chemical weapons attacks in syria that's what i said chemical weapons when you're in syria because of chemical weapons which everyone knows was saying no some assad used on his own people. wide why are you looking at me like that do you heard joe biden everyone knows. oh yes 5 except of several whistleblowers at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the intergovernmental organization that looks into chemical weapons attacks. are dead does it matter we're in syria to stop the killing of civilians by way of chemical weapons that have not been used and might not exist and we're doing that by funding and arming al-qaeda affiliates like java telling us but that doesn't matter either the deployed it is. we're there to stop chemical weapon use and job story we're keeping the well we have the oil the oil is secure we left troops behind only for the oil and maybe maybe get maybe get some oil. you know for we have a little extra time with on the weekends. to live so what so what if we steal the oil that's the right thing to do do you have any idea how much oil we can steal fr

in libya and in yemen when you look what's happened in syria today and no one is keeping count there are somewhere between 200008 half a 1000000 people killed how do you think that history will judge the u.n. and the security council in particular during our term industry curity council and the netherlands together with a lot of other countries frequently us the security council to acts. for instance to to revert. miss r. and then the syrian leadership to the international criminal court to open the country for humanitarian help and i'm afraid you're right. it waltz. actually impossible to take such steps so dare history they will rightfully be very critical of what has been achieved so far. that was an important reason by the netherlands decided to holt's the syrian government responsible for international law for violation of human rights and especially. the file nation off the international treaty against torture is that it's all coming to your new proposal and what you're doing in just a moment but i'd just like to explore a little bit longer your time there on the security counc

in a part of syria so that children. forces are there on the ground now all the countries in the world have been were prohibited by the united states to buy oil from syria while at the same time an american companies are allowed to be pumping oil syria and again the u.s. says that. these parts of these territories in syria should not be in any way as free into the. legitimate authorities of syria and the kurdish terrorism is another problem. because and i believe that. there are some certain concerns on the part of to get towards security on his border pansy's interests are quite legitimate they're way more legitimate when the american. leadership is doing in syria in libya america is also very active very involved on the. goals in these conflicts are trying to undermine ticket and undermine russia distain time that's what to us openly says it's about oil as well but with newt the screen you have to the middle it's not a political coup to be a mother should be a concern that ought to be on the move but sure but if you tr

found is the international treaty against torture both syria and netherlands are party to destry t. and this gives us the possibility to hold syria responsible of their history to you which means that we now want to start talks with them. and in those storks we will also them to take their responsibility. we hope of course the thought of talks will be successful but if not we can refer to case to the international court of justice here in the hague. so the international court of justice like the international criminal court is based where you are in the hague that would be a very long winded process wouldn't it went to the international court of justice international a judicial procedure state along but we know from history to take can be successful in indeed we have that it did to prouty presence in the lives of a number of international courts one of them used to be to you were slave. court and number of the highest ranking officials have been tried and convicted here in the hague for the crimes they committed in the former you were slaves. this is incredibly important to to to su

the military structures of syria and the party or political structures of syria at the top level and the government level. records and files of the syrian regime cleaned examined and archived especially for the investigating authorities and courts in europe. wiley and other investigators are financially supported by european governments when the war in yugoslavia ended in the 9. yes the international tribunal was missing many important files to prevent this from happening again the commission secured and smuggled over 800000 documents out of the case of the syrian civil war. he is convinced that it will be enough to prove the syrian leadership's responsibility for human rights abuses. as those found while mom and living in exile in berlin i don't. understand if i could end up as a no not a lightly justice will take its course. she did upon and i'm happy when i see that those people who tortured the prisoners more and i know what that's not i've had that experience myself so they're full to be very happy if those responsible for techno chewing men and women are punished to get passed

in libya and in yemen when you look what's happened in syria today and no one is keeping count there are somewhere between 200008 half a 1000000 people killed how do you think that history will judge the u.n. and the security council in particular. during our term in the security council and in the netherlands together with a lot of other countries frequently us the security council to acts. for instance to to revert. mr r. and then the syrian leadership to the international criminal court to open the country for humanitarian help and i'm afraid you're right. it waltz. actually impossible to take such steps so dare history they will rightfully be very critical on what has been achieved so far. an important reason part netherlands decide it to holt's the syrian government responsible for international law for violation of human rights and especially did the 5 nation off the international treaty against torture is about it's all coming to you a new proposal and what you're doing in just a moment but i'd just like to explore a little bit longer your time there on the security council an

