in syria but they saw what they themselves paid in kind to discuss that i'm now joined by a senior advisor to iran's supreme leader ali akbar velayati really a great pleasure talking to you thank you very much for your time us more you're most welcome. to the. friendly. as you may know or a pretty hectic city these days just yesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu stopped by to watch football. palestinian leader mahmoud abbas is visiting on the same day as you but none of you your visit formally be upcoming meeting in helsinki is this just a coincidence that all your schedules happen to overlap. and you can actually reach you know your attendance. to in your country in the presence of others. you have mentioned so i have come here independently only for the talking with the hiring. of them president putin i have cherry the messages of for great leader and also for president and president putin. we could try an opportunity for about two hours the discourse of. every shoes including the bilateral relations regional cooperation international cooperation but i'm sure your f

this is the news live from berlin two of syria's power brokers look to settle their country's fate russian president vladimir putin poses a turkish counterpart for talks on the conflict they're sent to discuss who should hold sway in syria's contested north also coming up. rescuers resuming their search for football player sala in a least one other person are missing after the plane carrying them disappeared over the english. plus the holograms bringing history to life at a chicago museum. that the o.p.'s question is you know. all the call survivor up close is bearing witness in the twenty first century. i'm broad thomas thanks so much for being with us today two of the major players in the syrian conflict are set to meet for talks that could have broad implications for that country russian president vladimir putin is hosting his turkish counterpart. now topping their agenda is the future of syria's kurdish controlled areas kurdish militias control much of northern syria after pushing out so-called as long as state i-s. has now lost almost all of the territory it once controlled in

syria national security advisor john bolton has been seeking reassurance on terror but turkey warns it won't compromise this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. many were caught off guard last month when u.s. president donald trump announced he would pull american troops out of syria immediately but since then his administration has sent conflicting messages about how and when that withdrawal will take bass is national security advisor john bolton has been in turkey to seek protection for u.s. banks kurdish fighters in syria have been a major part of the battle against eisel but turkey sees them as terrorists and president. has warned he won't compromise on the kurdish issue will bring in our guests in just a moment but first here's more of what the turkish president had to say. the. bolton has made a serious mistake and whoever thinks like this has also made a mistake it's not possible for us to make compromises those who are in halls of the terra corridor or in syria who face the necessary lesson there is no single difference between the p.k. k y p g p d and i saw this

moment we've got the latest system making its way across turkey than stretching down through syria and then that will activate this system to the south so we're going to see some heavy rain across this region and a fair amount of snow as we head through wednesday that will then work its way eastwards and behind it we'll see another weather system begin to knock on the door of turkey as we head through thursday so generally speaking for many of us really quite unsettled at the moment with a good deal of cloud of rain and snow pushing through here in doha though the winds are feeding up from the south on wednesday and that does mean they could be a little bit of mr fog first thing but when that clears it's going to be quite a warm day i'll talk temperature about twenty six degrees but this woman weather isn't going to last as we head through thursday may be a change in the wind direction this time the winds will be firing down from the northwest it will be quite a blustery day and the temperatures will be dropping so a maximum just of twenty three degrees which is seventy three in fahren

teams who qualified in syria how are the players able to focus on the game with the civil war still raging. we try to bring back normal life with football so says ben stein a reporter a recruiter they'll talk to the syria coach and his team. big money and political footballs now on. my. cool white and one of the world's richest nations i will meet the syrian national football team perhaps the most controversial team in the world and i will meet their new coach a german like me. i will meet a sports team but all i can think of his politics it may look like an easy job for every photo but it's not going to be watching a football match but in the back of my mind will be one of the worst humanitarian crisis for what time the ongoing so young tragedy and it's millions of refugees and those guys play football. the syrian national football team is it a team for twenty three million syrians or a propaganda tool for the country's president bashar assad a man accused of committing war crimes is this his team and their dictator steam as some have suggested. millions of syrians are refugees bec

