forces there are there is hizbollah there is the syrian military syrian militias as well and many of these has bullet proof me and forces have been targeted by israel previously not too far from the t two station there have been israeli air strikes so you know it isn't a stretch of the imagination to assume that perhaps this wasn't the u.s. led coalition if indeed there was. perhaps this was israel striking at the heated enemy iran or perhaps there were less as i say at this point most of this is speculation because we simply don't have enough details but from from what we're hearing again this happened between al become and the t two station which is again fifty fifty so kilometers away from anyone outside from isis so again. expecting more details but given given that there's been a pattern a tradition of israeli strikes lately in the vicinity south of syria again it wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to assume that could potentially have been israel you bring up a good point that in the past the united states has actually even forecast sometimes when they're about ready to m

casualties on syrian side. and we're having a little bit of technical difficulty so bear with us but why do you think this area has been chosen we know that it's reportedly near some energy producing science. yeah that's a little. side of my ability to answer i don't have the details yet but you know i mean you could speculate that. that if they. are if they're supporting forces in taking over a syrian power plant or something that would be. a fairly major act of supporting resistance to assad now we know that syria recently specifically around damascus they've secured all of the suburbs around damascus for the first time in a long time. which puts them in a little bit more of a position of strength what do you expect from syria in the government there what do you think the response will be from your sabra team. i mean do they do this bombing action yes. he can get aren't they as a say aggressive behavior by the us we need us to has no legal right to be in syria that's the thing that has to be remembered it's a

syrian state t.v. is reporting several defense positions were hit the white house press secretary sarah saunders has been speaking about rising tensions between israel and iran. this just further shows that the iranian regime cannot be trusted israel absolutely has a sovereign right to defend itself and we support them in whatever efforts they have in order to defend themself but again i think this activity in this action is just further demonstration that the iranian regime cannot be trusted and another good reminder that the president made the right decision to get out of the iran deal well as he is formally. has called for the new prime minister to be appointed to me to get to the he was really talking about himself he's just given a news conference in the last following his policies election with marking a surprising comeback for the ninety two year old for the first time since independence in opposition alliance is likely to form the next government. has been some. understanding of. but we'd like

syrian state t.v. is reporting several air defense positions were hit the white house press secretary sara saunders has also been speaking about the rising tensions between iran and israel. this just third there shows that the iranian regime cannot be trusted israel absolutely has a sovereign right to defend itself and we support them in whatever efforts they have in order to defend themself but again i think this activity in this action is just further demonstration that the iranian regime cannot be trusted and another good reminder that the president made the right decision to get out of the iran deal. the u.s. could reimpose sanctions on iran as early as next week to ensure it doesn't develop nuclear weapons that follows america's withdrawal from the landmark deal that limited iran's nuclear capabilities. but going prime minister najib razak has held a news conference in the last hour saying his party will accept the will of the people after losing the general election the first time since independe

old unlike most syrian refugees. i've been he does have the right paperwork for traveling to syria it's far too dangerous now he could lose his fled because he's certain no one will oppose the decree. that these horrendous crimes have been going on in syria for years and no one in the whole world was really interested. why should the international community intervene now when it only concerns a houses it makes me sad i'm angry i'm very disappointed rouge. time for a break but before long his tone ring sigyn. and vile boonie predicts the first development plans will be announced at the end of the months and that his neighborhood too will likely be included but he insists that even if he loses everything he'll never give up hope of returning to syria one day. and with that you're up to date now on t.w. news coming up in just a couple of minutes manifesto of the business headlines i'm sara kelly in berlin thanks for watching after death. with nic different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all s

i'm really surprised to see just how many syrians are making this journey.packed with people and families, and i've spoken to some of them who are too afraid to speak on camera. they're going back for many reasons, some of them because they cannot bring theirfamilies over, some of them who are really disappointed with europe and so afraid of raising their children in a foreign land. spending time with the families on this coach, i begin to understand that not everyone was unhappy in europe. some just wanted to be reunited with theirfamilies, no matter what the risk. under the cover of darkness, the family is prepared to illegally cross into turkey on foot. many of these people here are smuggling themselves back along the same route that they arrived in europe. once again, they have packed up their entire belongings into a few bags, hoping yet again for a better life. everyone here is terrified because the greek police could come and pick them up at any time. but they are so close. all they have to do is cross this river and they will get to turkey. with so m

