thanks dude i was there stephanie decker live on the turkey syria for. the death penalty has been confirmed against seventy five people for their part in protest against the twenty thirteen military coup in egypt fifty of those were given a life sentence including the former muslim brotherhood spiritual leader mohamed badie a most of them were protesters who survived a massacre at a public square in cairo palace reports. it began here in cairo's robust square in august twenty thirty protesters had staged a sisson demonstration against the military coup which deposed egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsy security forces moved in with the now as more than nine hundred protesters had been killed rob's have ordered from you know us just a con artist just to come out and now five years later president foster government has decided to kill seventy five more. over its main mohammed asha one and you seen how mature men are sentenced to death. they were part of the mass trial of seven hundred thirty nine people all arrested as they proteste

decker reports from the turkey syria border. this northwestern corner of syria represents the last hopes of the rebel opposition government forces have steadily recaptured region after region under so-called reconciliation deals the fighters they didn't want to live under government control here with their families little ahmed was a fighter in the southern province of the most recent area taken back by government troops he shows us video of when he was involved in the war and like so many others who chose to leave he doesn't trust the government. i see the reconciliation as a big mistake because the regime will start arresting us all through wall and put us in prisons we've already heard of a few people being killed by the regime. came to live from ottawa and home the area was besieged by government forces for almost three years and he's now joined one of the local armed groups and it led. to the we left because of the heavy bombing and the siege we were starving i didn't agree with the reconciliation the regime says they will

thanks i'm serious stephanie decker that live on the turkey syria border. a death penalty has been confirmed against seventy five people for their part in protests against the twenty thirteen military coup in egypt fifty others were given a life sentence including the former muslim brotherhood spiritual leader mohammed badie most of them were protesters who survived the massacre at a public square in cairo on his ear a shallot ballots reports. it began here in cairo as robust square in august twenty third protesters had staged a sisson demonstration against the military coup which deposed egypt's first democratically elected president mohamed morsy security forces moved in with a now as more than nine hundred protesters had been killed we have to have order from kill us just a con artist just to come out and now five years later president foster l.c.c. this government has decided to kill seventy five more. over its main mohammed rush one and yet seen how mature men are sentenced to death. they were part of a mess trial of seven hundred thirty nine people al

civil let's get more from stephanie decker who's in an attack in order with syria we want to ask you about the explosions have been taking place in the coastal province all of latakia stephanie what more can you tell us about these reports. lose a lot of confusion the beginning certainly wondering whether it had anything to do with what rory was just reporting on which is that announcement of the demilitarized zone but there was a statement by the official syrian state news agency saying that various missiles have been intercepted air defense systems deployed in latakia that targeted in the end a technical facility now sputnik which is a russian news source you're saying that it targeted syrian army infrastructure but that report from the syrian state news agency also quoting a military official saying that the missiles came from the sea now this you know when it comes to syria you always have to look at reports very carefully but i think it very clearly rules out the rebels and the opposition fighters there are various you know various countries have a presence in the mediterranean

decker on the turkey syria border the u.s. secretary of state's mike was in pakistan for his first official meeting with the newly elected prime minister. us pakistan relations a deteriorated in the past year with differing views on ended this so ending the seventeen year war in afghanistan is cools the tensions between the two countries mr pompei is expected to focus on counterterrorism in the region the u.s. says it's canceling three hundred million dollars in military aid. the strongest typhoon to passage a pattern twenty five is has killed at least ten people and injured hundreds of athens causing gebbie left more than a million japanese without electricity and damage drives and rail lines thousands of airline passengers were stranded as a night because runways were flooded at kansai appleton also by the salami has more from tokyo it's going to be has moved away from the japanese. island of japan. where there are officials. pushing warning people to be cautioned against the high waves and going green in the area they have.

