soldiers are deployed in syria to prevent an eyesore resurgence but the u.s. is just one combatant in a complex proxy war washington has worked alongside saudi arabia qatar and israel against the syrian government the main reason is to curb iran which along with russia is heavily backing president bashar assad turkey opposed the syrian government but maintains relations with both russia and iran turkey's main aim is to defeat kurdish forces which the u.s. has supported in the fight against i saw. let's bring in our panel we have here in doha marwan cover line is director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy and alice's from washington d.c. mark kimmitt former assistant secretary for political move three affairs under george w. bush and from moscow dmitry babich political analyst at the state owned voice of russia good to have you all with also start here in the studio with a bit of a surprise this announcement because in fact i've been observing and. so the english foreign policy for many years now i haven't seen something like this be

should not use syria as a battlefield against iran or or whether as a battlefield to try to stop iran or to block iran that should not be the goal the goal today and i believe this for some time early on should be to end the violence and the conflict and that for the political issues a to the side for now but you know you have hundreds of thousands of syrians who died as a result of this conflict they should be the ones who are thinking. ok rob we're going to take a short break right now and when we're back we'll continue talking to robert malley obama administration's advisor on the middle east and present their actual crisis group about the situation in syria stay with us. a plate for many clubs over the years so i know the guy even so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch to the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super mom each of billionaire owners and spending two to twenty million at one player. it's an experience like nothing else going to because i want to share what i think from what i know about the beautiful guy li

whether they would like to remain in syria, whether they would like to have their bases in syria. here we also have to take into consideration the concerns of israel. you know that we have a very good relations with israel nowadays, despite the fact that we agree to disagree on certain issues. still, the relations are very good and personable relations as well. what is real is saying and what they are doing -- israel is saying and what they are doing. i just mentioned several players. we can of course mention -- also. if we come back to the russian american relations, i would say that the results of our coordination was a bit ambiguous and ambivalent. on the one side we cannot deny that we managed to work out together at the security conference the resolution to fight, which is very important. it is a resolution for the solution of the syrian conflict. of map whichsort shows out by stages what should be done. provisionals periods, including elections, new constitutions, and things like that. --also have very effective policy in syria. it seems now that it is not ,nough, because wi

bombed an airfield in syria believed to be associated with a chemical attack syria's ally the russians question the u.n. source of information saying syria continues to act within its rights going to do is teach the counterterrorism operation which has continued by the syrian military is not in contradiction with resolution twenty four i want the government of syria has every right to try and remove the threat to the safety of its citizens the cease fire resolution proposed by the united states would take effect immediately with no exceptions for groups on the un's terrorist list it would require russian support to pass highlighting yet again the limits the border divided security council can do for the people of syria christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. russia has one of the us a very serious consequences if there's a new u.s. strike on syria foreign minister sergei lavrov said it's one thing to is possibly exploit the microphone in the u.n. security council and it's another think when both the russian and american history is of communication channels it's clearly stated v

draft resolution on a syria ceasefire kristen salumi will tell us more about when the q. haley had to say on the draft resolution kristen. well yes a threat coming from the united states directed at the syrian regime and some strong words for russia the united states saying that clearly the resolution twenty four a one passed fifteen days ago has not been implemented she faulted russia for continuing to bomb areas of eastern ghouta for the first four days sometimes twenty times a day after that resolution was passed she said that there had been ongoing allegations of chlorine gas attacks in that time and went on to say that if the united nations security council didn't back up the resolution then it would come down to the united states to act and she referred to an air strike that u.s. forces made on an air base in retaliation for a chemical attack in concert croon as an example of the united states being willing to step up and take action if the international community was not going to follow through and make good on this resolution passed by the united nations calling f

did accountability die in syria? >> accountability was dealt a body blow in syria. i mean, i think it's on life support. >> next we're going to look at the bets putin made over the years. he has perfected a trick that allows him to win when he's holding a bad hand. how? by bluffing and then doubling down. stay with us. i no wondering, "what if?" uncertainties of hep c. i let go of all those feelings. because i am cured with harvoni. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. and is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if you've ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. tell your doctor if you've ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv or any other medical conditions and

