israel prevented him from getting the rockets provided by alone to do that israel is trying to stop hizbollah from committing in the future as genocide. can you explain why israel was very quiet after these attacks there is no official statement there seems to be no tangible evidence of intelligence that that's exactly the reason why it was attacking these targets because of the threat of hezbollah bombs you could be accused of course all of the international war by attacking a country within forty eight hours two attacks in just forty eight hours over the weekend are you not in breach of international law. look again i don't speak on behalf of the israeli government but i can. hazard a guess at some of the points and reasons of the quiet on israeli site the question of international law is kind of amusing when it's being pointed at israel as if israel was breaking international law have a look what's going on happen to look at what's going on in syria today you have eighty thousand people killed you have over a million refugees you have over four point two million refugees and that

military into the regional conflict has there been any escalation against israel for israel to react has there been any military action has. been attacked by any of side whether it be hostile or whether it be syria whether it be housed israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give you a ride to war doesn't give the justification. for such escalation i think you have to put all the pieces of the puzzle together remember that the all of the fuel rather you have a chemical weapons are who was the one which made this first announcement it was bruno the military intelligence israeli official made the announcement about syria using chemical weapons from a very beginning after president obama had served time and again we don't use the red line the succeed thus far in driving to be your worst to war against syria so no i think that we had two incidents there with a reporter but israeli straw. on a convoy and now we have been did an israeli strike on them b

let's get more reaction now on the recent attacks by israel. from something the university in amman well many is speculating that israel is targeting hezbollah militants in preemptive self-defense indeed president obama has said israel's actions are justified if that is the case is that israel's main agenda is that its main goal. well i think it has become clear now that what's going on here is an intervention on the behalf of the muslim brothers and al qaida terrorists who are wreaking havoc on syria it's hard to believe that this pertains soley to hizbullah especially that many an israeli analyst has testified that this is an intervention and the ongoing syrian civil war well we cannot look at this development. and seclusion from what's been going on take for example the fact that israel has three to one that men from the free syrian army take for example the declarations made by many as zionist politicians from netanyahu to praise and recent days praise especially as has emphasized the need to bring down the syrian regime take the fact that

any escalation against israel for israel to react has there been any military action has israel being been attacked by any side whether it be husband law whether it be syria whether it be housed israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give the right to war doesn't give the justification for for such escalation from the very beginning you know when you speak about for example i heard your previous analyst speaking about you know husband lol preventing a second lebanese war as if to say that hezbollah is the one which initiates the war as if to say that israel is a no one which launches the aggressions you are we have that we've been having is ready overflights escalation in level on for around three days you know i'm pretty certain that escalation in two thousand and six it was israel also which was the one which escalated its campaign so any weapons whether they be game changing or not destined to husband law i am to defend lebanon and i am to prev

nations security council resolutions concerning israel when they get anywhere near. cramping israel's ability to carry out the strikes that we've seen lately so at the end of the day i'm sure that the united states would simply veto any u.n. security council resolution with teeth and in a way you can say that perhaps some of these voices in the region know that perfectly well. closely monitoring developments in the region online at www dot com a web site online all the time this is r t live in moscow later find out why dozens of bahraini protesters got fifteen year jail terms and hell europe may day with tear gas and water cannons stores and others after the break. they all see themselves as dying swans in their dreams. but only one in a thousand will ever make it to the top. they're ready to give their lives for the chance to die on stage if only once. not even broken wings can do to them. for generations at the moment ski theater ballet sweat and tears on a. news continues here in a court in bahrain and sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in prison the

israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so that we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give the right to war doesn't give the justification . for such escalation i think you have to put all the pieces of the puzzle together remember that the all of the fuel rather you have a chemical weapons who was the one which made this first announcement that was bruno the military intelligence israeli official made the announcement about syria using chemical weapons from a very beginning after president obama had said time and again that is the red line that didn't succeed thus far in dragging the us to war against syria so now i think that we had two incidents there with i reported the israeli strike on a convoy and now we have indeed an israeli strike on them but i think we have a classical example of what we would call israel trying to manipulate us policy in the middle east israel is going to continue i think with these practices until it drags the us into conflict y. and the reason being that th