decker reporting from taqiyya thank you. in other news iraq's parliament is still in emergency session into saturday night as it tries to work out how to contain protests in the city of basra another curfew is now in place there have been weeks of protests over failing government services unemployment and corruption is all spiraled into a violent few days several major buildings set ablaze on friday that included the iranian consulate earlier in the wake of state t.v. building was also burned and at least twelve people have died during all of these demonstrations that. we should draw a distinction between the political factors and the other issues namely security and services unfortunately events have developed rapidly since the parliament's first session of monday last as a result of the escalating political wrangling which if turned into armed confrontations will be gravely dangerous we are keen on steering away from plunging into such danger now the situation in a basil is on their control more from rob matheson our repor

decker al-jazeera. while as i it is a former senior syria adviser to samantha power who served as u.s. ambassador to the united nations under president obama he says there are few options available to get the odd and russian forces to step back. the only thing that could possibly work is a credible deterrence established by the international community probably led by the united states that promises punitive military strikes against syrian regime assets in response to any incursions into the area that would lead to mass casualties or mass destabilisation or movement of people we have seen in the past the united states establishing certain parameters to protect its special forces and allied partners on the ground particularly in northern and in southern syria and in places where we have responded to the endangerment of our troops such as in el conflicts most recently at the border with jordan the regime and its allies have backed down it leads me to believe that there is a possibility but in terms of the

deca at stephanie decker on twitter if you want to check in with her she's live in antakya forest one of look at the exodus of the seven hundred thousand range of muslims now from the amounts of bangladesh in the last hour the international criminal court has ruled it has jurisdiction over their deportations this would allow the prosecutors to investigate where the main man has committed crimes against humanity we're going to talk more about that in a moment but this ruling comes as agencies are warning of a growing health crisis have a look at the support from german cox's bazar. during the hottest hour of the day in the world's largest refugee settlement these row hinge a traditional midwives are searching for a woman who needs their help raji a big woman and saadi having them are two of the one hundred thirty community health care workers who have been recruited by the united nations population fund or un f.p.a. from among the royal hinges residing here in bangladesh. when they find regime who already has two children and is about to give birth to a third they explain how they'll a

decker al-jazeera untuck yeah. as a visiting fellow at nottingham university center for conflict and security he says he attacks away targeting rubble and stores. well at the moment what we're seeing is what is known in military circles as shaping the battlefield or so we're seeing airpower being deployed by both the russians and the syrian regime attacking what we would presume to be artillery or. any armor that the rebels have they would be attacking any concentrations where they believe the rebels. are concentrated in and and then they will be possibly even conducting attacks by air to make the rebels think that they're going to attack from a particular direction when in fact they will choose a different one so these are sort of things that happen in this phase of any conflict following that the ground troops will move in judging by the way the syrians have fought in the past it's very unlikely to be a full frontal assault what they tend to do is. open tuck just nipping away at various bits of territory consolid

the many predict that is only a matter of time stephanie decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border focused on the newly elected prime minister says he's hopeful relations can be reset with the united states pulling the suspension of military aid over the country's failure to tackle armed groups imran khan made the comments after meeting with the us after state might prepare in islamabad so hard to have the latest. they come made by a general george of done for day bug a tiny foreign minister saying that bald headed in a candid and frank environment saying that there was indeed a break in the deadlock that was before because of mistrust between the two countries the announcement of the. american stage had already said that he wanted to come to project on to reset the relationship and saying that they wanted to turn a new page the pakistani foreign minister saying that the americans were looking for a political settlement to the conflict a politically negotiated settlement and wanted bulger stands head of the pakistani foreign minister saying they did will be now has brought order to

decker al-jazeera. a government imposed curfew on the iraqi city of basra has been lifted after the evening passed without incident security forces are out on the streets following a week of violent protests which of left at least twelve people dead people are angry at the government for failing to provide work and basic services or than a dozen major buildings have been a pack including the iranian consulate which was set on fire on friday night parliament had an emergency session on how to contain the protests as well matheson reports now from baghdad. struggling to find a solution to the unrest in basra iraq's parliament descends into fury as accusations and blame fly back and forth leading shia cleric. says the government should fix those problems within forty five days he also says protests should be halted at the same time to see if the government delivers members of saddam's parliamentary alliance are no demanding that the government should step down prime minister high that all about it remains

