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this meant there were syrian arabs. overwhelmingly, the syrian population in the u.s. was christian at this time. they actually went to court to try to get a legal distinction for themselves as syrians is posted turks. they got this, and he gave them access to u.s. citizenship. in 1917, that law was expanded in order to make it so we could draft large numbers of syrians and lebanese by calling them something other than ottomans, even though legally, they were still ottoman nationals. is thatlt of this 10,000 ethnic syrians are listed in the u.s. army and were ultimately deployed. can you speak to how they were treated in the army or overseas once they were deployed? what they speak to felt or what they thought. many of the people, many of the syrians who fought in the u.s. army believed they were doing this as a new americans, and in 1918, many were given instantaneous u.s. citizenship as sort of -- in thanks for their efforts, right? they are new americans and are proud of being americans, but there is simultaneous emergence of being proud of being middle east and, wh
this meant there were syrian arabs. overwhelmingly, the syrian population in the u.s. was christian at this time. they actually went to court to try to get a legal distinction for themselves as syrians is posted turks. they got this, and he gave them access to u.s. citizenship. in 1917, that law was expanded in order to make it so we could draft large numbers of syrians and lebanese by calling them something other than ottomans, even though legally, they were still ottoman nationals. is thatlt...
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for the syrian army not to cross they meant trying to actually prevent the syrian army from achieving two goals the first goal is to limit the presence of the kurdish militias which is the backbone of sirte of acrostic forces and the second purpose is to actually. operational the syrian military to arrive to the city of theirs or to break an arsehole siege on the city that has been ongoing for three years to put things in perspective if it is pushed out of iraq which seems to be the scenario where it's very likely that this will be pushed out through an agreement between the s.d.f. and i saw that would allow isis fighters a safe way out and those fighters will then be will have only one choice to go to theirs or try to take the city from the hands of the syrian government since they have been actually in circling that city for the past two years the syrian battlefield is a very complicated one right now where it has the presence of various international and regional powers not to stay. yes russia syria iran has been a lot of news has been law in addition to now you have the iraqi. arm
for the syrian army not to cross they meant trying to actually prevent the syrian army from achieving two goals the first goal is to limit the presence of the kurdish militias which is the backbone of sirte of acrostic forces and the second purpose is to actually. operational the syrian military to arrive to the city of theirs or to break an arsehole siege on the city that has been ongoing for three years to put things in perspective if it is pushed out of iraq which seems to be the scenario...
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the big news this morning a syrian military jets been shot american warplanes of the embattled syrian city of rocket damascus says the pilot was carrying out a bombing run against islamic state at the time but the pentagon claims it down the plane for bombing the u.s. forces damascus based journalist al abraham explains. so if one of the us refers to the democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with the u.s. led coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of ice all but we can also confirm according to suffer through sources from the syrian military approaching in that area that the popular church was actually caring strike against a convoy from ice and that the fighter jet in no way you posed any direct or in direct threat to any militia group from those militia groups operating alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to get control over gain control of the city or for the warplanes of the so-called international coalition shut down one of war a fighter jets in the south ern suburb of rock the fighter plane was in a mission to destroy slotnick state te
the big news this morning a syrian military jets been shot american warplanes of the embattled syrian city of rocket damascus says the pilot was carrying out a bombing run against islamic state at the time but the pentagon claims it down the plane for bombing the u.s. forces damascus based journalist al abraham explains. so if one of the us refers to the democratic forces which is the militia group operating along with the u.s. led coalition trying to take the city off. from the control of ice...
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attack a syrian fighter in the syrian sky it means an act of war and the united states should give an explanation for this act of war the explanation that was given until now is definitely not sufficient well the u.s. has attacked pro-government forces in syria several times recently but this is the first time it's taken out a government that has washington crossed a line here. i think that the united states want in this way to show that there are two serious one syria headed by the government in damascus and the other syria which is comprised of the military opposition the armed opposition to president assad and some other forces that are supported by the united states but this is a very dangerous policy because basically it leads to. division of syria into parts of fission that the united states recognize that they want to have a united syria syria that will keep its territorial integrity but if they deny a certain territory for the military activity of the syrian government it means that they want a divided syria the united states have they never criticized this until now and so th
attack a syrian fighter in the syrian sky it means an act of war and the united states should give an explanation for this act of war the explanation that was given until now is definitely not sufficient well the u.s. has attacked pro-government forces in syria several times recently but this is the first time it's taken out a government that has washington crossed a line here. i think that the united states want in this way to show that there are two serious one syria headed by the government...
