the syrian opposition we don't have direct contacts with the syrian opposition it's the united nations which is doing this infected using different channels we have us to affect the un as well as myself their cooperation and their support during this process of elimination of syrian chemical weapons i believe that it's in the interest of everyone including the opposition and we hope that they will. they will be co-operative a support as well mr is and you have being very diplomatic in your responses but if you said earlier that the syrian government has all for the full cooperation we also know that a number of countries have contributed that equipment there is a trust fund set up to finance this whole process so the only outstanding issue is the issue of security now and the security of the only party that is in danger in that security seems to be the syrian opposition am i exaggerating. actually everyone recognizes that the security situation in syria is an important factor which may disrupt the in fact the whole process. but as i said earlier the security measures will have to be ta

the syrian opposition we don't have direct contacts with the syrian opposition it's the united nations which is doing this. affected using different channels and we have us the fact the u.n. as well as myself us their cooperation and their support during this process of elimination of syrian chemical weapons i believe that it's in the interest of everyone including the opposition and we hope that they will. they will be corporate events supported well mr them do you have being very diplomatic in your responses but if you said earlier that the syrian government has offered its full cooperation we also know that a number of countries have contributed that equipment there is a trust fund set up to finance this whole process so the only outstanding issue is the issue of security now and the security of the only party that is in danger in that security seems to be the syrian opposition am i exaggerating. i actually everyone the cook that is to start the security straight shouldn't be in syria it's an important factor. which may disrupt the effect the whole process. but as i said there are h

the syrian opposition we don't have direct contacts with the syrian opposition it's the united nations which is doing this in effect it using different channels and we have us to affect the un as well as myself their cooperation and their support during this process of elimination of syrian chemical weapons i believe that it's in the interest of everyone including the opposition and we hope that they will. they will be corporate events supported well mr is and you are being very diplomatic in your responses but if you said earlier that the syrian government has offered its full cooperation we also know that a number of countries have contributed that equipment there is a trust fund set up to finance this whole process so the only outstanding issue is the issue of security now and the security of the only party that is in danger in that security seems to be the syrian opposition am i exaggerating. actually everyone because of that is this that the secured stray ssion in syria it's an important factor. which may disrupt the effect the whole process. but as i said earlier for the security

have lost many jobs to syrians.his is a lot for a country that has its own version in terms of economic rises. help is needed. it will enable us to think and plan and at the same time be able to seek more funds for the ist communities that jordan working on. it is very accurate. and it saysrategy those are the needs. that is exactly what is happening on the ground. >> thank you. >> mr. ambassador, you said in your testimony that if you had to continue to accommodate the extraordinary number of refugees and had testimony that to your surprise might be a whole much more than the time under things continue on, you said that you to have aorced different approach. can you elaborate on what that different approach would be? iswhat i was trying to say we are in a disastrous situation in terms of numbers. lebanon is a country that is hosting the highest number of refugees, of syrian refugees. point 3 million. -- 1.3 million. physically, we cannot host a we are in need of every single thing in terms of education, physically,

syrians say barrels full of explosives are being dropped on them in aleppo. world news from al jazeera here from doha. the israeli military says a soldier was shot dead by a lebanese army sniper. >> he's behind some of the biggest intelligent leaks in u.s. history. spy officials are talking about an amnesty for edward snowden. the first pictures from china's mission on the moon. >> al jazeera's correspondent in the syrian city of aleppo says more than 120 people have been killed in a helicopter attack. activists say government forces dropped barrels full of explosives on civilians on sunday. many of the dead were children. a warning this report contains graphic images. >> this is being described by activists as one of the worst days of the syrian war in a long time. opposition groups say syrian forces used helicopters to drop barrel bombs on to at least 10 neighbourhoods in aleppo. volunteers are begging for help. >> translation: we have not rested since morning. more than 10 different areas in aleppo came under bombardment. as you can see this is the only eq