withdraw troops from syria however how it is going to be done what will be left behind to morgan happen to the. heavy arms left behind and. various other matters needs to be clarified we've discussed these matters in detail and in the days to come including today military officials and intelligence officials will continue their discussions we continue our relationship with the united states as within the framework of allies being allies and we'll continue to do. our best. i'd like to remind you number of things first of all turkey's position in relation to the territorial integrity of syria has not changed since day one. yes the. another important principle. is that they syrian land must be cleared of all terrorists including. border. yeah they got the so what kind of terrorist they are and the people who live in syria are the guns of who they are what what their origin is must be protected and safe from terrorist persecution and attacks there is no question of. turkey is stopping turkey's fight or posing turkey's fight against terrorists and terrorist organizations. turkey has been an imp

issues of developing and humanitarian ties and of course we have talked a lot about syria too and we have discussed in detail the prospects of the syrian political process russia and turkey have a strong and principled position with regard to the long term solution to the syrian crisis. we want to do that on a political and peaceful manner. in accordance to un security council resolution to two fifty four. taking into account the sovereignty and territorial integrity of syria and this is the way we discussed. the syria peace process as part of the astronaut process today the arsenal process remains the most effective mechanism of resolving the conflict in syria and you certainly we are focused on the constitutional committee which will. be working on the basics of. of the new syrian government. and russian diplomats are in close contact with the rainy and diplomats have done a lot of work to agree on the least of the people to be represented in the committee. all of the agreements reached with the french. germany in istanbul have been reached but unfortunately the constitutional c

everyone in syria not just the football players bashar assad it's a part of the team it's a heavy burden. many people say this team is very political because it's very much linked to one person kind of because nobody should see the head in the deficit of what it is. with the president but it if we're not. going to be part of the concerted in the new ones who are you going to pop up in public. thought them are the felons the are the what does the cup team syria or team assad what is it part of. the symbol of. some sort of. you from syria. when you're fan of. the big fair we've got a very very big hurdle i mean i've got a very very very very big big big fan i don't really want to see. a loss and we have a shot of that. project syria and bashar only it's an infamous phrase in support of president bashar assad but these guys are fans of the dictator and they use football and stage for blunt propaganda. now kuwait verse to syria. the last warm up game before the asian cup time for the pre-match press conference within the gulf region coup why just regard it as liberal it's a monarchy we're on

.' presence in syria. i believe that the decision to draw down is a mistake. i communicated that to the president and he envited us to the -- he invited us to the white house a couple weeks ago to have this discussion. there's going to be by-product of that decision. there's going to be consequences of it. one ever those consequences, several of those consequences are going to directly impact ourilize in the region. let me begin by saying it is going to directly impact the united states. we already see that isis in syria was on the path to morphing into an insurgency. an insurgency is different than what they used to be. what they used to be is they took over big pieces of land, isis did and they through their black flag and had buildings. in some ways that's terrifying because they control land and have people under their command. in a lot ways it is easier to target them. you can see it. they are out in the open. an insurgency is different. an insurgency is when you blend into the population. so by day you might be a baker or the debate that runs a cafe. by night you are an isis k

. pullout from syria. hello and welcome to crossfire. what is happening with the decision to leave syria and are you ready for the twenty twenty presidential sweepstakes also is there any integrity in the integrity and this shooting. some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark bowden he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dmitri bob h. he's a political analyst with international and in athens we have exclusive for him he is the director and writer for the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciated let me go to you first marc staying in syria or getting out of syria because if you listen to administration officials and specifically pinging about john bolton the national security adviser he's traveling in the middle east trying to convince the region that. the u.s. really isn't leaving what's going on it was never very likely that the u.s. would be pulling its troops out of syria after you know everything that's happened in the last few years and now i think it's e

