but resigned this week or prompted you to leave the syrian national council what why have you been disappointed in areas. of the council are the same as the ones i pursued there is no difference there the real reason is that i feeling the work from inside the council is not effective enough i believe there is more work that needs to be done to connect with groups on the ground and to fire those connect them together this is a heavy task that needs to be undertaken quickly and urgently because this is this will determine the post restate the money station of syria we need to reassure the international community that the syrian opposition is capable of connecting and coordinating with the groups on the ground and getting them to abide by certain commitments but susan who are divided by ethnic tribal and religious tensions how possible is it to unite such a divided syrian opposition now. i do think that they all pursue the same objective they are to find it not that they are divided in the sense that they are working in different directions they are all working in one direction w

. >> we, i was looking at a report from the syrian national council, and i'm using the syrian national council's word here, and they said hamah was more less liberated. from what you're saying, that's not the case. >> yes, we saw that report yesterday as well. it's like a joke. it's a massive lie to us. they lie through their teeth, and they don't -- and everyone believes them even though we sit here and we can actually show you the truth. we have pictures and videos and have proof it's not true what they are saying. >> and what's the condition -- clearly as you say, there's fighting going on. and we've heard in places like aleppo there's food and water shortages. what's it like in hamah? >> there's electricity blackouts every day for at least two or three hours in several districts of hamah. water shortages, there had been earlier, but now there's nothing. it's normal. food shortages, there's plenty. there's food shortages and very high prices of food and gas. >> ok. abu, we will leave it there for now. thank you for your time. now back to the olympics. the chinese badminton coach has

the country's opposition in dialogue the move has father split a rebel factions with the syrian national council criticizing the initiative meanwhile fighters battling government troops in the country have reportedly obtained a supply of surface to air missiles the arms were apparently delivered from neighboring turkey that the u.s. considers boosting its fifteen million dollars aid budget to the rebels and lawrence freeman and said executive intelligence review magazine says this doesn't help to resolve the syrian crisis. the us from supporting absolute chaos and destruction so there's not going to be any stability it is now publicly known and has been publicized on the front pages of the new york times that al qaeda is very aggressive in the syrian opposition and of that qaeda wants to have a iraq syria and sunni out kadir for us to take army here so this is going to cause massive chaos and destruction in the country and then secretary panetta said no no let's try to keep the military force to not repeat literally the most stupid mistake we made in iraq but it shows you that there's no thinkin

in exile from ceres forming an opposition alliance in addition to the western backed the syrian national council which they see as a failure they also plan to stand the transitional government by engaging the rest of the country's opposition and dialogue the move has further split a rebel factions with the syrian national council criticizing the initiative meanwhile fighters battling government troops in the country have reportedly obtained a supply of surface to air missiles the arms were apparently delivered from neighboring turkey as the u.s. considers boosting its fifteen million dollar aid budget to the rebels and lawrence freeman an editor at executive intelligence review magazine says this doesn't help to resolve the syrian crisis. the u.s. is supporting absolute chaos and destruction so there's not going to be any stability it is now publicly known and it's been publicized on the front pages of the new york times that al qaeda is very aggressive in the syrian opposition and of the qaeda wants to have a iraq syria and sunni al qaeda for us to take on this year so this is going to cause ma

i am joined by the senior spokesman for the syrian national council. of first of all, let's talk about the defection, this high level defection. tell me, how did that evolve. he has to find this cable way out. the defection is part of this. >> more than two months ago? >> there is an army, his family, and they were escorted to the border areas. >> he was a brutal member of the assad regime. >> i'm not sure if we can use the word brutal or not. >> you was part of the regime? >> yes, he was part of the regime. we do question the defection of everyone in this regime. he was the highest ranking position of authority after the president's of the country. this is a huge blow to the assad regime. it shows you support is crumbling and the regime is decaying. >> now we have kofi annan's resignation. part of the problem was under the annan plan, not only did assad have to talk, but the opposition had to talk and come up with some kind of solution. >> number one in the plan was to stop shelling and villages. none of that happen. >> what about the conflict? >> he

>> have drawn a road map of democratic reforms, drafted in secret over six months by the syrian national council and other opposition groups. >> syrian opposition groups called a product that day after. it is manifesto and road map for syria's future, free from the authority -- the authoritarian rule of bashar al-assad. >> the post-assad transition is not something to be feared, but something to look forward to add something we should anticipate in the hope of building a better syria for ourselves. >> opposition groups have agreed on the following principles -- the syrian state should remain unified. all syrians should have equal rights, irrespective of religion or ethnicity. syria should be a civil state that respects human rights and is found on the principles of democracy and rule of law. the opposition says the free syrian army will fill a security vacuum left behind after assad's departure and that will prevent extremist groups from seizing power. >> of the civil and democratic states we want to build and syria -- in syria is inclusive of all syrians, without the religious extremism and zea

