they're over extended in syria. they're weak end internally and economically and politically it has never been so isolated from the west. they will want a political solution at in spoint in the not too distant future >>> is that a reasonable expectation? >> not unreasonable. the west will want a democratic transition in syria. russia doesn't have any confidence that is going to take place. russia would prefer to have a better strong man in syria than bashar al-assad. he was a loser before the russians came in. the russians would like to work with the u.s. on some kind of a transition to a more stable situation, probably involving some kind of strong rule until some democratic transition occurs and russian is not sure that will ever occur >>> the u.s. would love to see a too. >> an end game move is to remove bashar al-assad from power. so long as he continues to be in power the conflict will continue there. >> as long as they continue in power, there will be groups fighting bashar al-assad and the fighting will not s

syria is fighting one of those wars on terror, so-called. >>> on syria's state-controlled media. aleppo and other forces went to areas that are rebel held. carefully taking it. >> the aim is military decisiveness. raising the use over and over again. >> show footbinge by the syrian army. >> they really almost entirely ignored the refugees, it's obvious why. whether there's a battle over territories. that pump or aleppo, this is very much that. it is seen as a nationalist battle territory. they are going aleppo, raising the syria flag. aleppo will return to the home ground. it is what is at stake according to syrian media. this is called an outside power. some media outlets acted as proxies. state funded channels from russia, saudi arabia and qatar have been accused of reflecting patron government stances. and western news channels exposed some of their own dwelling on concern of casualties. beginning that same issue when the plane did the bombing. when the plane did the bombing. then channels like almanar next door in lebanon, beaming their signals and narratives into syria. >> i

isn't about syria, it is about russia. let's take a closer look at what putin's motives might be. russian president vladimir putin feels snubbed by the west, and wants to make russia great again. the war in syria has given him another opportunity to show his country is a world power. the ongoing and -- airstrikes are aimed at securing russian influence in the region with, or without bashar al-assad. hisn does not want to lose country's net -- mediterranean naval base. russia also has agreements with syria to export oil and gas reserves. putin says hitting the opponents is striking a blow against terrorism. terrorist.who is a and the president will achieve one other thing with military action in syria. thousands more civilians are now fleeing further bombardment, as the flood of refugees swell, europe grows ever more divided during is it all part of a grand strategy? alan, here is something i don't really get. before the latest environment -- bombardment, when putin was willing to sit down with talks, people were saying, ru

services inside syria has all but collapsed, hospitals have been hit. the m.s.f. calling on the warring sides to respect these facilities, because targeting them is against international law. that is in idlib. in azaz, the hospital, a school and other locations were also targeted, people were killed. as azaz being close to the turkish border is part of an ongoing battle for a very strategic corner of syria. >> as this fighting escalates inside the country, turkey and russia exchanging this war of words, turkish foreign minister speaking just a short time ago, leveling accusations at russia, what did he have to say? >> well, like i mentioned, this border town of azaz is now a front line really between russia and turkey, turkey making it very clear that this talk about is a red line for yours and we will not allow it to fall. it is controlled by the opposition, opposition groups that are backed by turkey, but the y.p.g., the kurdish armed group is advancing, and it is very close to storming azaz, so the turkish government making it very clear that they will not allo

i couldn't keep them in syria any more. i told my children that the crisis is only temporary and that it will all be over and we can go home soon. i hope they don't blame me for not giving me an education because i'm doing the best that i can. they will have a normal life when they go back to syria. i want them to grow up god willing >>> four farmers are accused of killing two black workers. they were said to be collecting wages but the farmers said they were attacking them. >> reporter: the court proceedings have started. the magistrate is busy inside the court behind me. also behind me various supporters have showed up to show support. this is the economic freedom fighters. they're sporting the farm workers who were killed. the barbed wire was put here to separate people from each other. letter here to support the black workers who were killed and behind them is another mob for the white farmers. people are protesting in various quarters. they're not taking chances. the court is underway. we are expecting it to be adjourn

