not block the syrian army from continuing its fight against terrorism and here the syrian army was referring to the timing that every time israel attacks syria it is when the it is always when the syrian army is advancing against terrorists which the syrian army regard as the tools the people on groups who are implementing an agenda for israel in syria and undermining the country's stability and the capabilities of the syrian army this is from the syrian army is perspective also we're been hearing just today in the early hours of the morning you russian minister of defense statement which also gave some information an important details that there were 4 actually israeli fighter jets who fired at least 8 missiles on various targets in syria at that time and that israel is always using civilian passenger aircraft. in order to avoid being hit by the syrian air defense system now this is a very important point especially that russia made it clear that this is not the 1st time that this happened it happened in 2018 when also russia criticized israel for in danger and putting in danger to passenge

perspective the are the ones that paved the way for the syrian army to make this spectacular advance towards the heart of it but the turkish military is insisting it will continue pouring weapons and soldiers into it until the syrian army respects the terms of the 2018 demilitarized zone agreement signed between the russians the turks and the iranians russian thank you. border closures travel restrictions and trade routes suspended governments are imposing ever tougher measures to control the spread of the coronavirus in the middle east saudi arabia is holding visas for the pilgrimage and restricting tourist travel from affected countries iraq has closed schools and universities and banned public gatherings as well as flights from several countries in iran 19 people have died in the us stop joint military exercises in south korea and donald trump has put vice president mike pence in charge of america's response to the outbreak in europe italy's confirmed its 12th death and there's been a 2nd death in france 82000 to defections have now been recorded in 44 countries and territories le

in response to the ongoing violation of the ceasefire within the zone the syrian army has every right to subdue the terrorists the assad regime russia and iran must have to their offensive before more innocent civilians are killed and displaced emergency meeting followed reports 33 turkish soldiers were killed during an offensive by syrian forces the presidents of russia and turkey have held a phone call in which they discussed holding a high level meeting about the escalation earlier russia's foreign minister spoke out in support of the syrian army's right to respond to ceasefire violations and called for cooperation between all signed within the agreed framework. we reaffirm our commitment to agreements reached by the presidents of russia and turkey a suggestion is that everyone should already start for feeling there was the syrian army have every right to respond to regular violations of cease fire from inside the observer on to neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the universe solution in fighting terrorism. the syrian ar

in response to the ongoing violation of the cease fire within the zone the syrian army has every right to subdue the terrorists the assad regime russia and iran must halt their offensive before more innocent civilians are killed and displaced the presidents of russia and turkey have held a phone call in which they discussed holding a high level meeting about the escalation earlier russia's foreign minister spoke out in support of the syrian army's right to response to ceasefire violations and called for cooperation between all sides within the agreed framework but. we reaffirm our commitment to agreements reached by the presidents of russia and turkey a suggestion is that everyone should already start fulfilling their was a the syrian army have every right to respond to regular violations of cease fire from inside the observe own to neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the universe aleutian in fighting terrorism. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the pr

reports it's the 1st and difficult reverse for the syrian army. and this is job that i leave on the streets of. for the rebel command this is just the beginning of a long bush to recapture lost territory. to the rocket is back on that old control we have managed to evict syrian army russian all i am pro-government militias from so i want to assure our people that we will liberate all the cities of syria and if you did that the thought. but for the rebels to hold ground may be challenging the city is located on 2 highways in for an 5 which link damascus to aleppo and northeastern syria. so in government troops and russian fighter jets striking rebel positions preventing them from reinforcing their lines of defense. a moment of triumph for the rebels this is the 1st significant military gain in months oh why did they give the opposition has lost many strongholds and retreated north allowing the syrian army to advance to was it live city and as government troops close in thousands of civilians flee the offensive has displaced almost 1000000 people an

whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations the banker also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country

