strategy on syria. just weeks ago our nation commemorated a somber anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. among the many consequences of that strike on the united states was the increased recognition of the dangers posed by a violent ideology targeting our nation and its allies and partners. those dangers remain. for decades, the syrian regime has been known for barbarity and support for terrorism. five years ago, islamic state in iraq and syria emerged from the remnants of al qaeda in iraq. isis killed and pillaged. the goal of isis was to develop syria as a base of operations for a global terrorist network. isis has some initial success, the group quickly seized territory including eastern syria. and while the united states continued to speak out against the atrocities of the syrian government, isis posed a possibility of a ruthless, anti-american terrorist group controlling a large and important region. therefore, the united states assisted some of those fighting isis. there have been some signif

wants to divide syria, to tear syria apart. there are various plans how to roceed, you know that geneva plan, the arabians, so on and so what -- it iranians, so on. at the same time, it seems to me with all of the countries that have really limited goals. hey are also following policies that make it impossible for syria to be put back together. i would like some comments on that, because it seems to me that the more militias, the more groups, the more actors, the more weapons to different groups that all of the outsiders are putting in, the less possible it becomes for syria to stay together. and i went in -- can i weigh n? first of all, if assad is assassinated, one of the bigger dangers for us is that he survives, because who is going o come to his rescue, who is going to rebuild the country? i hink there are a lot of good questions. i agree with you, everybody agrees on, every country, everybody, they want to hold syria together. it is questions. i agree with you, like the iraqi former ambassador said the only people who wan

the war seventy percent of the war on syria and the destruction of syria so. now it has opened its border with syria eight hundred sixty kilometers border with syria to terrorist groups from all kinds of companies perhaps more than any. company with terrorists came into the door. and it was not a problem of syria so mr. primarily responsible for. what is going on in syria as far as the violence that has spread all over the company there was also that attack the groups of which they collected from the muslim world and non muslim order from europe as well. ship them to syria now they are scratching their head and they don't know exactly what the heck they are going to do like to do exactly know that they would be defeated yeah exactly they know that they would be defeated. ok. we're at we're getting close to the break and let me go to adel here adel i mean i think your point your first point is really is perfect is spot on is that the u.s. and its regional allies including syria they want to freeze the status quo when it comes to in the meantime i would point ou

forces from syria and the next step is a constitution return of refugees. because section of syria. should. have a question and it's possible to all the ladies. could you tell about what you managed to agree on and. how long these attempts can go on on the story conciliation with your side and you know any of you in this situation any glimmer threatens a situation all over syria. and has been sat here. i am going to nose in a glib as a big number of the civilians i would definitely should bear it in mind as the first thing is the most important but at the same time we see what is going on there. earlier we contributed so that their radical elements including they represent this of the terrorist organizations which are recognized as such by un. leave different areas of syria to a glib. zone we agreed so that they will move to live with their weapons shooting weapons but the eclipse zone itself. and the heavy moments enough of heavy moments and a second there are also different groups managed to create there some non non manned flying objects and somehow they manage to get hold of spa

and democratic solution of what syria and now for the syria and i mean what we are looking for is just the syrian government to protect the surgery's who are syria i mean that's all. we are about we are not going to return back to the all voices region as it was before and depressing and that russia looking for the solution and. already i mean that a lot with. government forces is just to protect the civilians of the syrian territory joshua landis do you buy that that this will more than a dialogue and if that dialogue actually has in-built guarantees it may actually succeed. yes i agree with that i'd like to correct one thing you said which is that the syrian regime is not gone at the at isis of course the syrian regime has has fought isis for a long time and took half the territory the kurds took one happy territory without the and much united states and the syrian army took the other half of the help of iran so there is going to long war going on between the syrian government and isis but to your question up a team this there is still some disagreement between the syrian government

inside of syria. a is possible for us to find way forward that makes the russians unhappy, but does not risk the escalation everyone seeks to avoid. host: the u.s. has had mixed messages as well. we of the president say how much he wants to work with putin, but at the same time named putin by name in respect to the attacks. is it advantageous for the u.s. to pressure russia on the issue of cra the same way that it has pressed china on north korea? guest: absolutely. to the unitedsks states. the russians are exploiting the opportunity to undermine the u.s. and posture diplomatically. it is not a vital russian syria.t in they are there to undermine us. in this case, the russians have no desire to work with us. host: we will go to the pentagon briefing live. >> good morning. happy saturday. i want to start by making one point clear. the use of chemical weapons anywhere in the world is an inexcusable violation of international law. the united states will not tolerate it. the assad regime attack against in

