rebels russia has been criticizing the calls in the west to arm the syrian rebels provide them with military training and even possibly intervene into the conflict going on in syria now definitely we also know that russia also said about the syrian conflict that the west has been calling on assad to step down but at the same time never mentioned that the future of the future of syria must be decided by the syrian people and mosco john kerry in many ways agreed that the syrian people who will have to decide the future of the country in the election at the same time he reached aerated that that washington does not want to see assad in power it's interesting to see whether the same sentiments will be coming from david cameron after he meets president putin here in sochi especially given the fact that he already printed a statement saying that there was an urgent need to find a quick and peaceful solution to the syrian conflict and that is exactly the reason why david cameron was flying to sochi to meet the russian president of course we'll be keeping our viewers up to date as we get al

continues to insist the syrian regime may have recently used chemical weapons despite the top u.n. war crimes investigators say there is reason to believe such arms were in fact used by the rebels and despite its official commitment to peace through diplomacy britain is stepping up efforts to stop directly arming the syrian opposition as our first reports. well the prime minister said to m.p.'s in the house of commons recently that there's a growing body of limited but persuasive evidence that the syrian regime has used and continues to use chemical weapons now the u.n. war crimes investigators have said that as yet they've reached any conclusions as to whether either side has indeed use chemical weapons now the one day talk is taking place at a time when there is a growing calls for some form of diplomatic progress to be made in place sites are going to be very much focused on not the prime minister's spokesman saying the u.k. considers russia an important player when it comes to these discussions despite this russian the u.k. has certainly had a fractious the past when it comes t

takes where the emphasis which should be which is on the syrian army because the syrian army is fighting this is a national project and the foot soldiers in the syrian army are mainly sunni muslims and so the they have a national spirit and this kind of constant refrain trying that outside government should do more should send in more. are only going to worsen the situation and what we clearly need is progress towards a negotiated solution which is the path of bombers taking and i think everything we've seen in the last couple of weeks the chemical weapons propaganda plus the israeli attacks that i don't think. to be drawn into this. yes you got a minute a couple things i wanted to ask you going to do now it says here take every kind of measure needed was. it right now it doesn't mean one has to take it seriously but the fact is that the earth is going to washington this week and syria will be on top of the agenda and my feeling is that the turkey won't do anything by itself that it. but if he won't commit america to take. over syria i don't think that turkey will do anything now the key

border claiming they have contacts to syrian intelligence. and more the big stories of the week pakistan democratic elections marred by violence across the country with the former prime minister played nearly victory and already until the new government. more ballots than bullets in saturday's historic vote our team brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in. the us. popular president french leader francois hollande faces plummeting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with your standards that employment in the nation. would hear an r t h q just after eleven pm now this is the weekly roundup of the top stories of the last seven days and first turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in the town near the syrian border to blast killed forty six and injured over one hundred he was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack that something damascus denies the area though is home to tens of thousands of refugees who fled the ongoing syrian confli

of the syrian regime. what did you make of what he had to say? why hee are some reasons decided to come forward today. first of all, to show solidarity with the turkish government and turkish people. he was also concerned, as were all members of the opposition, about the people in turkey, that this was just going to drive the country into more violence. this is why some of the people started attacking some of the syrians, for the opposition has to establish things clearly. establishing that they are the victims and that the aggressors of the syrian government and troops. it is also extremely important, an aspect that is underway now, opposition faces an extremely delicate task in the future. we will have to decide whether or not to join the conference on syria if it takes place by the end of this month, whether to agree to take part in the traditional government or, at the same time, they are very divided over who should be elected as part of the syrian coalition over the coming days. host: that was our co

border claiming they have contacts to syrian intelligence. also this week pakistan's milestone democratic election is marred by violence with both the former prime minister and out of the muslim league claiming early victory but more ballots than bullets in saturday's historic vote r.t. brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in islamabad. and a popular president french leader francoise long faces commenting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with the stare again unemployment engulfing the nation. which is hard to live from moscow with memory and josh. turkish is a nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings an italian near the syrian border to blast killed forty six and injured over one hundred turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack something that damascus denies the area's home to tens of thousands of refugees who have fled the ongoing syrian conflict our middle east correspondent paula sleeper has more. turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad fo