syria? boy: [ speaking arabic ] lemonis: syria? that way. syria is literally on the other side of the mountain. a country now torn apart by its own civil war. since it started in 2011, some 1 1/2 million syrian refugees have streamed over the border into lebanon increasing the population to 6 million people. many live in crowded makeshift camps like this one. i've seen it on tv, but i think to actually be in it is very different than hearing about it. i think what will be stamped on my brain and my memory forever are the kids running around. what happens to them? what's their future look like? on the outskirts of the camp, the women i came all the way here to meet. 23-year-old aalaa alzhouri and her cousins fled syria seven years ago. how did you get here? female interpreter: we were living in a safe country, but the events started happening in syria. and we were really worried about our young kids. every time a mortar would explode near you or outside your house and your kids are asleep, you're just sitting there incapable of doing anything

against the regime in syria started. aired. on him and i called our son my hair after they arrived at the airport in damascus he said we're getting into the car now and we had syrian peace at the table that. was husband and son never got back home. the syrian secret services crimes are cruel these photos from inside syrian prisons were leaked in 2013 victims of torture photographed by a military policeman who managed to get them out of the country. today the photos are important evidence against assad's torturers in europe the authorities were investigating them when they made a discovery and 2018 secret service members had allegedly come to europe from syria this guy's this refugees one of them is this man and where are the alleged head of the department and the secret service he and another suspected secret service members have been on trial in germany since april it's the 1st trial ever for crimes against humanity committed by members of the assad regime. for months and darwish the syrian opposition where the trial is

protests against the regime in syria started. aired. them and i called our son my hair after they arrived at the airport in damascus he said we're getting into the car now and will be home soon please set the table there. but father was husband and son never got back home. the syrian secret services crimes are cruel these photos from inside syrian prisons were leaked in 2013 victims of torture photographed by a military policeman who managed to get them out of the country. today the photos are important evidence against assad's torturers in europe the authorities were investigating them when they made a discovery and 2018 secret service members have allegedly come to europe from syria the skies this refugees one of them is this man and where are the alleged head of the department and the secret service he and another suspect that secret service members have been on trial in germany since april is the 1st trial ever for crimes against humanity committed by members of the assad regime. for months and darwish a syrian opposition whe

these from syria to libya so that we would be perfectly plausible. to one now be transferring jihadi fighters from syria as they are by just. it as you say why is there no one doing this yet because he can he figures that if he creates enough trouble than he lifts heavy defeats on the armenians then you know russia and the rest of the minutes group will have to accept realities on the ground. you know the armenians will have to give up some territory within hours or by johnson to the charity of my going to be reduced and then everyone will hail this is a great victory and in others my aunt was foreign policy but also that we signaled a defeat for russian or i'm at home with me now how do you know that they want you to gambling on is you know i mean people have talked about near to all of this neo ottoman is a 1000000 things like that i mean there's a literature on it and maybe says the pipe dream too but one thing is undeniable in all of this this is a major irritant for russia because russia trades with boobies going i mean even to the point with a

in libya and in yemen when you look what's happened in syria today and no one is keeping count there are somewhere between 200008 half a 1000000 people killed how do you think that history will judge the u.n. and the security council in particular during our term in the security council and in the netherlands together with a lot of other countries frequently us the security council to acts. for instance to to revert. mr r. and then the syrian leadership to the international criminal court to open the country for humanitarian help and i'm afraid you're right. it waltz. actually impossible to take such steps so dare history they will rightfully be very critical of what has been achieved so far. that was an important reason pied netherlands decided to holt's the syrian government responsible for international law for violation of human rights and especially. the file nation off the international treaty against torture is that it's all coming to your new proposal and what you're doing in just a moment but i'd just like to explore a little bit longer your time there on the security counci

