i believe this is and i got action against the syrian arab army and against the syrian government because the united states have no legitimate claim to have troops on syrian soil. it claimed that it was fighting eisel but so far we never saw a single strike by the united states against isis fighters all strikes game against the syrian arab army and its allies and then the attempt to take hold off north eastern syria. and establish military bases there this is part of it all and scheme for the middle east by the united states to keep this region under its control especially that it could control the whole region from the from the upper of create this region which is between the west and what he must get to that. just him i mean if i may just i'm sort of interrupt you but regarding this airstrike by u.s. led forces just now one hundred pro-government soldiers reportedly killed what kind of reaction coming expect from damascus do you think. well so far i believe that the syrian government is still reluctant to enter into a direct clash with the united states because the balance of powers is

sixteen jet was downed by the syrian arab army over a syrian land i mean they were hoping for some kind of a war to start whether in the southern part of syria or with lebanon for that matter but after that head they are now thinking a thousand times before they do so even at dawn on thursday this week serve in the strong was sent from israel into syrian territory and was also attacked by the syrian missile system i'm sorry the aircraft system and the fled they went back into palestinian occupied territory so now even a drone a survivor the strawman is not being able to go attack the sovereignty of syria for that matter now when we talk about a possible war between hezbollah and the israeli entity i don't think that the front would be this time the southern part of lebanon the southern border with occupied palestine i think that the syrian golan heights would be the great place that we should all put our eyes into because first of all that's an occupied territory second of all it has been for the past six years at least where the resistance the armed forces of the resistance whether hez

sixteen jet was downed by the syrian arab army over occupied syrian land and they were hoping for some kind of award to start whether in the southern part of syria or with lebanon for that matter but. after that head they are now thinking a thousand times before they do so even at dawn on thursday this week serving the strong was sent from israel into syrian territory and was also attacked by the syrian missile system i'm sorry the aircraft system and the fled they went back into palestinian occupied territories so now even a drone a survivor the strong one is not being able to go attack the sovereignty of syria for that matter now when we talk about a possible war between hezbollah and the israeli entity i don't think that the front would be this time the southern part of lebanon the southern border with occupied palestine i think that the syrian golan heights would be the great place that we should all put our eyes into because first of all that's an occupied territory second of all it has been for the past six years at least where the resistance the armed forces of the resistance wh

i believe this is and i got action against the syrian arab army and against the syrian government because the united states have no legitimate claim to have troops on syrian soil this is part of grand scheme for the middle east by the united states to keep this but it didn't under its control i believe that so far the syrian government will refrain from and turning into direct clash with the united states army in syria but in the future i believe the syrian government will deal with the united states army as an occupying force that might be armed resistance to this occupation. dozens of russian athletes are still holding out hope of competing in the winter olympics which get underway on friday forty seven of them have appealed to the court of arbitration for sport to overturn an i.o.c. ban and are now awaiting its ruling the court has promised to announce the decision tomorrow morning well among those who've filed for appeals are some of russia's most celebrated athletes for example six time olympic gold medalist victor on and sultry games champion anti-ship elin artie's petrenko reports

before it was the break never are they now bombing the areas that have been liberated by the syrian arab army and its allies why because they don't want them to advance further more to the areas where they occupy was the oil rich obviously oil rich areas and there is storage as well they want to keep away from the.

was the great no never there are they now bombing the areas that have been liberated by the syrian arab army and its allies why because they don't want them to advance further more to the areas where they occupy was the oil rich obviously oil rich areas and there is storage as well they want to keep away from as the so-called s.d.f. which we don't have real information about except the fact that they were isis members that evaporated and then there was something different so we have only kurds that we are talking about here so it's really going to grow it's really made . they suddenly evaporate you know i'm they're just terrible if that out there that's what happens here ok bellamy let me go to you here i mean if this is the united states i mean it's interesting the area of northern syria there that's really serious all is ok and denying syria the ability to rebuild is when in fact you know telling the entire world that they will be sanctioned if you give money to the government in damascus to rebuild another round of sanctions against rebuilding a country that the united states is it has a

