that are good the syrian observatory for human rights released a video were kurds and afrin are threatened with death by turkish el'ad rebels say if they don't convert to us a laugh ist form of islam now that afferent is under turkish control and the syrian rebel forces are stationed there how big of a danger is stare of ethnic cleansing for the kurds who live on that territory. there is no danger of a cleansing in the area the area was dominated by the p.k. k. by the p.k. terrorists who are separated to skirts of turkey they had imposed their will of the people they had hijacked the syrian kurdish political movement now turkey has liberated the area now the people of africa and the kurds of our fit are free to take as liberated them now they can make their own decisions without p k k imposing its will on these people they can choose any kind of. system they want but turkey says that the area was a security problem for turkey and we feel that that security considerations threats have to be overcome so turkey says i am there to provide security for my own land but also to liberate the area

building some sort of infrastructure for the syrians and it live it's been a pretty sad story in fact the city in the monitor base in the u.k. syrian observatory for human rights has a short while ago shared with us journalists as important about how to deal of these syrians from wood that were trying to get into turkey from limb and the reason they want to go to turkey is because it was already overpopulated is not enough for them to survive on and they want to go to turkey because they see they can perhaps build a better life for themselves now on the border there the turkish forces have treated them they've beaten up some of the young boys and i like to add you know this is not a new story this is happened several times on the turkish border with people the syrian refugees want to live in and also in fact happened here in lebanon where american the lebanese border now turkey does not want any more refugees that's right that's why the turkish forces are stopping the refugees correspondent reporting for us from beirut and jill thank you very much sports now and in bundesliga soccer i touched frankfurt travel to bremen in search of three points that could push

people of the country although it's difficult to get exact numbers the london based syrian observatory for human rights estimates that more than half a million civilians rebels and government soldiers have been killed since the start of the conflict around nineteen thousand of those killed were children as in other war zones it's often the youngest be the highest price eleven million syrians have been forced to flee their homes just over six million internally displaced within syria and about five and a half million have sought refuge in other countries now finding ways to help the syrian people is the task of a donor conference has just opened up in brussels the european union and the united nations are co-hosting. the event they're hoping to prove improve on last year's pledge of five and a half billion euros tensions have escalated after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma earlier this month western states became damascus and responded with air strikes syria denies responsibility and claims the incident was staged estimates some thirteen million people are now in desperate need of aid. joini

country has been horrific it's impossible to get an exact number but the london based syrian observatory for human rights says more than half a million civilians rebels and government soldiers have been killed since the start of the war about nine hundred thousand of those killed were children as another war zones it is children who are the most vulnerable and more than eleven million syrians have been forced to flee their homes some six million were displaced within syria about five million of fled to other countries. and finding ways to help these people is the task of a donor conference that's just started in brussels the european union and the united nations are co-hosting the event and they're hoping to improve on last year's pledge of five and a half billion euros. the syrian war escalated after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma earlier this month western capitals blamed damascus and responded with air strikes against syrian government sites the e.u. estimates some thirteen million people are in need of aid. let's go straight to brussels now where that some what's taking place our corresp

several large explosions have been heard in damascus and the syrian observatory for human rights hasrian army public and guard and fourth division, the elite units of the syrian military, have been attacked. syrian military, have been attacked. syrian state tv said the syrian military was confronting the airstrikes with anti—aircraft weapons and claim 13 missiles have been shot down in south damascus. us military sources are porting tomahawk cruise missiles are being deployed against multiple targets —— are reporting. jim matters at a pentagon meeting confirmed the strikes were over. vasjim matters. steve fish is a policy adviser —— jim matias. thank you so much for being patient and sticking with us this past half an hour you have been there. steve, this is pretty significant. would it be fair to describe it as the most significant escalation in the middle east since the start of the war in syria?” don't think so, not necessarily. i really think none of the major actors in this really want an escalation beyond what's happened today. i think this mightjust be... putin certainly does