land because it's syrian land and it's the syrian arab army trying to clean this land from terrorism so what is turkey doing there anyway. i mean it feels that it has many concerns about the situation in italy particularly with the refugee crisis and all the refugees spilling over into to feels it has to take action i know you say that you feel people will sit around the negotiating table but is there also a danger that this could transform itself into a conflict that's much bigger than we've seen previously. well i think that the view that we see with the refugees trying to flee and that puts a lot of questions on who the refugees are to begin with are they actually refugees or not because we did see about 3 months ago and also a flock of people to the gate between the syrian border and the turkish border where we saw a lot of militants trying to flee but now a lot of reports are saying that it's actually families trying to flee but let us remind the audience that what's going on on the ground in soccer or in nato which is an area or a village in south east is not inhabited by resid

army the syrian army won't be able to send troops fighters convoys aid logistics from damascus all the way to the area or to go because of the new gaze by the opposition and both parties are willing to hold the ground and continue making further gays in the near future the rebels told us that they are determined to move south and take over another crucial area cause matter to them and so we're talking about intensified fighting strikes shelling by government troops and russians but at the same time a determined push by the bubbles to the 1st gains made by the government over the last few months considering the russians own their airspace is there much hope for the rebels be able to hold that ground. 0 chances in the near future unless the key steps up its offensive sends more fighters into more soldiers into the area and other troops crucial talks underway between turkey and russia and turkey has been insisting it was russia to give it access to the space in the western city and particularly over the skies of libya if that happens the turks are hoping to be able to prevent the syrian a

on to neutralize terrorists cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the u.n. resolution on fighting terrorism you. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b. whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians

neutralize terrorists cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling reclaim was written in the unit as illusion in fighting terrorism. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b. whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that th

neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the u.n. resolution on fighting terrorism. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of the whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say th

on to neutralize terrorists cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the u.n. resolution and fighting terrorism you. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b. whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russian

neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the u.n. resolution and fighting terrorism. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the property in the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b. whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has spoken in support of the syrian army's right to respond to ceasefire violations and calls for cooperation between all sides within the agreed official framework. we reaffirm our commitment to agreements reached by the presidents of russia and turkey a suggestion is that everyone should already start fulfilling their was a the syrian army have every right to respond to regular violations of cease fire from inside the zune to neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling the requirements written in the un resolutions. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to

whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations and also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote now what that means is article 5 would potentially draw turkey turkey's allies into a war against syria and russia but again as of now that is that's just speculation but we also heard from the country's mini

wrists cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the unit as aleutian in fighting terrorism. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of the whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that the data turkey

the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform r

neutralize terrorists we cannot restrict the syrian army from fulfilling requirements written in the universe aleutian in fighting terrorism. the syrian army has been engaged in a very violent fight to defeat the last militant stronghold in syria and the property in the province according to moscow the turkish troops that were killed on thursday were among terrorist fighters involved in a large scale offensive against the syrian army but the russians say they weren't even informed of the presence of turkish troops until they were hit by that airstrike on february 27th near the settlement of b. whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and th

government forces and after they killed 5 turkish soldiers on monday this is the syrian army continues to make key territorial gains president bashar al assad's forces are now firmly in control of almost the entire country except those opposition controlled areas marked in green and kurdish held in the north locked in yellow the there are reports that for the 1st time in syria's 8 year civil war government forces have seized control of the entire n 5 highway by driving opposition fighters out of that area west of aleppo and that's important because it's the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan it connects the commercial hub of aleppo with major cities like damascus homs and hama and will make it easier for assad forces to move in to capture. syrian opposition rebels have recaptured a village in a lead province as they tried to regain territory recently lost to government forces action reports. the odds were against the syrian rebels forced to retreat and abandon their strongholds in the more these fighters have suffered major setbacks o

