syrian opposition.now if stefan can pull a rabbit out of the hat, if he can pull a rabbit out of the hat and get an aleppo cease-fire -- which we actually tried do in advance of the geneva talks in january last year and failed utterly. the regime said it would not cease-fire in aleppo until armed opposition withdraw. if they accept it this time leaving in place the armed opposition, to me that's a sign that the syrian government has made a concession by allowing armed opposition fighters to remain in aleppo but to conclude a cease-fire, nobnetheless. so that would be an interesting change in the syrian government's position. but even if they do, how do you translate a freeze in this big city in northern syria for our political deal. that's tough. stefan, i think, is hoping that you can conclude some local arrangements. maybe rebuilding the health care sector. maybe re-opening schools. allowing humanitarian aid in. all of those things would be very valuable. all of those things are laudable goals and i s

there is no formal response from the syrian government or from the syrian opposition. if stephan can pull a rabbit out of the hat and get and aleppo we actuallywhich try to do in advance of the geneva talks in january last year and failed elderly -- failed utterly. the regimes that it would not have a cease-fire. if they succeed here, they can -- that is a sign in the writer action for the syrian government. that would be an interesting change in the syrian government position. but even if they do, how do you translate a freeze in this big northern syrian city into a broader deal? that is tough. is hoping that you can include some local arrangements, may be rebuilding the health-care sector, maybe reopening schools, allowing humanitarian aid. all of those things would be very valuable. all of those things are laudable goals and i sincerely hope they make progress towards this. but it will be a very far reach to go from that in this one a broaderyria to political solution. please, keep in mind that syria, before the uprising, was a highly centralized state. came out ofe

opposition that are considered acceptable to the syrian regime. so, really, this is so far no more than a charade. >> what does this do for president puentein's image in the right now, he is cataloguerheads, as -- he is at loggerheads with leaders of the we69 earn world. >> this is not serving president puentein and the assad regime or anyone concerned really. russia's relations with the west have been very tense for some time. as a result of a conflict in syria as well as, of course, afterwards, ukraine, and this particular attempt will only be device i have when it comes to the syrian opposition and its western backers. so, i think russia is doing more damage than good in attempting to initiate such a proposal. >> all right. lena. what we have the syrian government whom -- we expect will attend the talks in moscow. you don't expect other opposition groups to be attending these talks on the same time, we've got the syrian-backed government around the world or the syrian opposition backed governments around the world who want peace. outside of mos

a syrian doesn't need as much.a lebanese would expect ten thousand lebanese pounds for this work, but a syrian will take five thousand. >> the town of saadnayel in the bekaa valley is very close to the syrian border. for most of the refugees, there are no camps -- they're left to fend for themselves. makeshift shelters are scattered everywhere in the fields. here, the refugees may be safe, but nothing else. officially, they're not allowed to work. yet they have to pay rent and utility costs. hussein and his family scrape by from day to day. his mother, khalidiya, says, what little aid they receive comes mainly in the form of food staples. >> we get food rations from the united nations. cooking oil, sugar, tea, some things for the children, and rice. what can i do? we have to get by on it. something is better than nothing. >> they can redeem food vouchers in town. the customers of this supermarket are mostly syrians. the storekeeper says he's very busy, and he complains about the poor economic situation in the city.

syrians do not deserve this. we fled war and we became refugees. >> last week the united states donated $125 million to the wfp. now the organization says it needs an additional $64 million to reinstate the vouchers for syrians. >> we're expecting that people will maybe have to send their children out to work, they'll have to skip meals, they'll have to do without food. and what we're worried about is some may even feel they're forced to go back to syria even though it may not be safe. >> more than 200,000 people have been killed in syria's three and a half year civil war. in addition to the three million refugees now living abroad there are more than 6 million people still inside syria relying on international help. the wfp says at this rate food aid to those internally displaced in syria will also end in february. >> the syrian refugees and the strain they put on aid agencies this time. it is out of money for food vouchers that sustain half of more than 3 million refugees. to take us inside the international do

isis is not any one of the syrians. it is a danger for the regime, the syrians, the opposition, and for the identity and history of all of syria. >> meanwhile, intense fighting continues as syrian government keeps up its airstrikes in the northern province of aleppo. the attacks killed 39 people in the last three days. there are areas controlled by isil fighters in the city of albab where planes have dropped barrel bombs. >>> all thes by air killed at least five people and injured many others. >>> the syrian regime airstrikes targeted rebel-held towns. it's reported that five died in the town of ibta after bomb there were bombs early in the morning. there have been airstrikes carried across northern iraq. kurtish peshmerga forces are still trying to take over isil. there are reports that isil still control many neighborhoods. >>> meanwhile, peshmerga forces defending erbil, the capitol of iraq's kurdish region, say they need more heavy weapons to fight against isil. we have reports now from the kurdish front lines. >> r

