syria, what does syria mean for me, actually, family, you know? hopefully this will be, like, a bad dream, maybe, and to have a better life, so... accent. before the war, he, his sister and brother all played in the syrian national orchestra for arabic music. issam took over the orchestra in 2003 and conducted them for ten years, touring europe and the middle east. when he left, he didn't know if he would ever lead them again. but that could be about to change. international organisers are trying to bring the orchestra to europe for a one—off tour that would reunite musicians from inside syria and those now living abroad, like issam. this is ourdream, actually, my dream. his friends are helping him prepare. issam wrote this piece for the orchestra while he was still living in damascus. but the tour hangs in the balance. since the outbreak of war, it is almost impossible to get visas for syrians to leave the country. he is very stressed, because he was so busy lately writing all this stuff and worried about the music, the visa. so, yeah, you can

this man is from northern syria. he played in the orchestra before fleeing to sweden with his young family in 2013. he's one of the foremost kanoon players in the middle east and for him upcoming concerts are an important way of preserving syrian culture. but rehearsing for the tour is difficult. since moving to sweden, he's taken over looking after his young son while his wife is at work. and he struggles to explain to his children why the family left syria. like his parents, the majority of the orchestra are still living in syria where they still rehearse and perform in damascus. mace and her husband rachid have been in the orchestra since the beginning. she is a singer and he is the lead violin player. and for mace, these concerts have a special significance. singing as syrians, it is almost impossible for mace and rachid to get visas to leave the country. they have not left syria since the start of the war. and with one week to go before the tour, they still don't know if they will get permission to travel. getti

the message to trump is get the foreign fighters out of syria. shia militias, pro—iranian, they are iraqis, they are afghans, they are iranians, they are not syrians and on the other side, there are jihadis who are foreigners and we want them out of the country. this is what the international community needs to help the reasonable syrians in order to achieve the coming weeks and months. that's when we can have the ground for a political settlement. we don't have much time left and i just want you now to reflect on the six years that have brought us here. you have been actively involved with the opposition throughout that six—year period and here we are with russia in the ascendancy, with the americans opted out and with donald trump singing a tune that doesn't sound like it is going to suit you very well, and on the ground, the opposition forces defeated in aleppo and on the defensive in those pockets of territory they still retain. is it time for you to quit, for the opposition to say, we tried, we failed, the country has been ruined and the

also, they offered me a trip into syria for $0. i was so poor at the time, i was like $0, that's my price, i'll go with you guys. so you went in with them. shortly after arriving in syria they said to you, we are from al-qaeda or nusra front... no, no, shortly after arriving in syria, firstly i slept one night in the same abandoned house as them and then the next morning we got up, went to binnish, which is where james foley and john cantlie were kidnapped a month later. it was a very dangerous little town. we drove through this town, we had coffee, we walked through the streets a little bit and then we went to another house. they brought out some cables, they started kicking me, they were filming this. whack, whack, whack. so they were militants of some kind? well, they were violent people, anyway. they brought out the handcuffs, they tied up my legs and they said, you are a prisoner. we are from the al-qaeda organisation, they said, and they said, didn't you know? i said no. a little more violence and then they go, 0k, now we can

in order for syria to see our peaceful settlement. on one point of detail, yesterday a coalition of 12 or so detail, yesterday a coalition of 12 orso anti— detail, yesterday a coalition of 12 or so anti— assad forces on the ground said they were going to reject any further diplomacy under the russian tent because of what they described as systematic violations of the ceasefire agreement by assad forces on the ground. if that your position as well or you prepared to say that the ceasefire is holding in a satisfactory way? unfortunately the ceasefire is not holding. these groups are the ones who signed with russia and russia signed on behalf of the regime, an agreement for cessation of hostilities. the groups by dead and the syrian regime not abiding. what the groups are asking is for our russia to get the assad regime to behave, comply and enforce the cessation of hostilities. if it is credible, a political agreement can happen. these groups are willing to go toa can happen. these groups are willing to go to a stunner, they signed,

the message to trump is get the foreign fighters out of syria. shia militias, pro—iranian — they are iraqis, they are afghanis, they are iranians, they are not syrians, and on the other side, there are jihadis who are foreigners and we want them out of the country. this is what the international community needs to help the reasonable syrians in order to achieve the coming weeks and months. that's when we can have the ground for a political settlement. we don't have much time left, and i just want you now to reflect on the six years that have brought us here. you have been actively involved with the opposition throughout pretty much that entire six—year period and here we are with russia in the ascendancy, with the americans opted out and with donald trump singing a tune that doesn't sound like it is going to suit you very well, and on the ground, the opposition forces, defeated in aleppo and on the defensive in those pockets of territory they still retain. is it time for you to quit, for the opposition to say, we tried, we failed, the count

