-jazeera where every. shifting alliances in syria kurdish fighters backed by the u.s. say the syrian army used to help them face turkish troops the border area and an increasingly dangerous jigsaw into little boy groups who want different outcomes there's russia in the us and what's next to get on syria this is inside story. hello again i'm peter davi welcome to the program after seven years of war the complex mosaic that is the battlefield in syria can still surprise the u.s. russia iran turkey a myriad of rebel groups and of course the syrian regime are all involved and they all want to second guess where the conflict is heading next it's northern syria where their attention is now focused because it is there that we may be seeing a new front the kurds aligning themselves with the regime ready to take on turkish forces game changer last month turkey launched an offensive to seize the syrian city of a friend from the kurdish fighters of the y p g a group it considers terrorists and a threat to its border but the y. p.g. helped the u.s. in the fight against eisel further straining u.s. re

day in syria's rebel held areas of eastern ghouta and they were supposed to be part of the so-called deescalation zones but the bombing has intensified so what triggered this and who can stop it this is inside story. going to. the in and welcome to the program for the truce was supposed to bring temporary relief to hundreds of thousands of syrians suffering from severe food and medicine shortages instead of russian and syrian government forces launching a new wave of as strikes and shelling plunging besieged rebel held areas into even more despair more than one hundred people have been killed in the past twenty four hours in eastern guta just outside the capital damascus and province activists have described it as one of the most violent days in the nearly seventy a conflict the region saw get it right the syrian government and his russian and i are supposed to be in the so-called deescalation zones part of a russian led cease fire deal for territory held by the rebels the u.n. says the increasing violence is making a mockery of the zones and has called for a month long truce to allo

dictatorship that would rule syria for the next three decades political opponents were executed or imprisoned. assad's funeral was attended by numerous world leaders and diplomats. these included delegations from syria's traditional allies. iran. and russia. fishelson attended as well and established their first contacts with the new president syria had been a key player in the middle east for decades particularly when it came to regional peace negotiations and fighting international terrorism. only one western head of state attended a son's funeral french president. decided that if they showed syria some respect they might be able to influence its policy on lebanon you know. after assad's older son died french politicians try to figure out how to deal with bashar. he was an ophthalmologist by training and had no experience as a political leader or an unknown quantity. but no one knew whether he would be up to the job. so i know if it. married his wife in two thousand the new president sought to portray himself as a modern western style leader perhaps this reserved and well educated young man

next and then more news. flash point between israel syria and iran suspected iranian drone is shot down then an israeli will plane crashes it's a major collation of the conflict in syria so what's next in an already volatile region this is inside story. hello i'm hashem i have other welcome to the program the spillover from the civil war in syria to neighboring countries is not new but an israeli warplane being shot down by syrian air defenses is a first the f. sixteen fighter jet crashed after what these rarely army says was massive and to aircraft fire syria said it was responding to israeli aggression the downing of the f. sixteen follow the shooting down of what israel said was an iranian drone and the violation of its sovereignty by flying in the occupied golan heights also on saturday syrian air defenses reported repel ing to israeli raids on military bases so where will this escalation lead we'll talk to our guests in a moment israel has repeatedly attacked targets in syria over the years some confirmed by damascus others in night they include a weapons supply heart attack l

syria president out of one says he simply following up on the defeat of islamic state to finish cleansing the region of terrorists for to turkey to syrian kurds or terrorists but to the u.s. and its coalition partners including germany they are or were allies reliable local partners who were instrumental in defeating islamic state yet the west is not exactly rushing to their rescue. is the y p g as the syrian kurd militia is known on the verge of becoming the next victim of middle eastern power politics area ones offensive who will help the kurds that's our topic on quadriga and here i guess it's a pleasure to welcome back to the show she's a legal scholar and a fellow at the happy school of governance here in berlin and she says while the turkish government violates international law in the name of counter terrorism the international community is once again standing still. and it's great to have even back on the program she's from the european center for kurdish studies and. says the syrian kurds finally have to focus on their own political interests to keep it k.-k. . only fol

there is no there is no united nations security council resolution the country involved syria has not requested for help and on top of that you you have. a military presence in a country where you possibly could go into a military conflict with another mate a nato country turkey and of course it's a face down with russia is this authorization issue horton's or not of course it's important first of all there of course there is no u.n. security council authorization for the u.s. to be in syria there is there there in defiance of the syrian u.n. recognized syrian government that wants them to leave that there is obvious there partitioning the country but what has the u.s. ever cared about international law so that doesn't even appear in the u.s. media if you never hear about it right but we get to the issue that is also still barely covered which is is the u.s. legality of the war in syria of the war on the syria and it's done under the two thousand and one two thousand and three authorization of the use of military force for iraq against al qaeda which is still being used by the uni

