pretty clear that they want to see a decrease in the ring in presence in syria but they saw when they themselves in kind to discuss that i'm now joined by a senior advisor to iran's supreme leader ali akbar velayati that's really a great pleasure talking to you thank you very much for your time. he to be here in our friendly country rush as you may know or most days 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 tie your visit formal way to the upcoming meeting in helsinki is this just a coincidence that all your schedules happen to overlap. you know any connection between your attendance. too in your country and the presence of others. mentioned so i have come here independently only for the talking with the. president putin have cherry the messages of or great leader and all four president and president putin. we could try an opportunity for about two hours the discourse. really shoes including the bilateral relations regional co

the iranians presence in syria but i 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 doctor who had his two great pleasure talking to you thank you very much for your time yes more you are most welcome. a few to be here to you know a friendly country rush as you may know or most crazy a pretty hectic city these days just yesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu stopped by to watch football. only standing leader mahmoud abbas is visiting on the same day as you but none of you tie your visit formally to the upcoming meeting in helsinki is this just came to this is that all your schedules happen to overlap there's no any connection between your attendance. too in your country and the presence of others because you have mentioned so i have come here. independently only for the talking with the hiring. of oh them president putin i have cherry the messages of for great leader and all for president and president putin if we could try an opportunity for about two hours the discourse of. every sh

the prospect. of a no deal principally. and in syria four americans including two soldiers are killed by an explosion in the strategic city of mount sponsibility for the attack has been claimed by islamic state. there's a full news rundown heading your way in about an hour's time but first cross talk shines a spotlight on the planned u.s. withdrawal from syria stimulus. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle president donald trump has repeatedly said the u.s. will withdraw from syria it would seem he's the only one in his administration backing this move is trump in charge of his own foreign policy are john bolton and mike palm pale actually running the show. cross 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

trump's decision to leave syria and are you ready for the two thousand and twenty presidential sweepstakes also is there any integrity in the integrity and they should do. some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow mark sloboda 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 i'm 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 b

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

said the u.s. will withdraw from syria it would seem he's the only one in his administration backing this move is trump in charge of his own foreign policy are john bolton and mike pompei oh actually running the show. cross 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 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. middle east eddies at the university of oklahoma are right gentlemen. 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 us secretary of state is essentially contradicting their boss on their midd

a stop to israel so repeated aggressions against syria is the only way to attract the attention of the belligerents in this council to exercise our legitimate right to defend ourselves by responding to the israeli attack in damascus international civil airport with one on top of that port. the syrian diplomat there was apparently referring to the israeli air strikes on various targets in syria on monday israel said that it had struck facilities belonging to arabian forces stationed in the country and claimed 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 the israeli missiles however reports suggest the air raid claimed the lives of eleven syrian military personnel israel's been carrying out air strikes against targets in syria on a regular basis over the last few months. at least expert early risk believes that washington support for television has only encouraged israeli military action israel is the one which has been escalating especially recently particularly since the trial or president trump a

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 goalposts move every single time let me go to let me get out and i know it's 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 cannot

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 audience at the university of oklahoma are i gentleman. 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 trumps foreign policy is befuddling. frustrating to understand and it seems a 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 undone and the way this processes hammered out has now been thrown into some chaos because the president has taken charge of the syrian issue himself and then started in december fourteenth when the turks escalated they threatened to invad

results that that were put there that they came out of those recent elections in venezuela. syria's permanent representative to the u.n. is the shooter warning to israel saying the patience of damascus is wearing thin it follows a series of airstrikes on syrian territory carried out by the israeli air force. isn't it hard time put the u.n. security council to put a stop to israel so repeated aggressions against syria but is the only way to drag the attention of the blue drones and this council to exercise our would dry to defend ourselves by responding to the israeli attack in damascus international civil court with one on told that. the syrian diplomat there was apparently referring to the israeli air strikes on various targets in syria on monday israel said it had struck facilities belonging to the reigning forces stationed in the country and claimed 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 the israeli missiles however reports suggest the air raid claimed the lives of eleven syrian military p

