this is the campaign that the regime launched in homs and damascus. this is not a regime that is confident or strong at its core, it can only exist by wiping out all those that oppose it. and this is not an indication of strength. the revolution goes on. the asaad regime will never be able to control syria the way that it did. you cannot destroy an idea. you cannot kill an idea. and it has been made clear by the syrian rebels and the syrian opposition that they will continue the fight for their right to live in a free and democratic syria, regardless of the odds. "inside story." >> thank you. >> we'll take a break and when we come back - we'll talk with a panel of guests and experts who have been watching the region closely, about the next act in syria, this is "inside story". >>america tonight investigates a controverseal addition treatment. it could be a life saver... >>the reset button has been hit what is this teach us about the brain? >> can ibogaine cure heroin addiction? only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera america presents the system with j

what are shouts also rained down on the capital damascus on wednesday but despite the spike in violence the government in syria says is pressing ahead with presidential election scheduled for two thirds the detroit school situation call of the most the three candidates from an originally spoken to three all relate to bow to contest in the country's first presidential elections in more than sixty years well me and that the elections will be developed controversy. i just honestly the opposition inside syria is boycotting the election because they think no one stands a chance against the current president well opposition of broccoli think about toppling the government using force the west refuses elections in this result. it is not an easy goal to be helped the syrians are acutely aware of the significant obstacles that lie ahead. on the strategic opinion about the election is mixed photographed by saying he should not hold the elections let us prey on them and they hope has a new bombshell i last saw it on to the war is over. the list by the fighting the actions should take place even if

i talk about the decision in nebraska, now at the damascus -- the nebraska supreme court. nothing changes and the route is already determined. if they uphold the decision, it is up to the pfc to determine if the root holds or if they want to make an adjustment. it really has nothing to do with the decision made at the federal level. >> another objection raised at the local level is not only nebraska but oklahoma in other states with the pipeline goes through. although it down to texas from canada. transcanada has trampled on the land owners rights and sees the property. are you concerned about individual people whose property has been taken for the rochester? -- for the project? >> yes, i am most concerned about rights. as far as the root itself -- route itself, they need to be respectful and work for them. they are working out terms but if there are any disputes, people have to be dealt with fairly and property rights properly respected. >> looking ahead to the senate debate this week, the keystone pipeline issue is coming up in conjunction with energy efficiency bill tha

. >>> and southwest of aleppo there has been a barrel bomb attack in the damascus countryside. el bombs have killed throws of civilians. >>> in libya at least two people have died in fighting in benghazi. the caretaker prime minister has called the violence illegal. >> reporter: the situation in benghazi is now relatively calm, but it remains very tense. now the caretaker prime minister, described the situation in benghazi as a military coup against the legitimacy and the revolution of february 17th. he called on rebels to prevent any force from outside benghazi trying to enter the city. he also called residents to back the revolution, and he also called on the rebels as well as the residentsover benghazi to show self restraint. the forces head by this heard has apparently declared he is trying to pursue extreme elements within benghazi. he named the february 17th brigade, and the [ inaudible ] brigade. they are very powerful militias and describe them as extreme mril -- militant groups. the government says he is trying to topple the legitimacy of the government and the national

. >> in addition to the bombing of the school, equally shocking attacks in suburbs of the damascus where a technical institute was targeted, killing 14, injuring 80 others. and the car bomb in a busy part of the city of homs. 100 dead, many of them children too. . >>> in turkey hundreds of demonstrators are gathering in istanbul for may day. they are defying a government ban on protests in thaksin square. scuffles between police and protesters on the same day a nation-wide movement was launched against the government. thousands of police officers, and water canon trucks and vehicles are going to be deployed. zeina khodr is live for us. telling us whether they have been deployed and what is the seen in thaksin, because we know there's a ban on protests. >> well, yes, as you see behind me, the state is making its presence clear. it's visible. up 230,000 police officers deployed in istanbul - we are in thaksin square, and the city is underlock down. the city center is under lockdown. public transport has been suspended in some areas. you can see the barricades put up by the police. the gove