if you look of the trump administration policy in syria, with president obama's policy in syria -- mainly the effort to expel isis from its territorial syria, an eastern backing of syrian groups that because -- with us against isis. international diplomacy that begun under president obama. in fact, i see and extraordinary amount of continuity between president trump and president neither had ahink robust enough humanitarian or civil society or military -- question tot that you. the balance between hard power and soft power. today, under the trump administration compared to see in how america deals with fragile states. >> i think the most important answer to that with a lot of our military personnel -- as you hear from retired four-star therals, what happens after fight is as important as what happens during the fight. we need to be sure that the balance remains such that we can continue to have the development and diplomacy tools fully available, especially with syria's neighbor iraq, where we just included yet another campaign. now is when some of the really important hard work happens f

al-qaeda forces in syria do you actually think that's even possible. for the syrian government in the long term to reconcile with legitimate. opposition groups as you can see russia since its military involvement in the town is they started to launch this reconciliation process within syria secondly we witnessed this launch of a new. negotiation track which was not an alternative. as many argue but the additional track which was aimed at settling down like. more nuanced. things on the ground which made it happen when real field commanders from the ground who have actual influence were able to meet and sit together and talk so i wouldn't put all blame for syria's destruction along the russian. we wrote evidence i've let me put them all that he was going to get you basically. ok let me let me put the point about america laura what you think troops and the game is we know we talk about obama's failure in syria wouldn't trumps you know that's the million dollar question maybe at a minimum i do think the trump administration's priority has been to deal with

to iran and syria. -- it goes from iraq down to iran and syria. mani has his arm around every single one, so when he puts them in training, and you have spoken to this specifically, do you think it is possible to extract iran or with what is happening in syria? they are dug in deeply. gen. votel: i think certainly there is an opportunity in iraq through the strong relationships we are developing here. one of the things i have observed about iraq is their outreach to their partners across the region, whether it is jordan, saudi arabia, kuwait, or key nations in the area, they are very much emerging trying to be much more involved but then in the region, which i think is a very positive thing. connotes the fact that iraq is for iraqis command while they live in a difficult neighborhood with difficult neighbors and they have to do with that, they are principally concerned. rep. hunter: what is the background? right now we are playing the enemy of the enemy is our friend friend. if those power players with

syria right now? >> well, the biggest threat in syria is all the other instability that is taking place that is preventing the country from moving forward. so we still have isis that we are dressing. i would tell you that while we don't have a specific task to do something against iran in this particular area, our strong relationships with the iraqi security forces put us in a position where we can have influence and do things that are in the interest of their countries as opposed to other parties in the area we know in the 2004, 2005, 2006 time frame that the iranians were supplying iraqi shi'a militias some of the most sophisticated deadly ieds on the battlefield that ended up killing and maiming thousands of american troops. the iraniansed that blood of american soldiers on their hand. they deny it but it's a fact we know now. i want to make sure in terms of our rules of engagement, if there's any threat posed by any iranian or iranian-backed proxies, do our troops have the full authority to respon

between ankara and kurdish op groups in syria the television from the y.p. g. mess france's president about. some of the france agreed to support them. russia is expelling more diplomats ambassadors from twenty three countries were summoned to the kremlin but accused of taking unfriendly steps some twenty four hours after one hundred fifty diplomats including sixty americans were expelled that's in retaliation to the expulsion of russian diplomats in a coordinated response by britain's allies to the poisoning of a former russian spy at his doorstep or a challenge support from moscow. well one after another black ambassadorial cause of be pulling up here. around outside the rather ornate silver gray doors of the russian foreign ministry and the ambassadors have been walking into essentially get a dressing down from the foreign ministry staff air and be told how many of their personnel has to be packing their bags to leave from what we've seen so far it seems to be broadly tit for tat in line numbers wise with the explosions that we have heard from western countr

