u.s. led coalition and a lot of bombing was taking place so we heard u.s. leaders saying making statements to the effect that civilian casualties are just a fact of life civilian casualties or a fact of life in iraq and instead as you can see here in the video the evacuation buses arrived empty a militant positions are located just a few hundred meters from the route the syrian government has distributed leaflets of civilians in the militia can control don't play with detailed information on how to get to the government controlled side professor of political sociology talk aside subject says the groups have been bolstered by outside help so who is playing with fire though one would think that was fun though it was full of i think so. who is providing the series who is financing them who is providing media coverage for them. to show that what is happening is. a big must let go of innocent people what they care about is those whom they have supplied arms whom they have finances whom they have been breathing in the last few years and now they have lost the war

u.s. led coalition and a lot of bombing was taking place so we heard u.s. leaders saying making statements to the effect that civilian casualties are just a fact of life civilian casualties are a fact of life in iraq and instead well as we can show you here on the video evacuation buses arrived empty and militant positions are located just a few hundred meters from the route the syrian government has distributed leaflets among civilians in the militant controlled and play with detailed information on how to get the government controlled signed a professor of political sociology dr saeed sidekick says groups have been bolstered by outside help. clueless playing with fire the one who was think it was five is the one who was fighting weapons who is full of i think there is always fighting men think them who is providing cover for them. and trying to show that that what is happening is. a big must let go of innocent people what they care about is when they have supplied all. they have to finance it they have been breathing in the last few years and lost the war

u.s. coalition and white helmets good and fact according to their site of oslo has raised over two million dollars to help the white helmets but as we've reported before the group isn't exactly what they might appear to be. with some forty six million members worldwide and sixteen available languages on their website they make clicked of is an extremely. easy weather causes animal rights global warming or the children in syria as an organization they're very deeply imbedded in. american establishment into the corporate world and into the political ruling elite world in america and so we've seen a far as used to weaponized as an instrument of war for example the petition was put forward for example against libya they were calling for a no fly zone we've also seen them for example supporting the alleged chemical weapon attacks to to demonize the syrian government and to accused russia of supporting so why don't they launch a petition that is calling for an hour fly zone or a petition that is demonizing one particular side in a conflict it is a recently linked to that humanitarian aspect now

u.s. coalition of course the destruction of records and has a responsibility to rebuild the city we need to help with restoring the water supply in clearing the rubble. i found a man on the streets near my house my friend and i tried to detonate it from a distance but it didn't go well we thought the mind didn't work and work towards it exploded my friend was killed i survived me he watching i think the national going to take a quick break but will be back until it. klein . who is writing extensively on environmental issues and social justice issues went to these conferences in puerto rico and her take away was that a bunch of rich people of showed up and this is a danger to the local economy and to the local fabric of society so the first thing that strikes me is that lefties like they only feel they have a monopoly on good intentions which i'm not sure where that comes from. welcome back now the u.s. state department could require visa applicants who want to visit america to reveal information about the social media accounts they have used over the last five years with more on this story

u.s. coalition. old ruins no water supply no electricity supply no hospitals or education institutions working because some of them many of them were destroyed by the bombings and they are strikes on that so far what we see is temperature rising while all the bodies of these seized are still under the rubble and that deteriorates the disease control operations but they are neglecting this as well as the international organizations and u.s. led coalition turned a blind eye to all these problems no one can come to rocket today and no one knows who is managing this seat and who is to be responsible for the humanitarian disaster there. heard about the number of people who have sex. for the left the east and. russia. was a result of many talks and negotiations succeeded in creating a favorable environment for securing tearing aid and help to the people of eastern ghouta today. how to help syria. under the auspices of that nation to resupply over four thousand and one hunger blankets and pillows to the peo

