used to aleppo other people walking home stand west aleppo without fear so it's a bizarre and well it's a good comparison because the same claims were being made a boat used aleppo fourteen months ago that are now being made a boat used and it's basically a lot of false information accusations without evidence in and just let's call it what it is propaganda. you mentioned the comparison to a aleppo there in all cases they seem to be very harsh accusations now earlier syrian president assad pointed out that the west chose concern for innocent life only when the syrian army is advancing why do you think that is. well it's the whole point of us very one sided of course the major funder of that group to actually salute and the action in east ghouta is so to your arabia which is of course a very distinct area and a reactionary country and and so they're they're funding the war and unfortunately so do europeans very closely allied with the united states there. very biased on this and it made no bones about it they've been calling for regime change since since the summer of two thousand and el

like aleppo is no exception. number of districts in brussels have called on the belgian government to reconsider plans to grant police a greater powers to target migrants a new bill currently being debated would make it easier to conduct raids on homes thought to shelter and documented persons spoke to one local who had that knock on her door. when the new tourist jungle camping cali was torn apart thousands of migrant scattered many came here to brussels it was meant to be a pitstop instead for many it's become more permanent as belgians have opened their arms and their homes to migrants though for some that's brought its own perils five o'clock in the morning i heard the door. was kind of a shocker with sleeping in so i wake up with a look and i mean flow in my body and i came down or say yes who is it it is ok but i have no idea where you really are the north while the over friendly and i saw seven man and one woman coming in the door pushing me aside going to her but asking me are you along yes i am a lot it

in a leadership position at every step from abduction to moving hostages from the prison and aleppo to iraq to later than medio in which was releasing the beheading videos that mean that there are remnants of the ancient regime what i like to call the ghosts of saddam are in effect running the show this is why isis is sophisticated at the level of guerrilla warfare why it is sophisticated at the level of conventional warfare but most especially why it's propaganda is profoundly clever and wicked you know the information warfare that isis brings to bear is one of their their greatest assets in this campaign and if you want to really go back far think of it this way the guys who trained up to saddam this were through the soviets the k.g.b. so they know how to do this stuff. there was never really. any willingness to exchange. the u.s. and the u.k. are searches there was no willingness to exchange the japanese hostages the demands for the japanese hostages were far too high or too much too under a million dollars to be delivered in seventy two hours that's impossible they knew that this w

human shields is a tactic favored by all terrorists including those who were in aleppo. and just like any still are poor there are no western reporters in rubble i'll go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigy is. this what happens to the shame that our country see of damascus under suspicion. for serving a goal by the thought of this regime. the white helmets marketing itself as a civil defense initiative there are volunteers workers born fights diligently ensues as they have at the seams. wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets into all these like aleppo is no exception. germany's finally getting a working government more than five months after the election and despite the wait german voters are ending up with more of the same with the social democrats finally agreeing to a deal with chancellor merkel's christian democrats to create another so-called grand coalition is the same partnership that is governed since twenty thirteen and it means chancellor merkel will enter her thirteenth year in power and commence her fourth time in charge gett

like aleppo is no exception. story next the palestinian teenager coming up allegedly hit in the head by an israeli rubber bullet in december there is you may remember his face if you're watching us he says he felt pressured to change his statement recently about the incident in order to avoid a longer period of detention guys named mohammed to me he still being treated you can see a pretty serious injuries either which way don't know how it happened but he was arrested most latterly on monday the dawn raid on a palestinian village nine other people were also detained during the operation for having taken part in anti israeli demonstrations the day after his release though israeli authorities published this an official facebook post claiming the boy's injury was the result of him falling off his bike and was self-inflicted it went on to say that there is a culture of lies and incitement within the little boy's family well here's mohammed's accounts of what happened at that police station meantime. ah. they arreste