for things like the iron dome system a look at the dollar and cents of supporting israel coming up. it's thursday may ninth four pm in washington d.c. and i'm maggie lopez and you are watching our t.v. starting off this hour tens of thousands of student activists flooded the streets of chile yesterday to protest the education system there between thirty seven and eighty thousand students gathered in santiago. concepcion and demanded more affordable education and higher education that is now just recently the chilean government changed the criteria for students to receive federal financial aid the minimum income requirements were raised disqualifying thousands of students from actually. acquiring the aid that they need to pay for college the protests were largely peaceful however there were a few instances where a group of people donning masks actually clashed with police officers there here's a look at the sights and sounds from yesterday's demonstrations. now these protests have been happening intermittently ever since two thousand and eleven but in the lead up to this country's el

nations security council resolutions concerning israel when they get anywhere near. cramping israel's ability to carry out the strikes that we've seen lately so at the end of the day i'm sure that the united states would simply veto any u.n. security council resolution with teeth and in a way you can say that perhaps some of these voices in the region know that perfectly well we're also closely monitoring developments in the region all line at all dot com. live here in moscow with a weekly late to find out why dozens of bahraini protesters got fifteen year jail terms and how europe may day with tear gas and water cannons all this after the break. every detail. every piece of metal. and every one of those who will step on the red square on the ninth of may are ready. for the big three day parade. want the live coverage on r t. critic three. three. three. three. three. three. video for your media project a free media party dot com. he continues here on r.t. a court in bahrain is sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in prison each their all aged between sixt

now syria says israel has effectively declared war after its planes bombed targets in damascus the second airstrike in as many days syrian officials say missile batteries have been pointed at israel and according to unconfirmed reports it will be launched in case israel strikes again syria's state media says israeli rockets targeted a military research center on the outskirts of the capital video footage and i witness accounts suggest of the attacks hit weapons dumps triggering a large explosions syria says a number of people were killed and wounded amid widespread destruction the arab league has condemned the strikes and demanded u.n. security council act to stop any further attacks meanwhile a t.v. station run by a lebanon's hezbollah militant group showed images of what it claims was the site of an israeli air strike in syria this unverified footage was reportedly taken at the site of a military research facility in after the attack but the center itself appears not to have been hit a strike apparently left a major road filled with debris and shell casings artie's middle east correspon

let's get straight to our breaking news on this sunday morning here on syrian state television has said israel bomb syria overnight and this has been confirmed by a u.s. military official that he supposedly targeted a massive military research site in damascus middle east correspondent now has the latest. there's been no immediate comment from israeli officials about this morning's explosions although an israeli military spokeswoman has said that israel does not respond to to quote this kind of a report the u.s. state department has also had no media comment although the israeli embassy in washington has declined to say anything at this stage it's not clear whether or not there are any wounded or did from the small things explosions but syrian state television is reporting that israel launched at least twelve missiles from live in these a space targeting an ammunition depot on the outskirts of the capital city of damascus syrian television says and i'm quoting that the new israeli attack is an attempt to raise the role of terrorist groups obviously the reference to rebel fighters inside that c

she once told them, don't ever go against israel because israel is a nation that was given to them by god. they are the only nation that got recognized as on. they are god's people. if you read the chapter on lbj in my book, you will find that heat lived up to her wishes, so much so that he, like kermit, supported israel against the almost overwhelming opposition of his own cabinet. but it was not only his answer admonition that moved in. the russian leader asked president johnson why he supported israel, he replied because it is the right thing to do. shortly after becoming president, lbj was guest of honor at an austin, texas synagogue where it was revealed that as a congressman he had saved 42 jews from poland and germany and in what was known as operation texas he was said to have saved hundreds more, although the evidence to that is not conclusive. and it a now famous jew who claimed that lbj saved his life was erich leinsdorf became the conductor of the boston symphony jimmy carter, one page. [laughter] there are many more in the book. an interesting character. there is little d

