as well as reshuffling the priorities in the region. if he continues remediation records in terms of training and maintenance, i am quite pleased with how he is managing that force. >> just make sure the previous in the aa placed a 355 ship requirement that the navy had established a statutory policy of the united states. -- are you still committed to that 355 ship navy? and you still view it as a statutory law land? >> in the indo pacific region i think we need more capacity in the maritime to be sure. the navy is undergoing another for structure review. i will look at the number again and affirm to the department. >> thank you sir. >> thank you, senator wicker, senator shaheen. >> thank you, senator and thank you for being here today in your service to our country. north korea transferred 55 boxes of remains of u.s. missing servicemen from the north korea war. after the last summit between the president and kim jong you young. can you tell me if we are so cooperating with north korea on trying to return. we think about 5200 of the 7700

>> in the indo pacific region i think we need more capacity. the navy is undergoing more structure review. i will look at that number again and affirm to the department. >> thank you. >> thank you both for being here and for your service to our country. general abrams, north korea transferred 55 boxes of remains of missing servicemen from the korean war after the last summit between the president and kim jong-un. can you tell me if we are still cooperating with the north koreans and trying to return more missing service men. my understanding is we think about 5300 of the 7700 people, soldiers who are missing, are believed to have died somewhere in north korea. >> senator, the short answer is yes we are. i am aware of the efforts to continue dialogue with north korea to move forward in execution of her solemn responsibility to do everything that we can to bring home our missing in action. >> do you know if that's on the agenda for the president's upcoming summit? >> senator, i am not aware specifically. i am aware there is a commitment to continu

be entirely excluded from the region. at the same time the islamic republic is at a crossroads in its history the aging supreme leader ali khamenei is increasingly frail and sick his succession will be a crucial element in the restructuring of the future political balance of the country. in the case of the current supreme leader is office is a big back black box of probably around a few thousand people working in that office and no one has a clear understanding of the power dynamics in that office the most influential people in that office and his own plans and designs for succession decision surrounding succession and how it plays out with iran will be enormously consequential. for the future of iran and stability of the islamic republic and for the capacity of iran to continue casting such a wide influence across the region we simply don't know how succession will play out but often in iran the most powerful institution at the time of the transition will determine what comes next and the most powerful institution at the

for the united states and the region is our values. and whether they're allies, partners, or nations that merely aspire to have the values that we have, they compete more pronounced, in a more pronounced manner, than any handful of dollars ever could. but it has to be proactive. and we have to move out in the diplomatic and the information space, as well as the economic space, quite briskly, because china is spreading dollars around, very perniciously, through corruption, through the mechanisms that you talked about earlier, and we've got to be willing to work in these other realms. >> and to project our power abroad, we have to be strong here at home. military power is important, but we need strong sustained investments in education, in research, in other domestic priorities, if we are going to maintain a competitive advantage. thank you, mr. chairman. >> could each of you give us your thoughts on what the congress could do to help you better prepare, help fulfill your missions? what do you need from us? >> sir, the on time, the suppor

because we have threats in the region. is that a fair summary of the process. >> i think this is something that would be better discussed in a closed session. >> fine. >> but i think we have a more sophisticated way of looking at that. we understand the importance of both of those missions. >> all right. turning now to the situation of afghanistan again, if we were to withdraw -- and, you know, there is mounting pressure and -- and mounting sort of evidence that that is a path that might be pursued -- we still provide the afghan security forces about $4 billion a year in sustenance. so if we withdraw the forces we have to maintain the contribution or the afghan forces would disintegrate. is that accurate. >> there would need to be continued support to afghan forces. the amounts certainly we'd have to look at. but, yes, i think that's accurate, senator. again, that money there without us i think does make it dsh doeshs make it challenging. >> and indeed, because i think one of the things we provide with the presence is to a

