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they call themselves the free syrian army. their commander, abu bakri, said they now controlled half the city but that government forces were advancing. >> (translated): the day before yesterday, there was increased artillery shelling and shooting of mortars and mig planes attacked. we've retreated to create a second defensive line so we can counterattack. >> narrator: abu bakri never expected to be a rebel commander. >> (translated): i finished compulsory military service in 2006, and by allah's grace went on to study economics at the university of aleppo. that was me until the revolution started. >> takbir. >> allahu akbar. >> takbir. >> allahu akbar. >> narrator: ghaith continued his journey into aleppo. abu bakri said god willing he'd see him on the front line in two days. >> we are being smuggled into aleppo by rebels and activists. we're taking a long route through side streets, through residential neighborhoods and through villages, and it's a very complicated process. we have scouts moving ahead of us. we crossed a cou

here is a look at some of the forces on the syrian national council and their priorities. >> the syrian opponents are united by wanting to see assad go, but that's about as far as it goes. they are divided into several groups with a variety of strategies on how to force the president from office. for instance, there is the syrian national council. this group brings together mostly exiled conservative liberal and islamist opponents of the regime. the international community considers the syrian national council to be the main voice of the opposition. it is represented in berlin for a long time that diplomacy and -- back to diplomacy and sanctions, but now it supports tougher measures. >> we are convinced that only foreign military intervention will lead to a quick resolution in syria. >> in contrast, the national coordination committee opposes army intervention. the head of the group of leftist parties are active in syria has few supporters. change has to come from within as a it could destabilize the region. she ups protest will force the regime to step down. >> our people should have t

from my own observations in syria i can tell you that syrian air is not inundated with desperate syrians who are trying to leave the country they. are waiting lease is several months long and you only need to go to the damascus or a lap or airport to see how many people are really trying to get on those planes and you know it's very difficult to imagine that there will be a space for any significant arms supplies on boards of that of those planes now similar allegations have been surface before not with regards to these syrian airlines but rather with regards to turkish airlines they were asama legations that this company may be using its planes to smuggle weapons from syria into turkey and down onto our syria for the free syrian army but those allegations are never proven now as for now we still haven't heard any reaction to this news from the russian authorities i'm pretty sure that they're going to deny that russia would be involved in such operations in any matter sergey lavrov russian foreign minister was just talking to you students here in moscow shortly and. he once again reitera

at least ten thousand syrian refugees for at least a week have been stuck on the syrian side of the syrian turkish border and this is because ankara is simply unable to process the growing numbers of people who are fleeing syria to turkey there are already eighty thousand syrian refugees inside turkey and kurds are fraid that these figures could swell to at least a half a million and one has been complaining that the international community is not doing enough to help it and to this indeed it is calling for a so-called safe zone or a buffer zone to be created inside syria and what we understand is that such as zone would extend some twenty kilometers inside syrian territory but the problem is that to create any kind of humanitarian zone you need to have a no fly zone in which it certainly suggests foreign intervention and there has been a lot of criticism about this from the international community certainly the united nations security council has not given its nod when and where brought this up in the past but we do understand that anchor is going to ask the u.n. security council later th

the syrian capital. with a major. right afterwards the rebel group the free syrian army already claiming responsibility. right now we called for assad to step down continue also threats. but the harsh rhetoric fails to bring countries any closer to finding a solution. greeks flock around the country's parliament enraged. being enforced by international predators. and it is the same show of discontent in spain led to violence with protesters a brutally beaten by police trying to stop thousands from storming the parliament. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on our. live in moscow and turning straight to syria now where massive blast struck the capital damascus on wednesday morning the free syrian army has claimed responsibility for the terror target government buildings in a fierce gun battle reportedly right at the scene of one of the explosions in the region with. two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus early on wednesday morning they happened to near the credentials of the army and the ai

