many are saying that because as we speak you know this talking about about syria you can chill syria without the russians have a huge political leverage ability to leverage in syria. about war in yemen without having iran as well a key player in the region so i think this summit started just today with this. whole issue of. this could be a great trip of should you just solve the problems of the middle east that devised continuance is there is hash in the whole bar in warsaw for us thank you hashem well iran's foreign minister says it's no coincidence that the warsaw conference opened on the same day as a major attack near its border with pakistan a car bomb kills at least twenty seven soldiers from the revolutionary guards on thursday president hassan rouhani said the bombing was a stain on the record of america's allies. let's bring you some breaking news now we're getting reports of multiple casualties in a roadside bomb explosion in indian administered kashmir police say at least fourteen security personnel have been killed but al jazeera sources on the ground say the number of ca

why did they go to syria hold up to them to work to syria what happened there should be a real journalism none of this way of doing things do you think that people like shamima begum should be arrested and tried in a syrian court yeah i think if they were held and no incident parity they should be at us because they were an aid to the terrorists and they should be tried in a suit and coat of course but you have that if they were can you know what people do you have the death penalty that would mean that really looking at britain's citizenship and then could she be executed in syria if convicted of aiding isis well you know i don't like the onset hypothetical question but i would like to tell you about what britain and europe and they might have stayed did course that penalties to hundreds of thousands of students at dizon off innocent syrian citizens in many villages and in many thousands and this is what i thought i knew that they cared about life in utero or in the states but they don't care about life in syria that over they have the thousand people where needlessly killed in this absu

special forces in syria i suppose illegally you would say. i only know from the news that there were forces but it is forces supporting the americans but all of them out illegal in my country we did not invite them to come on the way consider any force that came to syria without the invitation of the government is in the that force. ok well reuters is claiming that the united states is trying to stop arab countries from reopening embassies in damascus who is going to reconstruct syria are you making deals with russia china india presumably north post brics of britain who is going to be building syria again the ones who will visiting i gain out of the syrian people you will be said of prize since the. fall was liberated since home so of liberated you would be said of drive them out of work that the syrian people did with their little means with their little money they have that of course a lot of friends would would be welcome but i shall would be welcomed china would do was come. it out and would be well come all the people who supported the

news to the people of syria. however. if they do the same and withdraw from. afghanistan from iraq from other region that would always be good news but the thing is over the past twenty years the u.s. have been consistently destructive in our region. both in iraq and syria now in yemen and the role of the u.s. has never been positive who believe that the u.s. need to change their ways. and understand that. the way they've been interacting with the region is wrong. they've chosen the wrong path to work with us the actions of the americans world not bring anything good neither to themselves nor to the people of the region. you've seen what's been happening at the meeting in war so they haven't achieved anything the u.s. are. clueless they don't know how to proceed. both this administration and the previous administration are clueless about how to maintain and secure the interests of the region and so we believe that. the u.s. . change. policy towards the region i support turkey we know that believe that his concern

as russia iran and take a meet and syria a b.b.c. producer in the country is challenging the mainstream narrative on an alleged chemical attack he came to the video of the supposed aftermath of a toxic strike in the syrian city of team that was in fact staged it's a line that russia and damascus have long maintained many of us they have accepted the video at face value touting it as evidence of the syrian government attacking its and people. more at our staff has more on this. you don't hear it very often not even a doubt not a suspicion but a certainty that the hospital scenes of the alleged chemical attack in duma was staged and this is coming from the b.b.c. syria producer after almost six months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital the incident in question occurred almost a year ago when the syrian military took on the army of islam in the town of duma. the white helmets working with islam missed release the video of an alleged chemical attack

the states leave syria completely. destroy will be. good news for the people of syria. and when the united states leaves iraq or afghanistan or other regional countries they decide to leave it will be good news. for the nations of these countries. but what is important is the fact that there are the states over the last twenty years. then i say has always had a destructive role whether in afghanistan or with it and iraq or syria or now and yemen. has not been positive role we believe that the us should change its stance. and should understand. their ways to be in the region is not the way they have chosen. and this is not correct and we have only seen that the measures taken by the us are neither and there is the interest of the us people nor and interest of the. people in the region and you can see that there was going to the meeting is taking place in warsaw it's an empty meeting nothing. the us. is confused and doesn't know what to do. what the u.s. is doing or whether the current administration or the previous administration doesn't ensure that enter this. region an