here in aleppo 14 months after the government forces retook it from opposition forces, there is still no power in half of the city. the half of the city that does have power only gets it about 12 hours a day and that is one of the many steps needed to rebuild. seth doane, cbs news, aleppo. >> up next, she's helping alzheimer patients preserve their life stories before it's too late. testing for 60 minutes testing for 60 minutes testing for 60 minutes >> quijano: about five and a half million americans are living with alzheimer he dementia, it is a progressive disease that slowly destroys memory. chip reid tells us about a company that is helping some of these patients tell the stories of their lives. >> i picked up surfing and just fell in love with it. i would love to do one last surf trip. >> brian kursonis recently shared his life story with jay newton-small even though they just pet, at times it was slow going. >> my brain is just. >> that's because as just 55, kursonis last year was diagnosed with alzheimer. >> life gave me a lemon. sorry. >> sometimes lemonade is not so sweet. >

aleppo was besieged in twenty sixteen and was cut off from food supplies amid constant shelling. and her family got on a bus evacuating civilians. there were no horny why don't they brought us here on the green buses but we don't feel safe here either it doesn't feel like a home and we didn't know it and there was no what carol we've come a good metaphor. now the family's new home is under fire from the syrian government and russian forces. so where will all jets and tanks have been shooting every morning and evening for days when there will be where am i supposed to go and that therefore i wonder through all. this time there is no way out. and his family can only hope that this seven year war will finally come to an end. about his embattled prime minister robert feed so has resigned over his handling of the inquiry into the murder of an investigative journalist as defense i was forced to step down after his coaching partners threatened to force a snap election will be replaced by the current deputy prime minister peter pellegrini slackers government has been plagued by protests

when the siege began last month, it was feared the region would become another aleppo. seth doane is there. >> reporter: this was once the heart of a vibrant city. aleppo was known as the center of business and industry, syria's second largest city by population. this had been a commercial area filled with shops and businesses. but syrian president bashar al ba sand forces loyal to him destroyed the city in order to take it back from opposition forces, and that's similar to what we're seeing outside of damascus in eastern southern ghouta. using a mist of air strikes, shelling, and troops, they're taking siege but it's destroyed the town in to process. 400,000 people are believed to be surrounded and activists inside are saying civilians are fleeing underground shelters as troops advance. an aid convoy scheduled to try to get into ghouta did not go and humanitarian quarters set up were empty again. it's not clear how long it will take syrian forces to retake syrian forces. what is clear, once it does, there will be a massive reconstruction effort needed. here in aleppo,

aleppo was besieged in twenty sixteen and was cut off from food supplies amid constant shelling musri and her family got on a bus evacuating civilians. there were no horny but they brought us here on the green buses but we don't feel safe here either it doesn't feel like a home and we didn't know it and there was no what carol we've committed men of. now the family's new home is under fire from the syrian government and russian forces. so have more. jets and tanks have been shooting every morning and evening for days when the wood where am i supposed to go on the floor when the through. this time there's no way out. and his family can only hope that this seven year war will finally come to an end. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world slovakia's prime minister robert fico has offered to resign from office this after criticism of the handling of a probe into the investigative journalist siac could see i can his fiance were murdered as he prepared to his findings on links between top slovakian politicians and the italian mafia. finland is the wor

which meant she oversaw all islamic state activities within province an absolute was in charge of aleppo. what the kidnapping all locals became graham plant right from the beginning of the civil war everybody was kidnapping reach syrians in order to fund their own fights they started kidnapping foreigners too and of course all their wealth to syrians had moved out so at that point the foreigners became a very good way to fund various organisations who kidnapped john connelly or james folly and sell it to another organisation for maybe ten thousand dollars maximum saying amount of small money but of course different kind of people. just look at all from sauvignon sort of yeah that's just when i saw this and then out of one hundred sitting with students sofie her from another student who would imagine the easy. conventional smile mom and the gee why do you think she has been going to bed i made me feel with energy why did the talking only. call. it appears that at some point in time islamic state decided that they wanted to aggregate as many of these western hostages as they could maybe th

aleppo was besieged in twenty sixteen and was cut off from food supplies amid constant shelling. and her family got on a bus evacuating civilians. there were no horny but now they brought us here on the green busses but we don't feel safe here either it doesn't feel like a home and we didn't know it and there was no what carol we've committed men of. now the family's new home is under fire from the syrian government and russian forces. so have war. jets and tanks have been shooting every morning and evening for days when little bit where am i supposed to go and that therefore i won that though. this time there's no way out. and his family can only hope that this seven year war will finally come to an end. and you can find much more about the war in syria and its consequences at our website that's state of u. dot com this is the live from berlin still to come on the show it is now officially the happiest place on planet earth and no it is not disneyland find out which country has topped the un's happiness ranking this year. or over to the business that was our business years germa

