troop pullout from syria. alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program north korea's leader is back in beijing ahead of a possible second summit with donald trump. nationwide protests in nigeria's them in strangers' them and a rise in the minimum wage and we report on a controversial scheme to handle moscow's rubbish that is i'm good environmentalists. tell us thank you for joining us a strategic corner of syria that was once a battleground against isaw has again become the focus of tensions this time between turkey and the u.s. washington wants its kurdish allies protected at all costs once its troops leave northeastern syria and that has infuriated the turkish president who says the fighters are nothing but terrorists allied with kurdish separatists in his country . reports now from the turkish capital ankara. over two weeks ago u.s. president donald trump announced from. syria on tuesday his national security adviser john bolton arrived in ankara for meetings

the americans but what about the rest of syria the conflicts in the rest of syria exactly i mean the question of that with all of the absence of the or the presence of the u.s. forces in syria is not only about isis it's not only about iran although i mean these two key factors are very important for for u.s. policy and u.s. thought that he and the region but it's also about finding a political solution to the conflict in syria and a son the former secretary of state he put to what most people actually believe as the most comprehensive clear us syria policy. last year in january last year during his famous speech before the hoover institution in stanford university when he when he actually identified the key objectives of u.s. policy actually in syria and why the united states should actually stay in syria with its military presence number one is but a venting. from coming back number two is but eventing iran from having a land door from iraq through syria to lebanon i eat continuing iranian influence in the region and number three. he's using the u.s. military presence in syria as a

we have the abrasions on especially the situation in syria. about the agreement and it bled agreement and the collateral syria agreement especially. the development on the field that we have assessed. after the withdrawal of all the station of united states we have assessed that decision. serious peace and solidarity. dialogues and cooperation is very important and we will continue. to reach success on that path. we are going to continue on our work and the terror organizations. it's very critical that our organizations don't benefit from a power. vacuum in the region as turkey our main aim is especially cleansing terror organizations as he why i g y p g and especially. this is our responsibility and i expressed that. is supporting these and here is provoke. provoking these we we know very well. especially terror organizations we have a common fight. we are going to cooperate and we are going to. actually act on our decisions rapidly especially about the constitution committee. is very important and its completion is we are going to focus on t

clearly begins the new influences in syria and it creates the region. we will not allow to happen to the international community massing the. forces in the middle east who would lead the region into a skill aish polls have now closed in the southern philippines region of mindanao and a historic vote on autonomy the new proposal would mean greater local control and less dependence on the national government. stray shell fire in libya has killed the news camera man who works for al-jazeera and other leading media organizations thirty five year old mohammed bin khalifa died on saturday while on assignment with a libyan militia. but as the headlines the news continues here now in search of who to russia stay with us. children's lives none of. us wish that they did watch a sudden much to miss certainly this. still has that. this year. trying to. get some alternative. news while on the set of the man a book but said she still has to find a school because the game in the garden plus i'm just was with a young. man. we did. know and tumble just. the sort of. the

syria currently has. boot and s. three hundred as far as we know from what the russians have said it was only the panacea and boot systems that they 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 the 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 .

demand for protection of its kurdish allies in syria is a grave mistake u.s. national security adviser john bolton as an ark or a holding talks about the withdrawal of american troops from syria the north korean leader kim jong un as on the second day of a visit to china which could lay the groundwork for another meeting with the u.s. president donald trump the first chems fourth trip to china in the past year. the largest opposition party in the democratic republic of congo has declared its leader the presumed when of last month's presidential election the union for democracy and social progress says its candidate felix the voters of calling for a transition meeting with outgoing president joseph kabila the country's electoral commission has yet to release the results russia's prime minister treason may has suffered another blow to her brakes a plan that's after a cross party group of employees in favor of financial measures making it more difficult to leave the european union without a deal a government departments approval to spend money on no deal preparat

