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we are really a syrian generation. this is exactly what we expect from you to help us and we are really thankful. >> well, thank thank you very m. we have some very good material to work with if they think this group has made clear. rami, you mentioned the importance of communicating ideas to the syrian people themselves. and that is something we are attentive to and have begun to develop strategies as part of our project. and rafif jouejati has been centrally involved in one of the staffers with the support of the swiss ministry of foreign affairs and perhaps you'd like to take a minute to tell this group about one of the frameworks we have developed to communicate ideas from the project inside of syria. >> certainly, thank you. we are working with the union of free syrian student who have a network of approximately 80 branches throughout the country. they have the document and are circulating it to different communities. but in addition to that, we have developed a communications campaign that will be rolling out in
we are really a syrian generation. this is exactly what we expect from you to help us and we are really thankful. >> well, thank thank you very m. we have some very good material to work with if they think this group has made clear. rami, you mentioned the importance of communicating ideas to the syrian people themselves. and that is something we are attentive to and have begun to develop strategies as part of our project. and rafif jouejati has been centrally involved in one of the...
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our syrians prepared to accept it? >> are syrians prepared? glsh an material peace keeping. >> syrian public opinion is like any public opinion in the world. it's divided. you have many people who want an intervention immediately in order to stop the uprising and so you people calling for no-fly zones and you have people calling for safe haven and you have nobody wanting intervention. it is advise on this question but i think they are all united that the -- it needs to stop immediately. we have now an average of over 150 people civilians killed every day. and it is absolutely outrageous over the international community that 19 months on is continuous debate what it do and whatnot to codo. >> thank you. and our final question from twitter. i'll direct -- the day after project has a strong focus on accountability. would the projects supporters also support referrals to the international criminal court that might also implicate the free syrian army. >> in fact in the document we recommend that that subscribing to human rights is not exclusive to
our syrians prepared to accept it? >> are syrians prepared? glsh an material peace keeping. >> syrian public opinion is like any public opinion in the world. it's divided. you have many people who want an intervention immediately in order to stop the uprising and so you people calling for no-fly zones and you have people calling for safe haven and you have nobody wanting intervention. it is advise on this question but i think they are all united that the -- it needs to stop...
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sometimes people don't remind you we're talking about the syrian civil war. my only go back to you in new york here there was a bit of a blow out there about what's the nature of democracy in this conflict here and you disagreed from so go ahead you can finish up your point i think i think this this conflict is also about democracy and the syrian people who are fighting for their right to vote in their own country and not to live under a one party system i also disagree with flint and the things that he says that this is the same as what america did in libya you can compare american involvement in libya which involved using fighter bomber jets and nato to what is happening in syria and i think america's actually taking the right choice by backing what is happening in syria and in terms of iran well the arab spring has been a disaster from the beginning for iran we saw what happened of the tehran on the line moved the one in there and basically backed the syrian people against the iranian regime's point of view and this is just going to cause this current tren
sometimes people don't remind you we're talking about the syrian civil war. my only go back to you in new york here there was a bit of a blow out there about what's the nature of democracy in this conflict here and you disagreed from so go ahead you can finish up your point i think i think this this conflict is also about democracy and the syrian people who are fighting for their right to vote in their own country and not to live under a one party system i also disagree with flint and the...
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were killed after syrian mortar fire. turkey says that syria has now apologized for that incident and has promised it would not happen again. >> it is a small turkish town bordering war-torn syria. it has come under the line of fire. syrian borders struck a residential neighborhood, killing five civilians -- syrian mortars struck a residential neighborhood, killing five civilians. cross-border buyer has struck 37 times since the start of the syrian uprising -- cross-border fire has struck turkey several times since the start of the syrian uprising. the government says this bill is not a declaration of war against syria. >> turkey is not a country that wants war. it is a country that wants peace, but we're also a part of a country that is visible -- capable of doing what is necessary when a dictatorial regime violates the sovereignty of our country. >> turkey is ramping up its military presence along the syrian border. turkish troops launched retaliatory strikes on thursday, targeting syrian bases in the region. the deadly
were killed after syrian mortar fire. turkey says that syria has now apologized for that incident and has promised it would not happen again. >> it is a small turkish town bordering war-torn syria. it has come under the line of fire. syrian borders struck a residential neighborhood, killing five civilians -- syrian mortars struck a residential neighborhood, killing five civilians. cross-border buyer has struck 37 times since the start of the syrian uprising -- cross-border fire has struck...