are increasing the chances of a clash in the region the u.s. special envoy for syria has reassured world leaders that the withdrawal of american troops from the country won't be abrupt james jeffrey insists it will be an orderly process and carried out in close consultation with allies russian leader gazprom bank has frozen bank accounts linked to the venezuelan state all firm but events are all transactions between the bank and the oil company have also been halted at a watch as news agency says gazprom bank is trying to reduce the risk of falling on the u.s. sanctions imposed last month those are the headlines to stay with us talk to al-jazeera is up next for more news for you after that thanks for much watching ceasing. it's been forty years since the overthrow of the shah of iran would saw his government replace with an islamic republic on talk to al-jazeera we speak to a former foreign minister ambassador to the united nations and a leading voice on the principles of the islamic republic dr come out was also a military spokesman during the

and in the waters of the region. these are extraordinarily important. we see countries like pakistan who stepped forward to provide significant resources and provide leadership to these organizations. this allows us to make sure we share the burden and leverage the capabilities that everybody brings and it adds to a much more collective approach to security in the region. those arches four key programs of probably several others that could be discussed as well. >> thank you general. that last point speaks to my logistical officer heart. when i look at a map of the centcom region i can't help but wonder how your j4 is able to transport equipment especially in light of competition and the changing environment. when i think about the potential for the iranians to restrict movement in the iranian golf going back to this exercises you just mentioned do you regularly exercise against this threat and how confident are you that our supply chain would not be impacted should conflict escalate in the region? one of the principal

>> our -- i speak quite frequently in the region about in, madam. one of the things that competes so strongly for the united states and the region is our values. >> yeah. >> and whether they are allies, partners or nations that merely aspire to have the values that we have, they compete more pronounce -- in a more pronounced manner than any handful of dollars ever could. but it has to be proactive. and we have to move out in the diplomatic and the information space as well as the economic space quite briskly because china is spreading dollars around very per initialsly through corruption, through the mechanism you talked about earlier. and we have to be willing to work in the other realmplace. >> to project our power abroad we have to be strong here at home. military power is important, but we need strong, sustained investments in education, in research, in other domestic priorities if we're going to maintain a competitive advantage. thank you, mr. chairman. >> could each of you give us your thoughts on what the congress could do to help you prepare

unrelenting rivalry between iran and saudi arabia is serious still some to the balance of power in the region well to discuss that i'm now joined by iran desk director at the middle is the in-situ madame slim it's good to talk to thank you very much for talent to be with you thank you now one of the most common words you use to describe the current american policy in the middle east is a profound it is that i can't even quote an area it starts with asked and answered show and before we discuss what drives your criticism of the trumpet ministration i wonder what worth would you use to describe the policies of his predecessor look when it comes to the middle east in a obama try to do this kind of balancing and try to establish in the middle east this kind of coexistence between saudi arabia and iran on the assumption that the major divide in the middle east with which they and they deal with that assumption is this conflict this divide between saudi arabia and iran and so with with the with the conclusion of the nuclear economic between the united states you know the p five plus one and you kno

lastly, i would just close with all the countries in the region, the democracies in the region need toget food into the people. do not allow maduro to block the food. make it clear to the people. make it clear to the people of venezuela that for years to maduro has said no to humanitarian assistance that all could be controlled by the military. it's time to overcome that control. >> is controlled by the military of those corrupt purposes by the regime. ambassador sullivan come out to turn back to you. we have a few minutes here. you mentioned before hand the idea of a contact group. could you explain a little more detail what would be the purpose of such a group, what would be its intentions? what would it try to achieve? that would be additional clarity would be helpful in thinking there as well. i know you have to leave and can't stay for the question-and-answer, but any last questions that you have comments on the role of the european union moving forward. >> well, thank you. the idea which will be discussed tomorrow at the meeting of european foreign ministries and there may be an

these other obstacles or challenges in the relationship which is very much iran behavior in the region so is there war that. put all the aspects of the. policy under i think it's kind of balancing policy it's a kind of a distorting some kind of equilibrium policy and and. let's put it this way it's a de is collation policy now you mentioned the work that the obama administration tried to do on iran but there are also many other aspects of his policy and one could mention the destruction of libya or the failure to achieve any of the american objectives in syria how come that the two years of the. administration which you can argue have an inch of much but didn't do much harm in terms of lives lost are described as a as show by the obama policy doesn't quite rise to that when it comes to the middle east term policy is not that much different from that it is very much expressing the increasing opinion in the american public that it's time for us to to get out of the mideast the middle east as a region seen by the majority of the americans as being a failed region and that we have spent bl