patrol in northern syria 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. a taliban attack has killed dozens of intelligence and security personnel in afghanistan a truck packed with explosives was driven into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency it came hours before the taliban announced they had resumed negotiations with u.s. officials and kept a. british prime minister to resign may has presented her alternative breaks that plan to parliament just a week after her first deal was overwhelmingly rejected it is includes more discussions on how to deal with the irish border and the scrapping of registration fees for e.u. citizens in the u.k. . zimbabwe's president emma synagogue has cut short a foreign trip to address the country's economic crisis he's been gone for a week seeking investment from russia and kazakhstan activists say twelve people have been killed in protests during that time. and then more politi

the americans but what about the rest of syria the conflicts in the rest of syria exactly i mean the question of that with all of the absence of the or the presence of the u.s. forces in syria is not only about isis it's not only about iran although i mean these two key factors are very important for for u.s. policy and u.s. thought that here in the region but it's also about finding a political solution to the conflict in syria. not a son a former secretary of state he put to what's most people actually believe as the most comprehensive clear us syria policy. last year in january last year during his famous speech before the hoover institution in stanford university when he when he actually identified the key objectives of u.s. policy actually in syria and why they wanted says should actually stay in syria with its military presence number one is but a venting. from coming back number two is but i've been to iran and i'm having a land door from iraq through syria to lebanon. continuing iranian influence in the region and number three. he's using the u.s. military presence in syria a

look we don't want syria. obama gave up syria years ago when he didn't violate the red line i did when i shot fifty nine missiles ed but that was a long time later so syria was lost long ago it was lost long ago and besides that i don't want we're talking about sand and death that's what we're talking about what we want to protect the kurds never the less we want to protect the kurds but i don't want to be in syria forever it's a hand and it's death i have a design has been following developments from gaza in temple the turkey syria border. the u.s. is not only putty in the. fight against the odds sold it he's an international coalition the bell populace some of them nato allies late. on from french troops already in the north and to syria and they need to when the united states forces want to get the troops will withdraw from syria in the past two weeks we have heard from a quick withdrawal which would happen within weeks just forty eight hours ago it was four months i'm out some place i didn't say about. day

for example you have on the jordanian border with syria but inside syria internal territories we're talking about internally displaced refugees you have the rock band camp so this camp if we're to speak frankly is basically besieged from two parties the jordanian government and the syrian government that have equally closed their borders prevented medical supplies and food supplies from going in. which has resulted in horrific things happening this meant for loan i think the number is eight children have died in this camp a lot. not forgetting obviously the freezing conditions right now. in particular story there was a there was a man who one of these eight children her father was basically went to the syrian side to try and get his bill to somewhere to get treated and he had to pay a bribe that's the only way that he could get into syrian territory because that's the way it works and i saw territory and he doesn't have that money he went to the jordanian side and they rejected him there and said they weren't letting any refugees in the case wasn't serious. twenty four hours later and i thi

troop withdrawal from syria the phone conversation comes just days after the fate of kurdish fighters in syria strained relations between the two nato allies has told trump that turkey is ready to take over security in the kurdish controlled syrian town of manage without delay according to the turkish government when told trump that didn't tank in member church that killed four u.s. personnel last week was a provocation to influence the united states troop withdrawal announced last month . well let's take a closer look at my bridge near the border with turkey the town is currently protected by u.s. backed kurdish y p g fighters who encourage considered terrorists with ties to the kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. in recent weeks has been a war of words between the united states and turkey over washington's backing of the white b.g. and what will happen in the region after the american pullout last month the white b.g. invited syrian president bashar al assad's forces into the area to prevent turkish assault as i've been reports now from gaza on tap on the turkish syrian border. this