from their weapons can be funneled to syria. this ng the largest pentagon supply of weapons for syrian rebels is bulgaria to the e use poorest country that's a change in fortune. big areas arms factories fell quiet after the end of the cold war but the wars in iraq afghanistan and syria brought new demand. factories where we opened a new production lines added to supply weapons to the world's most fragile regions . we have come to bulgaria to find out more about the weapons the us government by syrian allies. what is home to state arms manufacturers that. it is also where france is no we was killed in june twenty fifteen. that has been struggling to modernize and the fatal accident was in its first incident. a series of explosions rocked one of the company's plans in the time before the contract as a rival there were no casualties but production shut down for over two months. when we contacted v.m. set to find out more if management declined to speak to us. two leading trade unionists did agree to meet but did not want to go on

dead is doing in eastern syria fell to eisele. did nothing fickle in the dash on that one can tell him what i can and leave off the actual middle of the ball on w.e.d. a lot and often because even in such human judgement to fix the image on its own we have we are a lot more aware i didn't doesn't want to let those who don't know as also dilating about what i mean didn't develop solid in the end of our journey was at the walsall night and don't need one. from turkey mohamed collects information that reflects the reality of those living under ice all. the documents that he found so that's men were banned from shaving their beards and that internet users must register. this man accused of rape. was secretly filmed by sound and pictures an organization which also records witness statements from prisoners held by i thought medical reports and court decisions the members of sound and pictures have been targeted by i saw. today that if he is on his feet the most that is about and i know said it all solution on the trees will call to talk

would soon withdraw from syria is being met with a growing sense of skepticism by activists in syria we've been speaking with now many of them are saying that this once again the highlights that the u.s. policy toward syria is inconsistent at best and always very chaotic one activist we spoke with says these are just words for the media this is a message that donald trump wants to send to the american people because a decision like this would need a long debate from the pentagon and they believe that that decision would take at least two years to come to another one saying we have no idea about this they've not heard anything another activists saying surely the americans will not withdraw from syria especially in the presence of their interests on the ground they say that they will continue that activists are saying that they believe the u.s. will continue to face off against iran on the ground in syria and another activists stating that america essentially always is the opposite of what its president declares clearly this once again underscores how difficult it is to assess what exa

presence and troops in both iraq and syria still supposedly to fight isis. that's an interesting question the justification for fighting or for staying in syria has been changing regularly it was initially to fight isis then it became more a question of of supporting the shall we say revolutionaries or rebels who are against the al assad regime with the justification be that al assad was quote killing his own people and more recently it has become i think a push for the united states to have rebel relevancy in the peace talks that will eventually decide what syria is going to look like and of course it will also include regime change and getting rid of al assad so the the the just because you keep shifting and we have nikki haley at the u.n. saying horrific things like we don't care what the rest of the world says but we have a right as americans to do whatever we want in syria i mean that's a ridiculous faves. yes syria reminds me a mixture it's a mixture of vietnam and afghanistan where on one hand you have the u.s. advisers that are on the ground as the e

receive next hour with a complete look at today's top stories well up next we have placed korea on syria at a crossroads cross-talk ways that president obama's policies toward his country's. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter lavelle from north korea to syria's president donald trump's foreign policy is literally all over the map north korea says it is open to direct talks with washington only to be met with preconditions in syria where the u.s. has no legal right to be in the first place peace is within view but this is not what the trumpet ministration want. cross talking missing diplomacy i'm joined by my guest in washington he is the executive vice president of the eurasia center in new york we have daniel is our he is an author and freelance journalist who writes frequently about the middle east eastern europe and the us constitution and in fort lauderdale we have ivan eland he's a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute or the gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime

bombed an airfield in syria believed to be associated with a chemical attack syria's ally the russians question the u.n. source of information saying syria continues to act within its rights. to a counterterrorism operation which has continued by the syrian military is not in contradiction with resolution twenty four i one the government of syria has every right to try and remove the threat to the safety of its citizens the cease fire resolution proposed by the united states would take effect immediately with no exceptions for groups on the un's terrorist list but it would require russian support to pass highlighting yet again the limits of what a divided security council can do for the people of syria christian salumi al jazeera the united nations well this week marks seven years since the start of the syrian war the conflict has displaced millions of people and led to one of the worst humanitarian crisis and recent history for the civilians still inside syria there seems to be no end to the violence and deaths as catch up as her diana reports. my eleven year old honea still learning