in congress wait we have to work out syria, putin has helped us in syria and he has played both sides successful trying to delay the process. >> is there anything because of what's happened in ukraine and russian sanctions have hurt the russian economy that he might be any more inclined to change his position on ukraine? >> this is syria once rudd russt involved in ukraine, that's the eighth conflict zone. whether it is the crimea or the dundun bas, the westba. dunbas, what's the plan to deal with russia now. >> vice president biden has talked with president petro poroshenko to talk about these imf bailouts, why is that not happening, is there a lot of division inside the ukrainian policpoliceparliament? >> it is a lot of change. >> ukrainiapolls, down in the 2d 30s, ars an yatsenyuk yuck his g likabilities is ricing. >> they have to redo the prosecutors office and all the judges, it is a massive. >> ing i'm very bullish on ukraine, ukraine has a lot of people who are underemployed overeducated and is vastly rich in natural resources. anybody who's investing in ukraine now a country o

syria seems to have dominated it from the very start. they have concentrated somewhat on ukraine as well. he spent a little bit of time talking about the u.s. commitment to a strong europe. he mentioned that he would - that the united states would like to see brilt an in a strong-- britain in a strong e.u. i'm not sure how that went down, but nonetheless europe figured highly in his speech. ukraine also factored in. he was critical of russian saying that the minsk agreement needs to be implemented fully otherwise sanctions are going to be maintained, robust sanctions are going to be maintained against russia. again, syria seems to be the all consuming topic that has up so much of the time of the delegates as they attend this conference. our correspondent is standing by and will keep us updated on the developments coming out of munich as this conference comes to a close at al jazeera. so remember, don't go away. stay with us here at al jazeera. and psychopaths who try to hijack it. isil is as much islamic as the kkk is christian. stoorgt

those who visited syria and iraq to work with isis don't have a stamp on their passport from syria. they don't have a stamp from iraq. they have a stamp on their passport for turkey. we ought to look at whether we should provide the visa waiver. to those who have visited turkey. we have to look at the european friends and make sure they don't give a new passport to somebody who doesn't like the stamps on their old passport without telling us it did have a stamp from libya or iraq or turkey. i do think we will have to look at this the so waiver idea -- visa waiver idea. as long as they can get a new passport that does not and have visa waiver without letting us know they visited turkey and saudi -- syria or iraq. or libya. i want to focus on the questions. we were serious and world war ii. we had a strategic bombing program designed to destroy the economic capacity of europe. i believe we killed 90,000 french civilians. and then we were welcomed by the french people as liberators. we were serious in the war. we won the war. paides de gaulle never french civil servants and occupied fr

has urged turkey to halt military strikes on syria. turkey's prime minister has demanded fighters withdraw from its border. >>> and republican presidential hopefuls are currently taking part in a debate in south carolina. the state due to hold a prime minister this week. polls show donald trump and ted cruz the front runners. >>> now more than 25,000 people are hoping to use the crossing to enter egypt from the southern gaza strip this weekend. we have reports on that. >> these palestinians have been waiting patiently to leave the gaza strip for months. some for years. >> we have over 25,000 registered humanitarian cases in the gaza strip. our best estimate, there will be 24,000 people in need of help still suffering. >> this keen imaginer is in need of medical attention. he lost his leg us during the gaza war. >> he needs surgeries and therapy. we've been trying to get help for more than a year. we've been applying for permits and renewing them. >> the economic realities in the strip worsened after that w

and besieged towns in syria remain desperate. these are exclusive pictures obtained by al jazeera from inside madaya where two women died of malnutrition on tuesday. doctors without boarders estimates more than 300 people in madaya are now malnourished. ♪ >>> italy is demanding an investigation into the death of a student in cairo, whose body was found bearing signs of having been tortured. he disappeared on the 25th of january. the italian government has urgently summoned the egyptian ambassador to a meeting to express its concern. >> reporter: on thursday the italian fvm has summoned the egyptian ambassador to italy following the suspicious death of an italian student who has been living in cairo. he disappeared on the 25th of january, the fifth anniversary of the uprising that lead to the depotion of president morsi. his body was found with signs of torture, cigarette butts, of stab wounds, and he must have suffered, it was said, a slow death. they are calling for an investigation calling for it to be fair. the local authori