troop pullout from syria. i know that i've been a staple and you're watching al jazeera life from london also coming up. north korea's leader is back in beijing ahead of a possible second summit we don't trump. nation why process in nigeria is demonstrators demand a rise in the minimum wage. and we report on a controversial scheme to heimdall moscow's rubbish that's angered environmentalists. turkey has condemned u.s. president donald trump's national security advice at the demanding the protection of america's kurdish allies in syria the turkish president says john bolton made a serious mistake after he said washington would only pull out its troops if the kurds safety is guaranteed thousands of kurdish fighters help the u.s. push eisel out of his eastern syrian stronghold but turkey views the fight is as terrorists. he said i don't 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

forces prepare for an expected offensive in northern syria. and we'll tell you how south africa's president is trying to reverse the ruling class he's forming popularity. from the sunsets if you disproving savan. to summarize atop a nation metropolis. halloa can promise you much more rain or snow for afghans and that's it for the time being there's a huge amount of cloud cascading out of southeastern europe through through the caucasus and the caspian a moment to think development is going to be further south and that this is the picture of something we've got rain coming into lebanon as you can see pharaoh breeze that's familiar a massive cloud syria saudi arabia and iraq and then catching the rising grab of the western side of iran you see rain and you see snow and that is going to carry on falding throughout sunday night into monday a huge amount of snow is possibly right up to azerbaijan and then it tails off further east more case of cloud but all this time although there's been rain in lebanon touching northern syria it's not really come

troop pullout from syria. alone barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up north korea's leader is back in beijing ahead of a possible second summit with donald trump. nationwide protests in nigeria's demonstrators them and a rise in the minimum wage and we report on a controversial mosque is rubbish that is angered environmentalists. turkish president. has criticized the u.s. national security adviser who said the u.s. would only pull troops out of syria if the safety of kurdish fighters is guaranteed john bolton held talks in ankara with senior officials but the self the u.s. for guards the kurdish fighters as allies against eisel turkey though sees them as terrorists reports now from ankara. over two weeks ago u.s. president donald trump announced. join american troops from syria on tuesday his national security adviser john bolton arrived in ankara for meetings with senior turkish officials about how and when that withdrawal will take place the day earlier bolton was in israel

is trying to diffuse a growing dispute with turkey over the future of kurdish fighters in northern syria the president has spoken to turkish leader. on the phone and it follows a tweet from trump on sunday night warning he devastate turkey's economy if its forces attacked the kurds the saudi teenager who fled her family and was granted asylum in canada says she hopes to inspire a change in her first t.v. interview conan says she wants to use her freedom to campaign for others those are the headlines next stop inside story. confronting iran is donald trump's foreign policy obsession he sent his secretary of state to the middle east to drum up support but what action is the united states prepared to take and what will be regional implications but this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm nick clegg reassuring allies and talking tough on enemies u.s. sector state might pump a has been touring the middle east to try and win support and put pressure on iran he's pushing for an arab military alliance to counter threats from tehran the aim would be to curb iran's influence in the r

abo mink in syria of fighting in syria basing themselves in syria and gave and giving themselves the right to basically decide what sort of a constitution is going to be for syria moving forward what happens to the northern part of syria moving forward and so on so forth so but shuttle as it is basically a hostage to the russian patrons within the country at least for the foreseeable future final question my one another one from our viewers on facebook where there is asking how much is the syria situation being complicated or least the situation we're talking about today russia and turkey how much is it being complicated by the declared withdrawal of u.s. forces. well in a so far as the russian and the turkish president it has been simplified not complicated because they thought the united states with one foot in one foot out and basically under the thumb administration had no strategy for syria and complicated things for syria and to a large degree it's true meaning the trump administration have tried here and there to put some pressure and they tried to fight that first and foremos

today update on the war in syria it's a show that you our community voted for so join us with your syria related comments and 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 at the lookout 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 dillema missa 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 turkey's president said during a meeting with russian president v