decker has more. powerful scenes not seen in egypt for years. oh. my. goodness. if. we won our freedom they sing these scenes a reminder of the early days of syria's revolution before the violent government crackdown before the arrival of countless foreign backed armed groups before russia got involved and changed the course of this war before millions were forced from their homes hundreds of thousands killed before homes in cities were leveled before the fabric of syrian society was arguably destroyed. the chant the same as it was in two thousand and eleven. the people want the downfall of the regime i don't know how but today we're here to fight for the demands of this revolution that the regime must go will not reconcile with them whatever promises they make will never trust the sure seem the media lies and they say we're terrorists but it's a people's revolution just like when it started well when i was totally out of the film but so much has changed seven and a half years on it libya's the last p

decker reports. over the years the province of it live has offered somewhat of a refuge for almost a million internally displaced syrians but that seems like it's all about to change with the expected government offensive backed by russia to recapture the last province left under opposition control turkey's preparing for a worst case scenario already met with the head of turkey's red crescent just as he returned from visiting it lib if any huge influx. or other two o'clock turkish border now we are near the refugee camps in sight syria turkey already hosts more than three million syrian refugees and it doesn't want any more the turkish border with syria has been closed for years unfortunately there is no clear line for armed groups there are. something down inside and the societies so it is really difficult to target the military points so. it's been a repetitive cycle for years despite endless political negotiations it's the military option that always seems to come first millions of syrians are hom

decker or jazeera antakya. at least three protesters including a fourteen year old boy been shot dead by israeli fire during friday protest gaza's border with israel the health ministry in gaza says dozens of others have been injured more than one hundred seventy palestinians have been killed by israeli fire since we can protest began almost. all the israeli army has close roads leading to the village of qana lama in occupied east jerusalem which is scheduled for demolition and scuffles have broken out between soldiers and palestinian protesters angry at israel's decision to flatten the village to make way for the building of illegal settlements and run call has more now from kama. on friday the palestinian commission on walls and settlements issued this statement in english and hebrew saying that any israeli soldier involved in the demolition of a law will be prosecuted in the international criminal court now palestine is actually a member of the international criminal court has been since two thousand and fif

decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. meanwhile the united states has joined france to issue its strongest warning yet that it's prepared to strike syria if government forces use chemical weapons in the offensive against it speaking a short time ago the u.s. arrest the united nations had this to say we have a message for the assad regime and anyone contemplating using chemical weapons in syria in the past eighteen months i have stood on this floor twice promising that the united states would respond to the use of chemical weapons in syria both times this is ministration followed through the united states and its allies force the assad regime to pay its price for its crimes so we want to take this opportunity to remind assad and his russian and iranian partners you don't want to bet against the united states responding again in her to. some of the chemical weapons in syria today but this is false information that is being that because there are no chemical weapons in syria and i haven't been since missy could come and anno

decker reports. the demilitarized zone agreed on by turkey and russia is due to be established around fifteen kilometers from here it's a topic on everyone's mind. the demilitarized zone will be a separate zone between or send the regime turkey will ensure our aside and russia will ensure their regimes in order to prevent any battle i think all the factions will accept this because turkey is pushing forward and we are with turkey in. but these fighters a coalition called the national liberation front are believed to be backed by turkey and getting them to fall in line will be easy the problem may be with groups that have been deemed terrorist organizations like. formally known as the nostra front and accused of having links to al qaeda. i don't think hired to reality will disappear they will break up and join the other factions there is no way that turkey will accept them staying in a loop so what if the s. and other groups refuse to abide by this deal their positions remain unclear what will turkey

decker al-jazeera and taqiyya. still ahead in this half hour cost of albany and block roads the towns and villages to stop the serbian president from visiting and the everyday life in conflict zones such as gaza and yemen brought into stark focus in a french photojournalism exhibition. how the weather so looking at interact across much of australia sizes some bright skies some warmer weather make its way back into the eastern side of the country to the new south wales will say things are improving temperature wise up to nineteen celsius in sydney or so into melbourne actually as we go on through monday in a high of ninety four perth on monday afternoon they'll kill him as we go into a choose day but still fun in try as is the case across much of australia i says the temperature starts to pick up for sydney twenty two degrees melbourne also twenty two along with adelaide a little more clout there into adelaide but for most as i said is fine and dry lousy fine and dry say for good parts of new zealand for the time be

