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fighting is intensifying between turkish and syrian forces syrian assad regime has stepped up its offensive in it live province the last straw hold of the anti-government rebels backed by turkey. and that's all from me and the rest of the team here in berlin up next is a documentary about the efforts to stop the destruction of some of the world's oldest forests and told me a lot of both thanks for watching there's more news at the top of the hour. on. capitol. hill the. story that matter to the. country. for ever takes. the running now.

the shelling was in retaliation for a syrian strike earlier in the day in which 5 turkish troops die the assad regime is now on the offensive province the last stronghold of anti-government forces in syria the past week has seen a significant escalation in tensions between syria and turkey and syrian forces last week killed a number of turkish troops as part of its campaign to retake the province. and for more on this now we want to bring in our correspondent dorian jones he's standing by in istanbul good evening to you dorian turkish armed forces are being hit directly by 0 an army is this kind of a benchmark in this escalation. well it certainly is a very serious escalation as you said this is the latest attack fatal attack on turkish soldiers and again hunkers forces were very swift to retaliate bombarding dozens of sites it remains unclear whether that will be an awful will turkey carry on its offensive targeting syrian regime forces but what it is clear is such so turkey is can continuing to reinforce its military presence in italy following last week's attack it deployed over 2 $150.00 a

well certainly appears that the syrian assad regime and russia are determined to essentially crush it live using the same approach that they used elsewhere in eastern in aleppo which is to target hospitals target schools destroy all the infrastructure level the city to force the inhabitants to leave before the ground troops of the assad regime move in that was the strategy vladimir putin used in grozny in chechnya and as i said is what has been used now in syria russian air support and then the artillery bombardments and ground forces by the syrian regime and i think that's the end game and it's a horrible tragedy and war crimes being committed but i think. really doesn't have the ability to stop this from happening what i'm going to have with the turkish government has is a series of observation posts insight into the problems that provide sort of a trip wire and a deterrent to 2. of assad or the russian government from moving too far but eventually those those observation posts are going to be under increasing pressure and president everyone will face a very difficult decision of ke

syrian government assets. but there is another reason bashar al assad's government wants it back. hrough idlib, the route from allepo to deaamascus also links jordan to syria. syrian forces took control of this highway. and there is a russian air base nearby. russia of course an ally of the syrian assad government. >>> michael more ran an is a le at the university of denver. thanks so much for coming on, michael. >> very glad do it. thank you. >> and first up, what do we know about what syrian and russian troops are doing, are they acting with impunity targeting civilians as well ass reb the r hold up in idlib? >> what the situation in syria is right now, the filling of a vacuum. for several years, going back really to the initial deployment of u.s. special forces there, there was a check on unrestrained movements into areas that were being held by someone other than the syrian government. the decision to essentially let the turks take over in the areas where thekurds previously held sway, and then the decision to essentially wink and nod at anything that the russians do has allowe

showing retaliation for a syrian strike earlier in the day. the assadegime is now on the offensive in idlib, the last stronghold of antigoverernment forces. the past week has seen an escalation intent is between syria and turkey. last week it kill the number of turkish troops as part of the campaign to retake the province. for more on this, we want to bring in our correspondent dorian jones in istanbul. good evening. turkish armed forces are being hit directly by the syrian army. is this a benchmark in this escalation? dorian: it certainly is a very serious escalation asyou said. this is the latest attack, fatal attack on turkish soldiers. kurdish forces were swiftly to retaliate, bombarding dozens of sites. it remainsnsnclear whether that willll be enough for world turky carry on its offensive target ing syryrian regime forces. turkey is continuing to reinforce its military presence in idlib. in last week''s attack it deployed 250 armed vehicles and tanks alongng with thousandnds f turkisish solers. those reinforcements are continuing. we're seeing tra

it says the humanitarian crisis has reached a horrifying new level that's come after syrian president bashar al assad said his country had achieved victory but the fight wasn't over a syrian government offensive to retake the last rebel held areas has created the single biggest civilian displacement during this 9 year war there's a headlines keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is next. and the race for the white house has begun. to 04 states have their say on the dance to please don't try. to continue to stick to the 2020 u.s. election. only just. how is artificial intelligence shaping our society from offices to living rooms devices with human like characteristics are quickly creeping into our lives besides the benefits what are the risks and will ai take over the world one day this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program peter w. now many of us interact every day with siri apple's voice activated digital personal assistant siri can find information gives us directions sends messages plays music one example of how ai is becoming a bigger part of everyday.