rebel fighters were granted safe passage out of the city under an agreement reached with the damascus government. earlier we asked the former u.s. ambassador to syria if this could be a turning point for president bashar al assad. >> i think the fact that haunts this family, fallen to his troops is extremely important. homs maintains the north-south highway between damascus and aleppo and secondly, it also controls the road to the coast. there's an old crusader castle that overlooks the valley that leads to the coast where the cities are. so in effect, assad's consolidating his hold on some of the most important areas of syria in terms of their population and in terms of the ability of the syrian forces to move from damascus to their ancestral homeland in the mountains overlooking the cities. >> the move will be a boost to president assad ahead of the presidential election set for early june. we'll of course keep our eyes looking out for that development. >>> and now to this news out of north africa. the son of deposed libyan dictator moammar gadhafi returns to court today. he is faci

it's true he may regain the mountainous areas on the border north of damascus last month. on the other hand he lost a huge chunk in aleppo, in idlib and he also rust the opposition in the course. this is like - could you then - this is a stalemate. >> it is, absolutely. as i said this, is not a syrian war, this is original and international conflict. as i said, the original and international powers will not allow either powers of the conflict to win the war. >> you see it as a stalemate and a proxy war. >> it is a proxy war. >> is more weapons coming in. >> it's true, it's calculated. the lies of the opposition don't want to opposition to win the conflict. americans made this clear many times. u.s. officials, saying we don't want the regime to fall, to undermine the regime, we don't want to regime to collapse and how they go about that, it's anybody's guess. >> we'll leave it there, thank you for joining us. >>> you are watching the newshour - still to come - south africa's opposition party holds their final rallies. are they fighting a losing battle? >>> 13 years in captiv

. >> the road to damascus is not safe, but we have to go. >> refugees are now forced to return to the war they escaped. al jazeera, lebanon. >> a big child pornography bust including dozens of people. we have details from around america. >> reporter: yes tony, it's one of the largest round ups in a new york child pornography case. several authorities arrested 70 men and one woman including a police chief, a paramedic, a rabbi and boy scout leader. 6,000 desk tonight and la tops e seized. >>> a man pleaded not guilty to homicide. he said he set up motion centers in his garage to capture thieves. he fired four shots hitting a german exchange student. he said that he feared for his life and was defending his property. >>> an in iowa there has been a salmonella outbreak. >>> more trues are on the way to battle the wildfire in northern arizona. 100 businesses and homes have been evacuated from the area. the number of firefighters on the scene will double. >>> and in florida one school came up a way to help pay for graduation. manatee high school offered up premium seats for $200 per

she says the remaining 8% are in an area outside the capital damascus. she is unable to say whether armed groups may get a hold of the weapons. >>> pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine are going ahead with plans to hold a referendum this sunday to seek greater autonomy. they met in donetsk to discuss russian president vladimir putin's request to postpone the vote. analysts say putin wants to pave the way for talks with kiev authorities. the separatist leader told reporters after the meeting they decided voters will cast their ballots on may 11th as specialed. ukraine's military has been trying to evict armed pro-russian separatists from public buildings their occupying in slavyansk and several other eastern cities. many civilians on both sides of the conflict have been killed or wounded since fighting intensified last week. ukraine's acting president oleksandr turchinov said on thursday his government is ready to meet with representatives of local governments, and activists. now, he said he won't talk to armed people with blood on their hands. >>> r

and there has been a barrel bomb attack in the damascus countryside.arrel bombs are dropped from military aircraft and have killed thousands of civilians. thousands of syrian refugees have found shelter in palestinian refugee camps in jordan. some of those jafrps have been around for more than 60 years. >> reporter: the size of this camp is unmatched by any other palestinian camp in the world, over 160,000 palestinian refugees live here, most under the poverty line. it's also where some syrian refugees have chosen to live. this family all live in this small apartment. they prefer it to living in the city. >> translator: living in a palestinian camp is less harsh. we're living among people who already went through the same experience we're going through now. they are more sympathy towards us. >> reporter: it's also easier for syrian refugees to find work, even though the government forbids it. and then there are the schools. un workers are here to help palestinian refugees, but syrian children are not being turned away. palestinian camps were overcrowde

these include the northern city of aleppo and annie is around the capital damascus. japan's finest tristan thompson is promising to help improve infrastructure in the asian nations. this generally strong growth us to make a commitment on sunday at an annual meeting of the asian development bank. finals bonuses and other officials from sixty seven countries and texture is amazing and had six sons capital astana aso said developing countries in asia needs infrastructure improvements tools that potential he said those in power plants on the foundation for such posts we do know i know. who the winner. there's an end japan's plan is still so suggested the two nd japan should come as a deep east fiftieth general conference in twenty seventeen. this planting in a package of about three hundred million dollars to foster the development of private sector firms in africa. in the midst of the team on african development opened on sunday in a guarantee in the capital of helmand on twelve and fifteen african nations are taking part the ring is a font that enter into national confe

