we're focused on syria. still with us, director of the syrian center for political and strategic studies and former spokesman for the main syrian opposition group. saudi political affairs 234,589, and the director of the institute for gulf affairs. and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, you're in new york. you've been at the united nations. what is the saudi perspective on the u.n. and their involvement? >> well, i was the saudi government decided to go back to the u.n. supreme coursecurity council. i just confirmed that, and they said that they are going back. i think it should be this week or next week be . kerry it "s" there, and i think they have returned an agreement to return to the u.n. security council. the u.s. i think, will be more aggressive on syria, no strikes, but more aggressive in terms of trying to push assad regime out. >> ambassador, how significant is that news? >> well, it's definitely significant. the saudis have been throwing a bit of a tantrum over something that is very un

>> well, for a very long time the opposition in syria and the opposition in syria wanted actually to stop the war or involvement of hezbollah in syria and said that hezbollah should withdraw from syria and blame them for the victory that they are gaining in the past few months and they are saying if it wasn't for hezbollah it probably would tumble and al-asaid would not be leader of syria and opposition would claim his position. so hezbollah in their estimate has been a major factor in the war in syria and hezbollah actually declare and very clearly that this is -- it's not only the syrian battle, it's his battle. >> reporter: his battle, yes, and we heard the lebanese minister that came to the site of the explosion and said this is very dangerous for lebanon. what can we expect in the coming days, weeks and months? they are in the syrian war and what can we expect? >> we expect there is a tough road ahead because we know the war in syria is not going to end any time soon and the battlefield will be open for a very -- for a longer period of time because nobody really can settle the s

we're focused on syria. still with us, director of the syrian center for political and strategic studies and former spokesman for the main syrian opposition group. saudi political affairs 234,589, and the director of the institute for gulf affairs. and former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, you're in new york. you've been at the united nations. what is the saudi perspective on the u.n. and their involvement? >> well, i wa the saudi governmt decided to go back to the u.n. supreme coursecurity council. i just confirmed that, and they said that they are going back. i think it should be this week or next week be. kerry it "s" there, and i think they have returned an agreement to return to the u.n. security council. the u.s. i think, will be more aggressive on syria, no strikes, but more aggressive in terms of trying to push assad regime out. >> ambassador, how significant is that news? >> well, it's definitely significant. the saudis have been throwing a bit of a tantrum over something that is very unclea

for talks over the war in syria to happen in the coming weeks. israeli jets attacked the town of jabla and targeted russian-made missiles. thailand's lower house passed a controversial political amnesty bill to allow the return of the former prime minister who is in self-enclosed exile. they are highlighting the issue of people who have gone missing in conflict and natural disasters and the discovery of a mass grave in bosnia thought to be the largest from the war further under scored the challenges to locate and identify missing persons. >> reporter: this is believed to hold more than 700 bodies. >> translator: bodies are found piled up 10 meters under the ground surface and some identification documents were found next to bodies and we can say that victims were residents of four villages. >> reporter: the victims, muslims bosnia and killed 1992-1995 bosnian war. they searched house to house in a campaign of ethnic cleansing, an estimated 30,000 people went missing or presumed dead. >> translator: my mom was killed. she was killed by her neighbo

but the return to syria is a distant dream. there are more pressing things to worry about. >> ten days ago it rained. the whole camp was flooded. my tent was flooded. my children couldn't walk anywhere. winter is coming and i'm scared of how bad things will get. >> with the u.n. agencies facing a funding crisis with the arrival of winter this camp is typical of many. the camp is technically ready for winter, but that's scant comfort for those who have to live threw it. >> we're joined by peter kessler. he join us from jordan. let's talk about the reality of these children that was amazing reporting that was done. what is being done for the children? >> well, i was just in iraq last week where we brought in extra soil to create platforms for the tent. we're putting down plastic sheeting. on top of that layers of plywood and putting in the tent and then giving people carpets to create a layer, an insulated layer in their tent. but these are only insulated layers effectively on top of the earth. so it's a scant development to help

by syria's civil war. many people now warn of more attacks in the days and weeks to come as syria's war is now also being fought in lebanon. >> so yet another attack in the hezbollah strong hold of southern lebanon. and that was highlight the political and sectarian divide made worse by the war in syria? >> undoubtedly. syria has always been a very divisive issue. for years now the lebanese oppose the syrian government. but the very fact that it is taking on sectarian colors, because it's mainly sunnis in lebanon to support the shiite, so this is what is dangerous. when we managed to speak to the hezbollah leader on-site, he traded to plait down. but it is causing tensions. in the north of lebanon, people there welcome news such as bombings in hezbollah strong holds, and this is why it is very dangerous. people are worried. they fear the security situation is going to deteriorate even further until some sort of political solution is found to the syrian conflict. very important to note the syrian army is ma