basically ransacked the free syrian army headquarters. close to the border of turkey and that was kind of a statement that really the free syrian army and the syrian national coalition are not powerful they're not taken seriously by anyone outside the west yet if i can stay with you but nonetheless a few months ago the obama administration was going to launch a war against syria in the name of the people you just mentioned but apparently they are not really players and never have been players on the ground no i think they've been the pawns of foreign influence all along and now we're seeing as as the u.s. return. it's slightly i think we're seeing the sort of saudi arabia and qatar really step up and we're seeing the emergence of a strong proxy war between really saudi arabia and iran really the sunni extremist sunni and then the factions on the other on the other side and we're seeing this proxy war which shows no signs of slowing down or ending maybe it's just that the american influence will be marginalized within it ok sunny but if th

she's urging syrian government about the urgency of reaching all syrians in need, including -- we had documents leaked to us that 2.5 million syrians live in what's described as besieged areas or hard-to-reach areas. she emphasizes to the syrian government, she says, you constantly emphasize that you're responsible for all your people and these are your people too. so the last time she went into a closed meeting of the u.n. security council, she did report progress saying they were getting more visas, there was more cooperation and this visit that she made this weekend when we last saw her, she said she was hearing things she hadn't heard before. and we heard them as well. from these two government ministers we spoke to who said they will now give greater access to those besieged areas. and we also saw statements from rebel commanders around it mass cuss. whether or not -- damascus. whether or not they'll be able to achieve the kind of cooperation, the kind of openness, the kind of -- there will have to be cooperation as well, some kind of liaison between the government and the opposi

we have recently gotten some agreement from the syrian regime. they've announced that they will allow assistance to enter. they've agreed to issue visas. they've agreed to streamline convoy procedures. but we have to see whether this actually happens on the ground. i am not optimistic but this is a key moment in this crisis as the world comes together to try to make a difference in what's happening there. and finally we need to address the rampant violations of humanitarian law that have unfortunately been a hallmark of this conflict. in closing, this has demanded a great deal of attention from our government's foreign policy makers. nots just humanitarian but also the diplomats. we've been very fortunate to be led by folks in the white house and secretary kerry and our 67th floor and a whole series of efforts just in the past two weeks there have been discussions on overcoming obstacles, humanitarian assistance, try lateral meetings. i took part in a high level dialogue convened by the u.n.'s emergency response coordinator to try to discuss some

syrian journalist are the victims. an ordinary syrians are the victims.n some sense, these foreign journalists are having the same dangers inflicted on them that apply for anybody within the rebel areas. >> last month secretary of state john kerry held talks in saudi arabia with tina dola. the meeting -- with tina dola. king abdullah. in a news conference, john kerry said they were in agreement. >> there's no difference about our mutually agreed upon objective in syria. as i've said many times before, al-assad has lost all legitimacy and must go. nothing that we are doing with respect to this negotiation will alter or upset or get in the way of the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia and the relationship in this region. >> patrick cockburn, you've also written about the growing differences between saudi arabia and the u.s. and you have a piece headlined "mass murder in the middle east is funded by our friends the saudis." can you elaborate on this? >> sure. it is one of the most extraordinary aspects of the turmoil in the middle east t

thank you. , the previous speakers have detailed currently many aspects syrian of the syrian crisis.ith your indulgence, i would like to concentrate on a few points. what this crisis has meant is a global -- as a global organization is consequences of refugees and the critical operational challenges that we face and some of the future implications. took office,sioner he pledged that our organization would have the ability to respond to a crisis. we are currently dealing with 6.5 million inside syria. 2.3 million outside syria. possibly by the end of next year, another one million to come. we have proved our ability to respond. with a speed and on a scale and with a complexity that our organization has to address. one statistic from lebanon is a vice to evidence that the estimate in 2011 was 4.3 million. today with the addition of the refugees, a stance at 5.3 million. ist 5.3 million figure equivalent to what the population was projected to be in the year 2050. the ability of a country to observe that many people in such a short time speaks eloquently to the humanitarian on solidarit