how syria people forget that. as i listen to the revisionist commentary, they say, "the obama administration did not do this" or "they did not do that" or whatever. there's no way the obama administration could have changed what was happening in those countries. it happened spontaneously because of where those countries find themselves relative to modernity, to the global economies, to their own governance challenges, and to centuries-old passions and definitions and differences that have defined those societies for a long time. i will give you an example in syria. syria is not one war. it is not one simple conflict. follow every day what is happening between russia and syria, butespect to multiply that by saudi arabia versus iran and iran versus , kurdarabia, kurds aspirations, kurds versus er erdogan's aspirations for syria, sunni versus shia, people versus assad. there are about six different wars taking place -- some of them quite real proximate proxy leaving -- wee are living in a different world. people need

host: and the syria fact. guest: and the syria affect that's really terrifying people because no one was to become another syria. host: how much the proxy war in the region, you know, college or beauty to where we are today, i mean, you look at libya, for example and there is a proxy war happening between the sunni sunni aspect you are talking about, sunni sunni proxy war within libya. you look at iraq as well and there is a proxy were there, so how do you address this, do the populations of, you know, libya or rock or eat-- iraq or even lebanon or syria or do they even have any willpower at this point to break out of this proxy war. the region has fumed and benefited for a while now. guest: i think it's difficult and i just want to mention that as we are talking about this we don't want to give the impression that all of arab society are sort of gold or engaged in these conflicts because most people actually field victimized by the complex and they feel helpless and that's why i think as i mentioned people fe

iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. be stopped ford 30 days until a new visa program, new regulations would be put in place. ,ll of it sounds rather vague we don't have the executive order and it has not been signed by president trump. relatively difficult to make into a concrete reality, but all those campaign promises that seemed totally unrealistic, here they are being put into relatively concrete reality by the president. from muslimigration majority countries, it all seems to be happening. laura: here in france, the conservative presidential candidate is engulfed in a scandal over reports he paid his wife a half-million euros while she was working as his assistant. that is not illegal or uncommon in france, but the report claims there is no evidence she ever did the work she was paid for. >> a roadblock in his campaign. foundate franÇois fillon himself under fire with a report he claimed -- he paid his wife a half-million euros for work it's claimed she never did. she has generally stayed out of her husband's affa

wasn't going to be about syria or iraq. it was confined only to the nuclear issue and that was very smart on their part. now, the rouhani people would say privately -- is would some private meetings with, wink, wink, the next conclusion is about syria but i knew that would never happened. i they tried to convince some americans if there was going be a nuclear deal and all parties could agree on the conditions and the terms of the grandma, grandma there -- agreement, and there were be concessions on syria but that didn't happen. >> to the gentleman's question, any opportunity for compromise between saudi and iran him in soon? >> i don't. there would have to be interest by both sides and i don't see what those interests could be. they're both pen -- benefiting from the rivalry so what benefit in concessions? >> and to rasha's question, consecutiving the syrian war from here, we did hear fromun u.s. official, there's a silver lining, that al qaeda and hezbollah fighting in syria. that was in 2013. i'd like to find the same off

was also the chief negotiator with syria, a real scholar when it comes to syria. and he's also been the head of what's tel aviv university dky on center and he's been the president, the provost of tel aviv university. he's the chairman of something called the israel institute to support the idea of israel studies in the united states and in different parts of the world. and i just really think here are two people that have thought a lot about israel's foreign policy and it's really a delight for me and for the institute that they've come back and vin shared to share their perspectives with us today. i want to thank you both very much for coming and we'll start with cabinet minister zachchy hanegbi. >> good noon. good noon and afternoon, david. happy to sedan is here. itamar, good friend and everybody here, thank you for coming. i just came in the middle of the night. it's beautiful to see washington snowed in. i was invited to this event was happy to accept invitation to the washington institute. it's very important thing tank entity in d.c. i'm always happy taupe