syria's wa hab recently syria's wahab recently entered its eighth year. the us has described the overnight strikes against syria as "precise, overwhelming and effective". the us, france and the uk fired more than 100 missiles in response to a suspected deadly chemical attack on the town of douma last week. the pentagon said that the explosions hit a scientific research facility in the capital, damascus, as well as two locations near the city of homs. president trump thanked his allies and said the strikes were "perfectly executed", declaring "mission accomplished". 0ur diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has this report. after a week of talking, an hourof bombing. from a french ship in the mediterranean, a salvo of cruise missiles, 12 in all. britain acting too, tornados taking off from their base in cyprus, also loaded with missiles. a carefully co—ordinated operation led by the united states. a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian d

syria needs reconstruction. the bill varies in estimate, but let's say between $200 billion and $300 billion plus to reconstruct. the international community has committed itself not to provide that reconstruction assistance until those goals -- constitutional reform, u.n. supervised elections -- are realized. that's a powerful incentive because our assessment is russia, iran, syrian regime don't have those funds, aren't going to be able to contribute, but they want a certain stability and they want authentication and that's what we're withholding until we see the progress made. the second and final comment i'd make is translating everything we do, u.s. and the international community, through the u.n., through the legitimacy of the security council and resolution 2254. this is a counter or counterweight to sochi, to russian initiatives which would control and contain a track on their own. it won't have legitimates -- let them -- legitimization otherwise. >> congress has been strong on this. that is that mr. ass

syria. a three-country coalition response to last week's chemical attack on civilians. russian president vladimir putin declared the strikes an act of aggression. and ambassador nikki haley said it was high time for action. >> we talked about the victims in douma. we talked about the assad regime and its patrons, russia and iran. we spent a week talking about the unique horror of chemical weapons. the time for talk ended last night. >> in syria, international chemical weapons inspectors arrived in damascus this morning to investigate last week's chemical attack to get proof that it was a chemical attack. they got there hours after the united states, the united kingdom and france launched missile strikes. a total of 105 weapons were used. >> we took every measure and precaution to strike only what we targeted. and we successfully hit every target. >> u.s. officials contradicted russian claims that more than 70 coalition mills have been intercepted. >> these attacks on multiple axis were able

security council failed to agree on how to investigate an alleged chemical attack in syria bringing up potential escalation in the conflict a step closer. the only you ever really afford to guilds in such cases bush is the wrong. way. with the u.s. threatening military action against him ask us without any investigation a mission by the international watchdog is only set to arrive in syria by the end of the week. and face the falses proved over election meddling and data leaks but it turns out those grilling the c.e.o. have been financially supported by him in the past meanwhile the social media giant faces a fight fire battle from some sources some blocked users. we want facebook to be they are not found in our employees they're not i'm seeing bodies. or more come to the program for me and all of the crew here at r t international thanks for joining us this hour. a war of words has broken out over the war in syria that's after three reza resolutions over the latest alleged chemical attack in the country were shot down in the u. and security council. clearly explains only what this all

isolating syria has not worked what what role do these countries play in some sort of solution to syria. well definitely it's a very important issue which has been brought by sami that syria's membership in the end of the it was suspended in there you have two thousand and twelve after the eruption of the syrian civil war which of up to of modish if the end of two thousand and eleven when the arab spring erupted in a number of arab countries and yes syria has been isolated and has been boycotted by many out of. countries and many out of big teams but i believe that there are a number of other countries who are insisting in bringing back seat again to the membership of the oblique i believe there are about ten out of countries a lot of calling for the for bringing syria back. because syria has managed to survive the past. seven years. of civil war and also syrians ability to to defeat of the so-called terrorists of isis and in a number of areas in the syrian territory and with the support of the versions and the iranians for the. assad regime it seems to me that it doesn't make in a sens