has said that israel syria overnight and this has been confirmed by at least one u.s. military official. supposedly targeted a military research site in damascus that's. the latest on this right now. details. well i wouldn't have described the attack in the early hours of sunday morning as an earthquake and unprecedented unconfirmed reports suggest that as many as four hundred people might have been killed now some are insisting that weaponry that was used was nuclear like people saying that they could smell chemicals in the air syrian state television is firmly putting the blame on the shoulders of israel it says that israel launched twelve missiles from a space targeting an ammunition depot on the outskirts of the syrian capital city damascus according to syrian state television and i'm quoting now the new israeli attack is an attempt to raise the role of terrorist groups of course that is a reference to rebel fighters against the syrian regime some also saying that the attack was coordinated by israel with the help of the syrian rebel forces now hizbullah's i'm not

israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give you a ride to war doesn't give the justification. for such escalation this isn't just an isolated incident but a series of air offenses above a foreign territory why it why is israel being so persistent despite the fact that such military action is a clear violation of international law remember that the all of the fuel of the have a chemical weapons who was the one which made this first announcement it was bruno the military intelligence israeli official made the announcement about syria using chemical weapons from a very beginning after president obama had said time and again that he is the red line that didn't succeed thus far in dragging the us to war against syria so now i think that we had two incidents there with i reported the israeli strike on a convoy and now we have been did an israeli strike on jim but i think we have a classical example of what we would call israel trying to manipulate us p

we will continue to coordinate with israel. >> reporter: israel's military strikes have silent support from many arab countries who have been arming the anti-assad rebellion but they are helping assad hold on to power. according to officials the administration is moving to arming rebel factions themselves, factions vetted by the cia for links to radical islam cysts, this complicates secretary of state kerry's trip to moscow this week as he tries to get him to stop propping up assad. >>> we turn to the war the u.s. is trying to exit after almost 12 years, afghanistan. one of the single deadliest days in recent months for american troops. we have a report from kabul with the latest. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the violence here is escalating as the taliban taliban spring offensive gets underway. on saturday, eight nato service members were killed in three incidents. seven were american, one german. five americans were killed by a road side bomb in the maiwand district in kandahar. and in farah two more americans were killed in an insider attack. an afghan soldier turned his weapon

maybe possibly having them when in fact israel he'd have them and nothing is going to pass in israel that does claiming to defend itself but does that justify building up a new class especially when it has such as anyway such as the u.s. . you know i don't think israel's going to be stopped in the first place as long as they don't attack other countries but clearly i believe that israel has expansionist ideas expansionist dreams in the region and i think israel is very much behind the civil war in syria today so israel really wants to have its cake and eat it too but if you mention expansionist ideas that i mean israel increasing its feats of submarines as we've said capable of carrying and launching missiles with nuclear warheads do you believe they'll for defense purposes any no not at all they're for project power and the heart of a larger global strategy the u.s. and expand nato early seeing these days it's an expansionist power. program and israel and the u.s. are tied together. many arabs and they say israelis don't hold me to the step very briefly what should the international

has said that israel bombed syria overnight and this has been confirmed by a u.s. official that the strike supposedly targeted a military research site in damascus let's join azziz middle east correspondent paula some of the latest on this developing breaking news story paula any comments now from israeli officials in tel aviv regarding this alleged attack. well as you say a western intelligence source says that israel carried out its second day striking days on syria in the early hours of this morning sunday the attack damascus with a series of powerful blast that drove columns of fire into the night sky now syrian state television is reporting that the explosions were caused by israeli rocket strikes that as of yet there is still no comment from the israeli government or the israeli army about these explosions and it's also doubtful that we'll get any kind of comment of course the israeli position very often is not to comment and this does give some kind of warning to the damascus regime that even if the israelis are not responsible for this attack the message th