u.s. led coalition and a lot of bombing was taking place so we heard u.s. leaders saying making statements to the effect that civilian casualties are just a fact of life. or a fact of life so it was quite a heated exchange at the united nations but all parties agree that the lives of civilians in eastern guta is key if however there's quite a disagreement about who's responsible for the circumstances in the situation in the country. well as you can see from this video from east to evacuate buses arrive from the enclave and. positions located just a few hundred meters from the route the syrian government has distributed leaflets among civilians in the minutes and controlled and clave with detailed information on how to get to the government controlled side professor of political social that you talked to. says that armed groups have been bolstered by outside help. for always playing was fire the one who was doing that was fire is all it was for voting weapons was paul vi i think there is always fighting men think them always providing media cover for them. a

u.s. led coalition and a lot of bombing was taking place so we heard u.s. leaders saying making statements to the effect that civilian casualties are just a fact of life. or a fair life so it was quite a heated exchange at the united nations but all parties agree that the life of civilians in eastern guta is key however there is quite a disagreement about who's responsible for the circumstances in the situation in the country. meanwhile in neighboring iraq people are still struggling with life following their liberation from terrorists refugees in the country province say they feel safe in camps than in the homes they are being told riven forced to return to that's according to a joint report by three humanitarian organizations the report does say that eighty four percent of refugees feel much safer in their camps and only one percent know for certain that they still have a house to return to with half of those questioned their homes have been destroyed testimonies in the report do appear to reflect those figures. we didn't make it to this place without see

u.s. led anti i think coalition in the east which according to the pentagon is now having to halt operations because of their departure some fighters operating within your steer have decided to leave operations in the middle euphrates river valley to fight elsewhere possibly in africa they're not fighting isis anymore and that basically meant that the not taken to richard barrett from isis is quickly as they had been in the past the syrian democratic forces mentioned in the pentagon statement are predominantly composed of kurdish militia fighters they played a crucial role in combating iceland syria and have been receiving support from washington but now a spokesperson for the militia has said that protecting people in syria's northern city of a free is more important than aiding the u.s. coalition turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish militias in the african region back in january and considers them to be terrorist groups and says it wants to dislodge them from the border area through or can't reports according to u.s. . officials u.s. backed a ground operations against islamic s

u.s. coalition forces with their partners on the ground defending themselves. we were attacked in this particular case. my view is that our forces responded properly in this case immediately identified what was happening. they immediately got on the net with the russians and were talking with them before, during and after the event and very effectively brought together the right capability. i think our people responded extraordinarily well. i don't know if this is some kind of change in how they are approaching this. we'll just tell tell you that we remained extraordinarily vigilant and we retain the sufficient capabilities to protect ourselves and our partners on the ground. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you senator. senator graham. >> general votel is there any credible opposition to assad in syria? >> senator mission is -- my question is there any credible opposition to assad in syria? >> the only opposition is in the gunta area and the area to control some terrain so they do pose a threat to the regime. >> who is winning in syria? >> again from the ci

u.s. coalition in the fight against eisel and now the pentagon says it has been forced to hold those operations because of the kurds departure. some fighters operating within the s.d.s. have decided to leave operations in the middle east river valley to fight elsewhere possibly aren't they're not fighting isis anymore and they're basically mended they're not taking territory back from isis is quickly as they had been in the past the kurds america's most reliable allies in syria have ups and left go on to make war with america's fellow anti isis coalition member and nato partner turkey not the friendliest coalition in the world but that's besides the point you know you've got the. distraction of what's going on up front right now it distracts from international effort to ensure the lasting defeat of isis what is going on in a free is taking away from the fight against isis it has interests secretary mabus had called it is certainly not helpful problem is while america's anti isis coalition butchers and cannibalizes itself the war against the jihad has stopped the kurds all left to do their own t

u.s. coalition turkey launched an offensive against the kurdish militias in the african region back in january and quote considers them to be terrorist groups and says it wants to dislodge them from the border area three or khan reports but according to u.s. officials u.s. backed a ground operations against islamic revenants in eastern syria have been put on hold now that's because kurds who had spearheaded combat against extremists have shifted to a separate fight with turkish forces in a free the kurdish region of a free and in northern syria has become a new geo political pivot point in the conflict turkey launched an offensive in a frame in january to expel syrian kurdish forces what it sees as a terrorist group and as an extension of a kurdish insurgency at home while the parties in the region are trying to figure out what to do exactly the violence in the region continues. for weeks now defense secretary jim matheson other u.s. officials have called turkey's operation a distraction from the anti isis campaign you know you've got the. distraction of what's going on africa right now it dis