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have needed that if the syrian regime garment. hadn't used chemical weapons there would have been no reason to remove the chemical weapons out of syria and that case so. yes in the security council we failed. to find a solution. a way to establish carpeted investigation led by russia and us we should we working on that but here we have. we. is blamed. for something that we should investigate that we analyze things in the following fashion president as. he. pretends that he's governing a country but he is head of the government and torture people and for russia for europe for us. such treatment towards the people of syria is a military crime for russia for germany but for syrians that is just another step to achieve their interests and if you ask. how we are going. to react to search for. well we can do and we should do all we can to prevent the use of chemical weapons we should prevent another incident of chemical weapons. regardless of who is going to perform to execute that attack syrian government forces or isis. but the differ
have needed that if the syrian regime garment. hadn't used chemical weapons there would have been no reason to remove the chemical weapons out of syria and that case so. yes in the security council we failed. to find a solution. a way to establish carpeted investigation led by russia and us we should we working on that but here we have. we. is blamed. for something that we should investigate that we analyze things in the following fashion president as. he. pretends that he's governing a country...
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warplane directly engaged with syrian air forces since the beginning of the syrian civil war the downing of the syrian jet fighter has drawn strong reaction from russia manila chan joins us now for more details tonight manila. jets bombed an area near the isis so-called caliphate capital of raka the syrian government has confirmed its downing the pilot ejected from the jet but conflicting reports on whether or not he survived without any confirmation from syrian officials either way at this time and while this is the first time an instant of this nature has occurred this marks the fourth time in a month that the united states military has hit pro syrian government forces a couple of hours before the fatal strike the pentagon says it reached out to their russian counterparts on the d. confliction channel to have russia warned the syrians not to conduct any strikes even flying jets slow and low to the ground in a show of force that syrian jets did not stand down so an american f. eighteen shot down the su twenty two the pentagon says quote in accordance with the rules of engagement but are
warplane directly engaged with syrian air forces since the beginning of the syrian civil war the downing of the syrian jet fighter has drawn strong reaction from russia manila chan joins us now for more details tonight manila. jets bombed an area near the isis so-called caliphate capital of raka the syrian government has confirmed its downing the pilot ejected from the jet but conflicting reports on whether or not he survived without any confirmation from syrian officials either way at this...
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and there are syrian allies that notified the us of the planned april fourth syrian strike unconscious koon in english and described their target as a high level meeting of jihad as leaders including representatives from groups affiliated with al qaeda franchise in the country keep in mind it live province where shaikh hoon is located is currently governed by these groups funded and armed by foreign powers including the united states as alter net points out in the province it rules i'll know has imposed what a leading scholar has described as a taliban like regime that is ethnically cleansed a religious religious and ethnic minorities banned music and established a brutal theocracy in which it publicly executes women accused of adultery hirsch's american sources emphasize the importance of the syrian strike which was reportedly carried out with the russian supplied guided bomb according to a senior intelligence advisor speaking with hersh every operations officer had to know there was something going on the russians gave the syrian air force a guided bomb and that was a rarity there sk
and there are syrian allies that notified the us of the planned april fourth syrian strike unconscious koon in english and described their target as a high level meeting of jihad as leaders including representatives from groups affiliated with al qaeda franchise in the country keep in mind it live province where shaikh hoon is located is currently governed by these groups funded and armed by foreign powers including the united states as alter net points out in the province it rules i'll know...
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for the syrian army not to cross them and trying to actually prevent the syrian army from achieving two goals the first goal is to limit the presence of the kurdish militias which is the backbone of a project force those and the second purpose is to actually. operational the syrian military to arrive to the city of those or to break an arsehole siege on the city that has been ongoing for three years to put things in perspective if it is pushed out of iraq which seems to be the scenario it's very likely that this will be pushed out through an agreement between. that would allow isis fighters a safe way out and those fighters will then be will have only one choice to go to try to take the city from the house of the syrian government since they have been actually circling that city for the past two years the syrian battlefield is a very complicated one right now where it has the presence of various international and regional powers states russia syria iran has been a lot of unease has been law in addition to now you have the iraqi. army and iraq in addition to turkey all these regional pow
for the syrian army not to cross them and trying to actually prevent the syrian army from achieving two goals the first goal is to limit the presence of the kurdish militias which is the backbone of a project force those and the second purpose is to actually. operational the syrian military to arrive to the city of those or to break an arsehole siege on the city that has been ongoing for three years to put things in perspective if it is pushed out of iraq which seems to be the scenario it's...