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are syrians prepared to accept this >> are syrians prepared to accept >> syrian public opinion is very divided. and so you do have many people who want an intervention immediately in order to stop the blood loss and you have those calling for no-fly zones and you have people who don't want any intervention at all. so syrian public opinion is divided on this question. but i think they are all united that the bloodshed needs to stop immediately. we have an average of over 150 people civilians killed every day. and it is absolutely outrageous over the international community that 19 months on it continues to debate what to do and whatnot to do. >> and our final question from twitter, the day after project has hay strong focus on accountability. but would the project's supporters also support referrals to the international criminal court that might also imp kate the free syrian army? >> in fact in the document we recommend that subscribing to human right social security not exclusive to one side. that if there have been violations by either side that we need to be accountability and many s
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that money weapons are being funneled through turkey to the syrian armed opposition sort turkey is in the thick of things turkey has been trying to unify a very very fragmented syrian opposition so far too little success but sending troops turkish troops over the border into syria is a whole different dimension ok maggie if i go to you in tampa do you think the syrians want the turks to blink because they know nato doesn't really want to get involved in this at least overtly. to bluff well. yeah that's a good question peter let me just go back to your previous question i would agree with your friend with with the other guests from turkey i think syria is some sort of potential vietnam for turkey i don't think their key would want to intervene in syria militarily for now at least because intervening in syria they would get turkey sucked into the syria sucked into a sectarian war in syria and that would backlash in turkey because of the issue of the kurds might do bill against turkey my unify with the kurds in syria and also there would be a proxy war between iran we should also bring i
that money weapons are being funneled through turkey to the syrian armed opposition sort turkey is in the thick of things turkey has been trying to unify a very very fragmented syrian opposition so far too little success but sending troops turkish troops over the border into syria is a whole different dimension ok maggie if i go to you in tampa do you think the syrians want the turks to blink because they know nato doesn't really want to get involved in this at least overtly. to bluff well....
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they call themselves the free syrian army. their commander, abu bakri, said they now controlled half the city but that government forces were advancing. >> (translated): the day before yesterday, there was increased artillery shelling and shooting of mortars and mig planes attacked. we've retreated to create a second defensive line so we can counterattack. >> narrator: abu bakri never expected to be a rebel commander. >> (translated): i finished compulsory military service in 2006, and by allah's grace went on to study economics at the university of aleppo. that was me until the revolution started. >> takbir. >> allahu akbar. >> takbir. >> allahu akbar. >> narrator: ghaith continued his journey into aleppo. abu bakri said god willing he'd see him on the front line in two days. >> we are being smuggled into aleppo by rebels and activists. we're taking a long route through side streets, through residential neighborhoods and through villages, and it's a very complicated process. we have scouts moving ahead of us. we crossed a cou
they call themselves the free syrian army. their commander, abu bakri, said they now controlled half the city but that government forces were advancing. >> (translated): the day before yesterday, there was increased artillery shelling and shooting of mortars and mig planes attacked. we've retreated to create a second defensive line so we can counterattack. >> narrator: abu bakri never expected to be a rebel commander. >> (translated): i finished compulsory military service in...
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expert on turkey and an associate fellow at chapman house and in tampa we cross to day he is an iranian syrian expert and visiting scholar at the university of california santa barbara ok mark if i go to you first in london we're told from turkey the worst case scenario is being played out now of course that means war between the two countries how close are we to that or is that just rhetoric right now. well i think when you can say it's the worst as we know from shakespeare the worst is not yet and i'm afraid i think things could get a great deal worse the illusion is perhaps that if a powerful military state like turkey intervened it would produce a collapse of this regime quickly and this would then produce peace i'm not so sure that would happen i think there are complications yes the turkish army forces much more powerful than a syrian army that is sorely stretched fighting a rebellion but on the other hand whether you would pacify the country or simply produce new tensions including tensions with after all the old imperial part turkey i think is really open to question and if we think ab
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would happen i think there are complications yes the turkish army forces much more powerful than a syrian army that is sorely stretched fighting a rebellion but on the other hand whether you would pacify the country or simply produce new tensions including tensions with after all the old imperial power turkey i think is really open to question and if we think about past presidents thirty years ago the israelis entered lebanon to suppress the p.l.o. they had yet been where they were and they were greeted by people in the south liberation as from the p.l.o. from the palestinians who were disliked by the ships but a few months later the sharks decided they didn't like the israeli liberators and that runs to the present day so there's always a danger that you can intervene to act as a liberator only to discover that the people who you liberated turned out not to be grateful ok and i did talk about that and the nato element a little bit later father do you think that the turks really want to go this far or do you think they're going to have their western allies backing them up ok empty rhetori
would happen i think there are complications yes the turkish army forces much more powerful than a syrian army that is sorely stretched fighting a rebellion but on the other hand whether you would pacify the country or simply produce new tensions including tensions with after all the old imperial power turkey i think is really open to question and if we think about past presidents thirty years ago the israelis entered lebanon to suppress the p.l.o. they had yet been where they were and they...