there are more than 5 million outside of syria who have been displaced. and we do everything possible to make sure that they don't need to be away from their home country, and the conference here made a significant contribution to this. nevertheless it does not replace the humanitarian responsibility of europe. if we see here what the neighboring countries are making available that are very small in terms of inhabitants who accommodate a lot of refugees, i think it's important that europe makes a contribution. something we were able to demonstrate is that we contribute to the fact that it's not just smugglers, people smugglers and illegality that do business to the detriment of the poor people, but it is about a legal way to fight against the reasons for fleeing and for exodus to offer jobs, to offer prospects for the future, and we will keep working towards making sure that europe can meet its other obligations. >> finally a question from kuwaiti tv. >> translator: now is there any difference on the philosophy [ inaudible ] to be taken in order to help t

. ♪ hours after world powers announced a breakthrough on syria russian planes reportedly kill 18 people in homs. ♪ hello this is al jazeera live from doha and i'm jane and also coming up, scuffles and tear gas in athens as farmers protest against spending cuts. racial tensions high in the south african town as white farmers stand accused of killing black workers. we meet orphans caught up in the fighting in eastern ukraine even though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. ♪ right now it is only an agreement on paper, it won't bring a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling cessation of abilities in syria beginning a week from now. one of the priorities will be delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and villages, our diplomatic editor james base reports from munich. >>> 19 delegations and sponsors of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track but the most important meeting happens several hours earlier on the 15th floor of th

talking about convergence, what does that mean beyond a ceasefire in syria. do the arabs and russians agree on what happens next? >> reporter: it's interesting. these diplomats we're talking about are a good many things, issues around the region. there was a lot of diplomatic speak there couched in messages of cooperation appeared converge entity views. really i think for russia the problem at the moment is that as its influence in the middle east increases because of its role in the syrian conflict, it is losing some friends amongst sunni arab states. really what russia needs to do, if it's going to try and salvage those relationships, is try and build a kind of bigger umbrella of views and values and things like that. so we were hearing there from the u.a.e. foreign minister basically saying that stability and security and values like that are things that russia and all of these countries can agree on. lavrov was talking about tackling terrorism as something all these countries can agree on. trying to put away some of the differences about syria and concent

foreign ministers have been speaking about their visions for syria's future. >> in syria, we are working to bring about change -- political change if possible to what is happening in syria in order to remove the man who is responsible for the murder of 300,000, the displacement of 12 million, and the destruction of a nation. the man who is the single most effective magnet for extremists and terrorists in the region. that's our objective. >> we believe there is nothing in our region that would exclude iran and saudi arabia working together for a better future for all of us. we believe we face common threats. we believe isil al-nusra, extremists in general, are as much a threat to our brothers in saudi arabia as they are to the rest of the region, even more. so we are bound by a common destiny of a threat that has problems with our brothers in turkey. has problems with our brothers in saudi arabia, in the region, even in pakistan, afghanistan, and central asia. >> let's take a closer look now at the humanitarian crisis in syria, which the u.n. says get worse every day. it is highlighting t

military engagement inside syria. the obama administration has been extremely reluctant to do that because it is very, very conscious of the ideal of starting yet another war in the middle east. now one point that the presidential envoy deal with the coalition to counter isil stressed is that the u.s. is very much looking to support other members of the coalition particularly those from arab countries who want to do more to try to defeat isil and to find a diplomatic solution to the civil war. but he was very diplomatic before the house of foreign affairs committee on wednesday that the u.s. was not going to take the lead because he stressed this isn't just a fight that concerns the united states. it concerns really the entire global community. >> russia has been the focus of talks in nato. the alliance is to form a new multi national force in eastern europe to defend members most at threat from moscow. the decision was made on day one of a two-day meeting of the 28-nato defense ministers in brussels. it comes amid in

attacks on medical facilities and schools in syria. the u.n. envoy staffan de mistura is set to meet syria's foreign minister on tuesday. >>> at least one person has been killed in kampala, kizza besigye was held before being released. >>> where it was decideds he would remain in police custody. his arrest last week has prompted protests across the country. divya gopalan now explains. >> reporter: classes are boycotted, classrooms remain empty. hundreds gather to protest against the arrest of their student leader, on sedition charges. the government allegation antiindian slogans were chanted during a rally. up to three days in detention, his court appearance is overshadowed by scuffles outside the courtroom. journalists and kumar supporters says they wear tacked just after a decision was made to extend his detention. a decision that angered many on campus. >> we are extremely anguished like this. why i are they make a criminal t of him? we'll continue no matter how long it takes. >> there have been warnings from government ministers and right w

