army is victorious in there is a what would that mean for the syrian war as a whole. i think. they had absorbed first of all is a second biggest province. in syria so geographically speaking it would be huge. especially now after the syrian army has made so many victories elsewhere in the country but i think that you have to when we talk about zia daters order we have to think about what's beyond syria as well regionally because there is an important linkage area you know a land area linking iraq to syria and i think that when we talk about this what comes to mind is what israeli is in saudi like to say is the shia are christian or the land bridge linking to hold on to beirut because daters ruled it would be decisive in that land bridge so i think that the more and more likely the syrian army will achieve victory and they resort to more and more likely you might see israel and saudi arabia two of america's main allies in the region trying to obstruct or prevent such a scenario from being fulfilled that perhaps maybe maybe by pushing the trumpet illustration into more

syrian democratic forces, one of the anti-syrian rebel groups in syria. the russians say the plane was abiding groundcover and that the u.s. violated sovereignty and it constituted military aggression against the syrian government. article 51 does allow or collective self-defense of aids, but not necessarily non-state armed groups. just to be clear, the u.s. has not claimed that the sds is a defacto organ of the united states. my colleague has suggested a novel legal approach here which says that the u.s. could use necessary and proportionate force to defend member states of the coalition and coalition nonstate armed groups against isis if defeating isis was its sole mission. that is a very narrow exception. and the law there is no right to non-collective self-defense for regime change or other political goals. what makes it complicated is secretary tillerson and ambassador haley have indicated that the syrian regime change remains a u.s. strategic objective. here the fact that there could be mixed motives for both fighting isis, a strategic objective of

the syrian conflict -- syrian crisis going on more than six years is much more complicated to look at it from one perspective or one angle, which one, but serious killings have been the headline of any community, majority or minority. so, how i can justify -- for example, the sunnis, that you theing them was to preserve christian community? the argument for them will be so unfair. you are exactly right and i think you are misunderstanding my comments. my comments were toward neoconservatives and the neoliberals and in washington that things anybody is better than assad, that assad is the problem. it is to them i was directing my comments. you are right, you cannot go to the sunni community and they that the deaths in their community are less important than other communities geared same in the kurdish community. i do not think that any deaths are less important, it is just that my comments were geared toward capitol hill, more than anything else. i am from "rt america news." regarding the mixed motives that were mentioned that compromise the legal basis for u.s. yourventionism in syria

the syrian democratic forces which is one of the anti-syrian rebel groups based in syria.now, russia, however, says the plane was providing air cover for syrian ground forces who were fighting isis. so u.s. action here violated syria's psalmody and international law and thus constituted military aggression against the syrian government. as i mentioned a few minutes ago article 501 does allow for collective self-defense of states but not necessarily nonstate armed groups like the syrian defense forces. and just to be clear, the u.s. has not claimed that the sdf is a de facto organization that the u.s. is providing some support to the sdf but is not claiming it is de facto organ of the us under his direction and control. now, my colleague has suggested perhaps a novel legal approach year which says that the u.s. could use necessary and proportionate force to defend the member states of the coalition, and the coalition nonstate armed groups against isis is defeating isis was sole mission. that's a very narrow exception here. and, of course, in the law there is no right to col

claims that it acted in self-defense of coalition forces because the syrian plane was bombing the syriandemocratic forces which is one of the anti- syrian rebel groups based in syria. russia however says the plane was providing air cover for syrian ground forces who were fighting isis. the u.s. action here violated international law and has constituted military aggression against the syrian government. so then just a few minutes ago. article 51 does allow for attempt of state but not necessarily non- estate armed group. the u.s. has not claimed that it is a de facto organ of the united states and that they are providing de facto organ under its direction and control. my colleague has suggested, as perhaps a novel legal approach that says the u.s. could use necessary and proportionate force to descendent member states of the coalition and the coalition of nonstate armed groups against isis if this defeating isis was its sole mission. that's a very narrow exception. of course, in the law there is no right to collective self-defense of nonstate armed groups for regime change or other politi

