we have syrians and syrian americans for some candid insight. >> johada lee. the community has been asking for a show that includes people who are experiencing what's going on right inside syria rather than us just talking about it from a distance. as we were watching the activity, it seems so many people are against intervention >> ever since we lost our show, every day, the community has been asking us to cover syria. >> no exaggeration >> a sample. allen asked for syria. amanda, syria. nicole, please discuss syria. alia, and we are all watching about syria. this is a mass relevance map. it shows in real lifetime exactly all social media active ty about syria. these red dots, it's concentrated in north america. here is a trends map. here is where syria is being discussed all around north america on twitter. >> the words, the darker the black, the more people are talking about it? >> there you go. it's l.a. my beloved bay area all the way in mexico. texas, madison, wisconsin, the east coast. even florida. so the entire community. we have had some very opinion

continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joins syrian troops dodging sniper fire in a damascus suburb. and i welcome you watching r.t. this evening with me andrey farmer. natural top story seven people reported dead and twelve injured after a shooting at a navy yard in washington d.c. we can i see some sacks he's at the scene sam i understand the area is still in lockdown at the moment and say the gunman is still at large what more can you tell us. rather this is still very much an active investigation there is still on lockdown this is i'm sure it is the alongside me you see police cars coming going you still see helicopters up ahead so we're now about six hours removed from when this began about roughly twenty police responded to an active shooting here at the navy yard and we recently just caught up with a eyewitness who was in that jason building and here's what he had to tell us. the train for common operations away from here you know with the a.t.v. go off in front of the wars in other cases we don't do it here. so it seems to me d

the syrian islamic front is a syrian nationalists. and then more extremist groups like nusra affiliated with al-qaida and other extremist groups. between these groups you have a larger debate within syria, within the option the future of syria, the tactics that you use. you know, what kind of goals of this movement are. and you have groups like nusra who are an affiliated with eastern syria bumping up with iraq, and then northern syria, which is why they have so many news coverage, they use the brutal tactics. >> and they've been getting arms from their allies. we've been seeing shocking pictures throughout this terrible war. we saw new ones, front page of the "new york times." here we see a still that shows members of a militant group in the north of syria minutes before they executed seven soldiers from the regime who are lying there on the ground. a number of those soldiers appear to have been beaten before they were shot. and with incidents like that one, and you know, the al-qaida-backed groups that have had success on the battle

the syrian government come to believe the hound of chemical weapons dated to a hague based welsh dog while also says its approach to the us some government may change if it finds out he's not playing by the. european diplomats on the right stocks of its lash out at isro claiming its soldiers are wrong the mop and the west bank are not getting it so what about international norm . also there's now one yeah until scotland decides whether to ditch the united kingdom but as the days doing their rhetoric is rushing out with oil the centerpiece of disagreement that. a new yorker deming's demanded the release of students and beaten up and detained by the police during a street protest against a white cia chief moving into the perfect size. for russia under on the wall this is all she was me your initial problem thanks for joining us the international chemical weapons a watchdog says the syrian government has complied with its promise and handed over the last remaining details of its toxic also to the agency this comes as part of syria's chemical dissolve and blonde hama downed by russia and

i've spoken to many syrians here. and they said, look, it feels like we could be here for a very long time. we don't want to be. we want the west to act. we want our situation to change, and we want to go home. >> we have more on how lebanon is doing with the influx of refugee refugee. >> 1 million syrians now live in this country. one out of five people is a syrian, and it has caused tensions in this country. syrians live among the local population. the lebanese are complaining that syrians are take thinking jobs. they're complaining that apartment rent has skyrocketed. some people really exploiting the situation. so there is tension, and there is the security aspect of this crisis. lebanon has not been able to stay out of the syrian conflict. we've seen security incidents, bombings, kidna kidnappings, any do blame the syrians. they're either supporters of the syrian government or in support of the opposition. this country is unable to cope without the help of the international community. >> we have more on the condi