human shields is a tactic favored by all terrorists including those who were in aleppo. and just like any still oppose there are no western reporters in trouble i'll go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigies. in this heat this what happens is a shame that our country seat of the mosque under suspicion. for serving is the goal of this regime. the white helmets a group marketing itself as a civil defense initiative for their volunteers work at bomb sites as diligently it seems as they have at the scenes of jihad is think. but. wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets in tow. like aleppo is no exception all right that as a for me i'll be back in about thirty two minutes with another look at your weekly stay with us. join me every first week on the alex i'm unsure when i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business i'm sure i'll see you there. the tomahawks to. look for. apply for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch pull the funnel school it's about the passion

like aleppo is no exception. the palestinian youngster claims he was forced to lie about how he got a serious head injury so that he'd be released from israeli custody the details on the wiki returns in a couple of minutes. but will be walking w. on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. of new socks for the tell you that because of the tabloids like the police. are telling you are not old enough to buy products. that we all the dollars worth watching. i would still like to believe. everyone in it for the sake of peace and stability that with it's the russians or the americans or the pakistanis or the indians although one thing by and large we are objective is the thing we just peace and stability within the region that is the ball. no one has done or for the region the presence of foreign troops inside of one that we can model for the region for a while. welcome back to the weekly palestinian teenager allegedly hit in the had to buy an israeli rubber bull

like aleppo is no exception. that does it for me i'll be back in about thirty five minutes with a full of news stay with us. i played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside out. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch put the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the superman ija kill the narrowness and spending two hundred twenty million on one player. so it's an experience like nothing else not to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful game a great one more transfer. and thinks this minute. fifty years ago pregnant women to come together as a sleeping pill. to. the side effects what terrible but not all known. war. across europe victims are starting legal battles demanding at least some compensation. in two ways first will the physical damage itself as well as a constant reminder that the people who actually perpetrated this crime has never been the justice and it has been a couple. of . long and welcome to well to part the c

like aleppo is no exception. jemmy's months long the political deadlock has been broken off of the social democrats voted to reenter a coalition the chance for america's conservatives will have that story on live reaction after this break. the everybody i'm stephen baldwin to ask hollywood guy the suspect every proud american first of all i'm just george bush in our view to suggest this is my buddy max famous financial guru and we're just a little bit different and honest going to the well you know with no doubt with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the mood to have some fun meet everyday americans. and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american people. the. focus of ending the war and that's not the main intermingled issue meant a tearing concern which is the bombing of all schools of all of civilians the shelling of the damascus by rebel groups that's not and also the bombing by the u.s. as much earlier the son makes of that with the political objectives which some people ma

like aleppo is no exception. a palestinian teenager allegedly hit in the head by an israeli rubber bullet in december says he felt pressured to change his statement about the incident in order to avoid a longer period of detention mohamed tamimi who is still being treated was arrested on monday in a dawn raid on a palestinian village nine other people were also detained during the operation having taken part in anti israel demonstrations the day after his release and though israeli authorities published an official facebook post claiming the boy's injury was the result of his falling off his bike and it was self-inflicted went on to say that there is a culture of lies and incitement within the boy's family here is mohammed's account of what happened at the police station. they arrested me at my home at three am they put handcuffs on me and my brother then they took us to their camp when i was arrested i felt like i was going to be sentenced and they made me afraid when we arrived and they took us to the interroga

human shields is a tactic favored by all terrorists including those who were in aleppo. and just like any still oppose there are no western reporters in rebel held reporters shoes are filled by young prodigies that. this this what happens is a shame that our country seat of the muskets under suspicion. for serving is a girl by. the white helmets a coupe marketing itself as a civil defense initiative there are volunteers who are. diligently suz as they have at the scene of the artistic secu chanst. wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets in tow. like aleppo is no exception because without upsetting story a lot more to come because stay with me in the next few minutes details about a palestinian youngster who was shot in the head and says he was forced to lie about how it all happened so that israeli police would let him go his story next here in the weekly. i would still like to believe for the thick of everyone in the for the sake of peace and stability that with it's the russians or the americans or the pakistanis or the indians or the month by and