>> at this point, if that was the decision made by the coalition leadership here, the u.s.-led coalition leadership, we would pursue that. >> detainees, we rolled up about 400-something detainees in syria, syria democratic forces, have about 400-some people in their charge, is that correct? >> senator, i think you're referring to about 400 or so foreign terrorist fighters that they have. >> these are the people that did not die for the cause, but captured as we liberate areas, is that right? >> and as they attempted to escape the areas we're in right now. >> do we have a plan to obtain the people? >> we actually do have a plan to detain them on the ground, and we are working with our partners and the government here to work to get them back to their countries so they can be prosecuted -- >> they don't go back to the countries, do we have a credible plan to detain them inside of syria long term? >> we are working on improving the capacity of the syria democratic forces to do that right now. >> okay. africa, general, it's made up of how many countries? >> five or so, yes. >>

u.s. military support of the saudi coalition and our overarching u.s. policy for resolving the war in yemen. ima appreciate the chairman has also made a commitment to a markup in the committee and the near future over legislation that deals with the question of yemen. and i also welcome his commitment to markup in a ums, authorization for the use of military force in the committee. those are significant and actually will go a l long way towards an important process about how we deal with this challenge. in considering senate resolution 54, i encourage my colleagues to assess the best way to promote core u.s. in the middle east, including pushing back on iran's aggressive and destabilizing actions across the region, countering terrorism and ensuring the freedom of navigation. to achieve these goals, our long-standing policies have been to partner with members of the cooperation council to promote the security and stability of the arabian peninsula. as they consider this resolution, we must fully grasp the situation on the ground in the scope of tax on on

u.s. provides to the saudi-led coalition, including aerial refueling over the red sea, contributes to greater precision in their air campaign and leads to fewer civilian casualties. withdrawing u.s. support would increase, not decrease, the risk of civilian cash iewltities and it would signal that we're not serious about containing iran or its proxies. the houthi presence would continue to ship in the red sea, they would continue to threaten riad and iran would be further emboldened. so that's why the goal of this resolution is bad policy. but my colleagues' resolution is also procedurally mistaken. the expedited authorities are meant to remove u.s. forces from actual participation in u.s. hostilities. but this has not caused us to enter interactive warfare or hostilities in yemen. the department of defense and secretary mattis have made clear that u.s. forces are not -- are not engaged in exchanges of fire with hostile forces. according to the acting general counsel of the department of defense, the limited military and intelligence support that the united states is providing to the k.s.a.-l

we can help minimizeda collateral damage by providing the coalition with training on best practices. general votel testified last week that u.s. assistance has contributed to improve it by the coalition on these issues. specifically, the department of defense has told us that engagement by u.s. military person has resulted in the production of a no strike list. that is a process which actually puts targets off-limits and ensures that pilots and others understand those targets. they also caused a succession or an ending of the use of -- by saudi forces. and the formation of the body to investigate noncombatant casualties. these are positive steps but it is clear that much more must be done to maximize impact of the war on yemeni civilians. i support our continued engagement for that purpose. both saudi arabia and the uae face a significant threat from houthi rebels armed with ballistic missiles. apparently with assistance of the iranians. there have reportedly been dozens of such attacks against saudi arabia since the spring of 2015, including against civilian targets like the international airport in riyadh which was attacked