and fan page due to the syrian government having liberated not only the syrian army unit over here stationed over there but also these this large chunk of civilians there's also the fact that there is or is the city within its vicinity. is the main producer of oil and gas in syria. specifically oil that's where the bulk of the oil industry is situated and if the syrian state would be able to restore and operate those on would feel only feeds usual feeds the biggest and cereal in this would also be used konami could be used to. state so by all means this you know the direct effects are quite huge there are others in direct effects there has been some some sort of talk about separating the the syrian east from the rest of the country. in order to. try to prop up this sort of sunni ideology racin identity. that's how these release going to be tallied the americans have been talking about it so this is syrian state securing the city of the arizona is a is a huge dent. in the coffin of that project in a sense to be and it dramatic so on all accounts this is a huge or this would be a huge achievem

to the syrian forces in a special joint operation with russian troops taken three villages. further later in the hour. from moscow to the world is r t international my name is you know me welcome to the program our top story this hour tensions between rival pro free speech rallies boiled over in the u.s. city off seattle after police moved in with pepper spray and stun grenades to disperse protesters. i look conservative rally was organized by a pro trump group called patriot prayer a supporter of free speech was confronted by country protesters who were shouting insults before riot police blocked a group of demonstrators attempted to force their weight. through the barricades some of them through fireworks on three people have been arrested. well the scuffles in seattle come just a day after a street brawls out a white nationalist rally in virginia turned deadly when a car rammed a crowd of kuntar protesters in the latest development a twitter campaign is now underway to try and find out who took part in the unite the right rally with one person already losing his job for a

and here you have a multifaith group of doctors greeting syrians, and syrians are not taught good thingst israelis. >> well, they think that we are their enemies, and we're not. we are their neighbors. and, hopefully, the work that iris was fortunate to do will help them understand that we are not their enemies and we can live together in the future. >> and certainly you're proving that. >> i have to say that we are an apolitical ngo, and it's important for us because, as andy mentioned, we are working in 19 countries around the world in israaid. and for us, working together, jews and arabs, was a very -- first of all, it's very normal for us because we are used to doing it in israel, but also being there on the beaches created such a great connection with these people. and i have to say that some of them were surprised at the beginning. we are working with the flag of israel on our shirt. they were surprised, but they were so happy and thankful, and we received such warm reactions and hugs, and we are still in touch with many of them till today, with families that we helped. so, for me,

from desperation to liberation hope for syrian. army works to repel the islamic state from the city r.t. house exclusive video also ahead this hour washington's mixed messages over the korean crisis confused. in the region. america's envoy. saying it mustn't become too big to fail. coming from moscow twenty four hours a day this is r.t. international my names you know neil welcome to the program this hour's top story after three years of being isolated from the outside world there is hope for syrians in terrorism where the army is battling to retake it from islamic state an r t has filmed the exclusive video from inside the besieged city. so. i'm going to. ask you to listen again a little i will look i did speak. with. one of them and i. their conditions inside the city are dire after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food or scars on the un humanitarian agency is concerned that vital medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get emergency supplies to civilians is through or drops picking

air strips one located in the syrian border or rather across from the syrian border in. jordan and one on the syrian border in syria according to the daily beast that bases quote could support drones helicopters and special operations airplanes just a few weeks later turkish state media leaks the locations of ten secret u.s. bases in northern syria and move seen as retaliation for u.s. support of the kurds which turkey opposes these are comments from the s.d.s. to just even if the united states failed in its initial goal of ousting syrian president bashar al assad it has been successful in and trenching its military and influence in the country for decades to come in washington on your part until r.t. to continue this conversation i was joined by author and investigative journalist max blumenthal i first asked him why the u.s. will remain in northern syria long after the job is have been defeated. it's kind of ironic that the u.s. has managed to benefit or maybe it's not ironic maybe this was the intended goal but the u.s. is clearly benefited from a long standing projec