the syrian issue is highly complex. the destruction of chemical weapons nor the process of political sentiments, going forward there will probably be this problem or that and a peaceful settlement and direction of a political sentiment. as a member of the security council china stands ready to work with other parties and make efforts for comprehensive, proper sentiment of the syrian issue. >> i think is excellently for the statement and give the floor to his excellency, fernando barack, minister of the republican affairs for the republic of guatemala. >> translator: mr. president. we're lamenting for the fact the security council is incapable of stepping up to one of the bloodiest and painful internal conflicts of our time. i am referring to the situation in syria and also in passing to the impact of its neighbors and painful humanitarian costs. despite the fact that on two occasions we came together produce -- produce resolution 2042-2043, the fact that there were internal positions we are all aware of prevented furthe

now the syrian opposition should be forced to sit down for peace talks with the syrian government that's the message from russia's foreign minister who says that it's time to get the opposition on board the syrian government agreed to destroy its chemical weapons and join geneva talks without preconditions. going off is to tell us more go tell us what steps does the russian foreign minister want to see in order to move this syrian peace process forward while the main message put forward by foreign minister lavrov is that time has run out for this conflict has been going on for too long and so much effort has been made to for a diplomatic peaceful solution to be possible and the opposition in syria according to foreign minister lavrov has stopped making preconditions and if needed it has to be forced to sit down and. negotiate peacefully now mr lavrov also commented on the latest demands which were announced earlier on monday by france britain and the us for the un security council to pass a fresh resolute resolution on syria before the end of the week and putting to russia's chief diplom

government meant to make sure that this is a reality but then we didn't hear anything from the syrian foreign minister immediately we then heard from the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon who echoed this idea that if syria decides to put their chemical weapons into international control and have a destroyed that he pushes for that it was also pushing for syria to join the chemical weapons ban which the international community overwhelmingly supports then we heard from the syrian foreign minister himself who then basically this is the big news right now saying they are willing to go ahead with this proposal this is what sergei lavrov turned in from a remark from john kerry into a proposal if we hear what he had to say. i don't feel it is the will is the reason we saw that statement by john kerry who said there would be no strikes this damascus hands over its chemical weapons arsenal to the international community we don't know whether syria would agree to it but if man it helps avoid a strike then we're ready to negotiate with the mask so that when there's a little comfort now through

the syrian opposition should be forced to sit down for peace talks with the syrian government or some message from russia's foreign minister who believes it's time to get the opposition on board after the syrian government agreed to destroy its chemical weapons and join the geneva talks without preconditions. has more. the main message put forward by foreign minister lavrov is that time has run out for games this conflict has been going on for too long and so much effort has been made to for a diplomatic peaceful solution to be possible and the opposition in syria according to foreign minister a lateral has to stop making preconditions and if needed it has to be forced to sit down and negotiate peacefully the foreign minister also commented on the latest demands coming from france britain and the u.s. which wants to see the u.n. security council pass a fresh resolution on syria before the end of the week moreover paris wants to see this resolution under chapter seven which basically gives the green light for military intervention it's the same chapter seven which allowed a military op

the syrian the syrian opposition thinks this is like the worst possible thing that could happen for them and i think that they are their right to think that because if this deal that was proposed if it moves forward he has asada will have to put his chemical weapons under international control but he doesn't need chemical weapons in order to defeat the opposition on the battlefield he's been doing very well at that over the over the last few months and it basically puts the united states in a position where even though obama said more than two years ago that assad must go and that he has no legitimacy the united states is going to have to deal with him and i think that mr lavrov and others will use this as a lever to try and get people to the table for a geneva two conference but one in which the united states is going to have to drop its very foolish condition that it has to go at the beginning of any process if there's going to be a political process moving forward it is going to be a political process that engages the syrian government with bashar as its head i think this is bad for t

the syrian government starts heading towards chemical disarmament the details of which are being thrashed by top russian and american diplomats in geneva it's off to washington press to pull in its war drive against syria. though america is still sticking to its belief that damascus gassed hundreds of civilians in august one man who was held hostage by rebels in syria that time challenging this version of events here and we caught up with the man in question. the n.s.a. online spying scandal spreads even wider universities are as well getting in on the action following secret digital signposts to glean personal data from students. and sleeping patients on staff at a psychiatric hospital in northwestern russia. overnight. cigarette suspected of causing. it is just turned midday here in moscow with. top stories for you right now syria has taken its first steps along the path of chemical disarmament and the u.n. has confirmed it's received documents from the syrian president on joining the chemical weapons convention which bans the use and production of poisonous asians and comes amid u.s. w