-lead coalition until syria. so the u.s. telling turkey, these are our allies we will continue to support them. so the relationship with the united states worsening, the relationship with russia worsening, and turkey is finding itself caught in the whole syrian crisis, and the crisis has spilled over the border. >> and we know that will be featuring very heavily in the thinking of officials there, and many people in the wake of this bombing in the turkish capitol, ankara, now. zana thank you. we are now speaking to our analyst on the phone from ankara. can you give us your initial thoughts on this bombing? if you can hear me, i was just asking you about your reaction to this bombing in the capitol, ankara. i'm not sure if you can hear me. but just wanted to get your thoughts on the circumstances surrounding this attack, who might have been behind this attack. okay. we'll get back to her a little bit later on. we'll try to reestablish a connection with her, and try to get her thoughts on what we're seeing unfold right now in

in syria. there you can see the live shot of john mckain, the u.s. senator, who has been addressing that security conference that is taking place in munich where we have heard so many of the world leaders talking about the situation in syria. as you know, there was an agreement between the united states, russia and other interested parties with regard to syria to try to get acisation of hostilities. today is the last day of this conference and the conference has been hearing from the former u.n. secretary general because me, of course, is a former special envoy to syria as well, but this time he was talking about africa and he said that africa is a lot better than many believe to be the case. he said the threat of groups like boko haram and al-shabab continue to destabilize the continent. >> we cannot ignore that from the west to the east the flood of jihad is being raised. more than a dozen subsaharan countries are concerned and tens of thousands have already died. boko haram actually killed m

, one is humanitarian access to all those in syria. whoever is presents humanitarian access in madaya and aleppo, they were criminals. and the regime today, when they are talking here, people are eating crass, they don't have water to drink. they are lucky, at least they have some in turkey, jordan and lebanon. those in syria don't have anything to eat or drink. all of us, a statesman of this century, we are responsible for this. now geneva talks unfortunately, despite our efforts, the first phase was not hopeful. why? because when the regime was going to geneva, the aid bombardment was continuing in aleppo, in latakia, against civilians. schools, hospitals. we have to be honest with each other. for the last five years, all the refugees escaped from aid bombard. by the gix regime forces. and dash, a terrorist organization emerged. we had two enemies of humanity. regime and terrorism - we have to be shoulder to shoulder, working against these - those who are committing war crimes. who can explain to me or the people of syria the mentali

>> syria's president despise calls for hostility. and they vow to retake the entire country. >> hello there, i'm felicity barr, and this is al jazeera live from london. coming up, farmers' fury tractor drive their way to greece's parliament in riot against austerity measures. >>> the catholic pope meets the russian orthodox patriarch for the first time i in a millennium. >>> and doctors refuse to treat officers who are accused of attacking their colleagues. hello, syria's president has said his forces will retake the whole country, but he also said negotiations are worth pursuing. bashar al-assad's words come as russian airstrikes reportedly killed 36 people. talks in munich world leaders agree to aim for a halt in hostilities in syria within seven days as well providing humanitarian assistance. but the syrian government and opposition groups have yet to gray. and armed groups like isil an and al nusra front were not included in that deal. russia's prime minister said that the u.s. and arab partners needed to think hard about their a