in the region. while the nuclear weapons program is one aspect of the threat that they presented, the facilitation of domestic missiles of other lethal materials to their proxies in yemen and in syria and in iraq, other places, i think should give us very, very significant paws. the continued efforts to exercise control over critical waterways, it should give us continued cause here. iran continues to present threats to us across the region. as we look at implementing the national defense strategy -- and i agree with the folks on the competition, my best advice -- to my chain of command, would be to ensure we retain sufficient capabilities and response capabilities to deal with the threats that remain in the centcom area of responsibility. >> thank you very much. >> on behalf of the chairman, thank you very much and thank you for being here and thank you for your service. i want to stay on that same topic about the national defense strategy and i ran and explore some of the tensions that the natural

(dave)dry and (dave) (dave)dry and seasonably cool conditions will prevail across most of the region through the weekend. the exception may be the north bay where there is a chance of light rain late in the weekend. a plume of moisture will bring moderate to heavy rain to the broader region for the first half of next week though the exact positioning of the heaviest rains continues to vary. another potentially wet system may bring more rain to the region late next week and into the following weekend. ( marty ) this morning the recovery effort will continue for the body of a woman who was buried under a cliffside collapse at fort funston. fire crews spent hours searching for her yesterday at the popular san francisco beach. (áboxesá) kron4's sara stinson joins us from fort funston with the latest. sara? (áboxesá) thanks sara. thanks sara. we will check back with you

quite clear that in terms of the results trunk the traumatization hasn't yet done as much damage to the region as the obama administration did willingly or not is it fair again to describe. the term policies in such profound ways and be so civil and polite about the obama's resolve look i will disagree with you in terms of what obama has done personally i think he has not done enough that's my problem with obama has is that children have to learn to not i think in syria for example in two thousand and thirteen when there was a threat of and we knew that the assad regime was about to use chemical weapons on a wide scale like he has done in. and already in two thousand and twelve obama has established that line in the sand about the use of chemical weapons i think in syria in two thousand and thirteen the obama administration should have responded with force and eliminate the capacity of the syrian regime to use helicopters and other if forced to draw better bombs of people said that is a mistake i think it was a mistake for obama for example to exit in iraq in two thousand and eleven when iraq

to stand with our allies and friends in the region. the time has come for our european partners to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal and join with us as we bring the economic and diplomatic pressure necessary to give the iranian people the region -- the iranian people, the region, and the world the peace, security, and freedom they deserve. we must not let this opportunity slip from our hands. in june, 2009, after the iranian regime stole an election and maintained its grip on power, the previous administration renewsed to raise its voice when -- refused to raise its voice when the iranian took to the streets in what came to be known as the green movement. it wasn't until the congress acted that the united states declared its support for the iranian people. as a member of congress, it was my privilege to introduce a bipartisan resolution that passed overwhelmingly that showed the support of the american people. only then did our administration follow. but soon the ayatollahs and their hinchmen used the cover of the world's timidity to

and iran's influence in the region. the head of the u.s. central command, general joseph votel, also took questions about russia and china. >> good morning. the committee today will receive testimony from the united states central command. i'd like to welcome our witness, general joseph votel. commander of the united states central command. welcome. general votel will hand over the central command at the end of march. mr. inhofe: i want to thank him for his outstanding service to our country over his 38-year career. general, you've had a tough job at centcom and with the rise of isis and the spread of iran's proxies and the return of russia to the middle east, you and the president have grappled with some of the very hard decisions. thank you for all you've done to keep america safe. the senate armed services committee top priority is to ensure the implementation of the national defense strategy, which identifies competition with china and russia as, quote, the central challenge to the united states' prosperity and security. clearly we don'