whom turkish soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area and the russian reconciliation center says that they immediately rushed to the aid of the injured turkish troops after discovering what had happened it's certainly strange they weren't informed in the 1st place since the center maintains regular contact with ankara and the russians say that the data turkey provided suggested that there were no turkish troops there although ankara recently denied this and said that they did inform russia of their troop locations what are the sort of reaction have we had from turkey well initially the turkish authorities said that less than a dozen troops had been killed in this air strike but that number soon jumped to 33 and our anchor also called for a consultation with its nato allies following the attack leading to an emergency meeting of the military alliance and there's even been speculation that article 5 could be a vote

army syrian our army in the outskirts of surat and around them and they rob what we know was that turkish military forces also back to the f.s.a. the opposition fighters with shelling and what i'm told from the military sources that almost an hour ago the clashes were very very a fierce and 1 turkish shelling came after the syrian. army attacked the turkish forces as a retaliation this is what i have learned just a couple of minutes ago also. we have been hearing that this operation by the syrian opposition and backed by the turkish army may extend in into inside surround but there are also claims that the turkish army also told the opposition fighters to halt operation for a while while a turkish russian delegation in the turkish capital ankara are discussing possible developments in side. and this is the situation on the ground the military a military attention is also affecting the civilians rasho rights in kosovo a life for us in side syria sinan thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera blocked on the border a palestinian farmer struggle with a trade war with israel enters a new phase als

who or don't think of a direct confrontation between the turkish army and the syrian army are going to take place in turkey let's just put it this way cannot afford to down a new or another russian aircraft that happened 3 and a half years ago and turkey has made a u. turn since and we think that both parties russia and turkey have you know. going along way in cooperating to ease the problem in syria and this crisis in syria we believe that the turkish masses in it live there are probably designed to secure a 4th region there is the freeze shield the only branch and. peace found operations all over syria we think that 2 aims at securing a 4th region in a leap we think that the confrontation if it is going to take place is probably going to take place with devoted because that turkish presence would leave the turkish army on the ground and it would seek or thought or to from the current. faction that has it which is of quite affiliated judgments from we believe that this is going to take place and probably a summit between president they're gonna president putin will defuse the situatio

they say that the far as originated from the syrian army now again just a disclaimer all that we know so far comes from the turkish side the syrian army is yet to comment but is adamant i mean the old no punches. they are saying of that it's the syrians who have killed the troops and they're saying that essentially now they are designating all syrian soldiers as enemies. time is running out the murderous regime has attacked civilians and our soldiers on the ground we have and will continue to respond if these attacks continue we are moving forward with our plans to stop the regime from killing and displacing more people now on top of that turkey is turkey's looking for support from its allies turkey is looking for support from the from nato they're saying that on friday they will be engaging in consultations with the bloc but now it has to be said that turkey has established somewhat of a presence in ne ne in syria and especially in it live they have been supporting various groups which are largely seen as terrorists now for instance russia has been accusing turkey of supporting terro

whom his soldiers who were embedded with terrorists came on to the syrian army fired at the same time according to the coordinates transmitted by the turkish side to russia there were no turkish troops or units in the area. turkey responded to the attack by carrying out an airstrike on the syrian army in the same region it's claimed $33.00 turkish soldiers were killed in the province the russian military also says it told the syrian military to halt its strikes and organize the safe evacuation of dead and wounded turkish troops are on the looks at the sudden escalation. situation in the northeastern syrian province of idlib has been hated so far and lately turkey has been saying that more than 30 of its troops have been killed they say that the fire has originated from the syrian army and turkey is adamant i mean they hold no punches they are saying is that it's the syrians who have killed the troops and they're saying that essentially now they are designating all syrian soldiers as enemies turkey is determined to continue to it for phil's its objectives in accordance with its legal r

