they're over extended in syria. they're weak end internally and economically and politically it has never been so isolated from the west. they will want a political solution at in spoint in the not too distant future >>> is that a reasonable expectation? >> not unreasonable. the west will want a democratic transition in syria. russia doesn't have any confidence that is going to take place. russia would prefer to have a better strong man in syria than bashar al-assad. he was a loser before the russians came in. the russians would like to work with the u.s. on some kind of a transition to a more stable situation, probably involving some kind of strong rule until some democratic transition occurs and russian is not sure that will ever occur >>> the u.s. would love to see a too. >> an end game move is to remove bashar al-assad from power. so long as he continues to be in power the conflict will continue there. >> as long as they continue in power, there will be groups fighting bashar al-assad and the fighting will not s

syria is fighting one of those wars on terror, so-called. >>> on syria's state-controlled media. aleppo and other forces went to areas that are rebel held. carefully taking it. >> the aim is military decisiveness. raising the use over and over again. >> show footbinge by the syrian army. >> they really almost entirely ignored the refugees, it's obvious why. whether there's a battle over territories. that pump or aleppo, this is very much that. it is seen as a nationalist battle territory. they are going aleppo, raising the syria flag. aleppo will return to the home ground. it is what is at stake according to syrian media. this is called an outside power. some media outlets acted as proxies. state funded channels from russia, saudi arabia and qatar have been accused of reflecting patron government stances. and western news channels exposed some of their own dwelling on concern of casualties. beginning that same issue when the plane did the bombing. when the plane did the bombing. then channels like almanar next door in lebanon, beaming their signals and narratives into syria. >> i

isn't about syria, it is about russia. let's take a closer look at what putin's motives might be. russian president vladimir putin feels snubbed by the west, and wants to make russia great again. the war in syria has given him another opportunity to show his country is a world power. the ongoing and -- airstrikes are aimed at securing russian influence in the region with, or without bashar al-assad. hisn does not want to lose country's net -- mediterranean naval base. russia also has agreements with syria to export oil and gas reserves. putin says hitting the opponents is striking a blow against terrorism. terrorist.who is a and the president will achieve one other thing with military action in syria. thousands more civilians are now fleeing further bombardment, as the flood of refugees swell, europe grows ever more divided during is it all part of a grand strategy? alan, here is something i don't really get. before the latest environment -- bombardment, when putin was willing to sit down with talks, people were saying, ru

>> turkey targets kurdish fighters inside syria. hello, i'm david foster, also in al jazeera, egypt's president said that he will hand power back to parliament and that no, sir has been restored. >>> now the pope this a country dominated by catholics has done something that non-of his predecessors have managed to do. plus... >> an i'm in florida in the everglades where the burmese python hunt is underway and why they're so eagle for get rid of yet another invasive species. >> any pause of fighting agreed by world powers this week will happen. russia's foreign minister said that the deal is more likely to fail than succeed. global leaders have been meeting for syria's war at the top of the agenda. and they're covering events for us, dominic kane live for us in munich. it is easy to see how there are those on both sides who think this is going a little chance of success when you see how many disagreements there are over the targets that have been picked for attacks by both sides. >> that's right, david, for the past two days, the afte

. >> reporter: there is no red line in syria's war. that seems to be the attack where a school, a hospital, and other buildings were hit. among the casualties were recently displaced syrians who escaped the fighting across aleppo province. turkey has called azaz a red line and vowed to not allow the town to fall not only because it is being held by the opposition but it is being threatened by the ypg, an opposition group that is called terrorists. >> the ypg has stepped back from azaz and it's area. if they come closer they'll see the most severe reaction. we will not allow azaz to fall. the whole world should know this. >> turkey has been attacking ypg positions to prevent further advances. they have captured many areas held by the oppositions taking advantage of the government offensive against the rebels across aleppo province. the ypg and it's allies have rejected its ultimatum to recapture areas, instead they're advancing and now are at the door steps of the strongholds in the northern corridor. many in the opposition say they've

services inside syria has all but collapsed, hospitals have been hit. the m.s.f. calling on the warring sides to respect these facilities, because targeting them is against international law. that is in idlib. in azaz, the hospital, a school and other locations were also targeted, people were killed. as azaz being close to the turkish border is part of an ongoing battle for a very strategic corner of syria. >> as this fighting escalates inside the country, turkey and russia exchanging this war of words, turkish foreign minister speaking just a short time ago, leveling accusations at russia, what did he have to say? >> well, like i mentioned, this border town of azaz is now a front line really between russia and turkey, turkey making it very clear that this talk about is a red line for yours and we will not allow it to fall. it is controlled by the opposition, opposition groups that are backed by turkey, but the y.p.g., the kurdish armed group is advancing, and it is very close to storming azaz, so the turkish government making it very clear that they will not allo