watching those talks. are you confused by washington syria policy rest assured you're not alone trump says one thing while his generals do otherwise also brinkmanship with north korea is it working in one movie in the u.s. embassy to jerusalem is still a bad idea. fifty years ago britain and within to come together as a sleeping pill. does this is what i mean those are two of those is. the side effects were terrible but not all known as shown in dogs one for. the wall then boom boom up across europe victims are starting legal battles demanding at least some compensation. in two ways first will the physical damage itself as well with the concert in mind that the people who actually perpetrated this crime has never been able to justice and there's been a couple of. minutes . now. russia prepares humanitarian corridors to help civilians leave the syrian enclave of eastern but it's not clear if rebel and terrorist groups there will let anyone go. the u.n. security council unanimously adopted a resolution to extend sanctions on yemen with russia blocking an earlier draft of the wreck that

innovate africa at this time on al-jazeera . and israeli fighter jet is down during a raid in syria part of a bigger operation against it raining in targets but turkey loses a military helicopter it was shot down during an operation against kurdish militia in serious north. of them jim with some of this is so al-jazeera live from london also coming up another handshake a friendly launch and a rare in the teachin such glee as leader is asked to visit pyongyang. where the shadow of death is never far away we report on the psychological impact a sky high murder rate is having on people in the mexican city of acapulco. conservation a step up the pressure on restaurants selling shark fin soup in hong kong a dish that's still in high demand. a warm welcome to the program we begin with one of the biggest confrontations between israel and iran and years that's ended with the downing of an israeli f. sixteen find to jet the jet crashed after coming under fire during a mission inside syria landed in israeli territory well it all began when israel says it's cool to spot a drone flying in its a

and. where every. turkish military helicopter is shot down in syria during an operation against kurdish fighters. sam is a band this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. syria's war escalates the israeli fighter jet is down one targeting the bahraini and positions inside syria. kim jong un uses feelin pics to invite south korea's president of pyongyang it would be the first meeting of korean leaders in more than a decade plus. ocean. saving the shark activists trying to put an end to a chinese tradition dating back thousands of years. turkish military helicopter has been shot down in syria during an operation against kurdish fighters this video is said to show the helicopter moments before it was downed killing two soldiers on board turkish president of the one says it happened near the time province. joins us now from the turkish city of near the border with syria so bring us up to speed with the details we know about what happened. well i mean this is a turkish manufactured helicopter known as the attack helicopter as you mentioned shot down we understand probably by k

statement i think if they accuse russia and syria of something that either didn't happen or somebody else did maybe their evidence isn't that great that's probably the reason they don't have anything to back it up and they do it they don't want. any independent investigation. tensions are high in italy with less than a month to go into this general elections hundreds of supporters of a far right party clashed with police in the central italian city of much of that just a week before must have suffered a racially motivated shooting which left six injured. that. was. the shooter was targeting african migrants police conduct copy of hitler's mind finn is apartment as well as a flag with a far right symbol shooter said he wanted to avenge the death of an italian woman allegedly killed by a nigerian asylum seeker. the incident has fuelled concerns about the rise of neo fascist sentiment in italy national as well as foreign media have all been weighing in the shooter's lawyer told journalists that his client was greeted as a hero in prison and police say racial and religious violence has s

jazeera. and israeli find to jet is down during a raid in syria part of a bigger offer it should against iranian targets well turkey loses a military helicopter it was shot down during an operation against kurdish militia in syria's north. of them chilling words all of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up another handshake a friendly lunch and a rare in the taishan south korea's leader is asked to visit. a new round of hugging diplomacy india's prime minister wraps up a historic visit to palestine just weeks after he hosted the president of israel. in a local election that could stress upon the ruling coalition. would begin with one of the biggest confrontations between israel and iran in years that said with the downing of an israeli f. sixteen fighter jet well the jet crashed after coming under fire during a mission inside syria but it landed then israeli territory it all began when israel says it spotted a drone flying in its airspace and intercepted it israel says the drone originated from syria and it launched a major air raid in syrian territory in response wi

to a panel discussion involving the syria situation. live coverage on c-span should start in just a moment. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> good morning, everyone, and welcome to the foundation for defense of democracies. i am the senior vice president for research, and it is terrific to see familiar faces in the room. we are looking forward to our event this morning as we address the syrian impasse, what is turkey's and game, and how does this impact washington's policy? i will keep it short so we can jump right in. first, a few housekeeping items. being livent is streams, video recorder, and also being broadcast on c-span. i encourage guests in the audience in attendance and viewing at home to join in on the conversation via twitter @f dd. this is the time where i ask you to set your telephones to stun. we do not want our guests to be interrupted. now i am very pleased to hand over the conversation to my colleague, a r