about the situation in the syrian province of idlib they have been saying that the syrian army should stop its offensive should stop its attempts at retaking this province and move back behind the line of troops behind assault your troops line and it had erdogan has been giving deadlines 1st he was saying that turkey has until the end of february to get out of the excuse me that syria has until february until the end of february to get out of but then he added on that thing and he said that he won't end until the end of february to launch the attack and he said the attack was imminent have a listen. this human soul. has made all kinds of preparations to implement its operational plans and as in every operation we see we can come suddenly one night to put it more clearly. is now a matter of time we will not leave to the regime that still does not understand our country's determination in this matter and to those who encourage it we never intend to shoulder the burden that the developments of this region plays on our country. well it looks like the time has come here and apparently they

army but the syrian army has been battle tested it's been in battle for the last 9 years and the russian government since its intervention in syria made it quite clear that the syrian government and its ability to stand to exist as a sovereign power was indispensable in the fight against isis in the other terrorists in syria i don't think russia's commitment to the syrian government has been diminished one little bit what do you think america's position is here because we were hidden from trump just not long ago that he supports to position in syria to move. reports. he had requested a patriot missile defense system as well from the us is the us really. think it will just continue to pay lip service. well i think i think the trouble ministration is gone through so many backflips in terms of its own position at one time trump said the u.s. must leave syria then said no it's not going to leave syria at one time trump said we should stop endless wars including the war in syria regime change words and then drop 59 cruise missiles on syria without any proof of evidence that syria had in fact

army now again just a disclaimer all that we know so far comes from the turkish side the syrian army is yet to comment but turkey is adamant i mean they hold no punches they are saying is that it's the syrians who have killed their troops and they're saying that essentially now they are designating all syrian soldiers as enemies turkey is determined to continue to it for phil's its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way turkey is looking for support from its allies turkey is looking for support from the from nato they're saying that on friday they will be in gauging in consultations with the bloc but now it has to be said that turkey has established somewhat of a presence in ne ne in syria and especially in they have been supporting various groups which are largely seen as a terrorist now for instance russia has been accusing turkey of supporting terrorist groups and terrorist groups in their advance at the syrian army positions in. so this is what turkey has been doing so

crusher is called to help the syrian army repel an offensive in italy province launched by militants with the support of turkish troops. linares turnout for an unofficial memorial to the 98 sims of last night's shooting in the west in the west germany chancellor merkel condemns the poison of racism as the suspect is believed to have had. motives and president after on valve battle islamic separatism in france as he bids to win votes ahead of next month's cain local elections. fellow there just are 9 o'clock in the evening here in moscow you're watching r.t. international our start with breaking news because syrian militants backed by turkish forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in the water on province but russian airstrikes did help to repel them you've done off join me earlier with the details basically what happened terrorist factions launched an offensive on the syrian forces who were holding one of the villages a village in that northeastern province a very large scale offensive supported by artillery strikes by the turkish army so that offensive or that was

army now again just a disclaimer all that we know so far comes from the turkish side the syrian army is yet to comment but he is adamant i mean they hold no punches they are saying that it's the syrians who have killed the troops and they're saying that essentially now they are designating all syrian soldiers as anime's turkey is determined to continue to it for phil's its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way turkey is looking for support from its allies turkey is looking for support from the from nato they're saying that on friday they will be gauging in consultations with the bloc but now it has to be said that turkey has established somewhat of a presence in ne ne in syria and especially in they have been supporting various groups which are largely seen as a terrorist now for instance russia has been accusing turkey of supporting terrorist groups and terrorist groups in their advance at the syrian army positions in. so this is what turkey has been doing so far and they

army between the syrian army and the turkish military is going to further increase we're talking about fast moving situation where the syrian army is moving from south africa all the way to work. and tough today as they were talking about an area where you have almost $4000000.00 civilians trapped there this time they have nowhere to go the border with turkey is sealed and they're just concerned if the army continues of its offensive it is going to lead to a serious humanitarian situation in syria ok. live in assemble thank you very much winter weather has worsened conditions for syrians living in a refugee camp in lebanon's bekaa valley it comes as the ongoing economic crisis in lebanon is having a serious impact on humanitarian programs a shortage of funding means fewer families are receiving supports this year said ahead at has more from back a family. they're all about probably 300 people living in this refugee camp it's one of many in back of ali. so a few of them they said that the conditions are so hawse they would prefer to die now these are people who have left the war in syri