theories his says he's against any actions that could wason the civil war is syria the warning comes as israel's prime minister visits russia off to his country bombed targets within syria that this months. while a video appearing to show a syrian rebel biting the heart of a dead soldier has come to human rights watch to condemn consumate alex and revenge killings. on show confusion on the associated press reporters will be news service find themselves targeted animosity of u.s. government spy web. this is all see time in your life. and welcome to the program. now the russian federal security service has caught a cia agent who allegedly tried to recruit a secret service star for him or sco the american embassy employee ryan fogle was reportedly preparing for a major spy operation and are seized on biden has been delving into this scandal hello there tom nice to see you so want to know that this indeed fascinating story either you're yes according to the f.s.b. ryan fogle is not in fact the third political secretary at the u.s. embassy here in moscow he is in fact a u.s. spy working for the cia t

from israel thank you very much indeed larry. you. exhaust the answer head this hour president obama's lot shown all parts of the celebration of firearms during the national rifle association is convention in texas the past after mass shootings in colorado and connecticut like. this is also coming to you live from moscow welcome back a group of bahraini anti government activities has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for attacking a police patrol the protesters deny the charges claiming they were tortured into making confessions bahrain has been engulfed in procedures for more than two years now with police often brutally cracking down on demonstrators the opposition accuses the rulers of oppressing them and claims western countries are trying to downplay the scale down the rest of hamad al supply these anti-government activists in bahrain says there's a conflict of interest involved in the unrest. because of the old and behind because of the oil we bought from zero d. because the. hole was a straight that needs to be over now

israel's prime minister fly to russia to meet president bruton just days after israel's out strikes near damascus put a truce cover it's only a short. while a video purporting to show a syrian rebel by using be heart of a dead soldier has led human rights watch to condemn inhumane acts and revenge killings that. under russian so you space capsule brings us starbucks to earth returning canadian astronaut chris hadfield zero gravity videos which are on track to a huge online following. and welcome to all t twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you are welcome to the program after one hundred journalists and editors at the associated press have been targeted animosity u.s. government spy operation against the news servers a.p. is calling the surveillance a web spun by the justice department in self unprecedented in size and scope and a gross violation of privacy. has been tracking the investigation. the u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p. reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers if you believe more than one hundre

endorse them completely even obama has gotten in on the act his first stop at a recent trip to israel was to an iron dome battery where he told soldiers they're doing an amazing job because so much money has been spent on this defense missile system and it now needs to be marketed and sold otherwise how do you justify something that has already cost the american taxpayer millions of dollars but for all its hype the iron dome which is designed to intercept and destroy short range rockets aimed at populated areas is not foolproof i have a lot of question marks questions that include the system's effectiveness weapons experts in the united states and even in israel say the i.d.f. has y. be overstated its intercept success rate by a factor of ten or more you can see very clearly. that it's impossible to keep warm. we've said the destroyed eighty four percent of the incoming orcutt's the celebrated technological wonder exploded onto the international stage after last year's israel gaza war but the math did not add up it proved disproportionately expensive as a defense against crude homemad

the two biggest problems between russia and syria russian israel right now related with syria. three hundred air defense systems. which is doing under arms deal signed a long time ago and of the two recent airstrikes off the syrian allegedly conducted by israel. which it still hasn't confirmed but it's never really officially rejected either but if the last three hundred systems can be used strictly for defense purposes and their shipments don't violate any international agreements then an air strike. by a state over another states a sovereign territory definitely does but. these stumbling blocks and this is what we're witnessing right now and this is what benjamin netanyahu visit clearly illustrates is that these stumbling blocks are currently being set aside sort of for a greater cause which is finding a way to establish peace in syria but now you go to netanyahu he's not he's not the first foreign leader to come to russia to talk about syria can you can you take us back a moment tell us about some of the previous ones. really prime minister is that feeling of the not the fir