members of the european parliament voiced their anger over the bombing of syria as french president emanuel macro gives a speech while the u.k.'s government is also facing a backlash over its role in the u.s. led strikes. members of this house the top let's say in foreign policy in this country the president trump. and his doubts grow over the alleged chemical attack in syria that led to the strikes british media outlets rounded academics to question the government's claims. and you're watching the latest headlines here an r.t. international thank you for joining us i'm kate partridge. the united nations security team has entered the syrian town of two or their job is to ensure the safe arrival of a group of chemical weapons experts will be investigating the alleged chemical attack from april the seventh syria's ambassador to the u.n. made the announcement a few hours ago at a security council session in new york where you. the holiday image madi the u.n. security team until tomorrow at around three pm damascus time of eight am new york time to assess the security situation on the ground if

more strategy more clear strategy in syria we have. secretary of state. a couple fifths ago giving this very important speech in their home for the center in stanford university california in which he said that the united states will be staying actually militarily in syria and that it will not actually withdraw from syria as it did from iraq in two thousand and eleven and it will not actually leave syria after the defeat of eisel to the iranians and he was actually talking about how to use the u.s. military presence in the east and north part of syria in forcing some sort of a political solution to the syrian conflict apart from the russian one because the russians are russians are trying to impose their own vision. bashar assad in power but because they're like bashar al assad as has said but because actually they believe that bashar assad in fact got a lot of interest geopolitical interest in this and this bought off of the world so . in my opinion conference light now might be turned into another. beast process in syria because as you said we have gene

secretary-general about syria. he says i have been following closely the reports of air strikes in syria conducted by the united states, france and the united kingdom. there is an obligation particularly when dealing with matters of peace and security to act consistently with the charter of the united nations and with international law in general. and i'm going to go down here and he says any use of chemical weapons is abhorrent, the suffering it causes is horrendous and i expressed my deepest disappointment that the security council failed to agree on a mechanism of accountability and urges the security council to fill this gap. do we go back to the table? we've heard nikki haley repeatedly say that russia has to actually do the right thing? >> this is one of the channels of the u.n. you have five permanent members. it includes us but also includes russia. and pretty much indicated they would do so if the security council sought to act against bashar al assad and take action. i think there's no reason not to try o

the stakes in syria are high. this chaos goes far beyond its borders, threatening allies and partners. commend ranking member engel for his steadfast, years long commitment to addressing this conflict. there is no excuse for the senate's failure to act on the civilian protection act. this bill passed twice unanimously by the house, would make those supporting his killing machine pay a real cost. the committee also recently passed the no assistance to assad act, which prohibits the regime and its allies from profiting from any reconstruction. both of these bills would give our diplomats real leverage. if the united states is not engaged in the middle east, iran will certainly take advantage. ran is already aggressive and capable, as this committee has highlighted. is using its bolstered position from a windfall of cash from the nuclear deal to help hezbollah amass missiles along israel's borders. they are seeking, obviously, to establish a land bridge across syria to israel's doorstep. they are moving fighters and

it comes to syria one thing well we tried for many many years to get syria interested in opening up talks with the israelis they were very very reluctant to come anywhere near the wine glass was the last president his last years ok i don't claim to have no idea what you actually mean to after seven years of civil war a proxy international war it's because assad didn't want to talk to the israelis really. no no don't don't misinterpret i'm just saying that. we have tried to do something positive in syria we did work on it to extensively year after year didn't get anywhere ok so that's passed but it didn't leave a very good impression of syria in washington and i can tell you. well i think this is a thank you to know that syrian people and i'm sure you all love the u.s. after the billions of dollars the training the funding the salary of these jihad is from outside the country that's what the u.s. policy has been and now they are illegally present there under illegally under international law the damascus government wants them out and they won't leave i mean who is breaking the law he

syria. preemptively to defend american troops there. after a lengthy cabinet meeting theresa may fail to shed much light on london's course of action on syria really stressing a need to coordinate with allies meanwhile the german chancellor gives a firm no military strikes against a massive. good stunt with an even to end its kind inciting weakness on my. home. not to need to tie looking. u.k.'s foreign secretary is no doubt russia was behind the screwball poisoning after a un watchdog confirms the substance used in the attack that despite investigations not confirming russia as the source of the nerve agent. mike nominee to be u.s. secretary of state promises to get tougher on russia saying that the country is not exceptional like the united states. will have the full story on those headlines for you dot com straight ahead those sophie co has a top adviser to turkey's president talking the crisis in syria and much more stay with us. welcome to. the syrian war and the threats of american air