as we said before we support the political solution for the countries in syria. and geneva we are or we have a very clear position. we are not talking geneva two, the talks are going to geneva and sitting with the regime and nobody talked to us about who will participate in geneva and i can tell you very clearly that we will not go to geneva if our conditions are not filled and this is the first of many important positions that bashir should leave power and no role in the future and not only him but all people who have a decision in killing people or in destroying the country. and we will not stop fighting for geneva two and we will continue fighting even if there is a geneva meeting. >> reporter: if the political opposition, the syria national coalition which whom you report to, if they do agree to attend geneva two pending their conditions are met, what will you do? will you support that? >> we will support them under our condition, if there is nothing clear as we see now, we will not support any kind of meeting especially as you know the russians are trying no

the international watchdog in syria confirms that syria has destroyed the equipment used to make chemical weapons, meeting its first deadline, the next is in two weeks. >>> a bit of inflight freedom, the faa now says it is okay to leave your cell phone and other devices on during your flight. smartphones and tablets includes too. you still are not supposed to make calls or texts near the airport. >>> cory booker has been sworn in. he is the only elected african american currently in the u.s. senate. >>> a growing fury after more allegations growing out of edward snowden's leaked documents. this time about the nsa tapping world alabalealleys. fault lines correspondent explores what it is like to live under constant surveillance. ♪ >> in many ways the nsa surveillance story can seem abstract. sure the sgovment collecting information, but what does that really mean for someone's life? to fine out we went to meet a group of people who definitely know they are being spied on. >> after 9/11 it wasn't just the nsa that increased surveillance. here at the city level in new york, the nypd brough

people from syria or displaced from syria, it is going to into winter. it will be very cold. they will need more aid, and we can't reach them. >> reporter: so as those left behind struggle to stay alive and feed their families this humanitarian crisis appears worse than ever. >>> un enjoy lakhdar brahimi is at meeting with syrians in geneva in an attempt to bring more peace to syria. phil these agreements have been delaying the start of talks for months now. any progress? have they even decided who is going to come? >> no, they haven't, quite frankly. at least that's what we're hearing here at the un headquarters in geneva. >>> a awful lot of high-powered players have arrived to have talks with brahimi. including members of the un permanent security council and neighbors of syria. what is lacking notably is any syrian presence. dell? >> syria has been skeptical. what is the latest on those efforts? >> it's almost a non-starter as far as any syrians are concerned. people from the government said they are not going to attend any talks that are based on assad leaving government.

egypt had detained more than 1 1500 refugees from syria pf. thawsh only alternatively is to go to lebanon, around 300 syrian and palestinian refugees are still being held behind bars. jeff.stohl is reporting. >> we are talking about a subset of about 1500 people, including a lot of children, several hundred children who have been detained by egyptian authorities because they attempted to leave egypt by boat, to be smug smuggd into egypt. broken a law by leefg, attempting to leave egypt you know irregularly, but what we're we're complaining about is the fact that they're held without charge in are police stations, in terrible conditions, precisely in order to force them to, quote unquote, voluntarily go back to syria. >> agreed to cooperate with the international nuclear watchdog to allow greater monitoring of its nuclear sites. give you inspectors what has been described managed access to a uranium mine and a heavy water plant. the deal was signed by the iaea's chief, after talks between iran failed over the weekend in geneva, charles stratfor

even so the governmen human righ group said that syria has violated u.n. violations. >> a gloomy urgency in climate talks in poland. let's go to our news center in london. >> reporter: thank you. well, the philippines delegate tearfully announced that he would fast until the meeting agreed on what he called a meaningful outcome. the emotional appeal was met with a standing ovation with the start of two weeks of talks in warsaw. the weather events have not been conclusively linked to global warming, they were warned that disasters could become more frequent, trying to create a path to climate change. >>> but that may not necessarily be a bad thing, according to climate physics researcher. >> a lot of people see the issue of climate fossil fuel industry as part of the problem on the issue of climate change where we should be seeing it as part of the solution. just to show you why weather this means and why i'm saying this, before we started burning fossil fuels back in the 250 years ago, we had about three to four trillion tons of fossil carbon underground w

an al qaeda-linked group says it is responsible, and it is another sign that syria's bloody civil war has spilled over the borders. >> reporter: scenes of devastation. two powerful bombs were detonated outside of the iranian embassy in beirut early on tuesday. many were killed and the iranian cultural attache was among the injured. >> translator: i am syria. i work opposite the iranian embassy. on my way to work the first explosion took place. i fell unconscious and woke up to find myself here at hospital. >>> it is a message that says clearly we can hit you anywhere you are. if you are going to be involved in places in syria, then we can also hit you in front of the iranian embassy in beirut or anywhere else. >> reporter: the attack appears to be the latest spillover from the syrian war. it wasn't the first of its kind. in august a massive car bombing killed scores of civilians in the southern suburbs of beirut. they said it was in retaliation for the participation in the syrian war. but for both of them the fight in syria is their fight. >> translator: this message is useless, and o