to get the treatment he needs they travel back to damascus. >> the road to damascus is not safe, but we have to go. >> refugees are now forced to return to the war they escaped. al jazeera, lebanon. >> a big child pornography bust involving dozens of people. >> reporter: yes, tony, it's one of the largest round ups in th e new york child pornography case. several authorities arrested 70 men and one woman. the montana man charged with shooting an exchange student pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide. marcus said he set up motion censors in his garage to capture potential thieves. he said that he feared for his life and he was defending his property. >>> in iowa, an egg company faces charges for a salmonella outbreak. they blame the firm for the 2010 outbreak. quality egg is accused of bribing a food inspector. >>> nor cremore crews are on ito fight a wildfire in arizona. the number of i would fire wilde doubled. >>> a school comes up with a way to help pay for graduation day. manatee high school charged people to attend graduation day. the school is charging each senior $20 to att

says government forces have taken more areas on the outskirts of damascu damascus and aleppo. me fighters are trying to unite. five rebel groups who say they have more than 50,000 fighters say they have decided to work together to overthrow the regime. leaders of the islamic front, and others agreed to move away from extremim and called on other groups to unite. toppling the regime is a joint operation shared by all revolutionary forces. we welcome cooperating with reaming n regional and international parties and supporting the syrian people in a matter that serbs the revolution's interest. our forces rely on syrian individuals andplasty the military and political decisions under the ref russ must be purely made by sirians and reject subordination under any foreign forces. >> but activists say deep divisions remain among opposition fighters leading to infighting which has weakened their control and helped president bashar al assad's forces. >> an egyptian court has jailed more than 160 muslim brotherhood supporters. the country is cracking down on the group in a lead up to the

opposition fighters film themselves as they targeted the tisharin hospital in damascus. latest research shows the vast majority of violations were not actually by the opposition side. >> is there a clear picture of which side is responsible for most of the attacks? >> well, as you look at this map, you see a lot of blue circles. the blue represents the government. 90% of the attacks have been committed by the government, by the syrian government. >> we spoke to one syrian doctor who is currentlied in a neighboring country by skype. he did not want to be identified. >> from day one of the revolution, syrian doctors were targeted by every means, being killed, being arrested, tortured. they were struggling every day to be committed to the oath they have towards their patients. >> the picture this report presents is one of numerous violations of international law, leading to a situation where very many syrians have virtually no access to basic medical care. things continue to get worse this year alone, 49 doctors killed, 14 medical facilities destroyed in the last month. jame

the time. for example, water quality in damascus is now terrible. an you open the faucet, which just three years ago, you would have been able to drink straight out of the faucet. you know now you actually visibly see sand coming out. also a lot of college students are purposely failing their exams in order to postpone their mandatory military service. you know their life is suspended in time just waiting for this to end. >> we turn now to africa. the cariba dam is one of the biggest man made dams. located on a river between zambia and zimbabwe. millions are living down river an tanya reed has the story. >> one of the word always biggest for evere for more than a are century it's harnessed the zambeezi river. the wall is cracked and needs to be l fixed urgently. chief is among the three and a half million people who live down river. his people believe a river spirit called the yami yami is to blame. >> it is true yami yami is responsible for cracks in the dam because it doesn't want anyone to tamper with the rivers. when the zambezi is blocked it mak

. >> the corridor alonging damascus to government strongholds passes through homs. >> both the regime and opposition, they can't control the whole country. they are it's part of their plan to partition the country. >> once the rebels would withdraw, homs city would no longer be divided. they will use the heart of the revolution but the war is still not over. al jazeera, istanbul. >> still ahead on al jazeera, campaign countdown in south africa. the ruling anc plans to hold its final rally ahead of polls next week. >>> and floyd "money" mayweather shows his class once more in las vegas. >> welcome back to al jazeera. our top stories. search teams have given up hope of finding any more survivors of a landslide that swept through the northeast. more than 2,000 people are reported missing and 4,000 others have been displaced. a cease-fire in the city of homs is holding while groups agreed to stop fighting and leaving strongholds by sunday. at least three people have been killed, a grenade was thrown at a passenger bus while a second blast was near a resort. south africa's elections just a