border claiming to have contacts to syrian intelligence. we pakistan's milestone democratic election is marred by violence across the country with the former prime minister claiming early victory and already in talks on the new government but more balanced on bullets in saturday's a storage vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. it is seven pm in moscow you're watching r t i'm marina joshua comes to the program turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in a town near the syrian border to blast killed the forty six and over one hundred turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack and something that damascus denies the area is home to tales of thousands of refugees who have fled the ongoing syrian conflict our middle east correspond policy or has more. turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad for these bombings without having undergone any kind of investigation what they have said is that syrian intelligence is to q

well absolutely none one's arms are into a market like this and as we know the syrian free syrian army is losing forces to them are going to kill forces because quite clearly within the dynamics of the situation within syria cannot be controlled by outside forces so once arms are out there then who knows what will happen to it i think adding extra arms is a dangerous anyway it's quite clearly all of this is lara is part of a much larger geopolitical view of the shifting balance of power in the middle east obviously with iran with lebanon and support for the gulf monarchies and saudi arabia and so on so it's quite clear that lately the british have a particular view of how the system and how the larger geopolitical situation should change. it's interesting because we're asking do you even know who these rebels are made of all the opposition is made off i mean do we have any clear idea do they know way exactly these weapons with has that actually going into. well i mean you can give it to one law today could end up in the hands of another lot we do know quite a lot about the details of s

the syrian woman you are. trying. to find a girl. i'm planning to stay here russia. to build a new life. thank you for joining us here on our. show you live in the russian capital let's turn to some of the news now that's been shaping the past week around the world of the u.k. independence party has made a major breakthrough in local elections claiming one in every four votes cast for the conservatives which are of course part of the ruling coalition now admitting that all mainstream parties have quote major lessons to learn from the group seeking the country's withdrawal from the e.u. let's take a closer look at the party's gains and losses here on our t.v. come the figures for you right now. the conservatives are down three hundred thirty five seats while their coalition partners the liberal democrats well they've lost one hundred and twenty four opposition labor party up by two hundred and ninety one and ukip it has gained one hundred and thirty nine new local councillors as an achievement the head of the party nigel farage praises the grander rival for party poli

border claiming they've got contacts to syrian intelligence we follow that up there's. also the big stories from the week pakistan's milestone democratic elections marred by violence across the country with the. early victory . on the new government but more bullets in saturday's historic vote our team brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad and the most popular president. faces plummeting ratings is his first year in office comes to an end with austerity and unemployment the nation. and here you watching the weekly roundup of the big stories for most of the last seven days and first turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in the town near the syrian border to blast killed forty six of the injured over one hundred now turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack saying that damascus denies the area's home to tens of thousands of refugees who fled the ongoing syrian conflict middle east correspondent paula as the latest for you. turkey has blamed the syrian presid

has been accused of supporting only one side of the syrian side of the syrian rebels russia has been particularly concerned with the calls across the atlantic to arm the syrian rebels to provide them with military training and even possibly. into the conflict by force also. with. countries that bashar assad must step down at the same time the western world has never been saying that it's the syrian people have to choose their new government they have to choose their new future now hardly anyone expected after all of these. between the u.s. state secretary john kerry and the russian president and the russian foreign minister in moscow would produce something positive never the less international conference which is to be called by the end of this month was the direct result of the meeting in moscow that a conference is expected to have both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negotiation table at the same time a press conference between the russian foreign minister lavrov and john kerry took an interesting twist when a reporter asked about the bi

meanwhile united global effort to end the syrian conflict finally gotten off the ground the u.s.and britain and russia agreed to an international peace conference that could be held by the end of the month there are some diplomatic obstacles though to overcome washington and london still considering sending arms to syrian rebels which russia strongly opposes or he selects he has more. after months of fiery exchanges on the syrian conflict the major international players russia the united kingdom and the united states have managed to find a common ground principled position has been that it accused the west of supporting only one side of the syrian conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels moreover russia has been particularly concerned with the calls across the atlantic to arm the syrian rebels to provide them with military training and even possibly intervene into the conflict by force also. with statements in the western countries that bashar assad must step down at the same time the western world has never been saying that it's the syrian people that have to choose their