israel has said, look, the winds of war are not blowing. but that came from a major general told, who is in charge of this northern command. but that they are taking precautions. and what they've done is put two iron dome batteries, these are anti-missile batteries, into place, in the northern hemisphere here. and just in case there is any sort of reaction. the reaction, they are worried about, isn't necessarily going to be coming from syria, because syria finds itself in a very difficult spot. it has been in a war for more than two years, going into the third year now that it's been devastating to its military. and so what they're worried about is that perhaps hezbollah, who has been close with syria and iran, for all these years, will suddenly do something. and they're putting their positions in place. they're putting their machinery in place in case that does happen. >> it's rumored to be some of these missiles could be scud-type missiles which could be fired from well inside lebanon anywhere into israel. the potential for it to become t

syrian crisis see the israeli prime minister flying to russia to meet president putin just days after israel's air strikes near damascus put it at risk of retaliation. the infrastructure of the police state is already in place freedom of speech advocates condemned the u.s. justice department for spying on associated press reporters the news organization called the surveillance a massive and unprecedented intrusion. and a soyuz capsule brings the thirty fifth crew home safe and sound wrapping up a five month mission. thanks so much for joining us here on our. live in moscow with your news from around the world israel's prime minister is jew here in russia for talks with president putin now the latest in a string of international meetings focusing on the syrian crisis it comes in the wake of israel's two air strikes near the syrian capital this month. going off in russia's black sea resort of sochi for the two leaders due to me. the biggest problem is between russia and israel right now relieving syria moscow's shipments of the hundred air defense systems to damascus which is doing under arms de

saying that israel is justified over its concerns over the has been a threat so what israel is done in self-defense is reuters news. look let's recap actually first of all this is an act of war and then provoked act of war and provoke ation at the same time y. happening now starts with chuck hagel head of the pens have gone through of the middle east and israel through days ago remember that chuck hagel was against arming the rebels in syria then he changed his mind he said that the rebels actually used chemical weapons in syria with no evidence at the same time the rebels to start losing ground inside syria the syrian army has been making adventures in that how my home scored their dispatched a few weeks and at the same time we also know that all these diversions friends of the free syrian army they're basically the ones that are really fighting on the ground they are jihadi obama cannot arm jihad in syria period so what is his fall back plan a kind of mini shock and all but will the us start shock and awe in syria no it's by proxy it's via israel and this is actually what paygo and t

regime fifteen percent believe this is a way of israel telling the u.s. and the rest of the world that it's not only prepared to attack syria but also perhaps a military attack on iran and seven percent believe this is a way israel defending itself from those threats from hezbollah that's what you think so far the good here from the dot com well as you were activists jim brann says israel won't face any repercussions from the international community due to america's influence in the u.n. security council. any intervention of that kind this is going to make the situation worse as well as being a violate basic violation of international law which clearly israel strike today and the previous ones have been as well but william hague is justifying his favorite method of intervention which is arming the one side in the in the fight on the basis that israel is pursuing its favorite method of intervening which is bombing and it's completely unacceptable syria will be very careful in the west because i think it's probably an israeli provocation anyway it may well

does not want another war now and what is in israel's. israel's prime concern is for his bollocks not to get there's a long range powerful missiles it was getting when israel decided to strike and these were pinpointed strikes this was not against the syrian population and for that matter it wasn't against the regime or maybe it didn't have the military it is just making a point that it's there and it's very powerful now bill go ahead well israel was making a point that hizbullah get game changing missiles that's a point. where you're going to react to that not bill you want to react to that. yes let me just to continue the discussion in egypt carry this in a cli is different than hillary because hillary supported the military option and the kitty also is different than obama because obama is indifferent toward the seat in crisis so you have an activist what i gradually activist american political champion by the secretary of state but i have to jack i suppose acedia to egypt. the united states government would not change. in egypt becaus