crypto community itself. syria calls on the united nations to hold the u.s. led coalition to account for wednesday says strikes targeting pro-government forces u.s. central command says the attack was to defend an american backed group. it's the final day before the start of the winter olympics and dozens of russian athletes are still awaiting a ruling on whether or not they can actually compete in south korea but tensions over the games. as norway now faces doping allegations to. republican lawmakers in the united states are threatening to cut funding to a global cancer research program after it linked to america's most widely used killer made by the people. that comes. close to joining us this evening you're watching our international. syria has called on the u.n. to hold the u.s. led coalition to account for wednesday's strikes against pro-government forces the number of casualties has not yet been confirmed u.s. central command described that attack as a defensive move but russia's defense ministry said the unit was hit as it was carrying out an operation against an eyesore. whil

this is deja vu news live from berlin a three way concentration is brewing between israel syria and iran syrian forces shot out an israeli fighter jet they say it was one of eight targeting iran attacks positions inside syria israel's prime minister says his country was defending itself against a violation of its airspace by an iranian drone our jerusalem correspondent bill bring us more also coming up. kim jong un's sister tell south korea's president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and one day in said he'd be willing to go to pyongyang if conditions are right. it's good to have you with us israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria this after an israeli jet was shot down by syrian forces on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting iran backed positions inside syria israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. and it's really just in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early sat

told so but washington support for kurdish militias in syria ankara is angry the u.s. backs groups that turkey calls terrorists to listen try to ease tensions by claiming the support is limited however this does not seem to be enough. but always been clear with turkey that the weapons provided to the syrian immigrated forces would be limited missions specifically the provided only experimental bases to achieve military objectives only we demand that this relationship and by that i mean we want them to end all the support given to the syrian arm of the p.k. the white b.g. . well let's take a closer look at the two groups the defense minister was referring to the p.k. k. is the kurdistan workers' party a group fighting turkish authorities for more than thirty years both ankara and washington consider them a terrorist organization however america and turkey have different views on the syrian based kurdish militia called the people's protection units or the wife p.g. anchor regarded as a branch of the p.k. k. and therefore terrorists but the us led coalition seized the white p.g. as al

considered i'm peter lavelle the stakes couldn't be higher and it's happening in syria the goal of destroying the islamic state is largely complete now the syrian proxy war is in train a new stage who are the players and what are their ams and what does winning mean. and what's next for syria i'm joined by my guest. in london he's an expert on political islam and author of islamic state the digital caliph it in beirut we have morrow she is a journalist and university lecturer and in turn around we cross to. he is an associate professor at the university of toronto ok crosstalk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate why well let me let me go to you because you are the closest to what we're talking about here there are so many different things going on contra veiling trends contradictory trends going on in syria right now i think we're all very familiar what has happened in the last six seven years is would you say that this conflict is taking on a new form is it morphed into something and is it more dangerous than what we've seen before go

syria there that's really serious all is ok and denying syria the ability to rebuild is when in fact you know telling the entire world that they will be sanctioned if you give money to the government in damascus to rebuild another round of sanctions against rebuilding a country that the united states is it has a great deal of responsibility for destroying in the first place go ahead in london well i believe united states realized they were defeated in syria been a project in syria was completely defeated russia hands. i mean could be that the building of syria again so at least building needs money and syria needs the oil guys which is. where the oil fields are situated so it seems that america would like to prevent syria prevent the russian from actually putting their hands on the old reserves as it is so i don't think they will succeed here i have a lot of. information saying that the next stage could be actually a war against american forces in syria and also in iraq so if this happened like what happened after the american your. you know back in two thousand and three i think this wo

targets inside syria. hello this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the north korean leader's sister. invite to meet the south korean president. president trump blocks the release of a democratic party memo on the russian probe citing security concerns plus. we're in brazil for the country's most traditional carnival and it's not in rio. but still some breaking news here on israeli war planes crashed after an iranian drone was shot down near the border with syria syria says it was responding to an israeli act of aggression both f. sixteen pilots ejected and parachuted into northern israel the israeli army says they were shot at by massive anti-aircraft fire they were targeting a military base inside syria suspected of launching an iranian drone which flew towards the. let's talk to him in qana joins me live now from west jerusalem what's been the reaction so far inside israel to reports of the f. sixteen coming down. well the israelis a very squarely blamed the run ins for all of the aggression taking place over that area what they've said on this social media account