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escalating these military strikes against the syrian arab army positions also against the syrian arab army air force shooting down a syrian air force jet and also drone attacks why is the u.s. doing that i think the u.s. is trying to become relevant again in the military equation in syria so that in the post isis phase of the syrian war in other words after isis is defeated the u.s. is a factor determining what the new syria will look like in other words the u.s. is trying i think to create its own zone of influence a sphere of influence inside the eastern part of syria that's the reason we're seeing these escalations by the u.s. military and speaking of that we know that the u.s. is a masking an intelligence gathering aircraft near syria on top of that a u.s. aircraft carrier is on its way to a port and is run i want to know from you how would you categorize israel's role in the u.s. war and syria the israelis are quite pleased with the war i mean as long as syrians are killing syrians as long as the different tendencies and factions are fighting each other on israel's border the isr
escalating these military strikes against the syrian arab army positions also against the syrian arab army air force shooting down a syrian air force jet and also drone attacks why is the u.s. doing that i think the u.s. is trying to become relevant again in the military equation in syria so that in the post isis phase of the syrian war in other words after isis is defeated the u.s. is a factor determining what the new syria will look like in other words the u.s. is trying i think to create its...
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for the syrian army not to cross the syrian battlefield is a very complicated one right now where it has the presence of various international and regional powers but what i can tell you for a fact is that it seems that the syrian army and the syrian government are adamant on actually moving on with their operation to break the ice also usually on the city of theirs or trying actually to limit the ability of the u.s. . led coalition and the u.s. troops who are now on the ground in syria limiting their ability to move on limiting their ability to create influence centers on the syrian battlefield and we have to understand that this is not just a syrian issue this is more of an international conflict and power play between the u.s. and russia on syria's. according to a statement released by the pentagon the syrian fighter jet that strayed in the so-called de confliction that we've heard of late washington says the syrian military is forbidden from entering that area where the u. . yes back to s.t.l. for the syrian democratic forces are based but as far as russia is concerned russia's f
for the syrian army not to cross the syrian battlefield is a very complicated one right now where it has the presence of various international and regional powers but what i can tell you for a fact is that it seems that the syrian army and the syrian government are adamant on actually moving on with their operation to break the ice also usually on the city of theirs or trying actually to limit the ability of the u.s. . led coalition and the u.s. troops who are now on the ground in syria...
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at the syrian democratic forces positions near rocca a serious says no they say that the syrian jets were targeting eisel targets in iraq a rocket is of course the capital of islamic state self-proclaimed caliph it and russia has described this as an act of aggression they describe this as a violation of not only up syria sovereignty but also of international law russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he's also commented on this before the statement was released by the russian military. we call him the united states and others who have their forces word by as. is on the ground in syria to ensure the coordination of our work zones of deescalation are one of the possible options to move forward jointly we call in everyone to avoid unilateral moves respect syrian sovereignty and join our common work which is agreed with the syrian government. the downing of the syrian jets is the latest in a series of u.s. strikes against forces fighting for the asaad government the us led coalition recently conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters in syria in those cases the same
at the syrian democratic forces positions near rocca a serious says no they say that the syrian jets were targeting eisel targets in iraq a rocket is of course the capital of islamic state self-proclaimed caliph it and russia has described this as an act of aggression they describe this as a violation of not only up syria sovereignty but also of international law russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he's also commented on this before the statement was released by the russian military. we call...
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welcome like the syrian army has told r.t. that islamic state fighters have been forced out of their last stronghold in aleppo province it happened the softer new year after reinforcements came in from the southwest a crucial road linking how much and elektro province was recaptured from isis and that means that the whole province is now liberated the government forces secured the rest suffered road in the scythe face that the province successfully cutting off the scape route islamic state militants have been in control of the territory for roughly four years. let's find out what this all means syrian journalist al abraham joins me live now from damascus always good to have you on the program what can you tell us indeed up by the syrian government's latest advance here. well i can tell you that what happened today is that units from the tsunami that has been advancing from the eastern countryside to follow pope after reaching the city of kabul software which is located in the local provence have turned south and connected with
welcome like the syrian army has told r.t. that islamic state fighters have been forced out of their last stronghold in aleppo province it happened the softer new year after reinforcements came in from the southwest a crucial road linking how much and elektro province was recaptured from isis and that means that the whole province is now liberated the government forces secured the rest suffered road in the scythe face that the province successfully cutting off the scape route islamic state...
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the syrian army confirms israeli forces have once again targeted their positions in the disputed territory of the golan heights it's the second such strike on the area in two days. a tough week for the british prime minister as she faces calls to resign over her handling of the ground fell tower tragedy while the protesters take to the streets. and we now know the four teams through to the semifinals of the confederations cup as germany win and chile do enough to progress in their deciding games we'll have a report from our special studio in sourcery. you're watching the weekend here on r.t. international thank you for joining us. here's an update on our breaking news story from colombia a tourist boat with one hundred fifty people on board has sunk on a reservoir near the town of pay in the northwest of the country there is still no official word on casualties but some of those rescue told the local newspapers that the boat was overloaded and no one had life jackets for search and rescue operation is now under way we'll bring you more details on this breaking story as we get them . syria
the syrian army confirms israeli forces have once again targeted their positions in the disputed territory of the golan heights it's the second such strike on the area in two days. a tough week for the british prime minister as she faces calls to resign over her handling of the ground fell tower tragedy while the protesters take to the streets. and we now know the four teams through to the semifinals of the confederations cup as germany win and chile do enough to progress in their deciding...