of syria could actually be which is a syria syria the secular democratic where all the different peoples whether they're kurds edis and arabs will all live together in one place so we just need to realize what's what's effective now we need to realize what the local people in the ground want which is peace now and they are working very effectively under the banner so long it continues as far as i'm concerned mr master do you agree that a decentralized syria is the key to a peaceful syria and what needs to happen now to make sure that you know the military defeat of the group will not be in vain. yeah i think a more decentralized. way of governance is very important for syria for the moment given the divisions inside the country for almost six or in perspective but i think the first thing is to put this kind of ability in the region to make some successful stories to tell to and to emulate on all the regions and i think this is the challenge for the moment is to make a minimum of stability in some areas now with with as the f. we will wait and see if it's going to be a successful story an

in iraq and syria that's where we are with the current fight. >> in syria cup i've heard it said i've taken back the 99% of taking back the territorial caliphate? >> that's right it's down to 20 square miles that they still control. >> i've heard estimates about 20,000 to 30,000 islamic state fighters remain, do they remain in the 1% of territory or is that only a fraction? >> no those fighters are geographically dispersed across syria and across the open areas of -- >> some are doug in in the defense and others are spread out conducting insurgency or guerrilla type attacks? >> there are probably 1000 to 1500 fighters left in the small area that we are fighting over. the remainder have dispersed and are disaggregated in different areas and for the most part have gone to ground. >> in iraq and we hope throughout syria as well as you talk about countering the insurgency or the guerrilla tactics, the back clearance. you give them a sense of what the troops are doing or is it more like the rangers that you once led kicking down doors and shooting bad guys or are we providing support. the

know that the kurds are part of syria. syria has one nation. not two nations. and the territorial integrity of syria should respected by everybody. so that this meeting emphasize up on the territorial integrity of syria. of course we all agree upon the fate that the security for the neighboring countries of syria should also be guaranteed and protected including the security are for turkey turkey should. feel security from syria we. want we demand brotherly and friendly relationships between the city and its neighbors. this can actually guarantee long term security for syria. we should pay attention to the territorial integrity of syria and at the same time we should pay attention to the. rights. of the shia population of syria and also we should bet the nation to annihilate the terrorists and also we should pay attention to the security of turkey. we all here agreed upon all these points. and so the illegal interference by design history genie in syria. this is a cause for concern by the syrian nation and other nations of the region. israelis. whenever they wa

we have this report from the kurdish city of call in northern syria. leila who visits this grave and every thursday to pray and honor the memory of her only son rody he died fighting the so-called islamic state in twenty thirteen as did thousands more kurds. hopes her sons commitment to freedom wasn't in vain it's a hope that unites many mothers who have lost their sons in this region. will never forget them it is truly a tremendous loss that we're keeping our composure by remembering our sons in our hometown god forbid that blood has been shed in vain them and not a hater. but many kurds in northern syria have misgivings this is where the kurdish militia the y.p. g force the i asked to retreat in a major offensive in late two thousand and fourteen the price of freedom was high a heavy death toll and enormous destruction. today another danger looms from the turkish side. across the border near by president reza tycho to one day use the y. p.g. as an offshoot of the outlawed kurdish workers' party the p.k. k. he's threatening a military offensive becaus

now wants its allies to take responsibility for syria. well i think that the united states are trying to shift the burden. onto the shoulders of the european governments and their armies to pursue their globalists interests in syria and america first is the motto again the u.s. wants to save of course resources and the europeans shall make the chop but the question for me too there are europeans or should the europeans really have an interest in supporting those goals that the united states had curse you in since twenty eleven in syria. from the diplomatic discussions to what is happening in syria itself russia has reached an agreement with damascus to open two humanitarian corridors on the country's border with jordan the move will allow people trapped at the sprawling by refugee camp to leave the area we got an update earlier from a journalist in damascus. the main deal now is to make to establish a corridor beginning from tuesday to let people refugees to use discouraged or to move to the areas which they are under control of the syria

hurts in syria no wonder about their state test the u.s. prepares for withdrawal from syria russia turkey and iran are talking about the kurds and about other shared interests in that country. in the last day in competition at the berlin film festival our correspondents have had a sneak peek of today's world premiere so long my song by chinese director wang josh why so anyone choose the second prize at this festival twice could this year be gold. i'm sumi so much god that's good to have you with us. u.s. vice president mike pence has a cold on europe to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal accusing washington's european allies of trying to evade u.s. sanctions on the country heads was speaking at a middle east security conference in the polish capital warsaw the talks are being led by the u.s. and israel who are aiming to push a more aggressive stance on iran delegates from more than sixty countries have been taking part including from a number of arab nations but several countries did not send high ranking delegations let's listen now to th