special envoy on syria stuff and de mistura brief the u.n. security council on the worsening situation not just a nice thing good thing you got to remember the rest of the country as well christians louise at the u.n. for us today is following those developments christian tell us what's been happening and what stuff into mr a said. well stefan de mistura is essentially confirming for the security council what we're hearing from our reporters like alan fischer on the ground that the situation not only in eastern guta but throughout the country is continues to be precarious this was an meeting where the special envoy was supposed to update the security council on implementation of their resolutions particularly twenty four zero one which called for a cease fire across syria and as we can see is not being implemented the one bright spot de mistura mentioned was duma where a shaky cease fire has held for the last six days but in terms of the impact of the ongoing fighting on civilians he described a very grim picture. with civilians continuing to

just zero world meets the children who have become victims of syria's civil war. a syrian child on al-jazeera. al-jazeera is a very important force of information for many people around the world when all the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. in twenty sixteen when he's revealed big girls from me and some as young as fifteen were trafficked to singapore to work as means it's illegal and cost the lives so why does it still continue in law abiding singapore want to win east on al-jazeera . fourteen palestinians killed and over a thousand injured in clashes with the israeli army along the gaza border following protests to motlanthe day. though i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up. turkey accuses france of getting it completely wrong over its backing for the kurdish y p g in northern syria. syrian rebels deny russian claims they've agreed to evacuate the last opposition held enclave in eastern guta. and we need

do you believe the chemical weapons attacks in syria are fake news . of course firstly the syrian government destroyed its chemical weapons long ago but. we know about the militants plans to simulate chemical attacks by the syrian army and the us that on the. part of me. after we took. all the attempts that have been made repeatedly in the recent past and all the accusations we used to consolidate the efforts against use poison in your the cockpit of glory. it was asked of them no matter we are aware of these goings on and they are not interesting which is a good one wants to say boring since the beginning of the year there have been at least for at least four chlorine based chemical weapons attacks in syria our secretary of state teller sen just said that russia bears the responsibility for this given your earlier promises to rein in chemical weapons attacks in syria your response. yes because of talk and when you my can see that firstly we have nothing to do with this and secondly we demand a full investigation as for crimes return to iraq or please

possible and perhaps all of syria i don't think that that's something that's going to happen in the near term because of turkey's presence and because of the u.s. and kurdish presence in the in the east so i don't i don't think that that's going to be an attainable goal it is a goal that in the medium to long term the regime is going to continue pursuing you know it is going to raise an issue i mean again one one could one could say that when they take a position one way or the other about whether assad should go but it is clear that there be many constituencies in syria who would not be thrilled to see the regime extend its writ back on them and not part of the country where there are solutions and i know that this is part of what different countries are talking about whether the solutions that would involve greater decentralization in syria so that some of the areas that have been. not under control of the regime for some time could be slightly more ptolemy's even though they fall under the sovereignty of the state that's something that needs to be discussed in the context of the

step back from syria for just a second. how similar or different is this what america typically does? in a fragile state how does america usually deal with the balance between using hard power and soft power? >> hard power and soft power are both necessary in many circumstances. in order to help a fragile state recover itself and in order to set conditions whereby governments and civil society can return. and, unfortunately, the solutions that one might hope to see in syria can neither be exclusively military or exclusively soft power lead. each has its role and it is vitally important that the united states have a robust budget for its institutions like the state department, like foreign aid, which are critical components for us to achieve our mission of helping keep the people in the world secure and free. but it is also actually incredibly important to recognize that in conditions on the ground such as those that we see in syria, the underlying violence and oppression of human beings is not part and parcel of a stable re

president obama's policy in syria. namely an effort to expel isis from its territorial control raqqa and eastern syria. a backing of the syrian kurdish groups that have fought with us against isis. an effort at international diplomacy that was actually begun under president obama. and so, in fact, i see an extraordinary amount of continuity between president trump and president obama and i think neither had a robust enough humanitarian or civil society or military approach. >> nancy lindborg, let me put that question for you, the balance between hard power and soft power today under the trump administration compared to what we tend to see in how america deals with fragile states. how do you see it? >> well, i think the most important answer to that lies actually with a lot of our military personnel. and as you hear from retired four-stars, what happens after the fight is as important as what happens during the fight, and we need to be sure that the balance remains such that we can continue to have the development and d

there are their views are also going to weigh heavily as to the future of syria so my own .