to have both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negotiation table at the same time a press conference between the russian foreign minister lavrov john kerry took an interesting twist when a reporter asked about the bill to support the syrian rebels with weaponry which is now being considered by the us congress the reply from the u.s. state secretary it was that if the united states finds substantial proof that chemical weapons were in fact used by bashar assad's troops in syria something which hasn't yet been proven of course then this bill will ultimately become reality which many experts have already described this as a certain leeway for the united states to still have a certain leverage in the syrian conflict now also on friday the british prime minister david cameron came to the city of. the biggest intrigue of that meeting was whether david cameron would sing to the same tune as john kerry did in moscow it's no secret that we have had differing views on how best to handle the situation but we share fundamental aims to end the conflict to stop

working syrians feel the bitterness towards them. they say the feeling is that they have overstayed their welcome. badome jordanians say things about us. you will find them driving their cars in our neighborhoods with their windows rolled down, blasting songs that glorify bashar al-assad. what do you think this does to our feelings? >> the syrians think these rising tensions could fuel violence in jordan. >> i do not think it will have an impact on political stability, although there is a security risk. dru damien officials keep warning that there might be a security risk -- jordanian officials keep warning that there might be a security risk similar to what we see in turkey. >> a recent international survey shows that jordan is one of the world's most racially intolerant countries. jordanians opened their homes to syrians, but after two years of war, it seems that hospitality has given way to hostility. al jazeera, jordan. >> as indian police hunt maoist rebels suspected of killing 12 politicians, pressure is building on security fo

border claiming they have contacts to syrian intelligence. out of the big news the way pakistan's milestone democratic election by violence across the country with the former prime minister claiming early victory and already in talks of a new government. but more ballots than bullets in saturday's historic vote r.t. brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. plus an unpopular president french leader. faces plummeting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with austerity and unemployment engulfing the nation. very good morning live from what i am is kevin owen here with our weekly the round of the big stories of the last seven days and first. have to take nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in the town near the syrian border two blasts killed forty six and injured over one hundred now turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack that something that damascus denies the area is home to tens of thousands of refugees who fled the ongoing syrian conflict or mi

this is kind of held the syrian rebels against the government it's a kind of reaction to what the syrian government has been achieved there's been talk about an official statement to be issued later on we remember what it was an attack on the same research center which is called research center. and now with the damascus is very difficult we have we hear every time some extra bomb brings because of that is still some some bombs were not destroyed we have heard of the time the ambulance got everyone so it's possible nobody knows where when and where recent attacks by israel have signaled a sharp escalation of its involvement in syria's ongoing conflicts and she's middle east correspondent paula seeing is in tel aviv with the latest now from the israeli side. the syrian deputy foreign minister files that i would make doug has called this morning's attack on a syrian military research facility to quote him a dick liberation of a groove by israel not be a tech represented an alliance between islamic terrorists and israel he also says that syria will retaliate against israel in its own time a

the latest news and the week's top stories here on our team turkey blame syrian intelligence for the deadly cross border bombing of a town that's seen as the entry point for syrian refugees and rebels in damascus denies involvement. while russia the u.s. and britain officially converge on a common approach to mediate peace in syria the spidy ongoing western backing of the insurgency. pakistan's two time former prime minister nawaz sharif claims victory the country's a story general election marred by a wave of violent taliban attacks but more balanced than bullets in saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliamentary right here in islamabad. and from first to flop francois lon's first anniversary of becoming a french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his disappoint of voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. of. what you are see coming to you live from the russian capital on marina joshing welcome to the program i was syrian crisis has taken a deadly new twist as twin car bombs ripped through a tu

the latest news in the week's top stories here on our turkey blame syrian intelligence for the deadly cross border bombing of a turkish town considered an entry point for syrian refugees in rebels but damascus denies involvement. while russia the u.s. and britain officially converge in a common approach to mediate peace in syria the spy then going western backing of the insurgency. pakistan's two time former prime minister nawaz sharif claims victory in the country's historic general election marred by a wave of violent taliban attacks but more balanced than bullets in saturday's historic vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. and from first to flop francois lon's first anniversary of becoming the french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of he's disappointed voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. it is three pm in moscow you're watching r t with me marina joshie. turkey says it's detained nine of its citizens in connection with saturday's bombing of a town on the syrian border which is