present in syria with the military of 5 years but. they haven't really think this year the regime and they have the f.a. leverage in the middle east but they haven't really followed a political solution which i think they are still interested in presenting i think the russians want to keep of course military control and there's absolutely no question that they want to force rebel held areas into submission but of the other hand they see that syria needs some sort of a solution for tarion solution the course of russian go still but there needs to be political progress in light of the common president who are at home and so the russians are engaged with both the united nations it was their idea to bring together some sort of a constitutional committee of the syrians from within the areas and from the opposition to create some compromise and. some thought of a perspective they haven't been very successful of this overall so i think russia will remain involved militarily politically but sometimes for very different goals . very clear. fro

syria according to the e.u. commission and the european leaders of the individual member state leaders of the e.u. council on counts of falsifying election results and cracking down on protests following that election back in august these sanctions had been a long time coming though they were agreed late night on thursday both the delay was quite embarrassing for the e.u. it resulted from cyprus saying they wouldn't budge on agreeing to the sanctions until the problem that they have with turkey and turkey exploring for energy sources off their coast was sorted out it requires unanimity amongst you member states to do things like putting sanctions in place but yes they target 40 individuals in bellary so high ranking officials but not the highest ranking notably absent from this list is alexander lukashenko announcing the sanctions we heard from mr fein the law and the european commission president saying they send a message. there will be no impunity for those who are responsible for the crackdown on demonstrato

and fake names according to the un north korea has managed to send large numbers of weapons to syria. between 20122017 at least 40 shipments from north korea passed through the suez canal but in 2018 the un managed to have one of them intercepted. so we found something called go on its way to syria these were acid resistant tiles involves which could be used in chemical weapons development but also missile fuel is highly corrosive and such tal's could be used for ballistic missile programs as well the bill of lading clearly gave as an address in syria to stop bush from the company for serious scientific studies research center the s.s. all see which is responsible for serious ballistic missile and chemical weapons development program the russians that ensued the chemical weapons produced in these laboratories has been used by syria's dictator assad against his own people for years and says many of those who died in agony for me. it's a little known fact that the syrian chemical weapons program was created with the help of north korean technicians and scientists some of these sites wer

funded the propaganda that manufactured consent for destroying syria. ok let's listen up oligarchy if you can my do ice and get to nearly collapse our country of 20000000 people at least don't make it but make us behave for it ourselves. honey to stop paying taxes like trump dammit but how much impact 'd could these few stories possibly right i mean i'm sure those false grab was bad prevalent well according to the lease documents these u.k. funded firms function as full time p.r. flacks for the extremist dominated syrian arm armed opposition one contractor called in khost rat said it was in constant contact with a network of more than 1600 international journalists and influencers and used them to push pro opposition talking points man who could have thought that a company with a cutting edge name like ink ghost rat stemming from the impressively hollow innovative communication and strategy is was a front for a us government regime change this is my shot face. but also 16 a 100 media people many of them calling themselves journalists were simply printin

the decision taken in tel aviv was typically bold to go on the attack to push on into syria itself. to make it go the other. game of fire. and we are going to press. and out. and out right. and right by race. and alcohol every week better. than. the effort to take syria out of the war had already started the previous day with strikes by the powerful israeli air force. in the worst possible conditions we penetrated deep into syria to damascus and blew up their air force headquarters and the general staff both of them in front of you. these were the 1st of a string of attacks targeting syrian infrastructure. 'd and at that stage a certain population got up on the roof to watch the bombs fall and most of all the exciting. truth had been sunk in the country was mortal danger. alongside the heavy aerial strikes israel would launch its ground offensive. to arm the divisions would attack across the $967.00 cease fire line known as the popular line along the damascus road towards the syrian capital 60 kilometers to the east. at 1st light on the 11th of october the assault began. despite fie