in syria, mr. chairman, you hit something on the head because what is happening with the russian air strikes is that they're primarily focused on the opposition. and what is happening with opposition forces, we were working with to fight isil, if you look on this map, just to the north of alone peppo, we we working with local opposition forces to move east to fight isil and that was a very sophisticated endeavor. but as the russian air strike campaign has begun particularly north of aleppo, the fighters peeled off the line to fight the regime advance and this is causing us real problems for the counter-isil campaign. we tell the russians this very clearly, you say you are fighting isil but what you are doing is having a very detrimental effect in the fight against isil. >> thank you. i was going to ask you, ambassador, also, in addition to this job as mr. engle pointed out, you helped negotiate the release of the americans being held by iran and last year the families of these americans sat at this

still starving inside syria, promises billions to help refugees with solution for the country itself, looks a long way off it's not just the food for today, but hope for tomorrow. >> the death of a student, apparently killed after being ab ducted and tortured in egypt. >> protests on the steps of parliament, will explain why workers across greece have walked off the job. >> also sweeledden says a u.n. panel has ruled that the weekky leaks founder is a victim of arbitrary detention in the london embassy. all of the big sports stories are coming up for you, a big 20 league in dubai, helping it will revive the day they are home. >> it is undoubtly going to be a tough job, but diplomates are still working behind the scenes to try to rescue the syrian peace process after talks were suspended on thursday. amido a renewed syrian army offensive, with russian air support. they are being asked to prepare for the long term by helping refugees in major countries. to boost the prospects of work and education for syrians living outside syria, 4.6 million syrians now live in neighboring countries su

. >> reporter: there is no red line in syria's war. that seems to be the attack where a school, a hospital, and other buildings were hit. among the casualties were recently displaced syrians who escaped the fighting across aleppo province. turkey has called azaz a red line and vowed to not allow the town to fall not only because it is being held by the opposition but it is being threatened by the ypg, an opposition group that is called terrorists. >> the ypg has stepped back from azaz and it's area. if they come closer they'll see the most severe reaction. we will not allow azaz to fall. the whole world should know this. >> turkey has been attacking ypg positions to prevent further advances. they have captured many areas held by the oppositions taking advantage of the government offensive against the rebels across aleppo province. the ypg and it's allies have rejected its ultimatum to recapture areas, instead they're advancing and now are at the door steps of the strongholds in the northern corridor. many in the opposition say they've

the two tracks are inevitable in syria. first through negotiations and second through fighting terrorism. >> just over the boarder in turkey, is my colleague, zana hoda. she september us this. >> reporter: what the syrian government and itself backer, russia is trying to do is not just change the balance of power on the ground in the favor of the regime. what they are trying to do is weaken the opposition if not wipe it out all together, and it's not a coincidence that we're seeing a large-scale offensive in two provinces simultaneously. the northern province and the southern province, because these two areas are the last remaining strong hold of what is known as the moderate rebels. the rebels that the international community wants to deal with, and who are taking part, really, in the political process. and the syrian foreign minister made it very, very clear, we are not interested in a ceasefire. there will be no let up in the army advance, until we seal both the turkey and the jordanian border. those have been the lifeli

secretary-general ban ki-moon has condemned a string of bombings in syria. the attacks on rebel held areas in the north of the country have killed almost 50 civilians and destroyed at least five medical facilities. it is uncertain who carry out the attacks. russia has intensified its airstrikes on strongholds in the last several days. >> and abandoned medical ward, one of several hospitals hit in airstrikes in northern syria. children were reported to be among the casualties. the other strikes hit a hospital supported by doctors without borders. another hospital was also hit. >> it is clearly an attack against -- to be a doctor or nurse in the area controlled by the opposition. >> russia's suspected involvement is being held by turkey. speaking on his first official visit to new train -- to ukraine, that's real intentions with regard to syria. his comments follow the recent agreement by leaders in germany to work towards an end to the conflict. despite the agreement in munich, they have set their aim is not a cease-fire or a piece but to keep the syrian regi

we need time to rebuild syria but we will start, it will be the beginning of rebuilding syria when we step down assad. it's the only way we can rebuild syria. >> thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. we wish you and your family the best. thank you. >> thank you, thank you so much. >>> and when we come back a partisan fight to fill that vacancy on the supreme court justice scalia and fall out on the campaign trail. >>> treating addiction that they believe could help save lives. ♪ >> mdma helps with the therapeutic connection. >> exclusive access to the... >> our fears are dancing between us. >> techknows team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >>...can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> awesome. >> techknow, where technology meets humanity. >> only on al jazeera america. welcome back for your world this morning, the death of supreme court justice scalia is leading to contentious debate over who will replace him. >> republicans promising to black the nomination who it may be and the candida