course in 2017, as foreign secretary, this prime minister enacted a policy of accepting the syrian dictator assad's. assad has delivered death and destruction on his people, a man who has gassed his own civilians. the humanitarian situation has reached crisis point and there are now concerns of all—out war. is the message the prime minister wants to send out from this house today that this uk government is washing its hands of the syrian people, and that he is content with assad's regime to continue enacting these atrocities? i really think that the right honourable gentleman needs to consult his memory better because he will find that this country and this government has persistently called for the end of the assad regime, and indeed has led the world in denouncing the cruelty of the assad regime towards his own people. that has been continuously the policy of the british government. the prime minister. the incoming governor of the bank of england says the uk and the eu must find a way to settle disagreements over the workings of the financial services industry without "descending into a metaphori

province along the northwestern border with turkey turkey has backed rebel forces fighting syrian president bashar al assad's government during the nearly decade long syrian civil war the syrian cities of ablett in aleppo have seen some of the worst the most brutal fighting confrontations russia is allied with assad's government and blames a growing quote terrorist presence and the concentration of radical extremists in the so-called deescalation zone of northeastern syria for the renewed and increasing violence russia's foreign ministry said that there have been close to 3000 attacks by radical jihadists on syrian and russian forces since december resulting in hundreds of syrian civilians and government troops being killed along with russian and turkish military specialists according to russia's foreign ministry u.s. officials however are telling a different story blaming assad's forces and russian troops for the renewed violence and according to secretary of state mike pompei of this week quote preventing the establishment of a ceasefire the european union is calling for a halt in the violence and the open

opposition but also for the syrian government and this explains why president bashar assad has been celebrating in his speech the new major gains made by the syrian army particularly on the outskirts of. and also the southern parts of it live saying basically that this is just about a matter of time before the opposition is defeated this explains why he has been saying that the fight will continue until the terrace and this is the term that he uses. most of the time to describe the syrian opposition will no longer in 2014 or 13 when the syrian government was on the verge of collapse and when the syrian opposition was making spectacular gains across the country all those games were reversed and now they're just confined to it which is their last stronghold but president bashar assad also told his people that they have to wait and that this is not the end of the war and i think he was hinting to the fact that with the growing turkish involvement with turkey sending more boys into into taking over it it might take some time now it's no longer up to us or to decide what happens

syrian conflict i think it has turned into an existential. place for turkish intervention into syria or turkey's operations syria because i mean what will come after assad. you know claims victory an adlib and it take takes control of it will he be stopping there all or the next target will be now then the northern syrian areas under the control of the moderate opposition backed by turkey there is all these things that need to be considered to analyze why turkey is also pushing for a deescalation in public in moscow coming back to you for a 2nd does what's going on in italy brighten negate the need for a compromise from 2 points point number one from purely from a military stance but point number 2 as well russia has to pressure damascus to pull a plug on what it's doing otherwise reconstruction aid will not come through so therefore if damascus doesn't react well to any potential russian pressure why wouldn't syria and turkey go to war over it lip. well in this syria and turkey going to war per se that won't be much of a war because this is what's left of the syrian arab army is no match for the turkish army so the real equation is turkey and russia th

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them completely sooner or later more now from hashem albo who's near the turkish syrian border he says well it's clear assad is confident of victory the country's fate isn't really in his hands. this is a delicate moment for the syrian opposition but also for the syrian government and this explains why president bashar assad has been celebrating in his speech the new major gains made by the syrian army particularly on the outskirts of. and also the southern parts of it live saying basically that this is just about a matter of time before the opposition is defeated this explains why he has been saying that the fight will continue until the terrace and this is the term that he uses. most of the time to describe the syrian opposition we're no longer in 2014 or 13 when the syrian government was on the verge of collapse and when the syrian opposition was making spectacular gains across the country all those games were reversed and now they're just confined to it which is their last stronghold but president bashar assad also told his people that they have to wait and that this is not the end of the war and i thin