the road to damascus is not safe. have to go. >> refugees like this are forced to return to the war they escaped. >>> senior libyan air force commander is the latest military figure to turp against the government. two people have reportedly been killed in the latest attack in the libyan capital, destroying several vehicles in the sworn district of tripoli. despite the violence, national elections have been announced. we have more on the government efforts to restore stability. >> reporter: marching with rhythm and firm steps - these men want to be soldiers in libya's army. they get basic training for four months, including different drills and classes. >> we want to prepare the fighters. we give them military lessons and tactics to raise efficiency. we have our forces to protect libya. >> trainers focus on discipline. many of the recruits fought against colonel muammar gaddafi's regime. the libyan army integrated thousands of rebels like her. libya doesn't have a well-equipped army, one that is capable of overcoming t

the 3-year conflict. >>> a citizen journalist in syria told how he suffered but survived a chemical attack, taking place in august, near damascus. he has since escaped to the u.s. and is working to raise awareness of the war. here is his personal account of his journey. >> i am 27 years old. i just made it here to the united states almost two months ago. i came from a town in the west of damascus. i got exposed by sarin attack, on august 21st. my heart stopped for three minutes. i lost my ability to breathe. i felt my chest was set on fire. my eyes was burning like hell. it was so, so painful. i felt like someone was tearing out my chest with a knife. i use the expression of judgment day to describe what it felt like for me to see women and children, older men, running and falling on the ground, suffocating, without seeing a single drop of blood. i have to pull myself together five days later to escort the united nations team when they entered the area, to take advantage of my english skills. people started to feel hope again when we heard that there'll be consequences for using chemical weapons in syria, but when nothing happe

the syrian leader is trying to gain control of all the in damascus. he is close to that now.ng into elections next month, president assad looks stronger than ever. makinges, rebels are gains. it is not a simple picture, but president assad is winning more than he is losing. perhaps the real significance of homs lies in what it says about the rebels' morale. for some, three years of sacrifice with nothing to show for it is enough. >> both sides are tired, but local cease-fires like that in homs are still far from the negotiated settlement that would end this war. the $300,000 reward is being offered by the nigerian government to anyone who can help find and rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls who were abducted by boko haram last month. officials are calling or both american -- calling for both american and european security advice. >> a desperate seen as mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters are arrived at the school where more than 200 girls were at .pted -- abducted this footage, which has just emerged, captured the awful moment last week when they visited the burned-out

to get the treatment he needs, his family spending around $300 to travel to the war zone in damascus. >> translator: we sacrifice our lives for the sake of our child. the road to damascus is not safe, but we have to go. >> reporter: refugees like these are now forced to return to the war they escaped. al jazeera, lebanon. >>> coming up in sports, a day to forget for the new york yankees as they are outplayed and outclassed in chicago. robin is standing by with the details. >>> our turkish movie is tipped at the favorite as to win at the cannes film festival. some say the film is a metaphor for the country's current political situation and issues with freedom of speech. from there we have the report. >> reporter: political statements or just a movie? definitely the latter they say. this turkish film is tipped as a favorite for the top prize of the cannes film festival, but there's just as much interest here in who and what it's based on. the director says though others appointed the prime minister and last year's crackdown on protesters. it tells the tale of a powerful wealthy man who

i came from a town in the west of damascus.xposed by a syrian attack by them on august 21 and my heart stopped for two minutes. and i lost my ability to breathe and i felt like my chest was set on fire, my eyes was burning like hell, it was so, so painful. i felt like somebody was tearing up my chest with a knife. i use the expression of judgment day to describe what it felt like for me to see women and children and men falling on the ground sophisticated without seeing a single drop of blood. i had to pull myself together five days later to go to the u.n. to take advantage of my english skills. people started to feel hope again when we heard that there will be consequences for using chemical weapons in syria. but when nothing happened people got so disappointed and disgust from international community. i made it through the borders and then from beirut airport controlled by hezbollah and it was a pure miracle to make it here. i'm doing a speaking tour across the u.s. making events in university and other public events, meeting