patrol in northern syria 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. a taliban attack has killed dozens of intelligence and security personnel in afghanistan a truck packed with explosives was driven into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency it came hours before the taliban announced they had resumed negotiations with u.s. officials and qatar. well britain's prime minister to resign may has returned to parliament to lay out her plan before how the u.k. will leave the e.u. just a week after have suffered a crushing defeat is includes more discussions on how to deal with the contentious issue of the irish border and the scrapping of registration fees for e.u. citizens living in the u.k. post breaks it still several m.p.'s accuse may of failing to present an acceptable backup plan many now want to take back control of the bricks and process and are considering a historic amendment that would at m.p.'s propose

soon on kosovo el to syria north and syria their secretary of state has arrived in riyadh on the latest leg of his middle east tour by pompei will be holding talks with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma payless qatar on sunday after calling on countries in the gulf to end their dispute saying it's gone on for far too long. has more. mike bomb paling qatar where the message to the gulf countries and their dispute the west political crisis in decades for the gulf cooperation council president and i both believe the ongoing dispute in the region has dragged on too long and the dispute benefits adversaries and harms our mutual interests the emir of qatar shaped i mean been hammered out fanny greeted on peo after discussions with qatar's foreign minister said mohammed bin al the fannie both countries say they are keen to consolidate trade and military cooperation that includes expanding the largest u.s. military base in the middle east dade near the capital doha is home to the forward operating base of u.s. central command. and then we have discussed all the issues of interest for our co

presence in syria are considerable as a result of what has been taking place in syria. large numbers of people. have returned to troublous region afrin also there is another area where people have felt safe enough to return. it is now opposition to turkey has always done its duty to protect innocent people in syria including the kurds and turkey will continue to act in this in this fashion on the other hand p.k. k. and its syrian army people idea why peachey. being is in the same sentence as under the umbrella of kurds is not acceptable and we have response reacted to this way of. the the use of the word kurtz and president also has responded to this. therefore just to reiterate the p k k or its syrian army why p.d.p. why she cannot be the representatives of the kurdish brothers and sisters and. and this will be this position turkey has always. worked hard to protect innocent people during its operations military operations as well while targeting terrorists in syria. like to retreat that determined fight against terror and terrorist organizations and terrorists in syri

which the turkish authorities see as as of the syria branch of the p.k. k. the out those kurdistan workers party but today is a big day that will that's will actually draw the parts for both turkish syrian and other players in this region indeed to be very interesting to see how it pans out thanks very much indeed unseen in concert in the dark to northern syria now north korean leader kim jong un is making his fourth visit to beijing within a year for talks with the president xi jinping china is pyongyang's main diplomatic and economic ally north korean media says kim is in china at the invitation of the president south korea has praised kim's visits expressing hope that it may help efforts for g.-d. chlorination and peace and speak now to difficult problems following the story from hong kong with a view what more do we know about this meeting. as always naked all these meetings are shrouded in a lot of secrecy but what's interesting about this this time is the fact that not only the north korean news state news agency but also the chinese news agencies seem

and turkey discuss a security plan for northern syria police shoot at protesters in zimbabwe furious at the government's decision to double fuel prices. you know we are in a fight for the soul of public education teachers in the second largest school district in the u.s. and a loud message in a way that's not been done in three decades. hello with less than twenty four hours before a key vote on the u.k.'s deal the prime minister is urging m.p.'s to take a second look at the agreements tourism is facing likely defeat one parliament decides on the divorce agreements she's negotiated with the e.u. . no it is not perfect and yes it is a compromise but when the history books are written people will look at the decision. the. people will look at the decision of this house tomorrow and our days we deliver on the country's vote to the the european union. we safeguard our economy our security and. the british people down so what happens next well if she loses the vote to resume will have three days to come up with a plan b. and deliver britain's next steps to parliament by january the twenty