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it let's get your brief down some of the other stories making the news at this hour syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue the offensive against rebels in their last major stronghold and it led provinces in the country's northwest in a rare televised address he said complete victory was in sight russian backed offensive as displaced some 900000 people since early december. protesters in haiti set fire to carnival stands in the capital port au prince local sources say the protesters were angry that the government spent money on carnival celebrations he has seen months of unrest and it's wise for poverty and a deepening social and economic crisis. some 50 people are stranded at a mountain lodge in southern norway to do very severe winter weather cars are buried in meters of snow while one of the country's most important roads remain shut down the travelers are inside and safe happy to say but will need to wait for better weather before they can leave. like the world's richest man jeff bezos says he intends to spend $10000000000.00 to help fight climate change the fund will provide gran

assad's been saying. well basically had i had many messages. to his followers he's. and the syrian army that the fight is going to continue and that there is no red line that they will continue their push until they take over the remaining of aleppo and it was his the last held the last territory under the control of the opposition but he delivered a sharp rebuke to turkey and to the international community accusing them. of providing assistance to the terrorists and he's saying that the fight is going to continue until the terrorists are defeated and i think this shows that what we're going to likely to see in the near future is further escalation because on the other hand turkey is saying that it is just to determine to maintain its involvement in syria to prevent the syrian army from moving. towards it live and. also said that. despite the victories that were made the tickety that taken over many areas in the tip of the the war is not over i think he wanted to tell his own people that this is something that might take longer than expected particularly if turkey continues its inv

extremely dangerous situation if you would anticipate the the russian forces to back the syrian forces of assad does not bring them into direct conflict then with . well as you stated before. calling it a worst case scenario i think there is a scenario that's even worse turkey doing nothing and allowing $2.00 to $3.00 more 1000000 migrants inside the turkish borders so there comes a there comes a time where you have to weigh both options both are bad options obviously turkey does not want to escalate but turkey can't allow it to have another 23000000 people inside its borders it can't allow a humanitarian disaster to unfold on its border either now we've seen the turkish president in the russian president reach deals before at the 11th hour when everyone thought hope was lost now the window of opportunity for a diplomatic solution is slowly closing but i still feel there is time where these 2 leaders can get together and still reach a deal that's a win win situation for both russia and turkey but in the case that a diplomatic deal is not reached i do forsee turkey going ahead with this military

syria but as nato nation media looks the other way providing to promote the narratives of syrian rebels president assad supporters are claiming you victories against what they say a u.k. u.s. backed al-qaeda in that country joining me now is iran. in school a professor mom and miranda who's been traveling on one of the most important highways in the middle east from damascus via it live to aleppo thank you so much for coming on the show you've been driving up one of the most important highways what is it like because nature nation media is only full of stories about russia and syrian air strikes killing women and children in hospitals and schools 0 mass what sane person is going to believe that the white helmets that are based and have nothing to do with their. front with al qaeda with it. shaam they can only be there with their permission and i have visited places in syria where the white house mitts buildings were right beside al-qaeda buildings and not strapped onto the had to hear a sham they keep rebranding themselves and they have different names but. across this region the white house minutes ha

syrian president bashar al assad congratulated his troops to recent gains in the northwest of the country in a rare televisised address he said the one time economic hub for the apple will become stronger than it was before the statement from my side comes. as the ongoing military offensive has created with united nations cools a humanitarian catastrophe with over nine hundred thousand people displaced. on a lighter thinking we should not rest. but continue to prepare for the coming battles will be there for them the battle to liberate the aleppo countryside and it leaves will continue the mobile despite the empty noise that is coming from our neighbors to the north. even if i'm not we will continue to fight to liberate all syrian soil to crush terrorism and to achieve stability. please take off. bashar assad speaking them now you foreign ministers agreed to launch a new maritime f. as in the mediterranean sea aimed at enforcing you an arms embargo in libya the mission will be replacing operation sophia set up back in twenty fifteen. to crackdown on migrant smuggling austria lifted its ob

russia, who back syrian president assad, has denied any role in the attack. chief justice john roberts faces a moment of truth on abortion. next wednesday the u.s. supreme court will hear its first abortion case since roberts became the pivotal vote on the issue. the port will review our louisiana role that could lead to the closing of an abortion clinic and that could foreshadow a fight over the landmark 1973 roe v. wade ruling which legalized abortion. global news -- global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. is bloomberg. david? the number twop, democrat in the united states senate, dick durbin of illinois, is here to talk about how the u.s. is prepared to talk about the brunt of virus at what congress can do to help. this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. washington is scrambling to deliver on the president's promise to be ready for larger outbreak