to be sponsored by and supported by western governments we saw that very much during the syria series of reports of the a p c w and produced that work for any i think neutral objective investigative work questionable at best should we say that moving on to the new round of case it allows the p.c. debut and the west to call russia's bluff if that's what they believe is happening it'll be interesting to see what the o.p.c. response to this is because they don't accept an invitation of course it paints them as an organization has absolutely come to a preordained conclusion the. f.b.i. has released a short film demonstrating the dangers of chinese intelligence recruitment the propaganda style video reminded many of the methods used by the united states and u.s.s.r. during the cold war a limo but explained. it's the latest hollywood thriller complete with a catchy soundtrack and a script that keeps you on edge however it's meant to be informative it's not a feature film this half hour movie was created by the f.b.i. to warn you about chinese intelligence and its efforts to recruit this is

see a documentary about the white helmets in syria oh won an oscar. do you recall the white helmets or the amazing people in syria who just rescued children from rubble and dad is it that is all they do nothing else just rescue children and america which bombs children all over the world happens to care about these particular children nothing to see not know nothing unusual was why why is everyone look at me we didn't really like syrian children there are some of you ever did this still cool and they all they all break dance really well i don't even know why i put the nominal entertainers the newly confirmed earlier reporting by the gray zone and others showing the white helmets were funded by western governments and claimed to be saving people while also trying to get the us to bomb more i'm not kidding they were like this building was blown up and killed so many people it's an awful all please. bombs please oblongs the bomb soon to help us stop the bombs. you know it's totally normal it's like it's like all those emergency room doctors who spend the

one 3rd of all buildings in syria have been destroyed a tragedy and a business opportunity the syrian regime hopes but billions from international donors for the reconstruction of the country the necessary work brigades to come from north korea the 2 countries signed a contract as a meeting in june 2019. between desperate. the money to service by office $30.00 and it goes straight into the coffers of the leadership . it is used on the one hand to provide for luxury items it is used to pay for the mercy of these beds cars that somehow found their way into the earth korea despite the sexes but it also is also used and this is probably more important to deliver the best actors you can trade. as early as the mid eighty's came when joe ill started training the most talented children to become cyber hackers they're also good money or ransomware like the other crime fighters for example is considered sicko from the north koreans it is the biggest cyber attack the world has ever seen hundreds of thousands of computers around the world in about $150.00 countries rendered useless now the u.s. g

syria. and he did not meet people. and of as regards iran it's not only problems over medical supplies during covert it's also about media well and steve martin media earlier than we could ever imagine is imagine bill you title sanctions cyber sentients and it cost to you and the problem is much of the group is very you're not you're adding i mean to us and how will it. be met no you can't call it and it's really us. in the us and there. and this seems your financial. news actions. it is your i'm not in any immediate company so it's of your to. me yami. intervention into. an action so isn't that fair enough. just finally the famous cuba military blockade has been opposed by more or less every nation except israel of the united states at succeeding un general assembly he written a letter or made a statement urging the us to lift sanctions on cuba have you had a reply and question special thank you. and. after the break with 54000000 americans reportedly set to go hungry join the coronavirus pandemic does the middle clas

egypt and syria launch an all out war against israel. the target liberating the sinai peninsula and the golan heights territories occupied by israel 6 years earlier in the 6 day war. israel is completely unprepared its regular army outnumbered its reservists not at present on either front. so the question of how to israel which scored such a spectacular victory just 6 years before the 6 day war or miso to get into this situation has asked. if such a war was because of the spectacular venture of. israel could avoid earth. that lightning victory brought with it an illusion of invulnerability. israel seemed secure behind a protective military cuts and. and despite intelligence warnings during september 973 of an upcoming arab attack the head of amman israel's military intelligence general. was convinced there was nothing to worry about. the dots close relationship with the soviets guaranteed a supply of military hardware. but the israelis knew he had been able to obtain the latest generation of attack weapons. without israel's military migh

issues including what's happening with syria and iran it can't be seen as individual bits and pieces it requires american strategic leadership use of where what do you see happening now with the u.s. turkish relationship and i'm going to ask you what i asked robert earlier as well how does the relationship change if joe biden were to win the presidency in the united states. let me answer from their last question joe biden is be reactor again these 2 problems i mean the relation between the white b.g. force and united states and the crew plotters failed coup plotters many inside the united states may be the major problems a gain from the perspective ought to turkey if those 2 problems can be a result of peaceful manner i do believe that the turkish united states relations can be a game in the air like in the us previous years but let me say you that the united states and search the nations is not. because of the church but because of the terrorist organization i would like to conquer remind all the guests that turkey is hosting 250000 traditionally people who s.k. from the culture of