possible and perhaps all of syria i don't think that that's something that's going to happen in the near term because of turkey's presence and because of the u.s. and kurdish presence in the in the east so i don't i don't think that that's going to be an attainable goal it is a goal that in the medium to long term the regime is going to continue pursuing you know it does going to raise an issue i mean again one one could one could say that when they take a position one way or the other about whether assad should go but it is clear that there be many constituencies in syria who would not be thrilled to see the regime extend its writ back on them and not part of the country where there are solutions and i know that this is part of what different countries are talking about whether the solutions that would involve greater decentralization in syria so that some of the areas that have been. not under control of the regime for some time could be slightly more thomas even though they fall under the sovereignty of the state that's something that needs to be discussed in the context of the p

a withdrawal from syria catching his own officials off guard plus. this is not a local issue is a national problem anger and grief for the funeral for the unarmed black man shot dead by the police in the us also. at the moment my priority is to get these kids in bed and rest up. law disgraced australian prison is not telling his side of the ball tampering story just yet. russia is kicking out sixteen u.s. diplomats and dozens more from other countries in response to the expulsion of its own diplomats is the latest development in a worsening dispute over who is behind the poisoning of a former russian spy and britain mike hanna reports from washington d.c. the u.s. consulate in st petersburg shut down some sixty diplomats ordered to leave the country by the middle of next week sweeping russian retaliation. there will be mirrored measures but not only stopping events the u.s. ambassador is invited to our ministry where my deputy would deliver him the content of these retaliation rematches against the united states they include the exposion of a similar

in the east of syria of syria it's just like they need to really back off from syria because this is not helping anyone and like the russian ambassador said very rightly there is no strategic advantage in damascus using chemical weapons in order or anywhere else it doesn't help them it doesn't. go their cause rather just like han's them and the only people who benefit the whole sluggers which is the terrorists and those people who are behind the terrorists. appreciate your time and your opinions been speaking to political analyst and commentator shabir personally . in other news the south african parliament voted in favor of new legislation that could see land seized from white farmers under those plans white farmers would be stripped of their land and they would get no compensation although this actually runs against the constitution constitution which with have to be amended and here's what the man behind the initiative had to say about it the time for reconsideration is over now is the time for justice we must ensure that we restore the dignity of our people without compensating t

in syria iraq and overseas prompted the formation of a u.s. led military coalition next year in september russia and to the conflict directly say it's targeting iso and troops it calls terrorists but what it really did is dramatically alter the battle lines in favor of its ally bashar al assad q robert has areas like if to the lead there are homes came under government control twenty seventeen saw the final push against isis by the u.s. led coalition forces which forced to to retreat from what strongholds of rock and a resort into small pockets inside syria which brings us to now by the syrian government is trying to push opposition forces from key rebel enclave near the capital damascus over twelve hundred people have been killed in eastern go-to since february well as priyanka mentioned there the start of the uprising began when a group of children screen and sacrificed sea on a wall in the southern city of daraa some of us yes name was one of the boys involved this is his story. my name is. and i'm twenty one years old i was fourteen when t

policy when it comes to syria because the u.s. president has always said that being in syria is all about i so at the same time you have the outgoing secretary of state rex tillerson who's always said that the u.s. goals in syria include preventing eisel and al qaeda from regrouping supporting the u.n. process and curbing the influence off iran has the u.s. really had any coherent policy when it comes to syria doesn't know what it's doing there. i mean the policy in the past has been to intervene in as little of a way as possible to try to. address the humanitarian situation without getting him broiled in a broader conflict in the middle east that's kind of been the policy but really clearly has not worked with this administration there is clearly a disconnect between what the president is saying what his military and political advisors are telling him which is the united states should remain in the areas it is in to use it as leverage against the syrian regime the iranians and russians and to keep an eye on potentially eisel retu

