iran, israel, syria. i would argue russia sees itself as being in a fortunate strategic position but tactically rather delicate position that it has to maneuver among these three points of the triangle, if you like, but it also is strategically fortunate in that it alone is able to talk to everyone in this configuration in a frank and direct manner without rupturing ties irrevocably. that is attributed to russian diplomacy and strategy in the middle east, which has been to establish durable contacts and partnerships, working partnerships if you like with everybody without getting bogged down in supporting one side or the other in the conflicts, because the united states does not talk to a side or iran. russia can talk to israel as well as it talks to assad and the government in tehran. have to keep in mind because -- again, that signifies a major russian victory and it is something we have to keep in mind because syria is not the only place in the middle east. moscow is increasingly active across the midd

and its allies in syria. they started releasing dozens of military bases across syria. why do they need all those bases? they need their command center and the intelligence center and sales and they need to base tens of thousands of shiite militia in those bases. that's where, rather going to stand on a permanent basis. of course this is not happening in a vacuum. why they were successful in aleppo, erratically soon after that iran itself inside iran started facing serious problems, economic problems inside iran. you been following the economic meltdown in the country, the collapse of the national currency, and the result of that has been discontent among the population. aside from syria, there is also. they had said if the oil is not going to be exported from the syrian golf, no oil will be exported from the syrian golf. a larger extent of that is that iran is getting ready for some kind of operation within the region if the times come that they follow in the last week. on one hand you have the economic problem and unrest within iran and another in the persian gulf tha

and syria and syria that's where it could go but ok out here right here gentlemen i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break it's a hard break i have to go there after a short break we'll continue our discussion on trump's foreign policy stay with our . same wrong rowles just don't. get to shape our. active. and engaged in the trail. when some find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. the way to the united states is dangerous for most of the illegal immigrants. but that's the word of sympathy i want to make i'm not a renter and i wondered last time this about but many of them look for refuge in the so-called sentry sides of the draft used to share information about undocumented migrants with federal authorities. they are. more no. less than what about. what are their options to stay in the country with donald trump in the white house over forty. dollars fifty what is the to be that the government. won't. do with the fortitude of those. of you that put the poor with all of the. welcome back to crossfire were all things considered i'm peter we're dis

of reporting from syria fartsy. massive reconstruction there is also room for artwork because these artists once lived in a refugee camp near damascus but had to flee when it came under attack. turning though they have returned also to take the aftermath of the fighting they say they want to leave a record for future generations of what happened at the camp and what they went through. meanwhile the trump administration has stopped funding for the stabilization projects in syria but at the same time u.s. officials say they are making preparations for the final battle against eyesore. we are remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have not launched the final phase two defeats the physical caliphate this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming we're almost all of syria has now been liberated from isis most of it is and the control of the legal government in damascus and the reconstruction of many of its cities devastated by the conflict is a

claims back most of the territory in syria. would you still continue the fight first or workforce or for those who live in they will for sure not feel saved because many of them are wanted for the regime even if the regime has been able to take over at. risk there's an end there is begins for many are for that because there will be either arrested or killed at a later stage as for those who live outside of syria many people said publicly they we will not be able to go back as refugees for many reasons first because we are scared of what might their resume do and second because there is no options for us to go back to it meaning that there is no jobs their houses most of them are destroyed and many of the areas where they come from are completely empty n.b.c. is right now still by their by the regime like dariya close to damascus so the conditions for their return don't don't exist and this is why many people feel that this will be just another basically that they have to turn their suffer will continue for their suffering will

now, let's turn to syria. under the rubric of defending our nation against weapons of mass destruction, this national security strategy i just referenced notes how the syrian regimes use of chemical weapons against its own citizens undermines international norms against these heinous weapons, which may encourage more actors to pursue and to use them. both before and after becoming a party to the chemical weapons convention, syria has brazenly violated the international norm prohibiting the use of chemical agents as weapons. ringing a horror that blighted the 20th century into the current landscape. responsible face have reacted to these violations using mechanisms provided for in the chemical weapons convention, cwc, in particular to bring the assad regime back into compliance. the united states was critical in ensuring the creation of a fact-finding mission of the organizations prohibition of chemical weapons, or opcw. as well as a joint opcw united nations joint investigative mechanism, what is, referred to