syria and taken up in other countries. many are living in camps of plastic tents to protect them from the elements. we have reports from camps in jordan. >> reporter: thermal blankets and clothing distribution has just started at this camp. you can see behind me there are hundreds of refugee who is are queuing to receive these items on the first day of direction, which is always stress busy. the high thermal blankets are a valuable commodity, especially important for residents and refugee who is are still living inside plastic tents and have much less protection from the rain and the cold and the wind in the winter. now aid agencies are also distributing clothing kits for babies and children up to the age of five. what you see in these boxes behind me includes enough winter clothing for 24,000 children. now each of these winter kits includes quite a bit of clothing items such as heavy jackets, hats, socks, winter shoes as well as sweaters and gloves. children receive the most because they are the most vulnerable to cold we

but a return to syria is a distant dream. there are more pressing things to worry about. >> reporter: ten days ago it rained. the whole camp was flooded. my tent was flooded. my children couldn't walk anywhere. winter is coming and i'm scared of how bad things will get. >> with the u.s. agencies facing a funding crisis and the arrival of winter this camp is typical of many. it's technically ready for winter but that's scant comfort for those who have to live through it. what happens next as they say here, is up to god. al jazeera northern iraq. >> and the situation is just as dire in refugee camps in lebanon. we have reports from camps there. >> reporter: we're at a tented settlement in lebanon. they dot the landscape along the border with syria. people here live in miserable conditions, they may be safe. they no longer have to face the violence in syria, but they're all warning of the danger to come, and that is the cold. in this region temperatures drop to below zero. you can see people have barely anything. the grouped is

for both the fight in syria is their fight. >> this message is useless and our deployment is not only strategic but political. iran's position cannot be changed by such a message. iran and hezbollah will remain allies to syria and hezbollah will fight to safeguard strategic enterprises. sunni and shiite factions support opposing sides.

syria, and the people in syria, displaced or not, are going into winter. it is going to be very cold. they will need more aide, and we can't reach them. >> reporter: so as hundreds of thousands of syrians continue to leave their country, and those left behind struggle to stay alive and feed their families. this humanitarian crisis appears worse than ever. >>> and anita, turkey of course one of those countries that has taken in as many refugees as it could. how it is coping? >> it is coping, but it doesn't like the situation it is in. health care, enormous pressure on the hospitals, despite what the turks have poured in in terms of resources there. we're seeing a spread of infectious diseases crossing the border, maternal mortality, infant mortality, those sorts of issues. they don't have to stay in the camps, but this is creating social pressures in turkey, especially when you find out as i was told that some are willing to work for 7 usd a day, and that is having a knock on how they are viewed by turks. and you have a whole generation being born and raise

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we are working in iraq, syria. what our work highlighted is the absence of a mechanism in the world and a need to sustain this. the dutch are supporting an initiative to have icmp become an international mekannism. since 2010 we have been working with interpol to try to develop a platform for what we call disaster victim identification so we can respond to disasters. now there is no mechanism in the world. we hoped we'd learn the lesson from the tsunami where the world's police forces came together to try to address missing persons. what needs to hoppen is we can't just respond to cases where rich tourists from western countries went missing. there's a discrepancy between addressing missing persons from rich countries and poor countries. we have to end that. we need a standard capacity available for rich and poor countries. >> how do you operate in a country like syria, where a disaster is unfolding as we speak, or somewhere like iraq, where conflict is ongoing? i think syria is a sad reminder to all of us of our f

aleppo, syria. the victims were students and teachers at school. the group human rights watch says a syrian military debt dropped a bomb that contained napalm. >> all i saw was people on fire. i was on fire. there were unidentifiable bodies on the floor. >> this was one of 56 attacks with insend uary weapons that human rights watch documented. the rights group accuses the syrian air force of using weapons. these weapons, like napalm and foss ferrous. they are difficult to treat. >> what i saw in syria in august stands alone in terms of the cruelty, the expense, the devastation, the severity of the injuries that i saw. >> human rights watch wants the international community to condemn syria as they did for the government's use of chemical weapons. >> the red line and bar has been set too high, on chemical weapons. implicitly saying that anything below that is - is not such a big problem. it is a big problem. we have documented abuse after abuse in syria. >> insend uary weapons are classified as conventional, causing more death in syria than chemical