convoy reaches its destination as thousands of women from all over the world to gather on the turkey syria border to raise awareness about the plight of syrian women. let there be peace so mothers won't cry and young people will die and we will live free like other people. and finally a shake up at the top of german politics why one of the country's most recognized politicians won't be part of the next government. whether calling for equality freedom respect or an end to gender violence women around the world have been using international women's day to make their voices heard crowds of demonstrators filled the streets of cities including manila seoul new delhi and look for on thursday this international women's day comes in the wake of the me too movement and we'll be having a deeper look at what has changed since it began half a year ago but first we begin in spain where women staged a full day night nationwide strike and here's a look at the day's events. and the hours and passionate schools to change this was an interesting central square after midnight . tuesday night and dozens more

might do next in syria but they are involved they have troops there. the state department is that for quite some time it's important for u.s. troops to remain in syria so this really just adding more chaos in the mix at a time when it is very chaotic in syria when the conflict is getting drawn out more and more there are more international players involved and we're just really have to see in the days ahead what exactly donald trump meant and if others in the u.s. administration donald trump will clarify his remarks rasho ok mohammed jim jim live for us and there are thank you. it. was a senior syria advisor to samantha power who is washington's u.n. ambassador touring the obama administration he doesn't believe trump's comments on the troop withdrawal represent an actual policy change. i was literally just speaking with some colleagues of mine former colleagues of mine at the state department who are getting ready to deploy to syria to to do their work out there in the northern part of the syria where the u.s. military station so i really think this c

just in syria. i have to warn you, the story does contain disturbing images. >> justice, they say is just another name for victory. and the dictator is winning, he has bombed, and gassed his own people. and getting away with mass murder. asad buried his own people under a pile of rubble. the evidence. >> in the heat of battle, piles of documents and government buildings, police stalgzs, military out posts, left unguarded. a small group of syrian activists, swooped in and stole them away. we joined them. they cross the the board with a trunk full of stolen document, it is the first time a television camera was allowed in the process. the leader asked to be called adam. >> this is the most dangerous job in the world. why do you do it? >> because i want to see an end to the cycle of revenge. >> he had close calls, some of his teammates arrested, killed. high said it is worth it. >> we witness crimes against humanity. the killings. i am a lawyer. i believe in criminal justice. delivered by the bag full

syria. jasper mortimer joins us now from ingres. -- from ankara. turkey has said thanks but no thanks to president macron's offer for mediation. he heard f from president erdogn himself. what did he have to say? jasper: it was stronger than "thanks but no thanks." he said, we don't need a meteor -- mediator. since when has turkey set at a tatable with terrorist organizations? speaking directly to president macron, he said "know your place. i think there are three things going on. turkey is increasingly frustrated by the west's refusal to accept its argument that the syrian kurds are a b bunch of terrorists. turkey is all alone in holding that position. secondlyly, turkeys s in a mimilitarily strtrong position vis-a-vis the s syrian kurds, so it sees s no need for dialogue. turks thatere are will be disappointed by argonne telling macron to know his place. there are turks who want turkey to have good relations with thee west. erdoganosted president in paris in january. today, there arere very

military objectives in syria. you talked about how you're working to defeat isis and bring that campaign to a responsible close. later you mentioned that countering iran is not a coalition mission in syria. last month we heard from secretary tillerson about how u.s. military presence in syria will remain for an indefinite period of time and he went on to list a very expensive list of strategic objectives of the u.s. military to include ensuring the defeat of isis, to include diminishing the influence of iran, advancing a u.n.-led political resolution, et cetera, etc. so my question is what is the objective of our u.s. forces in syria and under what legal basis is this indefinite presence in syria planned under? >> thank you, so the principal reason we are in syria is to defeat isis and that remains our sole and single task that we are principally oriented on. part of defeating isis, though, is removing their control of the physical caliphate, the physical terrain, as you're well aware and in ensuring they can't re

