. —— assad's forces. you, in a sense, brought the legitimacy to what president assad was doing the top that is on the contrary, in my opinion. what i was doing was keeping alive the hope of the syrian people. do you think the syrian people really believe in you and your probe says?” syrian people really believe in you and your probe says? i think they really did and the alternative was not just the process really did and the alternative was notjust the process but the war. think about what we tried to do and ididn't think about what we tried to do and i didn't succeed, i didn't stop the war because you know why? two sides had decided they wanted to win the war. hang on, you are fundamentally wrong, if i may say so, because you said at one point during the years, you said you know what? in their end there is no military victory and both of the sides will have two realise that. you are wrong because president assad sits in his palace today and i am sure he surveys his country and feels he has won a victor

the assad goes, who is going to replace him? as appalling as assad is, he is possibly the least worst option for syria and has had this dreadful civil war. can you imagine what it's like living there ? civil war. can you imagine what it's like living there? i can't see any resolution to syria at the moment. robert is closer to these issues thanl robert is closer to these issues than i am. i wish i knew where this was going. what i would say quick as the us does seem to have a somewhat ambivalent relationship about getting involved in the middle east. 0ne getting involved in the middle east. one minute, pulling troops alison deserting kurdish forces which fought so bravely in syria next minute, attacking the iranians backed militia. what do they are don't know. countering russian backed... across... one thing i do predict is that 2020 will be a big year of predict is that 2020 will be a big yearof iran. we predict is that 2020 will be a big year of iran. we will be hearing a lot about iranians activity. you will be hearing from u

useful idiots and assad is claiming was done by the white heets. now, i didn't see any white helmets doing anything there. i saw helicopters with syrian army insignia on them drping chlorine barrel bombs.te >> rr: richard benyon, who used to sit on parliament's intelligence and defense committees says the syria working group are little more than trolls. >> there's a much more sinister element which is very often people within top academic institutions, universities in the united kingdom, who are relentlessly pursuing those who support the work of humanitarian organizations like the white helmets.ss and relely pursuing a line that supports the actions of one of the most brutal regimes we've seen since nazi germany. >> reporter: what do you think of these criticisms that you are apologists for the assad regime and their russian comrades in this fight? >> i mean it's ridiculous, the idea that we as lonely academics in the u. writing briefing papers which wput on the web are anything to do with ourvi s on russia or syria is preposterous. >> reporter: a

block them in more and more countries internet blackouts have become a fact of life syria's bashar al assad and the interview and italian broadcaster did not want its audience to see putting a face on fake news that's all and less why should you believe me deep fakes like this photo version of boris johnson are next level misinformation and they want to feature dream on their. ukrainian boy the trunk impeachment story sect news. for those of you watching this program online imagine what an internet blackout would mean to you shut out of messaging sites forced off social media deprived of news information and the means to contact loved ones and magine your 'd kashmiri and the indian government has left you in the dark for 4 months now or you are iranian and you've just experienced your most serious internet shutdown ever both of those shutdowns were imposed by governments which said they were trying to prevent security threats their critics human rights workers among them say this is about silencing dissent the. liberally severing connections between people of form of collective punishment i

regime is not only economically a huge deal but also symbolically a huge win for assad right abraham thanks very much for your insights. australia is bracing for its bushfire crisis to worsen as a heat wave since temperatures into the forty's authorities have called on the military to help the widespread fires are also devastating to australian wildlife including koalas cyclists near the city of adelaide happened across this parched koala and offered it water after giving all 7 of their bottles to the animal the group cycled home thirsty in 40 degree heat officials fear thousands of koalas have died in the fires. and no i think. the 1st half of the current bonus league season has offered plenty of surprises relative newcomers every leipsic sit top of the table and right behind them in 2nd place are. recalling that club's glory days of the $970.00 s. . marco's a style of play has been a big part of blood back success pressing high up the pitch quick transition between defense and attack more push towards goal the results of the 1st season half were impressive. this is the future we're

