for potentially autonomy within syria but that is opposed so far by the syrian national council that and includes the free syrian army and even within the kurdish community in syria there are some divisions yes and. neighboring iraqi kurds and notably in the person of mr barth sunny has tried to smooth over those divisions but for the moment peter we have to wait and see and would be rushing to a conclusion to say somehow kurds have won or are winning and if the fan going to you now in washington do you think of the situation of the kurds i mean in historical perspective and they're doing pretty well considering what's been done to them since the end of the first world war. well. i pretty much agree with the germans through the situation with what they were set. it looks like you know the there are a spring basically create some sort o. a war it where kurdish people can take advantage of it but then. we have to look at each in an individual case you know kurds in syria kurds in iraq kurds in turkey are total different story. but there are significant differences between these groups

around syria. i guess you could say some of the parties are directly involved in syria but that's not the russian federation thank you so so much. just. one last comment. there and. it will be. the conflict has been going on in syria. it is really indispensable that this conflict is finished in two thousand and thirteen and hopefully at the beginning of two thousand and thirteen at the end of two thousand and thirteen. again i think that. everybody recognizes that change is needed in syria but that change has to be really. profound and that the question is not have some cosmetic changes in the system. but as i think we all agree this is one of the syrian people. to make but this is people are not in a position to start this process along they need a lot of help from outside i think it is the duty of the international community to provide. and i would like to add in conclusion that i fully share this. wish of mr brahimi on the eve of the new year to see this conflict resolved peacefully. next year t

the groups inside syria. they're characterized as secular at the say and up higher and higher but really line between is is quite slewing i mean that they are say it is a cemetery in israel as muslim brotherhood little organization and very small amount of them are secular. you have of course the foreign element is for all the growth in middle east the caucasus region in russia. to syria not only because it ideological reasons but because they were promised a salary by the qatar government and saudi arabia which is also something that they said publicly so all these are live from groups i would like to go to why the us has now are two years to live in one of these groups that has a new star as another as an al qaeda terrorist group. i think because. this group has the coast. forward there is a suicide. terrorist activity but. not very different from other groups inside syria. who are fighting the syrian regime. that just recently there was a media article i think important term that the twenty nine. of the sa

opposition josh are you afraid that syria is just going to explode we had libya imploded but syria could explode and then again let's say with the sectarian issue well i'd not sure i think that has been overblown the sort of first world war in the middle east because syria sectarian problems are just going to sweep over the rest the region it is true that the sarah sectarian problems and particularly the outflow of refugees. is weighing down the neighboring countries and lebanon is fragile jordan we've seen demonstration. it's fragile iraq is still unsettled with a war going on between sunnis and shiites in iraq so and it has it has increased sectarian tensions in turkey shiites particularly amongst the heterodox communities the isle of eason the alawite to different shiite inflected groups are very distressed where they are of this policy of supporting the muslim brotherhood in syria so it has increased tensions but i don't think the middle east is going to collapse although syria the future of syria looks very bleak today that is for sure and it's going to be a constant engine stoking

started so the groups inside syria. they're characterized as secular at the say and up higher and higher as both really line between is is quiet saloon i mean that they are say it so it is a secretary in israel as muslim brotherhood organization and very small amount of them are secular. you have of course the foreign element these from all over the middle east in the caucasus region in russia. to syria not only because of that ideological reasons but because they were promised a salary by the qatar government and saudi arabia which is also something that they said publicly so all these other different groups i would like to call to why the us has an arch of two years to live in one of these groups that has a new struggle as an on as an al-qaeda terrorists school. i think because. this group is the coast media for its various suicide bombings and terrorist activity but actually not very different from other groups inside syria. or by the syrian regime. that just recently there was a media article i think of from the tel

and lebanon being between syria and israel, and of course syria itself being on the border of israel, lebanon, iraq, south of turkey, you're not going to be -- you cannot be the switzerland over the middle east. are going to have outside influences which usually exacerbate the situation and lengthen the time of the civil war. >> and so let's talk a little bit now, shifting the perspective, to the personal connections that you have to the house of assad. i would love for you to give us a good feel for, who is this man who is the president and how did he change over the time that you've known him? seems like there was a definitive time around 2005-2006 that you say he shifted. please walk us through that. >> again, i first started meeting with president bashar in 2004. i found him to be very welcoming, very unpretentious, self-depricating even, and i never saw him in the mold of a moammar gadhafi or saddam hussein. that's the group he is associated with these days and not a very good group to be associated with. and many people who have met all three -- i did not immediate gadhafi or sa