russia is called in to help the syrian army repel an offensive. launched by militants with the support of turkish troops. germany mourns the victims of last night's shooting near frankfurt chancellor merkel contends that the poison of racism as the suspect is believed to have motive. 0 ukrainian protest against the arrival of compatriots who have been evacuated from the coronavirus epicenter in china and are now under quarantine. studios and most of this is our international john thomas with us. right here in the militants backed by turkish forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in the province but they were pushed back by russian airstrikes donna has more on the latest developments. basically what happened terrorist factions launched an offensive on the syrian forces who were holding one of the villages a village in that northeastern province a very large scale offensive supported by artillery strikes by the turkish army so that offensive or that was of such scale that the troops the syrian troops on the ground could not withst

on turkey's border with syria well as part of that offensive to take rebel areas the syrian army says it has now completely secured the last clause of the strategic highway that runs through the highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan on the syrian government has also reportedly attacked a camp for internally displaced people in the northern countryside all of it in a province social media video of his to show the aftermath of the shelling is the mother it's not yet clear how many casualties there are. asked ahead on al-jazeera . protests in algeria demonstrators say they feel betrayed by the lack of progress . railing against the pipeline but tell me why train 7 ground to a halt across canada. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast we're here across asia we are watching back to back storms making their way from china up here towards japan this has been the trend over the last few days saturday not a bad day for japan most of the heavy rain will be coming up

this is called to help the syrian army repel an offensive and province launched by militants with the support of turkish troops. say the suspect to kill 9 people in a drive by shooting on wednesday night. the magic condemns the poison of racism in german society. operates the market. is like separatism in france as he bids to win votes ahead of next month's local election. giving thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. we start this hour with breaking news because syrian militants backed by turkish forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in water province but russian airstrikes have helped to repel them. of course one thing is that an office in the studio with me is been following events for as the escalation seems pretty concerning what exactly is happened and do we know much about the situation on the ground at the moment what the situation is very concerning in some of the worst as collations in syria in years i have to say and basically what happened terrorist factions of launched an offensive on the syrian positions trying to trying to push the syrian

the turkish military has intensified is shallowing of syrian army defense lines in a nailer and. more turkish troops are pouring into establishing military outposts their aim is to prevent syrian forces from advancing towards the city this. order the syrian regime got what it deserved but that's not enough it will pay a heavy price for attacking turkish soldiers i will announce the actions to be taken about the syrian issue after i meet with my parliamentary group tomorrow. as fighting intensifies civilians are abandoning their villages. is a ghost town its population of 80000 has largely left for safer areas around 700000 people have been displaced over the past 2 months as the syrian army continues its offensive of the escalation is raising fears of a broader military confrontation. main onli russia has called on turkey to stop its artillery attacks 2 years ago russia and turkey played a crucial role along with iran in establishing a safe zone in. the us syria only void james jeffries expected to meet with syria turkish officials on wednesday to discuss the governments of funds

the turkish military has intensified is shallowing of syrian army defense lines in a nailer and. more turkish troops are pouring into it live establishing military outposts their aim is to prevent syrian forces from advancing towards the city this. order the syrian regime got what it deserved but that's not enough it will pay a heavy price for attacking turkey soldiers i will announce the actions to be taken about the syrian issue after i meet with my parliamentary group tomorrow. as fighting intensifies civilians are abandoning their villages he has is a ghost town its population of 80000 has largely left for safer areas around 700000 people have been displaced over the past 2 months as the syrian army continues its offensive but the escalation is raising fears of a broader military confrontation. said main onli russia has called on turkey to stop its artillery attacks 2 years ago russia and turkey played a crucial role along with iran in establishing a safe zone in. the us your own voice james jeffrey is expected to meet with syria turkish officials on wednesday to discuss the