updating us on the dire situation in syria. >> the u.s.-arab league envoy is trying to finalise plans for the peace talks. lakhdar brahimi will meet five members of the security council. the so-called geneva ii is listed for this month. syria's opposition refused to attend the un-backed talks unless bashar al-assad is removed from power. >> the congolese army has been bombarding m23 rebels in the eastern democratic republic of con congo. rebel fighters have been pinned to hilltops near the city of goma. we have a report from bunagana, on how civilians are trying to cope. >> every one of these rockets has to be loaded by hand. the government has been firing hundreds at the m23 rebels for days. at this base they prepare for another day on the assault of the remaining rebel conditions. this woman lives nearby. she's used to war, but has never seep the government fight like this >> translation: we had war for 10 years. we have to sleep in the bush, and run for our lives. people die of hunger, we suffer. we'd like the government to take control

for iran many people here that syria and keeping control of syria and maintaining an influence in syria because of hezbollahers for the iranians being able to salvage something out of syria that keeps their people in place is ultimately as important as striking a deal that ends sanctions. that's the speculations here, of course, they're here, very concerned about what deals are being struck. they don't know how that will effect their ability to negotiate some kind of non-military move towards a resolution of what is happening in syria. of course, there is an issue if they participate at all. if the iranians have a higher profile that will be another in the works. they don't want to sit across the table from the iranians any more they want to cross the table at geneva 2 and the assad regime. >> thank you very much. scrambling for votes. still to come on the news hour, how south africa is trying to cope with the so-called born frees to the polls. >> we're in certai natural repu. they're facing a new rebellion. >> and the final, details in the sport. >> spain's highest court has released e

i know you have family in syria. what are you hearing from them? >> well, i think right now everybody is bracing for a very cold and long winter. last year international organizations although they did try to address the need in syria, just were not able to do so, and so a lot of syrians right now have been growing their own food, are preserving as much bread as possible, because a lot of these areas even in damascus that has relatively had better conditions than other syrian cities, they just don't know if international organizations are going to be able to bring in food and the aid necessary. many syrians have been under siege. in certain parts it is completely besieged and food has not been able to go in or out, and the international committee for red cross has complained, and as of yet we have not seen too much progress from the syrian government to make sure that humanitarian needs of the syrian people is addressed. >> speaking of the syrian government and president assad he has been praised by some for allowing the inspectors in -- [ technica

thank you. >>. >>> inside syria the army is making gains. rebels have had practically all supply routes cut off. in the country side north of the capital the battle is yet to start. >> reporter: some call it a softening up campaign before a critical and fierce battle. this is the northern front of the fight for damascus. rebels are in the mountains area 60km from the capital. it is the only remaining life line for the opposition along the syria-lebanon border. it's an important almostingistics base for the fight in the damascus area. the opposition says it will not lose this territory. >> rebels hold the high ground. terrain makes it difficult to attack. we have thousands of fighters. we'll cut supply lines and take their arms. >> reporter: rebels say they were preparing for law. controlling this area means controlling the highway leading to the regime's heartland along the coast. rebels have seized some arms warehouses. this will be a hard and costly fight for both sides in a fast battle ground and a mountainous region. it could last for a

. >>> children struggling to survive syria's bloody civil war, but will they live long enough to survive the latest effort towards peace. >>> and the winter storm headed towards the business corridor during thanksgiving. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he's sending his national security adviser to washington to talk. it's after the deal reached with iran concerning it's nuclear program. many are skeptical that iran will abide by the deal struck in the wee hours in switzerland. lisa stark is in washington, lisa, this is one controversy that seems to know no party lines. >> reporter: absolutely. there are opponents on the republican and democratic side. del, this morning very strong language from hour majority eric cantor. he was speaking on cbs this morning. he called the deals dangerous and said it brings iran closer to almosting a nuclear power. and kevin mccarthy said this six months is just barely a beginning. >> i would caution the president from overselling this deal. it is not a full dismantling of their program. that would be a historical deal. when you have frie

lebanese people are already divided about syria's civil war. many people now warn of more attacks in the days and weeks to come as syria's war is now also being fought in lebanon. >>> i don't know what i'm going to do. i'm just going to take it day by day. i'm so thankful i have my boys. >> people in the midwest recovering, digging out after that deadly string of tornados that tore through the nation's heartland. in their weak a path of death and destruction. perhaps the hardest hit area, washington illinois. ang andy roesgen is there. andy how are residents coping? >> authorities have announced that they are giving people about five hours to get back into the area, get their personal property and then get out. and a facebook page has been established to try to reunite some of these folks with their personal effects and paperwork that in some cases have been scattered hundreds of miles away. from the air the damage is easy to see. on the ground a devastating sight for hundreds of residents. >> it's hard to believe. it's almost like a -- can i w