flee their homes in the syrian province of idlib un warns that children are bearing the brunt of the assad regime's latest offensive against the country's last rebel stronghold that's after an airstrike killed 5 children sheltering in a school. and no midnight mass at notre dame in paris for the 1st time in over 2 centuries a landmark cathedral is holding no christmas services due to renovation work to repair damage from this year's devastating fire. a moment is that welcome to the program christians around the world are celebrating christmas marking the birth of jesus more than 2000 years ago at the vatican pope francis led the midnight mass at st peter's basilica his blessings emphasize forgiveness forgiveness not just for sinners but for the church itself after a difficult year in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the. catholic church french as francis urged christians to keep the faith. forum i he does a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the catholic church the midnight mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the would of go

france narrative because if those canisters were not dropped from air force planes by assad then assad did not do the gas attack because the area was controlled by rebels there was no other way for the attack to come off so the huge gaping hole in this key component of the whole narrative is absolutely critical now these canisters fell they fell through rebar steel reinforced roofs landed on a bed and were undamaged those of us at the time said this looks pretty fishy now this expert in henderson who's been doing this for decades says it's just impossible it's very it's extremely unlikely that could even carry chlorine gas it's interesting sure and you mentioned the newsweek reporter. actually you know he resigned over the story because in his words he and one hand i could continue to be employed by the company stay in their sheik london offices and earn a study salary only applied here to what could or could not be reported and suppressed vital facts alternatively i could leave the company and tell the truth then why are we why are so many news organizations ignoring or even censoring

syrian dictator assad, and putin and their co-conspirators continue to bomb the town of idlib. house school, a school supported by my constituents in arkansas, has third time than this bombing massive attack. recently watched the video posted on twitter of the air home s hitting a civilian in the same town where wisdom house school is located. many of the children attending the wisdom house school are now orphans. there are no military targets in this area, which has been epeatedly bombed by the assad regime. when we look back on this colon flikt -- conflict, the united states and our allies in europe will hang heads in shame for ignoring gave a green light to assad for the slaughter of his own people by the hundreds of thousands. mr. speaker, since its formation, nato has served as foundation for security between the united states and our allies in europe. years ago, the now 29 members at ed to a goal of spending least 2% of their gross domestic product on defense. president trump took office, only three countries met objective. now it's nine. a good t trump has done job urgin

airstrikes killed at least 8 in the syrian province of idlib 5 of them children the assad regime's latest offensive against the country's last major rebel stronghold has forced tens of thousands to flee the u.n. one's children are bearing the brunt of the intensifying violence. a mommy and he's a good to have you with us across countries and cultures christians around the world have begun celebrating christmas at the vatican pope francis led the midnight mass at st peter's basilica as one of the most important ceremonies on the catholic calendar people from around the globe descend on rome to witness the ritual. pope francis is blessing emphasize love and forgiveness after a difficult year for the church. the computer using going to do by the combination together the heavenly realm fills you with gift of his peace and. shares with the church in having. the. party. he he she. gets them. now christmas celebrations are also taking place in bethlehem revered by christians as the birthplace of jesus more than 2000 years ago mass was held in the church of the nativities which is one of the worl

disagree it came up in firstly this pro regime change crowd made it seem as if the rebels fighting assad were more moderate than they actually were not so for example it's been very embarrassing to them with all of the additional evidence that the rebels were interfacing with very radical salafi jihadists groups like al qaida and that was even cooperation between the rebels which the international community supported and the higher level isis leaders including baghdad and some of the more time goes on the more evidence are emerging to the more it becomes difficult to claim you know assad of all evil in the rebels' war all good and some much murkier picture where some of the allegations against assad have been revealed to be maximum true and we're learning more about the rebel opposition which have them in a much more extreme life. max thanks very much for sharing your research an investigation into this over the course of all this investigation live from boston massachusetts max i don't think you. next leading british universities being branded shameful and appalling over its advisory gu

homes of the syrian problems of the united nation is warning that a humanitarian catastrophe as the assad regime steps up its offensive. in the country's last rebel stronghold. and romania marks a grisly anniversary 3 decades ago its last communist dictator met his and bringing the country's bloody revolution to a close. a mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. christians around the world are celebrating christmas marking the birth of jesus more than 2000 years ago at the vatican pope francis led the midnight mass at st peter's basilica his blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sinners but for the church itself after a difficult year in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the catholic church francis urged christians to keep the faith. forward i he does a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the catholic church the midnight mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the would of god to the faithful of. course all of that he may call who by the incarnation brought together the earth and the heavenly realm fill you with th

