaxa flod operation on october 7th and the israeli entity war on the gaza strip, it imposed the first of in of its kind test for these factions which are part of the axis of resistance as they decided to enter alongside hizbillah and other resistance factions to support gaza with their best ability. what has their involvement in this war so far brou

musavi has seen irgc commander was serving as a military advisor in syria. the mission was the first to rush to syria's assistance in 2014 when the arab country found itself in the grip of the united states created and israel supported daesh tagfiri terrorist group. musabi was one of the companions of iran's top anti-terror commander lieutenant general qasim sulaymani. general sulaimani, commander of the quds force of the irgc and his iraqi trenchmate abu mahdial muhammad. the second in command of iraq's popular mobilization units were martyed along with their companions in a us drone strike on january 3rd 2020. ivan has harshly criticized the assassination. president ibrahim raisi says the israeli regime will definitely pay the price for his criminal act. advanced permanent representative to the united nations has written to the world body secretary general vehemently condemning the israeli regime's assassination of the senior iranian milit. advisor in syria. ravan says it reserves its legitimate right to respond decisively at an appropriate time deemed nec

the pace of targeting us occupation bases in syria and iraq is escalating. the resistance has altered its approach, intensifying the targeting both quantitatively and qualitatively. the number of targeting operations and single day for a single base has increased significantly, for example, the ain asad base recorded three strikes within a few hours last tuesday, december 12, highlighting current trend where rocket barrages have become a characteristic of the ongoing escalation, the scene carries within it a decision by the resistance to transition to more impactful strikes against us forces, potentially hastening their withdraw from both iraq and syria. now to discuss this issue with us from damascus is miss venessa bieli, independent journalist and very dear friend, it's a pleasure having you on with us venessa today to discuss these escalatory confrontations. between the axis of resistance and the american occupation and the zianist occupation in west asia, but for the first time since the integration of the resistance axes in west asia we see that it is

zarami from iran, the respective minister of tourism and handicraft and by syrias.المركزي في الجمهوريه العربيه السوريه المواقع على الجانب الايراني معالي حاكم المصرف المركزي في الجمهوريه الاسلاميه الايرانيه السيد فرزين والموقع عن الجانب السوري حاكم معالي حاكم المصرف المركزي في الجمهوريه العربيه السوريه السيد عصام حزيم. the seventh document, memorandum of understanding on cooperation between the iranian organization of documents and national library and syria's national library. it is being signed. by mr. the head of the organization for documents and national library of iran and be the deputy head of the deputy head of the syrian center for international cooperation. جمهوريه العربيه السوريه الموقعه الجانب الايراني معالي رئيس منظمه الوثائق والمكتب الوطنيه في الجمهوريه الاسلاميه الايرانيه السيد مختار فور والموقع عن الجانب السوري معالي معاونه هيئه التخطيط والتعاون الدولي في الجمهوريه العربيه السوريه السيده ثريه ادلبي. i'd like to ask the two top officials to... اتقدم بالشكر الجزيل لمعالي النائب الاول لرئيس الجمهوريه الاسلاميه الايرانيه الدكتور مخبر وكما اشكر معالي رئيس

to discuss this issue with us from damascus syria is father elyas zahlawi, a catholic priest. the church of our lady of damascus. father zahlawi, it's an honor to have you with us, especially on these very tough devastating days with christmas being on the verge of these very devastating days. now uh, as you know, there is no christmas in bethlehem this year, actually there's no christmas in all of palestine, all of the region of west asia, with the us zianist israeli war on the gaza strip. festivities are off. this year. there will be no christmas in the city that is synonymous with the birth of jesus christ. peace be upon him because of the ongoing genocide in gaza. now as a man of the church yourself, what does this cancellation mean to you and to your parish? i wonder, what is the significance of celebrating the birth of christ to the world the most profound. i question what the celebration has turned into, regardless of religious observances, the current events have no connection to the birth. the one who carried the perfect image of god and humanity, whether they observe religious

the funeral today also highlighted the strong bond between iran and syria. israel has once again shown its ugly nature by cowardly assassinating the commander of iran's revolutionary guards corps sayid razi musavi, but the people across west asia ver to resist the israel regime and its brutalities until decisive victory is achieved. ibrahim wahdi, press tv, damascus. radio journalist and activist habib jaguri joined us with her take on the israely assassination. of ivan's senior military advisor. let's take a listen. i also think that this was a target killing and not very random because sayid shaheed musabi was a was a comrad of shaid qasim sulaymani and shaid qasim sulaymani had long since used his skills and combat to fight israeli aggression in the region when they had conducted terrorism on syria and iraq soil. it was an act of revenge. it was an act of desperation from israel. it was a cowardly attack. it's absolutely. write that they want to turn their genocide on gaza and make it seem like an israeli, make it seem like an israeli american versus iran

on monday top commander of iran's rgc in syria was assassinated in an israeli missile trageting his house in damascus. a mean time the resistance front in the region is adamant to respond to the... the american crimes being perpetrated in gaza. that are more topics in this episode of the spotlight today. i'm your host naja. allow me to introduce our guests. elijah magner, journalist and analyst is joining us from brussels. also with this is khalid barakat, the spokesperson of the masar albadil movement in vancouver, canada. welcome to the show, gentlemen, elijah, beginning with you uh, let's talk about christmas celebrations this year and how different they could be given this genocide going on, and you now iof soldiers have no regard for any religion, muslims, christians are like, rituals, nationalities, what your job is, you're a journal, you're a doctor, whoever you are, the they hit mosk, they hit churches, so and anybody standing in their way as the war minister, was saying, is legitimate target, as the israely authorities actually, they themselves proclaim, so let's talk about the a

in syria, it has a different color. as for yarma camp, the capital of palestinian refugees, it was established. after our first immigration to syria. in the beginning, the camp was made of some tents. nobody could imagine that it would become the biggest economic center for palestinian refugees in the world, thanks to the support of the syrian people. but those who denyied our rights to live in palestine are now trying to deny our rights to... return home, they started the war in yarmuk, once again they wanted to displace us. this time the war is more complicated, that time we were settled in the neighboring arab countries, but this time israel wants us to go to european countries. التماس رئيسيه نحن على مدخل المخيم مخيم اليرموك مدخل مخيم اليرموك ومدخل شارع فلسطين وشارع اليرموك الرئيسي. وانا اعتقد انه له علاقه بالتشريد والتهجير وله علاقه بالمخطط اسرائيلي انه كان مخيم يرموك هو عاصمه الشتات الفلسطيني كان رمز يعني كان دائما الشباب الفلسطينيين المقوله دائما بيعرفوها اهل المخيم. انه ا مخيم اليرموك هو طريقنا للقدس في مثل هذه ا