like aleppo is no exception. well there has been a surge in support for people living in eastern guta on social media with journalist sun commentators sharing photos from the comfort zone where her notes all of them appear to show the real picture as came up in reports. two heartbreaking photos posted with the words this is syria except it's not actually syria one is from mosul in iraq and the other is from the israeli bombing of gaza now it's been raised in the comments that it's not actually syria but regardless this post by some guy in cleveland has tens of thousands of reach we decided to find out how many people here in new york would be ready to reach wieder share this with jury tweet that. i led i don't typically use twitter but. maybe now it just seems sixth like very politically motivated without have any having any serious message behind it i definitely wouldn't i mean. just because there are horrors happening everywhere and i don't know if twitter is the proper forum for it anyways yes i would and why

like aleppo is no exception. reporting coming up the palestinian youngster claims he was forced to lie about how he got a serious head injury so that he'd be released from israeli custody of his story you may recognize him when we share the page break. dropping bombs brings peace to the chickenhawk forcing you to fight the battle. to stop spreading tell you that the public. tell you. that we. will walk. districts in brussels a cold government to reconsider plans to grant police greater powers to target migrants the new bill currently being debated would make it easier to conduct raids on homes thought to shelter undocumented migrants. spoke to one local who had. when the new tourist jungle camping cali was torn apart thousands of migrant scattered many came here to brussels it was meant to be a pitstop instead for many it's become more permanent as belgians have opened their arms and their homes to my currents though for some that's brought its own perils five o'clock in the morning i heard the door. was kind of

like aleppo is no exception. coming up belgians are demanding the police crackdown on documented migrants in the neighborhoods just one of the stories ahead is that we can continue. i would still like to be for this vehicle everyone in it for the sake of peace and stability that but it's the russians or the americans or the pakistanis or the indians although month by and large group we are addicted to this theme we just peace and stability within the region none of that is the goal and then. we're there to be the no one has done or for the region the long term presence of all foreign troops inside of one this beacon on board with what the region or for a one month. focus on ending the war and that's not intermingle to show military and concern which is the bombing of hospitals of all of civilians the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not enough so the bombing by the year i was there for some mix of that with the political objectives which some people may still have. liberal districts in brussels of call

like aleppo is no exception. you. said youngster claims he was forced to lie about how he got a really serious head injury so that he'd be released from israeli custody would bring in more of his story when the weekly returns after the break. i would still like to believe. everyone in it for the sake of peace and stability that with it's the russians or the americans or the pakistanis or the indians or the month by and large we are objective is the theme you just peace and stability within the region that is the board. no one has done or for the region the long term presence of foreign troops inside of one is not born for the region or for a one month. ending the war and that's not going to mean goldish humanitarian concern which is the bombing of hospitals of all the civilians the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not enough for the body as much for the summits that with the political objectives which some people may still have. districts in brussels have called on the belgian government to reconsider plans

human shields is a tactic favored by all terrorists including those who were in aleppo. and just like any still oppose there are no western reporters in rebel held go to reporters shoes are filled by young prodigies. and this this what happens is a shame that our country seat of the mosque and. for serving is a girl. the white helmets a coupe marketing itself as a civil defense initiative there are volunteers work bomb fights as diligently received as they have at the scene. but. wherever jihadi factions first they bring their white helmets in tow. like aleppo is no exception igor is a done off with the report well there's been a surge in support for people living in eastern kuta on social media with journalists and commentators sharing photos from the conflict zone however not all of them appear to show the real picture been reports. two heartbreaking photos posted with the words this is syria except it's not actually syria one is from mosul in iraq and the other is from the israeli bombing of gaza now it's been raised in the comments that it's not actually syria but re