on instagram. from syria and iraq to lebanon and yemen iran is actively involved in various conflicts around the middle east weakening its adversaries and positioning itself as the new regional power. is this new presence of tehran outside its own borders a sign of expansionism or even imperialism or a statement of nationalism designed to protect the country and guarantee the longevity of its regime. understanding the story of the rebirth of the islamic republic means delving into the chaos of middle eastern wars unraveling the threads of history and distinguishing recurrent elements from the interruptions. it's an intriguing story of a long isolated country that is today of central importance and feared a country convinced through dialogue to stop developing nuclear weapons while still sending its revolutionary guard to fight around the region. the story begins in tehran on july the fourteenth two thousand and fifteen after twelve years of negotiations and extreme tension iran allows its nuclear program to be monitored in exchange it obtains the progressive lifting of sanct

not to target kurdish on groups in northern syria when american forces leave soon new address the texas parliament a day off to u.s. national security advisor john bolton reiterated the request in ankara bolton's comments to president resit top but one who says it takes he will not compromise on cut his white b.g. fight as it regards as terrorists or iraq today with headlines on a lot more news coming up here on out is there right off the inside story from a new plant that is by now. turkey's president criticizes the conflicting messages coming from the trump administration over its rounds to pull out troops from syria and national security advisor john bolton has been seeking reassurance on teri's fridays but turkey warns it won't compromise this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm fully battle many were caught off guard last month when u.s. president donald trump announced he would pull american troops out of syria immediately but since then his administration has sent conflicting messages about how and when that withdrawal will take place is national security

host a summit on the future of syria including turkey and iran the three countries have been pushing their own strategy for ending eight years of civil war in syria putin met with turkey's president rectify imperator one in moscow earlier today he welcomed the announced american withdrawal from syria as a positive step he also called on kurdish forces who control large areas of north eastern syria to start talks with the syrian government everyone said the withdrawal of u.s. troops from the kurdish controlled areas must not result in the vacuum of power turkey regards the powerful kurdish why p.g. militia as a terrorist organization. well i'm joined now by john thing can from the german marshall fund of the united states jonathan has expertise among other things in russia and u.s. relations with turkey it's good to have you on the program johnson would this meeting between ever won and putin would it be taking place at all if trump had not and now the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria. i think the relationship between putin and air to one has grown substantially over the last coup

ross talking to syria policy i'm joined by my guest. in london he is a lawyer and an independent political analyst as well as an expert in iraqi affairs in damascus we have amar why cough he is founder and director of know so it's an organization expressing stakeholder opinion in syria and in the middle east and in norman we cross to joshua landis he is the director of the center of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma are right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate joshua let me go to you first in norman i have a very simple question but i don't think there's a simple answer is foreign policy is befuddling. frustrating to understand and it seems quite fluid so what do you make of his policy as his major foreign policy advisers including the u.s. secretary of state is essentially contradicting their boss on their middle east tour go ahead joshua. well you're absolutely right and for americans it's just as confusing as it is for the rest of the world because the foreign policy. elite really has come und

jazeera. and i so suicide car bomb in northern syria targets u.s. and kurdish forces. color from doha everyone i'm come all sons of maria and this is the world news from al jazeera taliban fighters have killed at least forty three members of the afghan security forces in a suicide bomb and gun attack. i cannot support the only other way in which to take no deal off the table which is to revoke article fifteen theresa may present her plan b. on break the parliament but there's still no sign of any breakthrough. and open for business one of the older streets in baghdad debts a new lease on life. so in syria there has been an overnight attack on damascus by israeli forces who say they were targeting iranian weapons depots in the capital and then later on monday in the north the kurdish why p.g. said a suicide car bomb exploded near the entrance to the just as a u.s. patrol passed by there are lots of potential ramifications for all sides has more israel has repeatedly struck targets inside syria for years but rarely admits doing so now it is confirming the attacks and providing info