in syria. the united states spent in syria. the united states spent trillions of dollars in wars in iraq, destroying iraq, destroying libya, helping the saudis destroy yemen, and to a dirty war in syria. they are the ones who have created this mess. let's bring it back to what is happening inside iran. you have not tried to dispute with me that economic times are tough and there is anger on the streets, we have all seen it. it is interesting to me that certain politicians, particularly former president ahmadinejad, are making calls for president rouhani to go and to go now. and even supreme leader ali khamenei is an it is afflicting a run. it does seem, and i know you don't like all this talk of hardliners against moderates and reformers, but it does seem, in the current context, as though the hardliners are making a concerted effort to regain complete political power in tehran. well, stephen, i am glad that you acknowledge in iran we have different legal parties with different political perspe

the same is true for syria. and the syrians don't overcome the jihad as it's at home they will enter iraq and then our country. and spread throughout the region that. we turn bad for their well. that is why the security of the muslim world and that of iran depends on the security of syria. at the. so to defend its borders in iran openly send soldiers from excludes force and elite units of the republican guard to both syria and iraq. you know i think it runs influence and commitment in iraq was present well before mozilla in the summer of twenty fourteen really go all the way back to the us intervention in two thousand and three. powerman shia majority government backed by iran the role that arabian militias played. ever since the arraigning presence was both opportunistic to expand its power expand its influence in the region but also defensive because first of all didn't want to return to power of this party and sunni arab domination secondly it didn't want the united states to use iraq as a platform to launch

i mean it's syria now on syria up until say you know the drug is over now and the kurds are cut a deal with bashar assad it's over and terms of changes policies because when it comes to doubt we've been having here a thing where russia has been accused on a regular basis and the british while a bit of assassinating people in britain well that's the case is sort of falling apart there's been several porting from europe and i should say the books as you get older you start researching on w m d contexts for stories for decades now. for example there was a story of let's get let's get to the let me just say this there was a story in the press where syria was using chlorine in. the endgame in the isis and you know this spring there was an endgame and it was stories that they were using sarin gas in chlorine together and so here's why hellman set foot. in the fifty's koreans a very volatile gas and it's of great interest to the it's not it's not a worry for egypt and there was a story just the other day about syria drop the u.n. report saying they dropped as chlorine gas spawn there's no suc

syria and syria that's where it could cope. ok and you write in syria gentlemen i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break it's a hard break i have to go there after a short break we'll continue our discussion on trump's foreign policy stay with our . backstabbers financial survival guide. housing bubble. oh you mean there's a downside to artificially low mortgage rates don't get carried away that's cause report. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the us is over twenty trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of the global wealth you longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred trees per second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember one one business shows you can't afford to miss the one and only

another important subject is syria of course. you know we should do something about the humanitarian disaster in this country. it's more some progress has been made but. this situation is so far from being that she was normal once you get this fighting off. so we particularly hope that that we could take some specific steps with the constitutional commission we support the efforts by u.n. special envoy stuff from de mistura. on the joint comprehensive plan of action. with iran we would like to preserve the deal but we are also concerned about the missile program of iran so we'll also discuss this subject elements like. this is something that we've been talking to minister lavrov about earlier in the sought she will also discuss how a bilateral relations naturally we have the year of russia in germany in the year of germany in russia this is a good opportunity to learn more about each other. and continue our dialogue. really. civil societies can work together. i think all matters can be resolved through dialogue so i really look f

but how can we create stability in syria safe circumstances that refugees can feel secure in syria syria by the way the stability of syria is very important for the united states national security is surrounded by allies refugee crisis in syria has created a global refugee crisis that you're talking about that created and a refugee and immigrant sentiment the rise of hate groups islamophobia and also a rise of terrorism and also we need to remember that. last generation of syrians millions of children in the refugee camps in all in jordan and lebanon are going to create a lot of instability in the future and the middle east so if we care about syria we have to create the circumstances in syria that will let these refugees go back home and these circumstances means political change political settlement and also having safety and dignity for the refugees right now when there is a law that in acted by the government in syria that confiscate the lands and the properties of the refugees who are left syria if they do not show up within thirty days this is low number ten so in order to make it