decker has more. powerful scenes not seen in egypt for years. but. i think. we will in our freedom they sing these scenes a reminder of the early days of syria's revolution before the violent government crackdown before the arrival of countless foreign backed armed groups before russia got involved and changed the course of this war before millions were forced from their homes hundreds of thousands killed before homes in cities were leveled for the fabric of syrian society was arguably destroyed. the chant the same as it was in two thousand and eleven. the people want the downfall of the regime i don't know how but today we're here to fight for the demands of this revolution that the regime must go will not reconcile with them whatever promises they make will never trust issue jeem the media lies and they say we're terrorists but it's a people's revolution just like when it started well when i was totally out of it so much has changed seven and a half years on it libya's the last province and oppositi

decker al-jazeera and taqiyya. russia has accused the united states of dropping phosphorous bombs over barrels or province on saturday it's get more now from jordan who joins us in d.c. for this what exactly and more can you tell us about the psyche zation roles. well first off barbara there's no response as of now from the pentagon about these allegations from the russian ministry of defense but it is worth pointing out that in recent weeks the russians have been making noises that they want to come into far eastern syria where the americans happened to have a garrison set up an off in order to pursue what the russians call terrorists well the americans have said repeatedly that the russians are not welcome that they should not come into darrow's or or anywhere near the syrian iraqi border where the u.s. has this garrison in fact they say that they have set up a thirty five mile de confliction zone around their post and that no one else not the syrians even though this is on syrian territory certainly not the russ

security council briefing on syria in the meantime let's go over to stephanie decker was monitoring the situation inside syria for us from ray hanley that's on the techie syria border stephanie we've heard warnings of a bloodbath of a humanitarian catastrophe in a live province if this expected government offensive where to go ahead you're not far from a lead province tell us about the current situation there and just how worried people are about this possible onslaught. extremely concerned filey and you know a lot of these people as we've been reporting and everyone's been saying of in displays throughout the years of this conflict from playing. to place ending up right behind me that's the biggest come for the internally displaced inside syria that is around eight hundred thousand people so people are exhausted people are destroyed they want the war to end but the problem with that is that you know they don't trust the syrian government that if they do take charge of where they are that there are repercussions and of course is a huge concern of military action when it comes to civilia

decker thank you so get the reaction from moscow with your challenge. russia's defense ministry has responded angrily to the loss of this plane it's called israel's actions irresponsible and provocative and hostile what the ministry of defense says is that they were only given one minutes of warning from the israelis about these impending air strikes and as a consequence fifteen russian military personnel lost their lives they say essentially that the is ready jets use the ill twenty electronic surveillance plane as a shield from syria's anti aircraft units and therefore the israeli jets protect themselves from the the russian plane was lost the search and rescue operation is found the crash site some thirty kilometers off the syrian coast they found bodies and personal effects and wreckage from the plane the consequence of all of this says the. russian defense ministry has spoken on the telephone expressing his anger too is israeli counterpart have a door lieberman also the israeli ambassador here gary coren has been summoned to the ministry of foreign

thank you very much stephanie decker live in untucked here. we've got a lot more to come on this. a new u.n. report says that around the world one in every nine people suffers from hunger plus . i'm on the banks of the northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped and yegor matter donna says drugs calls him to waste away but he's now moving on with his life at a new club in the heart of mexico's drug lands we'll have the details. for let's go back to our main story today and that of the recent to remarks made by . the general secretary talking about the closure of the organizations office in washington. is professor of public policy at university and he's a former policy adviser to the palestinian prime minister he's joining us from ramallah in occupied west bank thank you for talking to us just when you thought it couldn't get any worse the relationship between the palestinians and the u.s. adminis

airstrikes the last rebel held strongholds i'm stephanie decker on the turkey syria border now that's. behind us and aid agencies a warning of the humanitarian catastrophe if there is an all out military offensive on the. warring factions agree to a ceasefire in the capital tripoli after days of fighting kills a. battered by the worst typhoon in twenty five years killing at least nine people in the west of the country. the white house rejects a top reporters highly critical counter president donald trump's administration. hello we begin in syria where airstrikes have hit the last rebel controlled region as the u.n. security council plans to meet on friday on what could become the bloodiest battle yet an adlib province it's believed more than twenty separate airstrikes have been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children russia a key ally of the syrian government says it's aware of the army is preparing a full scale offensive on ad lib calling it a credo off terrorism scott the united nations warning. potential bloodbath. is home to three million people rebels