was the great no never there are they now bombing the areas that have been liberated by the syrian arab army and its allies why because they don't want them to advance further more to the areas where they occupy was the oil rich obviously oil rich areas and there is storage as well they want to keep away from as the so-called s.d.f. which we don't have real information about except the fact that they were isis members that evaporated and then there was something. so we have all the kurds that we are talking about here so it's really going to it's really it's really amazing how they suddenly evaporate you know they're just airlifted out and that's what happens here ok. let me go to you here i mean this is the united states i mean it's interesting the area of northern syria that could run that's really where the serious all is ok and denying syria the ability to rebuild as a matter of fact you know telling the entire world that they will be sanctioned if you give money to the government in damascus to rebuild another one.

was the great no never there are they now bombing the areas that have been liberated by the syrian arab army and its allies why because they don't want them to advance further more to the areas where they occupy was the oil rich obviously all rich areas and there is storage as well they want to keep away from as the so-called s.d.f. which we don't have real information about except the fact that they were isis members that evaporated and then there was something. so we have only kurds that we are talking about here so it's really going to it's really it's really amazing how they suddenly evaporate you know they're just airlifted out and that's what happens here ok. let me go to you here i mean this is the united states i mean it's interesting the area of northern syria there that's really where the serious all is ok and denying syria the ability to rebuild is when in fact you know telling the entire world that they will be sanctioned if you give money to the government in damascus to rebuild another round of sanctions against rebuilding a country that the united states is it has a great deal

turkey as really just an offshoot of the kikuyu tracking that said oh yes you know that the syrian arab army were to go in there and basically rescue control from the wife e.g. then the main sort of turkish just became should the counterterrorism just biggish and of being their own it would sort of subside but there are a lot of wild cards in terms of what's going to happen for example what is russia going to do russia stood aside and essentially allow the turkish our presence there in africa however were there to be some sort of direct confrontation between the turkish military in the syrian military one would expect russia to side with the sopped so how exactly russia what relate to turkey remains very much a couple acute in fluid but an important aspect of this peace. president hassan rouhani has ordered an investigation into the plane crash that killed sixty five people on airlines jet disappeared from radar fifteen minutes after leaving that happen all tehran it was traveling to a suit and the southwest have a fall it has hindered rescue efforts so far. city reports. distraught family m

kind of accord with the syrian regime it's also important to point out that this isn't the syrian arab armies it's no it's not the official as abridging mommy these are kind of militias that are backed by iran who kind of support the assad regime and who will be trying to make their way in it's unlikely though that they're going to be able to top the balance in the favor of the white p.g. so where then does that leave russia because they back as sad syrian government forces but they're also allies of turkey so the russians had apparently tried to come to an accord with the kurds before this operation in started the idea was that the kurds agree for that region to come back under syrian government control when the kurds refused when the refused the russians essentially give the green light to the turks to continue on with their operation olive branch which is what the results of a with what we're seeing today now russia may be using this kind of operation to bludgeon the kurds into accepting look because either side with the regime come back into the fold of the unitary state possibly with som

operating in nearby towns and villages we went to there and on turkey's behalf the is this free syrian army these arab fighters there are pro democracy. rebels who have been fighting the case trying to get more and more control dried besiege the city so it is unlikely that we'll see a confrontation between the two armies of turkey and syria but it is like you said a complicated war and it is being fought with proxies write a sonnet thank you very much for that and now that's a sign of a job made with the latest from gaza on ten. the rafa border crossing between egypt and gaza has closed just a day after it was reopened people on waiting lists to leave gaza were allowed to pass through on wednesday many who left seeking medical care that's unavailable in the palestinian territory that's been under israeli blockade since two thousand and seven is expected to be opened for four days but it's closed again today. police in nigeria say dozens of schoolgirls of feared missing after an attack by boko haram fighters on the village in your day stage there are conflicting reports about the situation and the numb