zaid fought the fightin fightinn damascus. remained determined to reach calais. >> i tried go to u.k. maybe 40 times or -- 40 times. >> khan and ali, who want to hide their identity, left pakistan several years ago. >> there is extremism, fundamentalism fighting and problems. so we came here to save our lives. >> and ali lost his business in egypt and has been on the move for over a year. >> translator: i came here to be free because i thought there was freedom in europe but i have found no freedom here. >> reporter: when the french authorities cleared the camp earlier this week, they told migrants they would be taken to a better place. the problem is they didn't tell them where that would be, and many feared it would be further from calais and further from their deem of reaching u.k. the volunteers think the recent success of the national front in france shows that local patience is wearing thin. >> we're ashamed. we've shown no common decency to these mieg raghts. they -- migrants. >> on friday authorities told the migrants

from what is said to be in government and strike targeting the towns of khan allocated damascus before the sudden explosion of an aircraft can be heads in a second clips filmed in dawson a people can be seen pointing in the sky shortly followed by massive explosion in the town. not to miss my pc and rising into the sky the civil war syria has been raging for three years now. i knew. the first all right but camille will be looking up the rest of the day sydney's plastic capsule inside of them that even experienced is dangerously real estate. i know. i knew it. the cheer i sneeze i simply don't run short delays made headlines we will sell in school till it's chilling message her but her out to nigerian president has told find the children shot down a list of the items for ukrainian soldiers killed an army helicopter shot down by progression into this question from twenty first century way. why this castle in spain is playing host to the medieval combat world championships. i am. now is the world's longest serving monarch going to the throne in nineteen fifty and he spoke with so many in

syrian state tv says government forces have taken more arse on the outskirts of damascus, and aleppo. this is despite recent defeats. some fighters are trying to ignite. five groups who say they have more that 50,000 eighters have decided to work together. leaders of the islamic front and others agreed to move away from extremism and called on others to unite. >> toppling the regime is an operation shared by all military forces. we welcome cooperation with all parties and in a manner serving the people's interests. we believe the military and political decisions must be purely made by syrians, and reject subordination under foreign forces. >> reporter: activists say there are deep divisions, leading to infighting, deepening their c control. >>> still to come - thais count the cost of their political crisis. >> a shadow over the election next week in ukraine. >>> and the top stories - south korea says its coast guard will be disbanded in response to the sinking of a ferry. the president park geun-hye took responsibility for the government response to the disaster. >>> two have been kil

27 years old and made it to the united states almost two months ago and came from a town in the west of damascus got exposed by an syran attack on august 21st. my heart stopped for three minutes. i lost the ability to breathe. i felt like my chest was set on fire. my eyes was burning like hell. it was so, so painful and it felt like somebody was tearing my chest with a knife and i use the words judgment day to describe what it felt like with woman and children and men and falling on the ground suffocating without seeing a single drop of blood. i had to pull myself together five days later to escort the u.n. team when they entered to take advantage of my english skills and people felt hope again when we heard there would be consequences for using chemical weapons in syria. but when nothing happened people got so disappointed and disgust from international community. i managed to make it through the borders and then from beirut which was controlled by hezbollah and it was a pure miracle for me to make it here. i'm on a speaking tour across the u.s. and making events at universities and other publi

and they want to make sure they don't burn their bridges with the regime in damascus because it is notoing away. so they came here to show up, to register their name, to make sure the government knows they vote sod they can go home to syria one day. >>> it has been a very different picture in jordan. >> reporter: i am here outside the syrian embassy, where voter turnout appears to be rather low. although jordan is home to large population of syrians that reaches around 1.3 million and constitutes around 20% of jordan's population. not all syrians are ref fees about half of them have been living in jordan for decades, the other half have been displaced from the conflict. but it appears about half are against the assad government. the syrian ambassador went to jordan two days ago for what was described as his recent insults against the jordan government. it says it will not interfere in the election which is happening inside the embassy, which is considered syrian territory. but jordan cannot afford to diplomatic ties with syria. >>> the crackdown has jeopardized the fairness of the elec

media laws must be coordinated and complete when the white house lawyer syria's government did the damascus chemical attack the entire mainstream media swallowed it whole without asking for a shred of evidence. last month us intel admitted actually nato members turkey had full fledged the attack which killed some one thousand four hundred civilians to justify invasion not a single mainstream outlet reports that it's turkey's leaders to youtube last month of the leaked all of them planning another false flag to invade syria reportedly egged on by john kerry turkey's premier confirmed the authenticity of the tape. i will send four men from syria can make up a cause of war and by ordering them to some attack on turkey many times kerry has said to me to keep it you make the decision to strike mainstream as one coordinated a term of the folks would just innocently quote discussing military strategy rather than the appalling truth that turkey's planning a terrorist falls flat on their own land as an excuse to invade syria apparently encouraged to commit these supremum international crime but the