it wouldn't be long before syria was no longer america's problem. and by the way we're not going the hell out of isis will become another syria like very soon let the other people take care of it now very soon very soon we're coming now we're going to have a hundred percent of the caliphate as they call it sometimes referred to as the land take it all back quickly quickly. the kurdish armed group i.p.g. says france is planning to send troops to support them in the northern syria and mediate with turkey one thursday france's president met representatives from northern syria and paris the delegation included kurdish and arab members of the syrian a democratic forces turkey has been battling kurdish fighters near its border. the palestinian health ministry says israeli tank fire has killed a palestinian farmer and gaza happened in the city of khan yunis another man is in critical condition this comes as thousands of palestinians prepare for an annual rally to protest against israeli occupation. the former president of france nicolas sarkozy is to face

troops would pull out of syria very soon stephanie. the americans have long had a presence in this part of northern syria supporting the syrian democratic forces arrest in the fight against eisel but turkey views the kurdish y p g which makes up the bulk of the s.d.f. as a terrorist organization and in the latest twist french president met with an s.d.s. delegation on thursday night in paris an offer to mediate which isn't going down well in ankara but there's the. micron says that he gave guarantee of support to the y p g that france can be mediators between turkey and the s.d.f. who gave you this juji do not engage in things beyond. turkish armed forces have already taking the troll of much of the syrian problems about free in pushing out the y.p. everyone has long threatened to push further east on to members where the us has military bases and all the way to the iraqi border the americans have also been monitoring the potential front line between kurdish fighters and the turkish backed syrian rebels who are nearby and to complicate

still to come on the day russian mercenaries in syria and why no one wants to talk about. in the run up to the presidential elections news about the death of russian soldiers it's inconvenient for the government here it's not clear when and if the man in syria will return. but tonight the german government says its computers are secure again after a cyber attack reportedly carried out by you suspected russian hacking group known as a p t twenty eight it's the same group suspected of meddling in the twenty sixteen us presidential election the hackers reportedly breached germany's foreign and defense ministries and stole sensitive data the government will not say when the attack took place but sources tell us that the infiltration occurred last december parliament's digital agenda committee will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow here in berlin. we want to bring in now our political correspondent all over sell it he's on the story for us tonight good evening to you all over so we've got the german government confirming that federal i systems were attacked do we know any more

between home and kurdish groups in syria. russian's foreign ministry and summons western ambassadors to announce it's expelling fifty nine diplomats from twenty three countries. a popular opposition leaders jailed for five years in senegal willing him out of next year's presidential election. and then split and you look australian cricket team aims to put a week of scandal behind them they began the final test against south africa with some of their biggest names. their warm welcome to this hour of news thirteen palestinians have been killed in gaza many of them many of them by israeli gunfire after thousands marched to the border with israel they were taking part in protests on the forty second anniversary of landing a palestinian health ministry says more than one thousand four hundred of those were injured after israeli forces fired live ammunition into the crowds using tear gas to push them back it's the start of a six week protest. the great march of return palestinians have set up camps in different places along gaza's

perspective now on the president calling an audible on syria. chief executive who seems to be making a habit making gut decisions. department and the pentagon during the obama administration. admir admiral kirby, it is not the first time that the president has had public difference on key national security issues. with close advisers and cabinet secretaries how do foreign leaders receive this information. >> it is confusing them. it is confusing the agency and international partners. the saudis are urging publicly he does not pull. international partners and friends don't have the luxury because they have to go by what the president said. much harder for allies and partners to want to come out our help. you commanded forces in iraq. and let's imagine you are a military in iraq. and you hear the president saying we are going to be coming out soon forces are still spilling blood on the battlefield. what does it do to military planning on the ground? >> i am going to reinforce what admir admiral kirby just said. what is going on in washington, and

of the country are also coming up to fourteen million displaced people that is the human cost that syria's civil war enters its eighth year we look at the situation one family who fled their home for one of the country's last remaining rebel strongholds. plus it is now officially the happiest place on earth and no we are not talking about disneyland find out which country has talked to us happiness ranking this year. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us the u.s. says it stands with britain and its just feud with russia over an assassination attempt on a former double agent london says the kremlin is behind the poisoning of service for paul and his daughter with a nerve agent now moscow is heading back saying that the u.k. has no evidence it's also calling prime minister to resign may's decision to expel twenty three russian diplomats irresponsible. until recently britain's prime minister to resign may had to tone being accused of not being hard enough on russia on wednesday she got her redemption standing before parliament may and equivocally accuse the kremlin of a