every week hundreds of syrians given asylu m every week hundreds of syrians given asylum in germany arening home. for our world, we asylum in germany are returning home. for ourworld, wejoin them asylum in germany are returning home. for our world, wejoin them to discover why they are giving up the safety of europe to return to their war—torn countries. syrians on the move again. under the cover of darkness and carrying their entire belongings. they are hoping to make a new life. but these people aren't entering europe, they're escaping it. many here smuggling themselves illegally back along the same routes down which they had arrived. everyone here is terrified. because the greek police could come and pick them up at any time. but they are so close. after years of living as refugees in europe, most people here said they were grateful for the shelter. but ultimately, their european dream was a failure. every week, hundreds of refugees are sneaking out of europe. i am joining them on their dangerous journey to try and understand why anyone would give up on safety and security to return t

syrian army. in the vicinity of because they were moving to would see that because they argued self-defense you can understand exactly this time around there's no such argument the area is simply too remote and the only thing bordering t two is an isis pocket so again we must caution viewers the details at this point scan you know there isn't the there isn't a lot a lot to do by so information will probably emerge in the coming hours over the next over the next day but at this point a u.s. led strike does look suspect nevertheless that is what the syrians are reporting that is what hizbollah has reported that u.s. led coalition jets of carried out aggressive action against syria in syrian military assets and i must say that its reporters who actually contacted the pentagon in the pentagon said we don't really know anything about this at this point in time it's interesting to hear your thoughts about the geography of the region because you bring up some good points about iran being in play and not

unlike most syrian refugees. i've been he does have the right paperwork for travelling to syria it's far too dangerous now he could lose his flat because he's certain no one will oppose the decree this. these horrendous crimes have been going on in syria for years and no one in the whole world who's really interested. why should the international community intervene now when it only concerns a house's makes me sad i'm angry i'm very disappointed. time for a break but before long history own rings again. and while bernie predicts the first development plans will be announced at the end of the month and that his neighborhood who will likely be included but he insists that even if he loses everything he'll never give up hope of returning to syria one day. well the man at the center of that report is now with us and wow bernie. human rights lawyer from syria thank you very much for joining us here on the day our report ended with your expectation that the assad regime will be announcing the first development plans th

to take the purpose this is from the syrian who left syria. what would that mean and vicious of them said so he. said syria for the syrians or for the people who do things about it for the people who stay the thing who defense and i said the regime give a shit in syria machete too many many thousands of people from outside syria iran from events from iraq and they people who will take our property they will benefit yeah for sure what would that mean to you personally to have your flat in western damascus confiscated it's so sad for me not because i don't think about flat i think about my life not me only the syrians they lost their life not only their purposes they lost their future then their past that that's the problem it's not about land only or but many apartment to lead it's about what like and what you know we saw in his report my colleague to get to that you know many other syrian refugees are calling you your lawyer what are they telling you they angry and they say what are they telling they what in fact they would do what would happe

on the syrian soil. controlled as a government this is the natural and as you know it was captured by the. there is two thousand and fifteen with the turkey supports. it was it was mainly captured by a muscle and some of the supportive factions. very cause issues before that time but every conservation happened after that time after two thousand and fifteen it was i think may two thousand and fifteen every faction what the to leave. the city or the village they choose to go to egypt. this is a very good indication but. they have the same ideology could be used to go to a b. or b. did you have to go to any other area so we didn't think people do it would they want to go to it live because they have the theme you could beat or they have the same atmosphere way of thinking and so on this one. the other part which is military speak of that of your question the plan of the terrorists and their masters was to destroy the syrian army by scattering the different units all over the syrian sword which is not good