what she calls the fragmentation of the world. because it's also on the program two of syria's power brokers look to settle the country's fight russian president vladimir putin posed. for talks on the conflict discussing who should hold sway in syria's contested notes. i'm still gail welcome to the program germany's chancellor has told the world economic forum that global institutions need to be reformed in order to avoid what she called the fragmentation of the multilateral world. told the meeting of political and business leaders in davos switzerland that institutions like the world bank and the international monetary fund must be ready to compromise but not be downgraded. you've got a superstition it's you know it's a good thing i have to agree while they were taken about seventy five seventy four years ago that if you like is the age that the average person lives so after the horrors of the second world war and the people who were then in power and the people who were impressed on civility had certain insights and they knew what they were doing so we shouldn't these days cast the

go to you first marc staying in syria or getting out of syria because if you listen to administration officials and specifically pinging about john bolton the national security adviser he's traveling in the middle east trying to convince the region that. the u.s. really isn't leaving what's going on it was never very likely that the u.s. would be pulling its troops out of syria after you know everything that's happened in the last few years and now i think it's even less likely than before and the president john bolton i mean national security advisor john bolton has. seemingly. whether it's through argument or riding just riding around trump's announcement of a withdrawal a complete withdrawal of u.s. troops now has now announced that it is conditional and he's doing this sort of a trip but we've seen the goal post move every single time let me go to let me get out and i know it's this not john bolton that seems to be dictating the narrative here but we also have troubled relationship with the military brass here so this is a an interesting concoction of brew here that trump either c

from syria. as you all know on december 19th, 2018 president trump announced a withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria and ever since there's been a big debate about how to pull out of syria, when, and who would replace u.s.'s functions on the ground and what would happen to the forces on the ground with the allies to the u.s. to fight isis and what would be the regional applications. and there has been a lot of debate and we are hoping that we won't cover all of it, because that will take probably many hours. we are trying to focus only on the withdrawal decision and what it could mean on the ground and the relationship with turkey, how the nay tto allies can figu out how to do this. but i'm sure in the q and a sessions many issues will come up and we'll try to respond as much as possible. we have a distinguished panel of analysts here with me. just to my left, genre tired general mark kimmett, he's a current defense consultant but he appears on cnn and writes and i'm not going into his distinguished bio. you can read it in the handout. we appreciate him being here to discuss this

discuss who should hold sway in syria's contested north also coming up. rescuers resumed the search for football players and maybe on osama his plane disappeared over the english channel tattering messages to friends and family saying the plane all sporting a pot. luck the holograms to bring in history to live at a chicago museum maybe fifty eight i believe. there was a holocaust survivor and bearing witness in the twenty first century. how to live on the touchy about thanks their company. two of the major players in the syrian conflict are set to meet for talks that could have broad implications for the country russian president vladimir putin is talking to his turkish counterpart richard on top of the agenda is the future of serious kurdish controlled areas goodish militia control much of northern syria and you can see that here in our map in yellow after they pushed out the so-called islamic state i is has lost almost all of the territory in syria and syria is mocked there in red and that led to president trump to say he would drop the two thousand american troops supporting the

damascus syria says most of the missiles were intercepted by its air defenses. but i won't discuss this syria troop withdrawal with donald trump says turkey is ready to take over security in the kurdish town of man beach. florida. i'm sick of this is i just did a live from doha also coming up somalia says it's planning a major attack against al shabaab after a u.s. air strikes killed fifty two of the group's fighters. pitch battles in greece's capital as tens of thousands of people protest and name change deal with macedonia . the israeli military says it is carrying out strikes on iranian targets in syria video posted to social media purports to show missiles intercepted near damascus on sunday israel said it intercepted a rocket fired at the golan heights from syria harry foresaid reports from in southern israel. well in a highly unusual move the israeli military is confirming that strikes have been taking place against targets inside syria as the operation has been going on these removed she is saying that it's striking iranian could forces targets inside syrian territory and it is w