our chief international correspondent gained rare access to the besieged palestinian camp near damascus. she met schoolchildren who had to escape a war zone just to take their tests. yarmouk, the refugee camp or palestinians, now a symbol of suffering. it has been besieged by government forces for nearly a year and torn by the fight against rebel groups. on this day, there is a moment of calm, an agreement to allow students out. weeks asfor two schools across syria hold final tests. it has been a walk through a war zone. we heard gunfire just before their journey started. sit theirgoing to exams may seem a simple thing, but here in yarmulke -- yarmouk, it took weeks of negotiations, days of delay, and huge security concerns. that's what life is like when you live under siege. on our last visit, we saw how desperate conditions are. trappeds of families inside depend on food aid, but they are only getting 1/4 of what they need to survive because the situation is so volatile. no wonder there is such relief when the students finally emerged. yarmouk andoutside hasn't seen his daughter for 1

the corridor linkingly damascus to the government strongholds along the coast passes throughs hommes. >> the regime and the opposition know they cannot control the whole country. so the regime is concentrating on retaking strategic territory. it's part of their plan to partition the country. >> once the rebels withdraw from neighborhoods in the historic center, hommes city will no longer be divided by front lines. the rebels will lose what they call the heart of the revolution. the war is not over. al jazeera. istanbul. a rally is being held in belfast in northern ireland in support of shen certain fein jerry adams being questioned in the murder in one of the most know tore russ her body was marked in an unmarked grave. adams denies any involvement in her murder. >> uruguay set out how marijuana will be produced. people will be able to buy up to 10 grams of marijuana a week. the price will be set at less than a dollar a gram. the president said the rules will work better than in the united states where a number of states have made the drug legal. >> what we have been doing in terms of

the syrian rebels are not. even as washington renewed his push for a change in damascus. op stories of the week and today welcome to the weekly international i'm brewery sushi so i guess police of unleashed tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators in istanbul this during good latest protest over choose days mine blasts that claimed three hundred and one lives. and many tokes alf raced over the government's handling of the tragedy and the prime minister of the one taunted demonstrators when he visited the blast site and one of his aides was even caught on camera kicking a protester while on the ground. correspondents arraf reports from istanbul. still a tense situation here after those and small classes it's the protests in the riot police water cannons being deployed to take out really i know this is the feel that they have not they the lawyers association it'll take time to pray to put it happens in the same and also to demand answers to the many question that still remain a very exactly what happened the people who turned out and said they're calling for accountabilit

the corridor linking damascus along the coast passes through homs. >> the regime and the opposition know they cannot control the whole country. the regime is concentrating on retaking strategic territory. it is part of a plan. >> once the rebels withdrew from neighbourhood, they would no longer be divided by front lines. the rebels may lose the heart of the revolution. the war is not over. >>> a commission on child abuse is being held. protocols are being drafted when a priest is accused. victims' groups pressed the churn to hold priests accountable. a key member is marie collins, a victim of abuse by a priest in ireland. >> i know there's many survivors around the world who are hoping and have great expectations of this mission and what i can say so far is you can't make concrete promises. as a survivor myself, i am hopeful that we are going to achieve what is hoped for. >> once again pope francis established the commission in december. >>> sky high property prices in new york city are creating new business opportunities for churches. many places of worship in immigrant communities find

the face of widespread democracy protests. at times rice beans now as fighting continues rate hike in damascus the nineteenth save. instead it will recognize the syrian national foundation offices take for animation. the wait can be no welcome by his main opposition comes as a announced plans for twenty seven angel an increase in only two assistants are rebels by sudan's president said our house. the change is constant in bali and does not mean that the us is now recognizing the opposition to syria's government now the couple's the ccp is the steamboat the nineteen states has made the ski station to recognize the syrian coalition in washington. any new year will this formal diplomatic missions. this is a commitment that the coalition will be the only legitimate representative of the syrian people on the syrian revolution. i'm thinking has killed several militants on the coming under attack from fourteen hundred pound common in central compartment. but since has been released by the french polynesian mythology in case and having pricing in the northwest on monday becomes of the country's interim president is bound