syria. i worry about russia. then, there are the less probable but catastrophic scenarios, pandemic flu, is a major concern. north korea continuing to advance and perfect its nuclear missile program. or even an unforeseen conflict between india and pakistan. both nuclear, armed nations that are constantly skirmishing in kashmir. charlie: we talked about russia. vladimir putin said on tuesday he accused the outgoing u.s. administration of trying to undermine president-elect trump by spreading false allegations. he described the dossier on trump as part of an effort by president obama, he said the dossier alleging trump's sexual activities at a moscow hotel was fake and he charged as being worse than prostitution. he's talking about your administration. vladimir putin saying -- susan: putin has told more lies than i can count. whether about syria, ukraine, or about his role in any interfering in our elections. i don't take anything he says as gospel truth. in this case, it's completely dishone

there is no more syria. you don't want daesh or rebels are others threatening the north putting the legs -- [inaudible] so the united states could not in the past except annexation of golan heights. but history as changed. the war has changed and i think the new administration can be dealing with this russian, with assyrian russian, iranian hezbollah issue, understanding that giving legitimacy to the annexation of the golan heights is a powerful move by the united states. of course, in the real context of the all-inclusive context of what's going to happen in syria, there are so many issues are not going to touch. these are major issues that will be discussed. of course the most important one is as an agent for is the iranian issue, but that probably is not going to be discussed in a public manner. >> let me respond directly to question, david, and then brief, on minister hanegbi statement. i doubt that there can be any formal open trilateral relationship. there was, by the way, such a relationship in the la

let's take syria. and clear, direct signs that russia wants good relations with but when theytes expelled 30 russian diplomats. was paranoid with reciprocity and everybody was sure that russia would retaliate with expulsion. despite intelligence people and minister of foreign affairs, to use according to the reciprocity , he said, no, i will not expel. he said it is all obama lame-duck trying to spoil our relationships and i will not be spoiling the new american diplomats in moscow. example of that russia is looking at thinking for peace and as new cold war. though? a go? -- argue the decision was more of a matter of seeking unity among others who are normally allies with the united states. in terms of the strategy from putin, it was not about trying to maintain a good relationship with the united states or was it to score some points internationally overall for russia? peaceaking about seeking and if the new cold war with the united states does not mean we wish to scrap of those terms of our surrender

samantha points to syria as another example. in other ways it tries to wag its finger and be the great champion of the international rules and norms. so it's a dishonest game, a manipulative one, but it's all about serving what he believes to be his interests. >> rose: is it fair to say vladimir putin said the u.s.-russia relationship is as bad as he's ever seen it? >> i think you and i are old enough to remember the cold war and, so, i think we need a little bit of perspective even in the midst of what is a difficult period in our relationship. there's no doubt. i would not be prepared to characterize it that way and, in fact, even as we have reached very difficult times by virtue of what's happened with respect to our election and ukraine and syria, there is still other areas where the united states and russia on a daily basis are working together and are continuing to find areas where our interests coincide, for example, implementation of the iran nuclear deal as well as -- >> rose: john kerry said to me last week they were a

and i'm thinking most particular ly in syria. the iranian role not just propping up bashar al assad, but in sending iranian forces, irgc and others to fight and to die and to displace sunni syrians in order to create a kind of iranian buffer around damascus. you have an iranian role in keeping hezbollah well armed and perhaps the israelis would fear in helping hezbollah create a second front. so as you look at this regional context, security context, iran is not a single problem. it is a multiple, complex problem that israeli decision makers face. and in some ways, it does account for the very often hyperbolic way in which israel talks about iran and the concerns, at least the israeli government expresses. that said, as we saw during the jcpoa negotiations themselves and we've seen now even more publicly there has been and remains a split between what i call the political decision makers in israel and a large part of the security establishment. it was mentioned little bit earlier in the first panel. i don't want to make it a bind

is that what motivated you to go into syria? i have to say, you were struggling journalist at the time, trying desperately to get your stories placed as a freelance journalist and not having much success. did you think, i can go in, use my language skills, i want to make a name for myself, get into syria, explain what's going on there? i did think that and i do think that, i continue to think that. but i don't think that it's appropriate for anybody to throw your life away, in order to write a thousand word piece or get a nice photograph. this is crazy, it's lunatic thinking. what was it that made you want to do that? was it recognition you wanted? i didn't realise... did you want recognition? did you want a greater understanding of arabs and islam? yes, certainly i did want that and i continue to want that, but i did not believe i was putting my life at risk. i thought, i'll stay away. 0therjournalists are crazy. they go and film guys shooting each other and they put on the flak jackets and helmets and all of this, i don't do t