of syria could actually be which is a syria syria the secular democratic where all the different peoples whether they're kurds edis and arabs will all live together in one place so we just need to realize what's what's effective now we need to realize what the local people in the ground want which is peace now and they are working very effectively under the banner so long it continues as far as i'm concerned mr master do you agree that a decentralized syria is the key to a peaceful syria and what needs to happen now to make sure that you know the military defeat of the group will not be in vain. yeah i think a more decentralized. way of governance is very important for syria for the moment given the divisions inside the country from us external perspective but i think the first thing is to put kind off stability in the region to make some successful stories to tell to and to emulate on all the regions and i think this is the challenge for the moment is to make a minimum of stability in some areas now with with the as the f. we will wait and see if it's going to be a successful story and

the same is true for syria. and the syrians don't overcome the jihadists at home they will enter iraq and then our country. and spread throughout the region that. we get the bad one of their own. that is why the security of the muslim world and that of iran depends on the security of syria. we have the. so to defend its borders iran openly sent soldiers from its cooks force an elite units of the republican guard to both syria and iraq. you know i think it runs influence and commitment in iraq was present well before mozilla in the summer of twenty fourteen really go all the way back to the us intervention in two thousand and three. powerman the shia majority government. role that arena and militias played. ever since then the iranian presence was both opportunistic to expand its power expand its influence in the region but also defensive because it first of all didn't want to return to power of this party and sunni arab domination secondly it didn't want the united states to use iraq as a platform to launch eith

other areas in syria, count of ungoverned areas, there are many in a sense in syria, remote mountain areas where they are able to take refuge. but then many who are syrian, although the majority have been from outside, from iraq or other nationalities, they can go to ground. there are still hundreds of attacks that are taking place every month by is, claimed by is, in syria, targeting the sdf, trying to continue the instability which laid the foundations for the extraordinary burst to prominence in iraq, you know, in 2014. so they are not going to go away in that sense, but at an incredible ambition they had to be the place to go, to be the caliphate, that is gone, and to be honest that ambition has been gone for some time. but when they had that, and i had huge, as you said a new report, a huge swathe of territory, the size of britain, what has gone wrong for them, do you think? how have they ended up shrinking to this little ramp? they just had so many enemies, you now, they overextended themselves in one sense, the lightning speed with which they took over so much of iraq, they di

troops in syria and afghanistan. amendment, the pending amendment we're going to vote on in here in about 25 minutes and it is an amendment that says it is a mistake to proceed with withdrawal from syria in the pace and scale that is currently proposed or that the white house has announced that they're going to undertake. this is -- what i'll say here today is what i said initially about it, my position that i thought it was a bad idea. i said it then. i said it to the president in a subsequent meeting. and i thought it was important to restate it here as we begin to vote since i believe this issue is going to be covered in the press more as a political issue than it is a foreign policy one. and it's unfortunate that a lot of these issues are wrapped up as political decisions. these are not votes on political decisions. these are votes on the conduct of american foreign policy which oftentimes have no partisan lines but rather ideological in some cases or simply different ways to view an issue. i share the white hous

iraq and in relation to syria that the reason why the u.s. troops isn't to do with isis anyway it's to do with. protecting the interests of israel by keeping iran at bay and stopping the expansion of iranian influence the pentagon also with its own motives they would like to stay they tend to like to stay in the cut in conflicts. you know ad nauseum you know until the cows come home as we see in afghanistan i think it's more that they don't know they don't want to follow the president's order to get out and i think they're trying to justify it and build up pressure in the media to keep the troops there i mean while washington is urging foreign fighters held in syria to be repatriated is what the pentagon has to say the united states calls upon other nations to repatriate and prosecute citizens detained by the s.t.'s and commends the continued efforts of the s.d.f. to return these foreign terrorist fight says they come trees of origin francaise one country that's confirmed it is preparing to allow jihad ists to return in the coming months as w