developments which took place in aleppo we all know that the syrian army made some big big score incident big points in aleppo practically obliterating that city retrieving retaking control of the strategic m 5 why why now these comments by or do come up to this so one can't help but to ask questions about how this links up this syrian army succeeding in how the turkish president now made up his mind to prevent it from liberating other territories like that. we have this initial reaction coming from russia what else do you expect from the international community and their reaction to this. well i think that when you refer when you refer to the international community if you're referring to not to target states to european countries i think that they will take the side of turkey when it comes to this particular issue but maybe at the same time i don't think they will be supporting and whole house wolf meaning conventional war between the syrian army and the turkish that could prove to be disastrous even for the european continent itself now the americans we heard secretary of state my poin

a red line for turkey it's ramped up its military presence in and has given the syrian army until the end of this month to pull out behind turkish observation post or face a tougher response has. delivered as a one turkey's border with syria. well the syrian government has also attacked a camp for internally displaced people in the northern countryside of the province social media video shows the aftermath of the shelling near a sudden my daw there were no casualties. and the syrian army says it secured the last part of a strategic highway that runs through the last rebel held region in the country as you've been hearing the highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan. it just got more expensive for air bus to export its planes to the u.s. washington has raised tariffs on european built aircraft amid a dispute over subsidies the u.s. levy will go up from 10 to 15 percent washington has long argued that airbus has an unfair advantage over american based plane maker boeing the move co

a syrian army is saying that it has completely secured the last part of a strategic highway that runs through the last rebel held region highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan earlier a syrian government helicopter was shot down in the country's northwest it's not clear who was behind that attack but rebels are claiming that they shot it down reports now from the turkey syria border this is the moment another syrian military helicopter shot down in aleppo province none of its crew survived they were taking part in a military operation to recapture opposition held areas on the outskirts of aleppo city it's the 2nd helicopter downed by rebels in the same area this week. fee's fighting continues in neighboring province it's a critical time for the rebels who are constantly retreating after losing ground. is their last stronghold if they are defeated here the war will be over and president bashar assad will have regained total control over syria many syrians are continuing to flee

when the syrian army says it secured the last part of a strategic highway that runs through the last rebel held region in the country the highway connects the capital damascus with aleppo and is the main trade route running from the north all the way to the southern border with jordan. it just got more expensive for airbus to export its planes to the u.s. washington has raise tariffs on european built aircraft and made a dispute over subsidies the u.s. levy will go up from 10 to 15 percent and washington has long argued that airbus has an unfair advantage over american based plane maker boeing the move comes as american airlines struggled with a shortage of planes almost a year after boeing grounded its $77.00 max model over safety concerns and earlier we spoke to kyle bailey he's an aviation analyst and former federal aviation authority safety team representative he explains how terrified cosi ations between the u.s. and the e.u. are likely to play out now. a lot of times will see you these terrorists imposed and then there will be after they are imposed for a couple of weeks there

syrian army turkish and syrian army says intense turkey continues its reinforcements to the vision posts inside which was meant to be supposed to be a deescalation zone according to our son and such a peace agreement and the syrian government also continues its reinforcements to its positions close to the turkish observation post how it is going to be resold is still unknown russia also made a call that all parties should stop fighting each other and they are stana should be revived but of course what prisons are done is going to end now is to morrow as the next steps of the taken inside live is important we will be following that announcement as it happens thank you for that cynical shoulder there live from baba how are. the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now passed 1000 chinese officials announced another 109 deaths the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began in december the government has also fired officials in holland for the handling of the epidemic katrina you has more from beijing. in his 1st public appearance since the corona virus outbreak beg