visit to those the united states is currently lending its support to he had a photo op with some syrian rebel kidnappers now it's a world boxing champion turned politician and mccain is not the only american politician in ukraine his appearance at kiev's independence square was preceded by u.s. assistant secretary of state victoria nuland handing out cakes to the protesters the reason they are that is bluntly because i think these people want to detach the ukraine from russia as they see it and they think that by supporting the protesters in kiev they might actually achieve that the problem with that strategy is that it's simply not working the balance between the ukraine and russia economically and culturally ethnically and simply too strong and i think for american politicians and indeed european politicians to go to the ukraine and to try to do that is actually very unwise and very dangerous and he simply exacerbating making worse the differences the divisions in the ukraine which are already very great but as u.s. officials seem keen on pushing the e.u.'s deal through. brussels all

and nato air forces the ability to destroy the syrian air defenses no fly zone means the u.s. would unlike what it's doing right now which is preparing for another round of negotiations be doing what the saudis wanted them to do less summer which is to further take that step towards a full scale military engagement with the syrian government and with its allies a no fly zone is not a peaceful alternative to war it's a step towards war it's an act of step towards war this saudi lover i know we're going to am about the hardest people concerned because of that if we were to suddenly murders all right jennifer let's stay with saudi arabia here mark and mark on to go to mark now you know mark ok i'll take what you're saying at face value you know the saudis are trying to protect civilians but they've backed saddam in a war against iran were almost estimates say up to a million people so you're saying that the syrian syrian blood is more valuable than iranian blood that's what you're saying because it doesn't make any sense to me what i'm saying what i'm saying is the saudis and the

and nato air forces the ability to destroy the syrian air defenses no fly zone means the u.s. would unlike what it's doing right now which is preparing for another round of negotiations be doing what the saudis wanted them to do less summer which is to further take that step towards a full scale military engagement with the syrian government and with its allies a no fly zone is not a peaceful alternative to war it's a step towards war it's an active step towards war this saudi look at rhino's we're going to am about the hardest people closer to five because of the nerves go. to the leaders all right jennifer let's stay with saudi arabia here mark and mark i'm going to go to mark now you know mark ok i'll take what you're saying at face value you know the saudis are trying to protect civilians but they've backed saddam in a war against iran were almost estimates say up to a million people so you're saying that the syrian syrian blood is more valuable than iranian blood that's what you're saying because it doesn't make any sense to me what i'm saying what i'm saying is the saudi

they capture them, the syrian army.the really cannot talk about, you know, favoring this group or that. because one example that when the headquarters, we need weapons, we need weapons, they refused to give them. then suddenly they overtook their headquarters. what i'm saying, always the refused to get in, even if there was a weapon for maybe mostly qatar but not only possibly and not kuwait. i don't know, we have so much propaganda from the other side saying the gulf coast is giving, you know, the head of intelligence is giving him and stories, all life, you know? none of the weapons -- most of the weapons is from the syrian army. >> no, i really appreciate you making this point. and i think i would emphasize again just how much humanitarian aid the kuwaitis are doing, how much work they are doing and these charities are doing sort of, they're really the unsung hero of the humanitarian crisis in syria. over and over again the kuwaitis are the only, they are the ones, the first donor in sort of every case for humanitari

and nato air forces the ability to destroy the syrian air defenses no fly zone means the u.s. would unlike what it's doing right now which is preparing for another round of negotiations be doing what the saudis wanted them to do less summer which is to further take that step towards a full scale military engagement with the syrian government and with its allies a no fly zone is not a peaceful alternative to war it's a step towards war it's an active step towards war this saudi lover i know. about the hostility people concerned because of. the sunni murders all right jennifer stay with saudi arabia here mark and mark i'm going to go to mark now you know mark ok i'll take what you're saying at face value you know the saudis are trying to protect civilians but they've backed saddam in a war against iran were almost estimates say up to a million people so you're saying that the syrian syrian blood is more valuable than iranian blood that's what you're saying because it doesn't make any sense to me what i'm saying what i'm saying is the saudis and the iranians are in a battle it's

they say their home was hit by syrian jets.they crossed into turkey, and carried this old woman for much of their six hour trek to europe. >> we had four rooms downstairs and four rooms upstairs. our home was a two storey building. at least the children can sleep here because they cannot hear the sound of bombing and warplanes. >> her children are two frightened to play with those outside. even though the camp is guarded by bulgarian police. so they play in the schools corridors which double up as dormitories. this used to be a classroom. now ten syrian families live in each one. there is no laundry, and no kitchen either. not even a sink to wash the dishes. bulgarians are poor, this woman said. they can't be expected to help us. other nations should. an avenue of homes screened off with the help of tree branches, even though eu law demands a dignified standard of living for refugees. there is a barber though who says he has no regrets coming here, escaping the shadow of syria's civil war. but the camp's bulgarian commandant co

