being bussed out of aleppo and used. and being taken to it live there are thousands of fighters many of them very extreme many of the members of prescribed terrorist organizations and there's no new ad lib for those people to move to. doing everything we can straining every sinew to avoid a great big bloody battle because if it happens in the way some people are talking about it could be the biggest humanitarian catastrophe we've seen for decades certainly the biggest in the twenty first century and for more i spoke to drink less and syria activist always in the jordanian capital amman i asked him what's at stake in the looming battle for it. i mean let's take of course is the drive by iraq russia and with the with the creation is thirty two finished of the sunni opposition to bashar assad to finish off the popular opposition bashar assad which ended up once and be concentrated and because the assad regime aided by iran and by you know russian bombardment has he seen president others in aleppo for example to finish off t

joining me via skype from his perspective is aleppo's independent member of the syrian parliament the fires thanks for coming back on before we get to monday's deal what did you think of president putin's diplomatic response to the israeli bombardment of your country i think it's added with enough and i think behind it there is a clear clear it's all resolved by russia really or that the skies of syria to make it off limits to all of these you know nato aggressors and to the special people these really really jets that keep redefining the national recognized rights you think it's good enough because putin appeared to say it's just a tragic series of events we didn't say didn't seem to tell israel to stop bombing and of course israel for its sakes as it was bombing to stop hezbollah or iran in your country you think putin's response is fine yes i mean he doesn't need to say it really are you not bluntly i mean it's obvious from things that we we starting to feel on the ground we knew you would be set. you know i don't think you would say good luck lightly that this really is you lose t

joining me via skype for his perspective is aleppo's independent member of the syrian parliament be fires thanks for coming back on before we get to monday's deal what did you think of president putin's diplomatic response to the israeli bombardment of your country i think it sounded good enough and i think behind it there is a clear clear it's all it's all by russia really for that disguise of syria to make it off limits to all of these you know nato aggressors and to the special people these really really jets that keep. their national you know recognized rights you think it's good enough because putin appeared to say it's just a tragic series of events we didn't say didn't seem to tell israel to stop bombing and because israel for its sake says it was bombing to stop hezbollah or iran in your country you think putin's response is fine yes i mean he doesn't need to say it really are you not that that says that that will dismantle them and take them from our country peacefully we welcome it. if these agreements fear for whatever reason then we have no other option but the use of fo

what do you think on the ground there in aleppo does it sound believable. look exactly yes i mean we've this happened here before and not you know if you remember when i was just sixteen and the days when they would be when they shot the movie the infamous movie the last man of aleppo in a limbo it was it was a real kind of this at the time and we had a big one there once filming this movie but outside of course the black flag were protecting this site so same thing happened already in just a short and it lit some people also told us that there be they also feel a little be fabricated a movie in in the city of a bat to be aired later their movies are already filmed there recorded. just meet the bush start to start but them to air of those movies they are not the only thing filmed there was more what is aleppo trade fair all we hear about is war there and britain of course supporting groups in your country there's a trade fair aleppo's slowly starting to get back to normal what it was before this war yes actually it was the only book fair and then after that

fighters being bussed out of aleppo and. being taken to it there are thousands of fighters many of them very extreme many of the members of prescribed terrorist organizations and there's no lid for those people to move to we are doing everything we can straining every sinew to avoid a great big bloody battle because if it happens in the way some people are talking about it could be the biggest humanitarian catastrophe we've seen for decades certainly the biggest in the twenty first century. let's get you the latest developments on this developing story i want to bring interest and syria analyst race he joins me from the jordanian capital amman so good to see you always so why does the battle for it live matter what's at stake. i mean let's take of course is the drive by iraq russia and with the with the creation is. to finish of the sunni opposition to bashar assad to finish off the popular opposition to bashar assad which ended up once and being concentrated and because the assad regime aided by iran and by you know russian

or as we saw formerly in eastern before that in aleppo and it's their right to live in peace and it's also their right and the syrian government of syria's right to fight such terrorism is we're not talking about the mythical moderate rebels we're talking about al qaeda we're talking about. and these are terrorists that have been torturing civilians and executing civilians wherever they happen to occupy so most people i've met now everybody is looking forward to the restoration of peace and security and. the all can we hear all familiar is that you know it is a problem to three million people there are only ten to fifteen thousand. we could be a huge humanitarian disaster if there is a full onslaught from the government how do residents feel afraid of the human cost. if you mean residents in the back can't speak for them but i'd like to know each case where there's been a pending liberation of an area occupied by the terrorists i just mentioned we hear such such cry such crocodile tears from humanitarian agencies in western leaders and western media. usually the numbers are highly inf