and he singled out syria's two principal backers. to iran and to russia, i ask, what kind of nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children? the nations of the world can be judged by the friends they keep. in damascus last night, flashes, bangs and streaking missiles lit the night sky. those launching the attack seemed as keen to define what this mission wasn't as what it was. this was not about intervening in the civil war. it is not about regime change. as i discussed with president trump and president macron, it is about a limited and targeted strike that does not further escalate tensions in the region and that does everything possible to prevent civilian casualties. daylight reveals the extent of the destruction. this is all that's left of the scientific research centre near damascus, one of the targets that took the greatest pounding. at a pentagon briefing this morning, the defence chief said all targets had been hit with no casualties suffered. we're still conducting a more detailed dam

these included delegations from syria's traditional allies iran. and russia. western officials attended as well and established their first contacts with the new president syria had been a key player in the middle east for decades particularly when it came to regional peace negotiations and fighting international terrorism. only one western head of state attended a son's funeral french president. of holes. leaders decided that if they showed syria some respect they might be able to influence its policy on lebanon you know. after assad's older son died french politicians try to figure out how to deal with bashar. he was an ophthalmologist by training but had no experience as a political leader or an unknown quantity. but no one knew whether he would be up to the job that the bulk. of us i know if it. married his wife in two thousand the new president sought to portray himself as a modern western style leader perhaps this reserved and well educated young man would introduce political and economic reforms in syria and increase the country's ties to the west. in p

to withdraw from syria. how does this square with the president's plan there, what does he want to do in syria going forward. those are the questions that peep will be looking for answers today. >> barbara starr, caitlyn collins, we appreciate it so much. thank you. >>> russia and syria have condemned the u.s.-led military strikes. moscow's calling for an immediate meeting of the u.n. security council. >> christiane amanpour here with the global reaction. good morning. we know that the eu's foreign policy chief came out and said that the european union is in support of stopping all chemical weapons used. what has been the global response to these strikes? >> reporter: look, as you've been discuss, obviously syria's allies have rejected these strikes. russia, iran, et cetera. just about everybody else has supported them. those who have been public. and whether it's turkey who is very close to russia and iran has said this was an appropriate strike given the circumstances, israel obviously has said the same th

against the armed forces of syria. when the strike is inflicted on the day one in damascus should start working a special mission on the investigation of the incident in dumas and and legit leave it allegedly chemical weapons were used then i want to call your attention that none of the objects on the production of chemical. weapons in syria don't exist and it was established by the going to session for the prevention of chemical weapons this is a fact of american aggression testifies about the interest of the usa to have an objective investigation but an aspiration to what the process of the peaceful settlement and disability situation in the near east. and has nothing to do with the declared aims to fight international terrorism is assessed as calm as you can observe it in the real time regime on the screens. we can't only monitor the situation taking place there. the russian defense ministry there let's cross over to moscow correspondent. the americans and their allies continue to assess how they were or were not su

in syria. the resolution was rejected 8-3, with four countries abstaining. the three countries voting to condemn the airstrikes, russia, china, and bolivia. here's the debate from human headquarters in new york city. it's just over two and a half hours. >> mr. president, excellencies, i've been following the reports of airstrikes in syria conducted by the united states, france, and the united kingdom. last night at 22 hours of new york, the u.s. president announced the beginning of airstrikes in participation by france and the u.k. indicating they were targeting the chemical weapon capabilities of the syrian government to deter their future use. the statement was followed by announcements by prime minister may and president emmanuel macron. the airstrikes were limited to military locations inside syria. the first target included a science center in damascus, the second a weapon storage facility and storage site. the syrian government announced surface-to-air missile response. both u.s. and russ

they won't allow iran to entrench itself militarily in syria or make syria who were operating the base. with the israeli prime minister has made that clear he has been to moscow a number of times discussions with the russians and clearly the russians have given them agreed might use syrian airspace there is close coordination and we also can't forget that in the summer of last year when the united states and russia announced a cease fire in syria with south of syria that ceasefire was to appease israel because part of that field was to keep troops in iranian backed troops away from its border so clearly this is a dramatic escalation already there were tensions already israel worried about the iranian princes in syria as an ally for some better would say no thank you not the leader of north korea kim jong il who now has extended a rare invitation to the south korean president moon julian to visit pyongyang it happened on an historic high level meeting between the two sides at the presidential palace in seoul the north korean delegation which includes kim sr is in south korea for the win