the syrian army forces are determined to break the seizure -- the siege. there was a russian general give a briefing a couple of weeks ago talking about the operation. they are 140 kilometers away. they have some ways to go. i think it is a decent assumption that over time they will probably succeed in that mission, but how much further they go from there will remain to be seen, and web will be in fairly detailed discussions with the russians on that. >> thank you. after isis is defeated, do you think that kurdistan will be the u.s. strategic ally? brett: so, our strategic ally, our friends in iraq, we support the government of iraq, we support a unified federal iraq that is strong and prosperous , and is at peace with itself and with its neighbors. so obviously we have the relations's in the car to stand kurdistan in the region. that is something we have had for decades, and something that we will continue. we will also continue working through the government of iraq within the iraqi constitutional system to support a unified in -- and federal iraq. >> co

syrian army and russian air force and allies. with which are all of just from the other side of the clamps you have always you have you have the. kurdish american operators you have the cia operate the. armed groups that. the founded by president some ten days ago. and the only legit. other side of the. iraqi army in this battle so it depends you know in fact about those where you have different fronts of one battle a defense of the. game that will be played between i believe in the stand between. the russians and the americans so one this happens nobody knows but i know that there is a decision to take the resort whether that is an understanding about it or let it be an open battle and inside there is or there are some syrian army forces they've been holed up there for. something close to three years now how have they managed to defy the terrorists how they survived for so long. this is my idea the culture of righteousness and the culture of presence of the syrian army. and have it in there as well and the people of the resort.

the syrian army backed by russian forces destroyed one of the most active islamic state groups in syria eight hundred militants were killed in the operation in the euphrates valley a large amount of heavy machine guns were destroyed along with tanks and artillery weapons that information's come to us from the russian defense ministry. it was all part of a wider strategy to break our blockade of the key city of dear resort the bottle itself actually took place near this village here to the north west of the resort is one of the terrorist last stronghold in the country the syrian army is advancing on multiple fronts to lift a three year long siege that is our middle east correspondent. it is very significant basically the taking of to you is all would point to the strategic defeat of islamic state in syria at this point on the ground they were major groups belonging to islamic states that are messing around the city so if the message there impartially is they are not going to give up without a fight it follows weeks of fighting between the syrian army that is being assisted by the russian

syrian planes should britain stop flying over syrian airspace like australia has decided i fear it being. i mean what the australians have stopped because the risk of australian plane being shot down and i can understand that i think right now over there we've got to be more robust with the americans but what invading another country's airspace with crucial is that we deal with particularly sad. control people which we were doing before to make the conflict that has got to be done and i think the shooting down of a syrian plane i personally think it's not a very clever thing to have done at all the syrian air defense system is still pretty well there they have triple digits that's very very capable surface to air missiles and i think it's a very we're in a very dangerous position and we need to look at this very closely but there's no doubt that the military attrition of. this is making them lose ground so they can no longer claim they have a caliphate it isn't. most and and and the there is no doubt that without the element the mixture of forces on the ground could not actually achieve

here it would be a major significant achievement by the syrian army because essentially islamic state finds his would be cut off from any kind of other military forces and also from major financial resources and sources for them and so it would signal the final chapter of islamic state in syria. the number of deaths from the twin terror attacks in spain ten days ago has now risen to sixteen a fifty one year old german woman who was injured in slugs from blast in barcelona since died of her injuries in hospital on saturday evening half a million people attended a march of defiance through the city with a message we are not afraid crowds out the anti terror rally we're joined by king felipe but the major focus of the past week has been the town of republic where the terrorist cell was believed to have been radicalized peter all of a troubled her and talk to people who knew the suspect. radicalizing force they were radicalized by a moroccan born police now believe the ripple was at the center of the plot. the small spanish town took the way in the foothills of the pyrenees is hardly what