by these countries they're doing creasing pressure on syria. the syrian government sure knows that if they use chemical weapons it would give nato and some of their arab neighbors who are itching to intervene in syria the green light to go ahead with their plans damascus itself says it would be suicidal for them to do so but with the fear and the hype building up over the use of chemical weapons against civilians in syria it seems the u.s. might be preparing grounds to jump the gun on this one the jumping the gun scenario is not new for the u.s. almost ten years ago the bush administration confidently presented false evidence to invade iraq we have an descriptions of biological weapons factories on wheels and on rails the invasion triggered a civil war that killed more than one hundred thousand innocent iraqis and years later all washington had to say about this was the president thought it was correct congress thought it was of course i regret that it turned out a lot of it was wrong in the run up to the iraq invasion the us media was instrume

i pray for the christians in syria i pray for the secularists in syria i pray for the liberals in syria for anybody who is not affiliated with the islam or fascists groups like the muslim brotherhood or the cell of the jihadists. whatever you want to name them. everybody is in danger in syria. at this at this moment if so the regime falls everybody who is not part of the islamist movement would be a great danger not only to christians. i want to thank you very much for joining us is. as a middle east analyst. well still ahead here on araa take on the seemingly endless and increasingly violent drug war mexico's police have more than a small criminal gang to deal with these cartels are well organized and armed to the gills i had a look at the tools of this of this trade and the seriousness of the problem. in a climate of american power continues. things are so bad might actually be time revolution. and it turns out that a particular drink of starbucks reza surprising ingredient. so . here's mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that the americans call a dollar. i'm sorry

the rebels in syria claim they are making gains in their push towards damascus while the u.s. is giving the opposition by granting it official approval. defiance north korea blasts off its latest rocket despite global condemnation saying it managed to place a weather satellite into orbit. live from. the studios here in moscow this is the with me wrong and welcome to the program. now rights groups in egypt calling for saturday's first stage of a constitutional referendum to be held again after claiming widespread violations meanwhile unofficial tallies released by the islamist show a narrow majority backing the charter of the opposition which has been urging a no vote to what it calls a discriminatory draft also accepted their opponents who are leading with a slim advantage a journalist a bell trues been following the vote in cairo. it's been a tense night here in the capital in cairo as people have been waiting for these key results on the referendum of the constitution to limit the results of course the official ones will come out of the second round which indicates that it w

syria because that's the no likelihood that syria is going to attack turkey and in any case those missiles to be directed against planes or ballistic missiles not against the shells almost as that of informing the the turkish border accidentally so the office christmas-y. those patriots there and the speculation is based on the fact that perhaps they're there as the first step to declaring a no fly zone and direct measurement of intervention sometime next year and one has to ask the question who did the germans who did the british who did the americans who think it's appalling in syria they're not supporting groups who committed to democracy you know supporting groups that committed to political transition the not supporting groups that are committed to in any way this will mission over an open transparent state. north korea defied the world wednesday with a launched a long range rocket that it says successfully placed a weather satellite into orbit but the claims were met with skepticism by the u.s. south korea and japan who suspect it was in fact testing a long range ballistic missile te

engaging in the and the politics of syria from inside and outside syria with different views right or left and center there there is a strong believe that a political transition organized political transition is certainly possible in syria armed conflict has never been the solution to syria most of the syrian population believe and a peaceful transition in fact almost most of those who fight in syria have been streamed from the outside so the key issue is to stop the infiltration of arms the to stop the the tab of of what pones and arming the rebels and i think reaching a peaceful solution could be very understand syrian political activist years in a villa thank you for your time on the program tonight. thank you for. a recap of tonight's main news four people including the captain have been killed after a passenger plane crashed into the side of one of moscow's made highways there were only eight people on board all of them crew members on a plane that could if it were full carry two hundred passengers the four who survived are in a serious condition with head injuries. of course thr