and nato air forces the ability to destroy the syrian air defenses no fly zone means the u.s. would unlike what it's doing right now which is preparing for another round of negotiations be doing what the saudis wanted them to do less summer which is to further take that step towards a full scale military engagement with the syrian government and with its allies a no fly zone is not a peaceful alternative to war it's a step towards war it's an act of step towards war this saudi lover i know we're going to am about the hundred people concerned because of that let's go. to the leaders all right jennifer let's stay with saudi arabia here mark and mark i'm going to go to mark now you know mark ok i'll take what you're saying at face value you know the saudis are trying to protect civilians but they've backed saddam in a war against iran were almost estimates say up to a million people so you're saying that the syrian syrian blood is more valuable than iranian blood that's what you're saying because it doesn't make any sense to me what i'm saying what i'm saying is the saudis and th

the arming of the rebels so as for the syrian national council the syrian national council is just a group of crooks and opportunists who spend most of the time living up here behind me in paris they have you see whatsoever they have no represent they don't represent syrian people. all day so have any support on the ground in syria that mostly on you know nobody seems to know who they are they change all the time so they can't take any real pressure on these gangs either so i think the gangs are fighting among themselves and write a short list of more problems let's say if this deadline is going to be missed and looks as if it will be missed just how much of the blame will be put on the assad government by the international community here just briefly. so i would say all of the grain the whole modus operandi here is to use for these gangs to commit crimes war crimes and crimes against humanity and then systematically blame the syrian government so of course the syrian government get the blame for everything they've been blamed for the entire war even though they haven't actually been

because the syrian people all the sole milestones of their own destiny. i'm sure didn't choose their leadership. if the latter stresses the syrian administration's intention to take part in the geneva to peace talks. it also says it will continue to fight rebels. the syrian government is determined to exercise its right to defend a lead citizens whatever their religion against the crimes committed by the sunni muslim extremist groups to attack them in mass times in the places of worship in the neighborhoods in his first christmas address newly elected pope korean sisters both sides to open access for humanitarian aid in syria. in september he also held a global prayer day for keys and voiced strong opposition against plans of the u s intervention. i'd be the meanwhile for the past two weeks. it's the real reason has targeted villages across the limpopo province the saturday kids in each of the deal was seen online and local and ceo the efforts of snow the aftermath of the syrian army carol bombing on the market is nice to let go. it comes to destroy the h

the cold weather is killing young syrians, old syrians and impeding the arrival of supplies. inside syria you have people without shelter, heating oils, hospitals are destroyed, inoperable, access to drugs in many areas, and aid agencies complained. the politics of working inside syria is a big problem. you have areas where fighting between rebel groups and the government is out of control. also the areas are out of bounds for aid agencies. u.n. staff are killed, red cross staff are killed and journalist can't tell the story either. >> that is anita mcnaught reporting from istanbul. >> senator john mccain is criticising the c.i.a. saying it didn't tell congress how much it knew about bob levinson. the former fbi agent had been working on a c.i.a. mission in iran when he went missing seven years ago. iran maintains bob levinson is not their prisoner and they don't know where he is. the white house said bob levinson didn't work for the government when he went missing. >> leaks by snowedward snowden continuing to cause problems. less clear what he stole. patty culhane has the st

this is an israeli bunco on the israeli syrian border with the american decision me something to arm the rebels one of the groups that will be most directly affected are israelis living here in the golan heights place. where i'm stuck here in this corner and we're now trying to get out of here. the main road is being targeted and it's us our only way out we think over our chances when our engineer gets heat. well the wave of violence has also swept into other middle east countries too despite u.s. troops being shuttled to leave iraq at the end of next year the number of those killed in the country hit a five year record this year the moon and america's war on terror has also been leaving its deadly mark on yemen and pakistan with more civilians there allegedly killed by drone strikes human rights abuses continue in the gulf states like bahrain and kuwait with their governments accused of heavily suppressing those who try to speak out well to the middle east bureau chief paula we speak to her most nights she's with us again tonight. very nice to see all the best to you. despite. this