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presidents have been reporting fire overnight coming straight from the syrian lebanon border you have to understand that their supporters really close to this village right here is syria in fact is right behind me the group of several identified men have opened fire from the lebanese side towards syria and. the syrian army has responded of course the situation in syria continues to be highly unstable despite the efforts by the international community to broker some sort of ceasefire between syrian government forces and the opposition groups and the situation is being intensified by the fact that the various fighting groups in syria continue to receive shipments of arms coming in from across the border not with just turkey which was reported earlier but also with lebanon now the details of how those arms and up in syria in the hands of extremists groups here is a report from marty's enough. training for war getting ready for battle and possibly their doubts these young recruits are preparing for what their instructors called a campaign to rid syria of tyranny. some of these student to
presidents have been reporting fire overnight coming straight from the syrian lebanon border you have to understand that their supporters really close to this village right here is syria in fact is right behind me the group of several identified men have opened fire from the lebanese side towards syria and. the syrian army has responded of course the situation in syria continues to be highly unstable despite the efforts by the international community to broker some sort of ceasefire between...
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yeah the situation is awfully miserable especially for us the syrians who come to. outside this region it's safer in the situation is better everything is secured for the other refugees they have refrigerators food televisions everything here we have nothing at all we don't have work either it's a catastrophe. no help from lebanon he says and no way to return home. we are stuck in between we don't feel safe neither from the syrian army nor from the red. carpet. has registered nearly seventy thousand syrian refugees but their number is set to soar the u.n. warns that the syrian refugee population could more than double before the end of the year today there are just under three hundred thousand syrian refugees in the form a boring countries and the prime provides for up to over seven hundred thousand this means is an additional four hundred thousand the question is whether syria's neighbors can absorb the incoming wave already cracks are showing riots erupted last week at the un runs attari refugee camp in jordan police fired tear gas to quell the uprising by syrians
yeah the situation is awfully miserable especially for us the syrians who come to. outside this region it's safer in the situation is better everything is secured for the other refugees they have refrigerators food televisions everything here we have nothing at all we don't have work either it's a catastrophe. no help from lebanon he says and no way to return home. we are stuck in between we don't feel safe neither from the syrian army nor from the red. carpet. has registered nearly seventy...
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the syrian government with new sanctions. on fresh on rest in bahrain with fierce clashes between police and protesters ahead of tuesday's appeal hearing for jailed a human rights activist a. global news live from moscow city center this is with me will receive shai the dream of independence that has lived in the hearts of many scottish people for centuries is now moving a step closer to reality of the u.k.'s prime minister and scotland's leader now meeting it. set to sign a deal paving the way for a referendum on breaking away by the end of two thousand and fourteen. reports. we're here on calton hill in edinburgh the city that for decades has been the scene of protest demanding scottish independence now the fils been a long time in the making and concessions have been made by size this natively alex salmond's gaining the rights to sixteen and seventeen year olds to participate in this late in the usa to ensure that this referendum will be legally binding the holy writ is going to be grown says the legal powers to draft up t
the syrian government with new sanctions. on fresh on rest in bahrain with fierce clashes between police and protesters ahead of tuesday's appeal hearing for jailed a human rights activist a. global news live from moscow city center this is with me will receive shai the dream of independence that has lived in the hearts of many scottish people for centuries is now moving a step closer to reality of the u.k.'s prime minister and scotland's leader now meeting it. set to sign a deal paving the way...
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and because we don't feel safe neither from the syrian army nor from the rebels. lebanon has registered nearly seventy thousand syrian refugees but their number is set to soar the u.n. warns that the syrian refugee population could more than double before the end of the year today there are just under three hundred thousand syrian refugees in the form a boring countries and the prime provides for up to over seven hundred thousand this means is an additional four hundred thousand the question is whether syria's neighbors can absorb the incoming wave already cracks. showing riots erupted last week at the un runs attari refugee camp in jordan police fired tear gas to quell the uprising by syrians complaining about poor living conditions it was the worst violence since the facility opened in july. we can't border in the faces of the refugees we have to help them. but help is hard to come by turkey saw its refugee population swell to more than eighty seven thousand people over the past month. or two at least partially shut it's open door policy. less than a hundred met
and because we don't feel safe neither from the syrian army nor from the rebels. lebanon has registered nearly seventy thousand syrian refugees but their number is set to soar the u.n. warns that the syrian refugee population could more than double before the end of the year today there are just under three hundred thousand syrian refugees in the form a boring countries and the prime provides for up to over seven hundred thousand this means is an additional four hundred thousand the question is...
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the turkish army is fairly strong and the syrians are already having trouble fighting the free syrian army why bring in another enemy? >> pelley: hisham melhem, you see it that way to? >> the syrians said they are investigating the accident but obviously we don't know if t exact circumstances. logically one would say assad can't provoke the turks because the turkish army is strong and they can take out the syrian army which is already exhausted. at the same time there are those who would argue that it's in the interest of syria to force the turks to play their hand and even the threat of a regional conflagration could force the international powers, the russians, the iranians, others to push the turks not to help the syrian opposition as we talk now we can talk about a regional conflict albeit on a limited basis. we know iranians are sending technicians, trainers -- >> warner: you say it's already starting. >> of course, and we know for a fact that that hezbollah in lebanon is sending also trainers and people to help the syrian army and then, of course, we have the latest worrisome de
the turkish army is fairly strong and the syrians are already having trouble fighting the free syrian army why bring in another enemy? >> pelley: hisham melhem, you see it that way to? >> the syrians said they are investigating the accident but obviously we don't know if t exact circumstances. logically one would say assad can't provoke the turks because the turkish army is strong and they can take out the syrian army which is already exhausted. at the same time there are those who...