all right folks i want to talk to you now about the unfolding crisis in syria it's been twenty months since the conflict began according to u.n. over four hundred thousand syrian refugees have fled to neighboring countries with turkey hosting over a quarter of the refugees and since the violent civil war broke out the death toll from both sides of the fighting has reached somewhere around forty thousand people with no clear and to violence in sight and the question of syria is one that has polarized the international community unfortunately it's the syrian people who are paying the price just today secretary general of nato anders rasmussen announced that nato has approved the deployment of anti missile batteries along turkey's border with syria check it out thank you. is clear and the prime and will be chill protect turkey it will be surely defensive in nature. in no way support and no fly zone or any offensive operation. it is clear. nature solidarity for so is the beginning of yet another international military engagement in the middle east and what will become of syria if the assa

and that's nick and confessional sic their income position of syria is so complex that if. the campus is established there it was very great all over the region but coming back to the present situation if people who say you know negotiations with us and. if they believe that. he's departure in whatever form is number one priority then they must understand that for this job political goal of theirs they would have to pay the price but the price in the lives of the serious of the syrian civilians nato is the claimant of patrick miss out on turkish syrian border is that part of solution and where they really targeted that we recognize the right for turkey to think about its own security and the right of turkey to use for this purpose the international arrangements which turkey has in that particular case nato membership. and we accepted this as a given. on the other hand the more military to be are you accumulate in one place. the more risk you have that this one day would be used . as for the. purpose of this deployment yes i read here that some experts believe that if it is

we have to look at each in an individual case you know kurds in syria kurds in iraq kurds in turkey a totally different story. but there are significant differences between these groups there are linguistic differences there are cultural differences. and. there are economic differences but they all have been interests because already selected for you oppressed haven't they and that's what brings them together in their identity well that that may be the case when you look at from outside but i'm not sure to what extent kurdish people rally around that concept all together so and i think i think they tend to think within their nation state their future within that particular nation state you know in syria in iraq in turkey rather than building a larger union or so there are it'll take for example it is a great example of syria collapses where if side goes to syria collapses what's the fate of the kurds there what do you think the. well. now the. kurds are kind of like on the sidelines in the syrian conflict and you know basically they are divided into two one is you know the kurdish nat

turkey and syria. as you say, this is brahimi's third trip and the situation has gotten significantly worse since the last time. are we any further forward this time? >> we do not have the details of the meeting, in a sense we did not know exactly what ideas brahimi presented to the syrian president bashar al-assad. he said we discussed solutions. what are the solutions? there have been a lot of reports, unconfirmed reports that brahimi discuss the ability -- possibility of installing a transitional government in syria with full authority. but at the same time, the syrian president as well as his regime will be allowed to remain in place without any authority. again, this is unconfirmed. but already near has been a reaction from the opposition, angry reaction. we heard from the head of the syrian national coalition, the main political body in exile. the said -- will not accept any solution that would, in his words, save the regime. we want assad to leave. he will not be able to stay in power. even figh

because we are going to encounter iranians in syria if we go into syria one of the russian is not the time to be doing this show i did just to add that the russian point of view of course agrees with your sentiment that let this problem be sorted out by syria do you think perhaps judging by the way we're seeing the rebels seemingly making significant ground against the assad regime do you think perhaps they could succeed in deposing a sad as they stand at the moment. i think assad's days are numbered i don't know what those numbers are i didn't think that he would last through two thousand and twelve he apparently is going to do that he may hang on he's got several factions in syria who are powerful and still with him but i still think that the best resolution for syria is a resolution brought about by the majority of the syrian people if they can get their act together to the point where the opposition as a war to assad is solid enough and has enough good leadership to topple him then that's what should happen and there should be no outside assistance and that goes for iran to iran s

temptations iran rather than syria well that's what that's what some people say. the configuration as it is being presented in the media it. really looks like it could be used against their own you know syria is not the only issue between america and russia first think obama did when he got reelected is that he signed the so-called magnitsky that would sanction russian citizens and some russian officials what does it tell you about the new state of the russian u.s. relations with britain about my health but i don't think this was the first thing about one of the first was reelected this was inevitable when. the senators saw the guardian and some other censored use this idea that it was clearly. to create catch twenty two for the administration because that ministration was moving the removal of jacksonville. amendment with the support of quite a number of people on the hill. and this was absolutely obvious that the ricans want it because it was rushed obsession to w. . keeping jackson very it would be depriving the american companies of the benefits of. membership