joining me via skype from his perspective is aleppo's independent member of the syrian parliament. thanks for coming back on before we get to monday's deal what did you think of president putin's diplomatic response to the israeli bombardment of your country i think it sounded good enough and i think behind it there is a clear clear it's all resolved by russia really or that the skies of syria to make it off limits to all of these you know nato aggressors and to the special people the israelis really jets that keep. their national you know recognized rights you think it's good enough because putin appeared to say it's just a tragic series of events we didn't say didn't seem to tell israel to stop bombing and because israel for its sake says it was bombing to stop hezbollah and iran in your country you think putin's response is fine yes i mean he doesn't need to say it really are you not bluntly i mean it's obvious from things that we we starting to feel on the ground we knew you would be set. you know i don't think you would say good luck lightly that the israelis use a hidden behi

province the city of aleppo and to our military compounds in syria tartarus and him a min. the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace effort they have everything to lose if it falls it will mark the end of the syrian war their final defeat assad knows it wouldn't be easy or clean it seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been shelved for now probably draws the best military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed be worth was looking for a military confrontation really. but there is more there is more causality if there is normal interoperation there is not expected clashes between the government forces than the radical groups in the long run probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the people about also. the turkish president wasn't exaggerating when he said the world's eyes were on this meeting stakes are so high here for the gulf states for the west especially they spent untold billions arming and financing the syrian rebels only to

political and aleppo and. also we did this at the proposal of our service counterparts in russia and turkey and i have read their desire to fight terrorism in syria and it's in any of its forums. we believe that all this will give a new impetus to this solution to the resolution of the syrian conflict and will allow us to boost our work. on the geneva platform. this. is supported by the government of the syrian arab republic with which will soon hold additional talks. it is important to say that both russia and turkey are with you for a month planning to continue to use the astronaut format which will find political solutions. and the aegis of the un we will continue to work. on forming the constitutional committee which will consist of the government the opposition forces and the civil society and. it is planned to be launched in the region in the. in the nearest future and i would like to thank mr earle or one or more of our turkish colleagues for today's work which was very constructive thank you. doing our

we spoke to a french aid worker who lives in aleppo who says the west cares more about its own goals than the fate of syrian civilians for me i believe that america also my country u.k. and all the countries i've been involved in the world today didn't want to see the war getting all over so i think what they're fighting for is not that all you need to save the syrians in a limbo or to eliminate data like humanitarian risk but to not lose the war has been living like nearly three years in aleppo and the war has been terrible so i think this is the main purpose this is the big problem they are preaching that they are here to safety and this is not true. a so-called taxon teaching arabic in more schools are being proposed in france as ways of forcing the spread of radical islam there among some of the measures put forward by i think tag and come as the government considers its own moves child to do better he's been gauging reaction in paris. here's a reminder over the ambitious promise president made to lawmakers a few months ago the total reform of islam in france and with the groundw

we are superheroes who has been indeed as i say living in syria's aleppo for over two years now i believe good to have you on the program clearly you witnessed a lot of military action i suppose terror attacks as well that in your time in syria tell us how does the country feel how does aleppo which which is in the embattled area not northern border area with turkey how is it coping now with government forces closing in on the remaining terrorists in libya. today still hard because we still bombed on like a ferry person does he look at all the websites is the west side connected to it like for a good person to still bomb every day. initially the terrorists were inside that city and there i mean push them out but still the cities and then sort and we don't know really what can happen because now we we see what the americans are trying to do and it's like two years ago we got through to mouse on the country here we go we get one hundred missiles from france america u.k. and now we know that something big is going to happen we don't know what that something because going to happen so ineligi

and also from aleppo. on the coast so these are tactical moves so i think we will probably expect to see that and then again it's unclear whether a full scale operation will take place but i think it does seem to be again reading between the lines that the russians in their own. one damascus to take back the entire province which is of course something that turkey is incredibly fearful of because of the humanitarian fallout and any offensive stephanie whether a limited one or a full one would have of course disastrous consequences because there are nearly three million people living in a very difficult to differentiate between civilians and the fighters in the area. absolutely i mean you have you know camps like the idea behind us that's provinces around eight hundred thousand people that live all along turkey's border you then have people of course who live in the cities living alongside all these various armed groups and when you talk about these armed groups finally we also have to remember that a lot o

joining me via skype for his perspective is aleppo's independent member of the syrian parliament. thanks for coming back on before we get to monday's deal what did you think of president putin's diplomatic response to the israeli bombardment of your country i think it sounded good enough and i think behind it there is a lier.