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to cross-talk the syrian inferno i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international relations at penn state university in new york we have meyer javedanfar he is a middle east analyst and lecturer at the interdisciplinary center in herts libya and in beirut we crossed and i am salam he is an associate professor and co-founder of the faculty of international affairs and diplomacy at notre dame university lebannon all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it there is talk of some kind of ceasefire going on among the stakeholders in the region around syria including in syria what are your feelings as a negotiated end to this conflict still possible because looks like a lot of people are digging their heels in and a lot of people the rebels do not want to talk so where do you think we stand right now about a peaceful negotiation. well we're not in a good place but i think that a negotiated political settlement remains the only way out of the mess. obviously bastardry he mean his role as the u.n. an
to cross-talk the syrian inferno i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international relations at penn state university in new york we have meyer javedanfar he is a middle east analyst and lecturer at the interdisciplinary center in herts libya and in beirut we crossed and i am salam he is an associate professor and co-founder of the faculty of international affairs and diplomacy at notre dame university lebannon all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means...
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slaps the syrian government with new sanctions. and one man stuck in the siege of the libyan opposition's last stronghold tells us here at r t the supplies in bani walid simply running out. worldwide news to live from moscow this is artsy with me rule research showing the u.k. is a prime minister and scotland's leader have signed an historic deal paving the way for a referendum on breaking away by the end of two thousand and fourteen details now from r.t. sarah. prime minister david cameron met here in edinburgh today with first minister alex salmond they signed the memorandum of understanding ahead of the referendum for scotland's independence to be held in the autumn of twenty forty now that is going to focus around a single question is the prime minister said today is that the biggest question of all will be settled a set for scotland or a united kingdom now that this is being used in the coming long wrangling lots of consultations but now all sides are going to be able to get a food and they're going to be wanting to set forth
slaps the syrian government with new sanctions. and one man stuck in the siege of the libyan opposition's last stronghold tells us here at r t the supplies in bani walid simply running out. worldwide news to live from moscow this is artsy with me rule research showing the u.k. is a prime minister and scotland's leader have signed an historic deal paving the way for a referendum on breaking away by the end of two thousand and fourteen details now from r.t. sarah. prime minister david cameron met...
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green light to military operations beyond the country's borders after wednesday's deadly shelling from syrian territory. also as the west rushes to blame president the sad for the cross border violence moscow calls for a strength on both sides but highlights the lack of global condemnation from the turners and killed dozens in aleppo. and after the rub says protesters stormed the greek defense ministry later showed despair in the struggling country. eight pm thursday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us mimes kevin i mean this is r t live for the top stories and first turkey's parliament or throws the military to engage in cross border armed operations following the shelling of a town from syrian territory on wednesday meantime tension on the border is worsening too with turkey renewing its for a tell a tree shelling of its war torn neighbor for a second day artie's middle east correspondent as the latest. as expected the turkish parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the wising military operations in syria what this does mean is that it now has given the green light fo
green light to military operations beyond the country's borders after wednesday's deadly shelling from syrian territory. also as the west rushes to blame president the sad for the cross border violence moscow calls for a strength on both sides but highlights the lack of global condemnation from the turners and killed dozens in aleppo. and after the rub says protesters stormed the greek defense ministry later showed despair in the struggling country. eight pm thursday night here in moscow...
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support this initiative it really remains to be seen whether other players not just players in the syrian opposition but whether other regional players whether the gulf arab states this would be prepared to support this and use their influence with opposition groups will the united states support this this would require a significant change in direction for the united states for the gulf arab states to support this kind of initiative but it is really the only way out in beirut what do you think about that i mean we've heard about you know negotiations before and they've always fallen apart so how realistic is it this time. first of all war in syria is a primarily western nato war on syria it is not the primarily a civil war it is a part of clear and tangentially a civil war which was used and exploited by what sort of power by nato ally turkey to syria into western policy and to bring down that assad regime so what on syria is drive by is a west to control is through syria and our board using turkey is a new islamist regime in turkey the new islamist regime in egypt in libya as well as in
support this initiative it really remains to be seen whether other players not just players in the syrian opposition but whether other regional players whether the gulf arab states this would be prepared to support this and use their influence with opposition groups will the united states support this this would require a significant change in direction for the united states for the gulf arab states to support this kind of initiative but it is really the only way out in beirut what do you think...