in syria. what are the strategies you have outland. >> we want to get this done and accelerate the campaign. we've proposed a number of ways of accelerating. i'll come to them in a moment. i just want to point out, every time general dunnford and i have come to the president with a request to do more to accelerate the defeat of i.s.i.l, he said yes. >> rose: the president has not been reluctant to increase our effort against i.s.i.s. at all. he has been fully supportive of everything you and general dun dunnford have recommended. >> i ide go further around say he is encouraging us to look for opportunities to do more because our strategy and the right strategy is -- let me take iraq first -- is to enable the iraqi security forms. so that is a process that involves training them, it involves equipping them. and then when they go into battle, helping to make them successful as we did in ray made. that's our overall strategic approach. why is that the strategic approach? because it takes capable,

inside syria. the u.s. argues what it is trying to do is expand the work against isil to help eliminate the health of isil, and it is using all diplomatic means to resolve the civil war inside syria. in particular the u.s. is very reluctant to do what such as the turkish president, and the outgoing foreign minister have been suggesting which is a morrow bust military engagement. inside syria. the obama administration has been very reluctant to do that because it is conscious of starting another war in the middle east. now at one point the presidential envoy dealing with the coalition is that the u.s. is very much looking to support other members of the coalition particularly those from airplane countries who want to do more to defeat isil and who want to find a diplomatic solution to the civil war. he was very diplomatic on wednesday that the u.s. wasn't going to essentially take the lead because he stressed this isn't just a fight that concerns the united states. it can turn--it concerns the entir

syria has suffered two devastating sets of ex mroesz in the past 24 hours. in the first, the city of homs was hit by a double car bombing. at least 46 people were killed and more than 100 others injured. the car bombs targeted the zara area of the city home to many members of the assad's allowhite section section: 30 people were killed and injuring dozens. government forces captured 31 villages in the north from isil. the u.s. secretary of state john kerrrk is saying he has reached an agreement with russia on the terms of a cease-fire in syria. zeina has more and a warning that you may find some images disturbing. >> multipleplosions and just hours apart in two government controlled districts in syria. the mainly shia district, the other, mainly allowhite neighborhood in central syria. in those incidence civilians were killed and injured and in both neighborhoods, communities who are considered supporters of the government were targeted. both districts have seen similar attacks in the past. a clear challenge to the government and its ability to security terr

disagreement over syria. we heard from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry that this opportunity was a hinge around which the syrian crisis could turn, and this was an opportunity for both sides all sides to seek peace. then we heard from sergei lavrov, his counter part from russia, that this secession would not succeed. we heard from the french prime minister that they had to stop bombing civilians, then we heard from his russian counterpart that that was not the case and russia had natural interests in syria and had no secret scenarios it was playing out. there is sill a divergent of opinion over syria. >> only a short while after the agreement on syria was reached in this city, the u.s. secretary of state was back in munich for a security conference. although some applications had held deliberationsed a a step forward. others have expressed extreme skepticism. in his address to the conference, john kerry addressed that skepticism by stressing how critical it is to make the secession of hostilities work.

and turkey's hands to a certain extent is tied in syria. yes, turkish atillery close to the border, but can it invade at the end of the day russia controls the skies are. the turkish prime minister also criticizing moscow for allowing the y.p.g. to open an office in russia and appealing to the international community to see that turkey is facing a threat because the turkish authorities have been criticizing the obama administration telling them that how can you put us in the same basket as the y.p.g. why do you consider the p.k.k. a terrorist organization when it is link to the y.p.g. turkey telling its international partners that they need to stand by turkey, turkey saying it is going to take measures even inside syria, but on the ground the y.p.g. has undoubtedly made advances over the past few days, taking advantage of the government offensive. they have pushed in opposition controlled territory and they are at the doorstep of azzaz. they are now at the doorsteps there, they have made it very clear that they want to take this town. turke