of syria has also been the focus of the latest u.n. security council meeting this comes after the backers of warring parties there have been recently accusing each other of plans for escalating the situation. has more on how the involvement of the international community in the syrian war has made the potential escalation an extremely risky scenario. it is shaping up to be the end a lost showdown between jihad ists and the syrian army it is the last remaining stronghold of islamist and rebels tens of thousands of them the most powerful faction and it being h.t.s. or al-qaeda in syria and they're defiant cranking out endless sprog ganda. bear in mind many of them not even syrians islamists on jihad from china from central asia from the caucasus from morocco to baghdad with nowhere left to retreat what's worse is the foreign power buildup in the region out of the blue u.s. cruise missile delivery systems guided missile destroyers strategic bombers a re basing and dropping anchor near syria days after the u.s. and its allies warned that t

and control over the situation in syria syria became the stage for a radical standoff between the region's two systems of power and the sunni saudi monarchy against the shiite islamic republic of iran. i think many people including many american many americans and many europeans underestimated the degree to which syria was a red line for iran and that iran was willing to really take risks and put the resources in to back assad assad. i think the same is true for russia. neither iran nor russia wanted to accept. the notion of regime change that people in the middle east could ride out rise up and get rid of their leader we know russia has a real allergic reaction to that in iran. in september two thousand and fifteen russia began large scale intervention on the iranian side to defend busha sand. but meanwhile another protectionist appeared in the middle eastern theater. on june the twelfth two thousand and fourteen islamic state forces took control of iraq's second city mosul a few days later iraq in syria fell into jihad is towns and became the capital of the self-styled islamic caliphate.

in order to reach peace and stability in syria yes the o.p.c. w. hasn't said whether it was the way of elmers the syrian government the russians the british who used the chemical weapons and i didn't say that the o.p.c. w is the one that made the statement i said the joint investigation committee which is constituted by the decision of the security council in twenty fifteen is the one that produced the report on the twenty eighth of october twenty seventh and said that the syrian regime is the party that stands behind the attacks that took place on the fourth of april twenty seventh team you can refer to the report it's available on the security council website and it was published on the twenty eighth of october twenty seventh seen ok just finally about documenting war crimes the journalist vanessa believes the daughter of a former senior british diplomat who are attention to the beheading of a twelve year old. neuro didn't sinking in july twenty sixth abducted near a white helmet base in ireland sorry why is there no white helmet documentation

do you think we are about to see a new round of escalation in syria. yes we understand that the that a battle is imminent or an escalation is imminent how that develops we don't know whether it goes. very fierce in the form a very fierce confrontation between. on one side and its allies and syrian army and its allies on the other side we don't know we hope that it goes as it went in other areas like most recently in da in southern syria where faction leaders understand that this is a force that they cannot. compete with or fight effectively and they see if they are people their cities a lot of destruction and death so in that case you know people could go back to under government control as soon as possible to normality basically soon as possible and we understand that many of them. are hoping to achieve such a feat. this escalation is it not truly of bowl of ing or is that one particular slide this pushing for such an escalation. well the. syrian state and its allies russia and if you take the wider a stand up process participants turkey and iran as w

in order to reach peace and stability in syria yes the o.p.c. w. hasn't said whether it was the way helmets the syrian government the russians the british who used the chemical weapons and i didn't say that the o.p.c. w is the one that made the statement i said the joint investigation committee which is constituted by the decision of the security council in twenty fifteen is the one that produced the report on the twenty eighth of october twenty seventh and said that the syrian regime is the party that stands behind the attacks that took place on the fourth of april twenty seventh you can refer to the report it's available in the security council website and it was published on the twenty eighth of october twenty seventh seen ok just finally about documenting war crimes the journalist vanessa believes the daughter of a former senior british diplomat who are attention to the beheading of a twelve year old abilities neural sinking in july twenty sixth abducted near a white helmet base in ireland sorry why is there no white helmet documentation of