decision. situations make you stronger emotionally. syria is calling on the u.n. to hold the u.s. led coalition to account for wednesday's airstrikes against pro-government forces the number of casualties not yet been confirmed but some reports claim that up to one hundred people may have been killed the pentagon described the attack as a defensive move but russia's defense ministry said the unit was hit as it was carrying out an operation against an i asked cell. while carrying out an operation to locate and terminate in sleeper so near form oil refinery a unit of pro-government forces was suddenly shelled and then hit by airstrikes by the u.s. led coalition vis was overkill if the numbers are true i would see a demonstration of she have brute force perhaps you know to send perhaps the send a message nevertheless the united states says that it's it's in syria and it will defend itself and it has the right to defend itself in this instance syrian democratic forces acted in self defense with support from the coalition to defeat an unprovoked attack by syrian regime forces in eastern sy

ran ok here here is a country that you know the united states tax pro government forces in syria over one hundred people are killed and then we have this goes down we don't know exactly what the circumstances are but then the talking point is it's a brand's fault to be going after reigning in assets in syria israel has admitted in recent hours that it was brought down by syrian air defense yet it is real present and says their justification for their most recent attack on syria and let's be clear. when we're talking israel uses the excuse of defense self-defense and everything well that is madness is saying also that the media just no good while militarily invading and occupying syria israel has attacked syria over one hundred times since two thousand and eleven in fact they call it the problem and not the idea of the israeli fighters just own syrian air space and let fire on any of the enemies and do whatever they want there to whether this is come to an end as of yesterday. is that victory is this an escalation or is it sending a very strong signal and what is russia's role in

to stop an army of terrorists but terror backed by an army tonight syria's civil war bloodier than ever a u.n. brokered cease fire ignored like never before i'm burnt off and this is the day. just in books that cannot wait. it. beats i time to stop these fell. give up the blood is flowing in the hospitals are overflowing with patients with money and there's no place to take them in the. bush publications in the must media was. cool to watch them saying that killing was used as a warfare agent yesterday when you move and this child is for me to him was brought to us. she was masa doctoring paving poison gas. what did this child ever do to these a. also coming up on the day an exclusive report from nigeria where school girls continue to disappear this is the school where the siblings i shouldn't have sat where divided when they tried to run away during the attack since then the school is desert it's glasses suspend it's and nobody knows where i currently it's. a we begin the day with a cease fire for syria that should be under way but is now days overdue last week in the un security

syria and we want a stable lebanon and you can't just send planes every. to bomb the country and disrupt the political process in this way it's unacceptable. elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos i'm in bill frist dismissed it. like you know that this isn't my cup of tea is going to have no sabiha maybe a bit of. the old john. the only palestinians who gets the most help from its jerusalem counterparts i don't think this is about those who are on the open vision that not only could give us. and the earth his office knowledge gattis plenty of the most of which he had i'm going to continue muslims you know do more in a moment also some piss off. but you're still a little commitment to come up with something tough but you. just make yourself. so. you. just closed it down that's just what. i feel. like you do when you walk on the do you do you. think little i did was to just avoid very soon you just look at those that would start by yes but then when you don't look as it used to be yeah that's good like. what you were doin

nicol for the boring parties in syria we cannot arrive at a ceasefire. with this kind of an unrealistic approach will not in no way help to address the pressing humanitarian situation in syria what is necessary is for the demands of the security council to be underpinned by concrete on the ground agreements. it would be naive to think that difficult issues can be addressed overnight momentarily we trust that all parties or external parties with influence to bear will help to bring this about we seen that some external sponsors of the illicit armed factions are falling well short in this regard and they at times deliberately skirt their obligations to the russian federation works with all parties to the conflict in so doing we are doing everything possible to normalize the situation we are proactively lending assistance in terms of humanitarian delivery what a great deal of work is being done by a partners under the astonished a process iran and turkey. in their monster com we're preparing for an important meeting under this format. under the southern us coalition of a zone o

crashes while targeting a rainy and brown launch sites in syria. jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up come to north korea sister leader kim jong un invites the south korean president. donald trump blocks the release of a democratic party memo on the russia probe citing security concerns plus breaking barriers on election day in sri lanka a record number of women campaign from local governments. and israeli fighter jet has crashed after an iranian drone was shot down near the border with syria syria says it was responding to an israeli act of aggression state television is reporting explosions from what it says israeli attacks in the damascus well two f. sixteen pilots ejected from the plane and parachute safely into northern israel israeli army says they were shot at by massive anti-aircraft fire they were targeting a military base inside syria suspected of launching an iranian drone which flew towards the golan heights let's get more now from joins me from western so what's been the reaction so far inside israel to reports of this f. sixteen coming down. well the