john kerry talks to egyptian leaders and a new plan for peace in syria is emerging. >> it was an ambush, we see it as an ambush. >> pakistani leaders blame the u.s. for sabotaging peace talks after a taliban leader was killed in a drone strike. >> a ceasefire in the congo after 16 brutal years of war - but how long will it last? . >>> secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east. his 9-day tour kicks off in israel, jordan and saudi arabia. first a meeting in egypt, a major step towards starting peace talks designed to stop a civil war in syria. >> sue turton has the latest from cairo. >> it's merging that the discussions with nabil fahmy, the egyptian foreign minister, and john kerry, included a situation in regards to syria. we are hearing out of the arab league there was an emergency meeting of foreign minister resist this evening, egyptian time. the egyptian foreign minister will present a vision, initiative that the u.s. and egyptians discussed. if initiative is regarding the geneva ii convention - we know that they are trying to get all parties around the table later on in n

secretary general ban ki-moon is calling the syria peace talks a ray of hope. will take place on january 22nd. >>> thailand's prime minister has called, the biggest since 2010. >>> in ukraine police have clashed with demonstrators in the capital kiev for a second day. it follows the government's decision not to sign a trade deal with the european union after pressure from russia. returning to our top story now and the announcement of a date for proposed peace talks on ending the war in syria. getting the talks off the ground could prove very difficult though. there are a number of factors and groups that could scuffle the whoa process. -- whole process. what about bashar al-assad? the opposition syrian national congress says he shouldn't be involved. the is it just the snc, what is about islamic groups? how to involve iran is another question. it's not signed up to the geneva conference but backing through hezbollah fighters. how to stop in the first place and get everyone just around that negotiating table. i'm joined now live from washington by theodore katuf

had been fighting alongside government soldiers in syria. there has been conflicting reports about iran's cultural attache. one suggesting he was killed and another suggesting he was seriously injured. iran's embassy is located in the southern part of the lebanese capitol. the area is known to be a hezbollah strong hold. in a moment we'll get the latest from tehran, but first straight to the report from the site of the explosions. >> we have seen bombings in beirut over recent months but this time it is suicide bombers and this is why officials here have told us it's very hard to prevent such attacks. we have talked to a number of people who witnessed the explosions. they were close by. this is a residential neighborhood. people told us that the first suicide bomber detonated his explosives, and as people rushed to the scene, the second bomber detonated his explosives, and that's why we have such a high casualty toll. there has been reaction from iran, from its local allies in lebanon, the hezbollah shiite group saying we know this is a mess

. >> syria's main opposition group is refusing to attend a second round of peace talks in geneva unless certain conditions are met. rebel leaders in the eastern democratic republic of congo are calling for fighters to lay down their guns. tonight we look at so-called blue zones - places where people live longer and healthier lives. [ ♪ music ] >> tonight secretary of state john kerry is in saudi arabia trying to smooth over tensions. his 9-day trip to the middle east began with a quick stop in egypt. it's the highest level visit there since the military removed president mohamed morsi in july. during kerry's 6-hour stay he called for the violence to end and the country to move towards full democracy. we have the latest from washington. >> the first stop made on the trip to the middle east was not to saudi arabia, but instead to cairo egypt. it's the first and highest ranking visit by a u.s. official since july 3rdrd. that's the day that the military removed mohamed morsi from his post as president of egypt and placed him under arrest. the u.s. has been quite anxious about what has bee

. >> the humanitarian crisis in syria growing worse. the startling new numbers on howl people are suffering there. >> and toronto's mayor coming screen on his much speculated drug use and whether he will step down from office. >> while you were asleep, news was happening. >> here are the stories we're following. >> find out what happened and what to expect. >> international outrage. >> a day of political posturing. >> every morning from 5 to 9am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. >> tell us exactly what is behind this story. >> from more sources around the world. >> the situation has intensified here at the border. >> start every morning, every day, 5am to 9 eastern with al jazeera america. >> second of state john kerry is in tel aviv where he is focusing on peace talks. >> kerry will meet separately with prime minister netanyahu during this trip. the visit follows a stop in poland where tuesday kerry addressed the nsa spying issue. kerry vowed a review that will cause a right bal

and the man responsible for syria's chemical weapons tell al jazeera that the most dangerous could be made safe at sea. >> reporter: hello, in london with all the news in europe, including: rescuers run as malls of the latvia supermarket collapses. the president calls the deaths murder. >> and the effort that is parkinsparking the gas stationsf racism. >> we begin with some breaking news. out of kenya at this hour, an armed militia group is holding three police camps hostage in a village north of the country. while neighboring police divisions are being told to send reinforcements. we'll bring you more information on this as soon as we get it. >>> now egypt has expelled it's turkish ambassador from cairo. it is called for by the former egyptian president mohamed morsi to be freed. it's the latest blow o on the diplomatic efforts between the two countries. >> reporter: the government of egypt has decided the following. first, the egyptian diplomatic representation in turkey. second, the egyptian ambassador be permanently transferred to the egyptian morning ministry has he has been call