decker or jazeera on taco. dancing dolphins jumping whales and performing seals that make china's marine theme parks a multi-billion dollar industry but an investigation by al-jazeera is one of one east has discovered that many of the animals are being abused on a shocking scale we went undercover for two years and found six used left to die in dirty water and freezers full of animal carcasses is steve chiles report. to the public aquarium performances in china or an entertaining mix of hype defying tricks. supposed animal humor. with some displays of apparent affection. but exclusive behind the scenes video obtained by one on one east reviews a much darker picture lieutenant president want you know your union border c.n.r. . workers who asked not to be identified say animals such as seals sick with skin diseases and cataracts are abandoned in places called dining rooms left to swim in their own urine and feces for the horses so handlers who don't you will warm and. i don't want to be. the warm up bunch or you.

decker or jazeera on talk yeah the u.s. has called on turkey to release a former nasa scientists who was arrested after the failed co in two thousand and sixteen second gold or was arrested in his home city of a donna and was sentenced to seven years in prison on wednesday a turkish court reduced that sentence to five years he's accused of having links to the u.s. base character to another girl in techie blamed for the attempted coup and has declared his organization a terrorist school. the white house says it's authorize new cyber operations against foreign countries ahead of november's midterm elections the us national security advisor john bolton made the announcement but he didn't say which nations are being targeted or give any details about the operations the move is part of a new cyber strategy the white house says will protect the nation. a shooting in the u.s. state of maryland has left four people dead police say a twenty six year old woman opened fire at her workplace in harford county they say after she killed h

this push that we're hearing about this offensive stephanie. well massive diplomatic efforts going on behind the scenes from turkey from russia and also talking to the rebel groups inside let me talk about the humanitarian situation just the political situation will get more in just a moment but just to show you where we are so what you see across the border that is that wall is it lit province and you have hundreds of thousands of tents along this border so that's one of the issues that's of course turkey's great fear is to have a humanitarian disaster and sense of people trying to come across into turkey the borders are closed so this is one aspect of why they're trying to contain what is a certainty richelle is safe to say the syrian government has made it very clear they are going to take back in the province what is different about this is a it's the last held rebel province inside syria be this is where internally displaced people have been coming for years these tents you're seeing they're not new they've been here for years these people

decker live for us on the turkey syria border thank you stephanie uganda's pop star turned opposition politician bobby wine is on his way to amsterdam he boarded a flight on friday night out for the government allowed him to flee the country seeking medical care overseas for injuries he says he sustained while he was in detention he's been charged with treason for his alleged role in an incident or stones were thrown at the president's motorcade russia's accuse your train of assassinating a prominent separatist leader alexander was killed in eastern ukraine the russian backed leader of the rebels in the region don yes died in the blast at a cafe or a challenge reports from moscow. this is the aftermath of the blast that killed alexander as a car chink or a blackened body can be seen lying on a stretcher outside the cafe don't yet squint into lockdown after the killing with moscow and the russian backed breakaway republic itself calling this an act of international terrorism the last pictures of her alive were from thursday laying flowers for the donbass born singer years of cubs one w

decker with the latest from an tuckey on turkey's border with syria stephanie thank you. iraq's parliament has held an emergency session to work out how to contain protests in the city of basra a government imposed curfew is now in place across the city following a week of violent protests people are angry at the government for failing to provide work and basic services more than a dozen major buildings have been attacked including the iranian consulate which was set on friday fire on friday night and earlier airport was targeted by rocket fire at least twelve people have died in the demonstrations iraq's prime minister hyderabadi is urging lawmakers to help prevent on the confrontations we should draw a distinction between the political factors on the other issues namely security and services unfortunately events have developed rapidly since the parliament's first session of monday last as a result of the escalating political wrangling which if turned into armed confrontations will be gravely dangerous we are keen on steering away from plunging into such danger now the s