. >>> strict kens for syrians enter the country ray.ut off, visa and mastercard say they can no longer support bank cards use being crimea as they suspends train trains and busese peninsula. plus. how africa's fashion industry is booming, thanks to young professionals hungry for modern designs. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, it was one of the worst natural disasters in human history. 10 years on mourners have paused to remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in the indian ocean tsunami. in india, where more than 16,000 people were killed, a individual remembered the hundreds taken from its community. when in thailand, survivors, families and dignitaries gathered around a police boat that washed two-kilometers in land and stands as a memorial to the 5,000 lives lost there. we have correspondents in thailand and show lan car. but first step in i understand yeaindonesia ican't. >> reporter: survivors gather in prayer. the indonesian province hardest hit by the tsunami. nearly 107,000 victims of remembered. she lost two children and, her mother. >

. >> special assistance for syrian refugees because of funding complaints. wsp has been facing crisis for months and has been appealing to donors for funding. >> works like a debit card in local grocery stores. but with the surge of global crises and people in need wfp has struggled to keep up with the cost and now can't afford to top up the cards. >> this is unfair, the syrians do not deserve this. we fled our country and the ongoing war and hunger. i have patience for one day without food but my son doesn't. >> donated $125 million to the wfp, now the organization says it needs an additional $64 million to reinstate the vouchers for syrians. >> expect they may turn out people for work, skip meals and do without food and what we're worried about is some may feel they're forced to go back to syria even though their towns and villages are not safe. >> more than 200,000 have been killed in syria's three-year war and in addition to the million refugees now abroad, there are still 6 million relying on international help. the wsp says that food aid to those inter

syrian refugees and syrian shriv-- civilians, but i only talk.we look at the european yuan -- union, if we exclude germany, all of the others combined have pledged to only take 6,000 people. >> the gulf states, which include some of the world's wealthiest countries, and some of which are have directly supported the syrian opposition, financially, have not offered to take in a single refugee from syria. why is this? this is quite surprising isn't it? >> absolutely, and we would expected they are close to the region, they have many historical ties with syria. there's a common language, and common religion for many people, but despite that they have not taken a single person. some of them are giving money. [ inaudible ] has given lots of money for the humanitarian assistance, others not so much. but it's not enough. just money will not solve it. there are people who have survived torture, rape, unaccompanied children, elderly people who need a place that can provide them with health care, education, and decent housing. >> so a shortfall in the numbe

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any syrian children work illegally on farms. the farmers are willing to take the risk. children are cheap, around six euros for a whole day's work. but he would rather be in school in syria. >> none of the children here in the village go to school. the whole family goes out to work. >> i feel terrible about it. i'm sitting around here without a job and my daughter has to work. she's only 13 years old. for proud syrian father, it's a situation that's almost unbearable. >> business news now. germany's economy has gained steam at the end of the year, according to the munich-based institute. german business confidence has improved, despite the crash in the ruble. the research institute found optimism in boardrooms across the country, thanks to the falling price of oil and a weakening euro. the key indicator climbed i almost a point in december over the november survey. books onto the markets and european shares rocketed higher thursday, staging their biggest one-day advance in three years. our correspondent sent us this summary from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the germ

the syrian army has gained a great deal of strength and has inroads. this may be a cat and mouse game. the perpetuation of the conflict is something that the israelis benefit from. and they'll continue to do this if they perceive there are these kinds of transfers. >> let me ask you this because the u.n. has now confirmed in a report that documents, strong ties between israel and some groups that are fighting inside syria, how many coordination in your opinion is there? >> presumably there is a lot more than is visitable. the israelis have provided a great deal of assistance from the opposition, mostly medical, trying to look after injured soldiers that have fallen on the battlefield but some military assistance as well. directly and indirectly. the israelis have a presence on the ground inside syria. something that has been going on two or three years now. we don't know the details, it's hush-hush, and they're behaving in ways that are not unusual at all because their presence in syria are long standing. >> when you're saying opposition who are you re