inside syria or refugees. but the united nations is saying now, there is more than 9 million people who are directly effected. >> we are looking at every angle, every side of this story. in new york, but first simon megagregor who has been outside that building where mr. bra himmy has been given his press conference. i see a certain weariness. he says there could be talked he didn't sound that hopeful. >> no he didn't, and he has been renowned for his optimism, but i think we may have seen him run out of that today. there are some problems one he pointed to is the opposition getting its act together, and describing what he described as a delegation to the talks. he said the tri-group, would meet again here in geneva on the twenty-fifth of november. by which time he hopes they had got themselves organized and put together this delegation. they will meet on the 9th this coming saturday, to see whether they can resolve issues they have where coming to geneva 2. and then as you said, mr. bra homemy would hope to g

but does that opposition fully represent the people of syria? probably not. does it present those fighting on the ground, probably not. >> let's go to zan live to beir. they made it clear what they expect will happen before the geneva talks. are the demands set to scuffle the talks before they have even gun. >> i think we need to remember something very important. in the syrian conflict there are not two players on the ground. there are multiple players that have regional and international backers, and that's the key. we know that some were really reluctant. they came under pressure the last time they met a couple of weeks ago. they were pressured to agree to attend geneva. we have to look at this in the bigger picture. this is a proxy conflict the russians and members have found common ground. we need to then conflict and find a political solution. you talk to activists and they feel cheated that their revolution has been hijacked for them they're slowly unders that the international community is seeing this conflict in the eyes of the syrian regime, which i

america tonight 9 eastern on al jazeera america >> as the war in syria rages on thousands continue to flee that country, and christians are among those who are leaving. they say they're being persecuted because of their religious beliefs. >> it's out of fear of retaliation against relatives still inside syria that hanna won't show her face or give her full name. she left two years ago. >> as soon as the protests began they were chanting, christians to beirut. we did not react. after a few weeks they had a new slogan, christian women for the pleasure. >> hanna has no home to return to. she said one of the most feared groups in syria took occupation in her flat. >> reporter: christians have kept on the margins of the conflict but now plenty say they support president bashar al-assad. >> armed rebel groups have attacked churches and religious icons. some say there was no place of the christian faith in the future of syrian. george, also not his real name, decided to leave when fighters were going door to door looking for christian men. 40 of his neighbors were killed. >> it seems that th

troops be sent into syria. and so now the principle ask here by the iraqis and malaki. the white house acknowledges their concern, they are working with congress, there is the question what congress do to stop the sale of arms. the way it works is the united states can sell or transfer those arms. the congress would essentially have to proactively stop it through the power of the purse or some other means. it looks like, judging by the public comments by jay carney yesterday, that the white house is disposed towards selling those arms to iraq, dell. >> thank you very much. >>> the obama administration has been saying that millions of people visited the website to signup for health care, but the actual number who enrolled was extremely low. >> reporter: even the president admits healthcare.gov has problems. but just how many people have gotten stuck or enrolled are figures the obama administration has been denying the public for days now? >> you have no numbers on who has enrolled? >> we'll have those numbers available mid-november. >> reporter: but exact enrollment numb

syria and the people in syria, displaced or not, in need of assistance are going into winter. it is going to be very cold. they will need more aid, and we can't reach them. >> reporter: so as hundreds of thousands of syrians continue to leave their country and those left behind struggle to stay alive, and feed their familiar list, this humanitarian crisis appears worse than ever. >>> coming up next on al jazeera america, a georgia man exonerated for crimes he says he did not commit finds a rather unique way to share his story. 9 eastern on al jazeera america there's more to financial news than the ups and downs of the dow. for instance, can fracking change what you pay for water each month? have you thought about how climate change can affect your grocery bill? can rare minerals in china affect your cell phone bill? or how a hospital in texas could drive up your healthcare premium? i'll make the connections from the news to your money real. >>> imagine being sentenced to life in prison for a crime you didn't commit. and then nearly two decades later being cleared of any and al

after an out break of polio in syria the u.n. is starting the largest vaccination campaign in the milledel east and will immunize more than 20 million children including lebanon where hundreds of thousands of syrians have fled. back to the top story typhoon haiyan threatened cities and towns across the central philippines and this is a fishing town of 40,000 people where the storm made landfall is totally destroyed and 8 agencies say the buildings in the northern part of the island are damaged and power supplies cutoff. the u.n. says a city of 35,000 people in the providence is 80% under water and a city of 200,000 people and the u.n. fears 10,000 people have been killed. craig sent us this update. >> we are here at edward airforce base in the capitol of saboo and you can see one of the sea 130 and there were three of them moving on a rotation basis moving in the capitol and bringing the injuries and people who want to get out of the providence and away from the terrible disaster that happened down there and they are coming throu