syria state t.v. broadcast footage of the building it said was a research center hit by a mistrial the joint military action came a week after a gas attack on civilians which was though it was being carried out by the forces of syrian president bashar assad. we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops to choose of prohibited chemical agents i also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsible for supporting equipping and financing the criminal assad regime to iran and to russia i ask what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men women and children. this is the largest display of joint force by western nations against the assad regime and were significantly bigger than u.s. strikes on syria a year ago. said the best visit is objective this operation and targeted objectives belonging to the cleanser stein chemical program of syria plus the main research center of this program and to import and production science has been st

other syria. strikes for the first major military interventions in syria ordered by the leaders of britain and france but in the u.k. questions are being asked about why parliament wasn't consulted on the phillips reports. into the dark on loan from their base in cyprus british tornadoes head into the night sky armed with storm shadow missiles which they would fire at a military facility just outside home is the objective according to the prime minister very specific in scope this is not about intervening in a civil war it is not about regime change it is about a limited and targeted strike that does not further escalate tensions in the region we cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalized french jets were also on their way and the french government described the attack on syria in similar language. it is it is limited to precise objectives the destruction of the chemical capacity of the syrian regime in order to prevent him from carrying out more chemical attacks and pursuing a

regional autonomy or something like this in syria i think they are just using syria for their interests in turkey if you look for example back to two thousand and fourteen you see that after they fought against the islamic state the so-called islamic state. they became really popular all over the world people said hey this is the only force that can fight the islamic state it's our only allies in syria so because they fought the state. suddenly you seem to be. the only ones who have women's rights for example the only ones who are really. the only ones who are really democrats so they really profited politically in the international community from this fight and this is what they're interested in they're not interested in syrian kurdistan in the end for them it's not important if there was a tone of your something like this they want to profit for their fight intro from what is happening in syria let's look closer at that role in that fight we have a short report on the role that the syrian kurdish fighters played in the fight against us. for months now kurdish fighters have been defend

government is for who pieing a part of syria which is an issue of the north of syria and they are trying to recoup by the house and also and the policies to make demographic changes and so so the priority is to protect the civilians you know syria and this is the months duty to do it now it is their mission and we of course from the beginning i mean from the beginning of the syrian revolution we stated all the time well part of syria we have to protect that syrian territory and. i mean i'm not looking for any separation or any different ways all we are trying to do to get a democratic syria for all the components including the traditionally poor and others mainly they are saying kurdish forces is actually is not kurdish forces democratic syrian forces which include the kurds out of all the components over there in the north of syria and now even the forces are fighting in off limits to all the components they are sharing it is not only the clippers so everybody is sharing to protect their homes their lands and their villages so this is the case and the priority is to protect this territo

the asian base in syria there is a good for. one year after his release in twenty eleven his friend and fellow activist to krisna ducted the figure of all forat in the syrian legal world to this day nobody has seen or heard from him seems. to me feels it is his duty to continue that common struggle for justice and the key issue here at the jail is run by the intelligence agencies everybody in syria from himself over from the stories of that they should needs who were released or their parents who the confession they value in the jail or the station. they didn't spoke about because afraid they didn't spoke loudly the public the more secret weapon of this regime to put the people in fear in here or just feel. harrop. feel. he still says he's going to appoint was a as a petition. to accept input child. marzan darwish also has a photo of missing lawyer to con his more longside voters of friends and colleagues who have likewise disappeared darwish is a lawyer and activist for the syrian center for media and freedom of expression. dar

after lighting up the night sky to syria possible wave of strikes by u.s. french and british forces they were aimed at facilities crucial to syria's alleged chemical weapons program. in the capital damascus and in the western city of home. syrian state t.v. claims that one of those missiles had destroyed a cancer research center. the joint military action came a week after a gas attack on civilians have been carried out by the syrian army. we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents i also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsible for supporting equipping and financing the criminal assad regime. to iran and to russia i ask what kind of a nation wants to be associated with a mass murder of innocent men women and children. it's the largest display of force by western nations against the assad regime since the civil war began. the british prime minister insists it's not about toppling syria's president. this was specifically about the use of chemical weapons there is a wider