me directly as well my twitter and here at a j for now though we're going to speak to stephanie decker she is an attack on turkey's border with syria as i said if it's not the big offensive but how would you describe what you've seen today and heard today as far as an uptick in violence. well it's the biggest increase certainly since the airstrikes resumed don't choose day after what was just over a three week low. and there's a lot of back and forth whether this is the official start a lot of the pro-government media outlets are quoting military sources on the ground saying that this is a start but we haven't heard anything official a lot of these airstrikes and barrel bombs and artillery shelling that are going both ways or as you mentioned earlier come on in the southern part of italy province it is less populated it is more open land it is the countryside but there have been casualties six people killed so far so of course this is a concern we've just heard from turkey's foreign ministry wasn't you know scheduled to speak today but last minute it was announced he was calling for a

thank you for that we'll move over to stephanie decker of course reporting from the turkey syria border zain touched on it there but what do you take us through more of the turkish perspective on this . what president are two on one with a message that was calling for a cease fire that was quickly rejected by the russian president all heels are reminded iran and russia said well you're concerned about terrorists at will so were we and also if you concerned about the humanitarian situation well we are more so because it is on our borders and come on if you just look behind me that is in the province that's one of the i.d.p. camps that is how close it is so really there have there was some compromise the turkish president giving some leeway on some of the fighting groups inside it lip turkey of course is the guarantor of the opposition groups inside the province including the who the sham that controversial group that russia and syria deemed terrorist organizations recently turkey as well so that is one concession so giving some indication that perhaps a limited scale offense is what was

decker reports from the turkey syria border. this northwestern corner of syria represents the last hopes of the rebel opposition government forces have steadily recaptured region after region under so-called reconciliation deals the fighters they didn't want to live under government control here with their families little ahmed was a fighter in the southern province of the most recent area taken back by government troops he shows us video of when he was involved in the war and like so many others who chose to leave he doesn't trust the government. i see the reconciliation as a big mistake because the regime will start arresting us all through wall and put us in prisons we've already heard of a few people being killed by the regime. came to live in homs the area was besieged by government forces for almost three.

decker has more from on talk here the turkey syria border. there's a huge numbers given by the united nations over thirty thousand people fleeing the areas where the bombardment is taking place and going to different areas inside most of the people according to the united nations going into camps these are camps that are along the turkish border turkey's borders of course remain closed some people going to stay with relatives also others according to the united nations are an informal camp and others renting it just shows you the concern going forward particularly by turkey other mass potential civilian exodus towards its borders its borders remain close with side and it has no intention of opening them up regardless of what happens it says it is on its own and it is that could. when it comes to dealing with syrian refugees hosting already over three million inside turkey so what what they're doing to prepare for this they tell us that they already have material inside syria in the sense that they can be setting up more camps more tense also

let's get more on everything now from stephanie decker he's in antakya near turkey's border with syria and stephanie we were reporting a statement from state media there in syria reporting explosions in the coastal province of latakia what more have you been hearing about this. well it's been quite a confusing picture in the last hour or so reports and video coming out of what is perceived to be latakia now we have the only thing we can confirm which is the official syrian state news agency sana'a saying that the air defense system has intercepted various what they say missiles coming from the sea they are quoting a military source and saying that one of the hits was on what they're calling a technical industries from what we understand that some corner of an industrial zone inside latakia that is all we know at the moment certainly the video that i have seen shows a huge explosion the timing of this is of course interesting because it comes just two hours after we had the announcement as you heard were you talk about there of that to militarize own but if you read what state news agen

has warned of an all out attack on a deliberate course many civilian deaths stephanie decker reports start from handling the of the turkey syria border border what you're looking at is a province and those tents are just a small part of almost eight hundred thousand. thousand people syrians who've been internally displaced in their own country these tents have been here for years and also there is a feeling that no one is going to be able to go home any time soon the concern now is of this looming offensive in a province turkey certainly doesn't want to have tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people trying to cross the border it says its borders will remain shut in this is also why it's heavily involved in negotiating behind the scenes with a group incited live the one mostly in charge. that is of course the group that was formerly known as the nostra front believed to be linked to al qaida that russia and syria call terrorists and as of friday night turkey also added to the terror list alone political maneuvering going on when it's clear that the syrian government says it wi