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fighter jet shoots down an armed drone belonging to the pro syrian government forces it is the syrian aircraft and in the last fortnight also in syria a strategy suspends all combat missions within the u.s. led coalition as tensions escalate between washington and moscow over the downing and video emerges online appearing to show firefighters in disbelief at the scale of the deadly tower block fire in london we gauge reaction to the u.k. government. this is how much is going to survive. is actually shocking when you see it like. new york. hello welcome to you live from moscow you're watching r.t. international i will start this hour with breaking news to you because the pentagon says a u.s. fighter jet has downed an armed drone belonging to pro syrian government forces in southern syria the coalition statement says the drone was armed and advancing on u.s. backed forces it happened in the south of the country near a base in the region. as more. so the pentagon has confirmed that a u.s. fighter jet has shot down an iranian made pro syrian regime drone in southern syria at approximately
fighter jet shoots down an armed drone belonging to the pro syrian government forces it is the syrian aircraft and in the last fortnight also in syria a strategy suspends all combat missions within the u.s. led coalition as tensions escalate between washington and moscow over the downing and video emerges online appearing to show firefighters in disbelief at the scale of the deadly tower block fire in london we gauge reaction to the u.k. government. this is how much is going to survive. is...
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coalition conducted air strikes on militias allied with the syrian government but not the syrian army itself and every single time they said the same thing that it was self-defense fearing that those militias were threatening the partners and the military of the us live for. in the region however this time as well it's the first such instance where you know this incident happened outside the so-called de confliction zone this is something that both moscow and a lot of diplomats from across the world have been saying that's probably the only way to lead syria out of the military crisis but so far it hasn't really worked and it seems things are really escalated especially considering somewhat response coming from moscow on the downing of the syrian army jet. thanks so much alexey well as you just heard the u.s. led coalition in syria downed a syrian army jacks on sunday just south of the fact the capital of the islamic state the city of raka arrest as defense ministry says it has halted cooperation with the u.s. military in syria let's continue our team coverage with our teasingly from
coalition conducted air strikes on militias allied with the syrian government but not the syrian army itself and every single time they said the same thing that it was self-defense fearing that those militias were threatening the partners and the military of the us live for. in the region however this time as well it's the first such instance where you know this incident happened outside the so-called de confliction zone this is something that both moscow and a lot of diplomats from across the...
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well the syrian army has issued a statement in which it has accused the israelis of targeting syrian army positions on the side of the golan heights now the syrian army is currently fighting the terrorist group. and they say that the israeli attacks are only hoping. they have been to such israeli attacks since saturday as for the israeli side the israeli air force has acknowledged conducting those strikes it says that it is in response to projectiles that landed on the israeli side of the golan heights of course the golan heights is disputed territory but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying quite clearly at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that they would be a price to pay even if such projectiles and and are not targeting israel but land on israeli territory by mistake. policy is clear we will not tolerate any spillover or trickle whatsoever nor the mortars nor rockets from any front we will strongly to any attack on our territory our citizens. now talking to some people on the ground here what is being expressed is the view that the syrian army needs to pay
well the syrian army has issued a statement in which it has accused the israelis of targeting syrian army positions on the side of the golan heights now the syrian army is currently fighting the terrorist group. and they say that the israeli attacks are only hoping. they have been to such israeli attacks since saturday as for the israeli side the israeli air force has acknowledged conducting those strikes it says that it is in response to projectiles that landed on the israeli side of the golan...
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the fact of the matter is still the syrian army needs to protect itself the syrian the american army when they say where we are attacking forces or we are protecting our personnel if the syrian army decides to switch on. batteries or recitals are they attacking americans or are they or would they be protecting themselves as well this is this is not. any we are safer. it's been exactly five years since julian assange steps into the ecuadorian embassy in london and he has left the wiki leaks editor so political asylum that sweden investigated allegations of sexual offenses against him however last year the united nations ruled that he's being detained and just last month songs received a small boost and a legal breakthrough after being wanted for questioning over allegations of sexual assault in sweden seven years ago prosecutors finally suspended the case against him but the wiki leaks editor admitted that his fight is far from over. the road is far from over. the war the proper war is just commencing but the u.k. has said it will arrest me regardless. still hanging over julian assang
the fact of the matter is still the syrian army needs to protect itself the syrian the american army when they say where we are attacking forces or we are protecting our personnel if the syrian army decides to switch on. batteries or recitals are they attacking americans or are they or would they be protecting themselves as well this is this is not. any we are safer. it's been exactly five years since julian assange steps into the ecuadorian embassy in london and he has left the wiki leaks...