syrian violence dominates the u.n. general assembly in new york with a more regime change calls from the west intervention promoted by arab states about still no resolution. what you see right now is live pictures of from a green spain braces itself for another round of anti government demonstrations despite a brutal police crackdown alcide parliament the night before. and the fiery rages sweeps of the greek capital as protesters and police a slug it out in front of parliament with up to a million people walking out of work and a resulting no to austerity. it's eleven pm here in moscow you're watching r t live with me say a gun battle reported erupted inside the army headquarters in syria's capital damascus after the complex was rocked by two postal explosions four people have been killed in the suicide attacks carried out by the rebel free syrian army artie's policia is in the region. two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus on the waynes day about what accounts they were targeting the military com

they are there and even the syrian opposition they started to applaud their presence and one of the syrian opposition figures called i mean compared them to give are. trying to give them the legitimacy of us being. international fighters years that are a lot of jihad is and they are not hiding themselves they are there they are saying they are there and everybody knows they are there or i think your thoughts not appreciated dr mohammed and his word chief of the assyrian tribune thank you very much and so far the u.s. has limited itself to calling for arming syrian rebels without taking any official action itself it's made no promises though about not selling weapons to neighboring states a recent report to show that the middle east is a frequent favored client of the american arms trade it is going to future can takes a look at where that perilous policy might lead. the world may be terrified of a potential war with iran but for arms producers tensions fear is good business so it is for the united states according to a recent congressional research service report within just one year the u

army's operations in the syrian capital and now for months there have been fighting between the syrian troops as well as opposition forces in the capital city of damascus as well as in the country's second largest city of aleppo the fighting has continued since last year march with the daily casualty count continuing to climb. the rebels a leg of the trust of syrians anyway so it's safe for them to admit to terrorism says dr ali mohamed editor in chief of the sarah tribe young media channel. well it's only suggests that they are not shy anymore about their actual terrorist nature these guys have been blaming the government for everything and since nobody believes them anymore it seems that they decided to claim responsibility and the second thing is that this should have a great impact on the public opinion in syria and it did long ago because everybody knows that it's terrible that our bombing the question is going to affect the opinions of powerful powers like the u.s. and nato nations. the attack in damascus comes amid a major international gathering in new york where the ongoing cr

regime the syrian. so it just may be using planes just smuggle in weapons from russia iran iraq with you while russian foreign ministry officials have already commented on this latest development the deputy foreign minister it cannot be good to have said that crap like these these had to back a result of being irresponsible policy to arm syrian rebels in the time his boss was minister sergey lavrov arranging that if international players are really interested in trying to put an end to bloodshed that they should apply pressure on both sides of this conflict as the fighting rages it's just not realistic to only demand one side to capitulate it's not about ideology we're not clinging to a regime or a certain actor in the syrian conflict we're just talking here about what is realistic and what is not but those who are demanding the government stop fighting while at the same time urging the armed opposition to continue the battle these forces are ready to pay an extra price which will be a huge number of hu

the syrian government will fall the basic the basic issue is that a lot of syrians whether they like the current regime or not have stood for the central government they do not want the central government collapse because of the fear of the worst reform yes we need to make sure that after this crisis and hopefully sooner rather than later we still have the courage to implement the reforms steps that have been drafted over the past year we've seen that there was you know a project of reform. obviously there are things that can be changed but we hope that there will still be there after the crisis and in order to implement part of it at least member of the syrian social club joining me there in london thank you very much for your perspective on the developments there in syria thank you for. barack obama's captivating showing at the democratic national convention this week appears to be paying off new polls give him an edge over republican rival mitt romney if only by the slimmest of margins and with just two months to go to the presidential vote both candidates will be working overtime

and syrian violence dominates the u.n. general assembly in new york with more regime change calls from the west intervention promoted by arab states but still no resolution. and greece's general strike gets off to a fiery start with molotov cocktails flying at police as up to a million people take to the streets in a resoundingly no to austerity. and spain braces for yet another round of cuts demos we asked the people on the streets for their perspective on what exactly happened last night. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow rory sushi a gun battle reportedly erupted inside the army headquarters in syria's capital damascus after the complex was rocked by two very powerful explosions the attacks were carried out by the rebel free syrian army came just a day after another opposition group blew up a military academy in the city in the region with the latest on this. two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus early on wednesday morning they happen to near the mark headquarters of the