like aleppo is no exception. palestinian youngster claims he was forced to lie about how he got a serious head injury so that he'd be released from israeli custody details when the weekly returns in a couple of minutes. i would still like to believe just because everyone in it for the peace and stability that with it's the russians or the americans or the pakistanis or the indians although month by and large will be our objective is the theme you just peace and stability within the region that is the border. with no one has done or for the region the presence of foreign troops inside of one this. or that region or. the focus of the war and that's not intermingled issue military and concern which is the bombing of all schools of all the civilians of the shelling of damascus by rebel groups that's not enough so the bombing by the way i was mentioning earlier there's a mix of that with the political objectives which some people are still. falling back to the weekly palestinian teenager allegedly hit in the head by a

yourself in a city, lahore, in pakistan, which was almost as fragile, as vulnerable as a city like aleppo proved to be? i hope that lahore is not that fragile, but i imagine people in kabul and aleppo and damascus and sarajevo also felt that their cities were not that fragile. what's changed for me is the plausibility of this disaster occurring in the place where i live has grown. i think it's grown for many people, in many places. and so the novel is born out of that kind of nightmare, something i hope will never happen. born out of fear, a visceral, personalfear. yes. ithink, you know, living in pakistan, again, i don't want to sort of contribute to a narrative that pakistan is going to decline and fall into chaos. i don't think it's likely to do so. i think it's likely to do the opposite. but it's possible that it could, and when you live in a place like that, there's a background fear that can occur, and for me, does occur, and so fiction is the way it takes shape. and it is a fundamentally bleak vision. i mean, you catalogue in so many interesting emotional and intimate ways the way

says the militants in eastern gears here are using some of the same tactics seen in the syrian city of aleppo before it was liberated in twenty sixteen. the foreign powers should demand that the militants allow the civilians who want to leave the conflict zone to do so it's actually the militant factions who want to keep the civilians there and that they're preventing civilians from leaving civilians in the occupied areas openly publicly protesting against the occupation by the armed militants and that's exactly what we saw in east aleppo where it was actually the armed militants who prevented the civilians from leaving and as soon as the armed militants were driven back the terrorists were driven out the civilians rushed into the zone controlled by the government and they were happy and they're rebuilding aleppo today and billions are returning to that area that's what needs to happen in east ghouta as well. now president trump has signed an order imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into the u.s. today i'm defending america's national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports

report are living as internal refugees and fear that they will have to move on again they abandoned aleppo in two thousand and sixteen and are now living in it live one of the last rebel stronghold in syria. musser is fifteen years old and he's already supporting a family of six his father was killed in an airstrike now fouad sells vegetables and it lives earning twenty euros a month that leaves no time to go to school. i have to provide for the whole family a road from morning to night to make ends meet. warplanes are approaching again. is used to the sound of sirens. and shouted to us every day. did live is the last province in syria to be controlled by islamist rebels two million people live here many of them fled the syrian government's assault on aleppo. and her nephew fu escaped after wafa husband died in an airstrike and she lost her three sons in the fight against government troops. now mainly women and girls are left. they lead a meager existence for wafa musri the seventh anniversary of the uprising against president assad is not a happy occasion when the fed with a feud with kof

aleppo was besieged in twenty sixteen and was cut off from food supplies amid constant shelling. and her family got on a bus evacuating civilians. there were no horny but they brought us here on the green buses but we don't feel safe here either it doesn't feel like a home and we didn't know it and there was no what care we've taken a good metaphor. now the family's new home is under fire from the syrian government and russian forces. so had no. jets and tanks have been shooting every morning and evening for days the little bit where am i supposed to go and that the young when that's all. this time there's no way out. and his family can only hope that this seven year war will finally come to an end. hella thorning schmidt is the c.e.o. of save the children and former prime minister of denmark and she has been monitoring the situation facing displaced people in syria this is a war that's lasted for seven years and now we are seeing that this is been taken to a new level reassessing record numbers of the displacement of the girls the girl we heard about here two hundred fifty child