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syrians have struck down a turkish jet in. june and at that time turkey decided to retaliate to. the response to any syrian it would harm turkish people or turkish borders so this was sort of a continuation of this decision but no at the moment when we are we are having this dialogue here in the turkish parliament there is abuse talks about a motion that would give. the turkish government to send troops to syria now mr check it out that i believe that it's i believe that if the syrian government is trying to engage in a cross border conflict why while it's locked up in a bloody civil war where that the step may spark military intervention continue in that fashion. i mean i personally do not think that desir eon government wants turkey to sort of. intervene in the kountry i do guess that this is this is a very sad mistake of the syrian army when they are when they are having clashes having war against the opposition meet yes but. but at the end i mean five turkish citizens have lost their lives three of them being children two of them being of him and so i do i do expect i mean i
syrians have struck down a turkish jet in. june and at that time turkey decided to retaliate to. the response to any syrian it would harm turkish people or turkish borders so this was sort of a continuation of this decision but no at the moment when we are we are having this dialogue here in the turkish parliament there is abuse talks about a motion that would give. the turkish government to send troops to syria now mr check it out that i believe that it's i believe that if the syrian...
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meanwhile in syria the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing forty eight iranians they kidnapped in august they claim their captives are revolutionary guards iran says they're pilgrims and the threat would be carried out of the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to release rebels fighters and stop the shelling now for more on this i'm joined by john laughlin from the periscopes institute of democracy and cooperation. with a lot and good to see you today thanks very much for coming on the program what do you make of the opposition's methods here first terror attacks and now threats to kill hostages for a different country well i think it does underline the nature of at least some elements within the syrian rebels who of course are presented in most of the western media as freedom fighters if they were to carry out their threat to execute these hostages and i think people would understand that we are dealing with a very vicious insurgency and one which any state would be intitled and indeed obliged to try to put down. this isn't the first time that they have done
meanwhile in syria the free syrian army says in two days they could start executing forty eight iranians they kidnapped in august they claim their captives are revolutionary guards iran says they're pilgrims and the threat would be carried out of the syrian regime does not fulfill demands to release rebels fighters and stop the shelling now for more on this i'm joined by john laughlin from the periscopes institute of democracy and cooperation. with a lot and good to see you today thanks very...
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what the syrian calls are turkey should allegations that the syrian are plain was carrying out munition. and some other sort of military cargo as absolutely un troops stressing that the plane was not carrying anything illegal so far the tricky side hasn't provided any evidence proving this statement in response to see where garrioch uses a secret keys to turkey also piracy over the detention off its clean l.a. to on wednesday meanwhile a russian airport representatives from where the plane a initially departed to damascus was out that's of the customs and the security did not so find anything suspicious before the planes take off and now the documents coming from the airport have already been handed to officials for a further inspection meanwhile back in july this near moscow nouns that it had stopped old old military supplies that to syria again of this incident took place late on wednesday when having departed from one of the moscow airports syrian air passenger plane that was carrying thirty seven people on board was heading to damascus when as soon as it crossed the turkish border t
what the syrian calls are turkey should allegations that the syrian are plain was carrying out munition. and some other sort of military cargo as absolutely un troops stressing that the plane was not carrying anything illegal so far the tricky side hasn't provided any evidence proving this statement in response to see where garrioch uses a secret keys to turkey also piracy over the detention off its clean l.a. to on wednesday meanwhile a russian airport representatives from where the plane a...
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well as expected syrian foreign minister walid. spoke at length about the ongoing eighteen month civil war taking place in his country he accused the u.s. france turkey saudi arabia and qatar of inducing and aiding terrorism in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the calls that western countries are making for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country but he says it's also a blatant interference into syria's domestic affairs he said this success of any international effort in syria would require countries including turkey saudi arabia qatar and libya to stop arming funding in training the syrian opposition and to rather encourage dialogue so the syrian foreign minister will lead of course dressing the world body on the last and final day of the un general assembly he says that he is calling for a political solution and syrian led dialogue to agree on a roadmap to a more pool player wrist stick a
well as expected syrian foreign minister walid. spoke at length about the ongoing eighteen month civil war taking place in his country he accused the u.s. france turkey saudi arabia and qatar of inducing and aiding terrorism in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the calls that western countries are making for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country but he...
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light to military operations beyond the country's borders following wednesday's deadly shelling from syrian territory. as the west rushes to blame president assad for the cross border violence moscow calls for restraint on both sides and highlights the lack of global condemnation for the terrorism that's killed dozens in aleppo. and athens rudd says police used tear gas at protesters who tried to storm the greek defense ministry in the later show of despair in a struggling country. pm thursday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us this is r.t. live i'm kevin now in first turkey's parliament thought authorize the military to engage in cross border armed operations following the shelling of a town from syrian territory a wednesday meanwhile tension on the border is worsening too with turkey renewing its retaliatory shelling of its war torn neighbor for a second day of his middle east correspondent paula sleep brings you the latest. as expected the turkish parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the wising military operations in syria what this does mean is that it now has
light to military operations beyond the country's borders following wednesday's deadly shelling from syrian territory. as the west rushes to blame president assad for the cross border violence moscow calls for restraint on both sides and highlights the lack of global condemnation for the terrorism that's killed dozens in aleppo. and athens rudd says police used tear gas at protesters who tried to storm the greek defense ministry in the later show of despair in a struggling country. pm thursday...