province of the city of aleppo and to a military compounds in syria tartarus and it may mean. the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace effort they have everything to lose if it falls it will mark the end of the syrian war their final defeat assad knows it wouldn't be easy or clean seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been shelved for now probably drove the military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed the worth of was looking for a military confrontation really. not the fight there is more causality if there is normally to roper's from the it is not expected clashes between the government forces than the radical groups in the long run probably does the immediate rise non will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the people about also for. the turkish president wasn't exaggerating when he said the world's eyes were on this meeting stakes are so high here for the gulf states for the west especially he spent untold billions arming and financing the syrian rebels only to

to damascus and for aleppo to. these highways run to the east of the province and cut it a little bit further north of this you know this demilitarized zone that we're talking about and it was referred to that this was suggested by turkey what this means is that they intend to over the next three months take back probably hoffa chunk of it now what does this mean for the rebels what does this mean for the civilians it seems that they will be squeezed into a smaller and smaller area in the sense if people don't want to stay in these areas patrolled by the russians remember for years it is the people in the rebels have been fighting syrian forces russian forces so i think still a lot of challenges ahead and yes time has been bought but i think the real key issues and challenges of complications still need to be addressed is it good for president erdogan just maybe expand a little bit more more for us on that stephanie on the political side of things. it's good for him because he's board time but turkey is in a diffic

outbreak of all out conflict between multiple parties we spoke to a french aid worker who lives in aleppo he says the west cares more about its own goals than the fate of syrian civilians for me i believe that america also my country u.k. and all the countries in the world today don't want the war getting all over so i think what. fighting for is that all you need to save to see and. to eliminate data like a humanitarian risk but to not lose the war has been living like nearly three years in aleppo and the war has been terrible so i think that is the main was this is the big problem they're preaching that they are here to safety against this is not true . to france now where the so-called tax and teaching more arabic courses in schools are being proposed as ways of courting the spread of radical islam the measures are part of a report released by a french think tank but a shot to do benson explains the ideas are fueling even more division here's a reminder of an ambitious promise president made to lawmakers a few months ago the total reform of islam in france and with the groundwork in pl

specially the eastern parts of aleppo ma about eight hundred thousand people returned to eastern parts of malibu grooves that all these propaganda that he had on other media is really nonsense. the country is secure the country secular you are free to dress like you want you to do whatever you want not unlike jihadi land would you how the land women are the center second or third class citizens. they have to be have to convert their faces they have to cover their bodies because not go out. you know religious clergyman running be sure you know it's totally different i mean we are we live a normal life what you see in the west. and we want this also this our lifestyle our freedom to reach also it live so that the people of that live will be liberated and feel like they are real syrian citizens free of any jihadi mercenaries ruling by a travel thank you. you're welcome it will break. the burning towers but there's a climate of fear continuing in london's kensington and chelsea with or without. going underground. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution to. the demonstrations going from

province the city of aleppo and to our military compounds in syria tartarus and him a min. the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace effort they have everything to lose if it falls it will mark the end of the syrian war their final defeat assad knows it wouldn't be easy or clean it seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been shelved for now probably it was the best military and diplomatic solution we were to was looking for a military confrontation really. but there is no fight there is more causality of there is normally to roper's from the it is not expected clashes between the government forces than the radical groups in the long probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the people about also. the turkish president wasn't exaggerating when he said the world's eyes were on this meeting stakes are so high here for the gulf states for the west especially they spent untold billions arming and financing the syrian rebels only to lose. we consider any assault on it le

province the city of aleppo and to a military compounds in syria tartus and may mean the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace effort they have everything to lose if it falls it will mark the end of the syrian war their final defeat assad knows it wouldn't be easy or clean seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been shelved for now probably it was the best military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed the worth of was looking for a military confrontation really. not the fight there is more causality of there is normal interoperation there is no. expected clashes between the government forces then the radical groups in the long run probably does the militarized on will be. things weren't looking too good. the u.s. is iraqi friend in power. but the protestors are by no means fond of iran either hundreds attacked tehran's embassy in basra chanting i ran out leaving and then fern know in their wake. some shifts in parliament have meant good news for tehran though once and to raney and cleric. suddenly had a