of their doubling down the in support of a sawed in syria? -- of assad in syria? sec. carter: well, the continued slaughter of people and a continued drive towards extremism among those who oppose assad. that is not what they said they would do. they did something different. the other thing they said is they would fight isil and that is not what they are doing. they are mostly fighting the moderate opposition. it is very hard to associate ourselves, and we have not cooperated with that because it is not in line with our interests. we do have a military to military channel to make sure we don't create incidents with one another. it is very professional. it works very well. in the larger sense, because they have not done what they said they would do, we have not been able to associate ourselves with what they are doing. charlie: it has been argued by diplomats in the state department that they needed more leverage on the ground in order to have some diplomatic leverage and they simply did not have it. they put together that in terms of criticism of our military presence

it is necessary to destroy isil in iraq and syria. because that is necessary to destroy both the fact and the idea that there could be an islamic state based upon this ideology. it is necessary. it is not sufficient because we have to operate against them in againstinst them -- them elsewhere in the world. where nests of isil arise. our top priority is external operators. that is people who were plotting attacks on western countries. that we are killing those people as they are nesting up. charlie: that is ratcheting up and they lose territory in iraq and syria. because that is the only means they have? sec. carter: they are constantly trying to do more in that area. as they lose their territory, it is going to be harder for them to plan and coordinate complicated attacks, so that is good. and the narrative that fuels the -- that fuels the inspired attacker as opposed to the organized attacker -- organized attackers will have less of a base and a free territory to operate from. that is a good thing. but when the islamic state is so ob

, a real scholar when it comes to syria. and he's also been ahead of what's tel aviv university center, and he's been the president, the provost of tel aviv university. these that chairman of something called the israeli institute support the idea of israel studies in the united states and in different parts of the world. and i just really think here are two people that are really thought a lot about israel's foreign policy, and it's really a delight for me and for the institute that they've come back and have shared, to show their perspective with us today. some want to thank you both very much for coming, and we will start with cabinet minister hanegbi. >> it's already afternoon? good new. good new an in an afternoon, da. happy to see danny here. itamar, good friend, and everybody here, thank you for coming. i just came in the middle of the night, being sad that we didn't have snow in jerusalem like it was promised to us yesterday, so we found white city. i know it is beautiful. so you are happy to see washington snowed in

there must be ci’oss syria is at peace. there must be cross then for them to move onto more difficult dishes. that is happening now. these talks might lead back to the un mediated talks in geneva next month where political representatives of the government and opposition sides will meet again. let's see what happens. there isa again. let's see what happens. there is a little bit more open now. still in love lies ahead. a little more hope is better than none. few journalists follow the syria conflict so closely. let's begin the sport by talking about cycling. the parliamentary enquiry into the rain in british sport has been hearing some damning evidence today. it has come from one of the biggest cycling stars, the former olympic and world champion nicole cooke. she is claiming that british cycling was a sport is run by men, for men and that anti—doping efforts were not working. she also said she is sceptical of sticking —— team sky's drug free credentials. that is when an rfid can request to take a banned substance for

there are three aspects of the our organization in syria. the second concerns the continuing use of toxic chemical weapons and the third is about .eaching and understanding the first object is mainly the elimination of -- program. there can be no doubt about the fact that in the midst of a widespread civil war, the syrian chemical weapons post a serious populationhe general and in the event of loss of control, the situation could have led to a wider regional attack. there have been reports of these of chemical weapons in 2013 in syria. investigation confirmed the suburb of gas in a damascus that killed 1400 people. such attacks led to a looming international crisis in the wake of calls to action. the framework document was letting the grounds for illuminating syrian chemical weapons program. this was concluded in a few days and we all knew that this would not have happened if we do not have the nunn-lugar experience in the past. the cake elements -- the key elements of the framework for specialovided procedures for the expeditious illuminati

we have done that in syria and iraq. and our relationship on the ground and working with turkey , this is something we work on every day. these are complicated places. iraq and syria are complicated places. my northstar is american interests. and i don't -- i don't expect to make simplicity there. i am clear about what u.s. interests are. with turkey we are very effective in pursuing our interests. as always they are not identical. but they overlap very substantially. it's not like russia where they overlap -- where the overlap is quite small. almost any country you don't have an identity of interests. my job is to carry out anybody's national interests. it would be nice to solve everybody else's problem in every problem in the world. job one is to protect the american people. we know what they are and we can do that. charlie: i have heard you say and your memo. your exit memo. he also talked about ofernization and the quality the men and women and your commitment to them. sec. carter: innovative military is important. t