regime is not only economically a huge deal but also symbolically a huge win for assad all right you bring him thanks very much for your insights now russia has a trash problem just 5 percent of the country's estimated 70000000 tons of household waste is recycled every year moscow is looking to make a dent in that starting january it plans to put sorting bins in every building the new recycling program may quell some of the protests in other towns that moscow dumps its trash on. when it comes to recycling big tortoise all of you over and mark seems of are ahead of the curve for around a year now the 2 muscovites have had separate bins for recyclables at home they try to avoid creating unnecessary waste and signed up to an environmental newsletter for advice on recycling. and it's not just muscovites well worried about garbage i see it in my friends and my colleagues to the issues getting traction because it's become impossible not to notice the problem using the chat. up until now recycling bins like the one in the couple's court yard have been the exception rather than the rule but

war and have a humanitarian catastrophe as the assad regime steps up its offensive in the country's last rebel stronghold. and a wildfire destroys dozens of homes in chile authorities evacuated thousands from the city of opera easel as the blaze spreads to residential areas. omarion evanston welcome to the program. christians around the world are celebrating christmas marking the birth of jesus more than 2000 years ago at the vatican pope francis led the midnight mass at st peter's basilica his blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sinners for the church's south after a difficult year in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the catholic church francis urged christians to keep the faith. think already i have it is a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the catholic church the midnight mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the word of god to the faith. of. god. and he may god who by the incarnation brought together the earth and the heavenly realm fill you with the gift of his peace and favor and may you share it with the chu

homes in the syrian problems of it is a live view when warns that children are bearing the brunt of the assad regime's latest offensive against the country's largest rebel stronghold. plus christmas in argentina would be unthinkable without the ponderosa but the economic crisis is making even this retreat an affordable for many. american evanston it's good to have you with us. christians around the world are celebrating christmas marking the birth of jesus more than 2000 years ago at the vatican pope francis led the midnight mass at st peter's basilica his blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sinners but for the church itself after a difficult year in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the catholic church francis urged christians to keep the faith. orde i he does a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the catholic church the midnight mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the word of god to the faith food of. it. that he may god who by the incarnation brought together the earth and the heavenly realm fill you with the gift of

regime is not only economically a huge deal but also symbolically a huge win for assad all right you bring him thanks very much for your insights. more than 6000 families in western kenya are affected by flooding from heavy rains that began on christmas eve the residents of kisumu fear the flooding could become worse while they wait for aid to arrive east africa is experiencing abnormally heavy rains due to the indian ocean being warmer than usual. in the kenyan county of kisumu water has crept everywhere residents struggle to find safe and dry places away from the muddy waters they are appealing to the government for help. children food went with the water in the books for the kids to my belongings outside here and i don't know where i will go to. there's no place to sleep we don't even have tents no water to drink and i have children in college as well as in secondary and primary schools. the adult court it started on christmas night has left homes and businesses sucked merged this week's floods are the latest to hit. earlier heavy rains have already forced thousands of people to e

brigade needed but you have to blow the right whistle to find protection under the law take julian assads he spent 7 years hiding from the law in london's ecuadorian embassy without any sympathy from washington i think a son should be assassinated actually. maybe use a draw or something this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a i think the man is a terrorist act tough and say if we catch you we're going to hang you one has to wonder how the founding fathers would have treated someone claiming to stand up against tyranny if they were with us today. now to discuss the latest in the impeachment inquiry a bit further investor invest to give her an writer charles or tell thank you very much for being with us here on our to international. it's kind of an interesting and today specifically as now the judiciary takes over how important is this report and democrats drive to remove the president i mean does this now give the ju

brigade needed but you have to blow the right whistle to find protection under the law to take julian assad which he spent 7 years hiding from the law in london's ecuadorian embassy without any sympathy from washington i think a son should be assassinated actually. contracted maybe use a draw or something but this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be and i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty want to do it illegally shoot the son of a i think the man is a terrorist act tough and say if we catch you we're going to hang you one has to wonder how the founding fathers would have treated someone claiming to stand up against tyranny if they were with us today. we asked former florida democratic party chairman cesar and media analyst lionel how weighty they think the report is . i do believe that the democratic report was factual and obviously the republican response was perhaps a fairy tale that people do want to repeal have to support some went to bed specifically you have very different responses be on the loo

