regime i think both the syrian regime and the defectors have been inflating. their numbers they have been talking about ten thousand soldiers ready to fight against the syrian regime and i think if they had that number i think. we have been facing would have been facing a very different scenario in syria i think the other problem is the current defectors are not coming from the higher ranks of the syrian army i think in order to get that kept heavily and that influence and power to face with the syrian regime they are going to need to have more defectors in terms of numbers and also they have to you know force or they have to make possible the factions or the high ranking officials is there and hardening thing. i think it's happening but it's happening very slowly and i think it's going to take some time let's talk about this no fly zone this being called for by some of the protesters to think that the u.s. and its allies will answer those calls now the finished in libya. i don't think so in the short run and i don't think that no fly zone would be an official

one of those groups is the syrian international council. it claims to represent syrian muslims, christians, kurds, and liberal groups. they share one common goal. the overthrow of bashar al- assad. >> the memorial service honoring the syrian kurdish opposition leader took place in dissembled. it was organized by the newly formed syrian opposition council formed by turkish activists living in exile and turkey. a doctor by trade, he is living in turkey for the past 30 years, and despite conflicting views within the council, he is confident a consensus can be reached. >> if we want a constitution that represents all the religions and people of syria. all rights should be protected. >> wherever he goes, khalid tries to drum up support for the movement. after dragging his -- after dragging its feet, the turkish government has officially condemned the al-assad regime. pictures arriving from syria changed public opinion. his family were victims of the dictatorship. >> an 1980's, my father was active in the opposition. for 15 years, he was held in

is syrian not close to civil war?the regime is trying to push us into this but they will not succeed. we are aware of enough of this risk. you can see the muslims, the christians marching together and shouting for freedom for all people. our real enemy is the regime itself. >> on friday, protests take place after midday prayers. the protesters attempted blocked off roads, to delay the arrival of the security forces, and in a network of field hospitals, they are preparing for the inevitable casuty's. doctors have been arrested and tortured for helping gunshot victims. >> the normal thing would be to take the injured with gunshot wounds to the hospital. to our astonishment, we found that when we did that, the injured were arrested or killed. a man would go into the hospital with a treatable injury and his family would be summoned to collect a corpse with a shot in the head or in the chest. . >> these and medical points are hopelessly inadequate. they have to move to escape detection. they are short on equipment. >> even

calling for a political dialogue instead of tough sanctions on president assad regime meanwhile the syrian government says terrorist groups are active in the country and targeting military leaders and intellectual. up next the view from inside syria from someone who has the president's ear r.t. speaks with his political and press advisor about the beleaguered country's situation. as they were saving the this is the third time that the security council has failed to adopt a resolution criticizing syria as russia and china use that power as a veto joining us today to discuss this and the general situation in the country is political and media advisor to syria's president dr was saying a shotgun mr ban welcome to our program how do you assess the position taken by russia and the security council to blog the resolution criticizing syria what information did syrian authorities give russia to support its position. we welcome the positions taken by russia and china and their use of the veto in the interests of syria and its people the information provided was just about the reality of the state o

by russia and the security council to block the resolution criticizing syria what information did syrian authorities give russia to support its position. we welcome the positions taken by russia and china and their use of the veto in the interests of syria and its people the information provided was just about the reality of the state of affairs the point is that decisions taken by western countries are based not on real events in syria but rather on the task of suppressing syria as an arabic state that plays an important role in resistance at the same time unfortunately they draw conclusions from reports by a few self-seeking arabic media outlets who act as their accomplices in covering violence and crime committed by terrorists and militants in syria now that another attempt to adopting a tough resolution against syria has failed what do you expect the international community to do in order to exert pressure on damascus. i believe that october fifth two thousand and eleven when russia and china blocked the un resolution was a historic day and i hope it will be remembered the fact that

calling for political dialogue instead of tough sanctions on president also drizzy meanwhile the syrian government says terrorist groups are active in the country and targeting military leaders and intellectuals and a slew of fresh credit rating content to europe and spain italy and british banks take a huge hit from investors they're increasingly worried that greece's debt contagion may have spread to god leave the balance to be a factor. that's the view from inside syria from someone who has the president's ear as r g talks to his political and press advisors about the beleaguered country's situation. as there was a view of this is the third time that the security council has failed to adopt a resolution criticizing syria as russia and china use their powers of veto joining us today to discuss this and the general situation in the country as a political and media advisor to syria's president dr was there in a shop on mr ban walk into our program party is that the position taken by russia and the security council to block the resolution criticizing syria what information did syrian aut

what about that i'm afraid today we're talking to syrian minister of foreign affairs mr vali done well and thank you for joining us or not it was if you actually see that you expressed reserve at the last meeting of foreign ministers of arab states in cairo on the situation in syria where is the opposition welcomed them do you think the arab league has been playing you constructive room. unfortunately due to the so-called arab spring so countries that had been playing a significant role in the arab league's operation are now busy with their own domestic issues and this doesn't help consolidated solutions hopefully this issue ation will be resolved in the short term and these countries will become official began in consolidating the common arab cause this is first do you think it would be reasonable to discuss a country's problems without its participation. second proposal was made at this consultative meeting to free syria's membership of the arab league this is very dangerous and most participating countries spoke against this proposal how can one imagine resolving common arabic probl