the syrian foreign minister is in tehran in talks. the iranian foreign minister said that israeli airstrikes on the syrian army are only helping isil. >> as we have said these attacks affect the morale of groups in syria and iraq. >> israel has been accused of carrying out airstrikes in syria on seven separate occasions since the war began in 2011. the latest as we just mentioned were on sunday in two areas in the capitol. in march the syrian army position are targeted in response to an attack on israeli soldiers in the occupied golan heights. in november last year a syrian air base in th the province came under attack, as we were saying this is not the first time that israel has struck inside syria. why do we think that happened right now? and what are israel israeli officials saying if anything about this? >> reporter: although public response from the israeli government or military after the syrian government accused of it carrying out these airstrikes. however, the intelligence minister alluded to the strikes saying on public radi

we hear world leaders all time talking about how we should support syrian refugees and syrian civiliansn fact, it's only talk. we don't see any real action on the ground. if you look at the european union, for example, if we take germany, if we exclude germany which has pledged to take 30,000 people. all of the 27 other members of the european union combined, have only pledged to take 6,000 people. >> what i find even more surprising is that the gulf states, which include some of the world's wealthiest countries and some of which have directly supported the syrian opposition, financially supported the opposition, have not offered to take in a single refugees from syria. why is this? this is quite surprising, isn't it? >> no, absolutely. we would expect that they are close to the region, they have many historical ties with syria. there is a common language, common religion for many people. but despite that, they have not taken a single person. they have not offer today take one person from all of the syrian refugees. some of them arguing money. kuwait has given lots of money to the human

then there are the 130,000 syrian refugees in our little town alone.t's as many as the entire european union has taken in. >> 150 kilometers to the east lies the syrian kurdish border city of kobane. it's been under siege by i.s. militias for weeks. the kurds say not only is turkey turning a blind eye when goods reach the terrorists, they're also able to get additional weapons and fighters. a kurdish-affiliated television station managed to shoot footage of a group of armed men crossing the border without being stopped. shortly afterwards, they were shot and killed, presumably by kurdish units. to prevent more fighters from illegally crossing the border, kurdish volunteers have secured the area near kobane. for weeks, hundreds of self-appointed guards have been holed up in border villages. they go out on patrols each night, according to these kurds from istanbul. >> when we catch someone crossing the border, we hand them over to the authorities. but the police here are not to be trusted. >> they try everything to drive us out. but i.s. is able to organ

attacks were the response by israel to victories by the syrian army. they are referring to what they see as victories in recent days and weeks in variousaries across syria. they also said that they accuse the israelis of basically helping what they see as terrorists. they have said that before in the past when the israelis have conducted airstrikes in inside syria. they have also said that they will respond how they see fit. they haven't said exactly what that would take and whether or not that would be any military response. again, the syrian government have said that before, that they will respond. however, the army sees fit but they haven't responded militarily. >> jane, do stay with us. in the meantime we are going to turn to lebanon where the nusra front says it will execute two more of the lebanese soldiers its captured unless the wives of the senior members are released from detention. the deadline is just passed in the few minutes. 29 members of the lebanese execute forces were kidnapped in august, after a major battle in assal on lebanon's eas

five syrian soldiers have also died.port is one of the regime's biggest strong holds in eastern syria. >>> in the north of the country opposition fighters say they have regained control of parts of northeastern aleppo. both sides want to control the strategic neighborhoods in the biggest city. victoria reports. >> reporter: this is a crucial battle for opposition fighters in aleppo. it contains the only road that connects the areas. >> translator: on the first day of fighting, we lost about 18 buildings under our control. later we gained control over most of the positions in both the eastern and the southeastern sides. >> reporter: syria's second city has been an urban battleground for more than two years. in recent weeks the syrian military has been closing in on supply routes. opposition fighters have also lost areas to isil in the east, and the al-qaeda branch in the northwest. they have been targeting the government controlled airstrip. they say intelligence reports confirmed that russian fighter jets arrived there r