and russia once again draws the un's attention to evidence that the syrian rebels have used chemical weapons to set up the government and points deep flaws in the work of investigators. other headlines uncertainty hangs over ukraine still tonight as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. also to amnesty international condemns the torture of detainees including children in bahrain well rights workers there say the scale of the abuse is even worse than the latest report suggests. and a british energy company finds a massive wind turbine sprawled across the entrance to his drilling site a gift apparently from anti fracking activists caught up in the christmas. just past eleven pm no you're moscow my name's kevin zero in this is r.t. international and our top story a disturbing story to start this hour as mentioned terrified residents of the syrian town say they've seen entire families being murdered by rebels and civilians kidnapped and used as human shields. is just outside damascus was stormed by al qaeda linke

in the course of battles between them and the free syrian army have been captured equipment supplied by the americans and therefore improving their military capability so and americans to pull the plug but that shows how intense is getting there and the. international community is a very difficult it's very difficult to do inside anything inside syria and it's very hard to get in there to do anything and it's hard to know what they're going to do next and this comes just over a week since and as soon as rebel factions kidnapped thirteen syrian and lebanese nuns in the village. and they haven't yet been released can anything be done about then. well clearly not the kidnapping also extends to journalists in this area i mean journalists just can't go into the into syria the syrian area now where you could what should be on the rebel side because they are being kidnapped and therefore you know this is why the syrian observatory for human rights has become so important is the one of the few organizations that can get information out of the rebel areas. and we're completely dependent on me

what we can do, the future of syria can only be decided by the syrians and the syrians, alone. what all of us can do and i invite all of our friends to do the same is to help facilitate a dialogue among syrians with a view to finding a political solution and with a few tonding the violence in syria. extremism until syria will harm all of us. extremism until syria cannot be contained today syria. our friends in the region will be the first targets and victims of extremism as our friends in pakistan were the first victims of taliban extremism. we all need to realized that past mistakes should not be repeated. we all need to work together. we all need foresight. we all need to have a forward-looking future orientiated outlook. let the people decide their future. >> still ahead, would iran attend a peace conference on syria? we will ask iran's foreign minister. >> on america tonight a remarkable breakthrough in the treatment of cancer. >> just a miracle... >> people who had no hope now tell their extraordinary stories. >> i thought i was gonna die... on america tonight on al jazeer

in sweden, 20,000 syrians have found refuge. but most have to make the long and dangerous journey themselves without any help. countries like britain have put caps on the borders, saying that this is the way to help them rather than resettlement. mohammed arrives in greece and ends up in a camp on a crowded island. he too to want go to sweden, but for now, that's just a dream. >> the u.s., by the way, has taken in only 90 syrian refugees since the war began filmed. >> the man in irarn wants the u.s. to bring him home. after they revealed what he was doing in iran. levin son was working for the cia, part of an intelligence gathering mission that was not approved in 2007. the u.s. has not commented on it, but has urged the ap not to publish it. >>> sending more troops into the african republic. an additional 2500 troops would bring the total to 6,000 on the ground. france also has troops there, working to stop the violence. >>> and today was the final day for many in south africa to say their final good-byes to the man they called

military command chief umbrella organization for the syrian rebels. at least the military branch. josh earnest is the deputy spokesman here at the white house. here's how he described the situation and the u.s. action. >> we have seen reports that islamic front forces have seized the warehouses belonging to supreme military council, we're still gathering facts and inventorying the supplies provided so the smc. united states has suspended all non-lethal assistance. communication equipment, vehicles, now there was a lot of talk, of course, about the administration supplying the syrian rebels with lethal assistance, remember, small ne munitions never confirmed but the house of representatives, the chairman said over the summer that they had authorized those shipments. i asked today what about lethal aid. they refused to even comment on it. they refused in the first place to have acknowledged the small munitions are going to the syrian else. >> general adrese the man who he said up the free syrian army, i wonder if there has been any response from the fre