in order to reach peace and stability in syria yes the o.p.c. w. hasn't said whether it was the way of elmers the syrian government the russians the british who used the chemical weapons and i didn't say that the o.p.c. w is the one that made the statement i said the joint investigation committee which is constituted by the decision of the security council in twenty fifteen is the one that produced a report on the twenty eighth of october twenty seventh and said that the syrian regime is the party that stands behind the attacks that took place on the fourth of april twenty seventh scene you can refer to the report it's available on the security council website and it was published on the twenty eighth of october twenty seventh seen ok just finally about documenting war crimes the journalist vanessa believes the daughter of a former senior british diplomat who are attention to the beheading of a twelve year old abilities neural didn't sinking in july twenty sixth abducted near a white helmet base in ireland sorry why is there no white helmet docu

saying it will stay in syria for some time yet to battle terrorists we're remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have not launched the final phase two defeats the physical caliphate this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma so there are multiple competing interests in syria. the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if they're province where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complaining bitte

led coalition in syria has branded a report on our website r.t. dot com the article about a syrian refugee camp was simply quoting the russian foreign ministry samir a car looks at the accuracy of the claims in question. colonel sean ryan spokesman for operation here and resolve the u.s. led coalition against myself said that we were pushing quote ridiculous information after reading one of the articles of syria to be distracted by ridiculous misinformation from oxy the coalition is focused on defeat isis mission and we continue to work with. to secure the l. towns region in southern syria the article in question was in an op ed that it quotes from the russian ministry of foreign affairs who asserted that i still had infiltrated work on refugee camp in syria and that the us government was fully aware of it which claimed as a coalition support to the misinformation about the presence of feisal in the camp or that the u.s. was aware of it the look on refugee camp is located in the southwestern all done such region in syria in an area controlled by t

but how can we create stability in syria safe circumstances that refugees can feel secure in syria syria by the way the stability of syria is very important for the united states national security is surrounded by allies refugee crisis in syria has created a global refugee crisis that you're talking about that created and i refuse you and the immigrant sentiment the rise of hate groups islamophobia and also rise of terrorism and also we need to remember that. last generation of syrians millions of children in the refugee camps in all in jordan and lebanon are going to create a lot of instability in the future and the middle east so if we care about syria we have to prepare the circumstances in syria that will let these refugees go back home and these circumstances means political change political settlement and also having safety and dignity for the refugees right there will there is a law that in acted by the government in syria that confiscate the lands and the properties of the refugees who are left syria if they do not show up within thirty days this is low number ten so in order to

i mean is syria now on syria up until say you know the drought it's over now and the kurds are cut a deal with bashar assad it's over and drums of changes policies because when it comes to doubt we've been having here a thing where. has been accused on a regular basis in the british well of it of assassinating people in britain well that's the case is sort of falling apart there's been several porting from europe and i should say the book says you get all you start researching on w m d contexts for stories for decades now you've. got to india for example there was a story and let's get let's get to the let me just say this there was a story in the press where syria was using chlorine in. the endgame in the isis and you know this spring there was an endgame and it was stories that they were using sarin gas and chlorine together and so here's why hellman set foot. in the fifty's koreans are very volatile gas and it's of great interest to the it's not a lot of work for egypt and there was a story just the other day about syria drop the u.n. report saying they dropped as chlorine gas spa

saying it will stay in syria for some time yet to battle terrorists we're remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have not launched the final phase to defeat the physical caliphate this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis the head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says there are multiple competing interests in syria . the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if they're province where there is very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of that so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complaining b

is raining in targets in israel and syria and syria that's where it could cope. ok out here right here gentlemen i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to was short break it's a hard break i have to go there after a short break we'll continue our discussion on trump's foreign policy stay with our . crazy conspiracy they're there they're all worthless there are all money the bus trip out the back of the bus just run them over the fuss because we want rush limbaugh wonder bread and fake news so you die that's america. and the way to the united states is dangerous for most of the illegal immigrants. fortunately most people just want the little sympathy i want to become lost and enter another one the last for some just about but if many of them look for refuge in the so-called sentry sides of the draft used to share information about undocumented migrants with federal authorities the best person to ask banco mom. mostly to point out how they all had at best one that got them in a lot of class and the one that. they had to watch as they all choose to stay in the