secretary of state had this afternoon included the situation with regards to syria. we are hearing from the arab league, where there was an emergency meeting of the arab foreign ministers in cairo this evening egyptian time. we are hearing that the egyptian foreign minister will present a vision, initiative that the u.s. and egyptians discussed during the meetings. it is regarding the geneva ii convention. we know they are trying to get all parties around the table later in november, to try to come to some political, diplomatic halt to the violence going on in syria. apparently they have come up with a plan, a vision. this will be presented to all the various arab foreign ministers later this evening. we are watching carefully as to whether that is a great idea. certainly it's looking ahead to find out what comes out of that. >> how are egyptians reacting to john kerry's visit, which so far seems to be fairly productive. >> john kerry's visit hasn't been much of a talking point in egypt. everyone is here talking about the mohamed morsi trial. that starts tomorrow, mo

with the help of many inside iraq who have gone over across the board into syria to attack back into iraq to wreak this havoc that has resulted in so many deaths spike at the beginning of this year. 7,000 iraqis have died as a result of this violence. and again there is some space, some distance between the interpretation about who is responsible for this violence among the iraqi government, among the maliki government, but there are others who say this is the sort of sectarian violence, the shiite on sunni violence and other violence in iraq that is in part responsible for this. not so said the administration. i squad jay carney about this today. nouri al maliki is here asking for arm maments, advanced weapons systems like the apache helicopter from the united states to help combat some of the violence and some of the insurgency, the terrorism that they see inside iraq. again, the administration seems pre-disposed to give the military assistance that they seek. there are others who say no, they shouldn't be getting it. ththey say that they should make that transfer, the arms sale. c

syria and the people in syria, displaced or not, in need of assistance are going into winter. they will need more aid, and we can't reach them. >> so as hundreds of thousands continue to leave the country, and those left behind struggle to stay alive and feed their families it appears worse than ever. ericawoods al jazeera. >> still ahead, it hasn't happened in new york since david din kahns was mayor, why this could signal change. we will be right back. >> these are your headlines. toronto's mayor now admitting he smoked crack cocaine, said he did so a year ago, but he says he is not an addict. it comes days after they found a video that they say believe showed him using the drug. they have been hoping for a conference later this month, and no new date has been set. election day, several of the largest cities are elected mayors but the biggest races are in virginia and new jersey, where voters are going to the polls to elect governors. in new york, a democrat could be elected mayor for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century. that is going all the way back to mayor da

wouldn't intervene militarily in syria is that how you see it? >> not really. >> i think it's only half of a store. secretary kerry is there for one solid reason the united states they will be meeting with eye iran and others and syria secretary kerry has been engaged all along. the trip is to work on all three of those issues with the variety of governments and one. big problems has been the extraordinary aggressive assault by saudi arabia on the policies of the united states. and it's very unusual. we are not seeing the saudis reacts this way. i think for decades in opposition to american policy. so ambassador, what is going on here? >> i think if you read what the saudis are saying, they are making a case across the board in the disembarf president morsi three years ago and in deciding to negotiate with iran the saudis are saying it's acting in interest of saudi arabia. i think it will backfire on saudi arabia. i don't think it's smart to create a public view between two strong friends if their disappointments and disagreements and diplomacy i

these children are dramatized from what they saw in syria. they are scared to reveal their identities even though it has been almost a year since they fled the violence. >> we were in a bus, and there was a checkpoint. we saw someone kill everyone right in front of us. i saw the way they all died >> reporter: those images are still clear in their minds. and social workers say there are many other children who are not getting the help they need. they also face risks here in lebanon. they are traumatized from the violence in syria and in lebanon. some face sexual abuse in crowded areas where refugees stay. >> just by talking to these children's, you realize how the war has impacted their lives. >> the war won't stop because people are killing each other and then people will take revenge. if one man loses a brother, he will later kill the one responsible. >> at the age of 10, this boy has an adult understanding of his country's tragedy. i am dished and frustrated -- disturbed and frustrated. it's among those the u.n. calls they are becoming last

the north-western city was an important commercial hub and syria's populous. it's valuable for the opposition fighters who used the north as a control base along the supply routes from turkey. with large districts under rebel control coming at risk of government attacks, fighters belonging to religious groups called for support to the front lines. it was in july of last year that the rebels made a push into aleppo. managing to control the eastern part and districts in the west and center. one of the main rebel objectives, aleppo international airport remained under government control. the army captured a number of towns, including those opening the road for government forces towards besieged bases and power plants. >> it doesn't mean that the battle is finished or again is over. but it means that the regime will have big, big presence, if the syrian regime goes to geneva, it would go with conditions of the successful, with the conditions of failure. >> intense fighting killed many on both sides in the last few days. it's a turning point for the rebels who at o