part of the challenge is the diversity of our region. kelly and i both reprent suburban jurisdictions. we're outside the belt way. we're not served by metro, but we absolutely have to increase the amount of transit availability we have, because we're not going to be able to builddsnough ro solve all of our problems. that doesn't mean we don't have to go roadso. a there's a lot of need. if you look at all of the different activity centers we have, look at all of our population centers as well asur all of employment centers, we've got to connect all of those to oe another in s way and finding the most cost effeive and most effective ways to make those connection system a challenge we're working on every day. >> kellha all of kind of touches on one thing or another, but i have found in the years covering transportation that kind of what these guys are talking about is true, but you have to think regionally, right? for a long time we really haven't thoughton rely. we've kind of protected our own interests a little bit. have you found thatn fr

farms and upon the palms became a secure source of dust in fact from this region. the city of us in who is a stand southwestern iran is now one of the most polluted cities on the planet partly because of dust blowing in from iraq. the marshlands in southern iraq a grossly affecting our western southwestern cities like i was. part of it is also coming from neighboring countries hard coming from the hot spots that we have inside the country the areas which are crawling to soil erosion. was. only two sectors twenty fourteen was hit by a spectacular dust storm. five people were killed and thirty injured flights were councillors there were numerous car accidents and the city was plunged into darkness. which. when this happens in a nation's capital people take notice. as well as the social impact the economic cost of events like this is devastating. economists calculate that dust storms cost the middle east and north africa around twelve billion u.s. dollars every year. so there's a pressing need for practical remedies or anything another one of the first priorities is to

head, we will keep growing, were going to keep going at the regional level, were going to keep growing at the san francisco level, we can continue to say, you know, we don't like the way the state is doing it, but if we keep growing at the keep pace that we have grown for the last couple of decades, there's no way we will solve the problem, and i applaud this effort to be think it's great to we have to continue to look at the regional level because that is what will get us out of this solution. not necessarily -- we want to do our part. i think it is great mr true is here, because we grapple with why these units are not being built. clearly we need to build those. beyond that, we have to build others that are in the pipeline, and we have to be smart about it. we have projects like 3333 california which is a small -- smart space to build new housing. there are a lot of people in here that were questioning the rationale for that housing when we had a hearing on it, the forest hills, laguna honda affordable housing project that we did not build because of

(dave)dry and seasonably cool conditions will prevail across most of the region through this evening. the exception may be the north bay where there is light rain. a slow moving frontal boundary containing a rich supply of moisture will bring periods of moderate to heavy rain to much of the region from monday through early wednesday. the north bay is the area most likely to see prolonged heavy rain and potential flooding, primarily from monday afternoon through midweek. another storm system may bring more rain to the region by friday night or saturday. ( marty ) we are waiting on the autopsy report on san francisco public defender jeff adachi. sources tell kron4 that the san fransciso police deapartment is investigating his death. adachi's body was found friday night near coit tower. he was the victim of an apparent heart attack. kron4's gayle ong has the we're learning more about the death of san francisco public defender jeff adachi..sources tell kron 4 authorities are investigating if there are any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death..adachi died friday night..it is beli

other countries parts of the region in addition to syria. and other areas as well thank you very much. my dear friend president putin place and. value of all members of the press i greet you with respect and affection. so i like to start my birds by thanking mr. putin for his for hosting us here and coming us here. and like to thank him on my be health in one behalf of my nation i'd like to extend my console condolences. to prisoner honey for the. initial incident. in iran. for a cup i'm the president of a country which has been fighting terrorists p k k. he's given. thirty forty thousand deaths to the. terror and stand my iranian brother very well. i'd like to say also that terrorist organizations. doomed to lose at the end of whatever it takes however long it takes it is important that peace and stability is established in syria we've looked into this issue during our meeting we looked into the issue of ending clashes and we've consulted each other in relation to the actions and steps to be taken to achieve that goal also the civi ceasefire