and i've been covering syria. what conclusions do you draw about russian targeting and capabilities in syria? you know, do they pay any attention to civilian casualties? they seem to have hit a lot of hospitals, if you look at aleppo, and direct attacks were usually credited to the russians. i mean, do they care? they seem to be, as i say, rampant violations. did anybody ever call them on it? i mean-- >> yeah, i mean, i think there's plenty of press on that where people are calling them on that, but by the way, the paradox of precision guided weapons is, the good news is precision guided munition hit their target. the bad news is, precision-guided munitions hit their targets. precision-guided munitions are only effective achieving your strategy if you have the ability to gain intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and then use that intelligence reconnaissance and all of that stuff and put it together in a way that allows you to use those precision-guided munitions to effect. you know, my -- there's been a l

and control over the situation in syria syria became the stage for a radical standoff between the region's two systems of power and the sunni saudi monarchy against the shiite islamic republic of iran. i think many people including many american many americans and many europeans underestimated the degree to which syria was a red line for iran and that iran was willing to really take risks and put the resources in to back assad assad. i think the same is true for russia. neither iran nor russia wanted to accept. the notion of regime change that people in the middle east could ride out rise up and get rid of their leader we know russia has a real. reaction to that and iran. in september two thousand and fifteen russia began large scale intervention on the iranian side to defend. but meanwhile another protectionist appeared in the middle eastern theater. on june the twelfth two thousand and fourteen islamic state forces took control of iraq's second city mosul a few days later in syria fell into jihad is towns and became the capital of the self-styled islamic caliphate. for ten romm the advan

the same is true for syria. and the syrians don't overcome the jihadists at home they will enter iraq and then our country. and spread throughout the region that. we get beaten by one of their. own job that is why the security of the muslim world and that of iran depends on the security of syria. that we. so to defend its borders iran openly sent soldiers from its codes force an elite unit of the republican guard to both syria and iraq. you know i think you know runs influence and commitment in iraq was present well before mozilla in the summer of twenty fourteen really go all the way back to the u.s. intervention in two thousand and three. telamon the shia majority government. role that arabia militia played. ever since then the iranian presence was both opportunistic to expand its power expand its influence in the region but also defensive because first of all didn't want to return to power of this party in the sunni arab domination secondly it didn't want the united states to use iraq as a platform to launch

saying it will stay in syria for some time yet to battle terrorists we're remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have not lose the final phase to defeat the physical kind of fight this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis the head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says there are well multiple competing interests in syria the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if they're province where there is very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complainin

saying it will stay in syria for some time yet to battle terrorists we're remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have not launched the final phase to defeat the physical caliphate this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming. joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma so as there are multiple competing interests in syria. the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if they're province where there is very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complaining bitt

syria is really paralyzed syria is on its knees. it's going to be very difficult for the russians and the syrian regime once they win the war militarily for them to carry any serious reconstruction of the country because that's going to be expensive and they understand that for syria to walk forward especially if assad as russia insists must stay it's going to be impossible for them to move forward without western or international assistance or that west or international investment without western or international support so while russia can win militarily on the ground while they can repeat for example what the americans did the new. defeat i saw at the huge human cost but unlike a new set whether iraq is a rich oil country supported by the united states in the case of syria it's been. that in a civil war for several years several hundred thousand people died millions of refugees half of the country is displaced and most of it is destroyed that requires help so if this the law when they're calling in the last rebel stronghold is th

saying it will stay in syria for some time yet to battle terrorists we're remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have not launched the final phase to defeat the physical caliphate this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says there are multiple competing interests in syria. the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran out of the country to get a better deal for the kurds and and of course they're also worried about what's going to happen if their province where there are very complex negotiations and and russia is at the heart of them so there are many competing agendas in washington and as long as president trump is not spending a lot of money there i think he's happy to keep a few thousand troops if that increases america's leverage the united states does not want to spend a lot of money and that's quite clear and many people have been complaining bitterl

in order to reach peace and stability in syria yes the o.p.c. w. hasn't said whether it was the way helmets the syrian government the russians the british who used the chemical weapons and i didn't say that the o.p.c. w is the one that made the statement i said the joint investigation committee which is constituted by the decision of the security council in twenty fifteen is the one that produced the report on the twenty eighth of october twenty seventh and said that the syrian regime is the party that stands behind the attacks. that took place on the fourth of april twenty seventh you can refer to the report it's available on the security council website and it was published on the twenty eighth of october twenty seventh seen ok just finally about documenting war crimes the journalist vanessa believes the daughter of a former senior british diplomat who are attention to the beheading of a twelve year old the neural. in july twenty sixth abducted near a white helmet base in ireland sorry why is there no white helmet documentation of the killing