army now again just a disclaimer all that we know so far comes from the turkish side the syrian army is yet to comment but turkey is adamant i mean they hold no punches they are saying that it's the syrians who have killed the troops and they're saying that essentially now they are designating all syrian soldiers as enemies turkey is determined to continue to it for phil's its objectives in accordance with its legal rights the murderous regime and those who encouraged it will account for their betrayal in the most severe way turkey is looking for support from its allies turkey is looking for support from the from nato they're saying that on friday they will be gauging in consultations with the bloc but now it has to be said that turkey has established somewhat of a presence in north this northeastern syria and especially in they have been supporting various groups which are largely seen as a terrorist now for instance russia has been accusing turkey of supporting terrorist groups and terrorist groups in their advance at the syrian army positions in. so this is what turkey has been do

present our breaking story now turkey is carrying out an asse strike on the syrian army in northeast syria north follows the death of $29.00 turkish soldiers in italy and province according to turkish officials this comes amid a dramatic escalation in the battle for control of the country's last opposition stronghold turkish president to egypt to one house chad's an emergency security meeting overnight anchor also said it would no longer stop syrian refugees from reaching europe by land and sea. now germany's top court has lifted a ban on commercial use in asia as the mrs but critics now for the right to die will be exploited for profits artie's piece all of a takes a closer look at the ruling and the reaction it's triggered. almost 5 years after it was banned the highest court in germany has ruled that blocking assisted suicide is unconstitutional and making its ruling on wednesday the constitutional court in college shura said everyone has a right to live and a right to die article 217 of the german criminal code outlawed euthanasia as well as the advertising of the services what t

turkish military hit syrian army positions in retaliation for the death of dozens of its soldiers in southern. turkey blames the syrian government for the airstrike that targeted a military outpost officials here also accuse rochelle failing to deter syrian government forces who have recently stepped up their attacks against the soldiers. these attacks happened despite the location of troops being coordinated in advance with russian officials on the ground unfortunately the attack continued after we weren't following the 1st strike. feeling abandoned by its e.u. our allies turkey warned it won't prevent refugees from crossing into europe european countries alarmed this might turn into a mass exodus of refugees fleeing the conflict in syria. turkey has been calling on the e.u. to share the burden of the refugee crisis and on nato to deploy pair to it besides on the border with syria but nato doesn't seem to be willing to provide military support offering for the time being the sympathy by call on them to stop their offensive to respect international law and to back to the un efforts f

russia was called in to help the syrian army repel an offensive in a province launched by militants with the support of turkish troops. but. unofficial memorial for the 9 victims of last night's shooting in the west of germany chancellor condemns the poison of racism as the suspect is believed to have had a phobia motives and. an icy reception ukrainians protest against the arrival of fellow can patrick it's been evacuated from the coronavirus at the center in china to be held in quarantine in a local health center. good evening just 11 o'clock here in moscow you with r.t. international our top story tonight syrian militants backed by turkish forces launched an offensive against the syrian army in the war torn province earlier today but russian airstrikes did help to repel them. gave me more details. basically what happened terrorist factions launched an offensive on the syrian forces who were holding one of the villages a village in that northeastern province a very large scale offensive supported by artillery strikes by the turkish army so that offensive or that was of such scale that

a red line for turkey it's ramped up its military presence in and has given the syrian army until the end of this month to pull out behind turkish observation post or face a tougher response has. delivered as a one turkey's border with syria. haddin health or sound is with us now a spokesman for the world health organization joining us from the un tep in turkey it is hard to believe that 9 years into this calm flecked and we are now seeing still things that shoot displacement actually we're seeing the worst single displacement in the whole conflict what does that mean logistically where the people going and what are they going to. will is it spent in europe or people are moving further north towards the to accuse all this situation indeed it's bad situation is. deteriorating day but it would be far worse if we didn't have access humanitarian actors cross border access from to see what we saw last month was that $1000.00 more than $1200.00 trucks up to meet across the border from tucu to syria . providing aid to people displaced by the border. but what we're seeing today is that the ne