if washington leave syria before i still is defeated the armed group will make a comeback or portals or request the establishment of a no fly zone of the northern syria to prevent a potential turkish assault on a kurdish stronghold mohammed job brings us more on this now from gaza on the turkey syria border. talk won't talk his priority least is that is a moment of kurdish y.p. the fighters who have fought alongside u.s. troops in the fight against yourself useful stuff told them many times before the most effective force against but to talk to them nothing more than a terrorist organization an extension of the kurdish workers but the p.k. k. and wants them to see a move on the disc and with taken out of territory and they were near turkey's border with syria after the turkey doesn't want to hear why pre decontrolling and the part of syria and has been on a war footing in recent weeks saying they will carry out the talk on the tom the city of mumbai with a view of removing the white preview from the attack you'll feel once just a call on al support from the united states wants the u.

the president of turkey and russia hold talks in moscow to try to find common ground on syria. she dons president is in qatar at the start of a golf tour as anti-government protests continue in his country. from day fourth of march. the date is set for elections in thailand the first since a military coup almost five years ago. and they've been his way to his opposition leader one has sworn him self in as interim president following another day of nationwide protests for and against nicolas maduro gordo took the oath as president a few hours ago in caracas and shortly after that u.s. president donald trump said in a statement that his government would recognize gado as venezuela's new leader trump said he would use the full weight of u.s. economic and diplomatic power to push for democracy in the south american country and canada has also announced that they will follow suit and recognize gordo's authority. for it seems like this across venezuela's thousands of people showed their support and opposition to maduro and his government they were also marking the sixty first anniver

a car bomb blast in syria has killed several soldiers state t.v. says a military checkpoint on the outskirts of damascus was the targets the syrian army controls all areas around the capital which has been relatively untouched by the war elsewhere some of the edge of a does more that's on the turkish syrian border. according to syrian state t.v. and government sources this was an attack which targeted a military checkpoint on the outskirts of the capital damascus this is an entry point into the city it is worth noting that this attack comes after months of relative calm in the syrian capital the word reports that the syrian government and its military were considering removing some of the checkpoint from within the city but this attack shows that there are still security concerns which are never according to the syrian state media there have been a number of casualties in this attack as well this comes as syrian government and its allies especially russian air power has begun targeting areas in north north northern parts of syria this is in the are

troops from syria. afghan taliban fighters have killed at least twelve members of the security forces at a military base in the out of that province close to kabul more than twenty eight people were wounded when a car bomb exploded and gunman entered the compound fighters linked to al qaeda say they killed un peacekeepers in mali at least ten soldiers from chad were killed and at least twenty five injured on sunday. well most of the mean group says the attack was in response to chad's decision to revive diplomatic ties with israel polls have closed in the southern philippines for an historic vote on autonomy more than two million people in mindanao region were asked if they back a plan by separatists in the government to create a self administered area known as. the new proposal would mean greater control and less dependence on national government if the vote passes the bangsamoro organic law will come into effect for the autonomous region the law is the result of a comprehensive agreement to end a deca

troops in syria if the u.s. doesn't see eye to eye with the country it depends on to make it a success just finally if i may i want to return very quickly to this issue of contradiction last month president trump said the fight against islamic state was over he was defeated and he was going to bring the u.s. troops fact from syria now since then his national security officials have said stomach state is not completely defeated and the withdrawal will happen slowly gradually and based on conditions how is this not a contradiction or has the president changed his mind i thank you for your one question. let me take the third of your single question first there's no contradiction whatsoever this is a story made up by the media that's fine you all right what you'd like the president's been very clear and ambassador ball and i have been very clear about this to the threat from radical islamic terrorism israel isis continues we fight them in many regions around the country our commitment to continuing to prevent the gr