special envoy for syria has reassured world leaders that the withdrawal of american troops from the country won't be abrupt james jeffrey insists it will be an orderly process and carried out in close consultation with allies russian leader gazprom bank has frozen bank accounts linked to the venezuelan state all firm but events are all transactions between the bank and the oil company have also been halted at a watch as news agency says gazprom bank is trying to reduce the risk of falling on the u.s. sanctions imposed last month those are the headlines to stay with us talk to al-jazeera is up next for more news for you after that thanks for much watching ceasing. it's been forty years since the overthrow of the shah of iran would saw his government replace with an islamic republic on talk to al-jazeera we speak to a former foreign minister ambassador to the united nations and a leading voice on the principles of the islamic republic dr come out was also a military spokesman during the iran iraq war with a central role in iranian state media. as he is now chairman of iran's strategic council

she managed to make it all the way here to syria without a uk passport. she used her sister's passport to get from britain, travel to turkey and then crossed into syria, joining the islamic state group. the british government has stripped is supporters and fighters here in syria of their citizenship but they can only do that to them if they have rights to another citizenship. while shamima begum has been here she has had a baby boy, he is three days old and his name is jarrah. his citizenship is probably ok because he received his, he was born a few days before his mother lost hers. but this whole issue of what to do with these is women and other is supporters isn't going to go away. we know that in the last week alone,

with his family history in syria like one year and a half before he kidnapped from syria from syria to lebanon by militia. when his militia and they put him in the car and moved from syria to lebanon. across the broad board. when i know it he was later released by that militia group but the state authorities in lebanon put him in jail and he's been behind bars for more than three years now what exactly he's being accused of at this point. actually i saw him before two months he's not a very good condition to be honest but actually he don't know why he is staying in the jail because he doesn't have anything to do in this issue of. his campaigns they are disappearing libya and nine hundred seventy six. nine hundred seventy eight story honeywell and this and this he was two years old only he doesn't have the information about. the issue he doesn't nothing he doesn't know anything so i'm really surprised why they are still keep. no he has like for years and the prison. he doesn't have anyone he doesn't see his wife he doesn't see his children like for almost four years now he couldn't talk

doing today in syria with his decision last december to disengage from syria of to withdraw from syria is very much a continuation of the obama policy when in two thousand and eleven he decided to also and. what matters in professional circles is not intentions but the results of that policy and it's quite clear that in terms of the results trunk the traumatization hasn't yet done as much damage to the region as the obama administration did willingly or not is it fair again to describe. the trump policies in such profound ways and be so civil and polite about the obama's resolve look i will disagree with you in terms of what obama has done personally i think he has not done enough that's my problem with obama has been is that killed enough to learn i don't know i think in syria for example in two thousand and thirteen when there was a threat of and we knew that the assad regime was about to use chemical weapons on a wide scale like he has done in. and already in two thousand and twelve obama has established and had line in the sand about the use of chemical weapons i think in syria in

the us—backed sdf has played a key role in the war against is in syria. its biggest victory was to drive the jihadists out of their de facto capital, raqqa. in the past few months, it's picked off one town, village or hamlet after another in the corner of north—eastern of syria, which is fighters have been driven. all that's left for the jihadists there are a few square miles next to the iraqi border. a far cry from the caliphate the group once declared across huge swathes of syria and iraq. the sdf delayed its final attack until thousands of civilians in the area could get out. now they say a decisive battle is under way. the united states military, our coalition partners, and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by isis in syria and iraq. last week, president trump said the total defeat of is could be defeated within days. that certainly suits his agenda of withdrawing all us troops from syria. but he's been criticised before for declaring final victory over is prematurely. caution is still needed.

s syria producer is the main stream now mouth of a toxic strike in the syrian city of duma was in fact staged it's a law in russia damascus have long maintained many of the so have accepted this video at face value touting it as evidence of the syrian government attacking his own people. as has more. you don't hear it very often not even a doubt not a suspicion but a certainty that the hospital scenes of the alleged chemical attack in duma staged months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital the incident in question occurred almost a year ago when the syrian military took on the army of islam in the town of duma. the white helmets working with islamist released videos of an alleged chemical attack hospitals people in panic reaction was immediate and violent trump launched more than one hundred cruise missiles that syria france and britain chipped in the u.n. security council in our poor few kennie's time to think for years duma had been held by the army of islam hardcore islam ists the same guys that