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

strikes on syria but full. you went without them in france it mandate in the face of cooking opposition in the. times from page double page spread inside and the latest for you was attacking sort of fortified by the budget by academics. i think i think actually the time is going to show itself in the throes of it but that is just so preposterous. that one of the things cited in the article is one of your colleagues retreated a post on the alleged chemical attack claiming quote the white helmets kidnapped and drugged children to use as props now this is mention in the article and this is hard to prove so should we be such claims not be made publicly well i would like to say but first of all there's a difference between. tweeting. you know people may link to material that they find interesting that raises questions for them it's a fairly established convention that tweeting does not signify necessarily into it but even if it down that's also a different thing from academic research that i mean people and read all

rishon in syria like where their investigation. stands now is it possible at all has it been or is it not how but told by the explosions and the devastation. going back to what president putin had to say. you pointed out that by these strikes the united states and. these have aggravate and aggravating exacerbating the communitarian disaster in syria in fact. terrorists because there have been numerous reports that the if if the military action was to take place then various jihadi groups would as their activities as well would launch offensives throughout syria and throughout the effective area affected areas so of course that report is also said that this is basically. all international and diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in syria and he said that the. that russia will be calling an emergency u.n. security council meeting later today is that it is that much strong rhetoric being flying around a lot of fingers pointing at russia but still you know the comments we've heard from russia in the aftermath of these strikes has j

w was supposed to begin its mission in syria on the ground in syria its investigation on saturday at the u.s. launched its strikes literally hours before with that investigation was supposed to kick off so obviously a lot of questions were raised by whether or not that mission is jeopardized whether or not any objects of infrastructure that were supposed to be examined by the experts over the o.p.c. w. were hit or damaged now the body has issued a statement it's a rather brief one literally just two sentences outlining the current state of events and they are saying that they will be going forward with their mission in syria no details as to whether or not they feel affected in any way by the strikes a number of countries including china and iran have condemned the strikes beijing called them a violation of international law we spoke to world affairs commentator and along about of the operation and the reaction to it he told us that domestic factors may have played a role in motivating president trying to launch the attack. i think that this is a limited calculated. and costly orches

action in syria for the support backing for terrorist groups inside syria. it's only conflict has been with the with within syria and recent times as with the kurds of syria they got frightened because the united states backing started backing the y.p. . but truly turkey should also shoulder quite a lot of the response ability for the mayhem. unfolded in both city and in iraq by the way where they still have some forces inside iraq as you out and their policy towards the kurdish people over many decades has been really bad that must be mentioned that the kurdish people have suffered enormously from successive regimes tens of thousands of kurds have died inside turkey and this so-called cleansing inside syria turkey is in effect committing aggression against a sovereign state the syrian state which has objected on the shelly to the entry of turkish troops so there are a dime if you cations here and that is the other point i wanted to raise is out there is some genuine friction between turkey and the united states since the coup attempt last year which seems t

in iraq in syria i know they say that if the government troops get too close to them in syria they're going to self defense soon to attack them and that's good that's a second the next level of. i legal regime change it depends because several buildings were destroyed in the united states back in two thousand and one by the people who were not citizens or syria but who somehow lived in the same region who actually were citizens of a country that is our ally and we just sold them one hundred billion dollars worth of weapons but that's not important what is important is that it opened in two thousand one and now we can kill anyone who gets close to us in syria syrians good . close to the u.s. soldier in syria itself the facts that's like russia moving troops within its own border and it's called a provocation you know where one of the interesting from a media point of view is it any time trump says something he quote unquote lies is that the liberal media like to say this is a perfect example of saying something that has nothing to do with policy but nobody says a word a word it's remar

the asian place in syria there is significant as a. one year after his release in twenty eleven his friend and fellow activist little mark two crews had ducted the figure of all thora t. in the syrian legal world to this day nobody has seen or heard from him since. it is his duty to continue their common struggle for justice and the key issue here and the jails run by the intelligence agencies everybody in syria from zero to from the stories of the day she needs who were released or their parents. and the detention they got in the jail or in the station. but they didn't spoke about it because afraid they didn't spoke loudly that public the more secret weapon of sister jeanne to put the people in fields in here or just feel. to head up for. failure. he still says he going to open it was a petition. to me except of course i want. marzan darwish also has a photo of missing lawyer to look on his war alongside photos of friends and colleagues who have likewise disappeared darwish is a lawyer and activist for the syrian center for media and