turkey has been sending reinforcements to its border with northern syria recently it's got forces in the last rebel stronghold of province and in aleppo province where turkey is facing off against the u.s. backed kurdish dominated s.d.f. in the northeast and donald trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of syria means foreign powers involved in the war or reassessing their positions last september turkey and russia struck a deal russia cold offer threatens government's assault on it lip and together they created a demilitarized zone with turkey responsible for making rebel groups pull back into it lives in tyria but as turkey's president meets vladimir putin in moscow on wednesday the sands are shifting again moscow expects that the vast territory that the controlled with the united with the help of the united states the syrian government will take over. hoping that it can have a small buffer on the border with turkey that it might control and kind of prevent the kurdish elements from in infiltrating that area that is of course changing the both of them but i think that's the main

troops from syria will not jeopardize america's efforts against their own battle continues our presence to signal to withdraw our folks from syria in no way impacts our capacity to deliver on that and you'll see the coming days and weeks we are redoubling not only our diplomatic but our commercial efforts to put real pressure on iran to achieve what it is we set out for them back in may and these are simple asks we ask of the islamic republic of iraq to behave like a normal nation and the coalition is just as committed to it today as it was yesterday. all right let's bring in our guests nala joining me here on set is three professor of political science at kota university from norman in oklahoma via skype we have joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma gentlemen thank you very much indeed for joining us george if i could start with you there in oklahoma and let's take a look at a u.s. perspective of this initially my pump has trip mostly about the trump administration's strategy towards iran tell us more about that strategy and then we'

president to discuss creating a security zone and road map in northern syria. and anger on the streets of zimbabwe after the government doubles the price of fuel for nights. in sport and the australian open in what could have been the final much of his career. and carry on playing. so britain's prime minister tourism a has asked campaigns to take a second look at the brig's that deal struck between her government and the european union parliament is set to vote on the agreement on tuesday but she has warned pays a rejection of her deal could pave the way for the breakup of the united kingdom many parliamentarians from her own conservative party have said they will vote against. so i say to members on all sides of this house whatever you may have previously concluded over these next twenty four hours if this deal a second look no it is not perfect and yes it is a compromise but when the history books are written people will look at the decision i. think. people will look at the decision of this house tomorrow and it's did we deliver on the country's vote to leav

trying to reassure allies the user as says it won't would draw troops from syria until isolates defeated. a lot of this is live from doha also coming up marking forty years since the fall of the camaro rouge we talked to cambodian still coming to terms with one of the cartridge darkest chapters. place in sudan fired tear gas and stun grenades as protests against president bashir to show no sign of ending. diversity takes center stage in los angeles stars gather for the golden globe. donald trump's national security adviser says u.s. troops will not leave syria until i saw is defeated in the region john bolton is in israel where there's been concern about president chimes abrupt announcement in december to withdraw forces alton says there is no timetable for the pullout which was initially expected to take a few weeks he also said he doesn't want turkey to take military action against kurdish fighters in syria who've been backed by u.s. forces. we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw the to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated

soon on kosovo el to syria north and syria but more ahead in the news hour including compensation claims against pedophile priests we ask if there are in the catholic church in the u.s. could go bankrupt also macedonia agreeing to change its name has led to a political crisis for the greek prime minister. and in sports the big crash the cost chaos of the first major race of the new cycling season. the leader of minnesota's opposition has been released after being briefly detained this is believed to be the moment one window was taken by officers on a busy highway on so.

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 turkey's president said during a meeting with russian president vladim

that its pullout of troops from syria must be carefully planned and coordination with others. sudan says eight hundred people have been arrested since anti-government protests began last month but at least nineteen people dead at the end rest. and u.s. president refuses to back down over his demands for a wall was he prepares to address the nation and visit the border with mexico. about his government says that it retain control after an attempt to overthrow the president who is undergoing medical treatment in morocco soldiers took over the state radio station and on rape but security forces stormed the building and killed two of them arresting the coup leader and four others alleged to be involved nicholas hawke has more. lieutenant calley from the presidential guards burst into the national radio and television center calling for a popular uprising against president. the eagerly awaited day has arrived when the army has decided to put itself on the side of the people in order to save kept on from chaos if you're eating stop if you're having a drink stop if you're sleeping wa