in respect of syria that the u.s. has not only to defeat isis but they mention four other main aims amongst those are still it would appear the removal of assad and also of course maintaining leverage against. iran those two thousand troops that america has currently and it should be added of course very strongly arguably unlawfully in syria after all they're not there at the invitation of the syrian government unlike iranian or hezbollah or russian forces but the presence of those two thousand people that does of course give the u.s. some strategic leverage irrespective of the issue about isis and indeed many have suggested that of course the isis presence there is actually perhaps even welcome to the u.s. security establishment because of course it gives the pretext or the reason whichever you want to look at for the u.s. having these bases still there also of course there is some thought that if the u.s. withdraws perhaps many would also i think that that would make the kurds who have allied themselves arguably aga

pullout from syria washington will be looking for ways of extending its influence. people are looking for different ways to stay involved can they do it from iran some of some generals are saying well we can we can stay involved by being in iraq continuing to have air power that flies over syria or keeps the turks or the syrians and the russians from bombing the kurds and providing the kurds with arms and that seems to be what america is exploring right now and i don't know if europe in and britain or korea want to get involved because they'll have to stay there forever there seems to be a tug of war going on everybody's looking back and forth between the president saying we're leaving and these other officials who say we're not leaving our strategy is the same we want to keep iran out we want to keep russia out we want to keep the kurds independent and we want to continue to fight against isis so how do you leave and continue to do all those things big question mark. you know up to date with the latest news my colleague daniel hawkins will be with you in just over

so-called islamic state in syria u.s. president says his soldiers will let the extremists go free if europe doesn't take them back tonight the u.s. and europe at odds over what to do with the million women who gave up their roots and their identity can they should they be able to go home again i bring golf in berlin this is the day. of what i have seen europe is clearly concerned about foreign fighters returning they will be questioned investigated and potentially prosecuted. these people are suspected of terrorism. that foreign terrorist finances. if you but that must be consequences. i think your major endeavor another should be not to allow them to come but you know that if we want to find a solution then we have to talk and not send tweets back and forth. also coming up tonight remembering them i don and ukraine a movement a country and a people still dealing with what happened exactly five years ago and now i didn't immediately understand what was happening suddenly there was an explosion another flight suddenly ever

from the government and the opposition and syria and the un officials and. we have agreed that the twelfth round off the mark consultation the world take place in austin in our late march. the answer to our three continue contact is the stance of contacts with all the interested parties and international organizations to be able to some your country's. of course said look they would like to. participate in the van asten arbroath as observers and we have been working with to allow them to receive this status i'd like to underline that thanks to russia iran and turkey. very positive environment has been created to resolve the crisis we are convinced that we can only just like cheever. positive results in syria through negotiation political process according to twenty two fifty four the solution of the u.n. security council and. the principal's office sovereignty unity and territorial integrity of syria. we believe that it is in the syrians themselves that have to define the future of their country and there is no other way to move forward. so we looked at. all

is leaving syria president trump is the. at ning to relieve those captured fighters unless europe takes them back and puts them on trial it's an old tomato for germany france and the u.k. take back your extremists or those extremists may come back to haunt you. i asked jihadists of the march in syria these images are from the far off raw intervention fourteen i asked has since been defeated here and across nearly the entire country many fighters sadat and more have been taken prisoner the kurds say hundreds of foreign i is fighters remain in kurdish prisons their wives and children live in comes to northern syria europe hasn't yet come up with a clear response over the future of foreign fighters and their families germany says it is now in close contact with its european partners in particular france and britain. because this naturally saw its of course it is true that all german citizens have the right to return to germany including those suspected of having fought for islamic state they have to face justice here in a germa

countries pledging to coordinate their work to deal with their islamic state fighters were captured in syria u.s. president threatening to allow eight hundred european geodes to infiltrate europe unless their home countries take them back and put them on trial also coming up ukraine marks five years since those deadly protests on the mind that toppled the country's government tonight we ask how much has the country changed since that fateful month. i'm burned off it's good to have you with us tonight there is once again new friction in the transit relationship this time it's over the fate of european nationals who were captured fighting for so-called islamic state in syria tonight germany you saying that it will work with france and britain in responding to demands from the united states to repatriate eight hundred european extremists but it's easier said than done britain says that the jihad is should be tried in the countries where they committed their alleged crimes u.s. president don trump is threatening to release those captured fighters unless europe takes them back and puts them on tr