if they do nothing the syrian state will take over their homes. the german government here in berlin says the decree is expropriation under dubious pretext and we must assume that wisit conditions in syria will be changed to benefit the regime and its supporters. and human owns an apartment in the west of damascus because he was threatened with arrest he left everything behind this photo is only souvenir of the place. because the. twenty five year. old unlike most syrian refugees i've been he does have the right paperwork for travelling to syria it's far too dangerous now he could lose his flat because he's certain no one will oppose the decree lucia. these horrendous crimes have been going on in syria for years and no one in the whole world was really interested. why should the international community intervene now when it only concerns a houses in makes me sad i'm angry i'm very disappointed. time for a break but before long his phone rings again. and while bunny predicts the first development plans will be announced at the end of the month and

israel strikes several targets in syria after accusing iranian forces inside syrian territory launching attacks on the golan heights. hello and welcome i'm peter told me you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up. anger and rage in tehran over donald trump's decision to pull out of the iran nuclear deal this protest of the american flag. lazy is former leader mohamed wins a shock election victory ending the sixty year reign of the ruling party. nobody thought this was going to happen and if it did it would be years or decades and donald trump wins the release of three american prisoners from north korea they should arrive home in three hours time. a developing story tensions between israel syria and iran appear to be escalating with israeli warplanes firing at targets inside syria the state news agency there is reporting that several military sites including a radar facility and an ammunitions depos have been destroyed earlier the israeli military said iranian forces in neighboring syria fired rockets at their positions on the golan heights shallop bellis has the story. ai

every area under the theory and the syrian government control you would see every spectrum of the syrian society with no exceptions so that this reality will debunk this narrative. how could they leave with each other why the government is killing them according to sectarian. basis it doesn't work. they're enough but with regards to negotiations and reconciliation. talks of there have been efforts to start talks to achieve a result in geneva as the now there has been limited success but it is been hasn't been all that great now let's be honest you're winning you're winning on the ground your forces are advancing the rebels are in retreat why would you negotiate with them now that they're losing. the very beginning we think whenever we can think of syrian blood we have to go forward and they would be thin it with any initiative any kind of initiative even if you if they have bad will some people some some initiative have have bad will but in spite of that we deal with the reality now if you go around syria the reality the result that that's been embodied by. very conservations is the proo

are worried if the syrian. army advances toward the border. with. president bashar assad has repeatedly pledged to recapture every inch of syrian territory but future bella terry operations may have different calculations. joins us live now from beirut just talk us through what's likely to happen in homes over the next two days. well that surrender deal was reached late yesterday today the rebel factions there handing over their heavy weapons to the government which is of course part of the deal and on saturday those buses are expected to arrive in the countryside of homs for the rebels their family members and civilians who do not want to stay who cannot because they were involved in opposition activities they will be bussed to the north of the country areas under the control of the rebels what we have been seeing really in recent weeks is the syrian government and its allies reclaiming land they've been focusing on these besieged areas the northern countryside of homs is that besieged so what they did is give an ultimatum tell them face an all out

syrian state media said syrian air defenses it inserted most of the incoming rockets over the capital damascus but also confirmed that a radar station and a weapons storage site was struck. with iranian state television said syria had given a quote crushing response to. israeli attacks the strikes were carried out hours after israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in moscow saying he'd come away confident that russia would not prevent what he called israel's freedom of action a day later a different tone from the russian foreign minister. we see this is a very alarming development we believe that all issues must be resolved through dialogue during our multiple contacts with the leadership of both iran and israel including during yesterday's meeting between putin and netanyahu we underline the necessity of avoiding any actions that might be seen as mutually provocative. for now this latest flurry of cross border violence has subsided but all sides are aware that a new bar has been set for its intensity that it could all too easily rise again are a force at al-jazeera in the occu

refugees because the syrians are taking the jobs of the lebanese so the united nations appealing for the war is not over the humanitarian crisis is not over and the needs are great. to nicaragua now where mosque gunmen have killed at least three people protesting against president. demonstrations demanding his step down again in april more than eighty people have been killed some of the president's supporters to question his leadership as money reports from managua. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of. anti-government protests in decades the demonstration was organized in solidarity with the mothers of students and peaceful demonstrators who have been killed by police and pro-government militias since the start of a nationwide political crisis on april eighteenth. we want the scuffle to have a conscience and stop killing. it's mother's day and i got i was but instead of celebrating at home with her family sullen a day that would be now is mourning the death of her son jason he was shot and beaten to death during a student led protests he was twenty four years old b