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

that because it would have. on. syria says it has shot down a number of israeli missiles being aimed at its capital damascus tel aviv says it has been targeting and rein in forces in syria and that it decided to carry out the strikes after an attack in the golan heights israeli forces also say they attacked several syrian missile systems syria has syria had already thwarted another israeli strike targeting an area south of the capital shooting down several missiles shortly after that incident israel's military came to have taken down a rocket over the occupied golan heights those specifics were given however about the source of the launch his paulus lear with the details syrian air defenses repelled an airstrike that is why he believes have been carried out by israel now they managed to shoot down seven missiles that were targeting the area around damascus international airport as and israel who plane was coming into land this happened during daylight hours on sunday afternoon which operates. solved is quite unusual the israeli army said that it had intercepted a missile from s

parliament not vote for that because it would have disastrous effects on. syria says us defense forces have shot down a number of israeli missile attacks targeted at damascus tel of eve meanwhile claims to be striking and raining forces the situation is still evolving and syria had already thought it another israeli strike targeting an area south of the capital shooting down several missiles shortly after that incident israel's military claims to have taken down the rockets into the occupied golan heights no specifics were given however about the source of the launch has paula smear with the details. so many defenses repelled in a strike that is why he believes have been carried out by israel now they managed to shoot down seven missiles that were targeting the area around damascus international airport as and israel who claims this coming into land this happened during daylight hours on sunday afternoon which solve this crime. i mean usual the israeli army said that it had intercepted a missile from syria over israel's tallest peak mount him on and that interception was witness

syria the u.s. says the pullouts on hold until ankara agrees the security of kurdish fighters. and the us russian plan for space station orbiting the moon is under threat after a visit by that of russian space agency is blocked at the request of american senate. either monday morning right here in moscow start of a new week aaron r.t. international i'm calling brevity well as the south korean the united states and china are due to start talks to see if there's a solution to the economic deadlock they've reached last month the world's two largest economies agreed a ninety day truce in their trade war which is so fast say more losers than winners isn't a day richard and i explained. well the next round of the u.s. china trade battle begins and both sides appear to be quite enthusiastic just had a long and very good coal were present she of china deal is moving along very well if made it will be very comprehensive covering old subjects areas and points of disputes big progress being made us trade negotiators will optimistically and constructively communicate with the chinese delegatio

truce in their trade war. new conditions the united states is placed on a troop withdrawal from syria the u.s. says the pullout on hold until encourage guarantees the security of kurdish fighters. and the joint u.s. russian plan for a space station orbiting the moon is under threat after a visit by the head of russian space agency is blocked at the request of american senators. by the allies world wide international is now mid day here in moscow on call and bright welcome to the program first for you a u.s. destroyer has sailed near disputed islands in the south china sea just as an american trade delegation is trying to find a solution to the ongoing trade war being waged between washington and beijing the islands claimed by china but also by vietnam and taiwan a longstanding u.s. ally a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet says the move wasn't about making a political statement however china's reacted with fury calling it a provocation stressing that it's in violation of international law now all this comes as the two sides meet in beijing right now trying to reach a solution in t

. welcome back salty syria says its recently repelled several israeli air attacks on damascus tel aviv meanwhile claims to be striking iranian forces the situation is still evolving. syria had already thought it was another israeli strike targeting an area just south of the capital shooting down several missiles shortly after about incidences of else military claims have taken down the rockets over the occupied golan heights no specifics would give him however about the source of the launch his polis live with the details syrian air defenses repelled an airstrike that is why he believed to be carried out by israel now they managed to shoot down seven missiles that were targeting the area around damascus international airport as a regular plane was coming into land this happened during daylight hours on sunday afternoon which in an odd sort of is quite unusual the israeli army said that it had intercepted a missile from syria over israel's tallest peak mount him on and that interception was witnessed by thousands of tourists who was skiing at the time this is a highly unusual incident b

objectives in syria is not walking away from the middle east is not a weakened force in the middle east now of course there is a lot of truth to that because as i said it's moments ago the american objective in syria has spain to fake states and has been defeated in large measure because of the russia that it assigns flying since mr trump became president of course america's ties to its two most crucial allies in the region israel and saudi arabia have been enhanced greatly let has not yet trump has now recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and of course trump assigns defense contracts for saudi arabia to the chair not something like five hundred billion or six hundred billion dollars so yes it's a strange states because we all know all people want this planet at least know that america is a great forms for destruction and instability in the middle east but i think because the americans have been defeated in syria they need to reassure their allies and also she said i do fear for iran because i believe we've trumped in office and this represents an opportunity in a lifetime for