take the war in syria for example. it has turned into a full-fledged regional conflict. >> meanwhile in syria, fighting continued. the deal specifies a cessation of hostilities in a week. in munich, jordan's king abdullah urged the international community to come together. >> today, we share interests in a coalition victory in syria and iraq and the end for daesh requires our concentrated and dedicated action. >> the deal has produced cautious optimism, but there is a sense that the cooperative mood may not last. >> the best moment for trying and testing the will of those who have committed themselves yesterday. >> russia's role has been criticized in the conflict. the french defense minister pointed to moscow's airstrikes in support of the syrian regime as a major contributor to instability. >> last night's agreement can permit progress if it leads to a cease-fire. if it leads to general humanitarian access and if it includes an end to the indiscriminate bombing by the syrian regime and by russia. >> meanwhile, syrian

this is one corner of syria. in another corner, activists call the forgetting corner, people are starving and living under fear. >>> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is describing a catastrophe in syria not seen since world war ii. john kerry has been speaking at a conference in rome about a fighting isil, a conference involving 23 other nations. >> the situation on the ground for the syrian people is unfathomable. we haven't seen away catastrophe like this since world war ii and it's unfolding before our eyes. people in madaya eating leaves and grass or animals of one type or another that they can capture. >> we expect to hear from from john kerry in the next few minutes. diplomats have been meetinging rome to discuss the threat of isil in syria, iraq and libya, the press conference due to start in the next few minutes. we will bring it to you live here. let's bring in hasham in rome. tell us about this coalition against isil in iraq and syria. >> the gathering here in rome is an opportunity for the intern

as in southern syria. manpower shortages, however, will continue to undermine the syrian regime's ability to accomplish strategic battlefield objectives. the opposition has less equipment and firepower and its groups lack unity, they sometimes have competing battlefield interests and fight among themselves. meanwhile, some 250,000 people have been killed as this war has dragged on. the humanitarian situation in syria continues to deteriorate. as of last month there are approximately 4 .4 million syrian refugee and another 6.5 million internally displaced persons which represent one-half of syria's preconflict population. in libya despite the december agreement to form a new government of national accord, establishing authority and security across the country will be difficult at best with hundreds of militia groups operating throughout the country. isil has established its most developed branch outside of syria and libya, in libya, outside of syria and iraq in libya and maintains a presence in tripoli and

i couldn't keep them in syria any more. i told my children that the crisis is only temporary and that it will all be over and we can go home soon. i hope they don't blame me for not giving me an education because i'm doing the best that i can. they will have a normal life when they go back to syria. i want them to grow up god willing >>> four farmers are accused of killing two black workers. they were said to be collecting wages but the farmers said they were attacking them. >> reporter: the court proceedings have started. the magistrate is busy inside the court behind me. also behind me various supporters have showed up to show support. this is the economic freedom fighters. they're sporting the farm workers who were killed. the barbed wire was put here to separate people from each other. letter here to support the black workers who were killed and behind them is another mob for the white farmers. people are protesting in various quarters. they're not taking chances. the court is underway. we are expecting it to be adjourn

syria seems to have dominated it from the very start. they have concentrated somewhat on ukraine as well. he spent a little bit of time talking about the u.s. commitment to a strong europe. he mentioned that he would - that the united states would like to see brilt an in a strong-- britain in a strong e.u. i'm not sure how that went down, but nonetheless europe figured highly in his speech. ukraine also factored in. he was critical of russian saying that the minsk agreement needs to be implemented fully otherwise sanctions are going to be maintained, robust sanctions are going to be maintained against russia. again, syria seems to be the all consuming topic that has up so much of the time of the delegates as they attend this conference. our correspondent is standing by and will keep us updated on the developments coming out of munich as this conference comes to a close at al jazeera. so remember, don't go away. stay with us here at al jazeera. and psychopaths who try to hijack it. isil is as much islamic as the kkk is christian. stoorgt