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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 again

patrol in northern syria 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. a taliban attack has killed dozens of intelligence and security personnel in afghanistan a truck packed with explosives was driven into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency it came hours before the taliban announced they had resumed negotiations with u.s. officials in cata. hundreds have rallied ensued on after the announcement that a student protest a had died of his wounds he was shot alongside a doctor today the opposition says forty seven people have been killed during a month of protests and that more than one hundred cities have taken part in hama deval reports from car to the home of dr bao because of that how he didn't come to see a constant stream of mourners since he was shot the during an anti-government protest on thursday. his house has also become a meeting place for supporters and sympathizers. who are well within what he d

for example you have on the jordanian border with syria but inside syria internal territories we're talking about internally displaced refugees you have the rock band camp so this camp if we're to speak frankly is basically besieged from two parties the jordanian government and the syrian government that have equally closed their borders prevented medical supplies and food supplies going in. which has resulted in horrific things happening this meant for known i think the number is eight children have died in this company. not forgetting obviously the freezing conditions right. in particular story there was a there was a man who one of these eight children her father was basically went to the syrian side to try and get his will to somewhere to get treated and he had to pay a bribe that's the only way that he could get into syrian territory because that's the way it works in there terry and he doesn't have that money he went to the jordanian side and they rejected him there and said they weren't letting any refugees in the whole case wasn't syria. twenty four hours later and i think that's wh

trump an assertion of doing so but yes as you said there are mixed messages from on the question of syria as well that trump after a phone call for. session with the with the turkish president says oh yes yes i will get it with the withdrawal after all it was my. promise during the campaign i need to fulfill my promises we have to get the soldiers out we can do it in thirty days or cannot we do it in two months three months four months we don't know now i would say we're doing prudently we'll take our time we will check with our allies but we need to withdraw our troops confusing because just while bolton on paper are saying we are staying trump are saying the same day we are withdrawing or it's going to be quite a thing to keep across all the lines over the next week it has legs it mowen thanks very much for helping us do it though former chairman of car company in assam has declared his innocence and court in tokyo saying he's been unfairly detained down as accused of underreporting his salary by millions of dollars he was fired by the board of medicine and mitsubishi but kept on by ren

israel takes aim at iranian military targets in syria killing at least four syrian soldiers. down in jordan this is al jazeera law. also coming up the u.s. and turkey discuss the withdrawal of american troops from syria with ankara ready to take over security in the kurdish town. seeking peace voters in the southern philippines cast their ballots in a referendum aimed at ending a decades long conflict. our licensing laws in the death knell for taiwan's traditional medicine industry. for syrian soldiers have been killed in israeli airstrikes on iranian targets in syria the video posted to social media appears to show missiles intercepted near damascus russia says during those strikes early on monday syrian air defenses destroyed more than thirty cruise missiles and guided bombs on sunday israel said it intercepted a rocket fired at the golan heights from syria but a solid binge of aid is live for us now in gaziantep that's on the turkey syria border the russians there saying that syrian air defenses shot down more than thirty israeli cruise missiles what more can you tell us.

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 trying

under his control mahmoud idol reports some guys the turkey syria border. this is ari how town in north of syria said the promise it libya is home to three million people who since two thousand and fifteen have been effectively troubled it is serious last remaining a position on controlled by a celtic assortment of rebels. syrian president bashar al assad strengthened in recent months by support from powerful allies and that we opening up their embassies in damascus by some arab countries is vowing to launch an invasion. it live with its cinder block thomson villages could soon be subject to rockets bottle bombs and even class the bombs. that rebels are putting more debris face while. today we are all gathered here and ready to fight until the last drop of our blood we are the songs of this territory and we know it very well and so do the people displaced from all over syria are now living in this small geographic area which is just ninety square kilometer nothing will make us lose our resolve to fight on what to me are. in the middle of it leaps of rolling

