oh fighting whatever the syrian fighting for is that the question. yeah. i think i've been a lawyer from but when you live in any democratic country in the world you're expected to go every number of years to go vote for a new president a new government and to a new representative for your government we don't want to we did not have that right and we don't have that right in syria many people like myself had my family was forced to leave the country because. the oppression and the lack of freedoms in the country where so strong that my dad had been in prison 5 times you have to flee the country. so people came out in the streets 10 years ago asking for change to that kind of oppressive regime that we have in syria it's been ruled by the assad regime the father and now the son and there is no freedoms of any sorts of people came out on the streets to ask for dignity and freedom and respect and democracy and they were faced by guns by military force by planes by barrel bombs by everything possible to just stop them from coming out to the street to demand the

and it seems young syrians of paid a particularly heavy price almost half of those aged between $18.24 surveyed by the red cross have lost somebody in the conflict many of them suffering injuries themselves 2 out of 3 of flood homes almost half of lost their income most of the young syrians surveyed are still struggling even to meet basic needs such as food here some 1st hand accounts from people who had to leave their homes. i was annoyed grade when the problem started everything was relatively normal until the 26th of november 20th 11 the next day things escalated in the village and the schools were closed start was the last day open the book in these 10 years have been psychologically draining everything was destroyed and we had to rebuild on top of rubble i've experienced many bad things you can't raise your emotions the physical damage was nothing compared to the emotional wounds last 10 years have passed since the crisis 4 in syria and 6 here we're now entering the 11th year it is heartbreaking but we managed to adapt. because we live now to robert madine who's the director gener

abu is syrian but were my kids. abu is syrian but we cannot _ were my kids.syrian but we cannot tell _ were my kids. abu is syrian but we cannot tell you _ were my kids. abu is syrian but we cannot tell you his - were my kids. abu is syrian but we cannot tell you his exact - we cannot tell you his exact location or name. he still has family in syria and fears for their safety as well as his own. what we can tell you is that he was a teacher at iqra school in the town of 0rem al—kubrah in the syrian countryside in august 2013. we heard the countryside in august 2013. - heard the sound of a warplane in the air. heard the sound of a warplane in the air-— in the air. there were more than 75 children _ in the air. there were more than 75 children at - in the air. there were more than 75 children at school. in the air. there were more i than 75 children at school that day. abu started to evacuate his students from the classrooms immediately after the bombs struck the courtyard. and then suddenly when i turned _ courtyard. and then suddenly when i turned around - co

we call it the syrian civil war but it never was for years syria has been bled dry by a war that was largely fed and fattened from abroad we knew that now courtesy of hillary clinton's leaked diplomatic cables making the point repeatedly that the regime wants this to look like turn into sectarian violence and the very least that can be broadcast back into syria in various ways that will encourage protest as the united states we knew funded and drown propaganda campaigns against assad millions and millions of dollars since bush was in office they got what they wanted the you very action tens of thousands of jihad this from all over the world flock to syria they said this far and then they had the gall to call it somewhat out of the civil war which they didn't want to get involved in. i have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force particularly after a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan the situation profoundly changed though on august 21st when assad's government gassed to death over a 1000 people including hundreds of chil

turkey is also trying to take care and provide assistance to at least 3500000 syrians within syrian borders so this is where the question mark is actually the areas that have been liberated from are still in other places by the free syrian army which is now the syrian national army s.n.a. backed by the turkish forces these are the areas where the turkish president. the syrian refugees will be able to return back safe to their homes so that those areas let's name them euphrates field operation area operation all of. these are the places where they were designed to go about however these places have been under control by the opposition forces and the turkish military has been providing them local assistance to assist them in local governance and they have they have been establishing they have been establishing social services infrastructure. those abs have been safe so far but when you look at the attacks by the syrian government recently those areas have been targeted twice within the last one the week so where the trio of turkey iran and russia have had an agreement and. they have s

when did you many turn situation remains extremely dire for the vast majority of syrians today almost 75 percent of the population saw 13400000 people depend on humanitarian assistance and with carville and sanction. additional layers adding up millions of people over the past 12 months have been further pushed into poverty and hunger saw the situation is absolutely dire and we're going to hear and dark picture of a generation that has endured devastation loss and destruction with many missed minds on an opportunity those well as frustrated ambitions and dreams and those young people are the ones who have unveiled shoulder the challenge and the burden of rebuilding the country we have always had a very open and regular dialogue with the syrian authorities so that the dialogue is ongoing and everything we carry out in syria is done in full transparency with all sides. of this crisis and today we are able to make a difference on the ground because of this thanks to this dialogue and also thanks to our very strong cooperation and partnership with the syrian arab red crescent on the groun