i know that the syrian national council and other opposition groups have called for a civil democratic state. so i think those commitments and statements would go a great way to allay any fears of sectarian violence. those are all part of the optimistic view. i have to stay optimistic. i believe the syrian revolution has paid a very high price for freedom and i believe once we achieve it things will be better. >> rose: do you also believe that whatever influence because of their participation with the rebels that groups like al qaeda have will be contained. >> i believe they will be contained. i believe the reports of al qaeda are a little bit exaggerated. now certainly we can't deny that there have been al qaeda type groups that have infiltrated. i blame this squarely on assad. he's created chaos and groups like al qaeda thrive on chaos and will take every opportunity to exploit chaos. i think the syrian people by nature are reasonably secular. we have a cultural mosaic that covers all religions, all ethnicities, really. i believe the people of syria will go back to what they are fund

the president of the syrian national council such a move would show president assad's regime that the rebels are serious. meanwhile, the arar league postponed a meeting. after one of its members fell ill. i'm kelly wright. now, we take you back to fox news reporting. >>> now, the biggest local government bankruptcy of all. $4 billion. it took some doing. greed, income p incompetentencd ol >> bank run to the tune of 4 billion. >> what words would you use to describe the financial situation in jefferson county? >> hopeless. at this junk fuhr. >> hopeless? >> hopeless. >> jimmy stevens is jefferson county's district three commissioner. he was elected after the crisis began. >> how did it stop to go after the rails? >> they attempted to build a cadillac when a chevrolet would have worked as well. >> this is not a tale about cars but sewers and the sort of mess that seens to the surface when local politicians with big ideas get mixed up with wall street bankers looking for big fees. a financial sinkhole in a swamp of corruption. it begins back in 1996. jefferson's sewer system was leaking

finding across the country shows no sign of easing at a high profile member of the anti regime syrian national council has resigned she suggested visions within the opposition prevented from serving the wishes of the syrian people and as artie's losing confidence reports much of the mainstream media coverage isn't serving the interests of the whole country either. it was another disturbing example of the many atrocities committed throughout the syrian war a truck bomb with homemade explosives headed for a checkpoint to the entrance of syria's largest city. but the men that are loading it aren't assad forces they're one of the many groups fighting under the banner of the free syrian army and their captive is said to be a member of the should be a militia with very close ties to the outside government the video filmed by the new york times and turn into an on air segment by the b.b.c. captured about human rights groups called evidence of an attempted murder a potential war crime under international law review of rebels from the free syrian army trying to use a prisoner as an unwitting suicide bomber in

concierge of my building who is syrian sometimes hides in my apartment they've been round up of syrian national council here in beirut in south beirut even into great deal of fear our people are saying not since the civil war how things been is so likely to ignite or the people are feeling so insecure as you know that two neighborhoods in tripoli the job almo third for the the shia are al always and the garble to bonnie section right down the middle ironically is the name of the big street cause serious street and that really tells the tale up there but we have seen in beirut and other parts of the country a similar division things are very much on the edge and it's not only the spillover of fact it's the fact that lebanon itself is so fragile and not quite a state in terms of not having a real a central government that can enforce the laws and having a compromise army dr franklin lamb later this syria's deputy prime minister for economic affairs speaks to us and says the foreign military involvement in serious crisis won't curb violence in the region but could make it worse. yeah it might seem that mi

leaders of the syrian opposition have made fresh calls for a no fly zone in the country the syrian national council even wants foreign troops to start patrolling areas near the borders with jordan and turkey but the u.s. and its allies remain reluctance to get directly involved and are instead of bolstering material support for anti-government fighters meanwhile alleged rebel atrocities outsourcing more syrian activists to disavow the opposition under this amateur footage apparently shows insurgents throwing the bodies of loyalists from a rooftop in aleppo a key flashpoint in the watching conflict they had a one of independent media outlet in syria told r.t. that he's puzzled why the rebels are pleading for foreign action when they claim to have the people support. when anybody talks about a no fly zone they are talking about a regional war they know quite well that the syrian army will not allow any foreign power or foreign armies to interfere within the syrian land and any attempt to create a safe zone or north fly zone will be used on the child by war and any war between syria and turkey or syri

outside we also know that there are several members of different opposition groups such as the syrian national council the muslim brotherhood among others who've already been meeting for a few months now are drawing a road map for a post assad syria and they are set to release their plans and their findings in the coming weeks and again. rating bear future support for a government formed by the rebel groups and aside from that a lot had also said that any use of chemical weapons by the assad regime would justify a direct for the intervention now this echoes what the u.s. president barack obama had said just a week ago and also along the says he's looking at to create a buffer zone within syria and this is to follow on the idea that turkey had pushed forward to manage the increasing number of refugees flowing into neighboring countries we've already seen some conflict in the neighboring lebanon on however any humanitarian buffer zone and that they're calling it would involve some sort of military operation and military involvement. in order to safeguard the safety of civilians who are listening to all