on the other side was threatening regional unity that's needed to counter iran does the g.c.c. blockade work in favor of iran. we are not happy that disputes are developing india. because that does not help put to security and development of peace in a region but this is a matter of fact that out of his human and policies of the b.n. and united out of a mere it's just dispute has been developed we are ready to talk to everyone in duration even so they are below units there are mere is all other parties and we believe eventually that he's defining a solution for developing peace and security and duration outof intervention of foreign countries if you sit together and talk to show there for the benefit of the region i believe something with the come out of it dr haraszti you were foreign minister under a president mohammad khatami of course who was in a supported by a political faction known as the iranian reformists now his vision called for more freedom called for more democracy yet today iran is ranking one hundred sixty four out of one hundred eighty that's according to report

this week i'll continue to do my part we have to develop a network across the region. it will be a lot of work think. for now the party headquarters are in her kitchen don't cook that mustard is over two so there's no time for lunch goes the afternoon coordinating with supporters and dealing with legal questions she's a composer but her face is known across france as one of the leaders of the yellow vests need keys but what's the money for. hi you tube video against president emanuel am a cornfield tax hikes went viral and stirred up the yellow vests protests but now she says it's time to move on. the movement has reached rock bottom it's becoming nonsense. they've radicalized and ninety's people think the oh and the whole yellow vests may have meant. to no one can own me or hold me hostage in the street. move who isn't alone and denouncing the yellow vests to. the more than ten thousand people took to the streets of paris that message to the yellow vests that's enough they feel increasingly alienated from the movement it's the first rally in months that's for the gover

the u.s. have been consistently destructive in our region. both in iraq and syria now in yemen and the role of the u.s. has never been positive who believe that the u.s. need to change their ways. and understand that. the way they've been interacting with the region is wrong. they've chosen the wrong path to work with us the actions of the americans world not bring anything good neither to themselves nor to the people of the region. you've seen what's been happening at the meeting in war so they haven't achieved anything the u.s. are. clueless they don't know how to proceed. both this administration and the previous administration are clueless about how to maintain and secure the interests of the region and so we believe that. the u.s. . change. policy towards the region i support turkey we know that believe that his concern is. correct. and there have been a number of terrorist acts took place in iran we have seen that some of these many of these terrorists were prepared by foreigners including the zionists. the yes the terrorist act the blaz

man the problem that we have in our region is the conflicts the instability the ongoing violence and terrorism feed. that is i would. made the situation. unfortunately a lot of the tracked vehicles in the driving of the desert surface by the combatants has disturbed the desert surface and made it worse. that it took to war activities especially in iraq and syria because of huge amount of fission to have been destroyed i'm talking about need for you to ship which make new sources of dust. in the past. if we have a dos a song generated in a place like syria and iraq it is very different from the song which is generated from place log. or you eat because in places like iraq and syria we have had conflicts for years so we have toxic elements which could be attached to the surface in. the barcelona team charted a rise in dust levels across the wider region from two thousand to two thousand and twelve. blue shows winter months green shows some. scientists have also observed an increase in temperature in the middle east over the past eighty years. and over the same period a decrease in rain

a situation which got there would have to share the hosting rights with other states in the region it's pie in and that that would serve to bridge build bridges and. to spark every conciliation process is pie in the sky now whether on the infant tino the face of president consciously or unconsciously is doing so in effect he is trying is serving the agenda of both united arab emirates and saudi arabia in the sense that they would in an ideal situation like the seat got to deprive the hosting rights and if it cannot be deprived of that at least be forced to share the glory and that he's trying to do by eyes or forcing is by forcing a situation which you would have an expansion of the number of competing teams to already be in two thousand and twenty two instead of at the two thousand and twenty six cut as it's scheduled but you do see this effort on a much broader scale for example in the. proposition that shut janeen for tina likes put forward by japanese venture capital fund soft bank which wants to invest twenty five billion dollars in fee for and to. create two new comp. fissions and

fly pan over the region back then and so that declaration kind of just fizzled out if the independence talk makes a comeback in arabic will iraq commit to military action to bring the kurds back into line well is i think we are a. part of us in this country. are we when you take decision us of those you have to. is not right. that you take that selection we're living in the same country where i was living in the same region we have many ties my my. my answer to our. partners in this country is that we should wait to get. if you want to achieve positions and get power and get benefits so that you work towards independence it doesn't work because this will not establish trust between the region and the rest. we have to establish trust you have to decide that you are part of this nation part of this country you have to take that final decision and then move forward then we are part of those in everything but kurdistan's prime minister not sure man barzani told me that baghdad neglects the needs of the kurds and that it doesn't treat them fairly in the federal state should the kurds expect