province the city of aleppo and to a military compounds in syria tartus and may mean the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace effort they have everything to lose if it falls it will mark the end of the syrian war their final defeat assad knows it wouldn't be easy or clean seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been shelved for now probably drove the military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed the worth of was looking for a military confrontation really. not the fight there is more causality of their lives nor military operation there is no. expected clash between the government forces than the radical groups in the long probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the people about all for. the turkish president wasn't exaggerating when he said the world's eyes were on this meeting stakes are so high here for the gulf states for the west especially they spent untold billions arming and financing the syrian rebels only to lose. we consider any

to the syrian militants and they have gone a little by little step by step that's been successful in aleppo and good to end there on the other places and i think that's probably what the syrians are going to do now. of course syria has the perfect right to have support from iran and the iranians have played a supportive role the role of iran has been exaggerated by israel and other countries all along but they have they've been helpful they've got special forces there they've got technical advisors and syria has the right to keep those people there it's not for israel to dictate to other countries who they can have on their own territory and now we've got the case where israel as admitted to launching two hundred attacks over the last eighteen months against syria this needs to be called out ended now instead the united nations and so i hope. syria with its allies. well stay the course and keep moving forward and as i said the diplomat here is really russia and syria and its forces in contrast with that just one final comment here we saw a big contrast with that today at the united nations

that documented the abuse of armed forces controlling the cities of love and then as we knew before aleppo. it was titled torture was my punishment abductions torture and summary killings under armed group rule in aleppo and adlib syria the amnesty report says that armed groups opposing the syrian government have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law including abductions torture and summary killings. of the people that were bought of war. you know if they get killed in this huge fire for what we're not supposed to care about the millions of people who are stuck in this situation and being held and that's what bothers me because you know god forbid if it's some sort of mildly socialist leader or somewhere in south america who just wants people to be able to you know not. ruined by you know corporations or governments these people need to be these are just their dirty dirty rebels and they don't want them in their. opposition it's all negative connotation and yet in this one you're saying al qaeda because helping a terrorist and training them to be even worse to figh

they've moved from aleppo, from homs in the capitol. there are people who are some of the most radical featu rs. they aated to al qaeda. they have taken over the province-- or large parts of the province over last couple of years. and so you have an estimate of ,000-plus of hard-core radical islamist fighters who are, don'tally, are actually anti-islamic state. >> sreenivasan: what is stalling theiplomatic approach to this? why isn't this being solved at a table at othe u. in geneva? >> i mean, if-- if you-- if you-- if you remember the description i just ge, it's a very complex area. and i think part problem is it's also the last holding ground for the opposition in syria. this is the last chapter, if you may, of syria. d i think with it comes all the complications, why the otconflict is resolved in the last eight years. so you have turkey that wants to fnsure that the situation there doesn't get out hand. there is no one on its border from the three million people who willte pially be displaced by the fighting. there is iran and russi

province the city of aleppo and to our military compounds in syria tartarus and him a min. the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace effort they have everything to lose if it falls it will mark the end of the syrian war their final defeat assad knows it wouldn't be easy or clean it seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been shelved for now probably it was the best military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed the worth of was looking for a military confrontation really. but there is more there is more causality if there is normally to roper's from there is not expected clashes between the government forces than the radical groups in the long run probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the people about also. the turkish president wasn't exaggerating when he said the world's eyes were on this meeting stakes are so high here for the gulf states for the west especially they spent untold billions arming and financing the syrian rebels

fighters were evacuated by bus and headed to government forces gain control of the northern city of aleppo in december two thousand and sixteen the regime recaptured eastern ghouta in april of this year. a demonstration in egypt against the assad regime in defiance of the looming government offensive to these people turned out voluntarily to ripple fantods is unknown. propaganda is dominating the calm before the storm on all sides the syrian army displaying its hardware and saying it's ready to move in. we're still observing the other side but when we see something there we fire on anything that moves should question. for the first time in weeks russian airplanes attacked rebel positions in italy on tuesday some thirty targets were hit say the rebels russia says its patience with the anti-government forces is limited. but the rebels are also rattling their sabers many of them a former al-qaeda fighters at least ten thousand parties are in the enclave these propaganda images give the impression these men can hardly await the coming bloodbath. but have we will defeat any attack and destroy o