here it would be a major significant achievement by the syrian army because essentially islamic state finds his would be cut off from any kind of other military forces and also from major financial resources and sources for them and so it would signal the final chapter of islamic state in syria. emerged in the past few hours that the number of deaths from the twin terror attack in spain ten days ago has risen to sixteen a german woman injured in law from a bus in barcelona has since died in hospital on saturday evening half a million people marched through that city following the tragedy but the message we are not afraid crowds of the anti terror rally we're joined by king felipe but the major focus of the past week has been the town of ripple where the terrorist cell was believed to have been radicalized peter all of a traveled there and talked to people who knew the suspect. radicalizing force they were radicalized by a moroccan born police now believe that ripple was at the center of the plot. this small spanish town took the way in the foothills of the pyrenees is hardly what you

had logan the syrian army back by russian forces destroyed one of the most activist law mixtape groups in syria eight hundred militants were killed in the operation the euphrates valley a large amount of heavy machine guns were destroyed along with tanks and artillery weapons that is according to information from the russian defense ministry well it's part of a wider strategy to break ice hills blockade of the key city of dairies or the battle took place near this village it's around ninety kilometers from doris or one of the terrorists' last stronghold in the country now the syrian army is advancing on multiple fronts to lift a three year long siege there with more on that here's paula sleeper middle east correspondent. it is very significant basically the taking of the year as a whole would point to the strategic defeat of islamic state in syria it follows weeks of fighting between the syrian army that is being assisted by the russian air force and islamic state and in the past few weeks we have witnessed and number of breakthroughs that the syrian army is making against the terroris

the syrian army is clearing the eastern tone of. i still terrorists it was captured by government troops at the weekend the news being regarded as one of the most significant victories in recent months we spoke to the syrian army's information chief to get more details. you know it's been circling in the suburbs mirror or advance in the last missile stronghold that makes. us feel terrorist as usual leaving behind land mines and unexploded shell making it difficult for the syrian army to me who are troops a menace from the city in tracking every move the ice and snipers in fights the syrian military is quite lost in the city and soon as your permission to wipe out the militants is going. to. leave video news agencies field exclusive video from inside. is the last islamic state stronghold in holmes province the retaken towns about fifty kilometers give you an idea of where this is from the border with the result which is still mostly though and i still control loop or trying to explain the. syrian war geography the south east is where

our islamic state suffers a major blow is the syrian army one of the terrorists' largest and most active groups in syria will have the details. from islamic state. is that. what the people. have gone through and there was no other to see nothing to almost. three here in moscow. where we bring you the biggest stories of the past seven days and also if you have today developments to update you on as well first off a story we've given a lot of coverage to in the past week or so five children from southern russia who were stranded in iraq have been reunited with their families it's believed the youngsters were taken to iraq by their parents who were killed while fighting for myself the film the children in a baghdad orphanage where they were taken after the liberation of mosul we've also been helping to find their other relatives in russia among the five children are two sisters. and what they went through is heartbreaking. i know mom or dad each. one of them i could i said i've heard her. third say. i feel. that goddamn thing. of a son and i have to travel to dagestan to see how the two lit

syrian army is clearly nice in tone of. terrorists that was captured by government troops in the weekend and is now being regarded in fact it's one of the most significant victories in recent months we spoke to the syrian army's information chief for more details. military units of encircled in the suburbs mira in advance in the last stronghold they may still be snipers there are still terrorists as usual leaving behind land mines and unexploded shell rounds making it difficult for the syrian army to move food troops monitoring the city and tracking every movement the ice and snipers in fights the syrian military is quite true to last i saw the terrorists from the city as soon as your permission to wipe out the militants is over the syrian armed forces will officially declare the liberation of the city artie's ruptly video news agencies filmed exclusive video from inside that. is the last islamic state stronghold in homs province right now it's about fifty kilometers from the border with the province which is still mostly u