doctors without borders is now providing more than 80% of maternal care to syrians. the agency has been stretched after the government canceled free healthcare. >> the concern for mss is that there are people going out needed healthcare, and our major kernel is that we're fearful if the situation does fought change you might tart to see an increase in mortality in the area. >> without foreign aid it does not look like the government will continue its care of syrians, in the meantime it's these people who will have to suffer more than they already have. nisreen el-shamayleh al jazeera. >> sunni tribes and houthi rebels have agreed to stop fighting. witnesses say that shia houthi attacked the outskirts of the town using tanks and heavy weapon. they ar >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalist who is have been in prison in egypt for 350 days. missouri were jailed for charges of helping the outlaw the muslim brotherhood. they appeal their convictions. >>> the presidential run off will take place on decembe december 21st, al sebsi won the most

asking him who the head of the free syrian army was. that's the so-called moderate force that they were supposed to vet train and arm. he didn't know the name of the free syrian army. they are being assassinated by isis. and they are approaching any moderate syrians on the ground are being told to join isis or be slaughtered. so, it's going to be very difficult to find these moderates and one of the problems is that as all these months go by, with no training beginning, they also had to negotiate with turkey and saudi arabia to train on their territory. and that's going slowly in turkey. but, as this time goes by, isis is simply slaughtering those that he we would want to work with. >> jennifer, thank you. and our political panel is back. "the washington times" cheryl chummily, the "the washington post" jackie kucinich and washington examiner chief political correspondent byron york. cheryl, first to you, when the president gave a speech, september 10th. he said he wanted to do these things. to help with the moderate syrian to fight ass

the syrian government says it is open to preliminary consultations in moscow. russia is planning to host the talks between the assad government and the opposition in late january but not sure who is going to take part. kimberly halkett is reporting. >> syrian government and its opposition will have peace talks but i can tell you this will be looked at with some skepticism in washington considering it's counter to u.s. policy. president obama has long maintained that president bashar al-assad the syrian president must go, he must step aside for the sake of the syrian people, that is his exact statement yet we see this discussion of peace talks. so there is this concern and this view in washington that as long as bashar al-assad remains in power that syria remains divided. there are also concerns about the objectivity of the russia to host these talks. there has been a very strong historical tie in terms of tradings as well as support for the syrian president by the russian government. as far back as 2011 there was an effort by the international community to cond

then there are the 130,000 syrian refugees in our little town alone.t's as many as the entire european union has taken in. >> 150 kilometers to the east lies the syrian kurdish border city of kobane. it's been under siege by i.s. militias for weeks. the kurds say not only is turkey turning a blind eye when goods reach the terrorists, they're also able to get additional weapons and fighters. a kurdish-affiliated television station managed to shoot footage of a group of armed men crossing the border without being stopped. shortly afterwards, they were shot and killed, presumably by kurdish units. to prevent more fighters from illegally crossing the border, kurdish volunteers have secured the area near kobane. for weeks, hundreds of self-appointed guards have been holed up in border villages. they go out on patrols each night, according to these kurds from istanbul. >> when we catch someone crossing the border, we hand them over to the authorities. but the police here are not to be trusted. >> they try everything to drive us out. but i.s. is able to organ

cunning around the word taking in more than 100,000 syrian refugees. she has been accused of motting to kill him. the success in the fight against a global killer, how millions have been prevented. >> hello, the u.s. senate has condemned the techniques used by the c.i.a. after the nerve attacks. it has reveal add report wrapping up five years of investigation into the tactics. it details the use of sleep deprivation, sexual humiliation, and simulating drowning. senator investigators say the program was far more brutal than the c.i.a. ever admitted and at least 26 people were wrongfully held many secret prisons. s that techniques were ineffective and they never produced information that led to foiling eminent terror threats. she spoke at length about how the government was mislead about the abuse detainees were off subject to harsh and brutal interrogation. and treatment because c.i.a. analysts believed often in error, that they knew more information than what they had provided. sometimes managers and interfay tors in the field were uncomfortable with w