syria the u.s. says the pullout on hold until i correct the security to fight. and the us russian plan for a space station orbiting the moon is under threat after a visit by the head of the russian space agency is blocked at the request of american senators. monday the seventh of january twenty ninth here i'm calling bray in moscow with the world news from r.t. international first off for you a u.s. destroyer has sailed near disputed islands in the south china sea at the same time an american trade delegation is trying to find a solution to the ongoing trade war being waged currently between washington and beijing here's where we're talking about the peristyle islands which is claimed by china but also by vietnam and the taiwan a longstanding u.s. ally a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet says the move wasn't about making a political statement however china's reacted with fury calling it a provocation and stressing it was in violation of international law last month the world's two largest economies agreed a ninety day truce in their trade war which so far has seen more losers than

president has made the decision to bring our troops home from syria we always do and now is the time airstrikes in the region will continue as targets arise we will keep working with our partners in the coalition to defeat isis we will continue to hunt down terrorists who seek a safe havens in libya and in yemen post speech comes during a controversial phase of the u.s. campaign in syria while withdrawing its troops from the region washington recently stepped up the number of strikes. with every u.s. intervention the question of when why and if a tool to withdraw its forces has sooner or later taken center stage and both debate and controversy syria is the latest example of how much confusion this discussion has already caused. first problem to solve is how the withdrawal will look it still remains a mystery not only to the world but seemingly also to u.s. officials themselves they're all coming back and they're coming back now they said here recently that we have more time is of no if you really want to have we're going to be removing our troops i never said we're doing exactly. wha

u.s. troop withdrawal from syria america is on hold for a guarantee of the security of the british by the use. of the joint us russian plan for a space station orbiting the. earth red. stateside visit by the head of russian space agency has blocked the request of americans. live from moscow to the world this is r.t. international my names you know. your. top story i u.s. destroyer sailed near disputed islands in the south china sea it occurred at the same time an american trade delegation is attempting to find a solution to the ongoing trade war being waged between washington and beijing the islands are claimed by china but also by vietnam and taiwan a longstanding u.s. ally a spokeswoman for the u.s. pacific fleet sais the move wasn't about making a political statement however china reacted with fury calling it a provocation stressing it was in violation of international law last month the world's two largest economies agreed and ninety day truce in their trade war switch so far has seen really more losers than winners in a direct shooter talks us through. well the next round of t

that even ski r.t. should let certain law. syria says it has successfully repelled a israeli air raid targeting an area south of the capital damascus shooting down several missiles shortly after that incident israel's military claim to have taken down a rocket over the occupied golan heights no specifics were given however about the source of the launch we're going to cross over loud to paula slayer our correspondent in tel aviv paula what's been established from those aerial strikes this sunday and we're also hearing some quite aggressive words and move surrounding all of this our way. we certainly are what we know is that syrian air defenses repelled in a strike that is widely believed to have been carried out by israel now they managed to shoot down seven missiles that were targeting the area around damascus international airport as any radium plane with coming into land this happened during daylight hours on friday. afternoon which in and of itself is quite unusual now later in the day the israeli army said that it had intercepted a missile from syria over israel's tallest peak mo

that syria was lost long ago and went on to give his assessment of the country and the ongoing civil war there as death and sand. this against the backdrop of a growing war with american military generals what's going on and what's the potential fallout of this war of words with military experts for us and gays moments overseas let's talk with someone who knows a lot about u.s. foreign policy in the west battle against islamic extremists former u.s. representative chris shays from connecticut served to senior member of the finance and homeland security committees was chairman of the government oversights national security committee with jurisdiction over both the defense department and the state department he's a good friend he joins us from washington all right what's your reaction to the commander in chief's description of syria as sand and death well it is said in death that part of the problem is though and he said i'm taking the troops out he said we've already won so it's just hard to know you know what he says and when he says it and what it means but the bottom line is we can

in syria washington is the money in that regard in t. security for the us backed kurdish fighters in northern syria turkey say's it only targets terrorist groups in the region not the kurdish population as a whole well on sunday the us national security advisor laid out to conditions for the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria to begin. objectives that we want to accomplish that condition the withdrawal we don't think that took so what you want to take military action it's not fully coordinated with and agreed to by the united states so that they meet the president's requirement that the syrian opposition forces that have fought with us and not endangered john bolton has been here in jerusalem meeting with a number of israeli officials and giving details of a hard the u.s. withdrawal from syria will work we have heard him say that there will be no timetable and then for the first time we're hearing a condition that turkey must guarantee the safety of the until now u.s. backed kurdish forces now all of this follows the surprise announcement last month by the american president donald tru