decker has the latest from an attack at near the turkey syria border. what you're looking at is the province and those tents are just a small part of almost eight hundred thousand people syrians who've been internally displaced in their own country these tents have been here for years and also there is a feeling that no one is going to be able to go home any time soon the concern now is of this looming offensive in a province turkey certainly doesn't want to have tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people trying to cross the border it says its borders will remain shut in this is also why it's heavily involved in negotiating behind the scenes with a group incited live the one mostly in charge. that is of course the group that was formerly known as the nostra front believed to be linked to al qaida that russia and syria call terrorists and as of friday night turkey also added to the terror list a lot of political maneuvering going on what is clear is that the syrian government says it will take back it late province and what kind of shape that is g

decker reports from the turkey syria border. this northwestern corner of syria represents the last hopes of the rebel opposition government forces have steadily recaptured region after region under so-called reconciliation deals the fighters they didn't want to live under government control here with their families a little ahmed was a fighter in the southern province of that are the most recent area taken back by government troops he shows us video of when he was involved in the war and like so many others who chose to leave he doesn't trust the government. i see the reconciliation is a big mistake because the regime will start arresting us all through wall and put us in prisons we've already heard of a few people being killed by the regime. came to live in homs the area was besieged by government forces for almost three years and he's now joined one of the local armed groups and. we left because of the heavy bombing and the siege we were starving i didn't agree with the reconciliation the regime says they will take it live let

to try and find some middle ground to move forward on this all right stephanie decker live in antarctica thank you very much indeed we're here in doha with me is my one couple and he's the director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies welcome. first of all just your immediate reaction to this incident that's happened do you think it will have any impact upon the russian appetite for engagement in syria this is the first serious incidents between the russians military intervention in syria start. in late september two thousand and fifteen the two countries they have been able to actually to prevent such incidents by establishing the sort of the conflict mechanism between the chief of staff of the two armies but for me i don't think this is will it's going to be between the russians and there is about it i think the two conflicts actually are very. keen on not actually escalating this i think. the statement by russian defense ministry as well as by the kremlin and i expect that at least we'll be following suit actually by trying actually to deescalate a lot

decker is in kentucky on the turkey syria border. what is clear is that there was no consensus reached in tar and in fact the back and forth between the three leaders playing out live on the air turkey's position is that it wants to manage it wants to limit what is expected to be this offensive of the syrian government backed by russia to take it back from opposition forces the turkish president tweeting after he left the summit this is something he rarely does taking to twitter seven tweets in turkish but also in english russian and arabic basically saying if there was an assault on a lid that turkey would not watch from the sidelines neither watching the sidelines nor petition paid in such aggression turkey's worry is of course that of a mass movement of civilians towards its border area one making it very clear that turkey had reach capacity already hosting over three million syrian refugees it is down to turkey to talk to the opposition groups inside it that is an extremely difficult task there are many different opposition group

decker has more from antarctica on the turkey's border with syria. it live is the place where people went in the end whether it was internally displaced civilians who were displaced from from city to city to village and ending up in italy or the rebel fighters the different opposition groups who didn't want to stay under government control under these so-called reconciliation deals and came with their families to live this is why you've seen the population swell so much so at the moment the displacement that we've seen as a part of this latest offensive and it is an escalation in the south of of the provinces sort of more country area open land a couple of thousand people displaced they have gone to various places but mostly close to the border with turkey because that's where they feel safest we've been speaking to people who left and one man telling us that he didn't feel safe anywhere because people expect this offensive to move into the cities into all areas because you know the rhetoric is that the entire province will be taken back by the gover

decker as the latest from an taqiyya near turkey's border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sanna putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because of course in the mediterranean you add various the presence of u.s. naval vessels the brits the turks and also israeli submarines believed to have to be placed there israel has been accused in the possibly using it submarines of targeting latakia of course these things are never confirmed israel does confirm however that it does target iran when you know backed forces on the ground or weapon shipments or shipments it believes are deemed to the group has bought a lot so again nothing confirmed but we do know that a technical institute was hit this is according to sy