the syrian government starts heading towards chemical disarmament the details of which are being thrashed out by. american diplomats in geneva to washington pressed the pause button and its war drive against syria. so america is still sticking to its belief that. hundreds of civilians in august one man who was held hostage by rebels in syria is challenging. we caught up with him for a chat. that is the n.s.a. online spying scandal spreads over wide universities to getting in on the following digital sign posts personal data. breaking news this hour here on the. let's get straight to it right now up to thirty five people a feared dead after a blaze broke out overnight at a psychiatric facility in northwestern russia two bodies have been found twenty three people though already taken to safety. joining us here with the latest on this breaking news story here on. the very latest from you please. well roy what we can tell you this morning is that overnight the fire broke out any wouldn't and it's reportedly the men's ward of this facility the eyewitnesses say that before this structure actual

of the syrian people wand bashar al assad gone. by the way, they are not extremists and jihadists, the syrian people reject extremists and jihadists. >> how right is senator mccain? joining me to discuss that are. i thank you all for joining us. we saw a car bomb go off near the headquarters of the coalition formed by the army. no group has taken cyd. there is increased fighting between the al-qaeda groups and moderate forces lately. as assad forces have increased their military movements. ambassador, what are you seeing inside syria now that u.s. policy has evolved as it has and intervention pulled back? >> well, i think there's two things i would point out. one of them is that the u.s. is seen to be weak and uncommitted, that we are not committed about engaging in syria. that's the lesson out of the last couple weeks of activity with the u.s. pulling back on strikes and the russians taking it's place in the conflict. you see assad using all means at his disposal, including chemical weapon to say try to impose his will on the syri

eighty percent of the syrians are. extremist that's not true now they're saying the outsiders are rebels now fighting against the syrian he is small minority they are in the hundreds there are not more than one hundred. syrians odd in that is that they are biased people they are not really extreme as they are not everybody so and you two of how one of the terrorists was just ripping out a hired syrian person and eating it and i actually told this to all. of the other day i said when i met today two months ago i said i understand president putin has mentioned this this thing. about the man who took the heart of somebody and ate it. i don't know who is he she might be planted he might be correct that he has a certain revenge or he is a criminal. but he did not see the man who took the throat of if any famous single in syria. took his thought and he did not see as well that there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who were killed so the one they took his heart is something very criminal and the one hundr

report that just came out is the eleventh report of the commission inquiry on the syrian arab republic the mandate of the commission covers violations of human rights and international military law that's warfare and the rules of conduct in warfare particularly covering the plight of civilians and that's what we aim for very much in terms of central a c. of coverage with a view to identifying those responsible in terms of accountability and sadly the situation is still it's a very devastating situation and the killings that torture this amount of are sort of for a jumping in but i want to you just mentioned at the station is getting increasingly more desperate and increasingly more dangerous but i wonder if it could have been different really because what would be an alternative to committing war crimes in a war zone the only alternative i can think of would be not having this war at all so i would like to ask you could decide any specific example maybe from the recent history of a war conducted in a good way in accordance with the laws of war i think the whole point of what we call hi

is in the syrian capital . russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that russia will turn for the avodah is that aid received from the syrian government according to we each as the syrian government has the the rabble the radical rebels i'll be hind the deadly chemical attack here in the syria last month the little girl we have a lot of information about the oldest chemical attack in ghouta will examine all of this of the security council along with the u.n. chemical weapons report we still have to figure out who's behind the attack but let me just reiterate that we have a great deal of information to work with so that the russian officials confirmed that they received evidence and now we know that they are ready to transfer it to the u.n. security council and that is a breakthrough in the situation of an interview to see russia's deputy foreign minister sergei that quote who is now here in damascus to discuss the deal on chemical weapons design and sad that the u.n. report is biased toward war distorter fo