seeking to build more direct links with the rebels while trying to distance themselves from the syrian national council dr ibrahim from the zeitoun university in amman says that by backing the opposition washington is only adding to the violence in syria. the rebels as you have seen are made up of the front bands there are laws smugglers there are muslim brothers there are other supporters and the from places they cooperate or they compete against one another sometimes using guns so the purpose here is to destroy the country and many syrians and arabs have come to see that for what it there is as syria is supposed to fall into chaos and fragmentation as has happened in somalia before and so the united states has been engaged and implementing that this sign of creation of chaos in syria so what we have here is an armed rebellion that is being supported financed and politically covered why these people the dollars mainly money earned from selling oil in the service of imperialism and these people have been raising and waving the flags of freedom and democracy but we have seen some of their these they hav

seeking to build more direct links with the rebels trying to distance themselves from the syrian national council middle east commentator calls a role says no alternative to the current regime has emerged what we have is a center of sorry to regime that effectively has collapsed and lost its control over the country but the alternative hasn't been born yet and there's lots of interference and meddling by outside forces trying to shape what this alternative is going to be and things like the libyan fighters the fighters from the last years conflict in libya are moving into syria are one expression of those external factors now taking part in the syrian conflict but ultimately the story remains the same if you want something good for syria it has to be determined by the syrian people themselves not by external agents trying to orchestrate what the outcome is going to be that would be a really catastrophic decision to try to set up their no fly zone bit with affectively that would lead to an escalation that quickly would become a kind of military confrontation full scale military confrontation and m

links with the rebels while at the same time trying to distance themselves we hear from the syrian national council who maybe don't trust so much anymore how exactly is washington going to deal with the rebels who are going to deal with are going to go direct. have seen are made up of the front bands there are outlaws smugglers there are muslim brothers there are al qaida supporters and then the from places they cooperate or they compete against one another sometimes using guns so the purpose here is to destroy the country and many many syrians and arabs have come to see that for what it is is syria is supposed to fall into chaos and fragmentation as has happened in somalia before and iraq so the united states has been engaged and implementing the design of creative chaos in syria which basically leaves. the superpower the regional superpower that is dealing with dozens upon dozens of men the states that have been cut off along ethnic and sectarian lines to. say to the university to man thanks ever so much for your thoughts. thank you. president says he hopes to decide on june the sun just politica

for your thoughts interesting here we have to say but michael money who resigned from the syrian national council this week thank you for joining us live on r.t. . still have for you this hour a look at the roots of radicalism we investigate the spread of islamic extremism in russia and whether it's being fueled from abroad that's in a few minutes here on r.t. . but first the syrian delegation has walked out on the session of the nonaligned movement in tehran after the egyptian leader mohamed morsi called the syrian regime oppressive in his speech morsy out of the assad's government had lost its legitimacy and called on the attending nations to support the rebels well let's discuss this now with sara flounders from the international action center joins me live now from north carolina in the states now syria's foreign minister has condemned these comments as inciting further violence in the country what do you think. well it really is a policy that us and the western imperialist powers to incite the violence but they have lined up a number of countries created a great deal of confusion and it's re

concierge of my building who is syrian sometimes hides in my apartment they've been rounded up syrian national council here in beirut in south beirut even going to great deal of fear our people are saying not since the civil war how things is so likely to ignite or the people are feeling so insecure as you know the two neighborhoods in tripoli both for the the. alleyways and the. bonnet section right down the middle ironically is the name of a big street pole syria street and that really tells the tale up there but we have seen in beirut and other parts of the country a similar division things are very much on the. wall still ahead for you here in r.t. in the weekly libya marks one year since the fall of tripoli but the celebration is anything but joyous as continued trouble than it's threatens to send the country into chaos. last resentment on the rise in pakistan as the u.s. continues to blur the lines when it comes to it that the transfer. stories started coming first this week of the case of a norwegian mass murderer and as brave it reached its conclusion breivik admitted killing seventy seven peo

the syrian national council that the west was sort of backing for a long period of time not pleasing and really backing backing to a certain extent but also kind of recognizing broadly it was knobbed by clinton who didn't actually meet with them and in this apparent sort of shift but if you look at the groups that they're talking about in the ground they're actually quite close allies and fragment they do have they do have representation there are actually kind of most of them are democratic activists who are working for real change but the question is isn't that a form of opportunism by the united states and by clinton kind of trying to befriend this opposition members and trying to portray america as a kind of benevolent actor in syria one in fact actually the facts of the market are not not so so i guess. one more act of interference and actually a form of diligent demise in this activist who will be seen as tarnished by their association with external powers like the united states and carl i might add that the u.s. defense secretary has said plans to set up a no fly zone over par