. >> the syrian government said it was willing to study the proposal. but for now it remains just that. they need to know that stopping the war in aleppo will not amount to a surrender. >> jordan has stopped providing free healthcare services to syrian refugees because it says it can't afford it any more. this means syrians with chronic diseases could be cut off from life-saving treatments. >> people with kidney failure could die if they don't under go analysis. last month the jordanian government suspended all free health services at state run hospitals because it could no longer afford the hefty medical bill. private donors scrambled to provide enough money to provide treatment. unless donationings come through by december 24th piec people will be cut off from their critical treatment. they're calling on the international community to save their lives. >> i left syria because i need dialysis regularly. i wouldn't have left otherwise. i can't forward to pay $84 a session three times a week. now i only get two session as week and my health has deteriora

i felt that the tragedy of syrian people, written by the syrians themself, filmed by the syrians themselfinary film. >> simon: in this video taken inside an interrogation room, a teenage boy is seen cowering in a corner, then forced to kiss the foot of his torturer, then badly beaten. but who could have gotten into an interrogation room with a camera? ossama says that the soldiers filmed these scenes themselves, then put them on the internet as a warning-- stop protesting or else! >> mohammed: when you are beating a young boy, you are telling everybody that if you want freedom, if you will demonstrate, you will be in his place in the next sequence. >> simon: one day, as he was putting all this together, he received a message on facebook. it was from a young kurdish woman named simav, who was suffering through the siege of homs. she had a video camera and wanted to use it. she asked ossama, "if you were in my position, what would you film?" "everything," he wrote back. did you feel that you were his eyes? >> simav ( translated ): i was also his heart, his hands, and his soul. not only for

it's harder now for syrians to enter -- lebanon.w weeks ago 15,000 people used to cross back and forth every day. the number has dropped significantly. the government has imposed stricter conditions because it can no longer cope. it says only those who have a humanitarian reason or those escaping fighting can enter. >> at the time what we were hearing was abtry -- arbitrary policies, and letting those who were just coming for the weekend. >> reporter: it's hard to confirm this when we are denied access to the humanitarian office. privately the syrians tell you about the difficulties. this family wanted to go to syria for a visit. but if they did, the lebanese authorities told them they would never be able to go back. officials say a person that goes back and forth won't be considered a displaced person. >> translator: lebanon is under a lot of pressure. we can't absorb more people. it has been four years now for example men in their 20s are now allowed in, because of the security problems. >> reporter: the refugees don't just pose a

ambassador, as you know, the syrian city of aleppo is the last major city, the last refuge of the syrian middle class, it's under the partial control of the moderate syrian opposition as it's pushed by isis. this is an absolutely critical city for the opposition, for both symbolic and strategic reasons. it is through this city that most foreign humanitarian and military assistance to the people of northern syria and the moderate opposition flows. yet over the past year, as the moderate opposition has struggled to maintain its defense of this city, as better resourced fighters from isis, as, you know, as many as 40 air strikes a day from the assad regime hit them, they have had to contend with assad's use of hezbollah fighters against them. and so you see a situation where it's sit has gradually captured more parts of city as have those who want to extinguish this last representation of the syrian middle class efforts to hold on. and they're encircled. and they're defending it from within. and most observers agree that if aleppo follows out of moderate control, it will have catastrophic c

the syrian government is being accused of using chlorine gas against fighters from i.s.i.l. now syrian observatory for human rights says government forces used the gas to fight off an assault on the der azir air base. kim vanel has the report. >> the aftermath of victory, fighters said to be part of the islamic state of iraq and the levant, a roll call of the dead, sung in french, for multiple nationalities. the regime is still in control at least here. the air base is crucial for both sides. is one of the only parts of the province still in regime hands. i.s.i.l. is keen to show it's still in control here and just hours before the air base attack released this footage. the bodies of syrian soldiers put on display. >> translator: today after islamic state made an advance to this area, we only lost two martyrs, only two and we are thank tofful to god. >> dar ajar, is the strategy proafns, oprovince, regime forcs responded with air raids. but i.s.i.l. continued its advance and by saturday morning, fighters had reached the gates of darazor air base. i.s.i.l.'s takeover has forc