anchor: eight agencies are warning of an alarming rise in cases across syria. the government reported more than 4500 infections, but the u.s. says the situation is more serious. there are concerns that actors won't be able to deal with the outbreak. we have more from lebanon. reporter: there are reports from inside syria that point to a much broader spread of covid-19, and the number of confirmed cases. reporter: the united nations has reported rising infection rates in syria for some time now. >> given the limited testing across the country and challenges in contact tracing, it is likely the number of cases exceed official figures. reporter: the syrian government reports nearly 4500 cases and 200 deaths, and portrays the situation is under control. but multiple sources question that narrative. they say infections have been in the tens of thousands and at least 65 doctors died as they struggled in ill-equipped hospitals with a lack of protective gear. >> many patients are treated at home because hospitals are not equipped or do not have the capacity to deal wit

present in syria with their military power for 5 years but. they haven't really they have saved the syrian regime and they have the f.a. leverage in the middle east but they haven't really felt it will be the solution which i think they are still interested in presenting i think the russians want to keep of course the military control and there's actually no question that they want to force rebel held areas in the submission but of the other hand they see that syria needs some sort of a solution for tarion solution of course of russian gusto but. there needs to be political progress in light of the common president who are at home and so the russians are engaged with the united nations it was their idea to bring together some sort of a constitutional committee that syrians from within held areas and from the opposition to create some compromise and and some thought of a perspective they haven't been very successful of this or are all so i think russia will remain involved militarily politically but sometimes for very different goals. very clea

to tell how many people exactly dying here and who to believe this comes amid mounting reports over syria and the fight is actually coming and fighting on the front lines from the as there by john the side several news outlets reported this so it will be there by john of course who is denying these reports is denying all these claims also and yesterday yesterday's shellings several news crews to the news crews. and wounded for instance the journalist of the french newspaper le monde they got caught up in the shelling got badly wounded had to be taken to hospital and surgeons had to operate on them to save their lives franzi was even trying to send a jet to evacuate them from this region also a cameraman of the local news crew was wounded as well all of that happened in the frontline town of martinique we ourselves filmed just a couple of days ago the city's being battered very very badly because not only not only drones can bomb wood but also it's within the range of the azerbaijani artillery now this town where we are right now the largest town in nagorno-karabakh the town of step on it

the geopolitical tensions france and russia have accused turkey of funneling jihadi militants from syria into the combat zone on media also alleges ankara along with back is trying to continue the genocide of the early 20th century as well john the insistence here of on using foreign mercenaries and also rejects the idea of direct military support from turkey on the senior correspondent rhonda. well aside from an increasingly violent and volatile situation on the ground things are heating up on the diplomatic international stage and i would say at this point that they are boiling france now coming out with an increasingly hardline 8 stance on what is happening in the region in this in this conflict and they are saying that they've come by the same intelligence as russia had that there are indeed syrian geologists mercenary fighters being transported and utilized by is it about jobs in the fight against armenia. today we have information with certainty that indicates that militants from jihadist groups who left the field of combat and syria to rejoin the field of combat and carob are we h

azerbaijan continues to face off in a disputed border region and there are allegations fighters from syria are also involved in the conflict. they're watching al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha i'm doubting navigate also ahead. mass demonstrations across india over the gang rape and deaths of 2 women from the marginalised dollops community. formally launches legal action against the u.k. over its plans to breach parts of the agreement and mexico's leader wins judicial approval for holding a referendum on prosecuting former presidents. below armenia us as its defense forces have shot down 4 hostile drones that appeared in its airspace near the capital year of on it comes as the conflict between azerbaijan and armenia over the disputed nagorno-karabakh region continues for a 5th day the drones were spotted in 2 provinces bordering the capital witnesses reported seeing glowing objects in the sky meanwhile there been reports of an armenian drone being shot down. and by as eerie forces going about care about this footage was broadcast by turkish television on thursday they flare up in