of syria are it is good to see. at last a few thousands of people have been able to leave these hellish conditions in any single day enough. but let us remind ourselves these are just a minority of those people living in these areas in eastern good don't we estimate that mid february before beyond. this military operation two hundred thousand children were living in eastern we had unicef we stand ready to support these two hundred thousand children as long as the parties allow us to do so we stand ready to receive fifty dollars and when children are coming out of eastern good guy and all the children who have come out so far have been that then. their conditions are really dreadful the number of children suffering for example severe malnutrition is impressive if we don't even talk about that the psychological condition the emotional condition in which these children finding themselves having suffered day off that they are at hour after hour up and garments having seen their friends their families kill the situation

they are in fact paving the way for iran to stay in syria. that's why it's well past time for the president to recognize that in syria, here at home, or around the world, russia is not a partner for stability or peace at the end of the day. [applause] senator menendez: russia has made it clear that its alliances -- its made its alliances clear with a slaughter of civilians, dropping bombs on hospitals, on homes, on humanitarian aid convoys working to care for people under siege. and putin continues to exploit the migration crisis to sew discord throughout western europe and continue his campaign to undermine the post-world war ii international order. links between moscow and tehran and damascus are crystal clear. without american leadership, i fear there will be no international response to the russian-backed iranian entrenchment in syria. we saw it last month when iran sent a drone into israeli airspace and the assad regime turned its russian-provided air defense system on an israeli fighter jet. of course israel responded with necessary and

do you believe the chemical weapons attacks in syria are fake news. of course firstly the syrian government destroyed its chemical weapons long ago. we know about the militants plans to simulate chemical attacks by the syrian army and their source that on the. part of me. after you took. all the attempts that have been made repeatedly in the recent past and all the accusations we used to consolidate the efforts against. you and your the cockpit of glory. it was asked of them number two we are aware of these goings on and they are not interesting. because one wants to say boring since the beginning of the year there have been at least four at least four chlorine based chemical weapons attacks in syria our secretary of state teller sen just said that russia bears the responsibility for this given your earlier promises to rein in chemical weapons attacks in syria your response. yes because of talk and when you my can see that firstly we have nothing to do with this and secondly we demand a full investigation as for crimes returned to iraq or pleas and at

international a russian military transport plane crashes while landing at an air base in syria killing all thirty two people on board. the british news media goes into overdrive speculating on the kremlin involvement in the suspected poisoning of a former russian double agent in the u.k. and despite hard facts the government's threatening retaliation. just proved to be well thought we take whatever measures we deem necessary to protect the rights of the people in this country. and. the us holds ground operations in eastern syria after its kurdish militia partners head to the north of the country to repel an incursion by washington's nato ally turkey. and a hundred days to kick off our world cup team guides you through some of the host cities making final preparations for russia twenty eighteen. it's six o'clock here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international live from our studio with mina david welcome to the program and we start with the breaking news from syria where a russian military transport plane has crashed while landing killing all thirty two people on board to give us m

russia's defense ministry says it believes that extremist groups in syria are planning to stage false black chemical attacks to give the u.s. a pretext for directly attacking the assad government. that says rebel control of syria's eastern ghouta crumbles and over forty thousand civilians leave the stricken region through humanitarian corridors. also in today's news moscow expels twenty three british diplomat nearing the step taken by the u.k. in response to the kremlin the ledge poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. doesn't want more normal when i mean my son donald trump the behavior of all my family and my parents. because of pressure i left my village for college and afghan couple who names their son donald trump say they've been forced to move away from their hometown because of their fears backlash from neighbors and relatives. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me the king air and now our top story russia's defense ministry says rebel groups have been armed with chemical weapons in syria and are planning to stage false flag attacks as a pretext for the