elsewhere isil is taking on syrian government forces for control of an airport. we explain the strategic importance. >> reporter: the airport is one of the last remaining regime strongholds in the east of syria. the forces of president bashar al assad held onto the airport and parts of provincial capital while isil consolidates it's hold on the rest of the province. there are oil fields around the airport. winning control of the airport gi gives isil control of the oil. isil has made previous attempts, but the fighters have been beaten by syrian forces and the pr pro-assad channel plays this shows they're in control around the airport. in kobani kurdish fighters say they have pushed isil out of much of the southern part of the town. they also have cut an isil supply line. three months of air strikes, car bombs and fighting have reduced much of kobani to rubble. isil fighters still control the eastern side of kobani, and they have a supply route open there. the group, though, has faced its stiffest resistance from the town having pushed easily through other parts

we just know these details from the syrian army.ow, we know that in the past, syria has accused israel many times of carrying out airstrikes across syria. we are talking about two in 2014, one now, another one six months ago and four in 2013. every time, it's ever bevery di to confirm from the israeli side these attacks have happened. every time, they have refrained from commenting. there was one exception in may, 2013, when we understand there was an airstrike carried out in an area close to damascus, which apparently according to western and israeli officials who commented days after this attack that it targeted a weapons shipment, iranian missiles that were reportedly bound for hezbollah in lebanon. we don't understand the nature of the targets that were struck. it is not likely that we'll get a confirmation from the israeli army because it obviously would not want to say it's carrying outed airstrikes in syria. >> would lead to violence between syria and more attacks. syria has, in the past, said that it reserves it's right to r

we cannot leave the syrian people without support. >> it is getting colder, and some syrians are facing their fourth winter away from home. we report how aid agencies are forced to make difficult choices about who gets help. >> the camps are getting bigger. the number of syrians displaced by the civil war is only increasing. 150,000 people now live in rebel-controlled areas along the turkish border. in one area 30,000 people struggle to survive, and for many here this will be their four winter away from home. they appeal for help, it's getting colder, and the rain causes flooding. they don't even have a decent place to stay. >> we need a proper tent. you can see for ourselves how we're living. no one sees our suffering. >> there are a few charity organizations that help these people, but it's not enough. the united nations has long been concerned about its ability to make people's urgent need for the winter. the organization said it does not have enough money to help knows who have been displaced. >> it's also bad in the kitchen. children need to walk two kilometers carrying pales, eve

uruguay took in refugees from the syrian conflict. they have been provided with housing, schooling and job opportunities. they were warmly welcomed by the uruguayan people a couple of months ago. it's not quite so simple with the detainees. there's far from universal acceptance, initial plans to accept them earlier in the year were shelved because uruguay was in the midst of an election campaign. the president said he would speak on the issue as soon as the campaign was over. voters voted last week. a new president takes over in march. in the meantime, he is keen to accept this first batch of prisoners, six syrians, a palestinian and a tunisian will be given the same deal as the syrian refugees - housing, jobs and education, learning spanish and that kind of thing. it's by no means cut and tried. dried. still opposition to their arrival. >> joining us is an al jazeera national security contributors joining us. we appreciate your time. why the heck did they accept the men. they have not been charged and have been cleared for release fo

the syrian conflict is a political conflict. we are doing a humanitarian solution in absence of a political solution and that's why the humanitarian solution must be supported by the international community until the syrian problem is resolved. >> ifill: is there a connection to be made between food an security and political stability in syria and beyond? >> right now, people have no choice. the people of whom we are feeding are totally dependent on the world food program to feed them simply because they have no job opportunity, their livelihoods have been destroyed, they're either displaced within their own countries or refugees living in camps or in makeshift shelters or informal settlements in neighboring countries. they have no access to the labor market. their lives have been destroyed, and until that situation is rectified somehow, the humanitarian operations must remain to support the syrian people. >> ifill: muhannad hadi, the regional emergency coordinator for the world food program in syria, thank you so much. >> thank

they have come together to fight syrian regime forces.idents have formed many groups since the start of the conflict in 20 with 11. it some to confront syrian regime forces others for fight the expansion of isil. first the operations room which included in it -- in its ranks several armed groups including the at nusra front. in july another group was formed with the participation of five other rebel groups. following an initiative by the u.n. envoy for syria. 14 factions met in november under the name aleppo's revolutionaries council. no agreement was reached. and today, five the largest opposition groupings and their factions have united under one group. human rights watch has accused the syrian government of targeting is srel understand in homs. they say almost 100,000 people are trafficked inside the neighborhood. the last area in the city still held by rebels. zeina reports. >> reporter: government sniper surround this area. moving in and out is severely restricted. according to human rights watch, residents are harassed and detained.