a fireball in the sky over damascus syrian state television showed these images said to be syrian anti-aircraft defenses targeting israeli rockets israel's defense ministry said its forces hit over fifty iranian positions across syria prime minister benjamin netanyahu gates the justification. has crossed a red line our response was appropriate our army has carried out a large scale attack on iranian targets in syria. we're engaged in a long term conflict and our policy is clear we will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria iran provides political and military backing for the regime of syrian president bashar al assad in the country's civil war israel says it strikes a retaliation for a rocket attack on territory a talkie pi's in the golan heights according to israel iranian minute inspired the rockets from syria but none of them meet that target the iranian leadership has not commented on the events and use read only said that syrian defense forces had been very successful accounts of casualties and damage caused very widely. yes you can actually get it and yet the israeli ro

a fireball in the sky over damascus syrian state television showed these images said to be syrian anti-aircraft defenses targeting israeli rockets israel's defense ministry said its forces hit a fifty iranian positions across syria prime minister benjamin netanyahu kate the justification. of iran has crossed a red line our response was appropriate our army has carried out a large scale attack on iranian targets in syria we're engaged in a long term conflict and our policy is clear we will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria. iran provides political and military backing for the regime of syrian president bashar al assad in the country's civil war israel says it strikes a retaliation for a rocket attack on territory atoki pies in the golan heights according to israel iranian made a tense fire the rockets from syria but none of them reach that target. the iranian leadership has not commented on the events and usually to only said that syrian defense forces had been very successful accounts of casualties and damage cause barry white. yes you can actually click here and you know

and syrian and aid organizations discuss the plight of five point five million people made refugees by the war in syria. the summit between donald trump and kim jong un still isn't officially on preparations for it certainly are chemist right hand man arrived in new york on wednesday and had dinner with the u.s. secretary of state while russian foreign minister sergei lavrov as and pyongyang for talks are diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york. arriving in the united states the personal emissary of kim jong un here for crucial negotiations which will decide the fate of the on again off again summit between his leader and president trump. general kim yong schol is staying in this hotel close to the u.n. for just two days the planned date of the summit in singapore now less than two weeks away hence the hectic diplomacy with meetings between the north koreans and the u.s. in singapore at the demilitarized zone between north and south korea and here in new york where secretary of state mike pump is meeting general kim at the white house they say it's president trump will make

around 2013, started covering the syrian war and the syrian refugee crisis. got familiar with the group of people on twitter, some were syrians, some were syrian refugees, some were analyst, some were journalists that would all talk about the war. marwan was a member of this group. originally got to know him because he was a source. it was started studying arabic -- he started teaching me arabic. we became quite close friends. thatirst collaboration was marwan semi-photos taken at huge risk to himself. -- sent me photos taken at a huge risk to himself. he was a death penalty offense. he sent me these photos and i drew from them. this point, who at was writing political essays just for himself, provided captions for the photos. from there we realized we really liked working with each other and we wanted to create images others that were not lexically saving force in the media. in the media, the only images you had of those cities was either isis propaganda or else just the typical images of bombed out buildings, of torture. the horrors that people sometimes re

if they do nothing the syrian state will take over their homes. and human i've been he owns an apartment in the west of damascus because he was threatened with arrest he left everything behind this photo is only souvenir of the place. because the. twenty five year. old unlike most syrian refugees does have the right paperwork for travelling to syria it's far too dangerous now he could lose his flat because he's certain no one will oppose the decree lisha. these horrendous crimes have been going on in syria for years and no one in the whole world was really interested. why should the international community intervene now when it only concerns i houses makes me sad i'm angry i'm very disappointed. time for a break but before long his tone rings again. and vile boonie predicts the first development plans will be announced at the end of the months and that his neighborhood who will likely be included but he insists that even if he loses everything he'll never give up hope of returning to syria one day. concluding this week the old kidney conservancy a