recognize the offices of the opposition of this entry is fully fledged diplomatic missions the soft roll official damascus diplomats were expelled from the country and the embassy closed. and again until the rebels it is a positive change. this has been far removed from reality though i decided to room three time african music like this on to say. it is totally contradicts the most of the reports that though we received the phone inside of syria. the of the main forces that have been fighting of the governmental bush on all sides have not been on is the purported liberal and pseudo democratic interests but the goals of the radical islamic extremists done within twenty eight and welcomes them into the country. this is not that hard to put this in opposition. the top of the jungle. as far as us for austin's son in the same time to possibly give themht of ths setbacks in the last few months. not intentionally but it was a mythical movement of abducted at least eight more teenage girls of attacking an image of nigeria. it follows of the of the group really starting to sell and the slavery of the two hundred k

the syrian rebels are not. even as washington to push for regime change in damascus. top stories of today and of the week the weekly here on international thanks for joining us today. so police have unleashed tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators in istanbul during the latest protest over tuesday's. blast that claimed three hundred and one lives. over the government's handling of the prime minister over the one demonstrators when he visited the blast site one of his aides was caught on camera kicking a protester on the ground. correspondent sara reports from istanbul. but still a tense situation here after there was one small cluster between the protests in the riot police water cannons being deployed to take us to the plea i know that these are all standards that they have not today is the lawyers association it will say turned out great has put it happened in saying i don't say to demand answers to the many questions that still remain a very exactly what happened the people who turned out here had said back calling for accountability from the government somethi

regime, it's a major city that the regime was anxious to get control of so its access along the trunk from damascus north and to the coast was upobstructed. >> with the rebels giving up homes, is that a sign of vagueness from the rebel side? >> that group resistance in the old city, they had been subject of not only the targetting of the artillery and the bombs, barrel bombs, that have cut off supplies, water. so they agreed to a ceasefire to get out. now, they didn't turn themselves in, as i understand it. so many of them are already planning to find a new way, new place to fight. >> as we look at the images in homs, it looks like destruction, similar to what we saw this world war ii, across western and eastern europe. is this a victory for asaad and his group in terms of territory. it's not as if there's a lot of value in the city, the way it stands now. >> it's a tragedy for all the syrian people, to think of - trying to imagine what it will cost to rebuild in lives, property, that have been so gleevously damaged in the past three years. it's not a victory to be proud of. it's a reminder there i

says government forces have also taken more areas on the outskirts of damascus and aleppo.et by recent gets in homs and elsewhere, some fighters are trying to unite. 5 rebel groups who say they have more than 50,000 fighters say they have decided to work together to overthrow the regime. leaders of the islamic front agreed to move away from extremism and called on other groups to unite. >> toppling the recommend e-mail is a joint operation shared by all revolutionary forces. we welcome cooperating and supporting the syrian people in a manner that serves the revolution's interests. our forces rely on syrian individuals and believe that the military and political decisions under the revolution must be purely made by syrians and rejects subordination under any foreign forces. . >> but activists say deep divisions remain among opposition fighters leading to infighting which has weakened their control and. al jazeera. >>> still to come on the program, yemen calls on the west for help in its fight against al-qaeda. sri lanca marks five years since the end of the civil war. the lo

you can assume that the government has got a plan to try to take territory all the way from damascus the sea. it's not quite there yet because, as i said, the rebels have left with their weapons. they're able to carry on the fight in homs province. h is a string of victories for president assad. think about three years ago when people said he had three weeks left in power. nobody thinks he's going anywhere now. >> paul wood in beirut. thank you very much. >>> stay with us here on bbc world news. still to come, british police look to excavate a number of sites in portugal in the investigation into the missing british toddler, madeleine mccann. [ male announcer ] legalzoom has helped start over 1 million businesses. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalzoom. find yourself. in an accomodation... where you get to do... whatever it is that you love to do! booking.com booking.yeah! without standard leather. you are f

they taunted support for the people's republic of damascus has been proclaimed by separatists they hung the flag from the police station. residents vented anger the government and yet the minute are choosing kids have no control it anymore. i have nothing to do with us. the police and security forces may feel that their families and their supporters it must be the flag under way. i support the donetsk republican government in kiev waste that opportunity but they came to power he legally. in dallas as the conflict escalates happens to find a diplomatic solution continued. jim and sean's langham ankles tied to russian president gluttony putin about the crisis. she asked him to use his influence to help free a group of european moments is being held captive by activists can still be honest actually i've spoken to russian president the demand true to myself. we spoke because even if our opinions differ with those committed to other kinds are no way connected to the team until it into a possible solution and expressing our convictions. clayton. but saif of talks between leaders have done lit