peter lavelle are you a confused by washington syria policy rest assured you're not alone trump says one thing while his generals do otherwise also brinkmanship with north korea isn't working and why moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem is still a bad idea. cross-checking some real news i'm joined by my guest mark sloboda he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have alex chris so far he's the director and writer for the duran dot com and we have dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with sputnik international rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it mark let's first go to this authorization for the use of military force the pentagon says. it doesn't need any kind of authorization because the authorization that the u.s. government gave to the military to intervene in iraq still holds though isis didn't exist in two thousand and three. under international law this is just a blatant violation there is no there is no united nations security council resolution the country involved syria has not requested for help and

the war. a new alliance is born in syria and the web of war gets all the more complicated reports say that president assad's forces are teaming up with kurdish militia to push turkey out of the border enclave in offering that hat that it invaded last month the former head of the kurdish party governing the region joins me in an exclusive interview i'm sara kelly in berlin this is the day. you know that we have been back on this operation to eliminate the terrorist organizations y p g u n p k k that carry out attacks against turkey. with the regime and to our friend or not to do what is important if it comes to this why it's doing so. if the regime comes in to defend the white p.g. then nothing and nobody can stop our support the turkish soldiers use it to. excuse or to go. syria's war just got more chaotic as alliances shift the country save media says that pro regime forces are going to help kurdish militia expel turkish troops from the border region of afrin that turkey invaded last month the move pushes turkey a nato ally and syria one step closer to direct conflict possibly ev

decision to invade northern syria has foreign policy implications far beyond the middle east what our anchor is objectives in syria and the region doesn't facilitate or hinder a final peace subtle meant to syria's proxy civil war and what is turkey's future in nato. cross talking turkey and syria i'm joined by my guest sami ramadani in london he's a contributor on iraq and the middle east for the guardian as well as a senior lecturer in sociology in oxford we have dan glazebrook he is an independent political analyst and author of divide in ruin the west's imperial strategy in the age of crisis and missed them. we cross to change he is dean of political science is a marmora university or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want they always appreciate it i take it sinister let me go to you first here it is very simply what is turkey's aims what its strategic goals in syria over since the incursion into northern syria can you give us you know two or three major points what turkey wants to achieve. actually to the s.b.a. for your points are very c

russia inside of syria this is no longer a secret so not only that they are pushing for some sort of a confrontation with russia but they are also under the ground working for this confrontation i mean could you tell me when has the u.s. ever bombed the isis controlled areas of their resort before it was the great never there are they now bombing the areas that have been liberated by the syrian arab army and its allies why because they don't want them to advance further more to the areas where they occupy was the oil rich obviously oil rich areas and there is storage as well they want to keep away from as the so-called s.d.f. which we don't have real information about except the fact that they were isis members that evaporated and then there was something. so we have only kurds that we are talking about here so it's really going to grow it's really amazing how they suddenly evaporate you know they're just airlifted out and that's what happens here ok let me go to you here i mean this is the united states i mean it's interesting the area of northern syria that could run that's real

on what's next for syria's state. elliston is getting international recognition with the help of israel at least in the world of zoos i'm in bill fit of to committed to do it living for you like a million little pieces of my complicity is going up local study hall meeting. john doe about a tough job with a ship the only palestinians who gets the most help from his to roost on counterparts i don't think this is about those who endure under the oak vision the only could give us a book and know it is all of us not just the heart of this lady of the most of the jihad i know if you continue muslims you know do more camillus also don't piss off . hey everybody i'm stephen bob. taft hollywood guy you know suspects every proud american first of all i'm just george washington and r.v. to suggest this is my buddy max famous financial guru well he's a little bit different i'm not a. good one of your windows up with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the road have some fun meet everyday americans. and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american people. in am

syria and continues to crack down on civil liberties well i'm not sure of his principles. about welcome to conflicts in the talk in front of your party members shortly after the beginning of the attack in syria president other one said quote if the terrorist enough enough don't surrender we will tell them and what does tearing down me how far will turkey go. well as you know this process is not a new process it's started in two thousand and eleven with. people being massacred in syria and turkey has been under attack over the last two years seven hundred attacks have come to turkish soil to the first charge you intervening in syria you actually know this is not a this is not the first time it was during operation euphrates chilled in two thousand and sixteen when turkey went first into the syrian through the syrian border and turkey was the one who clear to area from dice terrorists isis and syrian citizen what were you to militarily in down what does this mean it's a very aggressive metaphor what should we do with terrorists we're fighting turkey's you my pal your whole world n