you've got to keep to the conflict in a very simplistic way especially by making it seem like i said assad was even more extreme than he actually did capture him firstly this pro regime change crowd made it seem as if the rebels fighting assad were more moderate than they actually were the more time goes on the more evidence for merchants the more it becomes difficult to claim that you know assad is all evil and the rebels who are all good that we still have 3 different scientists who were involved in this but who are officially part of this group did not but we've got a report which has been broadcast in the video actually reflects the songs we should hear from those scientists exactly what the scientists was all about. a college campus fire has left one person dead and 26 others injured in the ukrainian port city of adesa the fire began on wednesday morning in one of the colleges historic buildings around 400 people were believed to be inside at the time for remain unaccounted for the authorities have launched an investigation into the course of the place. and that's the way it looks fro

in geneva and clearly certainly many of the nato nations believe that their point of leverage of the assad regime is the fact that if anyone's going to rebuild syria then they can force the russians and a sign perhaps to change their ways and certainly they would like the russians to force the assad regime to allow free and fair elections but of course that's something that hasn't happened in syria since the assad family took over nearly 50 years ago are you james will leave it there for now thank you so much for speaking to us about all this and we'll come back to you in a few minutes after the top of the hour here on al-jazeera again our main story this hour today in fact analogies there is that nato meeting in london to mark 70 is of the alliance and as james said there needless to say that it's a pretty a tense time for the nato alliance divisions in for display between the u.s. and france on a number of issues including trade tariffs and turkey will have plenty more on this in just a few minutes here on out is here to stay with us we're back after this very short break. just said on a

basically, bashar al-assad winning his bid to militarily regain control of this country. all the other international players, any resistance there had been to assad earlier in this conflict has long since been gone. they have retreated to the sidelines of this conflict. the u.s. is sort of a w lol -- sort of awol, absent without leave. donald trump told u.s. fighters out of northeastern syria in early october. tens of thousands of civilians hahave been fleeing g in recent. -- recent days. renewed attacks. 200,000 people have fled since november 1 from the province. remember, a lot of these are people who are already exiled, who already were refugees displaced from violence elsewhere in syria over the course of this war. it is doubles and sometimes triple displacement. they are going south and also north toward an area near the ander weather is increasingly dire humanitarian situation, as you said. 's forces haved crushed the southern and eastern parts of idlib province, villages cleared of, quote, "terrorists." they want to keep tabs on the highway linking damascus to ale

than he actually captured firstly this pro regime change crowd meeting seem as if the rebels fighting assad were more moderate than they actually were all the more time goes on the more evidence for merchants the more it becomes difficult to claim that you know assad is all evil and the rebels were all good at least 3 different scientists who were involved in this but who are officially part of this group. they did not believe that the work which has been broadcast in the video actually reflects the song we should hear from those scientists exactly what the scientists was all about. members of the ukrainian ultranationalist to talent have apparently turned up in hong kong taking part in the continuing protests there photos of their visit were posted on social media by a former head of one of the as of battalion units they show a number of masked men walking through the city and posing in front of a university damaged during clashes between protesters and police one of them was identified online as an as of veteran and some demonstrators from hong kong aren't happy about the unexpected guest

as they push deeper into the west and the problems but out to no money is on the m 5 highway assad's forces at the time and took up to you know about 3 open that route linking the couplet of damascus with the city of aleppo syria's largest just like that arrest of it live probably is not out to no man had been out of food for city in families who fled other areas damascus out of the captured during the 8 and a half year civil war it's now almost deserted anonymously without government i fled from assad regime 2 years ago after the destruction of our homes since then i have been. forced to flee with my family 3 more times and here we are again the new fighting comes despite an agreement in august by the leaders of turkey russia and iran to commit to this collection efforts in the area the turkish president of egypt tabor do and has repeatedly said on kyra come out hundreds of new groups to give through all on its own a spokesman for the turkish president now says there was russia for a cease fire to avoid the must suck off civilians in towns and villages were taken by syrian governmen