to push for a political solution to the question of syria thank you mr president. i think the representative of china for your statement and i'll give the floor to the representative of a coup d'ivoire. next year we thank mr president. with mr president. because we want to occasion you don't favor on this resolution by the united states for two main reasons and up we're here on the first one. where all of the gear that is dropped is in line with the convention collection on my country according to which i'm hanged any and all use of chemical weapons in war time as well. isn't the peace time has to be going to do that ok we've been watching live pictures there from the u.n. security council meeting this evening where there are three resolutions being voted on and the one we just we just saw there that was one of those that had the united states among its main backers this relating to a mechanism proposed for the independent investigation of chemical attacks that was defeated with a permanent member russia vetoing that particular one there were more to come this even

and the refugee crisis. >> we broke syria, syria broke europe. >> lara, thank you very much more "a.m. joy" after the break. ? flonase relieves your worst symptoms ? including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. the kayak explore tool shows you the places you can fly on your budget. so you can be confident you're getting the most bang for your buck. alo-ha. kayak. search one and done. >>> the assad regime has a pattern of using chemical weapons to get to some people, against the chemical weapons convention. despite the fact that they had agreed to it and despite the fact that the russians were their guarantors. so what happens next has everything to do with what the assad regime decides to do and it has everything to do with the russian government decides to enable as well. >> good morning and welcome back to "a.m. joy." the world is reacting this morning to air strikes launched by the u.s., france and britain against syria, which were intended to cripple the bashar al assad regime's ability t

you damn hands are in syria because syria is for them it's strategy. that they want to be there they need c.d.o. order to reach their lebanon hezbollah the border with israel the ied and hands are not going to be pushed out very easy but what the russian president said in the past there few months that all foreign forces should they leave. was received a very negative the integrand so. this is why i believe it was the from day one it was a big mistake by tehran for it to put all its eggs in the. in the russian side of the equation and consequently now they have to they have to reject it but what is important and if we make a connection between the recent incident and the past many years of nuthin negotiations russia has always used the daniel card to put pressure on the u.s. on europeans and get concessions from there and i believe they are going to do the same thousand ships on one hand the game is because of their isolation they need russia russian backing russian into the more than before and on the other hand they cannot do it completely go the way

syria to deal with and we'll talk about the as three hundred but that deal was made with a member of nato in russia without the united states involved that is something new we haven't seen something like that before so you even within the alliance the united states is not being able to control all of its members go ahead in new york . right preterperfect well i think that you that have taken place right now. or frankly anybody. they realize that international law or they are in that location so what the turks are worried about is are worried about the refugee frankly what do you when germany is worried about is worried about the rip. if this if you will war will not be and we're going to have a problem at the end of the day what we have why through syria the region has been changing that chapter is changing it's moving away from this new long seven year civil war into a period of people isolation and reconstruction that's what we're seeing come on corrupt what we're seeing in moscow and ron and frankly elsewhere there is think we want to be part of that future dialogue and that's why

syria crisis has been ongoing for seven yea rs. syria crisis has been ongoing for seven years. seven years. initiative, is something of a naive nest. nest. player in that game and to do that, you have to be on the ground. you have to be on the ground. have to have leveraged and balance of power. of power. the american next week, the american part next week. part next week. with donald trump on a syria and iran. iran. messages saying that look, you can go on supporting this regime. go on supporting this regime. won't lead you anywhere and that proof was made in sochi. proof was made in sochi. the framework, you won't reach any gold. you have to work with us. we are ready to do it. are ready to do it. it was a way of sending a message. sending a message. also but in fact, we don't want a global confrontation. global confrontation. political diplomatic track it was on. on. co—sponsored and co— led by russia itself. itself. to something that it is not doing this something. this something. have probably begun to be upset of that. as

is that he that of syria that's and that's one of the reasons why the way that isis florist is syria without the support that the assad forces initially got from the u.s. from britain some other countries some other allies of the us i says would not have flourished i mean if there had been the illegal invasion of iraq in two thousand and three of course and you know. show that's what you say as you know iran has been gaining more influence you know spread it here july that is why it might be because of one week because it will not be able to speak clearly clear to our viewers if we. it isn't because of what iran is doing or what other actors are doing because well obviously it is other well if it had not been for the us invasion of iraq in one thousand nine hundred one you know if it had not been for the us invasion of iraq in two thousand so we iran would have not been so influential it's a simple as that even the mainstream media it constant attempts to combat what they ludicrously call iranian had gemini where you were just simple the fact that iran has some influence against the