aleppo was besieged in twenty sixteen and was cut off from food supplies amid constant show. and her family got on a bus evacuating civilians. they wanted a horny but they brought us here on the green busses but we don't feel safe here either it doesn't feel like a home and we didn't know it and there was no what we've committed many before now the family's new home is under fire from the syrian government and russian forces. so have no. jets and tanks have been shooting every morning and evening for days the little bit where am i supposed to go and that the four one that through. this time there's no way out for and his family can only hope that this seven year war will finally come to an end. this is deja vu news still to come on the show school students across the u.s. have been walking out of class calling for tougher gun laws and remembering the seventeen people killed at a florida high school four weeks ago. on their hearts with us now and how the e.u. was spawned two u.s. tariff still very much up in the air that's true but after the president comes announcement of tho

well most of my family has left aleppo since two thousand and eleven and they were able to come here to united states and some places in europe we were very lucky that we had a place to go. it was it's very painful to watch the destruction of your home city aleppo all one of the oldest cities in the world it's a loss for humanity it's a loss a collective loss for all of us and it's devastating to watch the loss of human life in syria that continues every single day for the past seven years and so we're very very lucky there's nothing that separates me from being a refugee or being displaced or living right now in these extreme conditions except the fact that i was born in the united states and i have a passport that allowed me to move freely between two countries but every single refugee deserves to be living in safety and security and every single civilian in syria deserves to be living in freedom dignity and in safety and most of all in peace and thank you very much for sharing your perspective with us in a surgery at are now up to ten people have been killed after a newly installe

yes everyone is comparing it to aleppo aleppo we have to remember the rebel held the east of aleppo city surrendered after a month long siege and then we saw a full blown military offensive bombardment airstrikes and a ground offensive in and pro-government troops sliced the area into different pieces and the rebels their supply lines were cut and they were under so much pressure that thousands of people were put in those green buses and sent off to the people of eastern with are afraid that this is going to happen to them they don't want to leave their homes now even if the rebels do decide to leave with their families who is going to stay behind a lot of people are wanted by the government simply because they were media activists or if they were you know civil defense workers they're called terrorists in the eyes of the government so are we talking about hundreds of thousands of people leaving an area a force the placement has happened throughout this conflict and really this is one of the reasons why no peace settlement amount no political settlement will amount to peace if these peop

main towns and cutting rebel supply lines to force a surrender that is what they did in the battle for aleppo they laid siege to the rebel controlled east of the city for months and then they launched an all out military campaign it was only when the rebels found themselves trapped in a small pocket of territory that they agreed to leave with their families many others left with them particularly those involved in opposition activities the people of eastern who fear the same fate doctors civil defense volunteers media activists are all considered terrorists by the government they don't want to be forced from their homes but the likelihood is increasing dozens are killed every day the suffering is only getting worse. beirut. more than four hundred thousand people are trapped any with around a thousand in need of urgent medical evacuation alan fischer reports now on how aid is lost arriving in some besieged neighborhoods but not all. it's been a long time coming stretching through the shattered streets of the scooter bringing relief for some disappointment for others. some vital medical aid was

reporter: it brings to mind what happened in aleppo a little over a year ago. we saw the rebels hold on for quite some time before the siege went into a really massive government.by the it really is just a matter of a few days at this point. parts of then some enclave largely devoid of .ighting f for the last few days we are talking about probably three or four more days before we see a a masassive capitulatin because people have had enough. there is no way out. that is what it amends to. molly: thank you for that. washington has imposed sanctions on russian individuals, as the biggest step that the u.s. is taken against russia since donald trump took office. it does not focus on oligarchs vladimir putin, and that has parties,ng, from both that it does not go far enough. reporter: after dragggging his feet foror months, the tripp adadministraration is finanally decided to sanction rusussia. it is an ongoing effort to impose move comes despise the president's repeated denial that russia tried to manipulate the election in his favor. washshington says that these

who founded the qur'an foundation she spent her adolescent is in aleppo before returning to the united states where she was born. we were very lucky that we had a place to go. it was it's very painful to watch the destruction of your home city aleppo all one of the oldest cities in the world it's a loss for humanity it's a loss a collective loss for all of us and it's devastating to watch the loss of human life in syria that continues every single day for the past seven years and so we're very very lucky there's nothing that separates me from being a refugee or being displaced or living right now in these extreme conditions except the fact that i was born in the united states and i have a passport that allowed me to move freely between two countries but every single refugee deserves to be living in safety and security and every single civilian in syria deserves to be living in freedom dignity and in safety and most of all in peace so i had for you on the program despite a rise in violent crime against women in afghanistan record numbers of women are joining the police. and what's in a