the syrian army managed to take. and push the enemy back 70 kilometers. above the. russian fighter jets can fly in any weather but sun and sand are not their best friends here thousands of miles away from home each of them has their role. to protect from climate and from spine eyes. the air bases here in syria to keep the peace but it may become a target itself and requires protection and this is just one of many components of the bases solid security umbrella but if there were a boat owner or only above a boy you are a more. puzzled mother as it were in the opportunity to mamie may or may start it was several tense in the middle of nowhere had its grew to a real town with streets and boulevards a church and a dream cafes and restaurants bakeries and beauty saloon it is a symbol of peace for syria and the reason a sense of real kong here. when you know when you will miss the boys in your force way i'm going to. vote for you. but ending the war is just the 1st step in bringing live in syria back to normal had a decade of crisis has left too many scars and russian sup

classic fashion employs around 350 syrians.this indian-founded company sends all its production to the united states. >> i'm here to help my family. it is difficult to find work as a refugee, and even more so if you are a woman. >> i employed syrians because i could see that they need the job and at the same time they are committed to their work. it is a win-win for them to have a job and for us to have a workforce to support our operation. reporter: this radical change in policy toward the syrians is the result of long negotiations between the jordanian monarchy and western countries wanting to limit the arrival of refugees to europe. for one investigative journalist, integration has been traded for significant investment. >> in return for allowing syrians to work, international donors have financed infrastructure, education, and more, up to $8.1 million. we still don't know how the money was spent. reporter: jordan is poor in natural resources, so in order to attract rich foreigners, authorities are now offering passports. si

the syrian national army the or the f.s.a. let's say this is very critical and this makes it very thought for to syrian refugees living inside turkey to be able to return because also not only this really is a rounder threat but also the turkish military members so they are on their 3rd as well and let's not forget last year in last february in 2020 when russia said that they were doing an operation targeting an armed group inside of live at these $35.00 turkish military members were killed during the russian russian bombing so this is a tough situation this is a critical situation turkey and russia have some partnership they have this $400.00 mi saw as a quiz ition but when it comes to leave and syria this fight they have cooperation their total on the different pages of the politics and apparently the part of meters of the syrian conflict is going to be changing soon adrien sort of course here to reporting live from istanbul so the many thanks indeed a hearing from me on laws are stood civilian leader aung san suu kyi has be

the free syrian army those places. were to be were to be improved by the by the local law enforcement backed by the turkish military however now we see that recently those areas under for safe control are being targets of those who are like last night in the syrian government forces have fired ballastic missiles to northern aleppo especially to a risk close to jobless an elbow bend the infrastructure was them and so now people question is it's only that we discuss whether the cease fire is going to hold or is it all. so those safe zones that that were the design for the syrians to be to repair to it so turkey's presence aired on of wrote an article for bloomberg to it was published today in a he's making a call to the west that they they should help turkey they should stand with turkey in order to provide a permanent stability and see and safe life inside syria and he ses and it took to reject. anything that that any plan that would not meet the basic needs most of most basic needs of the syrian people and peaceful per

right well as i mentioned there were several phases of the war and the syrian government the syrian state itself managed to maintain its integrity by calling on its alliances its allies to prevent the direct military intervention that turned for example libya into a failed state but now we're in the stage of economic war hybrid war led by the united states and israel is attacking constantly all around damascus in the name of countering iran and so the battle returns to washington in my view congress has imposed these crushing sezer sanctions and they're having a destabilizing effect throughout the region they are weakening jordan which is a major trading partner of syria the united arab emirates wants to trade with syria syria is unable to return to the arab league and so the entire region has been turned upside down by this economic war and it's really up to the united states and its allies to decide if they want to continue destabilizing an entire region strategically speaking. why syria so important to all these competing countries that are trying their best to defend one side or the o

the syrian army managed to take. and push the enemy back 70 kilometers. the. russian fighter jets can fly in any weather but the sun and sun are not their best friends here thousands of miles away from home each of them has their own abode to protect from climate and from spine eyes. the air bases here in syria to keep the peace but it may become a target itself and requires protection and this is just one of many components of the bases solid security umbrella but it's all the owner or yellow balls are but you are a morse. was almost as if you were in that i didn't have it or your ball but it's you know from a mean air base that it was several tense in the middle of nowhere headed grew to a real town with streets and boulevards a church and a dream cafes and restaurants bakeries and beauty saloon it is a symbol of peace for syria and the reason a sense of real kong here. when you know when you post we will miss the bowlers in your force way in committee just your most loyal. supporters to him as you are throwing a ball scores to a bowling is a car. but ending