opposition but also for the syrian government and this explains why president bashar assad has been celebrating in his speech the new major gains made by the syrian army particularly on the outskirts of aleppo and also the southern part of it live saying basically that this is just about a matter of time before the opposition is defeated this explains why he has been saying that the fight will continue until the terrace and this is the term that he uses. most of the time to describe the syrian opposition would no longer in 2014 or 13 when the syrian government was on the verge of collapse and when the syrian opposition was making stick. tackler gains across the country all those games were just confined to it which is their last stronghold but president bush said also told his people that they have to wait or this is not the end of the world and i think he was hinting to the fact that with the growing turkish involvement with turkey sending more poor boys into into it they've taken over it it might take some time now it's no longer up to us yet to decide what happens next a

it says the humanitarian crisis has reached a horrifying new level that's come after syrian president bashar al assad said his country had achieved victory but the fight wasn't over a syrian government offensive to retake the last rebel held areas has created the single biggest civilian displacement during this 9 year war there's a headlines keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is next. and the race for the white house has begun. to 04 states have their say on the dance to please don't try. to lose to want to continue in tokyo japan stick to the 2028 u.s. election. only just the. how is artificial intelligence shaping our society from offices to living rooms devices with human like characteristics are quickly creeping into our lives the besides the benefits what are the risks and will they i take over the world one day this is inside story . hello and welcome to the program i'm peter w. now many of us interact every day with siri apple's voice activated digital personal assistant siri can find information gives us directions sends messages plays music one example of how ai is becoming a bigger par

created the biggest single civilian displacement in the 9 year war well despite the crisis syrian president bashar assad has promised to press on with the offensive in a rare address on state t.v. he congratulated his forces for gains they recently made syrian government troops about by russian warplanes in the air and iranian backed militias on the ground. and we fully understand that this liberation does not mean the end of the war or the end of plots or terrorism either this liberation does not mean the enemy's will surrender this liberation means that we put our enemies pride and nose in the dirt as a primary step to defeat them completely sooner or later the afghan taliban says it could sign a temporary truce with the u.s. by the end of the month the 2 sides have been holding talks to find a political solution to america's longest running war they've agreed on an initial week of reduced violence and it's hoped it could lead to a full peace deal that would see u.s. troops pull out of the country. we had fruitful meetings with the americans we agreed at the end of the negotiations to sign a peace agr

which allowed for save lives and respect of the rebels' movements the deals also prevent a syrian president bashar assad from launching an all art military campaign to take over the last stronghold of the rebels as turkish russian relations remain strained the u.s. has stepped in during a meeting with turkish officials u.s. syria ovoid james jeffrey delivered a sharp rebuke of russia iran and the syrian government which the us blamed for the escalation as tension mounts turkey sending more troops into it live adding more outpost to the 12 already established after an agreement with russia and iran 2 years ago. the syrian government has been increasing its offensive in the north taken over highways and towns from rebels but it can only do this with a close support of russia's military and its up to the russians and to the turks to decide what happens in syria next. on board. italy's former deputy prime minister could soon be put on trial over a ban he imposed on migrants the senate has lifted mateus elvin is immunity so he can be prosecuted over his decision to hold more than 100 people aboard a coast gu

allowed for save lives and risk corrective the rebels movements the deals also prevented syrian president bashar assad from launching an all out military campaign to take over the last stronghold of the rebels as turkish russian relations remain strained the u.s. has stepped in. during a meeting with turkish officials u.s. syria all void james jeffrey delivered a sharp rebuke of russia iran and the syrian government which the us blamed for the escalation was don't show turkey sending more troops into it. more posed to the 12 already established after that agreement with russia and iran 2 years ago the syrian government has been increasing its offensive in the north taking over crucial highways and towns from rebels but it's called only do this with a close support of russia's military and its up to the russians and to the turks to decide what happens in syria next how about al-jazeera is the board in our other headlines health officials in china are saying the number of new coronavirus cases has dropped for a 2nd straight day while the health organization is one that the epidemic should still be treat

on now to some other stories making news around the world syrian president bashar al assad has vowed to continue the offensive against rebels in their last major stronghold an invalid province in the country's northwest in a rare television address assad said that complete victory was in sight the russian backed offensive has displaced some 900000 people since early december. protesters in haiti set fire to carnival stands in the capital port au prince local sources say of the protesters were angry that the government spends money on carnival celebrations he has seen months of underestimate widespread poverty and deepening so. and i cannot make crisis. the world's richest man jeff bezos says that he intends to spend 10000000000 dollars to help the fight against climate change the base those earth fund will provide grants to people and organizations that work on environmental issues last year his company amazon announced plans to switch to renewable energy sources by 2030. another doctor in china has died after contracting the new corona virus in wu han the epicenter of the outbreak t