the west has signaled it won't back turkey's grand plan inside of syria on the ground. the escalating tensions are straining long-time alliances and complicating an already difficult process aimed attending syria's war. zana hoda, al jazeera, southern turkey. >>> now russia is calling for a u.n. security council meeting because it fears turkey could launch a ground invasion of syria. it wants a resolution demanding an end to action which undermines syria's sovereignty. daniel lak is at the united nations. and how soon can we expect this meeting to take place? >> reporter: well the meeting is going to be coming up a little later this afternoon, and russia called an urgent meeting of its security council colleagues, and the premise they gave was that they fear a turkish ground invasion of syria. now let's remind viewers that turkey has not called for a ground invasion of syria, but it has said it is willing to be part of a multi-lateral ground force should one emerge that would probably include middle eastern forces as well as european and american forces. and they also s

after four brutal years in syria he decided he had finally had enough. so like 4 million of his countrymen this 28-year-old nurse became a refugee and emptied his savings to pay for the long trip north to europe. piling into a rickety boat he crossed the sea from turkey then started to walk. >> there was a chart in the box, i said what happened in my cup, why there is this war? >> reporter: after a month of traveling sleeping in the woods and facing the near constant threat of arrest mubarak finally made it here to sweden. >> it's colder here now? >> yes it's cold but i like cold. >> sweden has emerged as a promised land of sorts or at least a place for those like mubarak can relax and feel normal again. >> when i smile to you and you smile to me, i feel great. i feel i am a human. i feel only i want that. all i want to be is safe. >> reporter: sweden is in the midst of a housing crisis and yet it gives permanent residence to refugees, just like any other swedish resident and of all the eu countries sweden has taken in the largest number of refugees rela

clear they want to be part of syria. it makes clear they want to have positive relations with their neighbors. they don't want to interfere in the relations. distances with the pkk. work inl remain a progress. it is something we're going to work on every day. we will continue to work with itself againstct pkk militarism which is killingy dangerous and turkish soldiers and police officers every day. mr. thank you, sir. now mr. sherman of california. representative sherman: i know visa waiver program was mentioned earlier. those who visit libya. it is not a right that we extend europeans. in reducing it. we don't provide the waivers to people from brazil. -- brazil, etling et cetera. a visa waiverave system. those who visited syria and iraq have a stamp on their passport. they don't have a stamp from iraq. they have a stamp on their passport for turkey. we ought to look at whether we should provide the visa waiver. we have to look at the european sure they don't give a new passport to somebody on doesn't like the stamps th

forces in syria are consistently looking for ways to increase efficiency. clarisa ward is the first journalist to visit aairfield amid a deepening relationship between the u.s. and its kurdish al allies. she joins us live from erbil with this cnn exclusive. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, christine. as the u.s. ratchets up its military presence inside syria with at least 50 u.s. special forces troops on the ground, it is also exploring military ways to pursue the fight against isis beyond just airstrikes. now, we managed to find this small agricultural airstrip in a remote corner of northeastern syria. when we arrived on the scene, it was clear that works were ongoing. there was a large berm of freshly dug-up earth that was clearly intended to obscure what was going on behind it. but we could see the runway quite clearly. we saw a tractor. we saw workers on the scene,

presence of isil, both in syria, and iraq. leaving combatants and their international backers fighting on multiple fronts. the british foreign secretary has been briefing the u.k. parliament. there was praise for the extraordinary resill lens of kurdish peshmerga fighters in iraq. but syria, he said is different. >> what we have seen is very distumenting evidence of coordination between the syrian forces, the kurdish forces and the russian air force. >> reporter: for syria kurds, read the ypg, the military wing of a syrian affiliate of the pkk, which turkey and britain regard as a terrorist group. the united nations military support for the ypg is deeply problematic, therefore. but a former leader, says the kurdish loyalty to the west is consistent. >> they are for years fighting not just against isis, but also against al-nusra, because they besieged kobani, they besieged [ inaudible ] and many other kurdish places. rrm one analysts says cooperation between assads forces and the ypg occurs only where both sides happen to be fi