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calls for the protection of civilians trapped in the syrian city of rocky. as the battle finds those defacto capital rages we've got that story and off the break. let's. play a. little each. local blogs telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles they're going. to do socks for the tell you that will be gossip and probably going to trial for the most important day . of the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough to buy their product. these are the hawks that we along with our audience will walk down. welcome back and oil truck explosion has killed more than one hundred forty people in eastern pakistan overturned on a motorway most of the victims had gathered around the vehicle despite police warnings not to let it be to collect leaking fuel when it caught fire and exploded a spokesman for the rescue services said someone someone had tried to light a cigarette at the scene some eighty people were injured those in critical conditions were airlifted by helicopter to hospital. as coalition f
calls for the protection of civilians trapped in the syrian city of rocky. as the battle finds those defacto capital rages we've got that story and off the break. let's. play a. little each. local blogs telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles they're going. to do socks for the tell you that will be gossip and probably going to trial for the most important day . of the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough to buy...
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there is a mechanism to avoid syrian airspace incidents between russia and the u.s. that is now suspended after the u.s. shut down the plane we have requested a detailed explanation through the ministry of defense we expect that it will be provided by the u.s. . the pentagon earlier claim that it shot down the syrian jet in self-defense after it bombed u.s. backed militants but damascus says its plane was attacking islamic state well it's not the first time the u.s. led coalition has targeted pro assad forces in the war zone the syrian jet was shot down near the i still held city of rock which is under siege by u.s. backed troops last month in southern syria the coalition also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones aren't even if the now it takes a closer look at the latest round. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random gu
there is a mechanism to avoid syrian airspace incidents between russia and the u.s. that is now suspended after the u.s. shut down the plane we have requested a detailed explanation through the ministry of defense we expect that it will be provided by the u.s. . the pentagon earlier claim that it shot down the syrian jet in self-defense after it bombed u.s. backed militants but damascus says its plane was attacking islamic state well it's not the first time the u.s. led coalition has targeted...
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must go demands an explanation from washington over its downing of a syrian fighter jet the incident led the russian military to start tracking a u.s. and coalition aircraft in syria as a potential target. and muslims around the world mark the end of the holy month of ramadan we report on the month celebrations in moscow. hello and a very good morning to you from all of us here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shaped the week all this week hundreds of people in london have been evacuated from their tower block homes amid fears of a repeat of the grenfell tower disaster more than thirty blocks of failed fire safety tests across the country earlier this week british prime minister to resign may apologize for the tragedy the support on the ground for families in the initial hours was not good enough people were left without belongings without their heads without even basic information about what had happened what they should do that was a failure of the state local and national to help people when they needed it
must go demands an explanation from washington over its downing of a syrian fighter jet the incident led the russian military to start tracking a u.s. and coalition aircraft in syria as a potential target. and muslims around the world mark the end of the holy month of ramadan we report on the month celebrations in moscow. hello and a very good morning to you from all of us here in moscow you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shaped...
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over the recent downing of a syrian fighter jet as concerns grow over whether washington has its own agenda in syria. europe remains in gold and terror as another attack hits the belgian capital after men detonate an explosive device at a brussels train station. scandal in the u.k. after an opposition m.p. claimed survivors of the grenfell tower fire are being forced to sleep rough guess as a day of rage in london plans to bring down the government. broadcasting live from the russian capital it just turned twelve in the afternoon here in moscow you're watching r t international. top story at this hour russia's foreign minister says moscow is waiting for washington's explanations after the u.s. led coalition down to syrian army plane near the city off rocka survey lavrov also stressed that the pentagon is still treating various terrorist groups differently. for. the french we have sure the u.s. is really targeting but we don't recall america bombing so actively. so. it's constantly changing its name but it doesn't change its nature because russia has not hold that some cooperation wit
over the recent downing of a syrian fighter jet as concerns grow over whether washington has its own agenda in syria. europe remains in gold and terror as another attack hits the belgian capital after men detonate an explosive device at a brussels train station. scandal in the u.k. after an opposition m.p. claimed survivors of the grenfell tower fire are being forced to sleep rough guess as a day of rage in london plans to bring down the government. broadcasting live from the russian capital it...