time for the break in the syrian army is clearing the eastern town of. terrorists it was captured by government troops at the weekend is being regarded by some as one of the most significant victories in recent months in fact it is a big move we spoke to the syrian army's information chief to get more details. military units of encircled in the suburbs mirror or advance in the last missile stronghold that makes. us all terrorists as usual leaving behind land mines and unexploded shell making it difficult for the syrian army troops to minister in the city and tracking every move the ice and snipers in fights the syrian military is quite lost in the city as soon as your permission to the militants is going to. be declared the liberation of the city. you see filled exclusive video from inside . there is the last islamic state stronghold in homs province it was retaken of about fifty kilometers from the border with. that though is still mostly and i still control still trying to go. syrian war geography the south east is where the color coded key is least co

welcome back with aussie now the syrian army is clearing the eastern town of. terrorists it was captured by government troops at the weekend and this being regarded as one of their most significant victories in recent months we spoke to the syrian army's information chick. military units of encircled in the suburbs palmira in advance in the last stronghold they may still be snipers there are still terrorists as usual leaving behind land mines and unexploded shell rounds making it difficult for the syrian army to move food troops monitoring the city and tracking every move of the ice and snipers in fights the syrian military is quite true to last i saw terrorist from the city as soon as your permission to wipe out the militants is over the syrian armed forces were declared the liberation the city. video news agency has filmed exclusive video from inside the town is the last islamic state stronghold in holmes province the retaken town is about fifty kilometers from the border that is a war province which is still mostly under control explains the importance of sy

i saw a terrorist from the city as soon as your permission to wipe out the militants is over the syrian armed forces were officially declared the liberation of the city are video news agency has filmed exclusive video from inside the time. of the last this law makes that stronghold in homs province the retaken time is about fifty kilometers from the border with terrorism or province which is still mostly under control explaining the significance here. syrian war geography the south east is where the color coded key is least complicated government controlled red vs eisel held the black divided by won't a long desert front line and it's just shifted to the right of a town called no. there is plenty to soul break for these protests troops and their commanders saving. edges them closer to their ultimate goal in this part of syria dare as zoar where one to two hundred thousand people are completely surrounded by islamic state and a few more months the siege will have been ongoing for three years in strategic terms is the last stop on the way to dare as four provinces taking control of this p

government has no right to fly its own planes into syrian airspace without the permission of the syrian government. and we should mention as well part of the secret war that's been waged on syria which you've described is also ground forces i mean there are u.s. military personnel training militias on the ground we know the cia ran what they've admitted now is that one billion dollar program to train and equip syrian rebels so this is a very large secret war almost norman as you say why won't the media ever talk about it or at least point out what the u.s. has done to create a situation that will in terms of u.s. media in general the mass media describe it in a fairly favorable way it's the modern equivalent of thirty years ago forty years. to go in search will america we heard the line that there were freedom fighters they were supposed to be in existence in nicaragua the cia contras then in afghanistan their freedom fighters to kick out the soviet troops in the one nine hundred eighty s. and i think what needs to be adhered to and pushed for is a single standard of human rights we don

can get all of the syrian army the syrian government on the whole of which is very very strategic city they would like to clear out i sold out of. all the interest organization from the me your city of syria they manage actually to recapture a little managed to recapture most of actually the. damascus decides to now we are told. this is sort of it is extremely important. to six the first one is that means the syrian army will capture the old fields that counts that syrian economy is this game to be on it's the second it is actually it will be a springboard to. russia will do all it can to bring peace and stability to libya which has been engulfed by civil war for years you know it's been came as the chief of the libyan national army which is opposed to libya's internationally recognized government visited russia's foreign minister in moscow. it's a role this these brokers does not a month finding a recipe but enabling the creation of the best conditions for dialogue between key libyan figures to allow them to negotiate the future of their own country. the results of our negotiations is