mexican revolution, you had an increase of hundreds of lynchings of mexicans by anglo texans in the region. >> i use this in general terms. was there any sort of trial or hearing? who wasthey determine lynched? what was the process to determine that person needed to die? >> it often occurred through community, social worlds, word-of-mouth. many times you would read, citizens would read that there was an alleged murder. possibly a mexican man killed an anglo woman. the newspapers would report that. often times in the newspaper article, it would read, a posse is sure to form. shortly thereafter, there were posses that formed. the suspects were apprehended and usually murdered on site. there were a few occasions where these men and boys escaped lynching, only to be arrested and taken to trial and found guilty sometimes by members of the lynch mob in the jury. >> when you say a trial, what did that look like? >> there is a perfect example in 1911, a boy named liam martinez, jr. he confessed to the crime because he wanted to escape the lynch mob outside the sheriff's office. so he went to trial

not to mention what it says to the region, because understand this. the iranians and our enemies in the region have been telling everyone for a long time, and the russians echo this, americans are unreliable, they always abandon their friends, you can't count on them. or america is a declining power. that's the other argument they use openly. america is a great power in decline. and every year that goes by, you will see that they can't back up their words. that's why you can't count on them. america is weakening. i don't believe that's true. in fact, we know that's not true. but halfway around the world, they do. and when we take actions that prove it, it makes it true in the minds of a lot of people and a lot of countries, and it actually is dangerous. because it could invite someone to take a reckless and irresponsible action on the behaves of -- on the basis of miscalculation. someone may believe america's now weak, let's attack them, and then we're in a war. the best way to prevent a war is to make sure those that want to fight you have no chance o

s become africa's second largest refugee hosting country in the gambell a region refugees number almost as many as ethiopians about four hundred thousand like this camp is home to sixty thousand traumatised who fled fighting in south sudan. when the war erupted in south sudan children were set on fire and many others were abducted. the soldiers even killed blind people. people were forced to eat dead bodies and have sexual intercourse with family members. boys were forced to have sex with their mothers. this trauma will not be forgotten. in the bed room and her family feel safe in this camp it's supposed to be a temporary home but they've been here for four years already without permission to work outside the camp she fears the future looks dim. when my husband was in south sudan he had a job but now he doesn't this is a problem because we depend on a lack of education is also a problem and i want education for my children and for myself and only then will we have a chance here in ethiopia. that's just one of the problems in the camp run by the un and if you open government. when we com

besides me, the united states, the region has a big role to play in afghanistan. the roots of the conflict in afghanistan is not only in afghanistan, but also in the broader region. i have said to the regional players that we seek their cooperation. their participation. their facilitation to come to the peace table and to make an honorable, just peace with each other. i have talked to all the neighbors of afghanistan, perhaps the exception of one or we hat you can guess, but have not yet agreed on a formal framework for regional participation. there is a set number of regional initiatives that are out there. we look forward to coming to some understanding on the shape of the regional gathering that could facilitate and participate in the finalization of the peace agreement, but we don't have to wait until then for regional players to play a part. they can can already play a positive role. of peace the timing settlement from our point of view is the sooner the better. i have said that although there is an election, i know that makes reaching a peace agreement partic

in the previous region, the products was 1.2 million tons. and today the figure has reached 30.7 million tons. we are witnessing the country's progress in different fields. that includes, water, electricity, road construction, railway system and ports. there is no sufficient time now. you can ask relevant authorities and officials. i learned these figures from them. we had 19 national dams at the time of the previous regime. today we have 172 dams. this indicates that there has been a major increase in the number of dams in this country. there were 7,000 megawatts of electricity and today's 80,000 megawatts of electricity that's been generated. we stood in the 38th place in the world at the time of the previous regime that spoke of the gateways of civilization. today we're standing in 14th place and we're standing in 1st place at the regional level. this indicates -- indicates the breakthroughs we have experienced and also speaking of our port capacities, it was 19 million tons in the past. today it's 234 million tons. this is indicative of o