london says it will revoke the citizenship of a british teen who joined so-called islamic state in syria because the move paved the way for germany to do the same with its nationals to join diaspora now want to go home. and a clash of football royalty fails to sparkle defense comes out on top as pion told liverpool in the first leg of their champions league on. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us thousands and france have taken to the streets to protest the spike in anti-semitic attacks saying saw sophie that's enough this comes after dozens of graves were vandalized at the jewish cemetery president emanuel mccall described it as an attack on the nation france is home to the world's largest jewish population outside israel and the u.s. . an outpouring of solidarity on paris's plus still a republic. thousands of purchase just turned out to express their support for france's jews. but their anger magnified by yet another desecration of a jewish cemetery. these were just one of dozens of demonstrations nationwide in response to a search and high semitic hate crimes. if you either

it is time to give our brave warriors in syria. a warm welcome home bring our troops home u.s. troops will be withdrawn from syria we have won against isis isis has been defeated the fight against isis and violent extremists is not over our goals are the same and we will maintain forces yet the generals who are openly grumbling about their commander in chief's order seem to be missing the point syria has become a whole potato in a game being played out in the highest echelons of power in the us and the new united states will begin to hand off the fight to our partners in the region no glory and no media friendly war victory potential just a burden so why not let others do the dirty work and tweet others mean europe of course europeans in turn say a they're not janet has to clean up after washington there is no prospect of british troops go in and to replace the american troops living and therefore be this is no way the us should be leaving a possible power vacuum is a stanwood is it a good idea of the americans to pull out of syria

troop pullout from syria doesn't mean an end to the fight. leading medical aid group doctors without borders or porter which claims the charity is partly to blame for the bombing of one of its own hospitals in yemen last june. and the church in spain says it was forced to cancel the screening of a documentary on the hours of life in occupied gaza claiming it received threats from supporters of israel we speak to the film's director. the international community not entirely but most of it especially europe and the us see this situation as legitimate which we think is totally unacceptable. and you're watching a lot international live from last year with me welcome to the program and we start the program with some breaking news france is recalling its to italy following what the foreign ministry calls unprecedented verbal attacks the envoys being recalled for consul. stations of anger spiraled after italian deputy prime minister luigi demand met with yellow vests protesters in rome and publicly backed them the protests have been causing disrupti

syria producer after almost six months of investigations i can. proved without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital the incident in question occurred almost a year ago when the syrian military took on the army of islam in the town of duma. the white helmets working with islamist released videos of an alleged chemical attack hospitals people in panic reaction was immediate and violent trump launched more than one hundred cruise missiles that syria france and britain chipped in the un security council in uproar few can he time to think for years duma had been held by the army of islam hardcore islam ists the same guys that caged woman and elders and roofs to protect themselves against airstrikes i can tell you that jaish al islam rules dumont with an iron fist very co-opted activists doctors and humanitarians with fear and intimidation you may also remember in the lead up to this incident russia warned that this could happen and that rebels might stage a chemical attack to invite foreign intervention

taking troops out of syria and afghanistan what was your take go ahead brian. well the foreign policy part of the speech came after i think an hour and ten minutes it was a long speech was like an hour and twenty three hour and twenty four minutes so yeah it was stocked at the and with foreign policy issues that had to do with syria had to do with afghanistan had to do with korea iran russia important big issues but again as you said peter they came very towards the end of the speech and not too long on it i think that i think this. each of the state of the union address was basically the kickoff of donald trump's twenty twenty eight action campaign this election will not be decided on foreign policy issues and as a consequence he focused on two things he focused on immigration because that's the play to his political base and also he's trying to present the democratic party as socialist which is kind of silly but may work as a political electoral device because it's the bernie sanders wing of the democratic party that could actually defeat donald trump competi

troops from syria. president trump will speak to the 79 member global coalition to defeat isis and he is speaking on the day of the funeral for scott wirtz, one of the four americans killed in a bombing in syria that isis claimed responsibility for last month. let's listen in. >> partners on the ground and directly confront isis's wicked ideology and we're doing that today except in even greater numbers. as a result, as i noted in my state of the union address yesterday, the united states military, our coalition partners and the syrian democratic forces have liberated virtually all of the territory previously held by isis in syria and iraq. it should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100% of the caliphate but i want to wait for the official word. i don't want to say it too early. over the past two years we have retain more than 20,000 square miles of land. we have secured one battlefield and we've had victory after victory after victory and retaken both months you'll an