the british-based syrian observatory for human rights says that the base hosted forces from russia and iran, as well as fighters from hezbollah. the observatory said that 14 people were killed monday in the strike, it could including iranian nationals. >> the strike came just to bring days after the gas attack. to talk more about that with me .ow, let's go live to geneva you are a syrian doctor with the union of medical care and relief organization. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. your organization is a network of syrian doctors. has already called the alleged chemical attack hoax. what are you hearing from your sources about this? any way that it could not be real? this i isd d to see that a 215 attack o on syria, includg ththree that have been condemned by the united nations and the international community, showing that real sources are real states. ,hese sophisticated attacks including combined gases, that is what we have is a medical analysis through the image of medical analysis, it cannot be just simulated by local groups. engineses.tate created we don't t thinthata

the village of honshu a hoon in nearly a year ago in december twenty sixth seen the syrian observatory for human rights report of a suspected gas attack on an eyesore held area near the ancient city of palmyra killing at least fifty three people and in february a syrian government and russian forces stepped up their offensive and it led three civil defense rescuers and six civilians were injured by a suspected throwing gas attack in the rebel held town of ken. all right let's bring in our guest now joining us on skype from greenville in maine is robert ford a former u.s. ambassador to syria in london hide hyena's syria consulting research fellow at chatham house and the moscow alexi chemical middle east expert of the russian international affairs council gentlemen thank you all for joining us robert ford let me start with you if i may at the pentagon has denied that u.s. forces were behind the missile attack on the syrian airbase but the russians a blaming the israelis so who do you think is behind it and what message were they trying to send well i think everyone's suspects that it was the israeli air

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but they also russian people working there according to the syrian observatory for human rights fourteenple have been killed and. wounded now the israeli army is not commenting on the very common for them because they usually don't come in on the. activities in syria but what's interesting is that it seems to be the deciding. that has been actually runs attacked just in february by israeli fighter jets at the time they confirmed this when at that time and rainy and according to the israeli army had entered israel yes but they had to tell you that. at this base where they're saying are. operating and at the time israeli fighter jet was down on this side but at the moment. minute turn is not commenting on on these allegations and in the meantime elsewhere in the country we do have other allegations this alleged chemical attack on that has sparked international outrage the assad regime has said to or alleged to have been behind it the u.n. security council is expect. that to me today the u.s. president donald trump also threatening syria would pay a big price in response what can we expect

country has been horrific it's impossible to give an exact number but the london based syrian observatory for human rights estimates that more than half a million civilians rebels and government soldiers have been killed since the start of the war there some nineteen thousand of those killed were children and as an other words owns it's the youngest who are the most of all of vulnerable more than eleven million syrians have been forced to flee their homes six point one million are displaced within syria and about five and a half million other syrians have fled to other countries. in brussels right now the united nations and the european union are co-hosting the seventh annual international donor conference for war torn syria officials at the two day event are hoping to beat last year's pledge of five and a half billion euros on the syrian war for human escalated after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma earlier this month western states blamed damascus for carrying out terrorist frights and carried out rather airstrikes against government sites and tell you the e.u. estimates some thirteen million

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that our good the syrian observatory for human rights released a video were kurds and afrin are threatened with death by turkish el'ad rebels say if they don't convert to us a laugh ist form of islam now that after it is under turkish control and the syrian rebel forces are stationed there how big of a danger is stare of ethnic cleansing for the kurds who live on that territory. there is no danger of a cleansing in the area the area was dominated by the p.k. k. by the p.k. terrorists who are separated to skirts of turkey they had imposed their will of the people they had hijacked the syrian kurdish political movement now turkey has liberated the area now the people of africa and the kurds of our faith are free to take as liberated them now they can make their own decisions without p k k imposing its will on these people they can choose any kind of. system they want but turkey says that the area was a security problem for turkey and we feel that that security considerations threats have to be overcome so turkey says i am there to provide security for my own land but also to liberate the are