for syrian refugees and rebels. while russia the u.s. and britain officially converge on a common approach to mediate peace in syria despite the ongoing western backing of the insurgency. and from first to flop francois hollande the first anniversary of becoming the french president of sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his disappointed voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. a very warm welcome to you if you've just joined us here you're watching r t is eleven am and you're with me to bomb with a. ride he's been bugs on the prime minister twice and was ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup but now was a sharif is claiming an early victory in the country's general election it's also the country's for his democratic transition between civilian governments condon still underway the details now from our do you see kefir not. despite the threat of violence pakistanis came out in record numbers to vote in the election which will determine the fate of the country for the

arrested nine men in connection with saturday's bomb attacks claiming they have connections with syrian intelligence damascus is denying the allegations. the first time may be the charm for pakistan's twice former prime minister who declared early victory of the milestone general election after the vote was marred by violence following the country's bloodiest ever election campaign. a bad year for the french president francois alonzo approval rating sinks to record lows as he marks twelve months in office with voters a disillusioned over unemployment and continuing austerity. six am in moscow i mattress or bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news at least nineteen people including two ten year olds were injured during a shooting at a mother's day parade in new orleans louisiana an f.b.i. spokesman saying there is no indication the act was an attack with the attack was an act of terrorism but there have been no arrests made so far are he's got each of the details. new orleans was celebrating mother's day with over three hundred people participating in a parade poli

seek a common approach to ending the syrian conflict the u.s. has taken a step back and its support to have the countries opposition only examined was washington seems more reluctant to use force in the region and increasingly radical thread among those looking to oust president asad all that much more coming up your way. now election campaigning in pakistan may be done and dusted but dadley bomb blasts are striking terror across their restive nation on the eve of the parliament poll a motorbike stuffed with explosives that. native new europe political party offices in the country's north killing at least four and one being many others it's the latest in a string of terrorist attacks ahead of the vote which marks pakistan's first democratic power transition so here's a brief insight into the top positions on the ballot list one of the front runners is the ruling socialist oriana pakistan people's party which was founded and so far led by the powerful bhutto family however the are expected to be outmaneuvered by the pakistan muslim league and hea

point for syrian refugees and rebels. while russia other u.s. and britain officially converge on a common approach to peace in syria despite the ongoing western backing of the insurgency. and from first to flop along for a sudden burst of becoming french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his a disappointed voters to rally over his failure to meet their expectations. you're watching r t a live from moscow with me to say this is the weekly. he's been buddies sons of prime minister twice and was ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup but that was sharif is claiming an early victory in the country's general election it's also the country's first democratic transition between civilian governments counting still underway the details now from march. despite the threat of violence pakistanis came out in record numbers to vote in the election which will determine the fate of the country for the next five years and as the votes are counted the man poised to come out of the very top is not was

well let's go straight to it now syrian state t.v. has said that israel bombed syria overnight and this has been confirmed by a u.s. official that the strike supposedly targeted a military research site in damascus let's join azziz middle east correspondent paula some of the latest on this developing breaking news story paula any comments now from israeli officials in tel aviv regarding this alleged attack. well as you say a western intelligence source says that israel carried out its second day striking days on syria in the early hours of this morning sunday the attack damascus with a series of powerful blast that drove columns of fire into the night sky now syrian state television is reporting that the explosions were caused by israeli rocket strikes that as of yet there is still no comment from the israeli government or the israeli army about these explosions and it's also doubtful that we'll get any kind of comment of course the israeli position very often is not to comment and this does give some kind of warning to the damascus r

military targets and what's believed to be the second such building one in forty eight hours the syrian deputy foreign minister says that target was a declaration of war. this is all see coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program and we're start with the breaking news this hour the syrian deputy foreign minister says israel has an effect declared a war on damascus this comes hours after an alleged israeli airstrike decimated a military complex on the outskirts of the syrian capital and verified footage from damascus shows a huge explosion at the site of the airstrike which is said to have targeted a military research facility reports coming in and hundreds killed and injured although there has been no official announcement. after the previous israeli bombing of syria enormous israeli officials said that they had time to target a shipment of syrian missiles that's way to hezbollah in lebanon a similar type is said to have been carried out by israel earlier this year in january damascus has denied has been trying to hundred danced weapons over to hezbollah. let's now.