hundreds of thousands if not millions of syrians have been forced from their homes many of them left after government forces recaptured opposition territory they fled because they are wanted for opposition activities they could face arrest and some fear they'll be killed others simply don't want to live under the rule of president bashar assad who they blame for the deaths of so many syrians own was i would the new property was the last card the regime is using its punishing the people who betrayed a law number ten as it is known was published on the syrian state news agencies website the deadline for registration is made the tents and unclaimed land will be sold at auction the government says the law will overhaul the land registry others disagree we've already seen an example of outskirts of damascus and in the new development on what was said. where actually what happened there is that the informal residents of these areas were forced out of their homes they were dispossessed with no compensation and the likelihood of them getting any kind of compensation is almost nonexistent so

the area around the syrian capital damascus has reportedly been liberated from islamic state with the terror group being pushed out of its last remaining enclave there more on that story after the break. we've signed one of the greatest. but there was one more question and by the way it's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star and the huge amount of pressure you have to the center of the beach hotel we. go all the great. you are the rock at the back nobody gets to you we need you to. go. alone. and i'm really happy to join. russia. this special one. meets the review. the latest edition to make up a bigger. look. all right welcome back this is art international the syrian army has reportedly driven islamic state out of its final enclave near damascus the development means that all areas around the syrian capital are now back under government control state television footage from the country shows the army celebrating its victory and firing rounds in the air after retaking the. district and the palestinian refugee camp the area has seen intense fighting betw

syrian society with no exceptions so that this reality will debunk this narrative. how could they live with each other why the government is killing them according to sectarian. base if he doesn't talk. there enough but with regards to. the reconciliation. talks of there have been efforts to start talks to achieve a result in geneva in as the now there has been limited success but it is been hasn't been all that great now let's be honest you're winning you're winning on the ground your forces are advance of the rebels are in retreat why would june negotiate with them now that they're losing. the very beginning we think whenever we can fifth theory and blow through we have to go. ford and they would be in it with any initiative any kind of initiative even if you if they have bad will some people some some initiative have have bad will but in spite of that we did with the reality now if you go around theory of the reality the results. that's been embodied by. very conservations is a proof of what i'm saying with this policy with this intention of having blood negotiat

to destroy israel now both israelis and syrians were warned to take cover at the cross border attacks as collate. al-jazeera in a show of diplomatic progress three americans freed from prison in north korea have touched down in maryland and the u.s. president donald trump met them at an air force base near washington d.c. is complete reports. back in the united states it's been more than a year since kim haq song and tony kim have seen their families for kim don shula it's been even longer he was imprisoned in north korea two years ago forced to do hard labor after being convicted of espionage speaking through a translator kim described his treatment in north korea forced to work but also treated well when sick there were a lot of we were treated in many different ways for me i had to do a lot of labor but when i got sick i was also treated by them the release of the three americans is being viewed by the white house as a goodwill gesture by north korea's leader want to thank him. really. was. excellent to these three incredible people they are really three incredible people the relea

it's about one that change the life of the syrian boy when it went viral and then. this is a new. soaring in sri lanka we're bring you more on that cythera. hello there we're still got quite a bit of cloud around in parts of the middle east at the moment well one weather system that's making its way in from egypt drifting its way towards the east that's giving us a little bit of unsettled weather but it's really going to pull itself together as we head through wednesday and into thursday on thursday you can see it here of a pulse of iraq and iran that's where we're likely to see the thickest of the cloud and the most significant outbreaks of rain we've also got another system in the far eastern part of our map here that's giving us some severe all the stubborn whether it's sticking around for a couple of days so expect some rain and some snow over the mountains here for the next few days at least even further towards the south and over parts of the arabian peninsula there's more in the way of cloud with this and that's going to stick around over the next few days so we've got one