is doing a very good job of showcasing their weapons here now although the syrian observatory for human rights this make it sure is rami are the rodman this f.s.a. propagandist in coventry u.k. this one guy who has been quoted in numerable times by the western press to put inflate casualty numbers and everything like this he disagrees with the u.s. assessment. he says that over sixty five of the us missiles were shot down not only that but he did not agree that chemical weapons were used didn't do much at all he said the people that were killed were killed in the bombing right the bombing of the jihadi headquarters there so if you can't even get rami up. to play around with your hoax basically doing about it you would think that with the exception of this instance here i always think the opposite when i read what he writes ok. let's talk about something really important here again that gets no coverage in the mainstream russia hasn't reacted. little very literally military why not well i think the reason why the russian missiles did not strike down these missiles and that was confirmed by the

that are good the syrian observatory for human rights released a video were kurds and afrin are threatened with death by turkish el'ad rebels say if they don't convert to us a laugh ist form of islam now that african is under turkish control and the syrian rebel forces are stationed there how big of a danger is stare of ethnic cleansing for the kurds who live on that territory. there is no danger of a cleansing in the area the area was dominated by the p.k. k. by the p.k. terrorists who are separated to skirts of turkey they had imposed their will of the people they had hijacked the syrian kurdish political movement now turkey has liberated the area now the people of africa and the kurds of after it are free to has liberated them now they can make their own decisions without p k k imposing its will on these people they can choose any kind of. system they want but turkey says that the area was a security problem for turkey and we feel that that security considerations threats have to be overcome so turkey says i am there to provide security for my own land but also to liberate the area from

the syrian observatory for human rights said half a million people have been killed since protests againstal assad broke out on march 15th, 2011. and with me now is someone covering the middle east and syria for more than 25 years, jeannine degiovani from the council or foreign relations an the author of the book "the morning they came for us" and great to see you. in march of 2011, the protests against the regime of bashar al assad, not isis, we are peaceful. >> absolutely. >> until the government -- until assad ordered troops to fire into the crowds. >> yes. >> so it remains important that while isis is almost defeated in syria, we hope, the big problem for a lot of syrians is the government. >> i think that what people forget in this war against isis and president trump's policies on it is that there is a war going on in syria. and that involves syrian people, it involves civilians who are being starved, besieged, burned out of homeowner -- homes and r horrific way for eight years. that is a terribly long time for a conflict to go on. when you think about it, the 5 million refugees outs

the uk—based syrian observatory for human rights says most of those who died were iranians — though sourcesmore from bbc arabic‘s ali hashem in beirut. this has been going now for six yea rs this has been going now for six years and this is not the first claim that an israeli air strike is in serious. —— in syria. neither denied or confirmed that they are behind the strike, and yesterday's strike, it was said that this is an iranian base that was hit by israeli planes but the iranians are denying and the israelis are not confirming, but we know that the confrontation between israel and iran is getting much dangerous in this region, mainly after the april eight israeli attack on the t4 base where seven iranian members were killed, that was the first time that iran announces that seven of its own members were killed in an israeli attack and this also took the confrontation to another dimension, especially with iran going to respond to this attack. two weeks after the first attack and without having an iranian response there was another attack also claims to be by israel. we don't know who rea

mark: the syrian observatory for human rights say 177 people have fled combat in eastern ghouta sinceters relocated to idlib. justin trudeau says drivers must civilian, children. we hope there will be a location not live in fear after a driver plowed a van into a sidewalk sunday. prime minister trudeau called it "a senseless attack and a horrific tragedy." p.m. trudeau: at this time we have no reason to suspect there is a national security element to this attack, but obviously the investigations continue. mark: a judge has ordered the 25-year-old suspect detained on 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder. not live in senata senatar markn warning taking back financial rules after in over 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. >> let's get a recap of today's market action. caterpillar took the market down around midday on its conference call. the company said first-quarter would be it's high watermark. caterpillar was not alone in selling off. weakness across technology, with the biggest drags on the s&p 500, amazon, microsoft, google and facebo