it's possible israel has a lot of that aeration. there have been clashes on their border in the demilitarized zone there's fish in the boat rebels and syrian soldiers spent involved in those so it's very softly it's. on on one and more focused on syria than israel which i think would be in the israeli interest but on the other hand now they're saying that the starlit saw that supplying them with more weapons so i think what you are seeing in israel want this. and they are finally taking action in their own and when they're ready you know some is saying that indeed as you were suggesting that the israelis was immediately stepping forward to the plate and lead to i suppose to be the antagonists to forward into this conflict do you think though you mention has ball or a moment ago very briefly lebanon's hezbollah and indeed iran could be a way in if syria did go to war with israel i think has been a very delicate situation. because there are so many internal conflicts in love no so they're in a bit of a fog and really go forward a war

ambassador to israel, martin indic. martin, i know you not only were ambassador to israel, but had lots of connections during the periods of dialogue with syria. what should the united states be doing now? is it time for to us get involved militarily? >> i think first of all, picking up on ayman's reporting. john kerry's visit to moscow this week and his meeting with vladimir putin, is the first and i think most important part of what the united states needs to be doing. which is to try to find a way to move putin. and it is putin, not his advisers, to the point where he understands that it is in the common interests of the united states and russia, to work together on a post-assad order that indeed prevents descent into chaos, which doesn't serve russian interests or american interests. if we can get that, then it becomes possible to get security council engagement, u.n. engagement, international legitimacy and cover for the steps that will be necessary on the ground. and on the ground, then, the establishment of a pro

as what was once israel's most peaceful border threatens to become its newest battlefront. tell of if. a massive called the last ten is through the b.s. second largest city which has seen this a hundred volunteers in recent weeks ahead the works more while there's no sign of stability returning to the kind of create almost two years since the fall of gadhafi also. saw hughes and i would go on. to the break learn more about the photos to have a music video made in space as a canadian astronaut pose a you tube style. hunger strike despair pushed to the limit. one hundred days nearly one hundred guantanamo detainees are screaming for justice. where is the end for good. is he. this is on c. welcome bok up to one hundred journalists and editors of the associated press have been targeted and the massive u.s. government spy operations against the news servers a.p. is calling this surveillance a web spawned by the justice department itself unprecedented in size and scope and a gross violation of privacy he's going to take on has been tracking the investigation. the u.s. justice dep

and israel. very closely in terms of intelligence gathering so it is difficult to believe that washington didn't know anything about israel's plans to bomb damascus the question that is very much on clear at this point is whether the strikes were really about has a lot whether it was an intervention into the civil war in syria the sources in the us government on officially confirm the strikes just as they did a few days ago and said they were targeting weapons headed for hezbollah in lebanon the meskins sees it differently they see the strikes is an attempt to boost the morale as they say of the rebels whether or not the strikes were actually intended as an intervention into the syrian civil war they may affect it anyway there is another concern the strikes are based on some sequence information and also the weapons heading somewhere you know will be of no washington have officially confirmed anything and many worry that we're stepping in very great area worse right against another country can be

you very much for being with us i know this is a developing situation how is israel commenting on the situation currently. well we're just receiving information right now that pentagon officials are confirming that the strike that was carried out in the early hours of sunday morning was in fact a strike that israel carried out as of yet no confirmation from the israeli side and it's also doubtful whether or not in fact we'll get any confirmation from tel aviv later as very seldom do they either come nor deny that attacks that there are allegedly responsible for have indeed been carried out by them we're still waiting for official israeli confirmation as to the named israeli missiles of course that israel carried out a strike back on hers day in syria now since taking a vision is also reporting that israeli rockets struck early on sunday at a military was searched into on the outskirts of the capital of damascus in a region the mountainous region according to sources that are being quoted by syrian t.v. the israeli jets broke the sound barrier and hit civil military post as according t