today the syrian army is clearing the eastern town of of i still terrorists it was captured by government troops at the weekend and is being regarded as one of the most significant victories in recent months we spoke to the syrian army's information chief to get more details on military units of encircled in the suburbs palmira or advancing on the last i saw a stronghold they may still be snipers the arsenal terrorists as usual are leaving behind land mines and unexploded shell making it difficult for the syrian army to me for a lot of troops and monitoring the city and tracking every move of the ice and snipers in fights the syrian military is quite the last i saw a terrorist from the city as soon as the operation to wipe out the militants is over the syrian armed forces were officially declared the liberation of the city. auntie's video agency ripley has filmed exclusive video we decide that. is the last islamic state stronghold in holmes province three taken towns but fifty kilometers from the border with there is zero province which is still the most and controlled might begin to be c

here for at least the next fifteen minutes with me kevin zero in the stories to come include the syrian army making significant gains in homes will tell you and we'll hear what locals have been living through ninety seconds away. oh dear i've already got right back on it for that. with no make this manufactured to send to the public well. when the ruling classes project themselves. in the final. we can all middle of the room see. the real news. again so the syrian army is clearing the eastern ton of all of i still terrorist it was captured by government troops at the weekend and it's been regarded in fact as one of the most significant victories in recent months we spoke to the syrian army's information chief to get more details but was. a military units of encircled also not in the suburbs or advancing on the last i still stronghold that makes. us feel terrorists as usual leaving behind land mines and unexploded shell making your difficult for the syrian army to me throughout troops and monitoring the city and tracking every move the ice and snipers in fights the syrian military is. lo

and the syrian civil war told in fiction. first, president trump and congress may be out of town, but there is still plenty of politics to digest. here to discuss this monday, our regulars, amy walter of the "cook political report" and tamara keith of npr. >> woodruff: welcome to both of you. it is "politics monday." not only that, as we know, it is the 200th day of the donald trump presidency. tam, the president today tweeting up a storm while he's on vacation in new jersey about the senator from connecticut, senator blumenthal, when he ran for office later misleading about having served in vietnam. he was in the military but not in vietnam. the president today, not anywhere in u.s. history has anyone lied or defrauded voters like senator blumenthal, he told stories about how wraif brave he was and it was all a lie. he cried for forgiveness, now claims collusion. all because blumenthal said something about the russian investigation. how do we read this? >> this is a work vacation. part of working is tweeting at senator blume

point to the strategic defeat of islamic state in syria it follows weeks of fighting between the syrian army that is being assisted by the russian air force and islamic state and in the past few weeks we have witnessed and number of breakthroughs that the syrian army is making against the terrorist organization. when it was. in the. arab. world. now there is or is a city that islamic states has completely surrounded for the better part of three yos there's only a small part of the city that is in the hands of the syrian army and they're completely blockaded there's no way in there's no way out and that's the reality for also for residents of the city if you can just imagine that this is a city that is home to some one hundred thousand people and for the last three years this has been their reality they are going to go about their work there was. a lot of them feel no one would like to come out. first of course having to do you know much. for the journey the journey of the morning and here i mean if islamic state was able to be defeated here it would be a major significant achievement by

bank syrian democratic forces but the s.d.f. have denied that he was right here well what's true is that the as the earth has imposed restrictions on freedom of movement of of syrian civilians that fled and that is where that's for sure and that's something we are engaging b.s.d.'s and indeed the u.s. and others on. let's move on to the liberation of the iraqi city of mosul if we we may if now widely reported that this city is in ruins in your opinion how long will it take to rebuild this ancient city and allow civilians that to live something resembling a normal life. well the rebuilding is already happening and the most important force to rebuild the city is. the people themselves the people of mosul like the people of aleppo and many of these ancient cultural centers are extremely resourceful themselves however there needs to be a massive investment from from international and national sources to rebuild the infrastructure. large parts of mosul is to the ground. which is sewage systems water systems electricity system buildin