now with the stream to stay with us . every. hi i'm femi oke a. day off date on the war in syria it's a show that you our community voted for so join us with your syria related call and some questions live on you tube or on twitter. my name is the marker for the boy on the beach and you are. a big thanks to everyone who voted in last week's twitter poll to help us choose today's topic you can follow us to stream to look out for future polls so today we're looking at some of the latest headlines from the war in syria and a pullout of u.s. troops rebuilding diplomatic relations with bashar al assad and how displaced syrians are coping with harsh winter conditions with us to talk about all of this in istanbul turkey me an architect and activist also in istanbul. vice president of the national coalition or syrian revolution and opposition forces. a journalist and activist really good to have you with us everybody or we begin with the u.s. troop withdrawal last month president donald trump made a surprise announcement that u.s. troops will begin leaving from syria have a listen to what tur

another isolette attack against u.s. and kurdish forces in syria was off to israel fired missiles as a rainy and targets near damascus. hello i'm the star and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up dozens are killed in a taliban attack in afghanistan ahead of another round of direct u.s. negotiations with the group. to resume a present another version of head breaks that plan but it's not terribly different from an old ready rejected proposal. and the family of a sudanese doctor killed while treating injured protest his says be assured he was killed by the government. well u.s. troops based in syria have become the targets of i still fight says for the second time in less than a week a bomber rammed his car into a checkpoint in syria's kaddish controlled northeast just as a joint convoy of u.s. and coalition forces passed by at least five people were killed no u.s. troops were among the casualties the incident comes just weeks after the u.s. president announced a pullout of troops from syria monday's incident happened in a province where residents say there's been a surg

. >> he serves as director, joining us to discuss the u.s. military pullout from syria. threat about the ongoing and the complications of pulling u.s. troops out of syria. >> first of all, it is important u.s.te that while some officials have noted it flummoxed eight has been defeated, what the attacks certainly show is that isis has the ability to conduct attacks in syria. we have seen them conduct attacks in iraq. they are monitoring u.s. activity. whatconduct an attack -- is interesting about this one is they had clearly conducting intelligence and surveillance on u.s. there. it is probably happening in multiple places. this is traditional guerrilla tactics. the islamic state has moved into this guerrilla phase of the campaign. the u.s. is a major target. >> the campaign in a guerrilla phase, how many fighters are left for the islamic state? are there estimates at this point for what they are down to? we always see the maps down to a small amount of territory, but do we know numbers? >> it is hard to gauge numbers at any particular time for two reasons. one is the border between s

yeah very much so i mean russia is the provider to syria all of pretty much all its defense systems syria currently has. blue and s. three hundred as far as we know from what the russians have said it was only the panacea and boot systems that were used to defend syrian positions against the cruise missile attacks and guided bomb attacks etc from israel over. overnight and in the attack that took place at the end of the week and there is as you say diplomacy going on as well we have gear peterson who is the new u.n. envoy to syria arriving in moscow sitting down and having a meeting with sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister this is pedersen's first trip to moscow in this capacity and i think this is really a chance for these people to get to know each other so lavrov in the meeting was trying to impress on get a certain that russia has made numerous achievements as lavrov put a chief ment's in the territory that russia and syria have taken back from the terrorists as he put it achievements in laying the groundwork for the return of refugees and better than present himself was

. next to discussion about the withdrawal of u.s. troops from syria is digital impact on the region. this is one hour and 25 minutes. >> forces on the ground that i would with u.s. to fight isis. there's been a lot of debate and we are hoping that we won't cover all of it because that will take probably many hours. we are trying to focus only on the withdrawal decision and what it could mean on the ground in the relationship with turkey. how do nato allies figure out how to do this. i'm sure in the q&a session, many issues will come up and we will try to respond as much as possible. panele a distinguished here with me. left, retired general mark kimmitt. current defense counsel but he appears on cnn and i'm not going to go into the long bio. you can read it in the handout. we appreciate him being here to discuss this issue with us. >> he is with georgetown as well to his left, he is no less prominent analyst. with the washington institute for iranian policy. we are very grateful they are here. we are hoping at some point he will make it but we will proceed without him at this point