young syrians are paid a heavy toll almost half of those aged between 18 and 24 hours surveyed by the red cross have lost someone in the conflicts with many suffering injuries themselves 2 out of 3 fled their homes almost half lost their income a most young syrians surveyed are still struggling to meet basic needs such as food or some 1st hand accounts from people who had to leave their homes. these 10 years have been psychologically draining everything was destroyed and we had to rebuild on top of rubble you have experienced many bad things you can't raise your emotions is the physical damage was nothing compared to the emotional wounds. i come from a family of artists everyone makes music and does painting and drawing and that sort of thing and i wanted to go to university or work a normal person and build my future but unfortunately it didn't work out of. 10 years have passed since the crisis 4 in syria and 6 here we're now entering the 11th year it is heartbreaking but we managed to adapt. the trial the conflict our correspondent has been covering key events including from the fro

and the latter the western sanctions as against the syrian or servant is and the syrian people and gentle hand that any progress in the. our joint object of elected in the joint communique has to be an abducted and this communique indicates l r k in there is a face to terrorism and of the cause for separation were to harm the integrity of the national debt or to the of serbia and the national security of neighboring companies and really emphasize the importance role by the constitutional committee and doing. the part of a set of gab a bit of a system in order to create the permanent conditions on the track of the constitutional drafting process and to benefit from all our efforts in order to make sexy for the next round of the constitutional committee is meeting which is expected to be held before the month of ramadan we also. confound our lead then there is to take part in any effort to make sure that the syrians can the that then safely to their. habit that. we also emphasize our support for their efforts aimed at the releasing detainees and prisoners. we have both. or thought of specia

these places are under control of the syrian national army the syrian opposition group backed by the turkish military in those areas actually were known to be safe zones that the syrian refugees who are residing in turkey their population is that these 4500000 could return so the military situation the military presence is as this right now but besides turkey and russia now we see more players waning in like the united states also turkey is presence added on who wrote an article about the syrian. for the 10th year of the syrian uprising today it was published on bloomberg he's making a call for the united states to get actively engaged with turkey in order to. order to prepare a safe place for the syrians so that they can go back and to fight for democracy in syria and this is a military situation but of course at the military situation from time to. time is getting in tense as the spies the us than and source the peace process is signed by turkey iran and russia these ceasefires this peace process and from time to time are being violated and this fight those a great months of this f

people for the sake of the syrian people the time has come for president assad to step aside for 10 years syria has and literally been in the headlights the president would condemn what's happening the pundits would call for more boardrooms the common sanctions would be field with war more than is calling for blood here's a test a basic test they do know that selling american or european medicine to syria to this day could lead to. in jail ass these are called sanctions and they were strict almost all trade with syria i once reported from a cab's the center for kids in aleppo and who are out me one little kids dying from perfectly treatable forms of cads or just because it's illegal c. to sell them medicine when's the last time you heard anything about these sun c.n.n. or b.b.c. this is 3 year old what she had i counsel they could have treated it but western sanctions made getting the medicine impossible and the only hospital that specialized in cancer in aleppo in the hospital was taken by rebels and destroyed in fighting they had to amputate her but she's fine now she lives many o

a syrian monitoring group say government forces were responsible.ospitals being targeted, or schools being targeted, we have seen it. we have seen it in north syria. and i think this is terrible because, of course, it is not only attacking the school but a school with children inside, or teenagers inside, and teachers inside, and civilians inside. so i think that when — that — that this is a terrible thing. president assad, with support from his russian and iranian allies, has regained control of most of the country. the battle continues to reclaim the last remaining opposition—held areas, like here in north—west syria. hundreds of thousands of families have escaped to take refuge here with their children, but the bombing and shelling continue. unicef verified 61 attacks on schools in 2020. that's 61 of thousands over the last ten years. the syrian government denies war crimes, and says its targets are terrorists and military bases. sihan�*s father and brothers live in idlib, and no—one knows the risks of sending their children to school in this par