the syrian boy was arrested on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack in the german city of cologne and here in paris a fifteen year old boy was arrested on suspicion of planning an attack political analyst nicol america which sees islam ism can hide practically anywhere now adays . this shows us that we have prejudice some of whom these are radical islamists are are there not just people growing in the suburbs of our town in the doldrums outside of the posh city centers we can find them anywhere in europe in society today normally in small villages which would seem religious nobody would talk about it ripples very picturesque village and no catalonia and even there we have islamist bases i think that this shows how widespread this status movement or trend is in europe today it's much bigger than what people thought and it can be actually anywhere. the strongest to hit america in over a decade hurricane harvey has battered the southern state of texas causing severe damage and flooding it's left at least one person dead fourteen others injured after ripping through the city of rockport h

government forces the syrian army. but it has been fully encircled and full of besieged by. fighters for the past three years and it was from that area that launched attacks to take palmira and advance in the deserts of central syria it is considered one of the most important strongholds for arsenal throughout syria and iraq actually and maybe after all this is the second largest area and we're speaking here of all the parts of the city of the resort the docile controls after all it is the second most important stronghold for i so in the past under the control of the syrian government for the vast majority of the population lives the circumstances are extremely complicated extremely difficult three years of siege caused thousands of cases of malnutrition and people sick people with little access to medication and treatment and the humanitarian situation of these people is extremely extremely grief actually and dangerous and needs to be addressed quickly so when the army achieves its goal of reaching the did this issue

air strips one located in the syrian border or rather across from the syrian border in. jordan and one on the syrian border in syria according to the daily beast the bases quote could support drones helicopters and special operations airplanes just a few weeks later turkish state media leaked the locations of ten secret u.s. bases in northern syria a move seen as retaliation for u.s. support of the kurds which turkey opposes the comments from the s.d.s. suggest even if the united states failed in its initial goal of ousting syrian president bashar al assad it has been successful in trenching its military and influence in the country for decades to come in washington on your part until r.t. and this just in the catalonian police have confirmed four suspects have been killed in raids in campbell's the police say the raid was in connection to another impending attack the town is about one hundred twenty kilometers south of barcelona it is still unclear whether these incidents are related to the earlier car attacks and that is the news tonight follow me on twitter at the mil

the syrian army backed by russian forces has destroyed one of the most active islamic state groups in syria eight hundred militants were killed in the operation in the euphrates valley a large amount of heavy machine guns were destroyed along with tanks and artillery weapons as according to information we've got from the russian defense ministry this sunday as part of a wider strategy to break blockade of the key city of india of zoar the battle itself took place in a village here it's about ninety kilometers to the northwest of deir ez-zor which is one of the terrorists last stronghold in the country the syrian army is advancing on multiple fronts to lift a three year long siege there here's our middle east correspondent paula. it is very significant basically the taking of the year as a whole would point to the strategic defeat of islamic state in syria it follows weeks of fighting between the syrian army that is being assisted by the russian air force and islamic state and in the past few weeks we have witnessed and number of breakthroughs that the syrian army is making against the

a new witness accounts of refugees from worrying picture of what's developing in the syrian city . general of the norwegian refugee council tells us that. between terrorists and coalition strikes. urban warfare and especially air raids. massively risking civilian casualties we. crossed twenty seven is more displacement. thanks so much for joining us. you're watching international. and we will start this hour with breaking news for you because spanish police have just confirmed the person killed in the last few hours in a barcelona suburb is unisys. who is the man who is suspected of having carried out terrorist attack in this city on thursday a police operation is underway and police are trying to find out whether the man was wearing a genuine explosive belt twenty two year old unit or by your cool drove a van into dozens of people on the last of rambis tourist hot spots will bring you more information on this story as it develops. right. ok now the news from barcelona comes just after finnish or thirty said name the main suspect behind friday's terrorist attack in the city of turk

