have lifted airspace to carry out a surprise attack on some industrial facilities in the syrian arab republic you can see the flight truth of these really jets on the screen. as the f. sixteen jets flew over the neutral waters over the mediterranean sea and began by trawling in area ninety kilometers west of logic. twenty one thirty nine a colonel low these are really air force informed the russian command in syria and why is the de confliction channel about the upcoming air strike. she said that within the next few minutes israel would attack some industrial facilities in northern syria. in one minute's time at twenty one forty four israeli sixteen jets dropped g.b.u. thirty nine guided bombs targeting industrial facilities in the province. thus israel did not inform the russian forces about its operation in advance but rather the shooting warning simultaneously with the beginning of this strike which constitutes a breach of the existing agreements. these actions constitute a clear violation of the twenty fifteen russian is really agreements to prevent clashes between our armed forces in an

include your primarily reserving the sovereignty independence and territorial unity of the syrian arab republic of protecting the exclusive rights of syrians to determine the future of their country without any external interference . eradicating terrorism from our country. based on the above we expressed time and again our readiness to respond to any initiative that would help of syrians and the crisis of the year of the group that we have engaged positively and openly in the geneva two talks will be asked on a process and the syrian national dialogue in search of. the however it has always been the other party is. that set up still that rejected dialogue resulted to terrorism and for interference to achieve their goal must nevertheless we continue. to adopt a positive attitude and implement the outcomes of the syrian national dialogue. the formation of the constitutional committee to review the current constitution and we presented a practical and comprehensive vision on the composition of rocketeers and working methods of the committee and submitted a list of representatives on behalf of the

is supported by the government of the syrian arab republic with which will soon hold additional talks. it is important to say that both russia and turkey are with you for a month planning to continue to use the astronaut format which will find political solutions. and the aegis of the un we will continue to work. on forming the constitutional committee which will consist of the government the opposition forces and the civil society and. it is planned to be launched in the region in the. in the nearest future and i would like to thank mr earle or one or more of our turkish colleagues for today's work which was very constructive thank you. doing our meeting today with president putin we decided that we need to resolve the issue. in the spirit of the earth and. the territory controlled by. the syrian opposition. must be demilitarized. armed opposition there is holding these territories that will remain there but together with russia. world. our efforts into including those territories of radical elements. russia will do everything in its capacity to that end. at the same time in order to

taken will contribute considerably to the securing of the final settlement of this in the syrian arab republic thank you for your attention. vladimir putin there with a very much a shorter opening. deliverance of what he believes should happen next talking about people carrying out different provocations with chemical weapons he said the syrians on their own should determine their own future he was talking about how russia has launched a contribution to plans for the mass return of. refugees of course his critics might say well the reason that there are so many refugees is because they were trying to escape the russian air campaign that has raged in the skies over syria for more than a few years now the turkish premier mr erdogan there taking out his earpiece let's see if we can listen in to what he's saying when we get the translator up and running a little earlier mr rouhani talking about martyrs fighting terrorism he was also talking about iran as being partners of the a start up process he would like to say as a partner of the a standard process they would look forward to a time when they

various soon groups the syrian government of course and all the other arab league nations as well so the s. three hundred basically means a serenity of the syrian arab republic is restored and this is something the russians said they were here to do they want to support the state institutions of syria which is a legitimate recognized government in the united nations with more than half of the arab league also having their embassies in embassadors and this is important because a lot of people in the u.n. and nato keep saying the syrian government is not a government it's a regime it's a government and even within the arab league more than half of the ambassadors are in damascus so that means syria's government is recognized as a state and the russians have help them in the international level and diplomatic scene the chinese have also come into the indians to brazilians a south african which completes the brics took troika so the s. three hundred i think is the final. sentence that say's the syrian back slowly but surely their military is also rebuilding while by other countries and proxies both think twice before attacking a country where it sits in the u.n.

the sovereignty of which interior with integrity of the syrian arab republic was reconfirmed on numerous occasions in a number of un security council resolutions so we are ready to discuss but we would like to talk specifically notes. at the level of rhetoric or highly likely speculations just in order to have something to say to have some point to justify unlawful action as it happened back in june when the three western countries bomb syria without waiting for the c.w. experts to reach. to investigate those stages videos that you saw where children were being. with with water and other. other rebbie she was was staged you need to discuss situations rather than go public with threats which only aggravate tension and really don't help the situation. if everybody you were to abide by international humanitarian law and the bad and chemical weapons then there will be no humanitarian catastrophe in labor the situation in libya so sensitive because there are three meters in people there and half of them are internally displaced persons syrian refugees who live in tents and if there is a large