iran's role in the region is more influential compared to the past. and it's unprecedented in the course of history. iran is the only country that can help the nations of the region if they want security. i mean without iran, no plan or project can be implemented in this region. the global arrogance, the americans, the zionists must know that victory belongs to our nation. regarding the rights of women, the youths, the minority and sunnis, the different ethnic groups, we will continue to protect their rights. and one of our mottos has been the rights of citizenship. sunnis hold different positions, including governor, deputy governor general, district governor and members of councils and so on. and we have two sunni ambassadors today. our is indicative of growing unity and solidarity. islam and the revolution has granted higher status to women, and today women are present in different positions and managerial positions. we will continue transparency in order to combat corruption. we support the underprivileged. we will continue supporting them. we wil

their ways to be in the region is not the way they have chosen. and this is not correct and we have only seen that the measures taken by the us are neither and there is the interest of the us people nor and interest of the. people in the region and you can see that there was going to the meeting is taking place in warsaw it's an empty meeting nothing. the us. is confused and doesn't know what to do. what the u.s. is doing or whether the current administration or the previous administration doesn't ensure that enter this. region and the nations of the region what we want and what we are hoping for as a state. changes that policy in the region. as far as turkey is going to turkey has concerns and there. concerns are justified right. now if you don't we nations are like timbs of terrorism we have. struck time. most of which have been said by foreigners by designers by the americans including what happened yes so they. are on a suicide attack against our border forces or the guard. we can see that terrorism is there is a danger for the region and we s

contain iran's influence inside syria so what they are trying to do now is to find partners in the region and in eastern europe especially together with israel obviously and prime minister netanyahu to contain iran even while u.s. troops won't be there so that's the whole point how to create an alliance to push back iran and they see this because there's this very clear this is a political as well as a military strategy yes i mean president champ would like to have regional countries neighboring countries to fill the gap maybe saudi arabia egypt maybe the united arab emirates they are there and they are the ones who really all rivals of iran in the region they want to clearly contain iran's influence in the region because iran during the past few years have really gained a lot of leverage inside of the middle east look at lebanon look at iraq look at syria now to get yemen so what they are trying to do is to create this alliance to really push back influence inside syria why even without u.s. troops on the ground many of these countries have to have signally failed to get completely invol

and zionism are at the root of terrorism in the region. you don't we will take our martyrs blood and revenge on this small group of mercenaries american zionism are the root causes of terrorism you know the region they are the main roots of terrorism unfortunately some oil rich countries in the region have also financially sponsored terrorist. training us now for more stars our correspondent also. jamal the focus is all wrong and what has vice president mike pence. will the vice president of the united states as well as secretary of state's mark bumppo have made no secret of what they are hoping to at least try and achieve from what has been a very bizarre kind of conference in terms of the aims of it they are very clearly trying to unite as many people behind there and around and to iranian regime stunts as far as the vice president is concerned he said that it is disappointing insaan that the european countries have not been supportive of u.s. imposed sanctions on iran and he said it was high time that they withdrew from the iran nuclear

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well some four hundred thousand of them are in the gum bella region w.'s funny for char visited a refugee camp there a warning that some viewers might find the reports disturbing. we are traveling through a beautiful but dangerous region needed so sudanese border in the impoverished lowland of ethiopia lies a bed of conflicts among different ethnic groups. behind me that's all sudan a young independent nation but the fighting over there continues more than two million people flock to neighboring countries like you but this country produces hundreds of thousands of displaced people all the own did you ask nick lashes violence droughts and flooding so what's the perspective for refugees here. if you become africa's second largest refugee hosting country in the gambell a region refugees number almost as many as ethiopians about four hundred thousand like this camp is home to sixty thousand traumatised refugees who fled fighting in south sudan. when the war erupted in south sudan children were set on fire and many others were abducted. the soldiers even kille