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led coalition to shut down another syrian aircraft. drove the pentagon released the statement claiming the drone had been advancing on the u.s. but forces in southern syria once again the coalition said the downing of the aircraft was motivated by self defense reaction to the spiraling situation from several experts on the region did the americans react to syrian threats as a source or were they trying to assert sovereignty over syria who think about it really ever since the early one thousand nine hundred ninety s. have been used to it being able to patrol what they regard as enemy skies with impunity and they feel threatened but also the allies on the ground are threatened so there is a risk that in fact they may try to assert themselves against any syrian or russian limitations on their activities over. there are a lot of calls and could spiral out of control who are very dangerous situation although some people in washington are saying all the russians will never stand up to us well maybe not but what if regarding are we going towa
led coalition to shut down another syrian aircraft. drove the pentagon released the statement claiming the drone had been advancing on the u.s. but forces in southern syria once again the coalition said the downing of the aircraft was motivated by self defense reaction to the spiraling situation from several experts on the region did the americans react to syrian threats as a source or were they trying to assert sovereignty over syria who think about it really ever since the early one thousand...
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democratic forces both the syrian arizona syrian kurds so what happens to the kurds when i still on the brink of defeat is taken out of the equation will the us remain such a faithful friend probably not it turns out the weapons washington has given to its kurdish allies were actually just loaned out temporarily when the fighting is done the guns will have to be returned at least that's what was promised to turkey what we gave them were weapons for urban fighting basically and yes we will recover the gear when it's no longer needed by them now syrian kurds might dream of autonomy in their country but if they think they'll be granted this soon reward for being the most effective anti us all force on the ground they just need to look at the iraqi kurds across the border this is how the us responded to very calls for independence we support a unified stable democratic and a federal iraq we understand and appreciate the legitimate aspirations of the people of iraqi kurdistan even leave it as an internal wracking matter but first and foremost we have to defeat isis if the kurds in syria
democratic forces both the syrian arizona syrian kurds so what happens to the kurds when i still on the brink of defeat is taken out of the equation will the us remain such a faithful friend probably not it turns out the weapons washington has given to its kurdish allies were actually just loaned out temporarily when the fighting is done the guns will have to be returned at least that's what was promised to turkey what we gave them were weapons for urban fighting basically and yes we will...
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sixty minutes the syrian commander of the syrian army and ahmed forces has issued a statement acknowledging that they lost one of their fighter jets while it was in operation in the facility of. according to the military statement that this is also going to proof of the fact that the u.s. led coalition's activities and first in syria have actually helped advance instead of actually defeating the radical group. that was targeted was carrying out sorties and later on strikes against a convoy belonging to arsenal that was moving from the two towns. into the other town of. any indication yet i mean what are your thoughts on what. led coalition will say about this what do you think will be their reasoning if it's all they had me. well i've been talking to several sources. inside the kurdish militias the y.p. which is the backbone of the sort of democratic forces at the main. alongside the u.s. led coalition trying to take the city of iraq and i'm getting the feeling that they felt that their syrian fighter jet was flying too close to the areas where they operate and they feared that the syrian a
sixty minutes the syrian commander of the syrian army and ahmed forces has issued a statement acknowledging that they lost one of their fighter jets while it was in operation in the facility of. according to the military statement that this is also going to proof of the fact that the u.s. led coalition's activities and first in syria have actually helped advance instead of actually defeating the radical group. that was targeted was carrying out sorties and later on strikes against a convoy...
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was a syrian refugee. what do you think about the fact that you supported foreign policies that have created so many more refugees around the world what in terms of what i do what i didn't support the iraq war so i don't know how supportive you were against you voted against an investigation into why britain supported the war in iraq in the inquiry i voted against that what do you call it is do we have an inquiry now what does that i mean the problem is it's not what we carry on digging in the past what we have to do when feeling sorry is going to grovel to our inquiry well i think there's one being initiated already and i think that that will go i actually move to more that i think there has to be an issue of months of corporate months or months for the charges to be looked at in terms of what is done and the barbaric way the horrific way that this is all been done without any any attention to be whether it's over the judges there for people who voted for. british was that it created the can really this i
was a syrian refugee. what do you think about the fact that you supported foreign policies that have created so many more refugees around the world what in terms of what i do what i didn't support the iraq war so i don't know how supportive you were against you voted against an investigation into why britain supported the war in iraq in the inquiry i voted against that what do you call it is do we have an inquiry now what does that i mean the problem is it's not what we carry on digging in the...