from areas like aleppo and and are on the seventy conciliation deals they were told that it is going to do this if they haven't but if the syrian government as it says wants to attack in it and does that then what would happen to these people so in a sense is it that betrayal where will these people go he does not want them into that he has three million syrian refugees europe is knocking to accept him also what are these three million people going to go so will be looking at as a possible catastrophe many casualties and refugee scenario what of these people then believe that they want to go to europe obviously if areas so it's an all in all a pretty dangerous situation for the people and. with this you you bring up a very good point because all throughout this war in syria when we've had humanitarian disasters in other places civilians the people have usually been able to flee where they go on the go on to the province what about russia and what about bashar al assad's forces we know that bashar al assad would not be able to have this offensive without the support of russia but does

of aleppo and to a military compounds in syria tartarus and him a min. the problem is the hardest who are bent on spoiling any peace effort they have everything to lose if it falls it will mark the end of the syrian war their final defeat assad knows it wouldn't be easy or clean seems to be for this deal it looks like the military operation has been shelved for now probably draws the best military and diplomatic solution to the the decision is very important indeed the worth of was looking for a military confrontation really. but there is more there is more causality if there is normally to roper's from the eighty's nor expected clashes between the government forces than the radical groups in the long probably does the militarized zone will be the way where the radical groups will leave the area not only the people about also. the turkish president wasn't exaggerating when he said the world's eyes were on this meeting stakes are so high here for the gulf states for the west especially he spent untold billions arming and financing the syrian rebels only t

outbreak of all out conflict between multiple parties we spoke to a french aid worker who lives in aleppo he says the west coast more about its own goals than the fate of syrian civilians me i believe that america also my country u.k. and all the countries i've been involved in the world today didn't want to see the war getting all over so i think what they're fighting for is not at all you need to save the city and. to day to like it when you thirty and risk but to not lose the war i've been living like nearly three years in aleppo and a war i've been terrible so i think this is the main group was this is the big problem they're preaching that they are here to safety against this is not true. the so-called tax more arabic courses in schools are being proposed in france as ways of watering the spread of radical islam that measures proposed by a think tank and come as the government considers its own moves challah do but it has been gauging reaction in paris to the latest suggestions here's a reminder of an ambitious promise president made to lawmakers a few months ago the total reform of

in the aleppo province town of aleppo and to our military objects in syria. hard to say for many in. the media which took place we considered in detail this situation and would draw a conclusion or we decided to create a law to line all. of the line of connection of the rebels and the and opposition by the hitech to what is here to create a devil to arise a zone of the depth of fifteen twenty kilometers. with the withdrawal from there all the radical rebels so that they were in including. by the death toll by two thousand and eight teen according to proposal mr president to conduct a withdrawal or have from this own on the tanks are the machinery of the guns from these. of all the oppositional forces the control over the matilda militarized zone should be organized by the petrol groups of the turkish subdivisions and also groups so the russian army to restore transit connection a lead political road. not until the end of two thousand and eighteen according to the proposal of the of the turkish party we can turn to our decision. to fight terrorism in turkey in

there is military action in history but by no thousands of people who had left the eastern aleppo or eastern ghouta during the fighting they have come back they are coming back and they will to they will be settling down there with help from the international community and it is necessary and it's also necessary to enable refugees currently in europe to be able to go back home as for for the procedure there are procedures laid out in codify dubai international law and international humanitarian law they should be abided by we always abide by the needs here in los norms whenever we have military operations where whenever we're engaged in military operations i would like to remind you that russian troops are in syria at the request of the syrian government which is a member of the united nations and. the sovereignty of which interior with integrity of the syrian arab republic was reconfirmed on numerous occasions in a number of un security council resolutions so we are ready to discuss but we would like to talk specifically notes. at the level of rhetoric or highly likely speculations

some people involved in the battles in aleppo and dplamascu as well. the warnings from president trump seemingly not heeded or it is unfazed by bashar al assad. continuing to call the area a hotbed of terrorism with the syrians and iran rians are sayi they need to be eliminated as quickly as possible. the offensive could be imminent and be very, very big as well. dave. >> the presidents of russia, turkey and iran meet friday in tehran. fred live for us in syria. thank you. >>> in an historic ruling, india supreme court striking down law that criminalizes consensual gay sex. the move overturning 150 years of antianti-lgbt legislation. this follows weeks of litigation in new delhi. this is in a country where homosexuality is misunderstoomi. >>> u.s. stock futures are slipping as the rocky start to september continues. the averages closing mixed wednesday. markets in europe and asia are falling as well. tech stocks are taking a beating following hearings on capitol hill. facebook shed 2% and twitter tumbled 6% after sandberg and dorsey faced lawmakers on