most east islamist government welcomes syrian refugees with open arms and open the pro syrian regime. that ended in the egyptian army took over and some syrians took to the streets in support of more seat. there was some use to demonstrate either side of the muslim brotherhood. now the egyptians experience they say you i need to be on my quilting cottons. human rights watch has accused egypt remedial of inflaming anti syrian sentiment. it also says hundreds of students that he's been detained in egypt and proceed into the country. really lor i have my eye liner and have my teaching altogether. some of them to syria. i am against you. which is included the miriam has cost some money these refugees. he has been held for over two months and threatened with deportation. his wife doesn't know where he'll end up. and she starts right. who in monaco queen cited the need to change used to treat us very mild and they helped us the lack of local wine in her mouth and it's nice no i type this it is explained the qantas deal and frank died in auckland and one. you know. the hostile environment to

germany is the most generous eu country, offering to take 10,000 syrians.7 countries have offered to take just over 2,000 between them. france has offered 500 places. spain 30. 18 eu countries including britain and italy have not offered places at all. >> there has been money given, but we need to help the people on the ground, people who are really suffering and cannot get the care they need. people who are a security risk because of who they are, and they need a safe place to go to. >> reporter: in sweden 20,000 syrians have found refuge, but most had to make the long and dangerous journey themselves without help. other countries have helps form camps on syrias borders, saying this is the best way to help many people. mohammed does arrive in greece. he ends up in a crowded camp on an island. he too wants to go to sweden, but for now that is just a dream. >>> talk now more about this, european leaders amnesty says should hang their heads in shame. what is your response to that? >> well, i think we have to make distinction there. let's not forget that the e

the syrian observatory for human rights say at least ten people have been killed.than 130,000 people have been killed in the syrian war since it began almost three years ago. let's go back to our top story, the fighting in south sudan. hilldy johnson is head of the united nations mission in south sudan. we asked her about the situation. >> there seems to be movement today from both sides. the regional organization of africa, which has been taking on the mediating role has been in active contact with both sides together with other international partners and seems out of today has come two important messages. one both sides have agreed to put fort delegations for the talks from both the president as well as the foamer vice president, and has been leading the opposition forces in this the current violence. number two, there seems to be, messages today that they also seem to be moving towards an agreement of professional hostilities, that the heads of state set for this to be decided and to be implemented. first and foremost it is a political struggle. it is a struggle

home to 120,000 syrians conditions are hard. ib rahim and his family. >> gas stove but no gas canister. >> u.n. officials say there will be more help. the winter weather is one of the hardships the united nations 6.5 billion effort will help. how to reach the millions of people forced from their homes, but still inside syria. >> we are not doing, as an international community what we should do for all of the people trapped in this horrific weather, inside syria. >> reporter: the u.n. will work with ngos and others to help reach people inside syria. most recently camishly in northeast syria. so remote aid agencies had trouble driving in convoys. now shipments will be flown in from iraq. both the syrian government and aid agencies are accused of block humanitarian assistance even simple stoves that can keep people from freezing to death. >> the big message is let the humanitarians us do our work to get to millions in a desperate situation. inside syria i can see the snow clad mountains in there. people are going to die from the fr

he resolved the syrian crisis in the new york times that ended the military action against syria. in december putin snatched ukraine away from the west just before ukraine signed a trade pack with the european union. boosting russia's international prestige. okay biggest loser of 2013. >> barack obama and obama care. >> eleanor? >> you've got a small point there, pat. but the president still has his job. i think the biggest loser is the president of egypt, mr. morsi, who was deposed in the military coo and has not been heard from since. >> clarence? >> well, i think the lack of coherence strategy to deal with the obama care setbacks of even a bigger loser than president obama. >> martin? >> i've got a tied. the city of detroit, which went bankrupt, and the average american working class individual whose real wages have declined at a time of relative prosperity. >> the biggest loser is the concept of red lions. obama drew them and then smudged them, and then erased them completely. it will be a long, long time before any president invokes red lions to signal the prohibited behavior