. withdrawal from syria. that he is making a serious mistake. it's good to have you with us here in germany a twenty year old student has confessed to stealing the personal data of thousands of public figures including politicians and celebrities now the young man who has not been named released a slew of information via twitter exposing private messages pictures and even credit card details he is the latest hacker to expose the hope in german officials cyber defense. this is the twitter account that's shaken germany's political world the suspect a twenty year old german student was released after allegedly making a full confession. so in answer to the question does the perpetrator come from the extreme right i can say no he does not. there's no indication that he has any connection with a politically motivated criminal activity. the hacker even revealed the personal data of the german chancellor angela merkel every party in the german parliament was hit apart from the far right alternative for germany the cyber attack apparently told police he was angered by statements made by politicians an

in syria's contested north also coming up risk years begin to search again for foothold there in libya on his saga he and at least one of the bullets and a missing after the plane carrying them disappeared over the english channel. and taking out the trash in space we look at why there's so much junk orbiting up planets and what on earth to do about it. plus the whole of grams of bringing history to life at the chicago museum at least would seem to be happy to answer any questions you get all. the holocaust survivor up close and post night and bearing witness in the twenty first century. hello and welcome. thanks for your company. two of the major players in the syrian conflict are set to meet for talks that could have broad implications for the country russian president vladimir putin is meeting his turkish counterpart. on top of the agenda is the future of syria goodish controlled areas goodish militia control much of northern syria which you can see on the map here in yellow after pushing out the so-called islamic state i assess lost almost all of its territory in syria and sy

russian president vladimir putin. who should hold sway in syria's contested not. finding missing football. alive after his plane disappeared over the english channel. his family reveals he sent messages saying the aircraft was falling apart. welcome to the program. germany's chancellor has told the world economic forum the global institutions need to be reformed in order to avoid the fragmentation of the multilateral world she put it. told the meeting of political and business leaders in davos switzerland that institutions like the world bank and the international monetary fund must be ready to compromise but not be downgraded if we look at the history of mankind basic decisions for the order that we have today mom they were taken about seventy five seventy four years ago if you like is the age that the average had to leave so after the horrors of the second world war and the people who were then in power and the people who invest consequently had certain insights and they knew what they were doing so we shouldn't the states cast their decisions aside and the system and they set

rami you mentioned earlier you weren't surprised but what will this mean for civil society in syria. it's going to be destructive i mean one of the things that we've been fighting over the past eight years is obviously extremism and the problem is that i've also see i've always seen that extremism can't be battled with just gun ships and planes from the sky and bullets it doesn't work that way there's a process in which we seek and find out what the original what the actual problem is what caused all this and i i continue to believe that it's politically in directly politically motivated that these people members of isis if i'm to speak particularly. in the lower ranks or maybe fundamental but in those high ranks it's very politically motivated and when there isn't justice and accountability when we go back to a situation like syria was seven or eight years before and let's get happening for half a decade you go back to that situation you're telling people in stripping them of their voice and they become susceptible to the language of fundamentals and extremism and that's what's cal

repeated aggressions against syria but is the only way to drag the attention of the belligerence in this council to exercise our jetsam adroit to defend ourselves by responding to the israeli attack in damascus international civil airport with one on top of that. this earing diplomat there was apparently referring to the israeli airstrikes on various targets in syria on monday israel said it had struck facilities belonging to reigning forces stationed in the country and claimed that the attack was in response to a missile being fired into israeli territory syria in turn said it had managed to shoot down most of these ready missiles however reports suggest that the air raid claimed the lives of eleven syrian military personnel israel has been carrying out air strikes against targets in syria on a regular basis over the past few months. a middle east expert ali responds that syria has addressed the un instead of israel because it sure doesn't want a new war israel is the one which has been escalating especially recently particularly since the trouble or president trump and also his intenti