i get things going with us this morning so the syrian army is clearing the eastern town of of isolate terrorists it was captured by government troops at the weekend and is being with god it is one of the most significant victories in recent months we spoke to the syrian army's information chief. units of encircled in the suburbs mirror what advanced in the last school stronghold the. us will terrorists as usual leaving behind land mines and unexploded shell making it difficult for the syrian army to move through out troops and monitoring the city and tracking every movement the ice and snipers in fight the syrian military is lost by some terrorists from the city as soon as your permission to wipe out the militants is going to. be declared the liberation of the city is more for your video news agencies filmed exclusive video from inside. the last islamic state stronghold in homs province the retaken towns about fifty kilometers from the border that is all province which is still mostly on the rifle control trying to explain more. syrian war geography the south east is where the color c

worrying picture of what is developing in the syrian city. general of the norwegian refugee council is that people are dying in crossfire between terrorists and coalition airstrikes. urban warfare and especially here raids. masterfully risking civilian casualties these people are really caught in the. crossfire twenty seven is more of a. placement people are. very good even you see my name is harvey you're watching. with a start this hour with breaking news spanish police have confirmed the person killed in the last few hours in a barcelona suburb was. the man suspected of carrying out thursday's terrorist attack in the city. eunice cooper who's twenty two and of moroccan origin has been shot dead in the suburb of soviet outs which is about twenty eight miles about forty five kilometers west of barcelona apparently according to reports today he approached a police checkpoint and was waving what police believed to be an explosives belt about his set and they shot him and then consequently there was an operation by the bomb disposal squad to ch

to the middle east the syrian army is clearing the eastern time . of terrorists it was captured by government troops at the weekend and is regarded as one of their most significant victories in recent months we spoke to the syrian army's information chief. military units of encircled also in the suburbs palmira or advance in the last i saw a stronghold they may see. the arsenal terrorists as usual leaving behind land mines and unexploded making it difficult for the syrian army to me throughout troops and monitoring the city and tracking every move the ice and snipers in from the syrian military is quite the last i saw the terrorists from the city as soon as your permission to wipe out the militants is going. to lead to the liberation of the city. video news agency has film from inside providing us with exclusive video is the last islamic state stronghold in homs province the recaptured town is about fifty kilometers from the border with terrorism or province which is still mostly under control believe a tranquil explains the significance. syrian war

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terrorists as usual leaving behind land mines and unexploded shell making it difficult for the syrian army to move through out troops and monitoring the city and tracking every movement the ice and snipers in fights the syrian military is quite lost by some terrorists from the city as soon as your permission to wipe out the militants is going to. be declared a liberation city. video news agency has filmed exclusive video from inside the time. is the last islamic state stronghold in homs province the retaking time is about fifty kilometers from the border with the province which is still mostly under control. explains the importance of syrian war geography the south east is where the color coded key is least complicated government controlled red vs i still held the black divided by won't long desert front line and it's just shifted to the right of a town called i know. there's plenty to so great for these troops their commanders saving. edges them closer to their ultimate goal in this part of syria dare as zoar where one to two hundred thousand people are completely surrounded by islam

the syrian army backed by russian ak of a has destroyed one of the most i don't have islamic state units in syria some eight hundred militants were killed in the operation in the if eighty's finally a large number of heavy machine guns were destroyed along with tanks and artillery according to the russian defense ministry and it's all part of a wide to push to break isis blockade of the key city of dare resort the battle took place near this it's about launch a clone just from there is one of the terrorists' last strongholds in the country the syrian army is vonzell multiple fronts to lift a three year long siege that middle east correspondent paula slee a has the latest . it is very significant basically the taking of deer as sole would point to the strategic defeat of islamic state in syria it follows weeks of fighting between the syrian army that is being assisted by the russian air force and islamic state and in the past few weeks we have witnessed and number of breakthroughs that the syrian army is making against the terrorist organization. the over there. now there is or is a city