let me go to syria. i will tell you that i us think the administration sent mixed messages about the terms of u.s. withdrawal from syria and whether there is protection for the syrian kurds. whether there's the total defeat of isis or the establishment of the safe zone with turkey and what's a prerecollection wit prerequisite. we recently sent a letter pertaining to the kurds because nashville has the largest kurdish population in the u.s. and it is for this reason in addition to their partnership in the global coalition to defeat isis that protection of the kurds is very important to me and to a lot of tennesseans. and i believe any withdrawal from syria must be conditions based and clearly there has to be a plan to protect the kurds. and any plan to protect the kurds must clearly outline our expectations of turkey. so i'd like to just hear from you the withdrawal from syria. is it calendar based? is it conditions based? if it is conditions based, what are those conditions going to be there on the groun

syria has been a battlefield for eight years of war two years longer than the second world war but for centuries syria has been much more than just a war zone it was also home because you will treasure stretching back thousands of years many of which have been damaged or destroyed in just the last eight years of conflict but here in germany a new project the syria heritage archive aims to document what has been lost so it can be rebuilt nowhere outside of syria has such a large collection of cultural artifacts from the country take a look. at some his job and his colleagues are on the home stretch just sorting out some of the final details of the members of the syrian heritage archive project of putting on an exhibition showing what they've been pouring the hot since or. i've created a massive archive of syrian cultural heritage hundreds of thousands of pictures reports maps only some of which are going on display it's sure actually a very little part of the of the heritage of the country because it did it's very difficult to work toward the shore. hundreds of self important sites it w

he's in northern syria. when i spoke to shamima begum yesterday, she was still intent on returning to the united kingdom. she managed to make it all the way here to syria without a british passport. she used her sister's passport to get from britain, travel to turkey, and then crossed into syria, joining the islamic state group. when i asked her if she had a second passport, a bangladeshi passport, she avoided that question. she said she'd never been to bangladesh. of course, britain has stripped other british is supporters here in syria of their citizenship, but only dual nationals. while shamima begum has been here she has had a baby boy, he is three days old and his name is jarrah. his citizenship is probably ok because he received his, he was born a few days before his mother lost hers. but this whole issue of what to do with these is women and other is supporters isn't going to go away. we know that in the last week alone, 12 british women have arrived at displacement camps here in northern syria. thous

troop pullout from syria doesn't mean an end to the fight. and leading medical aid group doctors without borders to the world which claims the charity is partly to blame for the bombing of one of its own hospitals in yemen last june. it's five o'clock here in moscow and you're watching all the international live from our studio with me. welcome to the program france is recalling its ambassador to rome for consultations amid a worsening spat spurred by the actions of italy's deputy prime minister well we're going to cross live now to the four to do penske charlotte sounds like these two european neighbors are likely to be patching things up anytime soon. well that's right rocky relations between france and italy seem to have hit a new all time low with a move that some are describing as precedents it's i believe this is the first time the france's recalled its ambassador form rome since the second world war would of course the two countries were at war with each other that's how. terrible the situation between these two countries which should

led coalition's campaign against islamic state in syria. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me the carry on our top story this hour a burden based media company has his house at facebook accusing the platform of unprecedented censorship that's after they suspended a number of mass media's pages which produces online shows which c.n.n. is accusing of a deliberate attempt to hide ties to russia one of those shows is in the now feud over two and a half billion times on the social networking platform a producer and presenter. films this message for facebook. what i would say to you is i understand that you're under in men's pressure from various forces to suppress this or that content based on political reasoning but do not succumb to censorship do not succumb to complying with various government funded outfits regardless of what government they're funded by to censor let your users decide what's good and what's bad early my colleagues you know neal could discuss why muffet media has been put under the microscope

of syria could actually be which is a syria syria the secular democratic where all the different peoples whether they're kurds edis and arabs will all live together in one place so we just need to realize what's what's effective now we need to realize what the local people in the ground want which is peace now and they are working very effectively under the banner so long it continues as far as i'm concerned mr master do you agree that a decentralized syria is the key to a peaceful syria and what needs to happen now to make sure that you know the military defeat of the group will not be in vain. yeah i think a more decentralized. way of governance is very important for syria for the moment given the divisions inside the country for almost six or in perspective but i think the first thing is to put this kind of off stability in the region to make some successful stories to tell true and to emulate on all the regions and i think this is the challenge for the moment is to make a minimum of stability in some areas now with with as the f. we will wait and see if it's going to be a successful