meanwhile israel's condemned for a series of air strikes inside syria but all too takes a look at whether the ultimate target of the attacks could lie elsewhere. here after the government protests turned violent thousands rally in moscow to demand the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police. record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings and recent french history falls well earned marks the end of a tough first year as president. online on screen international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is r.t. the u.n. team looking into the conflict in syria says there's no conclusive evidence any side has used chemical weapons that's despite earlier claims by leading team member that deadly nerve gas may have been used by the rebels or he's got a card is following developments. human rights investigators say based on the evidence that they have the rebels in syria have used sarin nerve gas on the leading u.n. investigator said she was quote stupefied by the evidence during our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes. w

not the first time israel struck inside of syria israel from time to time they invade gaza they'll attack syria they're trying to bolster their image in the middle east as and get the fear factor and deterrent for themselves but again israel claimed syria was shipping arms to hezbollah which they consider a terrorist group but once again israel cannot point the finger at anybody a lecture about aiding terrorists as is the israelis aiding the mercenaries in syria which is killed up to seventy thousand people so they make a big stink about chemical weapons possibly killing a dozen or so people why that's just a red line they're just fishing for a pretext they wanted to strike anyway in fact there's so many blank spaces in this story mostly because of voyaging questions about the strikes why is that do you think international bodies will move into a shot of the silence trying to g. wells can be hard to tell israel is trying their fishing for escalation in the mercenaries are starting to lose the al qaeda and their suit fronts that they've been backing or losing the war and show you always se

israel's condemned for a series of air strikes inside syria but takes a look at whether the ultimate target of the attacks could lie elsewhere. a year after antigovernment protests turned violent. the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police you're seeing live pictures from the city center right here on. painful austerity in the lowest ratings in recent french history. marks the end of a tough first year as president our top story. in international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow. a leading united nations investigator says there are strong indications that syrian rebels have used the deadly nerve gas sarin in the ongoing civil war however. also insists there's no evidence the government has resorted to chemical weapons well more on this from marty's going to in washington so the u.s. is accusing forces of using chemical weapons but these comments seem to directly contradict this. well you you are given rights investigators say based on the evidence that they have the rebels in syria have used sarin nerve gas and a leading u.n. investigator said

game changer weapons, israel says, and that's israel's red line. it will not allow those weapons to be transferred. that's why they attacked this morning, craig. >> martin, what's the likelihood there will be more air strikes from israel? >> well, there's great likelihood. as long as israel believes that syria is transferring those weapons to hezbollah, many of those weapons, by the way, including those attacks that actually have come from iran, as long as those weapons are being transferred, israel says it will attack. israel's danger is that it will be drawn into the syrian fighting, with more israel attacks, of course, the more likely it is that syria, in some way, will have to retaliate. ed and today, syria's deputy foreign minister called israel's attack an act of war. so israel is waiting to see what kind of response, if any, there'll be from syria, but definitely, israel has said that the more those weapons are transferred, the more attempts there are to transfer weapons of that kind to lebanon, the more israel will attack. and that's what e

which haven't been officially admitted but it's a live hasn't officially rejected them either israel is really unsatisfied and critical of moscow for supplying the asked three hundred air defense systems to damascus under arms deals which were signed a few years back before the conflict in the country started but if the arms shipments are not violating any soldier in territory most western countries have clearly taken the side of the opposition pretty much since the beginning of the conflict but now they're talking about the need for a joint conference which would include the rebels and syria in a foodie's what russia has been calling for throughout the entire time also stressing that not all these rebels are opposition areas many of them are bandits or even terrorists and this is constantly proven by linked in the web including the latest shocking video which clearly depicts a syrian rebel fighter cutting the heart of a dead syrian soldier out of his chest eating it on camera promising to do the same again and calling all the others to follow his example and then to the devastating