people and mosco john kerry in many ways agreed that if the syrian people who will have to. the future of the country in the election at the same time he regenerated that that washington does not want to see assad in power it's interesting to see whether the same sentiments will be coming from david cameron after he meets president putin here in sochi especially given the fact that he already prompted a statement saying that there was an urgent need to find a quick and peaceful solution to the syrian conflict and that is exactly the reason why david cameron was flying to sochi to meet the russian president of course we'll be keeping our viewers up to date as we get all the details here in the russian city of sochi we certainly will alexey had a chef q. there live from a russian resort city of sochi. why the u.k. continues to insist the syrian regime may have a recently used chemical weapons that despite a top u.n. war crimes investigators say there is reason to believe such on the were in fact used by the rebels and despite its official commitment to peace is through diploma

conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels even pushing for arming the syrian rebels and providing them with military training and even possibly intervening into the conflict by force now experts have said that after the meeting and most call the stances of the both sides have somewhat softened the result of the meeting in moscow was the international conference to be called on by the end of this month which will see hopefully see both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negotiation table to in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict we heard here in sochi from david cameron who said that while u.k. acknowledges the fact that this is the syrian people who must choose their new government that's why he is strongly supportive of the international conference by the end of this month secret that we have had differing views on how best to handle the situation but we share fundamental aims to end the conflict to stop syria fragmenting let the syrian people choose who governs and to prevent the growth of violent extremists so i strongl

syrian refugees and. while russia the u.s. and britain officially conversion a common approach to peace in syria by the ongoing western backing of the insurgency. and from of first it to flop francois log a first anniversary of becoming the french president sees his popularity slump and drives tens of thousands of his just pointed voters. his failure to meet the expectations. if you just joined us a very warm welcome to you just joined us here on our all the week here with me to say. rightly he's been pakistan's prime minister twice and was ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup but to know was as a river has claimed an early victory in the country's general election it's also the country's for is the democratic transition between civilian governments counting still underway but the election has already become the bloodiest in pakistan's history let's take a look at that a deadly explosions in shootings rocked polling day in all four provinces at least eleven people were killed and dozens more were

officials say that they've turned syrian artillery also to face towards israel the syrian deputy foreign minister final our next. said the alleged israeli attack on syria is addictive ration of war now make that has said that syria will retaliate against israel in its own time and in its own way meanwhile iran which has a defense agreement with syria says it will respond to alleged israeli airstrikes on sunday morning and it's also urging neighboring countries to stand up to israeli aggression we haven't heard anything so far from the israeli government the israeli military also continues to refuse to either confirm or deny the reports that are detect syria in the early hours of sunday morning israel however has declared the north of this country a no fly zone to civilian flights this is a precaution that's also a way of defusing the situation and for allowing it to be allowing for the defense missile system to be put into place the iron dome is being deployed in the north of israel it's aimed at protecting northern israeli cities from short range missiles that could be fired from either

he described the chaos in the syrian capital after the latest reported israeli outside. you know we can make it about the. world. without. any more it's a little. bit . more coke more of it may come from. what we have. to. turn. let's get some reaction inside now from amir already a senior correspondent for israel's ha'aretz newspaper joining us live here on our see it so good to see you today still no official confirmation on the strikes in israel and what's the latest you're hearing now in tel of. yes there is no official confirmation because this is part of the israeli policy which you can describe pounce but do not announce or don't let but don't tell don't let the syrian regime transfer its surface to surface missiles and surface to air missiles to his vala but don't brag about it because save saving face for bashar assad may be even more important than the very act of the attack so while the reason no official confirmation you can take it almost as face value when you hear the u.s. side confirm it officially that's right as we did get the unofficial confirmation fr

syrian bargo so far certainly some very interesting developments in the syrian conflict in fact as you mentioned russia's foreign ministry says that it will deliver the three hundred anti-missile defense system to syria and this comes on the heels of the e.u. allowing the arms embargo to syria to expire as of friday now this opens the doors paves the way for different countries to get involved in the syrian conflict and arming the rebels now this is controversial because in the international community to many it seems like this is basically russia picking sides arming the assad regime but this is not what russia believes in fact russia has always maintained that they are not picking sides in the conflict but they believe the way to end the conflict is through diplomacy but these are through existing contracts this is nothing new this is something that was agreed on before the conflict began and that they're simply fulfilling old contracts that they're obliged to do so but they have said that this is a stabilizing factor in the syrian conflict because it prevents her from other countrie

conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels even pushing for arming the syrian rebels and providing them with military training and even possibly intervening into the conflict by force now experts have said that after the meeting and most call the stances of the both sides have somewhat softened the result of the meeting in moscow was the international conference to be called on by the end of this month which will see hopefully see both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negotiation table in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict another point of criticism coming from moscow towards the west was that the western countries were calling for the assad regime to step down at the same time they never said that the will of the future of syria must be chosen by the syrian people this is something that john kerry agreed upon in moscow while saying that washington does not want to see assad in power still acknowledge that it was the syrian people that have to select the country's future that has to select the country's new government an

the united states appears to be a step closer to training syrian rebels with a bill right now within the halls of congress all of this despite u.n. suspicions that opposition fighters have resorted to the use of chemical. and all of the top u.s. diplomat heads to russia. unlikely to convince moscow that the militarization of the conflict will bear any fruit. eastwood's as a strange palestinian and israeli leaders rush to china's favor in beijing rolling out the red carpet for a. million dollar deal. forces major candidates into the shadows to give up winning over voters on the campaign trail in favor of survival. news live from moscow this is on t.v. with me and it's good to have you with us today. bill allowing the united states to provide arms and training to syrian rebel factions is now circulating in congress the motion is based on allegations the leadership in damascus has resorted to the use of chemical weapons in the country's long lasting civil war despite the u.n. claims it's the rebels who may have deployed and legal agents and not the government reporting from washington r

border claiming they have contacts to syrian intelligence. the big stories of the week pakistan's milestone democratic election violence across the country the former prime minister claiming victory and already in talks on the new government but more ballots than bullets in saturday's historic vote r.t. brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. plus an unpopular president french leader faces plummeting ratings as his first year in office comes to an end with austerity and unemployment engulfing the nation. over the morning is kevin owen here at r t h q this morning you're watching the weekly a roundup of the big stories of the week for the last seven days and turkish authorities have detained nine people as i just mentioned in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in that town near the syrian border to blast killed forty six and injured over one hundred he was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack something that damascus is denying the area is home now to tens of thousands of refugees w

the militant group's leader pledged his support for the syrian president bashar. he has been a leader hassan nasrallah has kelly stated that he and his below are involved in the war in syria he was addressing thousands of his supporters in the southern beirut suburb of dusk and in that speech a pledged all out support for the syrian president bashar assad saying that his shiite muslim group would stay in the syrian war to quote him to the end of the road and achieve victory together. there are two major threats facing the lebanese people and the entire region today the first imitates from israel and its avid intentions and plots the second thread stems from the changes taking place in syria which neighbors our cities villages and homes syria is seeing major activity by radical islamist movements this one is said that his war was with the extremists he called an attack fearless he said that tens of thousands of them from all over the world are currently fighting in syria and he warned that if syria force lebanon to move forward this in turn he said would lead to is

how do you know that it assad retains the support of about half of syrian society what about them. judith go ahead that's what you think that's what you think but that's not what you what we know we don't know a lot of people worked for the bureaucracy a lot of people are in the intelligence the army is totally practically of the verge of collapse the brothers fourth division of course they have to be loyal to the regime because their paychecks their lives and the future of their families depend on it i don't think there's any way now to measure who is real lay in support of this brutal dictatorial regime which has really hampered syria's development and growth we have no way to know that. we past a certain point now because you know it seemed realistic a year ago to have negotiations with the folks on the ground don't want to negotiate now now the people that the saudis are supporting for example. yes and as long as opposition groups have outside supporters like the saudis like the united states who are in a sense egging them on they have absolutely no incentive to face political

government i mean if you look at their position and even the position of the syrian government they have been open to a political process to having a dialogue with the opposition aimed at some sort of political settlement which would produce a different kind of political order in syria but it's the opposition elements backed by the united states which have been sisted not just on preconditions but in effect on pretty results from a meeting where they have to have a front commitment that assad is going to step down before this process even gets going that's not a serious diplomatic position you know if you want to stop violence in syria you have to get all parties to the table you can't have these kinds of absurd preconditions and you have to get down to the business of diplomacy i think russia frankly china iran have been trying harder to do that trying the harder to get that kind of process off the ground than the united states has been because to do it for the united states to do this means it's it's acknowledging it can't just dictate outcomes in this part of the world it actuall