troops from syria. afghan taliban fighters have killed at least twelve members of the security forces of the military base in wardak province that's close to kabul more than twenty eight people were wounded when a car bomb exploded a gunman attacked the compound a senior u.s. republican senator says he'll urge president trump to meet the leaders of pakistan and afghanistan so they can come up with a plan to end afghanistan seventeen year war graham made the comments after a meeting with pakistan's prime minister in islam a bad come out it was their. the revered by the u.s. senator lindsey graham comes at a time when the special representative for peace and reconciliation and i would run a stand. has just left islam a body words hoping to meet the afghan taliban head and up against any captured however the afghan taliban walking out of the orthodox saying that peace and reconciliation would only. if the americans were willing to give a timeline for withdrawal it must be understood that the senate all the

or some a binge of aid has more now from gaziantep near the turkey syria border. it's been an eventful night for syria both in terms of diplomatic developments and violence in the late night phone call the turkish and u.s. presidents discuss their future strategy inside syria or the gun told on that attack in member northern syrian town which was the deadliest on u.s. forces there at least force for us and members of the military as well as civilians were killed to be a provocation and it's him to derail the u.s. pullout from northern syria this is a pullout the turkey has welcomed turkey wants the u.s. troops to leave but it also wants an end to the collaboration between the u.s. forces and kurdish fighters who are in charge of these are the forces who took mandate from isis fighters with the help of u.s. forces and the turkish president wants them to leave he does not just want to see that area in the hands of kurdish forces with turkey seize as terrorists meanwhile these kurdish fighters have been going closer to word syria a result for which neither the turks

push ice and out of its stronghold in eastern syria. we're going to be discussing the president's decision to withdraw but to do so from northeast syria in a way that make sure that isis is defeated and is not able to. revive itself and become a threat again and to make sure that the. defense of israel and our other friends in the region is absolutely assured of to israel john bolton plans to travel to turkey for a meeting there with the president russia next week turkey considers many of the u.s. backed kurdish fighters to be terrorists and wants them removed from areas near its border with syria there is now going to doe has more now from gaza close to the turkey syria border. a spokesman for president of the on how to react to bolton's comments saying tuckey has absolutely no problem with a cardinal question in hockey and that the problem of turkey is with two particular groups the y.p. d m p k k which turkey recognizes the terrorist organizations and says that it is. disrespectful for bolton to say that the band reapers i'm told by

and syria are way off track on that issue. is provided up to fifty thousand troops boots on the ground to to take the fight directly to isis they fought valiantly and quite successfully as a result many many american lives were saved and the alternative to the wipe e.g. from washington's perspective is someone else has to come in who is going to come in washington is not confident that the f.s.a. existence official numbers to replace the y.p. g. so it's a really difficult dilemma. ok let's go over to jordan's compered lamond stephanie decker is there and big diplomatic push going on by the united states not least. begun his tour of the middle east in amman what's his plan there in the go to. he does you've got to senior administration officials touring the middle east with different stops and i think it gives a sense that they really do feel that there is some damage control perhaps to be done certainly when it comes to assuring their allies that the americans remain a strong ally in this region here he'll be speaking with the

still plan to attack leaving syria trump said starting the long overdue pullout from syria while hitting the little remaining isis territorial caliphate and from many directions will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms will devastate turkey economically if they hit kurds create twenty mile safe zone is two it follows the mobilization of the syrian army around man bridge at the request of kurdish y p g forces turkey is threatening an imminent offensive and views the this group as a danger to its southern border. has the latest from washington d.c. trump also warned on twitter that the kurds should not provoke turkey but it was the president's words saying that he would devastate turkey economically if that country were to attack the u.s. kurdish allies that have really cop people's attention because turkey is a nato ally and this significantly escalates the rhetoric since relations took a negative turn between turkey and us last week that's when turkish president race of erdogan refused a meeting with u.s. national security advisor john bolton after that came after bolton