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refused to condemn terror attacks on syrian territory the u.n. security council always stresses that there is no excuse for terrorism and the fact of their western colleagues refrain from that position now regarding what terrorists do in syria is a very worrying signal. now is specially in light of recent events with of the turkish parliament agreeing that they're allowed to use military across the border into syria two important focal points number one the international community has to acknowledge that there is terrorist activity in syria and number two syria and turkey need to open their lines of communication and discuss things so things don't get out of hand well because we thought so no one have a nice has an opinion from the u.s. michael maloof say he's a former pentagon official who joins us from washington. and your view what are the chances of turkey's decision turning into more action and if you did out so much that you think. i think turkey's going to be very very cautious if you look at the example of the shoot down of the aircraft t
refused to condemn terror attacks on syrian territory the u.n. security council always stresses that there is no excuse for terrorism and the fact of their western colleagues refrain from that position now regarding what terrorists do in syria is a very worrying signal. now is specially in light of recent events with of the turkish parliament agreeing that they're allowed to use military across the border into syria two important focal points number one the international community has to...
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syrians have seen this. it is an interesting technique to subscribe to the norms while it questions people severely whereby let me. >> good morning. i am with talk radio news service. thank you for saying it is of blueprint, a work in progress. i appreciate that. you have talked about a range of internal issues. what concerns have you addressed with syria's role with concern this could be a safe haven for the contention this is a domestic issue?
syrians have seen this. it is an interesting technique to subscribe to the norms while it questions people severely whereby let me. >> good morning. i am with talk radio news service. thank you for saying it is of blueprint, a work in progress. i appreciate that. you have talked about a range of internal issues. what concerns have you addressed with syria's role with concern this could be a safe haven for the contention this is a domestic issue?
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michael maloof says turkey's entry into the syrian conflict could be a set up. you've got opposition forces there there and they are desperate. low on ammunition there and i think they would love to have turkey get into the get into the fight they're moving they've moved their headquarters from turkey into to syria and that's going to set up a logistical problem for them in coordination with forces inside of turkey to bring in more ammunition and and logistics to back them up but it would be an easier way than to set up a situation where where you bring turkey into the into the fight and in order to provide that kind of. i don't rule that out. and that's all of us working there in that in that region there they're very very good at that kind of. at the u.n. syria's envoy expresses government sympathies of the turkish casualties and also to surance is that an investigation is under way at the same time he called on syria's neighbors including turkey to stop a terrorist infiltrating into the conflict torn country across the border artie's marina but neither has th
michael maloof says turkey's entry into the syrian conflict could be a set up. you've got opposition forces there there and they are desperate. low on ammunition there and i think they would love to have turkey get into the get into the fight they're moving they've moved their headquarters from turkey into to syria and that's going to set up a logistical problem for them in coordination with forces inside of turkey to bring in more ammunition and and logistics to back them up but it would be an...
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syrian mentality. he is working on a step-by-step approach, rather than trying to find a global solution, which was the case with kofi and on -- with kofi annan, and he failed. >> we will see if a lesson lasts longer than this holiday. thank you for joining us. in mecca, the hajj is getting under way, and participating in the pilgrimages the religious highlight for many muslims. >> with the break of dawn, the pilgrims from around the world gathered to say there morning prayer. this is where the prophet mohammed is said to have given his last sermon. officials say more than 3 million muslims are performing the haj this year. >> in europe, the issue of asylum seekers is once again at the top of the agenda. >> the interior ministers of the european union met on thursday to talk about what's many politic -- was so many politicians say is a major problem. the german interior minister is calling for much tighter rules in processing applications for asylum, most of which come from sinti and roma. >> this come
syrian mentality. he is working on a step-by-step approach, rather than trying to find a global solution, which was the case with kofi and on -- with kofi annan, and he failed. >> we will see if a lesson lasts longer than this holiday. thank you for joining us. in mecca, the hajj is getting under way, and participating in the pilgrimages the religious highlight for many muslims. >> with the break of dawn, the pilgrims from around the world gathered to say there morning prayer. this...