ethnic and confessional sic their income position of syria is so complex that if. the chaos. there it was very very all over the region but coming back to the present situation if people who say no negotiations with us that if they believe that. he's departure in whatever form is number one priority then they must understand that for these geopolitical goal of theirs they would have to pay the price but the price in the lives of the serious of the syrian civilians our priority number one is not somebody who's head is these to say ssion of violence and of the bloodshed and even they say that they want to save syria and to save syrians then they should join us and should. lean on the old those who are fighting inside syria to stop doing this and sit down to negotiate without any preconditions and the fate of us that must be decided by the syrian people not by the i would say they're. part of the syrian opposition. at the. elaine. the war. in. iraq. colors my. primary. coming up. world of. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the

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indorsed the arab league observers to be sent to syria. very early was damascus to accept them unfortunately their mission was aborted for no good reason it was aboard that exactly at the time when december two thousand and eleven they submitted their first report to the security council which was rather on the objective site and which was not putting all the blame on the government only but also describing the atrocities and mis wrongdoings by the by the opposition groups then the arab league aborted the mission and then the un observers were deployed and as the relative calm started to be to be seen. not sustainable but still some signs of stabilization were brought to be as the un observers then there was an upsurge of provocations in the areas where the un the service were working and the purpose was very obvious to us the purpose was to create a situation which would be unbearable for for them to continue and that was. achieved so they left as well and then of course in june last year in june this year. in june two thousand and twelve

one taking syria and syria is the country that needs protection from turkey because we all know now as. a lover of those leads turkey is hosting rubles are training supporting them and sending with vital syria so syria is the one that needs protection. is all this the talk from the u.s. at the moment also the deployment of these patriot missiles is it perhaps a signal that a no fly zone over syria could be established although it's been denied by nato do you think the alliance is actually being honest about is this the main intention behind all of this. it's going to be it could easily be i don't think the alliance is being honest because the best group of them to be lying to the public would be totally including just politically because they you would have just this. sort of as a terrorist organization while it's still supporting at the top of the regime they have to be like the public and they are likely going to get yeah. but so many civilians are dying now this is got to end somehow hasn't it isn't it right now that there should be official intervention after all many would argu

rebels in syria come together under one of military command and meanwhile more global calls to prevent the government from using chemical weapons are increasingly seen as a pretext for intervention. and hamas to see palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years and while israel is losing allies through its plans to build more settlements. and broadcasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is our tease from the ground have you with us the opposition has announced it will boycott the referendum on the new constitution saying that the document fails to represent the whole nation president morsi has ordered the military to maintain security until after saturday's vote on the disputed draft it is viewed by many as discriminatory and journalist bell true has more from cairo. national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces the press conferences they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say in force is dictatorial tendencies and the key economic and social rights that called for more protests o

the issue is in countries like syria. the money is much smaller, and the checks and balances that what is the media or the democratic process, and other civil society associations and power centers is absent, completely absent. so even though the pot is smaller, divided in an even much more an equitable way, leading to resentment that will push people to the streets as opposed to the more sort of, you know, democratic countries where these things happen but there is a threshold, economic, and some democrat mechanism kicks in at a certain point, so it's important to not think that these willfully occur and the federal. >> so professor haddad, what about the globalization of the syrian economy? if a marriott wants to open in damascus or something like this, is there, is it just purely private? or is there a state role? >> it's actually been quite close into the 1980s. after the 1990s, early 1990s you begin to see the centers open up. the issue with places like syria is that you can open up such centers and there are in exis

a chemical attack in syria they should look to the rebels not the government. recently there have been some troubling videos that we have seen on you tube and some other reports of of the jihadist groups in northern syria assessing some chemical materials with the name of a turkish company on them and the background there was a music playing with this chance it's very worrying they were conducting some experiments on the rabbit said difficult to verify but if it is not a bluff then this is this is very very worrying because judging by the effect of this gas it is a convulsing so it's it's a it's a nerve agent and and this is a dangerous development perhaps if you look also at the fact that the united states has recently started listing parts of the syrian armed opposition all of the armed opposition in syria as terrorist organizations that say something that probably aware that their part of the of the armed opposition in syria and probably the the most powerful part of the armed opposition who are the nasr front probably aren't possession of said such material