opposition only belong to the syrian people. as long as it doesn't belong to those three people, other countries. that's simple. >> thank you. dennis? >> i was listening to this exchange that had you with greg palkot. there is one thing i want to be really sure about. are you minimizing the deaths by saying well, it's not 50,000, it's 40,000 or 30,000. are you minimizing. >> no. we cannot minimize it because every house we have pain today. in every house you have sadness. you cannot minimize whether this number or higher number. it's a tragedy. we live in syria. you have to talk about the reasons. who killed them. not the government. the terrorists. we are defending our country. if you don't defend, this number will be meaningful what he meant. >> i just wanted to clarify that looking at a broader picture here, this is a watershed moment that appears to be a watershed moment that from the world, from war torn syria, a new road map towards world peace may be developing by starting with you relinquishing your chemical weapons and

the syrian bill and the syrian opposition thinks this is like the worst possible thing that could happen for them and i think that they are their right to think that because if this deal that was proposed if it moves forward yes asada will have to put his chemical weapons under international control but he doesn't need chemical weapons in order to defeat the opposition on the battlefield he's been doing very well at that over the over the last few months and it basically puts the united states in a position where even though obama said more than two years ago that i must go and that he has no legitimacy the united states is going to have to deal with him and i think that mr lavrov and others will use this as a lever to try and get people to the table for a geneva two conference but one in which the united states is going to have to drop its very foolish condition that it has to go at the beginning of any process if there's going to be a political process moving forward it is going to be a political process that engages the syrian government with bashar as its head i think this is bad for

camps for that if you do for the syrians who use near the lebanese syrian lebanese border it helps lebanon in presenting its problem to the world by showing. what it is undergoing the downs of a burden that such an one but also what you can say refuse it in a first time is the first place actually there are two reasons one is that the that it is going on at that time. during these past three years was very much influenced by. the syrian government and this it invasion in this respect this illusion. has been adopting a policy of denial of what's happening there we're denying that there is a problem going on in syria just until recently it is start to recognize this on the other hand it is certain let's say fear among certain components of the lebanese. that was made constitute later on something similar to the person or if you g.'s and the which there were set up camps so in fact. i don't think this is this is true but this is that this was their opinion that readers are not allowing the lebanese government to set up these palestinian camps for these syrian refugees when economic implicatio

the army should defend syrians, not opposite. you cannot free them assassinating the people and killing the people and eating their heart when you go to defend them. you say you are killing your own people. in every war you have casualties. this is war. you don't have a clean war. you don't have good war. >> the international community reports that syrian rebel forces opposed to you are equally, if not more worried now about jihadi fighters than they were previously about your government. is this new development, is there an opening for you to achieve a eprochment with your syrian opponents? >> here we have two different treats between what you call opposition and the terrorists. opposition is a political meaning, political term. when you oppose somebody, country or any other country in the world you have your own program, you have your own vision. you have your own grass roots, and you proposal what you want regarding the political system or anything else and you can change that system if you oppose the other party. opposition d

joins syrian troops dodging sniper fire in the damascus. international news and comment twenty four hours a day you're with. four people have been confirmed dead and eight injured after a shooting at a navy yard in washington d.c. witnesses say a gunman was shooting from the fourth floor of people in a cafeteria reports claim two or three gunmen may have been involved in the attack that unconfirmed at the moment several civilians and police officers are among the victims approximately three thousand people who work at the building where the largest of the navy's command systems is situated but let's now get some reaction live from a political commentator john wright live from the u.k. john thanks very much for coming on to the program this is still a very fluid story and we don't have all the facts at the moment but we do know the shooter targeted a navy command center. in your opinion what could be the motives for such an attack . well the. first thing that springs to mind is a possibility here that is can you shoot us foreign policy given

continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joins syrian troops dodging sniper fire in a damascus suburb. welcome you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow. now six people have been confirmed dead and eight injured after a shooting at a navy yard in washington d.c. let's get more now from our. at the scene thanks for joining us what more can you tell us what's the latest. sure while i'm here on m. street in second you can still hear the helicopters flying overhead me this is still very active scene so a few blocks from the navy yard it's been around since seventy nine is the oldest on shore establishment for the navy in a roughly eight twenty am police responded to an active shooting here now all we know so far is that there's been multiple people shot i've heard the same reports of six people confirmed dead but police wouldn't give us any details other than to say there are multiple bodies still inside fatalities we know that one police officer was shot is in stable condition that's where the shooter there's one shooter still ins