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pro hezbollah people are cheek by jowl with people who are anti syrian. law i mean you know you have that sort of compromise. and it seems to me you know far more likely that instead of being replaced by a pro has. or pro syrian figure you would get somebody of the same ilk as well as the possibility of course of course he was president of a change of government a new prime minister there are who you surround that's my point. in the fact that that he would be replaced by someone who is the same political thought as as as. there's no doubt about that but what you're doing is you're sending a message that the next guy is going to be the more careful about upsetting syria it's really the same thing with it's a very interesting point it was a smart what do you think about ok what do you think about we just an interesting exchange i think it's important but yes i think it's very interesting about what we need to actually look deeper into the identity and the function of mr have found is that we somehow fran was was the was the mediator in fact he was an intell
pro hezbollah people are cheek by jowl with people who are anti syrian. law i mean you know you have that sort of compromise. and it seems to me you know far more likely that instead of being replaced by a pro has. or pro syrian figure you would get somebody of the same ilk as well as the possibility of course of course he was president of a change of government a new prime minister there are who you surround that's my point. in the fact that that he would be replaced by someone who is the same...
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well yes yes it's bad for lebanon and any any any involvement of the lebanese in the syrian conflict is bad for lebanon are it on the side of the regime or on the side of the rabble i just want to say that you know the there has always been a call that russia can play a bigger role and and that russia has. interests in syria and therefore it should play a bigger role and but i think it's a bit misleading because the there are two sides of the story so well the russians the iranians the chinese and their g.m. are saying that the americans and the europeans and the and the western community can do can do more by stopping the smuggling of weapons by pushing the saudis the qataris the turks and the and their allies to stop smuggling weapons into syria and i disagree that the americans are not taking the full opportunity there taken a full opportunity and the evidence is that the as the other guest said from beirut that the the rebel groups are getting stronger yes they're getting stronger in terms of military equipment also i mean the today the year doubled. as was the case in afghanista
well yes yes it's bad for lebanon and any any any involvement of the lebanese in the syrian conflict is bad for lebanon are it on the side of the regime or on the side of the rabble i just want to say that you know the there has always been a call that russia can play a bigger role and and that russia has. interests in syria and therefore it should play a bigger role and but i think it's a bit misleading because the there are two sides of the story so well the russians the iranians the chinese...
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up reports now from smuggling spot on the syrian border . training for war getting ready for battle and possibly their deaths these young recruits are preparing for what their instructors call a campaign to rid syria of tyranny. some of these student to be fighters haven't even held a gun until now. this is the first time i use weapons there was no need for them before the revolution now we carry weapons to get rid of assad. weapons have yet to topple the government of president bashar al assad but they're flowing into the country with ease it's a trend that has some officials worried those who will provide arms to either side are only a contributing to for the majority and the risk of unintended consequences porous borders with its neighbors make the flow of arms almost impossible to stop and lebanon's town of is one of the main gateways behind me is the way to one of the illegal border crossings between lebanon and syria weapons fighters and supplies go in to syria while refugees fleeing the violence come out but by no means is this a safe
up reports now from smuggling spot on the syrian border . training for war getting ready for battle and possibly their deaths these young recruits are preparing for what their instructors call a campaign to rid syria of tyranny. some of these student to be fighters haven't even held a gun until now. this is the first time i use weapons there was no need for them before the revolution now we carry weapons to get rid of assad. weapons have yet to topple the government of president bashar al assad...
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the syrian conflict isn't bowling kurdish rebels it is related to of course. the kurds have now much more money of the room they control certain parts and. in the history in the last thirty years the kurds have never been strong peculiar i mean has never been those strong to harm the turkish government and turkish army and also get such a large space where they can move together with the other to this group so be it in syria or in northern iraq. coming up for you later this hour freedom of speech gets a new meaning in your world iran learns a lesson in censorship from the e.u.'s satellite providers gal goals two dozen of its state t.v. and radio stations. leaders are to hold yet another crisis summit in brussels while the country's worst hit by a canonic troubles witness a wave of fresh strikes triggered by harsh spending cuts thousands of spanish students marched in cities across the country wrapping up three days of industrial action against the slashing of the budgets for education that is dritte prepares to pass e.u. for another aid package to save its eco
the syrian conflict isn't bowling kurdish rebels it is related to of course. the kurds have now much more money of the room they control certain parts and. in the history in the last thirty years the kurds have never been strong peculiar i mean has never been those strong to harm the turkish government and turkish army and also get such a large space where they can move together with the other to this group so be it in syria or in northern iraq. coming up for you later this hour freedom of...
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talking about how the syrian conflict is spilling over into the region. to go back to fight in london you know i find it really quite curious if not hypocritical that a lot of western media criticizes syria for violating turkey's territorial sovereignty but it's serious territory is being violated all the time but no one likes to talk about that go ahead. i think it's quite normal in the middle east to have double and triple standards but that's something usual in the case of for example turkey turkey normally complained that the kurdistan workers party at the peak a key which is currently located in northern in the mountains of northern iraq infiltrate into turkey and used to complain about that to iraq and especially the kurdish leadership quite substantially. now we see that now we see that turkey is hosting the free syrian army and helping them to carry out attacks inside syria against the assad regime so we always see this double standard take place in the region that is normal and that's to be expected of the should it should an american and western
talking about how the syrian conflict is spilling over into the region. to go back to fight in london you know i find it really quite curious if not hypocritical that a lot of western media criticizes syria for violating turkey's territorial sovereignty but it's serious territory is being violated all the time but no one likes to talk about that go ahead. i think it's quite normal in the middle east to have double and triple standards but that's something usual in the case of for example turkey...