let's talk about syria for a second. the very fa ct talk about syria for a second. the very fact these talks are in a former soviet republic, rather than geneva, says a lot about the new world order? it doesn't say that what's new. i'm not sure anything much has changed because of the american election. what it does indicate is how complicated the syrian situation is going to be for trump because on the one hand he said he would like to be closer to russia. in syria, he faces a coalition of russia and iran who are backing a totalitarian dictator. you will have to make some decisions about which side he is on. 0n the issue of iran, that will be the sticky subject. president putin has a close ally in iran? yes, and there are close on a number of issues. trump changes his rhetoric from day to day, so it's hard to know what he actually cares about, but in some parts of the campaign, he indicated he wanted to renegotiate the american nuclear arrangement with iran, and that would have a knock—on effect on russia as well. are a popping the champagne corks in russia over

we had an opportunity to intervene in syria in 2013. the british parliament, much to my regret, chose not to. president obama said that was the reason they didn't do it. the president of the united states could have shown greater resolution and clarity at that time. it's a great shame that in the final days of his presidency there's been an element of displacement activity on the part of president obama and john kerry. they have concentrated the united nations about resolutions on israeli settlements rather than accepting that they played a much bigger role in the eclipse of western power in the middle east and the unhappy consequences that lyse has alluded to with gulf states looking to russia for a role. they play a heavier role and carry a heavier responsibility than anything mr trump has to have on his conscience at this moment. how far do you buy that? the other way of looking at that same story is that after afghanistan and after iraqi, obama did not want to get involved in some kind of protracted conflict. the opinion polls and m

. >> guest: in syria? >> host: uh-huh. >> guest: i think you raise a broader issue which is really important and that is that a lot of the discussions in the beginning of course everyone was very hospital miss -- optimistic and you used the diplomatic term that my book is honest, but a lot of people always say i'm too cynical and that every time i give a lecture.the middle east everyone sis we're going to kill ourselves. because i generally am's mix i mystic about the region but it's more of sort of a realism and so when the arab uprising started i think that there was far too much optimism about the outcome and given all the different factions, whether they're religious, political -- it was obvious that this was going to take generations to sort out in the beginning. i think in case of syria, it is like most uprisings -- what is important is to talk about the similarities because if you look at bahrain, look at syria, if you look at egypt, the uprising started all with the same goal, which was to oust dic

no military solution to syria. it will continue to be suicide bombings and car bombs and insurrection and low grade insurgency for a long period of time, if you don't lose all the fundamental, underlying questions of the future of syria. charlie: is it the most disappointing part of your secretary of state-ship? i don't view it as over. i don't view it as our failure. i think it's a collective failure. i view it is a failure of everybody who has touched it and been involved in it, that the international community could not come together and unite around a standard of decency and behavior, as is expressed within the u.n. and international community with respect to war and laws of war. that we to the fact were not able as an international community to prevent the carnage of syria. and, the things that might have been done or that weren't done or weren't considered are a fair subject of debate once we are finished. charlie: i hope to talk to you then. ♪ charlie: first, the iran deal. many people thought that was suc

this is what should happen in iraq and syria. how will begin to do this? first and foremost we should eradicate daesh of that soil. wide pda, p white d, they are all the same as pkk. they may have different names and abbreviations, we should clea n names and abbreviations, we should clean the area of those terrorist organisations. we should have a political solution, a lasting peace in syria, and once iraq is also cleaned of daesh then peace will be instilled and everybody can go back to their homes. regional disputes, regional complex, need to be settled. i mean, you cannot close doors who fled those regions of problems. the international community, the united nations and all countries should put more effort into this and a short solve those problems even for problems get even more complicated. so, this is what we expect from the international community, our friends aboard, we expect from the international community, ourfriends aboard, to ease the burden of turkey. they should put their hands on the rock, as well. they appreciate others but this is not en

and fostering jihadists in syria. it is a divided country and it is a -- it is a very divided country and fearful one and there is an urgent need to find this gunman to reassure turks moving forward. laura: mark lowen, thank you. for more on the attack and the search behind it, i spoke a brief time ago steven cook of the council on foreign relations . islamic state has been suspected of being behind previous attacks in turkey. why would they come out and claim responsibility for this one? steven: it is a great question, and i think the turkish authorities are unsure whether this was planned by the islamic state or whether the gunman was merely inspired by calls on part of the islamic state to take up arms against the turks. this does not have a hallmarks of an islamic state attack. usually there are more spectacular bombs associated with it. but nevertheless we should take it at face value that islamic state may be involved. laura: how much of a quandary does this pose for turkish authorities, having for years been ac