syria, an ally of southeaeasters russia. western powers want to remove the assad regime who is an ally of russia. in 2013, we started arming moderate rebels to remove the assad regime. now they are isis. it is the same group of people. all we are trying to do is remove the assad regime like we did cudoffy, sadan. it is the same playbook. >> guest: syria is a complicated issue. i am not sure it is the immediate removal of assad. the two most powerful players in syria other than assad it is isis and the al-qaeda affiliate there. our main goal now is mostly trying to attack isis. rusa's main goal is the preservation of assad. i think the syria war would be going on for more than a decade. the people who could put the brakes in don't seem to do so. i think we will continue seeing thousands of foreign fighters from around the arab world. and many many hundreds continue to go for training. >> host: director and vice president mark is in lake geneva, florida. mark, turn down the volume. we will move on to another. we will move on.

they spoke with great concern about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in syria. in some cases you could argue that there are reasons closer domestic, political reasons why they should be so concerned as well, particularly from the european point of view, i think there is almost explicitly stated quid proquo if you like and if more aid is given to syrians displaced in the country and displaced in neighboring countries primarily of course turkey, lebanon and jordan then the likelihood of them becoming refugees and seeking asylum here in europe is that much less likely. i also think this conference was over shadowed by both by the distressing images and news from syria itself and of course by the break down of talks in geneva yesterday. and when ban ki-moon the u.n. secretary-general spoke at the end he was at pains distress that ultimately yes you can carry on having these humanitarian pledging conferences but the real solution for syria is peace. >> most help the people of syria is not just the food for today but hope for tomorrow. yet the parties to the conflict

in syria. the narrative on the front line fighting i.s.i.l. as far as the turkish government is concerned the y.p.g. is simply a proxy for the syrian regime used in the essential region. that's obviously to instigate matters further. the y.p.g. opened an office in the past couple of weeks in russia. and as we know relationships between russia and turkey deteriorated since turkey downed a russian air force jet that violated its air space. this is not just about turkish security on its homeland here. it saw a dip or an increase in the number of attacks taking place in the past couple of months, it's about the wider region add conflict. particularly what is going on in syria. >> live were ankara. let's condition and go to zeina khodr. joining us from southern turkish strikes in iraq. tell us about that. >> yes, turkish air force targetting the position of the p.k.k. in the northern iraq mountains like jamal mentioned. turkey has been at war with the p.k.k. for some time now, and the strikes happening a few hours after the bombing in ankara. turke

>> turkey targets kurdish fighters inside syria. hello, i'm david foster, also in al jazeera, egypt's president said that he will hand power back to parliament and that no, sir has been restored. >>> now the pope this a country dominated by catholics has done something that non-of his predecessors have managed to do. plus... >> an i'm in florida in the everglades where the burmese python hunt is underway and why they're so eagle for get rid of yet another invasive species. >> any pause of fighting agreed by world powers this week will happen. russia's foreign minister said that the deal is more likely to fail than succeed. global leaders have been meeting for syria's war at the top of the agenda. and they're covering events for us, dominic kane live for us in munich. it is easy to see how there are those on both sides who think this is going a little chance of success when you see how many disagreements there are over the targets that have been picked for attacks by both sides. >> that's right, david, for the past two days, the afte

take the war in syria for example. it has turned into a full-fledged regional conflict. >> meanwhile in syria, fighting continued. the deal specifies a cessation of hostilities in a week. in munich, jordan's king abdullah urged the international community to come together. >> today, we share interests in a coalition victory in syria and iraq and the end for daesh requires our concentrated and dedicated action. >> the deal has produced cautious optimism, but there is a sense that the cooperative mood may not last. >> the best moment for trying and testing the will of those who have committed themselves yesterday. >> russia's role has been criticized in the conflict. the french defense minister pointed to moscow's airstrikes in support of the syrian regime as a major contributor to instability. >> last night's agreement can permit progress if it leads to a cease-fire. if it leads to general humanitarian access and if it includes an end to the indiscriminate bombing by the syrian regime and by russia. >> meanwhile, syrian