u.s. coalition allies saudi arabia and as the old cracks reappeared in the war torn yemen its people find themselves stranded between competing interests in job aid there. and the next part of our special series on yemen we take a look at who is behind the new armed groups that are adding to the chaos in the middle east or as country that's on sunday here on al-jazeera. iran's landmark two thousand and fifteen nuclear agreement could be torn up if u.s. president hawkish new national security advisor gets his way john bolton has supported the idea of killing the deal and bombing iran as a porous and tehran many small businesses feel the agreement hasn't helped them much anyway. to develop a strong economy support small business that's one of the trickle down effect iran's leaders were hoping for when they signed the nuclear deal with world leaders three years ago but for most businesses operating at this level the kinds of marketplaces that represent the majority of iranians and the benefits of the nuclear deal have passed them by. the expectations of the private sector have not been fulfi

u.s. led coalition is not legitimate from the u.n. point of view why the we are pragmatic people it systems and we understand that we should not engage in armed conflict with them chemical weapons on their alleged use by president assad have dominated the u.n. security council meeting this week even though the talks were supposed to focus on relief efforts. and the. u.s. in envoy even went so far as to issue threats to syria we also warn any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and end human suffering most especially the outlaw syrian regime the united states remains prepared to act if we must in the past sixteen days there have been three separate allegations of chlorine gas attacks because that when you want to build up look we understand the goal of this just information campaign is to manipulate public opinion and convince people the syrian government is using chemical weapons issue but we have reasonable concerns that there are preparations to stage fake chemical attacks in order to later accuse t

u.s. coalition allies saudi arabia and as the old cracks reappear in war torn yemen its people find themselves stranded between competing interests. of as their. french investigators have found three homemade explosives a handgun and knife inside the supermarket which was attacked in caracas on friday the gunman who went on a shooting spree and took several people hostage was killed and the second suspect been arrested resident a man well mark karr has praised the police response to the attack and in particular that of one officer about the has the latest from crack a song. people in the french town of caucus on pay tribute to. the forty four year old french police officer had swapped himself for a hostage in a supermarket attack on friday shot by the gunman he later died of his injuries in this small town known in france for its medieval citadel people say he was a hero. he was a man who was passionate about his job i can only imagine that he knew that going into that supermarket he had little chance of getting out to give others a chance to leave because he got us on this you. caucus on it l

u.s. coalition allies saudi arabia and as the old cracks reappear in war torn yemen its people find themselves stranded between competing interests saddam and job as their . and later on sunday in the next part of our special series on yemen we take a look at who is behind the new armed groups that are adding to the chaos in the middle east's poorest countries. are thousands of far right supporters in croatia have rallied against the european treaty proposal they say gives rights to transgender people protesters in the capitals are going to believe it undermines traditional family values in the predominantly catholic country the treaty is designed to combat domestic violence that many object to its definition of gender they argue it paves the way for transsexuals or transgenders to become separate categories a cheating controversy has cost australia's cricket captain and his deputy their jobs for now we can keep our tim payne is taking charge for the rest of the test against south africa in cape town the decision was made after australian player cameron bancroft was called ball tampering on ca

u.s. coalition allies saudi arabia and as the old cracks reappear in war torn yemen its people find themselves stranded between competing interests. of those there. and later on sunday in the next part of our special series on yemen we take a look at who's behind the new armed groups that are adding to the chaos in the middle east. are thousands of far right supporters in croatia rallied against a european treaty proposal they say gives rights to transgender people protesters in the capital zagreb say it undermines traditional family values in this predominantly catholic country the treaty is designed to combat domestic violence but many object to its definition of gender they say it paves the way for transsexuals or transgenders to become separate categories the governing body for cricket in australia is investigating a ball tampering during a match against south africa in cape town australian player cameron bancroft was caught on camera placing a small object down his trousers after working on the ball when i questioned him he pulled out such sunglasses cloth from his pocket but he later adm