republic of korea in 1952 when they reelected sigman ray, and in a disputed election, the syrian arab republic when they reelected assad. [laughter] it's disputed. it is a rare event in the middle of the civil war. the first two results were not disputed. the latter one is. it is a rare event. it's a testament to the strength of the united states constitutional system but it was able to winter the test and continue to be strong -- inter-that test and continue to be strong. wilson from massachusetts. i have a question on number 11. gettysburg. [laughter] sorry, you were the one who brought it up. >> i did. itselferms of gettysburg being an important battle, no doubt. readingred to me in about the withdrawal from gettysburg and what leads into escape from the jaws of defeat -- what happens at williamsport brilliantly conducted in the middle of the night, fooling the union side, was pretty significant. he marched on from there. , heas another minor battle went on. think thatcant he was -- do you think that was in terms of the whole picture? >> the action of williamsport is a lost opportunity. get

they will be targeted at ensuring additional safety of our military personnel and objects in syrian arabic republic. these will be the steps that everyone will notice. >> woodruff: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, expressed sorrt said syria bears the blame. he also said israel continue attacks against iranian porces inside syria, and w headed for iran's proxy, the hezbollah militia. back in this country, the u.s. supreme courtoday refused to block a lower court ruling that forced a conservative group to disclose its donor the ruling requires that so-ed cadark money" groups name all contributors who've given at least $200 dollars in the past year. such groups are playing a growing role iaipolitical cas, including the current midterms that will decide the balance of power in the congress. the u.s. interior dertment has rolled back an obama-era rule that said energy companies must capture methane gas at drilling sites. it was aimed at curbing climate change, but had been tied up i court. last week, the environmental protection agency proposed weakening a similar rule on emissions from public

taken will contribute because sid lead to the securing of the final settlement of this in the syrian arab republic where we have three correspondents covering this story for same as ravi is in tehran stephanie decker on the turkey syria border and rory challenges our correspondent in moscow then let's start with you what's the main takeaway so far from what we've heard from these three leaders in tehran today. well if you really listen to the opening remarks by the iranian president president hassan rouhani and then the russian president president putin they are very much throwing forward. as far as they're concerned the conflict is in its final stages president bashar al assad who they have backed has emerged as the winner now it has to be said that president early one wasted no time pointing out to his colleagues that the fight was not over and he wasted no time getting to the point of including what happens next and let me read you a statement of what he said he said quote we do not want a bloodbath in and then he turns to his colleagues across the table and says you must support us in that sho

using this syrian authorities banned substances and we warned against the strikes against the syrian arab republic using a staged pretext if this were to happen this would a gross violation of the charter and would undermine efforts to foster the political settlement in that country the government of syria. droit all of their chemical arsenal in line with the way the russia us agreement of twenty thirteen and this agreement is enshrined in a security council resolution and also in a decision pace passed by opi c.w. but on the other hand the terrorist groups are entities which have chemical warfare agents they learn how to synthesize them they are building labs for that and this is something that we have been warned about this along for a long time by intelligence services of many countries including the american ones we have been many occasions offered to help develop a comprehensive strategy on combat chemical terrorism twenty seventeen for example we submitted together with china a draft on such a resolution it was not considered and through no fault of our own more broadly speaking on the at th

event became a major milestone in or restoring peace and ensuring a lasting settlement in the syrian arab republic.

event became a major milestone in or restoring peace and ensuring a lasting settlement in the syrian arab republic. the. concluding statement together with. iran in turkish politics were disseminated to in as an official document of the security council. the statements made by the three presidents in the course of the summit and also at the press conference as well as the joint statements made to send a very clear signal to the international community namely that russia iran and turkey are ready to spend maximum energy in order to continue helping with it defend him defend it to elimination of terrorism in syria ending the suffering of the civilians in post conflict rebuilding of the country ingenue limb from moving forward the political process which is to enable the syrians themselves to determine their future what's important is care as the guarantor states have once again expressed their commitment to the sovereignty unity political independence and territorial integrity of syria as a basis for all of their work within the context of this crisis. in teheran we had a very specific discussion of

investigative mechanisms have confirmed that chemical weapons were used repeatedly by the syrian arab republic. we supported the decision to talk to the opcw to identify the perpetrators of the use of chemical weapons in syria, and while the mechanism established by this counsel would've been preferable, the issue was too important to be allowed to be blocked. this does, however, not freeze this counsel from its first -- not free it's -- this counsel from its responsibility to hold those responsible account. the targeted burner with attempted -- was attempted using a nerve agent. search assaults are absolutely unacceptable, and we call on russia to fully cooperate with the investigation. madam president, we must never lose sight of why we are making the efforts to eliminate those horrific weapons. until now, we have not talked about the victims. i have, myself, met with survivors of nuclear weapons attacks, and i will never forget their stories. victims of chemical weapons have shared similar accounts, and it is important to listen to such personal experiences to understand what it is that we