from aleppo top only one syrian refugee took the stage at the oscars she didn't say anything but her presence started a twitter storm we'll tell you why i'm leah harding connected us to the hash tag a genius for. you with news great live on air and streaming online for you to facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us it's taken three weeks not aid has finally reached. in syria but there's been no letup in the government bombing of the enclave over the past few days syrian government troops and their allied forces have stepped up their air. and ground offensive despite a un ordered ceasefire they've captured a quarter of the rebel held territory the un's human rights council has now ordered an independent inquiry into the violence that's killed over seven hundred people in the past two weeks we begin our coverage with a report from santa harder in neighboring lebanon a warning some of the images in her report are disturbing. it's the first time aid has entered the rebel controlled enclave of eastern huta since the latest offensive began just over two weeks ago b

we understand is that there is a deal between russia and turkey over this strategic town of northern aleppo but this time told her father is going to be more different compared to our friend because often there were boots on the ground at the f.s.a. and the turkish military but intel are far it is more about the plastic and political talks between two sides both russia and turkey also turkish foreign ministry under secretary who will be in washington d.c. on march thirty to talk about by literally issues and also about the ongoing operations in northern syria so probably we are going to be hearing more detailed information within the coming days about the strategic town of. norden it is very strategic for all parties in syria because it is a strategic transition straight across syria so if you take tel referred under control you are controlling the east west route also the area between aleppo and. ethiopia has a new prime minister who is the first in twenty seven years from the roemer ethnic group now the ruling coalition appointed. to replace holy moley and to resigned last month his decis

almost four thousand people have now returned to their homes in the syrian city of aleppo according to the russian defense ministry the city was liberated by russian and syrian forces fifteen months ago and as life in aleppo begins to get back to normal hundreds of christian worshippers attended the good friday mass and procession of the city to mark the beginning of easter residents say that after seven years of brutal conflict they finally feel safe. after lap of the games. even there were normal clashes in mortars we came back and we're happy here it's easter happy easter come the world here sing god finally we've been able to visit our churches and hold religious rituals we've had enough in seventy years now it is safe and peaceful we can do everything freely. but however elsewhere in syria the humanitarian situation still remains dire ninety five thousand civilians returned to the city of iraq or after it was retaken by u.s. led forces five months ago but they still live in squalid conditions almost all the infrastructure has been destroyed and there is no access to running water

special crossings but it seems is the missed rebels had different ideas they're doing what they did in aleppo they aren't allowing any civilians out at all and the shelling those crossings therefore the syrian government has allowed this aid to go in but the u.n. says it didn't get to take everything it wanted certain items like field first aid kits the sort that could be used by militants would take it off the convoy anything of military value jewel use is being blocked nevertheless this is big it is a significant development at least those civilians trapped in east ghouta will now have food if the rebels don't do again what they did in aleppo and hold it all in their warehouses fighting also hasn't debated russian monitors in damascus say that islam is in east ghouta have not stopped shelling the capital the syrian government in turn has kept up its own offensive on the enclave forty percent of it has now been retaken by government forces in an operation that has gone on for the last several weeks. gasnier they all russia's military has said meantime the just two children only been able to

special crossings but it seems is the missed rebels had different ideas they're doing what they did in aleppo they aren't allowing any civilians outs at all and the shelling those crossings therefore the syrian government has allowed this aid to go in but the u.n. says it didn't get to take everything it wanted certain items like field first aid kits the sort that could be used by militants would take it off the convoy anything of military value jewel use is being blocked nevertheless this is big it is a significant development at least those civilians trapped in east ghouta will now have food if the rebels don't do again what they did in aleppo and hold it all in their warehouses fighting also hasn't debated russian monitors in damascus say that islam ists in east ghouta have not stopped shelling the capital the syrian government in turn has kept up its own offensive on the enclave forty percent of it has now been retaken by government forces in an operation that has gone on for the last several weeks. we asked representatives of both the united nations and the red cross for their thoughts o