it's harder now for syrians to enter lebanon.is the main border check point between the two countries. just a few weeks ago 15,000 people used to cross back and forth evidence. the government in lebanon has imposed stricter conditions because it can no longer cope. it says only those who have a humanitarian reason or those escaping fighting can enter. but there doesn't seem to be a clear pollty. >> we're hearing arbitrary policies think the security agency in charge of the borders. and ironically letting those who looked like they were just coming for the weekend. >> reporter: it is hard to independently confirm this because we were denied access to the office. the syrians tell you about the difficulties in what they call discriminatory treatment. officials say a person who goes back and forth won't be considered a displaced person. a local official justified these measures particularly after some syrians were involved in attacks and bombings in lebanon. >> lebanon is under a lot of pressure. we can't absorb more people. it has b

he is a syrian refugee who has a blood disorder, and suffers accuse pain in his bones.ter suffers from the came season, and she needs blood transfusions too. it's a strain for the family because their medication costs more than $150 a month. and now the government in jordan has stopped offering free medical care. >> translator: i am expecting him to die any moment. he him wishes to die soon after the severe pain he is in. >> reporter: the jordanian government has spent more than $30 million on medical aid for syrians. but that has ended now. and that means dialysis patients get one transfusion instead of the three or four they need. doctors without borders like others, is trying to accommodate the number of raising patients. >> we are stretched and we are adjusting day by day, because we have found that week by week it is increasing. >> reporter: the government has asked for more help from the international community to help with the syrians. but the slashing of medical care is having an immediate effect. refugees say they left syria to save the lives of their loved one

the syrian observatory from human rights a u.k.ctivist group says government forces used the gas to fight off an isil assault on the air base. now at least 68 fighters were reportedly killed. kim vinnell has the details. >> reporter: this the syrian regime says is the aftermath of victory. alongside the bodies of fighters said to be from the islamic state of iraq and the levant a roll called of the dead written in french listing multiple nationalities. syrian state television says this is proof after an attack at the air base the regime is still in control, at least here. the air base is crucial for both sides, it's one of the only parts of the province still in regime hands. isil is keen to show it's still in control here, and just hours before the air base attack, released this footage. the bodies of syrian soldiers put on display. >> translator: today after islamic state made advance in to these areas we came here, we only lost two martyrs, only two. and we are thankful to good. >> reporter: the link two isil strong holds, fallu

clashing broke out and heavy shelling followed on the old neighbor of the city. >>> a syrian and iran foreign ministers have condemned the israeli airstrikes, calling them acts of aggression. iran's key ally with the syrian government. >> as we have said, these effect morale of terrorist groups who have undergone serious blows. >> the united nations have launched an appeal to deal with the humanitarian crisis. the humanitarian crisis chief spoke, and at the list of priorities of syrian refugees. >> over the course of this year the number involved in the conflict has risen sharply. we estimated there were 102 people around the world who were in need of assistance, also we targeted the most vulnerable, 7. 76million of them. the numbers went up from the beginning of the year when we were going to help 52 million to 76 million by the end of the year. and as a result of this, we revised our appeal upwards asking for $17.9 billion to help people in 31 countries. syria, south sudan, iraq and the natural african republic will remain the top priorities for humanitarian actions next year. these

they saw fit to take and 20,000 syrians in 20 13. the u.n. has also called on other european nations to shoulder their share of the burden. >> there are two european countries that have, indeed represented the most clear demonstration of solidarity with the syrian refugees, sweden and germany. it is purposely normal that both sweden and germany ask other european countries to express the same solidarity to the syrian refugees. >> the u.n. ultimately aims to resettle 10% of syrian refugees and wealthy western nations. that means the current recommendations on offer. it is a drop in the ocean in helping resolve this major humanitarian crisis. >> france's last hostage held overseas has returned home after spending three years in captivity. >> crowds cheered as he returned. francois hollande, the french president, was the first person to welcome him home. he was abducted from a hotel in mali in 2011. the terms of his release are still unknown. we are about to take a short break, but when we come back, some of the biggest names in tech are dragged