syrian kurds have been pushing for autonomy and turkey has grown increasingly nervous — invading northern syria was their response. a bbc arabic crew travelled through territory controlled by the syrian armyhem. despite its own misgivings about kurdish separatism, it seems damascus is even more incensed by turkey's actions. it has just announced it will send troops to help repel the invasion. as turkish warplanes attack border villages, civilians flee towards afrin. this dark cellar is all the shelter this woman could find for herself and her children. translation: on that day, there was bombing. the planes came over our village, it bombed the area. we were frightened and we left. my daughter was crying. we came here to this cave. you can see, it's dark and scary. the kurdish fighters are resisting the turkish advance. they have been putting out videos showing their attacks on turkish positions. translation: so far, militarily, the turkish army is in crisis. yes, they have entered syrian territory, there are clashes in border villages, but they cannot say they have consolidated their presence anywhere. but the turkish military is presenting a very different picture. these shots show a kur

syrian kurds have been pushing for autonomy and turkey has grown increasingly nervous — invading northern syria was their response. a bbc arabic crew travelled through territory controlled by the syrian armyhere. there was no attempt to stop them. despite its own misgivings about kurdish separatism, it seems damascus is even more incensed by turkey's actions. it has just announced it will send troops to help repel the invasion. as turkish warplanes attack border villages, civilians flee towards afrin. this dark cellar is all the shelter this woman could find for herself and her children. translation: on that day there was bombing. the planes came over our village, it bombed the area. we were frightened and we left. my daughter was crying. we came here to this cave. you can see, it is dark and scary. the kurdish fighters are resisting the turkish advance. they have been putting out videos showing their attacks on turkish positions. translation: so far, militarily, the turkish army is in crisis. yes, they have entered syrian territory, there are clashes in border villages, but they cannot say they have consolidated their presence anywhere. but the turkish military is presenting a very diffe

and steady pace of the turkish troops have been making gains we've heard from the free syrian army these are mostly arab fighters who are supported by the turkish military saying that they have almost encircled the city of control more than ninety percent shins and nearby villages around the city of offie so that perhaps gives president on the confidence to say that not just his troops but the forces that his troops are supporting in circling the city they're trying to lay a siege on the city and once they choke and cut off all of the supply lines of it with which weapons and reinforcements are reaching the city of offering but up to that to be the decisive part of the battle when they can actually go in and capture the city all right of some many thanks indeed to some a binge of it and get out of those strikes on the rebel held area of eastern ghouta that have killed more than two hundred people zain a honda is live for us in beirut the u.n. says the situation in eastern guta is beyond imagination what is the government doing there why is it bombing residential areas. well we're day four of this bombin

the arab news channel reported this morning the syrian army is preparing to launch a ground offensiveo eastern ghouta. german chancellor angela merkel admonished the european union for not doing enough to end the violence in syria. saying that the e.u. must step up pressure on the assad regime's biggest backers: russia and iran. >> translator: the regime is not fighting against terrorists but against its own people, killing children, destroying hospitals. this is a massacre which needs to be condemned. >> outside the united nations today, protesters parked three large mobile billboards to criticize the international community's inaction on syria. the signs reading 500,000 dead and still no action. at the security council, there's a growing push for a 30 day humanitarian cease-fire. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov acknowledge the intensifying humanitarian crisis in syria outside moscow supports a temporary cease-fire. he refused to support any truth that included militant groups. >> a few months ago the assad regime pursued a similar strategy of talking about a cease-fire while