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there was a mechanism to avoid syrian airspace incidents between russia and the u.s. that is now suspended after the u.s. shut down the plane we have requested a detailed explanation through the ministry of defense we expect that it will be provided by the u.s. . well the pentagon earlier claimed it had shot down the syrian jet in self-defense after it bombed u.s. backed militants but damascus says its plane was attacking islamic state when it's not the first time and the u.s. led coalition has targeted pro assad forces in the war zone the syrian jet was shot down near the i still held city of raco which is under siege by u.s. banks local troops last month in southern syria the coalition also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones our season as the now we take a closer look at the latest round. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagin
there was a mechanism to avoid syrian airspace incidents between russia and the u.s. that is now suspended after the u.s. shut down the plane we have requested a detailed explanation through the ministry of defense we expect that it will be provided by the u.s. . well the pentagon earlier claimed it had shot down the syrian jet in self-defense after it bombed u.s. backed militants but damascus says its plane was attacking islamic state when it's not the first time and the u.s. led coalition has...
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fighter jets down an drone pro syrian government forces it's the third syrian aircraft downed. also in syria. as tensions escalate between washington and moscow. on sunday. in an exclusive. tell us about the horrors of folding in the north. taking root. here at the. six pm here welcome to the program first the breaking news that i just told you about mad lines that the pentagon says a u.s. fighter jet was downed an drone belonging to pro syrian government forces in southern syria the coalition statement says the drone was advancing on u.s. backed forces it happened in the south of the country near a base in the region with more let's talk to jacqueline. jacqueline what are you hearing. yes like you said they did come out with a statement saying that they have shot down an iranian made pro series in regime drone in southern syria now this is the third prosperi an aircraft that has been shut down this month alone by u.s. led coalition forces another drone was shot down on june the eighth in the same area and just this sunday a u.s. led coalition the u.s. led coalition dropped dow
fighter jets down an drone pro syrian government forces it's the third syrian aircraft downed. also in syria. as tensions escalate between washington and moscow. on sunday. in an exclusive. tell us about the horrors of folding in the north. taking root. here at the. six pm here welcome to the program first the breaking news that i just told you about mad lines that the pentagon says a u.s. fighter jet was downed an drone belonging to pro syrian government forces in southern syria the coalition...
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moscow demands explanations from washington over its shooting down of the syrian fighter jets as russia responds thereby tracking u.s. and coalition aircraft as potential targets. and we now know the fourteenth street to the semifinals of the confederations cup is germany win and chile do enough progress in their deciding games we'll have a report from aspect of studio in sochi. this is the weekly news round up this sunday at r.t.e. international i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. we start in the u.k. were at least six people including three children have been injured after a car plowed into pedestrians outside a sports center in the northeast city of newcastle a woman who'd been celebrating the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan was driving the car that hit the crowd outside the westgate sports center the center had been hosting the celebrations police say a forty two year old woman has been arrested but they don't believe the incident was terror related becomes a week after a man drove a van into people leaving a mosque in london an incident that is being classed as ter
moscow demands explanations from washington over its shooting down of the syrian fighter jets as russia responds thereby tracking u.s. and coalition aircraft as potential targets. and we now know the fourteenth street to the semifinals of the confederations cup is germany win and chile do enough progress in their deciding games we'll have a report from aspect of studio in sochi. this is the weekly news round up this sunday at r.t.e. international i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. we...
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led coalition shot down as syrian military jet and manned drone u.s. officials often say that they like to lead by example and in this case it seems to apply to what israel is not doing when the united states and its allies target the syrian military which is pretty routine that of course stands a signal to other countries that they might be able to get away with the same kind of thing and as i mentioned the syrian government is fighting it out on the street terrorists near the border because well well this might just be another example noting because russia has recently accused the u.s. of failing to target this very same terrorist group. we're still seeing a case of double standards from what we've seen in the fight against terrorism in syria were under the impression that these so-called. you know whatever it's called now is being speared on every occasion by the u.s. led coalition and its allies now russia hold its military cooperation in syria with a u.s. led coalition off to the downing of that syrian fighter jet last week a. this latest escalati
led coalition shot down as syrian military jet and manned drone u.s. officials often say that they like to lead by example and in this case it seems to apply to what israel is not doing when the united states and its allies target the syrian military which is pretty routine that of course stands a signal to other countries that they might be able to get away with the same kind of thing and as i mentioned the syrian government is fighting it out on the street terrorists near the border because...