shutdown. amid the president's controversial plan to with draw troops from syria, former envoy brett mcgurk says trump's new policy will give isis a new lease on life. then on martin luther king day, the president of color for change, rashad robinson says how they can achieve racial equality and justice. plus the journalist and writer raniqua allen tells us why the american dream is dead, at least for black millennials. >> unaworld is a proud sponsor. when bea's culinary career began she didn't know her cookbook recipes would make it to the cruise line. her locally inspired question sign is served through europe, asia, india and egypt. according to bea, to travel is to eat. bookings available through your travel adviser. for more information visit unaworld.com. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, sue and edgar walkenheim, iii. the cheryl and philip willstein family. judy and josh weston. the jpb foundation, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london. as the longest

extremism despite donald trump's order to withdraw troops from syria president jordan has more from washington. one thing is clear the u.s. military may be ending its direct mission in syria but it's not going to stop the fight against eisel on thursday the secretary of state mike pompei o said that u.s. aircraft would be for paired to target and to kill eisel fighters if they try to retake any territory either in syria or in iraq meantime the pentagon is confirming that some equipment that the u.s. military had been relying on while deployed in syria is now being moved out of the country but for security reasons they are not saying how quickly this some two thousand u.s. troops in syria are going to be leaving where they will be based after they leave

israel says it's iranian. syria says most of the missiles were intercepted by a. somali he says is planning a major offensive against the us a strike is killed fifty two of the groups fighting. pitched battles in greece's capital as tens of thousands of people protest against a name change deal with macedonia. and licensing. taiwan's aging traditional medicine industry. so that the israeli military says it's carrying out strikes on iranian targets in syria video posted to social media purports to show the missiles intercepted near damascus on sunday israel said it threatens iraq and its side intercepted a rocket fired the gun and heights from syria harry falls are reports now from a lot in southern israel. well in a highly unusual move the israeli military is confirming that strikes have been taking place against targets inside syria as the operation has been going on these removed she is saying that it's striking iranian quds forces targets inside syrian territory and it is warning the syrian armed forces against striking against israeli military targets or against israeli territo

conflicting messages coming from the trump administration over its plan to withdraw troops from syria as america's top diplomat tries to reassure middle east allies beginning with jordan. you're watching out to zero life from a headquarters and down i'm dead you know bill gates also ahead north korea's leader heads back to beijing ahead of a possible second summit with donald trump. and europe prepares for a more freezing cold after heavy snow killed seven in the alps. hello the turkish president has lashed out at what he says are mixed messages coming from the trumpet ministration about its plans to pull troops out of syria regift tell you berta one is also unhappy that the u.s. is asking turkey not to target kurdish armed groups who fought with american forces against eisold earlier on says his country will not compromise on fighters it regards as terrorists. he says bolton has made a serious mistake and whoever thinks like this is also made a mistake it is not possible for us to make compromises on this point those who are part of the terror corridor in syria who receive unnecessar

our withdrawal from syria. we are still going to be able to effectively with those partners counter the threat from isis in the region. we will do it without those 2000 soldiers on the grown. we haven't changed our policy about continuing to make sure there is no isis resurgence. we are going to do it in a way that's smarter and better. we can do that because of the alliances that president trump has built. >> sean: let's talk about china in the sense that they have had a massive military buildup. your state department issued a warning to americans traveling to china that, in fact, they could issue exit bans preventing americans from leaving. what's the status? >> sean, we didn't change the level of the warning there in china. we did change some of the language. we do our best here to constantly review things that might happen to americans that are traveling abroad. we saw what happened with the american there in russia. our job is to always have american it's safe while traveling. we wanted to let them know that there have been morris risks in terms of folks traveling there and not