sides and you can still hear them here in the last few hours we've heard from the free syrian army that is the mostly arab fighters which are backed by the the military that they have taken more positions around the city of offering the now say that they're in control of more than ninety places around the city of are free including some villages which are key in terms of their jew graphic location between the border with syria and border so they are saying that they are taking more areas and that has perhaps given the confidence to the turkish president of our gun who says that the city of our free will be there is within days but it is going to be a tough fight because it's a very tough terrain for soldiers to go in and as we've been seeing in how soldiers have been going hill off the hill into areas kurdish might be defied does know this area very well and they are putting up stiff resistance ok thank you for that update osama bin laden killing and. so as you can see and we said at the start of the show of syria's war goes on it's going into an eighth year now the most acute situation as we showed you b

citizens both the turkish military and the free syrian army arkenstone for size the background of these fighters they're made up of kurds hartman and arabs as far as the starkest military is concerned this is a fight against a terrorist organization the y.p. jean far as these fighters are concerned this is a continuation in their long battle for freedom in syria who want to p.g. and its supporters accuse turkey of waging war against them simply because they are kurdish but this fighter from the f.s.a. a kurd himself dismisses that of the saw the seller son and then of the revolution begun kurds demanded freedom but the why p.g. joined hands with assad's army. and started attacking the people as kurds were discriminated against by the government and islands are occupied by the y.p. g. terrorists but god willing we will be free. it's hard to question the commitment of these fighters in their pursuit for freedom their training and readiness however appears to be amateur the vast majority of them have no formal military training most lead simpler more peaceful lives before this war began their commander tells me that while their immediate ta

its citizens both the turkish military under free syrian army arkenstone for size the background of these fighters they're made up of kurds fartman and arabs as far as the starkest military is concerned this is a fight against a terrorist organization the y.p. jean far as these fighters are concerned this is a continuation in their long battle for freedom in syria who want to p.g. and its supporters accuse turkey of waging war against them simply because they are kurdish but this fighter from the f.s.a. a kurd himself dismisses that. of the saw the seller son and then of the revolution began kurds demanded freedom but the y.p. g. joined hands with acids army and started attacking the people as kurds were discriminated against by the government and our lands are occupied by the y p g terrorists but god willing we will be free. it's hard to question the commitment of these fighters in their pursuit for freedom their training and readiness however appears to be amateur the vast majority of them have no formal military training most lead simpler more peaceful lives before this war began their commander tells me that while their immediate targe

a bbc arabic crew travelled through territory controlled by the syrian army before they arrived here.lages, civilians flee towards arfin. this dark shell is all she could find for herself and her children. translation: on that day there was bombing. the planes came over our village. it bombed the area. we were flight -- village. it bombed the area. we were flight —— frightened and we left. my daughter was crying. we came to this cave. you can see it is dark and scary. the kurdish fighters are resisting the turkish advance. they have been putting and video showing their attacks on turkey ‘s positions. translation: so far militarily the turkish army is in crisis. yes they have entered syria territory. there are clashes in border villages but they cannot say they have consolidated their positions anywhere. but the turkish military presents a very different picture. these shots show kurdish units tracked by a kurdish drone and then destroyed. turkey's aim is to stop the creation of a continuous kurdish region on its southern border. for the moment the fighting is concentrated around arfin.

al-jazeera appears to show free syrian army family says standing over her body in a village near the turkish border. the cattery defense minister says saudi arabia and the united arab emirates had intended to invade his country last june and the beginning of the gulf diplomatic crisis howlett been mohamed atta here told the washington post that capitals gulf neighbors have in his words tried everything to destabilize the country saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt cut ties with qatar and imposed a blockade after accusing it of supporting terrorism capital has strongly denied the allegations the u.n. human rights body is calling for the immediate release of an al jazeera journalist from an egypt jail saying his imprisonment violates international laws my quote hussein was jailed almost fourteen months ago for broadcasting false news to spread chaos both he and al-jazeera deny the accusations assange has repeatedly complained of mistreatment while in prison elizabeth witchell is the impunity campaign consultant at the committee to protect journalists she says the working conditions for journalists around the world are getting much worse when it comes to imprisonment we're