is the head of public relations at the syrian association for citizens dignity she says that syrians have been forgotten the reasons for the uprising but the anniversary is a grim reminder of the many challenges still ahead. we want to turn back to over a country the struggle is not over even though the country is the story even though our economy is the story even though that are attempts by the regime and russia to add to dismiss even a syrian regime whether by connections with or invite conference on the return of refugees we insist that there is no safe vitamin in syria that allows that interest of the syrians and he insists that the issue of this experience is not on a humanitarian issue but it's at the heart of any political solution in syria and any political transition the syrian people sacrificed a lot i cannot think of any syrian family who did not secor fights and this in itself is their reason for us to continue the struggle so i have the word working it is at the difficult for me to say yes but i can see that this is an extra reason for me not to surrender not to stop th

a syrian fighterjet has just dropped an incendiary bomb in its courtyard.our students were incinerated immediately, and many, with horrific injuries, died soon after the attack. there has been nojustice for those who were killed, and the survivors live with traumatic memories, many with constant pain. there were false accusations that this attack never happened, that the victims had faked their injuries. i was there that day, and filmed these images of students arriving at hospital just after the attack on their school. and i've come back to see what the future looks like for them, and for all the children that have survived attacks on syria's schools. students were my kids, they were my kids. abu is syrian, but we can't tell you his exact location or his full name — he still has family in syria and fears for their safety as well as his own. what we can tell you is that he was a teacher at iqra school in the town of 0rem al—kubrah in the syrian countryside in august 2013. we heard the sound of a warplane in the air. there were more than 75 children at schoo

we have been forced to give up on our dreams the international community has failed the syrian people there is no reconciliation there is no peace 10 years of war has divided a country and its people sent her there beirut. syria's future is the focus of a united nations security council meeting happening right now u.n. social envoy care pederson is speaking let's listen in on is just school and. they have been displaced into supersize camps or to sleep in the open in old and grow and abandoned houses all knew to be displaced again and again in beijing and freezing snow they have played syria are often only to face further poverty and discrimination or worse. they have been in this spot so stop their lands and homes. they have watched their middle income country dragged back into the development and destitution on such a scale that the taken their a shoes to rebuild they have experienced corruption mismanagement sanctions an economic meltdown 9 in 10 syrians now live in poverty their currency as collapse but savings and livelihoods about parading all the might and their money a minuscu

there so many confusing and complicated things with the syrian conflict. why was the redlined threat issued? why is the conflict still so horrific and tragic ten years later? why haven't they met brought to justice? i try to explain those complexities in the book. i do it to human stories to make it more powerful and real and relatable to ordinary people. >> those human stories really are compelling. so the next question is how did you go about collecting the material for this book? it's very complicated and dangerous subject. >> one of the great privileges of my job and yours is we have a license to ask questions including two officials and government officials and say i work for the "washington post". i am an author. i would like answers and you can get a response. that allows us to travel to different places and find people who might have the answers we are seeking. that is how i begin the search there's always a starting point and in this case the question of how do you deal with this complicated challenge to remove all these chemical weapons how do yo

and try to welcome them back try to rebuild their country the syrian government is not going to fall and you know the people feel over there i go there regularly people over there feel that they are being punished for taking a certain side and in this war and this is so it's not going to lead anywhere and as i mentioned earlier one of your guests you know they cannot they are now not allowed to get their own wheat their own water their own oil they have to import everything now which is really stacking up the bill and this is not going to help i took down the the new u.s. secretary of state recently said no more regime change unless it's in its national interest do you think it will pursue just that in syria or he was intimately involved in the regime change operation against syria 10 years ago and he continues to have the mentality of the us imperialistic mentality that somehow we have a right to change government operation was cooked up like every clinton in the state department as an as a weapon as ation of diplomacy the idea of the arab spring was to produce a lot of compliant go

over 200000 people are being detained by the syrian regime. they're being secretly held in police stations army bases and even in schools and warehouse since. in damascus at least 10 buildings used by the secret police have been identified but many more detention centers remain unknown. air force intelligence is based at the damascus military airfield. airport as syrians were for to work in 2030 mm it was here that radar come on and target matter mom or secretly walked up and then. it's. i want to the husband of that's when others. and fini certain kill are much and he can. see men or say they're set on less offensive. or. mean and nothing. out of the fuss. matthew mcdaniel up on the hill anyone at all worse inevitably occur but a lot of us are committed lunde. onisim i cannot make and i'm not. a has put us on the. number that my remission always. there's a center that even more data members of the. ottoman and become the best and the most the whole battalion of. up to higher up and of. sus follow up more than half of fun and for the lafayette