if israel was going to listen they would have listened decades ago but again israel is dealing with the situation where there's i would say an international conspiracy to allow israel to continue so with its quest for nuclear armaments if it were not for western countries supports now germany but also britain originally france the united states even israel would have not been able to acquire such massive destructive capability as a steam it's with them at two hundred nuclear warheads but others say a four hundred if not even more there is absolutely no need for israel to develop enough weapons to destroy the middle east civil times over in the name of security you can't be achieving security at the expense of of world peace. that's exactly ten years since the united states declared victory in iraq what followed was a devastating usual expense consequence is that both countries are still struggling to come to terms with washington's consistent venture to success but that. money needs to be at a maybe a second to be a booming money in stevia to see which is both a cultural contemporary i

deaths was any is also reporting huge destruction at the research center itself now let's go live to israel now and get more on the latest developments from martinis policy or policy thank you very much for being with us now has there been any reaction from israel so far. well as of yet there has been no confirmation from the israeli side and this is despite the fact that we are hearing some american officials saying that the strike that was carried out in the early hours of sunday morning was an israeli strike we're hearing the same kind of reports from syrian state television it says that is one launched twelve missiles from lebanese airspace targeting an ammunition depot on the outskirts of the capital city of damascus according to these reports is wady jets broke the sound barrier and hit several military posts not his followers out menar t.v. station also claims that the explosions may have been caused by a downed israeli good we are receiving some reports of not one but two reason it's have been downed but let me reinforce size that no confirmation in fact no reaction from the israeli

the same this strike cannot be legitimate and israel should be judged in international courts. but far from being judged israeli support the actions of the government would be very frank i don't think that if we would have to do. for you we would've. remember even. i think. it's a very small element on a very long. problematic relationship between israel and syria but it might just catch up with the israelis assad says he's borders are open for palestinians wishing to take military action again. the jewish state a sure sign some say that tel aviv has shot itself in the foot israel has lost. never had started out of the under tactics the official israeli policy is to prevent. progs first of all swarm syria. i wonder if this is logical policy i doubt it very much and some in israel feel the violence won't stop at the border after they finish from killing . very we'll go head to haifa. and to prove to deliver quality journalism as what was once israel's most peaceful border threatens to become its newest battlefront policy r.t. television. in the meantime a video purporting to sho

recent attacks were allegedly targeting what happens beyond four has a problem militants israel has long warrant it once to prove vantage van storms getting into their hands and is prepared to use force has fallen members are how being bashar al assad fight the uprising against his rule and will stand by him that was confirmed by their leader has sound natural i just this april so it's likely that syria would be responding inclined well existence some way but there is a third player here fellow shia ally to assad and has a lot of the big boy on the block and israel's arch enemy iran now reports suggest that it was an iranian shipment too has a lot that israel was told getting so it's possible that syria is just the middle man and it wouldn't be be young reason that around is equipping has a block as a backup in case of conflict with israel israel with this bubble cation they're waiting for a response either from syria either from his block or better yet from the point of view of the obama to be station in israel from iran so if you run into syria don't do anything for the moment jus

you name it and of course israel israel just jumped in because the a which was the lethal weapon izing of the rebels was not working there was this red line after red line everybody got lost in this hollywood shuffle at the same time they noticed that the syrian army was progressing instead of regressing in their home the home scores are in syria so all the so-called rebels the free syrian army gangs and bottles noura style jihad is are losing ground and at the same time shake not swallow went to iran he had a get together with supreme leader ayatollah how many they are very tight so an attack on each one of them is an attack on all of them so what to do plan b. call is are all something that was already decided between chuck hagel his tour of the middle east recently israel and the patrimony case israel does it if they are they one hundred ten missiles struck by israel good for israel if they are not they still deplete a syrian army arsenal and we start all over again with plan b. so i expect more attacks sooner rather than later chris what do you think about that plan b. i mean i thi