a second day of dramatic bombing in the syrian capital. damascus. on the syrian. general assembly in new york with more regime change calls from the west intervention by arab states but still at the end of the day no resolution. greece's general strike gets off to a fiery start with molotov cocktails flying at. a million people walk out of work no to austerity. for another round of cuts we ask the people on the streets for their perspective on what exactly went wrong last night. thanks so much for joining us here on our to today. live from the russian capital and a gun battle reportedly erupted inside the army headquarters in syria's capital damascus after the complex was rocked by two massive explosions the attacks were carried out by the rebel free syrian army and came just a day after another all opposition group blew up a military academy in the city in the region with the latest. two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus early on wednesday morning they happen to near the mark headquarters of the army and the air force they were just minutes

at the moment the free syrian army is not heavily armed well enough to win any battle against the syrian army the syrian official army just like what has been happening in the past months but it is definitely have really aren't enough to harm civilians and to endanger the lives of many syrian people the fact that these countries keep sending money and weapons and also what they call logistics support or means of communication which are used to mainly to broadcast atrocities they commit against civilians and while the. countries norway this is no match for the syrian army was a very serious question what exactly do you want by sending these and this is what it is and now very briefly because we are running out of time i do want to get this last question in turkey and its western allies are now pushing for for protected save zones inside syria it's a move that would certainly amount to foreign intervention now and carter says it needs to protect civilians what's your take on that. it's actually funny how can you protect civilians by imposing water you want to protect civilians you have to

in the ongoing syrian violence dominates the u.n. gathering with calls for us to step down threats to intervene intensifying harsh rhetoric fails to bring countries any closer to finding a solution to the crisis. the live pictures for you right here thousands of greeks walking around the country's parliament enraged at looming austerity cuts in forced international creditors these are certainly a familiar sight downtown athens outside the parliament building live pictures for you right here. and at the same a show of discontent in spain has already led to violence from protesters brutally beaten in madrid by police trying to stop thousands from storming the parliament. worldwide news live from moscow city center this is our with me wrong. and straight to syria now where massive blast struck the capital damascus on wednesday morning the free syrian army has claimed responsibility for the terror attacks to targeted major government buildings a fierce gun battle has now reportedly broken out of the site of one of the explosions and. is

next we talked to a german journalist for his firsthand accounts of the syrian conflict. as the conflict in syria continues to unfold under the watchful gaze of the world's media there are all those that say that we aren't receiving the full picture of what's going on on the ground in the embattled middle eastern country now one of those people joins me right now manuel oxon writer thank you very much for speaking to me thank you well to start off how long were you in syria and where were you mean what did you see i was for nine days in syria in july and i was exactly the time when the so-called bentyl of damascus was reaching and i was inside the mosque with all the time and i could compare every day the worldwide media coverage with what i saw with my own eyes now what you saw while you were on the ground in syria doesn't seem to fit with what we're seeing on our t.v. screens does it well at first it is a difference everybody saw what's in damascus because the worldwide media coverage the mainstream media coverage claimed that the mosque has is what's at that time when

a second day of dramatic bombing in the syrian capital. key military complex in damascus. syria. the un general assembly in new york with more regime change calls from the west intervention promoted by arab states but still no resolution. general strike in full swing with. police is up to a million people walk out of work and no to austerity. and braces for another round of cuts we asked the people on the streets for their perspective on what exactly happened last night. worldwide news live from moscow this is our with me rule received shine a gun battle reportedly erupted inside the army headquarters in syria's capital damascus after the complex was rocked by two powerful explosions four people have been killed in the attacks carried out by the rebel free syrian army the bombing comes just a day after another opposition group blew up a military academy in the city with the latest from the region is. sleep. two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus early on wednesday morning they happened to near the command headquarters of the army and the air force they were

the syrian counter bards will put others where trained in syria to attack syrian army bases were copiedinto the comeback city and or indeed some of the equipment will body armor that was supplied by the americans and the british who smuggled into afghanistan to cause havoc in an army base over there where were you when it comes to getting weapons into afghanistan i mean we can go all the way back to the serbia days of nine hundred seventy nine and the cia getting weapons as well particularly these heat seeking missiles that were giving the soviet choppers an awfully tough time when it comes to a few moments ago you mentioned that the syrian president assad who study he has quite a lot of support on the ground if he does have support among so many people there in his own country then why do certain members of the u.n. insist on being so opposed to him. well i think every single state has saw in the syrian conflict a sort of opportunity to go in and try to influence the outcome so that it would be to their fair advantage and we all know the certain countries in the u.n. have certain econo