or its allies in using chemical weapons against any of the terrorists syria is already winning syria has already won along with its allies along with russia and with iran and hezbollah they have already essentially defeated the tech feed terrorist and clean up time the other thing you've got is we have so many times been told that the organization for the prevent prohibition of chemical warfare has emptied syria of all of its chemical weapons this happened a few years ago but we keep getting told syria is making chemical weapons. american media outlets are claiming that us intelligence is in the dark about russia's supposed have plans for the us midterm elections as the cia's kremlin kong types of suddenly gone quiet don't know hawkins picks up the story. less than two years after the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election the russians are at it again the end words this time it's the u.s. mid-term elections in the crosshairs of kremlin meddling it's a russia is already not trying but actually meddling in our twenty term elections another russian attack on our elections a serious w

of money being spent in syria. it's the united states who's spent trillions of dollars in wars in iraq, destroying iraq, destroying libya, helping the saudis destroy yemen, and to a create a dirty war in syria. they're the ones who have created this mess. let's bring it back to what's happening inside iran. you haven't tried to dispute with me that economic times are tough, there is anger on the streets, we've all seen it. it's interesting to me that certain politicians, i'm going to name one, former president ahmadinejad, are making calls for president rouhani to go and to go now. and even supreme leader ali khamenei has talked about gross management which he saus is now afflicting iran. it does seem, and i know you don't like all this talk of hardliners against moderates and reformers, but it does seem, in the current context, as though the hardliners are making a concerted effort to regain complete political power in tehran. well, stephen, i'm glad you acknowledge that in iran we have different political parties

the last rebel and terrorist stronghold in syria is surrounded as all parties involved in conflicts prepare for what could be a final showdown in this seven year long war. twenty people have been left injured after thousands of anti and pro migrant protesters clashed in the german city of kenneth sports second day the unrest was fueled by the stopping of a local man on sunday. hopes of the smoking gun in the trunk russia collusion probe a dash staff to the attorney of trump's former lawyer backtracks on claims his client has evidence of the list its contacts. very warm welcome it's six pm here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me. our top story this hour syrian army troops have been seen moving towards the front line of the last stronghold of rebel and terror groups in the country the northern province of it live these are pictures from the ground up tamed by a ruptly video news agency soldiers can be seen riding on top of lorries carrying tanks artillery and other military equipment officers say their troops are ready for the final battle against militants but so far th

suggests this in syria where basically the russians and the syria some succeeded by blocking the the the rebels. most of whom hottest an extreme islamicist supported by the united states supported by britain are still present to as a credible opposition within syria but the whole point of all this is to take syria from the russians since the nine hundred fifty s. if you read the documents you go back and read the declassified m i six dispatches from syria they've been trying to do those things the nineteen fifties syria hasn't been controlled in the same way that iran hasn't been controlled this is i hope this is not the last stage i don't think it is because in syria it appears there's a major defeat and what way of seeing is a reaction to that but of course you mentioned some world renowned journalists have you been surprised about how they have been taken as apologists for putin and fascinated by presenting the opposite there it is oh of course not. a big cool everything throughout my career that's a badge of honor. you're a good reporter only if at some point. authority establish

because dawn of reporting from aleppo in syria. meanwhile the u.s. state department says it will redirect american stabilisation funding plan for syria to other foreign policy efforts washington insists though this will not affect its humanitarian assistance program meanwhile saudi arabia has pledged to contribute one hundred million dollars to syrian reconstruction efforts but the money will only go up to the northeast of syria a region under the control of u.s. backed kurdish forces. and while some programs are cut others remain in place but the u.s. saying it will stay in syria for some time yet to battle terrorists. we're remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have no launched the final phase to defeat the physical kind of fight this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis a head of middle eastern studies at the university of oklahoma says there are multiple competing interests in syria. the united states does not want assad to become too strong and ther