well let's get more on this now from al-jazeera stephanie decker who's in turkey's border with syria stuffy on the face of it the the u.n. special envoy is planned seems pretty hair brained a james was saying why would they move out of the cities into the country clearly there's no consensus of the talks in tehran can an offensive now be avoided politically. i think it's very difficult i think you know if you look at it if you break it down you have russia and iran basically saying that the syrian government will be taking back the province whatever happens and you have the turks saying well you know we're going to have to figure out a better way to do that rather than a military offensive but the problem is this stage it is that over the years under these reconciliation deals those rebels who didn't want to be part of the art of living under the government were sent to live and it was a let's say a so-called problem that the government was going to deal with later well we're at that stage now so turkey has the difficult task of talking to all these groups particularly those deemed a

says a political solution is needed to prevent a humanitarian disaster and stephanie decker has more from on top here on the turkey syria border there is a huge numbers given by the united nations over thirty thousand people fleeing the areas where the bombardment is taking place and going to different areas inside it most of the people according to the united nations going into camps these are camps that are along the turkish border turkey's borders of course remain closed some people going to stay with relatives also others according to the united nations are an informal camps and others renting it just shows you the concern going forward particularly by turkey. potential civilian exodus towards its borders its borders remain closed as we've said and it has no intention of opening them up regardless of what happens it says it is on its own and it is that capacity when it comes to dealing with syrian refugees hosting already over three million inside turkey so what what they're doing to prepare for this they tell us that they already have material inside syria in the sense that they

decker al-jazeera on the turkey syria border. on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will discuss syria's fate the un has warned such an attack could cause a humanitarian disaster so mr avi reports from tehran the world is not doing enough to help people displaced by war that was the message during a visit by the u.n. high commissioner for refugees legal ground he was into ran to meet with foreign minister zarif and other senior leaders his trip just days before the presidents of iran russia and turkey hold three party talks into her on i have just been to syria so i reported back to. the government of the about my observations. first and foremost especially in my meeting with minister saadi we spoke about our concerns about it lip. it is clear that the risks of a military confrontation causing massive loss of life. he says he's he's he's very high and i told ministers that he thought that my appeal just like the u.n. secretary general and others is let's minimize let's. get peace to the parties but then to minimize the

decker in red on the thank you for that update to other news and the head of the international monetary fund has warned that a no deal exit from the european union will come out of a substantial economic cost to the u.k. christine legarde says the u.k.'s growth rate will be less than half the global average even if a smooth transition was agreed paul brennan reports on from london. at one point in her news conference christine legarde described herself as a desperate optimist but delivering the i.m.f. latest assessment of the u.k. economy her tone was repeatedly downbeat about britain post rex it so whatever the deal is will not be as good as it is at the moment and asked about the seemingly growing prospect of britain crashing out without a break to deal now clearly that was to happen our assessment is that it would have very dear economy consequences it would be a shock to supply. and it would inevitably have a series of consequences in terms of. reduced growth going forward. increased deficit most likely depreciation of the currency and. you know in reasonably short order mean a redu

decker reports now from hamley near the turkey syria border. what you're looking at is the province and those tents are just a small part of almost eight hundred thousand people syrians who've been internally displaced in their own country these tents have been here for years and also there is a feeling that no one is going to be able to go home any time soon the concern now is of this looming offensive in a province turkey certainly doesn't want to have tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of people trying to cross the border it says its borders will remain shut and this is also why it's heavily involved in negotiating behind the scenes with a group incited led the one mostly in charge. that is of course the group that was formerly known as the nostra front believed to be linked to al qaida that russia and syria are terrorists and as of friday night turkey also added to the terror list a lot of political maneuvering going on what is clear is that the syrian government says it will take back it live province and what kind of shape that is go

decker al-jazeera. iraq's parliament has held an emergency session to try to contain protests in the city of basra a government imposed curfew is now in place and security forces are on the streets following a week of violent protests people are angry at the government for failing to provide work and basic services or than a dozen major buildings have been attacked including the iranian consulate which was set on fire on friday night earlier airport was targeted by rocket fire at least twelve people have died in the inspirations since monday. human rights groups have condemned the egypt sentencing of hundreds of people charged over a two thousand and thirteen pro muslim brotherhood sit in in cairo a total of seven hundred thirty nine defendants were charged in the mass trial the court confirmed the death sentences on seventy five people while forty five more were given life terms in prison a robust square protests lasted six weeks and ended with the killing of around nine hundred protesters by security