. >>> now syrian government forces have launched further attacks around the capitol of damascus.nother barely bomb was dropped near a mosque southwest of damascus on friday. government helicopters are using the barrel bombs around the suburbs to try to get rid of opposition fighters. and the italian foreign ministers has made their first visit to new york after attending a meeting in london. our diplomatic editor james bays asked her if the political process has failed. >> i don't think there was a plan b in terms of military. i don't think it would be a good idea as i think it wouldn't have been a good idea some years ago. i think the only way we can put an end to the conflict is involving all regional actors that can play a role, who are willing to play a role and call for different parts of the fragmented political scene, to come to the table and find a solution for the country. it's the only way to launch the principles o. >> the iranians say they have a plan that they've offered to ambassador brahimi. how important could those two countries be? >> i think it could be a game

government troops in syria may have used chemical weapons in more than a dozen tax during the past months damascus has denied the accusations saying the country is closely following the international disarmament plan that was agreed last year for more on this i'm now joined live by political commentator john wife. john thanks so much for joining us here in our t. well we've been hearing for months now that those who two part of the geneva talks are committed to the chemical disarmament deal but what are these claims now against us and based on. well based on nothing actually that is absolutely no concrete evidence being provided to back up the claims by even the french government the o.p.c. w d organization for the poor british you know chemical weapons which is tasked with overseeing the destruction the agreed destruction of the syrian government's chemical weapons off my house has confirmed eighty percent of syria's chemical weapons folks of the story so this must tell you this is very very suspicious because you know you can get too much work for presidential elections in syria which will clear

. >>> to syria request where government planes continue to a attack towns outside damascus. thepened about eight-kilometers from the capital. al jazerra can't fair vie the pictures. in northern aleppo, activists say 26 people were killed by government shelling. these pictures appear to show the aftermath of a missile attack in a rebel-held town. and syrian opposition activists have accused the government of another poison gas attack north of homs. these pictures appear to show people suffocating in the rebel-held town there north. human rights watch says there is evidence the government used chlorine gas on three towns since april. if verified the assad government would be in violation of the chemical weapons treaty that it signed in october. >>> serbia's government has announced a 3-day morning period after 21 people were killed in severe flooding. the extreme weather has forced more than 30,000 people out of their holes, a report now from the serbian town. >> reporter: they are at the heart of the devastation here in serbia. you can just see what happens here that house which

opposition fighters film themselves as they targeted the tisherene hospital in damascus. not by the opposition side. >> is there a clear picture of which side is responsible for most of the attacks? >> well as you look at this map you see a lot of blue circles and the blue represents the government. 90% of the attacks have been committed by the government, by the syrian government. >> reporter: we talked to one syrian doctor in a neighboring country by skype. he did not want to be identified. >> syrian doctors were targeted by every means, being killed, being arrested tortured. they were struggling every day to be committed to the oath they have towards their patients. >> reporter: the picture this report presents is one of numerous violations of international law, leading to a situation where very many syrians have.jix n have virtuals to medical care. 14 different medical facilities destroyed in this past month. james bays, al jazeera. >> president obama's pitch to rebuild infrastructure. a look at just how bad the problem already is. plus: >> nobody has been injured or i

meanwhile the syrian president and his wife ros men have made a rare appearance together in damascus for the next orphans whose parents are being killed in the ongoing conflicts. the pair came together from on tuesday remembering the students executed and often an occupation in nineteen sixteen. the situation in syria has made the news in jordan of the raga for all the different races are set to tv guests are sharing that differing opinions on a share of property cold between opposing views. one of the guests at his the other ingredients the syrian intervention when a fight erupted after several pushes and shoves the table production stopped on the part and can be seen in to the hoop at the table fell apart. one of them then walked across to communicate this planet gas. no police charges to be groped. what's your eyes is nice to head the international business and sporting headlines including tributes to the former heavyweight boxing champion jamie evans has died in the united states at age seventy four. i will find out what these young men in china during climbing a tree in london. s