this is according to the syrian observatory for human rights. it's a watchdog group. the u.n. refugee organization reports that more than 5.6 million syrians have fled the country. the majority, more than 3 million, hosted by neighboring hurt k turkey, many in jordan, and others are seeking relief in europe and north america. they're a nationalist boogie man in recent years. more than 6 million people still in the country left their homes. they are considered internally displaced. the assad regime is accused of using chemical weapons at least 30 times since the uprising began in 2011. according to u.n. investigators and recent news reports. what's the assad regime accused of using? while the chemical alleged to be involved in the most recent attack we showed you video of is not known, the regime previously used chlorine gas from world war i, causing a burning sensation in the throat, nose, eyes, vomiting, coughing, skin blisters and other symptoms. people exposed are in danger of developing fluid in their lungs even a day later. that, of course, can kill you. in the attack las

this is according to the syrian observatory for human rights. it is a watchdog gun. it is not a number that is disputed. the u.n. refugee organization reports that more than 5.6 million syrians have fled their country. the majority, more than 3 million r hosted in neighboring turkey. many are in jordan. others are seeking relief across the middle east and into in your opinion and north africa. they have become a nationalist boogieman in many far right campaigns in recent years. more than 6 million people still in syria have left their homes. they are considered internally displaced of the the assad regime is accused of using chemical weapons at least 30 times since 2011 according to u.n. investigators and recent news reports. what is the assad regime accused of using? this is important. let's think about the syrian people now. the chemical alleged to be involved in the recent attack is not known yet. the regime has used exploreine gas. it was devilled for use in world war i. it cause as burning sensation in the nose throat and eyes. people expose ready in danger of d

the syrian observatory for human rights said half a million people have been killed since bashar al assad broke out on march 15th of 2011. this was about protests against bashar al assad, the regime still in charge. years later families are fleeing their homes because bombs are still falling. with me who has seen the suffering firsthand, rannia is focusing on syria and the author of "no turning back, live and loss in war time syria" that is now available. to suggest that it is time to leave syria because there are simply a few pocts of isis, ignores t entire reality of the fact this war in syria was not actually started by isis, it was started by the regime of bashar al assad firing guns into peace protesters in 2011. we have lost contact with her. we'll try and re-establish that. she is a journalist and author. i'm going to the white house where the president briefing has begun. we'll check in to see what is going on there. this is kirsten nielson, the department of homeland security secretary. >> i'll give you some facts and perspective and put some things in context but i want to start

more than once to the staging attacks other groups include the syrian american medical society and the serial observatory for the human rights which is here in london and that consists of two people and they operating of course in the united states. syrian authorities were immediately blamed by the u.s. and its allies for this so-called attack. again no tangible proof was presented and no questions asked i was watching yesterday the different. stories from the united states and i have a strong impression that most of the conclusions were made on this based on the social media. why would damascus use chemical weapons in a situation where peaceful of accumulation of militants was under way in the area was there being liberated that's a good question. russian services for chemical and radiological security you visited this suspected site of the incident in duma and didn't fire any traces of chemical substances there no persons treated for chemical poisoning where farmed in local hospitals. who were interested in seeing independent experts there so they can make all the necessary tests will welcome the old p.c. w director jails

with the white helmets and some others including so-called syrian human rights observatory based in london those people musters of producing for fifty cations in terms of shooting of something that didn't happen this is evidence that this is evidence that britain created a no no this is what you said we have evidence but you know it was directly involved the british officials are using all these as the basis for the military attack as do the others that's not quite the same thing that you're spokesman said is it is that you said we had there's a good why do you think something at all was there and it was not something that was developed in computers of those people within valmont of the british official question is not evidence is that. we haven't seen any evidence on your part either on the opposite you just throw these things out there that we have some evidence that britain was involved in organizing this program actually who had so you don't have a sense but you don't have one scrap of evidence you're prepared to give we believe that there is no credible alternative. explanation but we have moment of the british gun it's h