nominated as the next prime minister of iraq but will protest his except assad l.a. donny is the next leader. and tiny americans will tell you about the mexican tradition where paintings are offered as thanks for prayers oncet. welcome to the program our top story techies president says his country cannot handle another flood of refugees from the war in syria or egypt to one is saying $80000.00 syrians are heading towards the turkish border to escape province syria's last rebel held province is on the daily attack by russian backed syrian government forces the m 5 highway runs through the province and is the main road out of the town of marjah an escape offutt at a standstill as tens of thousands fled north the market town now a ghost town as government forces close in the once bustling rebel held region is a crumbling shell streets are empty and houses of been destroyed algiers there is mohammed of dough is following the story for us from antakya this is a border with syria and he explains some of the risks and challenges people are facing. wall there facing all kin

regime there's about 3000000 people in it live none of them want to live under assad regime control there's also 30000 extremist fighters. in this area that don't want to live obviously under assad regime control and they have nowhere else to go so there seems to be the absence of a long term plan here by the relevant players turkey russia and syria over the future of this particular region and some analysts say that the ferocity of russian and syrian air strikes and shelling on ad lib is designed for one thing in mind and that's to push out the civilian population. yeah i think we're seeing you know. the use of civilians as effectively cannon fodder by russia and the assad regime to put pressure on this rebel held on klav. they're the primary victims. it remains to be seen you know what happens next politically and diplomatically turkey's pressure pressure is is pressing russia for a ceasefire in flatten your putin is due to visit turkey in early january so i suspect after that date there might be more clarity on what the future diplomatic plan is for this particular part of syria

have been taking to the streets for several months now in iraq the name of the new prime minister is assad nonny and he has been appointed again following this new election reforms and this long gives independent politicians a better chance of winning seats. in the parliament demonstrations are continuing despite this appointment in iraq will be speaking to our correspondent dorsetshire bar in baghdad in a few minutes to get an update on the situation and also find out more about who the new prime minister of iraq is we move to syria in the meantime where at least 12 people including 6 children have been killed with government forces pushing their offensive deeper into a province the latest attack was on a school in the town of joe boss where hundreds of displaced syrians had been sheltering government forces have made steady gains since a launching an assault to retake the last rebel stronghold vast speak tens of thousands of syrians are fleeing the fighting and heading towards the turkish border and syrian government forces are also not closing in on the rebel held city of gnomon in a pr

nehru doctor came to the conflict in a very simplistic way especially by making it seem like i said assad was even more extreme than he actually did capture him firstly this pro regime change crowd made it seem as if the rebels fighting assad were more moderate than they actually were the more time i am goes on the more evidence for merchants the more it becomes difficult to claim guy you know assad is all evil and the rebels who are all go look at least 3 different scientists who were involved in this but who are officially part of this group. they didn't got what we got the one which is broadcast it would be through the roof what's the song we should hear from those scientists exactly what the scientists was all about. is going to $87.00 around the world in brief 3 top stories 11 1st will anger at the government's economic policies as erupted into protests pictures coming up demonstrators blocked main roads demanded the country's officials resign that softer the prime minister has already stepped down the rallies been ongoing to 2 months of the largest the country has seen in recent yea

asking for allows mercy and for the united nations to see what happened to us because of bashar al assad and the russian army. they are killing us. with heavy shelling. and is strikes. syrian troops have been pushing into it live. and identified syrian pennell said the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism it was yet good to have saw i left the syrian army cares about civilians lives what that. the military calls upon them to leave the areas where the terrorists are not. that should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army it was come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i didn't want more than $40000.00 people have been displaced by the findings in recent weeks. and then strangers in hong kong have clashed with police in christmas eve protests riot police fired tear gas as protests went through a major shopping district activist blocks streets and smashed shop windows n.t. government protests and hong kong are now in their 7th month. is on location and sent us this update. a festive lie has descended into question in hong kong a tear gas return to the str

whether the russians or the iranians are helping bashar al-assad, bashar al-assad will , andhis fight in idlib will use whatever brutality is necessary to do that. to me.explain this everything seems to be connected to everything in the middle east. a report in the bloomberg today troops toy is sending tripoli because there are syrian rebels now fighting there. is that correct? that is true, but the real issue is against the russians. attemptians backed the of taking over government, in opposition of the yuan government that was put in. this is another way for the turks to fight the russians by taking opposite sides. in this case, they are on the right side by backing the yuan government that has been imposed inside libya. we canis there anything do with respect to russian influence in syria at this point, or is it a done deal as a practical matter? mark: candidly, it is a done deal outside of anything to regarding diplomacy. it would take a diplomatic breakthrough between the united states and putin to have his forces pull back. even if the syrian forces pull back, there are still ar