near putin here in germany the differences remain as the to tackle the tough issues of ukraine and syria but signs of a pragmatic thought as the german and russian leaders talk face to face for the second time in three months or so coming up gone as it has a week all morning off the country's most famous son kofi and then dies at the age of eighty the former united nations chief and nobel peace prize laureate served two terms as the world's top diplomats later he became un special envoy for syria will examine his legacy. and commemorating the day actually hold a state funeral for the victims of choose a bridge collapse in the northern city of genoa relatives and friends join the country's leaders to say goodbye to their loved ones. i'm headed on free glad you could join us german chancellor angela merkel has been holding talks with russian president vladimir putin here in germany with the crises in both syria and ukraine high on the agenda with a key energy project also on the table there are signs of a pragmatic for one of the difficult relations. it's their second meeting in three mont

report up to thirty thousand eisel fighters remain in iraq and syria syria has called saudi arabia's contributions to the u.s. led rebuilding effort morally unacceptable through its state news agency it argued the coalition's only goal is to fragment the region that's what the u.s. contends is the goal of iran in syria and throughout the middle east is pushing for the withdrawal of iran's forces in syria we're going to continue to counter the iran regime is more an activity. to support iranian voices and to galvanize international support for efforts the u.s. denies the shifting of funds for syria signals a lessening of its strategic goals it says its humanitarian assistance is not effective and defeating eisel remains a top priority we continue to be committed to this fight and we're not backing down from that isis needs to be defeated in the u.s. government stands firmly by that for years president complained about u.s. allies not sharing the financial burden for efforts in syria including preventing syrian president bashar last side and iranian allies from creeping into newly libe

he escaped from syria with thousands of photographs. the regime had been painstakingly documenting its own crimes. the scenes are photographs show the corpses of almost seven thousand people who died in regime custody one of them is corpse three hundred twenty from detention center two one five. i looked at the dorm i knew it was i have to assume it was or use a roof and. i missed them on. the what has it of the sort up in the mine nick i had created. them i would widen new news for you here a new model has a lot of new. like. going to most of the list most there's a story. who . be here and i mean the. no and then into kind of incident should pull up sort of the live this is absolutely within the mindy a bit of. who . muzza non-home model is going to geneva to demonstrate outside the united nations building and call for the release of syria's disappeared detainees. he'll wear the flag of the revolution around his shoulder. i saw these are printed out photos to take with them in some cases there are entire families like this photo of a

syria has also been the focus of the latest u.n. security council meeting this comes after the backers of warring parties there have recently been accusing each other of plans for escalating the situation. has more now on how the involvement of the international community in the war has made the potential escalation an extremely risky scenario. it is shaping up to be the end a lost showdown between jihad ists and the syrian army it is the last remaining stronghold of islam istead rebels tens of thousands of them the most powerful faction and it being h.t.s. or al-qaeda in syria and they're defiant cranking out and the sprog ganda. bear in mind many of them not even syrians islamists on jihad from china from central asia from the caucasus from morocco to baghdad with nowhere left to retreat what's worse is the foreign power buildup in the region out of the blue u.s. cruise missile delivery systems guided missile destroyers strategic bombers a re basing and dropping anchor near syria days after the u.s. and its allies warned that take

the millions of people that left syria or misplaced in syria. there are -- in respect to refugees going into turkey. the last am i left, it was 3 million people. they made an arrangement where the eu would help turkey cover the expenses. to the long-term , i do not have a good answer for that. there is potential that is not used. infused inhallenges nations. it will be a challenge for a long time. do you think in europe, the u.s. is losing strategic ground? , we are -- you could sense it in the region, especially places boz maney -- like -- places like bosnia. you see us losing ground? gen. gorenc: what is your nationality? >> bulgarian. gen. gorenc: i have been to -- bulgaria romania many times and romania. i do not think we are losing ground. poland recently offered to billion dollars -- offered $2 billion. toy have a long wish list help the sense of vulnerability they feel. the nations you talked about our strong partners in nato. they share our values. could get someey of the attention the baltic countries could get. europe, -- iof found all