syrian they believe that the syrian regime the syrian authorities may be using those planes just smuggle in weapons from russia iran iraq and lebanon meanwhile russian foreign minister officials have already commented on these latest developments the deputy foreign minister it cannot be good to have stabbed the rats like these is a direct result of be irresponsible policy to arm the syrian rebels. in the meantime his boss russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov we need to rein to russia's position that if international players are really interested in trying to bully and to bloodshed they should apply pressure on both sides of this conflict. those demanding the capitulation of just the government forces in syria while at the same time the urging the opposition continue fighting this position is based on the fact that these forces are ready to pay an extra price which will be a huge number of human lives to go abroad he also said that when it comes to goals international goals and syria russia has absolutely no disagreement with the west or russia also wants to see syria as a free democra

for turkey, the syrian conflict stenits owlibiy.te bility.ensions are building in turkey's hatay province, along western syria. minority alawites there have split with the sunni majority to demonstrate for the assad regime. and kurdish rebels in southern turkey, along the syrian and iraq borders, are staging new attacks in their long-running bid for self-rule. the turkish military has struck back, and the death toll is rising. for more on all this, i spoke with turkish foreign minister ahmet davutoglu in new york yesterday. foreign minister davutoglu thank you for having us. we're sitting here at the united nations while turkey continues to be swamped by the blowback from syria. how frustrated is turkey right now with the united nations? >> we are quite frustrated for several reasons. one is from a humanitarian perspective. now we have around 90,000 refugees in our camps and around 40,000 refugees in several cities. it's a humanitarian tragedy. in fact, it is a test for the u.n. now and it is a test for all the international community and unt

army is not heavily armed well enough to win any battle against the syrian army of the syrian army just like what has been happening in the past months but it is definitely have really aren't enough to harm civilians and to endanger the lives of many syrian people any foreign military intervention in syria would spell total disaster for the peace effort in the country that is according to u.n. peace envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi who made the statement just a day after taking the baton from his predecessor kofi anon and as artie's oksana boyko reports it's a position echoed by moscow. russian foreign minister officials have already commented on this latest development the deputy foreign minister get out a good deal of sad that rats like these is a direct result of be irresponsible policy to arm syrian rebels in the meantime his boss russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov was talking to you students here in moscow thank you once again reiterated that if international players are really interested in trying to put an end to bloodshed that they should apply pressure on both sides of this

the ongoing syrian violence dominates the u.n. gathering with calls for asa to step down and threats to intervene intensified by harsh rhetoric fails to bring countries any closer to finding a solution to the crisis. and pain in spain perhaps there's a little impeachment for dread as a police try to stop thousands from storming the country's parliament in anger of the harshest era cuts. this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh to syria first were massive blast rocked the capital damascus on wednesday morning twin explosions that the authorities have already called terror attacks targeted major government buildings and came just a day after two other blasts hit a security compound year is in the region brings us the details. two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus early on wednesday morning they happened to near the command headquarters of the army and the air force they were just minutes apart they also happened not far from one of the main squares of the capital city now they shattered the glas

and ongoing syrian violence dominates the u.n. gathering with calls for assad to step down and threats to intervene intensifying but harsh rhetoric fails to bring countries any closer to finding a solution to the crisis. paid in spain protesters are brutally beaten in madrid as police try to stop thousands from storming the country's parliament in anger over harshest charity cuts. and the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program astray to this morning's may developing story fresh twin blessed targeting government buildings rocked the syrian capital damascus on wednesday a day after two other blasts hit a security compound less across life a correspondent paula slayer has in the region and scott all the latest for us so paul what can you tell us about wednesday's attacks and how serious were a day. well two massive explosions rocked the syrian capital of damascus early on wednesday morning they happened to near the command headquarters of the army and the air force they were just minutes apar