referendum on the new islamist base constitution you've got the latest tonight on mount one also rebels in syria come together under one military command now this is a more global call to prevent the government from using chemical weapons are increasingly seen as a pretext for intervention and how mass opposed to see palestinians liberated is that militant group mark twenty five years in action while israel faces global pressure to stop building more settlements. hello and welcome if you're just joining us this is r.t. it's ten pm now here in moscow my name's kevin oh in first egypt's opposition is calling for more protests tonight after president morsi insisted on plowing ahead with a referendum on the new constitution which is viewed by many as discriminatory even its decision to scrap the decree which had granted him almost absolute power was dismissed as a play on words. in cairo for a she says his unexpected u. turn has failed to ease the tensions. it does come as a bit of a surprise at the moment as people were really thinking the president wouldn't move on his stance against the oppositio

people in syria they are they friends of already they want syria they want to see the government to act outside this boulder but i'm sure this is going to say one favorite sign the height of us about a member of the assyrian social club thanks for making a point so clear it's pretty shady thank you. online fear droning on america reveals a futuristic you weapon in the fight against terror a u.s. manufacturer fails the next generation of unmanned drones fitted with the so-called death ray laser admitting they never run out of ammunition to find out more about see dot com also on our web site so the real cost of studying in the u.k. skyrocketing prices for higher education may soon rise to one hundred thousand talk about. mixed news for jailed human rights activist in bahrain leading campaign enough jobs had his prison term cut from three to two years on appeal that been widespread calls for his release following his conviction in august for organizing illegal gatherings and inciting violence international pressure is mounting on the monarchy to stop persecuting political activists sa

i have a question to mr president here in syria we see we see that in syria thousands of people have lost their lives in there many refugees have fled from syria russia has voted against this engine begins the syrian regime in russia has opposed. the placement of patriot missiles along the syrian border. do you think that there were guarantees that president assad will not use nuclear weapons against turkey. syria have nuclear weapon nothing of the sort i have no idea but that looks i was one of them so. there's guarantee this year is not going to use nuclear weapon i is saying iran's lation earlier question syria is not in your corner copy countries you know and you're quite a power and not even close to producing or possibly producing the weapons of mass destruction that's firstly and let me repeat even if that was the correct translation of your question as for the pleasure system it's not the best system in the world that's the ration system and secondly i would just separate the turgid is concerned related to the events of the border when are stand the feelings of the church aut

has drawn a red line on syria it has made it clear it's ready to take action but how i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of. a credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to. take action if that eventuality were to occur to american warships are already near the syrian coast with some. in thousand u.s. marines and dozens of fighter jets on board on top of that nato is sending american german and dutch batteries of patriot anti-aircraft missiles to turkey's border with syria meaning hundreds more u.s. and european troops will be deployed to the frontier nato says deploying patriot missiles along syrian borders as a defensive step to prevent syria from attacking turkey i don't think there's any requirement whatsoever for patriot batteries on the ground in turkey again the patriot missiles are designed to really protect primarily against incoming theater ballistic missiles or aircraft the syrians are not according to a detective turks the turks

syria was part of the land but now syria is. a member of united nations. and independent state and turkey hasn't any rights. to intervene syrian policy internal issues there is a conflict for thirty years in turkey. which they created forces and every day tens of. people young people lost their lives from both sides so. if i. stop the bloodshed in turkey then think about syria or palestine. yet turkish officials seem to skirt the issue of their internal problems and instead turn their attention elsewhere in syria the case in point but the likes of retired admiral in return believe that turkey is a cursed one should its present commanders continue on the current course even though. is that the christmas spirit becoming an obsession to buy as much as you can you find out just a bit later in the program. go back to church to read the bible to find free. to remember what the holiday is supposed to be for people shouldn't think that every year has to be the best christmas ever you can join. it later in the program. as usual hits the streets of new york. biting