as the last remaining terror and rebel stronghold in syria is surrounded. the warring sides in the conflict accuse each other of plans to escalate the situation. we clearly understand your plans and we strongly urge you to abstain from fulfilling i i two days of violence on the streets of germany twenty people injured as tensions boil over during. demonstrations over the plight of migrants in the country. and a prison strike in the united states does its second week in what could potentially become the largest in american history activists are protesting in solidarity with inmates over poor conditions. they're welcome to the international law from moscow. thanks for joining us on the program. syrian army troops have been moving towards the front line of the last stronghold of rebel and terror groups in the country the northern province of idlib these are pictures from the ground obtained by a properly video news agency soldiers can be seen riding on top of lorries carrying tanks artillery and other military equipment as well officers say their troops are re

also this hour we visit one of the city's worst test by the war in syria and that's a to witness the reconstruction process off t.v. is under attack by islamic states and other militants. the u.s. plans to spend up to fifteen million dollars on haunting soldiers physical performance and jewelry and the pentagon mourns future conflicts will require troops with a higher tolerance for extreme conditions. and summary abuse and they going to activist who's been charged with acting as an unregistered russian agent tim u.s. has been transferred to another prison we hear from her lawyer about her health and what to expect in the case. you're watching r t international good to have you with us russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have concluded talks that means a big palace near beilin there was several topics up for discussion including the rebuilding of syria and the iran nuclear agreement reporting from germany has stunned you holkins. here in schloss maze a burger about two hours' drive from talks have been ongoing between shots of marco and president putin

he escaped from syria with thousands of photographs. the regime had been painstakingly documenting its own crimes. the caesar photographs show the corpses of almost seven thousand people who died in regime custody one of them is corpse three hundred twenty from detention center two one five. i looked at the dome i knew it was him it was him it was his or use a riff and. i missed him and. so what has it to sort out in the man big news in gravity is acutely aware of the harm done i do widely and. new news for the new model has allowed to. go on in most of the most just most famous just. who. are here and i mean the ms martin was shot and then into kind of incident should pull up so that the reverse itself volatile would in the mindy a battle of. who . is going to geneva to demonstrate outside the united nations building and call for the release of syria's disappeared detainees. he'll wear the flag of the revolution around his shoulders. these are printed out photos to take with him in some cases there are entire families like this photo o

this is the marketplace of a refugee camp in northern syria by syria after a keyboard there the camp which is one of the oldest in self-rising began a new reality post more than eight hundred fifty thousand syrian refugees those refugees this place may be once maybe a couple of times since the syrian authorising and the bashar assad regime's the salts began and many people here feel stuck because as the fear is as the syrian regime president bashar assad threatens to touch it these people say they have nowhere else to go because this was the ultimate point by the border that they could reach and now you see the stocks you see the shops and people who are trying to make a living here today is friday some of the shops are there but when you speak the way they are holding up things because they are made up and you have sold out by the syrian regime. the united states says it's cutting two hundred thirty million dollars allocated for stabilization programs in syria and says the funding is only going to be provided if syria engages in a credible peace process led by the united nations it'

steve rosenberg, bbc news, syria. rajini: us brits, we love to talk about the weather, and that usuay means complaining abo it. summer is drowned out by the ra in the u.k. but this year, all people are talking about is the heat, and that includes archaeologists who are having a field day. the temperatures have laid bare previously undisclosed sites seen from above. our arts correspondent has been out with flying archaeologists. this is one of historic england'ols aerial archists. this long hot summer has revealed lost landmarks. this is staffordshire. we can now see the outline of a lost manor house. and in oxfordshire, a prehetoric settlement has com into full view. even the airfid we landed on has its secrets. from ground level, all you can see is dress, dry patches, nothing special. however, the archaeologists above me at the moment can see something completely different.h aerial photograph shows we aretanding on three longri stpes in the grass. close-up, they don't look much. however -- >> this is a ditch that dat

seen from syria see. that's our recap of the day's top stories and that's all for me as well but why not my colleague initial something will be here at the top of the hour. join me every thursday on the all excited i'm sure i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics school business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. one almost shows seem wrong. wolf just don't call. me. yet to shape our disdain comes to educate and in detroit equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. hurdles never great was founded on a rape in a murder. nothing changed so we said all response to the situation still believe it will be a sad every other day she is just sad people kill each other black people kill each other so it was just no way that people are going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down by laws for some of his country doesn't work for us it doesn't function for us this is can't be happening in america.