and you're told that this is the syrian army get you know. that's really only going to make sure you get paid. and we leave while governmental forces continue their frenzy for model of the ledge which despite the claims remains under siege. reporting from syria. is posting real time reports on the situation in mali on her twitter feed find out the latest. on. the in the. coming up a bit later in the program a tradeoff between privacy and success but this university's began monitoring this week's five a day with an academic results will stall in a cup. minutes here. they all told me my language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports like the pushing the no i will leave the stake to comment on your latter point to say. to carry out a call is are you talking no gonna. take you no more weasel words. when you made a direct question the prepared for a change when you. get ready for a. critical speech. down to freedom to. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. places changing the world right. so p

continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joined syrian troops dodging sniper fire of damascus suburbs. and it's revealed that the u.s. national security agency is keeping a close watch on international financial operations monitoring banking transactions of customers worldwide. on international news and comment twenty four hours a day your with r.t. the u.n. inspectors say they're certain that chemical weapons were used in syria that's from a leaked first page of the reports they're set to present later this hour i mean while russia's foreign minister says the syrian opposition should be forced to sit down for peace talks with the government. joins us live now for more on this so it seems that you know specter's are confirming that chemical weapons use but their full report is to be delivered quite soon what more can we expect from that do you think. that's right in the coming hours u.n. secretary general ban ki moon will brief the media on the report he has already received but what we know so far is that u.n. inspectors have concluded t

it's restricted entry, and many syrians have been arrested. we asked the government to explain what's going on, but we're told no one was available. hundreds of countrymen have left egypt in the last few weeks. if he could only find the money, they would leave, too. al jazeera, cairo. >> and egypt has re-opened border crossing with gaza as it was closed for a week. it will be open for four hours on wednesday and thursday and for emergency cases only. the egyptian military limits the number of people that can cross the border. about 1200 people crossed every day before mohamed morsi was deposed. >>> they're discussing ways to resume the six party talks to end north korea's nuke r lar program. china is holding a program to mark 10 years since the talks began. we have more from seoul >> reporter: the last time they sat down together was in december 2008. the following april, north korea pulled out of the process. it said never to return after its failed rocket launch was met with u.n. sanctions. nonetheless, two senior north korean figures are in

the syrian society they do not know how syrians live together peacefully side by side for many centuries christian and muslims they come there blinded by the hatred and by the religious convictions they want they want to implement sharia law now the extreme norms in syria my it my fear my fear is that one day will come if god for with this government is toppled that we christians have to make a choice either to leave our country our own land or to be converted or otherwise be killed there be martyred and i know that your fear is shared by many many syrians particularly christians in syria will keep our eyes peeled and we're hoping for the basset thinking so much archbishop archbishop cyro afrin karim from the syrian church for joining us we appreciate it thank you thank you for having me. it's still unclear at this point whether the united states will take military action in syria the world must wait as the u.s. debates and then votes on the highly contentious issue that hasn't stopped of military build up from multiple countries in the middle east r t correspondent megan lopez has the d

well i think the syrian foreign minister made it clear today that the syrian government will know it will seriously rethink its position from with regards to the to the geneva . process the entire political process so to speak if a military strike should place should have any terror strikes or to take place but let us forget here that the syrian government has all the reasons to believe that a military strike whilst probably saying to the world that you know this is for you know pursuing the objective of trying to push the syrian government to the negotiating table the syrian government might want to say will this is about weakening our position in the region the geopolitical position in the region for years and decades probably to come i don't think they will you know agree with the notion that this is about encouraging them to go to the negotiating table this is more of a punitive and more about degrading the capability on the long term for the benefits of. regional rivals like israel like turkey and someone rather than you know taken to the can to consideration the needs of the sy

the syrian government and the syrian regime and in this respect this illusion has been adopting the policy of denial of what's happening there were denying that there is a problem going on in syria just until recently it is start to recognize this on the other hand it is certain let's say fear among certain components of the lebanese. that was made constitute later on something similar to the. if you g.'s and the which there were set up camps so in fact. i don't think this is this is true but this is that is was their opinion that readers are not allowing the lebanese government to set up these protests in the camps for these syrian refugees when economic implications i mean you know when it cost two million dollars seven hundred has been report was published recently by the world bank about the comic consequences of such a massive. number of. these ballots and then the. which. it is in excess of seven point five billion dollars. so this is something that lebanon cannot treat take the syrian civil war for many is really part of a larger conflict between sunni and shia muslims with saudi ar