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american military fighter jets shooting down a syrian bomber over syrian territory. it happened here near the city of raqqah. the isis strong hold in northern syria. our global affairs correspond is us with. tell us what happened and how significant this is in the war against isis. >> anna, about 4:30 p.m. local time, a syrian pro regime forces started attacking the u.s. and coalition backed syrian democratic forces who were making an advance on raqqah. the last strong hold. the u.s. made a show of force to kind of scare in essence the pro regime force as way by flyg low at a very slow speed. the u.s. called out to the russians through the deconfliction channel on the ground there. two hours later they came back with an aircraft and started bombing the u.s. backed coalition forces and the u.s. shot down the plane. it said that u.s. is not looking to get into an escalation, the coalition said with, the syrian regime. but they pledge to protect those syrian democratic forces that are going against isis in the area. >> so again, we're learning that the syrian jet had in
american military fighter jets shooting down a syrian bomber over syrian territory. it happened here near the city of raqqah. the isis strong hold in northern syria. our global affairs correspond is us with. tell us what happened and how significant this is in the war against isis. >> anna, about 4:30 p.m. local time, a syrian pro regime forces started attacking the u.s. and coalition backed syrian democratic forces who were making an advance on raqqah. the last strong hold. the u.s. made...
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led coalition shot down as syrian military jet and manned drone u.s. officials often say that they like to lead by example and in this case it seems to apply to what israel is not doing when the united states and its allies target the syrian military with impunity and that of course stands as a signal to other countries that they might be able to get away with the same kind of thing and as i mentioned the syrian government is fighting it out on the street terrorists near the border because well well this might just be another example worth noting because russia has recently accused the u.s. of failing to target this very same terrorist group. just but. we can't forget that since the beginning of this crisis we have strongly felt that . in contrast with for whatever reason was not targeted by our u.s. portman's we're holding frank talks about it with the americans i will be taking up the issue with rex tillerson once again in the near future. now russia hold to its military cooperation in syria with the u.s. led coalition off to the downing of that syri
led coalition shot down as syrian military jet and manned drone u.s. officials often say that they like to lead by example and in this case it seems to apply to what israel is not doing when the united states and its allies target the syrian military with impunity and that of course stands as a signal to other countries that they might be able to get away with the same kind of thing and as i mentioned the syrian government is fighting it out on the street terrorists near the border because well...
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syrian football fans have much to cheer about right now. their national side has performed beyond expectations, as they try to qualify for next year's world cup in russia. economic sanctions mean the country and therefore football has little money. what cash there is comes from the assad government, keen to use football to give the impression of a united, functioning state. we need somebody to support him, ourfederation, our government. our equipment, our conditions, not what we want. syrian government officials are keen to show us that football is flourishing. let's go and meet the man who can tell us more about this. it is half—time, and tarek introduces me to his boss, the head coach of the national football team and the man responsible for their recent good results. you beat china 1—0. you drew with south korea. there is a real opportunity here for syria to go to the world cup. do the players now believe, do they have the belief in their hearts, that they can qualify for the world cup? syria's president, bashar al—assad, wants the
syrian football fans have much to cheer about right now. their national side has performed beyond expectations, as they try to qualify for next year's world cup in russia. economic sanctions mean the country and therefore football has little money. what cash there is comes from the assad government, keen to use football to give the impression of a united, functioning state. we need somebody to support him, ourfederation, our government. our equipment, our conditions, not what we want. syrian...
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disaffected syrians there were also loyalist syrians and we made richard. did we have to go to a break gentlemen we have to go to a hard break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syrian state party. that's geysers financial survival they say money to develop. such a d.z. this is a central plank support diadem is i don't call them i know it's a stop to. social environment. right. chemical discoveries over the last century made every day life easier but at what cost this is cereal is exceptionally sick. no wonder it's confidential. says sister years old industrial giants reaps the benefit ignoring the caused by chemical production. you know as if these people aren't people just experimental animals. the toxic environment continues to poison lives and we found these astronomically high levels of dioxin levels that my staff think maybe some of the highest levels ever found in the united states for almost thirty years this very serious problem had not actually been addressed what will that investigation into the chemical industry secrets
disaffected syrians there were also loyalist syrians and we made richard. did we have to go to a break gentlemen we have to go to a hard break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on syrian state party. that's geysers financial survival they say money to develop. such a d.z. this is a central plank support diadem is i don't call them i know it's a stop to. social environment. right. chemical discoveries over the last century made every day life easier but at what cost this...
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the syrian jahan self-defense after a bomb to u.s. backed militants but damascus was that its plane was attacking islamic state the syrian chad was down near the i still held city of rocco which is under siege by u.s. backed local troops and it's not the first time the u.s. led coalition has targeted. last months in a rather callers and also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones or these and they say now we take a closer look at the latest round. the u.s. shoots down a syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only action that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lynds going on here d. as coalition speaking of deescalation after this self defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition pla
the syrian jahan self-defense after a bomb to u.s. backed militants but damascus was that its plane was attacking islamic state the syrian chad was down near the i still held city of rocco which is under siege by u.s. backed local troops and it's not the first time the u.s. led coalition has targeted. last months in a rather callers and also bombed pro-government forces several times after accusing them of violating so-called de confliction zones or these and they say now we take a closer look...