and strategic city that sits on the m 5 which assad's forces are really keen to take from the rebels they have most of them come to the border and. any of the syrian refugees to all of the comps are also fool so they are mostly in the open something up mix shift you know depending on turkish charities giving them warm food but they do not offer proposed that it to show or. any other amenities will have a set up but come. with us on skype david swanson he's the united nations regional spokesman for the syrian crisis david let's stay with the turkish side of things for a moment if if the turkish authorities are close their side of the border to syrian refugees what does that mean for a large hundreds of thousands of people where can they go. well this is obviously for us a very worrying development turkey has in the past and continues to be an incredibly generous host to the syrian refugees after almost 9 years of conflict hosting more than 3000000 people and do we continue to hope that the situation will improve at the moment right now the vast majority of the people being displaced i

your discussions in syria do you think the trumpet ministration is coming along or maybe accepting the assad regime's rule in syria were were they more critical of the russian position critical of russian bombing in it live. or perhaps maybe open to opening an embassy in damascus what's your sense of how the united states views the assad regime. was nice to move more americans could you probably are going you should ask that question when talking to the your ass administration because that's their attitude towards the governments of the syrian arab republic and you suppose it wasn't. with that 1st because. the u.s. did not support the process but later on the joy in your book. you cook with the process of helping to establish the constitutional committee that committee consists of 3 sides the opposition the government and the civil society representatives. with. that show you see that america understands and accepts the reality in syria these are the realities of today and these are realities that they got sick usually coming to ease upon and today i saw my from. certain interested in seeing

province of idlib the last major stronghold of is the most rebels russian airstrikes supporting the assad regime have claimed the lives of at least 8 people 5 of them children who were sheltering in a school house united nations is warning that children are bearing the brunt of syria's increasingly violent conflict. not until now men in it has become a ghost town people living here have fled the government offensive against rebels. shabab people are fed up they fled to live on the only if trees this is a vegetable market there's no one here i haven't seen anyone other than journalists taking pictures of me and. most of those fleeing are heading north towards the turkish border. we run away from the rockets out of the barrel and explosive shells. we're asking for allows mercy and for the united nations to see what happened to us because of bashar al assad and the russian army. they are killing us. with heavy shelling. and is strikes. syrian troops have been pushing into it live. and identified syrian pinole said the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism. to do have saw the syrian

jesus is also coming up syrian air strikes there's some major town and it looked province against the assad regime's latest offensive against the country's the last major rebel stronghold is taking a heavy toll 5 children are among the dead in a russian attack you and yours children are bearing the brunt of the intensifying violence. a valued at. present if you're playing that. to call we catch up with visitors from around the world at one of germany's famous christmas markets. on way iraq is great to have your company everyone across continents and cultures christians around the world have begun celebrating christmas in the vatican pope francis has arrived in st peter's basilica where he's set to lead the traditional midnight mass it's one of the most important ceremonies in roman catholicism he'll continue on christmas day with the or b. and or b. blessing when he's expected to make a plea for world peace well lo worshippers have also been celebrating in bethlehem where they believe jesus was born or earlier in the day the head of the catholic church in the region traveled to bethlehem fr

asking for allows mercy and for the united nations to see what happened to us because of bashar al assad and the russian army . they are killing us. with heavy shelling. and a strikes. syrian troops have been pushing into it live. and identified syrian criminal saved the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism. they do have saw i left the syrian army cares about civilians lives what that. the military calls upon them to leave the areas where the terrorists are. that should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army it's come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i've been with more than $40000.00 people have been displaced by the time in sindh recent weeks. while christmas is a holiday celebrated around the world and depending where you are people mark this season and all sorts of different ways the w. reporter and children is here in the studio with me for a look at some of the more colorful christmas traditions hello to you erin so what have you got well and you know it. tis the season to get a little bit silly and there's no wrong way to celebrate christmas