. >> my wife is syrian, my daughter is syrian. >> reporter: we met with syrian-americans in new jersey. >> we need this regime to leave so we can start rebuilding our country. >> it's interesting you call it your country. >> this country is my country. that country is my country. it's part of my identity. >> we're equally syrian. >> reporter: though born in syria, this woman is a proud american pharmacist and mom to two young children with her husband. >> i believe it's our moral responsibility to act. >> reporter: his father, also a surgeon, left syria 38 years ago. he fears for his family and friends back home. >> there is more than 100,000 people that have died. my classmate that i grew up with was taken into custody about nine months ago. he disappeared. then his family was called and we're told to come pick up his body. >> reporter: just two years ago assad jabbar made frequent trips back to syria for his garment business and even had dealings with syria's current president assad. >> i met him on more than one occasion. i don't think he's a smart guy. he's controlled by a circle o

the syrian government takes its that towards chemical design element with motions and threats of course remaining one of the main stumbling blocks top diplomats meeting in geneva. america's accusations that bashar al assad needs to blame for the chemical weapons attack in august his challenge by a man who was held captive by rebels in syria explains why to r.t. . better say has reportedly been disguising itself as google to trick online users into surrendering private data using techniques from the world's finest hundred. international news like the last go this is r.t. with me you know of our thanks for joining us see where has made a key step towards implementing russia's plan to remove its chemical weapons the un confirmed it has received documents which will see damascus joining the chemical weapons convention this comes amid crucial talks between top russian and u.s. diplomats who are in geneva discussing the plan to put serious chemical arsenal under international control and she's part of local reports now on the sides have agreed on and what sticking points still remain. they we

role in this ongoing syrian crisis hold a little little bag of the u.s. envoy to the united nations launched a tirade against russia flew fusing to back washington's plans for syria take a listen to this there is no viable path forward in the security council the system has protected the parag tubes of russia russia continues to hold the council hostage and sure of its international responsibilities including as a party to the chemical weapons convention. i worth noting is that the american envoy staunchly refused to name china which may or as russia's position and its votes on syria charlie mcgrath are from wide awake news that says international trust in washington has all but eroded it's extremely harsh i mean you know they're at the front of the u.n. talking about russia holding the security council hostage i mean making russia the bad guy because they're you know putin is one of the only people in the international community who has the you know i want to say courage to stand up and ask super commonsense questions who benefits from this and let's not

that range is still focused on syrian project. they're not trying to create a transnational copy like al-qaeda would be trying to create. >> the director of the carnegie middle east center in beirut recently said the rise of the islamic extremist groups just mentioned by ken, it's a far bigger threat to the region than assad staying on for a for a how year few moreyears in damascus. this is a leader who killed several hundreds men, women and children. >> certainly these groups are a serious threat. let's not treat it as either/or. if assad stays in powers these forces are going to stay there and they're going to be fighting against assad and they'll still be getting external support. it's perhaps assad stays in power and they keep fighting. that's bad, too. the reason these forces seem strong right now because the fast year the moderate forces have been starved of support from international community, the west, the united states, it has been reticent of getting involved while the more extreme elements have been garner support from

but with america blaming the syrian regime for chemical attacks the u.s. national security advisor susan rice expressed concern that israel could also be at risk. the use of chemical weapons also directly threatens our closest ally in the region israel where many boat once again have readied gas masks she's warmed chemicals could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and all t. has received information from a number of sources that rebels are active in syria all planning to launch a chemical attack on israel and it would be used as a provocation against the syrian government. has more now from tel aviv i've spoken to both the israeli foreign ministry as well as the army spokes persons units and i was asking them for they reaction to the reports we had that and there is an imminent threat being planned by syrian rebels originating in territory to syria that is controlled by the syrian government against israel now the reaction was to quote one of the spokespeople for off aged the response was simply a refusal to comment as of yet no reaction in the israe