except for syria. syria, they were fine with it, because russia was their best friend. and this best friendship has survived the cold war. russia and syria have had a sort of de facto exchange program over the last few decades. syrian military officers go to russia to study. and then they return to syria with their education and with russian wives. there are a lot of russian women who are married to syrian men who are living in syria. the two countries have had their share of disagreements over the years, but honestly, they have stuck together. at times when syria has not had a friend in the whole world they have had russia. and vice versa. this is a scud missile. scud missiles are of russian design. they're basically entry-level ballistic missiles, in the words of a bbc story about them today. ballistic missiles 101, if you will. scuds are not that accurate, but they are easy to move around. they're not that big. they're not that complicated. you can put all sorts of different warheads on them. eke. and as ballistic missiles go, skud scud missiles are fairly ubiquitous

amounts among western nations that syria may on leash its chemical weapons to quash the rebels many wonder if it's all just a pretext for a rocky start invasion. and israel has drawn the wrath of the international community this week with major powers than the u.n. than bastin the country's legal decision to extend the settlement building on palestinian lands. you're watching the weekly news review with me carrie johnston. egypt's president has scrapped the decree that had given him sweeping new powers and effectively put him above the law of the land but the opposition says that's not enough as a referendum on the controversial draft constitution. for next week while the military has stepped in to act as a buffer between the warring sides it's beefing up a barricade around the presidential palace which has come under attack from protesters for the very latest on these developments his journalist bill true. it does come as a bit of a surprise at the moment as people really think you know the president wouldn't move on his stance against the opposition forces demands yesterday saturday they

together to solve the syrian conflict president putin visits istanbul as tensions flare on the turkey syria border. today with. the usual young unemployed in the u.k. despair of ever finding a job with a government billion pound flagship scheme seemingly making matters worse. broadcasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. the u.k. and france have summoned israel's ambassador to israel plans to build three thousand more secular homes on disputed land in east jerusalem and in the west bank in an unprecedented move the two nations are also reportedly considering recalling their envoys from tel aviv. reports. in the immediate run up to that you wouldn't vote we did see the rhetoric from the israeli government in terms of the threat of sanctions being turned down the what we're hearing now is that for the first time ever britain and france are considering recording their ambassadors from tel aviv over israel's expansionist policies in the settlements now this comes after an announcement by the israeli prime minister netanyahu that he was approving the construction of

other rebel fighters in syria will come the efforts of those designated terrorists. this is a demonstration of support for in syria people heard chanting we are students of osama. in its own words the assad government is fighting terrorists that has claimed thousands of innocent lives the measures the syrian government resorted to have been widely criticised but does that mean the world should keep their eyes shocked at who's actually fighting for power in syria now in washington i'm going to check out. there's been more deadly violence in syria with two blasts near a primary school southeast of the capital killing at least one person injuring five in a separate incident one person was wounded following two more explosions near a court building in damascus foreign policy experts see the warning signs of america recognizing the rebel coalition pushing syria deeper into a crisis which could wreck a region wide. what it does is that it opens the door now for much more direct intervention in the civil war it will mean heavy weapons will come in contention even i think yo

enjoy to syria meeting to discuss how they would end the now 21-month long conflict in syria and how to move assad from power. and there's no sign they had to reverse the support, and toda a senior lawmaker says the syria government is now incapable of functioning properly. just before the meeting with the russian foreign minister, secretary clinton insisted that the united states and russia share common goals in the region. >> trying hard to work hard with russia to stop the bloodshed in syria and begin a political transition to a post asad future the pressure against the regime in and aroundamascus seems to be increasing. lou: at home, leon pa net fa issuing the -- panetta issuinghe sharpest warning yet. >> the president of t united states made it clear there will be consequences. there will be consequences if the assad regime makes a terrible mistake by using chemical weapons on their own people. lou: neither the white house or pentagon elaborating on what the cons -- consequences would be, but having russia back them uld be a determined outcome made by the promise of president ob

in the center by syria. syria has a very important location. this is why if they left syria to be controlled by iran as the asad regime is doing, they will lose their battle. i can see right now -- syria has become an open ground for many wars between the united states, the russians,iran, the saudis. we try to avoid that from the beginning. we do not need syrians to play the role of the victims of the international and proxy wars. the policies of the regime puts syria and such a position right now. i think right now the focus of the syrian people to get rid of the assad regime. their responsibilities of in the future will be to build the government that has good relationships with all the nations and at the same time the desires of the syrian people to have a free country. >> thank you. i would like to leave it to you to sum up in one minute. >>thank you for hosting me at som -- such an important time for the syrian people. i hope all of us here can play a role. we hope that the obama administration will put