u.s. coalition allies saudi arabia and as the old cracks reappear in war torn yemen its people find themselves stranded between competing interests it's not a big job it is there. and in the next part of our special series on yemen with take a look at who's behind the new own groups that are adding to the chaos the middle east's poorest country that's on sunday. the barboy is former first lady grace the gobby is being investigated for alleged involvement in a massive illegal ivory smuggling operation that follows a three month investigation by an undercover journalist they say is here of a two hunch kilogram package of illegal ivory at harare airport welcome web reports from johannesburg and neighboring south africa. recently granted this group or not when adrian stern went undercover as an ivory buyer in zimbabwe he says he received more death threats and he can count he's a wildlife photographer who began investigating the illegal ivory trade in december speaking exclusively to our zira he says young covered a poaching and smuggling syndicate which he believes is led by the former first lady

u.s. led coalition in the east which according to the pentagon is now having to hold operations because of their departure. some fighters operating within yes yes have decided to leave operations in the middle east river valley to fight elsewhere possibly aren't they're not fighting isis anymore and that basically meant that they're not taken territory back from isis is quickly as they had been in the past so a change of focus a change of priority and plan it seems our senior correspondent say what's happening what's going to mean for the american presence in syria the well the kurds the white b.g. america's most reliable partner in syria have upped and left they've abandoned the isis mission for now and they've gone off to make war with america's and see isis coalition member partner and nato partner turkey and this is you know this isn't the friendliest coalition in the world but that's besides the point you know you've got the. distraction of what's going on up front right now it distracts from international effort to ensure the lasting defeat of isis what is going on in a free and is t

u.s. led coalition have caused civilian deaths with air strikes it also says that syrian government forces carried out unlawful chemical attacks in the rebel held eastern guta district you know that claims plight will be on the agenda when the u.n. security council meets tomorrow to discuss a failing truce in the reach. what was it like easton guta death lurks at every corner. of the struggle for survival here is ceaseless. sustained shelling on the city has led to the u.n. calling this the deadliest week for the syrian town since a cease fire was brokered at the end of last month i don't want to know your children have been the worst affected. by this cameraman stops to rescue a severely injured in front of the image to graphic to show. you are better than you when children's fund says the situation is desperate. the first two months of these here have been especially bloody for chipman we have received reports of over one thousand should one who were killed and seriously injured in the horse yeah on the scenes the year began. monday brought some reprieve aid trucks reached the embattled

u.s. coalition, military coalition on the peninsula is one of the best in the world, and has been there for0 years. he has to acknowledge that that's not going away. and that their rhythm of exercises and joint connections and that command is going to continue to exist in some capacity. the fact that he acknowledged that makes us realize there might be something real here. but again we have to be -- a large dose of skepticism has to be taken with all of this. >> thanks very much to all of you. just an extraordinarily evening and of course owning the door to the big question, president trump can truly solve this problem. that would be going down as a great president. and no way around that. that is the reality here. thank you all. and. >>> and next, new developments in the russian investigation, house threaten go to subpoena lewandowski after testimony on capitol hill. and the wrath of trump on aide tonight as making the stormy daniels story worse, as a second witness comes forward tonight. e are finding themselves in a chevrolet for the first time. trying something new can be exciting. empo

u.s. led coalition and a lot of bombing was taking place so we heard u.s. leaders saying making statements to the effect that civilian casualties are just a fact of life civilian casualties or a fact of life so it was quite a heated exchange at the united nations but all parties agree that the life of civilians in eastern duty is key however there is quite a disagreement about who's responsible for the circumstances in the situation in the country in a neighboring iraq people are dealing with life liberation from terrorists iraqi refugees in the countries anbar province say they feel safer in cambs than in the home as they are being told in some cases that they have been told to forced to go back to that is according to a joint report by three humanitarian organizations now the report says eighty four percent of refugees feel much safer in the camps only one percent to show they still have a house to return for all half of those question to know their homes have been destroyed.