with the syrians general michael. general michel aoun thank you very much for being with russia today. so a year ago when you were asked about the conflict in syria you expressed confidence that the opposition would lose you still think so. they lost all. help oh. no. they did with russia. the crisis. started by. compromising you know. between. syria. and giving go. the senate will be before nothing you know syria has to get something. for that so the process will continue final. settlement but you know the opposition is heavily financed by the saudis and the west the western countries aren't even hiding it that they're actually supplying arms to the syrian opposition. no real beginning and. graces. face. i see. if they go. you know it was decided. that there were. talking about extremists. isn't. that he defines to opposition in two different groups there are the ones who care for the syrian people who want good for their country and then there are you know the jihadist extremists who actually kill and torture people

syrian rebels executing syrian soldiers of assad. >> john-- >> okay. question. some people believe these are not al-qaeda extremists, but the secular, supposedly pro democracy opposition that -- does that persuade you they could also have used gas on their own people? i ask you. >> no, i don't believe that they used gas on their own people. this is just-- >> they are all syrians. >> that's not the issue. the issue is that on both sides, you will have extremists, but there is no question here about what's been going on in terms of the use of gas, okay? i think it is ridiculous to assume that assad didn't know what was going on. it is just impossible to imagine that. >> the war's been going on for two years. the country has been ripped apart. >> yes. >> you don't think -- you think assad should have stopped this and he was in a position to stop it? >> of course he. you think this is a democracy? what are you talking about? this guy is a tyrant at every level, as was his father. >> i think he faced a situation that was almost impossible to control in many respects.

and to discuss the syrian crisis and the current diplomatic efforts surrounding it with. who served as france's foreign interior and prime minister and he told me earlier why if things the use of force wouldn't and years of bloodshed. i think we should do our best to avoid the use of force we know that the force without law and the force without. diplomatic efforts is always useless that's why the priority to ease negotiation but of course we should go forward and we should have results today we have one result to see the signature by your new regime of the convention on the ban of chemical weapons that's a first step but that's not enough washington is convinced syria agreed to be designed only because of the real threat of being attacked and bashar al assad said that's not the case or do you think well i think you're firmness is part of the game is showing some results but i think the main factor is the willingness of russia to take responsibility and russia taking the lead. making some proposals this is really changing the. figure of the whole fijian army of the of the

the syrians are all about it. they never admitted they had which chemical winds until 45 minutes ago, and now we'll give them away the chemical weapons. now the secretary of state, john kerry, is off to geneva, switzerland to meet with the russian counterpart and they're going to talk about syria. and the syrian foreign minister says we're good to go. we don't think anyone should use chemical weapons. the day after their own president said they didn't use chemical weapons, the rebels used it on them. now it's wrapped up in a nice bow. long statements translated by these people. all fits together perfectly. things don't ever fit together perfectly. catherine herridge is live in washington. this is a bigger mess than any conspiracy theorists could have dreamed up. where are we now? >> well, based on this proposition by the russians, they're opening the door for u.n. inspections on the face of it, inside of syria. having been in iraq in the late '90s when the u.n. inspectors were there trying to confirm whether the i

lucy fielder is in the syrian capital. we heard a moment ago the reaction to the foreign minister in moscow. any reaction where you are? >> the main reaction has been -- [indiscernible] watching this whole debate with concern. i have been hearing from government sources that the response was being planned. it is the message we have been hearing from officials over the last few weeks. they have seized on the chance to de-escalate to drum is out -- draw things out. back to iraq when inspectors were a crucial partner, month to month of that buildup. that is what syrian leadership is hoping will happen. and how very unpopular that war was. also any strikes, that is something the syrian leadership wants to emphasize. completely understood there could be a response not a strike against syria directly using its allies, i ran -- iran said they would not stand idly by. some way or another. >> thank you for that update from damascus. we'll continue to get more updates. we have not had a formal reaction from the white house. does thi

they are syrian americans. they both have family members who are still inside the war-ravaged country. dana was born and raised in jacksonville, florida. malek jandali is an award winning syrian american composer and me analyst. dana, you're 21 years old. we've been looking at pictures of you in syria, typical young lady. you go there every summer or have been going every summer. what are your memories of syria and how you now see the country? >> ever since i was born, i was born in jacksonville, florida, but ever since i was born, i've gone to syria every summer of my life. it's literally home, another home for me. not just jacksonville. so i have lived two lives, one here and one in syria. the memories i will never forget in my supply of what is that like, the two lives? you go there and now you see what parts of your country are like and yet, you're living this nice american lifestyle. you have family in syria. how do you feel? what does it make you feel? >> it's heart breaking, traumatising, it's frightenin

continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joins syrian troops dodging sniper fire in a damascus suburb. a welcome you're watching r.t. this evening with me and. now twelve people are confirmed dead after a shooting at a navy yard in washington d.c. let's get the latest now from our to. the sea sam we understand the area wristed in lockdown but also two of the gunmen we believe still at large. right well things are quieted down here actually we just saw this stream of people here we suspect is the people who are still inside the buildings told to shelter in place they're now being released but things are quiet and down the next police briefing will be in about an hour and it's not going to be at this location would suggest that they might be trying to open this street up but now as for the latest twelve people are dead as you said police are still looking for two suspects now here's some latest news coming from the d.c. police department one of those suspects somebody identified as a white male. described as a white male has been identifie

well the syrian leader who accuses syrian rebels of carrying out the organist chemical attack in damascus also spoke of turkey saudi arabia and qatar saying that he believes that they're funding the opposition and providing them with chemical weapons he also spoke of his concern that the syrian rebels might try to launch a chemical attack against israel as a father act of provocation so a number of tough and very different positions that need to be reconciled here in geneva if there is even a sliver of a chance that we're going to come up with a diplomatic solution to this crisis by the end of the day you're absolutely. live from geneva thank you very much and do whatever shade thank you. and former top ranking yorn officials have written an address to the international community warning against military action in syria and calling on soren governments to stick to the spirit over the u.s. official u.n. official. prado was one of those who put his name to the letter and he explained why you think governments should pull their military horses. or i'm officially they have been no help india

more and more syrians will die. there won't be a resolution to the conflict. >> i completely disagree that assad has none in the last six months. if you look at the last 30 days, 63 strategic victories for the free syrian army all across the country. assad used his militia to enter the city and there were only 750. >> we respectfully disagree about what's going on on the ground. in terms of what the president knows and what the intelligence community is saying and what general dempsey has said is the opposite. we're not on the ground. we don't have firsthand knowledge. >> i was on the ground actually. i was on the ground. i'm from syria just two weeks ago. >> the issue is what is the information that the u.s. president is acting on? what is general dempsey saying? general dempsey is saying that the situation on the ground was so perilous we couldn't tell one opposition from the other to arm them. that's why the arms supply is slow. this is a strategic problem for the united states, and president obama failed to make

they want the syrian regime to accept the political dialog that president assad and the syrian regime out of syria. >> thanks for that. >> there are key dates to keep in mind about syria going forward. president obama and putin will gather in russia on thursday. that may be an opportunity to discuss syria on the side lines of that meeting. the u.s. congress is scheduled to come back only on september 9th. so, what does that mean? it's probably unlikely we will see o with bama order a strike before that date. the u.n. weapons inspectors who arrived in the netherlands after gathering that evidence in damascus. they say it may take up to three weeks now. the spokesman for t*upb secretary general says the inspector's work can't be rushed. >> the secretary general said the team needed time to do its job it needs time to be able to analyze the information and for sampleles it has collected and the secretary general has said repeatedly that there is no at ternive to a political solution to this crisis. over all crisis in syria. a mill industry solution is not an option. >> the arab league is

the decision concerning or the measures concerning syrian weapons. we already agreed that we'll have to get support from the -- support from the security and security council on the issues which are beyond the competence of the organization itself. especially the to ensure the work of the inspectors here in the proposals pointed out that the main responsibility will be assumed by the syrian authorities, not just by him but the other syrian parties, also the opposition, so that they don't create any threats for the personnel to do their work. it has to be done. it has to be in detail, looked through in detail. that's very important. as i have said, the responsibility is not to threaten the personnel . all the parties have the responsibility not to jeopardize their work. we also have agreed that any violations of the procedures, which will be approved by the executive committee of the ocw, as well as the fact of any use of chemical weapons by whoever will be considered in the u.n. security council. the security council will use the corresponding measur