people a chance and helping them follow the path of change so that syrians can have better lives in their own country who would be above the analytical articles in the western press said the situation in many parts of syria including the town of holmes looks very much like a civil war do you have such areas. yes i do we who are representatives of various communities religions and ethnic groups live together in ours we've been living as one family throughout history syria is a diverse country it's the cradle of three world religions our main task was to continue living in love and peace the united states to use its veto right fifty times to deprive the palestinians of their legitimate right to create a state on their land isn't that a violation of human rights eleven thousand inmates are less. wishing in presence of the occupying regime in this way this state is trying to just now under the region into small model ethnic and minor religious states this is its clan look what's happened in sudan and what's happening in libya and iraq our peoples and our land are in their sights all thi

well you know as the ago the opposition states that the syrian leadership has little time left people amend the reforms announcement president bush on assert their saying that the syrian people are paying with their blood for delays in these reforms why is there such a delaine implementing them. first of all there is no delay on the contrary a universal reform program underway in syria will be implemented in a record six months compared to other countries including russia where reforms lasted for several years i repeat that this is a record short period of time those who speak about reforms know that certain laws should be passed to see them through and they include laws on political parties and parliamentary elections slated for next february there are also elections to local self-government parties a law on the media should also be passed a commission has been set up to draft the country's new constitution. how fast should these things go these are crucial issues solutions to which will determine the face of the new syria a pluralistic a democratic country a model example to other n

ministerial committee is due to hold another round of talks with syrian officials later on sunday to help end the crisis in the un estimates more than three thousand people have been killed since march when the regime uprising began some of the protesters have also been calling for a no fly zone over the country and aerial support from nato warplanes meanwhile in his first interview to a western journalist since the beginning of the uprising syria's president bashar al assad has borne that military action against his country would be like an earthquake for the entire region dissident syrian writer and a democracy campaigner michelle told r.t. that most of the population doesn't support for intervention. as a subtle or against military intervention whether it's a day to morrow or in ten years time even if the regime is to every one of us would still be against military intervention we fight for freedom and we don't want to add external slavery to our domestic law we don't want it to become a part of the struggle between the international and internal forces syrians are peaceful they w

against syria since they infringe upon the interests of syrians. in the course of our consultations it became clear that russia is even more demanding than urging syria to forms and maintain a comprehensive political dialogue while another issue here is that russia is between the proposed resolution gave new life to the security council itself by stripping the usa of its decision maker work awfully on the international this day oh yeah that's a very important thing just look at what their monopoly did in libya iraq and afghanistan the truth is that the policy of the united states is trying to implement here in our region is far from unbiased and the not even their own policy be a partisan policy that serves israel's interests that home truth i worked in the united states when ten years and i know this to be true that the i was if. you have taken steps to live eat the impact of economic sanctions in place to get syria you off what really is russia playing and will plans have you made with. and resolve the situation the rules you. a lot of. the west

activists say syrian security forces have killed at least thirty people during mass protests calling for the downfall of president bashar assad's regime this comes after the arab league condemned of the continuing killings of civilians in the country the arab ministerial committee is due to hold another round of talks with syrian officials later on sunday to help end the crisis the u.n. estimates more than three thousand people have been killed since march when the entire uprising began some of the protesters have also been calling for a no fly zone over the country and aerial support from nato warplanes dissident syrian a writer and democracy campaigner in shock told r.t. that most of the population doesn't support foreign intervention. of the second or against military intervention whether it's today tomorrow or in ten years' time even if the regime is to ny late every one of us would still be against military intervention we fight for freedom and we don't want to add external slavery to our domestic law we don't want it to become a part of the struggle between the international an

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change. and still to come this hour an r t another outbreak of violence in the middle east were reported how a deadly exchange of fire between israel and gaza has overshadowed a peaceful balance protests that government spending and i love the. scores of demonstrators supporting the occupy wall street movement have been arrested across the u.s. overnight right police in denver moved in detaining activists who refused to leave their camp earlier police used pepper spray to disperse the crowds meanwhile at least thirty people were arrested in the states of oregon tennessee and california after police rams into force curfews moving protesters belongings now it was nature threatening demas in new york after the city was hit by a unseasonal snow blizzard over the activists say they're ready to withstand harsh weather conditions to make their

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change thousands of israelis to mother economic justice filled the streets of tel aviv once again after nearly a two month break their own happy with how the government spending the money and they want next year's budget plan said back to the drawing board pull the sleaze in television. the last demonstration back in september in early september so a million people come to the streets in the country logan i'm somewhat satisfied with that turnout and after that a lot of the protesters many of them are university students return to process and things that didn't take a little bit over an hour but said he now what we have seen in the last few hours is not only attention on what is happening internally fearful of the israeli air force has also strikes on southern gaza eleven people have been killed five of them are members of the islamic jih

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change the answer to all coalitions brumback of their massive protests for economic justice is you take place in the israeli capital later saturday the organizers are calling for a repeat of september's rallies would so many half a million people show the social conditions columnist and writer bradley burston says people are now questioning everything that previously turned a blind eye eye to. the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the in the occupied territories may be very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to the finances are going to the settlements and even if the settlement acti

there are grave differences between the syrian case and the libyan case. the syrian case i think it's completely different i mean if you look at it's like social fabric or the sectarian lysine syria we see that all groups i mean from the opposition and also the fighting this regime groups have been living together the syrian dorothy kid dorothy does all that you know a scenario like the one in libya. and now to israel where thousands of demonstrators protesting against social inequality and government spending policy took to the streets of tel aviv again after a nearly two month break he's costlier brings us the latest. the last demonstration back in september and early september so moch eight million people come to the streets of the country logan i was satisfied with that turnout and also that a lot of the protesters many of them are university students return to process and things had to take a little bit of it out exactly now but we have seen in the last few hours not only attention on what is happening internally can be is maybe a source has also gone