doha also coming up israel strikes several targets in syria after accusing iranian forces inside syrian territory of launching attacks on the occupied golan heights. at least thirty eight people are dead many others are missing after a bust in central kenya. three americans freed from prison in north korea back on u.s. soil. it's like a dream very very u.s. president donald trump thanks north korea's leader kim jong un as he met the man outside washington d.c. their release comes after secretary of state mike pompei o traveled to north korea to finalize plans for a summit between trump and kim jong un. they're going to. look to get. it. looks like. a really big. wreck at least for now from kimberly hellcats who was at the joint base andrews as the men arrived. there was an audible cheer as the three americans disembarked from the medical plane that had transported them to the united states touching down on u.s. soil one of the freed men kim dong cholo raised his arms triumphantly before walking down to the tarmac this is certainly a significant moment for these men who will now go on fo

the strike was after the victory of the syrian troops in gold. let alone the fact that we don't have chemical weapons in your way and let the other folks that we're not going to use it against old people because the better new theory was about winning the heart of the civilians this is the main battle and we want it so how can you use chemical weapons against civilians that you want them to have to be supportive to the second if you want to use it listen for that you have it in want to use it do you use it after you finish the battle or before or during its particular second if you go to that area it was very clear and by armies by factions in by civilians we never use such armaments or weapons in that area are going to harm everyone something that didn't happen and if you go to that area and you ask the civilians there was no chemical attack me or anyone even the westen you know at least when dear after. good was liberated this is we are the people of this we need we didn't see any chemical attack it was inert it was just pretext in order to att

hindering the return of a huge number of syrians. among them he was an opposition media activist and says returning to government controlled territory would be suicide. dangerous because it changes that demography which the government is doing in areas under its control the law is unjust. the government says the new law is needed to begin the reconstruction of areas damaged by war opponents say it's about demographic changes and repopulating areas with the loyalists one thing is clear the government is taking advantage of its growing strength by beginning to shape syria when the war and. and what is also clear is that the syrian government is pushing ahead with its solution to the crisis clearly rejecting political compromise. say no thank you america has suffered diplomatic ties with iran accusing terrine of supporting the opposition group the policy front policy areas fighting for independence for western sahara most of which is under control of iraq accuses iran and its lebanese hezbollah of supporting by training and arming its f

syrian children have been born. in those countries hosting them past refugees and those host nations countries like jordan and lebanon for example are dealing with their own economic problems and many cases refugees coming and settling in locations that are already poor and impoverished and one of the examples for four. particularly there are two hundred fifty one most affected municipalities that they have identified for the last four or five years without adequate funding for livelihoods and social cohesion sector our ability is to only cover twenty four of those two hundred fifty municipalities the fighting has subsided across the country but the humanitarian crisis remains millions depend on aid to survive and their situation is worsening in the absence of a political solution. still to come here as a demo. country to battle full face veils in public spaces. fountains of. how low we've had some record breaking heat in southern china hong kong in particular wednesday after a typical up thirty seven celsius in new

airspace and syrian borders now. what is very interesting is that in the very global community that the foreign ministry is criticizing within coming days it will be trying to negotiate with members of that community to try and save the twenty fifty nuclear deal or what parts of it it can save but going back to the statement what was in the statement is as important as what was not said no specific mention of israeli allegations that iran suffered huge strategic losses in those strikes no official response to that no specific response to that and no specific response to the allegation that iran shot first so we're still waiting to get clarity about what tehran believes is the narrative of what happened. two days ago but again likely to be in complete contradiction to anything that the israelis are alleging so what so what happens next on the diplomatic front at least. well the leaders here into iran are trying to shift focus today back to the nuclear deal and the immediate aftermath of the u.s. pulling out there were

every area under the theory and the syrian government control you would see every spectrum of the syrian society with no exceptions so that this reality will debunk this narrative. how could they live with each other why the government is killing them according the sectarian. basis it doesn't talk. there enough but with regards to negotiations and reconciliation. talks of there have been efforts to start talks to achieve a result in geneva as the now there has been limited success but it is hasn't been all that great now let's be honest you're winning you're winning on the ground your forces are advancing the rebels are in retreat why would you negotiate with them now that they're losing. the very beginning we said whenever we can save syrian blood we have to go forward and be with this in it with any initiative any kind of initiative even if you if they have bad will some people some some initiative of bad will but in spite of that we deal with the reality now if you go around syria the reality the result. that's been embodied by. very conservations is a proof of what i'm saying without