hundreds of syrian refugees 2012 and the syrian refugees regard. and they have come it will not be treated fairly and should have access to trial and should not be subjected to torture during interrogation the report documents violations described as cool abusive and discriminatory detainees speak of beatings at times with metal sticks and electric cables torture during interrogation or detention that involved being hanged upside down 2 of the survivors were aged 15 and 16 years old at the time they also described the harsh conditions like being forced to stand for 3 days handcuffed and blindfolded and having to beg to go to the toilet and for water 2 women were also mistreated and sexually harassed and verbally assaulted during the tension. amnesty international says the lebanese authorities have so far not responded to its findings but it's not the 1st time they've been accused of mistreating syrians. measures in place make it hard for refugees to move around and work it also makes them vulnerable and with more than 75 percent of the refugees hav

to engage in direct assault and to with the syrian government. under the it's violation of the national convention against torture understand the the case that they brought in front of the international court of justice so though i think. that have not been exposed that are being exposed the moment and that we need to continue to be exposed to guard washington needs double feature of the scheme because ok and just finally after 10 years old civil war. the situation remains far from settled our correspondent was saying that syria and i resemble a failed state in which he say the struggle has been worth it it's very hard to judge. the of the results of the fruits of the french revolution of 7 june 89 to 2. destinies and to gays and to to to bear fruit it's very early to judge the results of the syrian uprising what i can what i can say though is that the syrian resolution has been. the highlight the highlight moment of my generation and of the younger of the generation one generation younger than i am it's been the highlights of our lives it's our

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and close advisors the british foreign secretary says assad's regime is subjected to syrian people to quote a decade of brutality and a horde of books back at the last 10 years. this is the birthplace of syria's uprising in 2011 but opposition members call this moment the end of the dream of a democratic country it's 2018 and the government has just recaptured the southern province after 7 years of resistance. i almost had a breakdown after all the sacrifices when they raised the flag we felt stabbed the town had a lot of symbolism for the revolution. it was here where the wall of fear was broken we watched syrians turn against the police state we watched them bury their dead demonstrators who were killed by security forces was still. going ahead with. protests spread to other areas in homs tanks were sent to suppress the uprising. the city which became known as the capital of the revolution became a battleground for. the regime forced us to take up arms and turned the uprising into a war it was no longer possible to face guns without screens. there was a siege on the rebel stronghold

sinister development because i think that the syrian people who have been. through all inc harras now for about 10 years in large part inflicted by the united states another to get even more as as the u.s. resumes its regime change operation and i think that's a very ominous not just for syria but for the middle east and for the world as a whole mark is it but this is you know putting a marker down is in like that description there because essentially what the biden ministration is saying is that there we will continue to attempt regime change forcibly uniquely and as a french to and to damascus as allies in turn around and in moscow but we've been turned has made it very clear that damascus government will not fall and is clear they have drawn a line here so i guess we have to draw the conclusion is that the biden ministration lincoln and others are willing to start a regional war way when we know that in the of course the united states can bring to bear unbelievable military power but the people that it's targeting have amazing. different ways to to react

now syrians who live abroad could see events taking place in their homeland. i suggest. america wonder and i'm going to dot. com. i'm going to work out a. like many other syrians returning from abroad a book side brought back skills in short supply at home and. i using his engineering knowledge he turned a remote farm building outside into a factory making bombs mines and rockets. play. there's no sophisticated technology here just the kind of industrial plant that any small engineering company might use i. lead. player lists lists lists i list this is t.n.t. reclaimed from the government bombs that dropped them but failed to explode the as. making bombs is dangerous work. it's all highly toxic and the side effects can be painful i. just say. in a war that is seen government forces massively outgunned the opposition the rebels and have had to improvise to survive. 3 lives things. i. would somehow alongside the rockets and bombs. there is a living breathing community with ordinary people do ordinary things. come to. mind yourself. yeah i'm sure myself and then i remembere

syrians were dying on line. most talked on the issue of the moment some of those shells hold no one. that is not there. the. protests spread from the south to latakia damascus homes bunya us hama. north to aleppo and east. this was no longer a protest over the arrest of some young boys did become an uprising and i am going to your comment to c.n.n. to see. when not i'm not. going to see investing in. iraq and iran can come stosh us i want to scream in. models 1st recruits was his brother more off doing it that his shots. the one. article. a while wanted to have a gun and then move on then milan or the heavy in gun cabinet. the brothers village of nyima on the eastern outskirts of data had a reputation for defiance and a show of force the government troops blasted their way in. the old song thought shell shell out of the political north also. damaged in the 9 months i'm on the job most r.j. i'm out of but i'm a block not a thief in the initial efforts and not a bit lucky not. to jacking them as an up off player.