navy from syria to sedan to serbia. and all of the new tomahawks come out of one factory, this one in a city and state we've been asked not to reveal for security reasons. the 21 foot long tomahawks are manufactured by the rathion company. >> this where we do the interject elements of the missiles. other components come from other factories and we do the assembly here, test it, fuel it and get them out the door. >> reporter: in this factory 14 tomahawks are about to be shipped out. workers here are performing what they call a roll test to make sure there's nothing loose inside the missile and make sure everything's connected properly. historically it's for 126 missiles each year. >> it can get launched from a ship or submarine, and loiter in a a figure 8. >> if you want to change where it's going, it loiters in a circle. >> that's correct. it can be directed and rerouted to a specific target. >> the tomahawk has been around since the 1980s. it can be used up to 30 years. and tomahawks that haven't been used come back af

w was supposed to begin its mission in syria on the ground in syria its investigation on saturday at the us launched its strikes literally hours before the that investigation was supposed to kick off so obviously a lot of questions were raised by whether or not that mission is jeopardized whether or not any objects of infrastructure that were supposed to be examined by the experts over the o.p.c. w. were hit or damaged now the body has issued a statement it's rather brief one literally just two sentences outlining the current state of events and they are saying that they will be going forward with their mission in syria no details as to whether or not they feel affected in any way by the strikes back to the reaction from moscow then anything more wider than the kremlin well yes the russia's foreign ministry has laid out its view of the situation right now they've said that basically the u.n. security council has to hold accountable the u.s. u.k. and france for what they did in syria they promised to present its russia's facts what russia knows about the strikes to the u.n. security c

america has said that it is in syria only to fight isis today isis has been all but defeated in syria but you don't see the pentagon packing its bags our military policy in syria has not changed our priority remains to defeat of isis whether it's in iraq or in syria that is our intent to defeat isis and not do anything more than that the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring that isis cannot reemerge total withdrawal of american personnel at this time would restore assad continue his brutal treatment against his own people so as to principal liberty of the lack of a fundamental commitment to our agreement is typical of current u.s. diplomacy including the reasons why the americans stay in syria rex tillerson peter he stated that the only goal in syria was the defeat of ice or now they've got far more ambitious plans with more of the most with the mixed messages here is the pentagon staying on general mattis said that the united states will stay in syria we'll fight in syria for as long as the united states wants to fight in syria i mean that's yo

and france against syria. at least seventeen people have reportedly been killed in syria's largest palestinian refugee camp over the last twenty four hours syrian government is trying to retake several neighborhoods in southern damascus including the yarmouk refugee camp from i saw fighters activists on the ground estimate about sixty percent of the camp has been destroyed just over a week into the offensive. china and india say that improve military contacts to avoid any future border disputes india's prime minister narendra modi is in china for talks with president xi jinping a military standoff on a stretch of the border last year dragged on for months india has also raised the issue of chinese building projects in pakistan administered kashmir which india considers to be under illegal occupation those are the headlines inside stories next. stepping into history kim jong un becomes the first north korean leader in the south since the korean war. breakthrough brings an end to decades of hostility this story.

israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. and it's really just in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early saturday morning. the key question didn't iranian surveillance drones stray into israeli territory from a base in syria triggering a deadly response from israeli fighter jets syria says its allies drone was near the israeli border on a standard intelligence mission but israel disagrees it has released this unverified video which it says shows the drone in israeli airspace next they say it followed the drone across the syrian border and shot it down and then launched fighter jets like these to strike the drones base inside syria that triggered a syrian response the regime unleashed its anti-aircraft guns on the israeli fighter planes and it brought down an f. sixteen jet which crashed dramatically into northern israeli countryside the israeli air force says its pilot was seriously wounded after making an emergency exit. israel then responded with another large scale bom

with regard to syria, we still suffer from syria. still to this day we have been urging for jihadist crossing the border into iraq and wreaking havoc. so as an operational first step, what we need to do is secure the border. this is something the united state and for the foreseeable future we need to realize and recognize in washington as it is in baghdad and bringing in favorable results. with regard to relationships between the other countries, it is in our interest to see the pensions are used in the region as you know we have laid a role in order to bring people together. in fact, one of the things the united date. one of the achievements of the state department was to help bring saudi's back to iraq. as you know, the saudi foreign minister went to baghdad, which was an icebreaker at the request of the state department. so that is where we are. there is no question that we need to have a continued engagement with united state. people do not realize the cost that this war has in terms of our troops. i think the tip of the spear of