there is no military solution to syria. there will continue to be suicide bombings and, you know, car bombs and insurrection and low-grade insurgency for a long period of time if you don't resolve the fundamental underlying questions of the future of syria. >> rose: is it the most disappointing aspect of your secretary of state-ship with syria because it is so visible and acts against humanity and the destruction. >> i don't view it as our failure. i think it's a collective failure. i view it as a failure of everybody who has touched it and been involved in it, that the international community could not come together and unite around a standard of decency and behavior as is expressed within the u.n. and the u.n. and international community with respect to war and laws of war. i object to the fact that we were not able as an international community to prevent the carnage of syria, and the things that might have been done or that weren't done or weren't considered are a fair subject of debate once we're finished and out. >> r

if you want to put safe zone in southern syria. many would welcome that. they would say to the syrian already in the country you have a place across the border where you should go back to and allow others to go back to work who would be less of a burden on society and economy. i think jordan would support having a safe zone inside syria across from the border. i'm hearing the same thing not from people in jordon but also from members of the ruling family. the the other place where the safe zone would be along the turkish border whether you get foo the thorny issue of the curds. if you have safe zone, that means you have giving some sort of atom me to kurd, that's red line for them. when you talk about safe zone, who gets to control it. you fleeneed to be specific whos it and for how long. >> -- i'm but at the same time gorbachev has written looks like the world is preparing for war. what do you think? >> first of all, there's a lot the president can do by decree. he cannot do that by decree. we need to know the details about what does he want to use the mi

for syrian citizens especially, we cannot go back to syria. our homes back and syria are destroyed. anna-lysa: house speaker paul ryan said friday, "our number one responsibility is to protect the homeland." anna-lysa gayle, abc 7 news. interestingis is an development -- a free place to stay offered from airbnb. ceo said his company is providing free housing for refugees and anyone not allowed in the u.s. and to contact him if there is an urgent need for housing. the immigration crackdown could mean issues with the upcoming academy awards. an oscar-winning d cast, and crew cannot attend because they are from iran, one of the countries that his band from entry to the u.s. for a time. the academy calls recent development extremely troubling. his film was nominated for best foreign language film. weather, gears to the after a very mild start to the weekend, the chilly temperatures and snow chances are coming. let's get a first look at the forecast with meteorologist josh knight. josh: for a lot of us, it is still a clear night, the temperatures tumbling. a great shot of the capital, bu

then, 16 months ago, russia launched heavy airstrikes in syria to shore up assad. and last month, with up to half a million dead, and a refugee crisis swamping europe, the u.s. was on the sidelines as russia and turkey negotiated a fragile cease-fire. all this conflict also generated a new threat: the islamic state. in 2013, remnants of the once- defeated al qaeda in iraq moved into ungoverned territory in syria. they declared the syrian city of raqqa as their capital, then swept back into iraq, capturing swaths of sunni territory. in january 2014, president obama dismissed isis as a "j.v. basketball team." but after isis took iraq's second largest city, mosul, and threatened iraqi kurdistan, the u.s. began air strikes. the bombing campaign soon expanded into syria. >> i can announce that america will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. >> reporter: he would later add u.s. special forces, trainers and some troops in iraq and syria, where they remain today. one goal president obama fulfilled was to sideline iran's progress towards a nuclear we

that syria has lost so much. the time has come to start to move towards peace. katty: thanks so much. this has been going on for six long years, and so many people have died in that war. a quick look at other news from around the world. the world health organization has urged all countries to monitor closely any outbreaks of bird flu and affect -- report cases affecting humans. bird flu is usually spread to humans i direct contact with birds. scrapsays a decision to its one child policy has resulted in the birth of 1.3 million more babies in 2016 compared with the year before. that is the highest birthrate since the year 2000. china broadened the policy -- brought in the policy in the 1970's to limit population growth but now wants to replenish the country's workforce. there is confusion in the capital of gambia after allegations of the former president jammeh went into exile with more than $11 million. the claims have not been verified, however. is incoming president barrow waiting in senegal for assurances on h