u.s.-led coalition has made significant strides against isis, but the group hasn't been destroyed. and the battlefield, more conflicted, including syrians, kurd iranians and russians as the syrian civil war continues to ravage the country. serena marshal, abc news, washington. >>> leaders in california and other marijuana-friendly states want to have a cannabis summit with attorney general jeff sessions. the aim is to try to resolve the conflict between state and federal laws over the drug. marijuana is illegal at the federal level, but 29 states have legalized it in some form. >>> happening today, many offices will be pooling their money for a different sort of march madness with the tenth largest lottery prize in u.s. history up for grabs. tonight's mega millions jackpot is estimated at $502 million because no one has matched all six numbers for 23 straight drawings. it's not easy, of course. the odds of winning the jackpot, about one in 303 million. download the nbc news alert and enable push alerts to get an alert about the numbers as soon as they're drawn again. >>> all right.

u.s. led coalition is not legitimate from the u.n. point of view either we are pragmatic people and we understand that we should not engage in armed conflict with them representatives of the russian armed forces also talked about the city. jewish in east ghouta they say there's a huge operation humanitarian operation underway at three called the voice of aid have gone into guta as well and they say the u.n. the u.n. representatives on the ground in east new to praise the russian and syrian efforts in relieving the situation they're providing food and at the age of fifty civilians in need they also say that armed groups in east ghouta as well as islam itself express their desire to leave and leave east good to live for other locations once their sponsors give the green light. well we've requested comment from the u.s. military on the russian general staff claims and are still waiting for a response at the briefing russia's military chief described the civilian evacuation from eastern kuta as an operation unique in its scale over forty

u.s.-led coalition forces in syria. the roadside bomb went off last night along the turkey border. the military says at least two coalition members including an american were killed. five others were wounded. it happened just hours after president trump declared the u.s. will end its presence in syria very soon. >> we are going to be coming out there was real soon. going to get back to our country where we belong, where we want to be. >> roughly 2,000 american troops are still on the ground in syria working to combat isis terrorists. u.s. officials tell cbs news the administration has yet to present the timeline for the u.s. to exit the country. >>> russia and the u.s. are playing a diplomatic game of for tat." both countries have now ordered the expulsions of dozens of diplomats following an assassination attempt on a former russian spy living in the uk. >> reporter: russia has retaliated against the u.s. for its decision to close the russian consulate in seattle and expel 60 diplomats from america. russia's foreign ministry broke the news to the u.s. ambassador to russia. >> as w

u.s. is even supporter of this coalition. for the u.s. to admit that yes we know what is happening i would choose a more likely thing it is. it has consequent even to consequences in addition to their studies u.s. law that prevents countries off u.s. weaponry to use it except in sensitive friendlies. committing. war crimes and crimes against humanity. so they're legal liability both money and time actually thank you thank you to be stepping into the ring in the fight against fake news but it's choice of sparring partner has drawn a barrage of criticism. conspiracy videos. so inspections of people who don't understand that watching science fiction you face a strong criticism after it spread conspiracy theories in the aftermath of the deadly school shooting in florida to get filtered down with video like this isn't the first time they have been unable or unwilling to stop the spread of conspiracy theories thank you for. information coming. to light i'm sure you agree with the piano out of. touch. thanks thanks thanks. thanks. thanks thanks

u.s. led coalition which came at a high price for civilians some sources claim that it may have resulted inalmost two thousand civilian deaths the u.s. also faces criticism over its liberation campaign in mosul where the death toll may have been even higher but western rhetoric surrounded the losses in eastern go to compared to those in mosul it's completely different. the escalation strikes me as to humanitarian disaster systematic targeting of civilians this is how ongoing slaughter of trap civilians it's about the practice of the syrian government as well and we call on this including russia to ensure that this violence stops. and in syria people are much more accepting that because it's clear their city being liberated they understand what they were suffering civilians will get caught in the crossfire civilians will get hurt civilians will get killed if you want to liberate your towns and cities it comes at a price and avoidable part of the war and commanders have to press on despite that responsibility for civilian casualties in iraq and syria lies with isis we are the good guys and mu