camps are full. >> about 3/4 or more of the syrian refugees are not in the camps at all. they are living in host communities and maybe they have friends and family helping to take care of them, but many have to rent hotels or apartments and if you don't have money for them, you can go to a public park or live in an abandoned building. >> they distribute boxes of food, blankets and other supplies to the refugees. this man and his wife and their small daughters live in one room of a house where five other families have rented rooms. they came a year and a half ago. >> he said you don't know when they will come to your house and kill and you your family. that's a problem for me. i came from there to here. >> many can't find work and the demand for housing that has driven up rent prices and small spaces that are ill-prepared for winter. they have the five children that live in this drafty shed that floods every time it rains. her husband can't find a job. she said they don't want to go back to syria when it's over. hussein and his family same last year after his home and busi

also ahead - the syrian government is accused of using chlorine gas against i.s.i.l. fighters in the eastern city. hundreds of thousands seek shelter as typhoon hagupit battles the philippines. an old museum celebrates its 250th birthday. >>> first to iraq where there has been more air strikes, suicide attacks and misery for thousands of desperate people. there are signs that the war is turning against i.s.i.l. french fighter jets bombed the i.s.i.l.-held town. several air strikes killed 50 i.s.i.l. fighters. kurdish peshawar forces are ready to launch a ground offensive. while iraqi and kurdish forces need help to save thousands of yazidi trapped in the sinjar mountains. they've been there for months, but winter is set engine and the situation is more desperate. sue turton has the exclusive report. >> reporter: they are cold and hungry, but desperate to get off the mountain. the yazidi families fled the fighting, and are living in tends up the mountain, with dwindling food and fuel supplies, the battle getting closer. there's so much help this airlift can bring. for

until that happens, we cannot discuss it with other brigades. >> the syrian government did say it wasilling to study the proposal but for now, the initiative remains just that. he needs to screeconvince the reynolds stopping the war won't amount to a surrender. beirut. >> muslims in iraq and iran are dmem rating the prophet mohammed's grandson. thousands marched at the end of the 40-day period at a timen the he was killed in the 7th century. coming up on ""al jazeera america"" we head to peru after a rich clash with poor over slowing climate change. speaking of an uphill battle, pour ambulance services are forcing locals to get ce avian to ensure to get adequate healthcare. the millions march here in new york city as thousands make their way to down downtown new they are demanding a change in the way law enforcement interacts with the black community. >> an intimate look at middle class families. >> i panicked because, how we gonna pay that? >> the issues we face. >> there's no way to pay for it. >> fighting to survive. >> she's like my role model... as in perseverance. >> building a

what are they doing for syrian r refugees.in hasn't have relatively generous in terms of giving money, but not very generous of admitting people, say they we give a lot money to the neighbors countries, and that's a more efficient way rather than repatriating single families. but they are saying that is all very well, but the rest of the world needs to accept that there is a significant proportion of syrian refugees who will never be able to go home and are no longer safe in the region. people who are victims of torture, single women with children who may not be able to go home socially -- for social reasons, and in the long term, other parts of the world need to find these people homes. >>> the u.s. defense secretary has arrived in iraq for talks on the fight against isil. there are over 3,000 u.s. soldiers in iraq training iraqi forces. >>> iraq's defense minister meanwhile has praised senior military commanders for liberating the city of beiji from isil fighters. jane reports from the capitol, bagdad. [ explosion ] >> repor

therefore it will use this as a pretext to put the blame on the syrian opposition as opposed to the syrian government for why the conflict will grind on. there is a solution, which is to hold talks on impartial grounds and the talks should involve people within syria, the opposition within syria as well as the opposition abroad and these talks should go back to the principles of geneva one that call for the transfer imagination of a transitional government. that means bashar al-assad himself should go as a result of this process. so far we're not seeing any positive indications that this will happen any time soon. however, i think external stake holders in the conflict are close to recognizing that this is the only way forward, and i think rush is simply buying time by trying to derail this process with its new moscow proposal. >> meanwhile, intense fighting continues as the syrian government keeps up its airstrikes in the northern province of aleppo. the attacks killed 39 people in the last three days. they're targeting areas controlled by isil fighters in the city of al-bab. helicopters