as we've seen, the syrian rebels are fighting a brutal dictatorship. infiltrated by extremists loyal to al qaeda. who human rights groups say are just as ruthless as the government they fight. and so we turn now to stories sent us by syrians inside government-held territory caught in the crossfire in the mountains above the city of latakia. >> reporter: as the final note to the call to prayer that marks each new day echoed through the mountain villages of the pro government region of latakia, extremist opposition fighters were secretly advancing. funded by al qaeda-linked groups based outside syria, it was a coordinated attack on civilians. >> translator: sunday morning, august 4, the world was shaken awake. >> reporter: first came the rockets. >> the terrorists, they started firing, shelling. gunshots rained down on the village. >> reporter: then the snipers >> reporter: then the snipers. proudly posted on youtube, these difficult images were filmed by the jihadist fighters themselves. human rights watch would condemn what they did here as crimes agai

the syrian army is using barrel bombs, which are packed with shrapnel. government soldiers have been dropping them from helicopters in neighbourhoods like aleppo. 125 people have died. >> no child should have to experience war like this boy. he's clearly in shock. many people in aleppo will feel that way after an intense bombing raid on the city. in this neighbourhood bombs fell on a garage. >> translation: they call us terrorists, they are the terrorists. may god take revenge on them. our cousins burnt, and there was women and children inside. >> this is what is left after what activists say is one of the worst attacks on the city. 11 district were hit. buildings were destroyed before and people killed. on sunday 100 people died and more injured. >> we have not rested since morning. more than 10 different areas in aleppo came under bombard m. this is the only equipment we have. >> al jazeera's correspondent inside aleppo reports that 50 people are trapped under the rubble. the syrian military dropped barrels filed with explosives on people below. it's n

children i saw them with my own eyes as horrifying reports of war crimes keep coming from rebel occupied syrian town of r.t. hears from survivors of the massacre carried out by the islamist. ukraine at a crossroads the country's president is in russia seeking the financial help the west is unwilling to give that's a mid-month long protest back at home that oppose any deal with moscow. what you argued or national coming to live from moscow with me marina joshing a cozy contrie side get away from the city house an idea ruined for some americans by the negative effects of a fracking boom in places like texas the ground drilling technology has become a proven way to boost corporate profits but as good as you can find out it's the landowners who paid a price. the local government in texas tells steve lipski that the water from his well what of that he can set on fire is safe to drink and to use in his home. you can't hear it in here. thank you but steve has the assessment of other experts who say he's well is it ticking bomb in his backyard loaded with methane and other contaminants why the starkly

they are being grievously affected by the cold weather, this weather is killing young syrians, old syrians and impeding the rival of supplies. -- arrival of supplies. you have many hospitals destroyed inoperable the access of any drugs whatever, and many agencies have complaibd that the politics of working -- complained that the politics of working inside syria, raging out of control in that area and are out of bounds for aid agencies are impossible, journalists can't tell the story either. >> the united nations is asking for $13 billion to help deal with humanitarian issues around the world. more than half of that will go to helping syrian refugees. the u.n. is asking for $6.5 billion to hem, more than 4 billion will help those living outside their home land, al jazeera's james bays with more. >> reporter: without doubt, it's the worst humanitarian crisis. throughout 13 the numbers fleeing syria have continued to rise dramatically. the figure is now more than four times what it was a year ago. 2.3 million. and they predict during 2014, that could be 4.1 million refugees. add to that, 9.3

of the weapons is from the syrian army.i appreciate you making this point, and i would emphasize again just how much you military and aid the kuwaitis are doing, how much work they are doing, and these charities are doing for -- they are the unsung hero of the humanitarian crisis in syria. over and over again, the kuwaitis are the ones that are the first donor in every case or humanitarian work. i think there is an aspect -- i mentioned one example -- where do you draw the line on this? if you are supporting a hospital that is run by particular per brigade, is it humanitarian aid him doesn't have a legal component? , -- it is astrom spectrum, not black-and-white. you raised a question that makes this so complicated, and love this money does go to things that are very much needed on the ground. these rebel dates, they understand if they are controlling an area, that is openly the bakery, the hospital, for.ts needs providing these cribs are the only people that have -- these groups are the only people that have access to that