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not to make a fatal mistake and that is a quote from him and taste his resolve the syrians for their side has apologized for those what is interesting is that you need to realize that these waters that are being fired from syria into turkey all close range missiles now they are coming from territory that is controlled by the syrian rebels so this is why many are suggesting that perhaps they are being fired on purpose they're being fired to provoke the situation and create a false flag operation now the reasoning behind this could be that turkey for some time has been calling for a no fly zone it might be provoked into calling for foreign intervention and for nato to get involved in fact we've heard some rebel leaders in exile call for this although the majority of exiles in the majority of syrians are against this but the situation intensifying on the ground and everyone concerned that we could see this border tension is collating to some kind of regional conflict the battle certainly is intensifying the latest there's a video that has now been released by the syrian rebels we have n
not to make a fatal mistake and that is a quote from him and taste his resolve the syrians for their side has apologized for those what is interesting is that you need to realize that these waters that are being fired from syria into turkey all close range missiles now they are coming from territory that is controlled by the syrian rebels so this is why many are suggesting that perhaps they are being fired on purpose they're being fired to provoke the situation and create a false flag operation...
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syrians and the soviet union had a long standing relationship. not always fruitful seeing eye-to-eye. there is a bureaucratic institution was asian that is hard to change at all levels of the bureaucracy. diplomats have ties. you cannot say we will just quit. in addition to eaton is running for policy. there were disagreements between him and medvedev when he was president. he abstained on the security council vote on libya. putin was very critical. there was a flip between the two. putin started to research and self by fall 2011 and foreign policy that russian had vetoed successive attempts to take action against the syrian regime. that was the resolution to protect civilians that nato and the u.s. used it to unseat muammar qaddafi. also i rio violent tangible issue. they see the protests that occurred in russia earlier in the year against to 10 days see the hand of the non state says why they kicked out the ngo organizations supported by the u.s. and last few days. he sees his position similar. they don't like change in the middle east a few u.
syrians and the soviet union had a long standing relationship. not always fruitful seeing eye-to-eye. there is a bureaucratic institution was asian that is hard to change at all levels of the bureaucracy. diplomats have ties. you cannot say we will just quit. in addition to eaton is running for policy. there were disagreements between him and medvedev when he was president. he abstained on the security council vote on libya. putin was very critical. there was a flip between the two. putin...
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reports that syrian soldiers may have been killed. now this report. >> the shelling of the turkish border town by syrian forces is a cause for deep anxiety. it's not the first time turkish territory has been hit by fire from syria, but the latest incident was the most serious. five civilians were killed. >> the dead people are my next- door neighbors who had been psychologically ruin during the past month and a half, adults and children. we cannot sleep overnight with the bombardment. >> turkey has strongly condemned the action by syria yesterday. it has taken the case to nato. in retaliation for the shelling, turkey has bombed a syrian army post. britain opposes foreign secretary, attending a conference in hungary today, says the longer the conflict in syria, the greater the danger. >> we all want to make sure there's no escalation of this incident. i think the response from turkey is circumstances. i want to express our solidarity with turkey, our valued nato partner, but we don't want to see an escalation from either side of the bo
reports that syrian soldiers may have been killed. now this report. >> the shelling of the turkish border town by syrian forces is a cause for deep anxiety. it's not the first time turkish territory has been hit by fire from syria, but the latest incident was the most serious. five civilians were killed. >> the dead people are my next- door neighbors who had been psychologically ruin during the past month and a half, adults and children. we cannot sleep overnight with the...
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channel syrian used to be which where were. some journalists and where the news building was the take to also in the end of june this year so what i ask where are the organizations where are the organizations moralist. or where are they protesting against the sections and i ask myself something else i have being in syria as a journalist the horse ahead of us i was in the masters and what i can say i met a lot of journalists who were not reporting consistent to the syrian government cause they were not detained they were knocking at their feet we are free to virtually this country so you see that there is a huge difference how do you know this murder in syria and the monster huge difference in the risk. as a conflict drags on that is not only syrians living inside the water in the country that have been us across the border in israel to pipe territory one a community of syrians advice in tough times it's vital trade with damascus has now dried out more on that. green party candidate jill stein was arrested for trying to enter th
channel syrian used to be which where were. some journalists and where the news building was the take to also in the end of june this year so what i ask where are the organizations where are the organizations moralist. or where are they protesting against the sections and i ask myself something else i have being in syria as a journalist the horse ahead of us i was in the masters and what i can say i met a lot of journalists who were not reporting consistent to the syrian government cause they...