let's start with syria. what do you think the u.s. policy should be with regard to syria? >> i think we are closer to where that policy ought to be, than we were roughly two years ago. i was totally perplexed when president obama announced, sometime in plate 2011, that -- in late 2011, that assad has to go. first it wasn't clear to me why should we be dictating his departure. i didn't see in syria the aish b spring. it was a sectarian war, i repeat sectarian sunnis against shiites. i think it contributed to a greater many, friendly to us that oppose assad but who are the weakest among all the opposition groupings. it became a judgment that was self defeating in my judgment. we are now on a path which perhaps we can work this out by a negotiating process in which in addition to our friends the europeans the russians will also be involved and perhaps up to a point the chinese. and perhaps even we'll talk a little bit about it with the iranians. and that's i think the right way to go. >> does had a mean president assad stays in power? >> that's a very difficult question to an

opposition fighters say they have taken control of syria's largest oil fields. it's difficult to prove but the v video seems to though the entrance to al-omar. this man says the area was taken at dawn from government forces. he said it's in the hands of the al-nusra front, only al qaeda-led group and the al-islam army and mouttet brigades. >> we are in omar oil field, here are bashar al-assad's vehicles and tanks. his men ran away like rats. >> it's the second time opposition fighters took control of the facility. >> the government withdrew from the omar oil field only to get it back again. if it has changed hands again, that means most of syria's useable oil reserves are in the hands of the opposition, and thanks to the e.u.'s decision to relax an embargo, they are allowed to sell it abroad. the bashar al-assad government has access to oil. there are working pipelines elsewhere in the county and a willing provider in iran. >> many of syria's oil fields line the north and east. most have been taken over by kurdish militia that sell small quantities of crude. >>>

now, he says clearly that it's sort of a consensus whether inside syria or outside of syria that it's only a political solution that to bring an end to the conflict. he also clearly says that without the opposition, there was no need for the geneva two conference. that's a big problem at this point. it's a fragmented opposition. on one hand, you have the syrian national coalition, a sort of umbrella group that is recognized by many in the international community as the legitimate representative of the syrian people, and it is fractured itself in the sense that some who are part of that coalition are completely against the geneva two conference. then you have the opposition inside, one that is cool rated by the government, but has remained peaceful for the past two and a half years. that's where you have a problem, because the international in community. you have many different points of view. >> how does the ambassador propose to move ahead. it seems unlikely talks can occur without the major parties willing to attend. >> there is a meeting that's going to happen early next week in ge

the situation in syria is really not good for anyone. if it is not stopped soon, it will spread outside of syrias borders, and that does include iran. the conference is scheduled for january seeking for the need to end all hostilities now. the foreign minister of turkey was at that press conference. it was held after a bilateral meeting between syria of course playing big on the agenda there between iran and turkey. the ceasefire was mentioned, and he said all sides need to work together now and turkey didn't want to have to wait another two months to see any kind of positive sign out of syria, because that just means another two months of chaos, bloodshed killing and trauma for the people of syria. >> how important, though, is any kind of agreement between iran and turkey? i mean, both of them are backing opposite sides in this conflict anyway. >> reporter: well, that's right and perhaps -- perhaps these are just words. what is happening on the ground is a very different issue. both sides seem to agreement on this one very important poi

it seems they want to chase christians, not only from syria, but from the region. >>> christians from syria tell how they struggle during the war. >>> and the disturb being story of a nazi turne turn preacher is coming up. mad co ♪ >> now a court in cairo has up heahestledheld a verdict to bane brotherhood. it follows the must lim muslim d government in jewel. what does all of this mean then? >> well essentially what it means is another door shuts on the muslim broe broer hood. brothebrotherhood.i don't thinkl come as a surprise to people in the organization. what it does mean that the screws are going to get tighter still. even though the decision to outlaw them as an ngo and go after their capital assets and their finances was taken back in sseptember toward the tail end f september. the government has not put as much of that plan into operation yet. it was waiting for a committee that had been h set up to investigate the finances of the musmuslim proer brotherhood andg for the out come of this appeal. now the appeal has come back, bother stilweare still waiting e committee to rep

. >> but we start in syria, al jazeera has been told details of how syria seas chemical weapons will be disposed of in an exclusive interview. the most dangerous unlikely to be destroyed at sea in the u.s. operation. but the destruction of others will be put out to private tender. we have the details. >> reporter: the plan to destroy syria's chemical weapons have so far been on schedule. the stock pile was declared in septemberish and by early last month the chemical weapons catch dowatchdog confirm that the facility has been rendered inoperable. opcw said the most dangerous substances, 500 tons are likely to be destroyed at sea. >> there are already some facilities manufactured by the united states, which can be transported easily and stored easily. so i think americans will collect this. >> reporter: so it looks like that will be an american-led-- >> the opcw has reached out to private companies. >> the second with regard to less toxic substances which are comparable to those chemicals which would be available for commercially industrial purposes and can be destroyed in commercial