they have no relationship with these troops, fighters in syria. they need to get people on the ground, look people in the eye, try to figure out who is worth supporting, who should we drop ammunition to, who is actually effective on the ground and who might not be changing sides >>> when these critics are out there saying we don't know who we're giving the stuff to, these are what these troops do. you talk about 50. is there a likelihood that more will be sent? >> if they're able to find the troops that the u.s. can support and they are having success and the u.s. give them ammunition and help them along and they can find more, the u.s. could very well send in more special operations forces. in the future they could do in syria what they are doing in iraq, partner with those troops on essential raids. right now the u.s. is not at the level of come tort with them in syria as they are in iraq >>> what about the cost. the pentagon says we have spent more than 5.3 billion dollars since the operations began in august of 2014. that comes out to about 11

in congress wait we have to work out syria, putin has helped us in syria and he has played both sides successful trying to delay the process. >> is there anything because of what's happened in ukraine and russian sanctions have hurt the russian economy that he might be any more inclined to change his position on ukraine? >> this is syria once rudd russt involved in ukraine, that's the eighth conflict zone. whether it is the crimea or the dundun bas, the westba. dunbas, what's the plan to deal with russia now. >> vice president biden has talked with president petro poroshenko to talk about these imf bailouts, why is that not happening, is there a lot of division inside the ukrainian policpoliceparliament? >> it is a lot of change. >> ukrainiapolls, down in the 2d 30s, ars an yatsenyuk yuck his g likabilities is ricing. >> they have to redo the prosecutors office and all the judges, it is a massive. >> ing i'm very bullish on ukraine, ukraine has a lot of people who are underemployed overeducated and is vastly rich in natural resources. anybody who's investing in ukraine now a country o

in syria. we will fight them. like now, we are fighting them, we are fighting against assad, we are fighting against terrorism. we need time to rebuild syria, but we will start. it will be the beginning of rebuilding syria. it's the only way we can rebuild syria. >> thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. we wish you and your family the best. thank you. >> thank you, thank you so much. >>> meanwhile, a prominent american senator is issuing a certain warning over russian actions in syria, as a mine nick security conference was wrapping up, senator john mccain told the conference not to trust russia. >> mr. putin is not interested in being our partner. he wants to reestablish russia as a major power in the middle east and exacerbate the refugee crisis and use it as a weapon. >> mccain also predicted that the latest pause in fighting in syria is likely to fail. >>> strengthening the u.s. role in asia, the president's chance to show strength in an area where china is normally the dominant p

those who visited syria and iraq to work with isis don't have a stamp on their passport from syria. they don't have a stamp from iraq. they have a stamp on their passport for turkey. we ought to look at whether we should provide the visa waiver. to those who have visited turkey. we have to look at the european friends and make sure they don't give a new passport to somebody who doesn't like the stamps on their old passport without telling us it did have a stamp from libya or iraq or turkey. i do think we will have to look at this the so waiver idea -- visa waiver idea. as long as they can get a new passport that does not and have visa waiver without letting us know they visited turkey and saudi -- syria or iraq. or libya. i want to focus on the questions. we were serious and world war ii. we had a strategic bombing program designed to destroy the economic capacity of europe. i believe we killed 90,000 french civilians. and then we were welcomed by the french people as liberators. we were serious in the war. we won the war. paides de gaulle never french civil servants and occupied fr

what do we know about these discussions on syria at the u.n? >> reporter: this was a closed door private u.n. security council meeting, it was held by staffan de mistura, as we mentioned, the u.n. envoy to syria. he was briefing the security council from geneva, the secure video link. it was private, cameras were not allowed inside. however we are hearing from diplomats who were in there telling us what the briefing was about. basically, de mistura told the security council much of what we heard publicly but worth hearing again. he said the syrian government came to the peace talks but they wanted some procedural clarifications before they would get deep into the talks. that was one of the tripping points right off the start. also de mistura informed the council that the opposition came with demands they wanted met in the talks. so those were colliding objectives off the top that forced de mistura and his colleagues to put the talks on hold. increased fighting in syria while the talks were going on but here's the question, who is to blame for t

antonio. >> the discussions have had no effect on syria, at least not yet. zeina khodr explains. >> rebel fighters understand the need to hold ground on this front line. if they are defeated the syrian government and its allies will be one step further. after losing much territory in this northern province the opposition is trying to freefnt second largest city from being besieged. >> they are killing us but we will complaint and liberty every inch of property they captured, we are here. >> within a week the bombardment is supposed to talk.received with skepticism on the ground. >> i don't think the international community represented by the u.s. and russian is serious about a ceasefire for now. they are poafnting the peace talks to giver the regime more time to cover ground. >> in the country side of homs further south towards damascus the aerial bombardment, supply license into their strongholds and the u.n. is warning that the 120,000 people inside risk hunger and disease. members of the opposition inside and outside of syria have told us they have little

inside syria". so the u.s. not changing its stance. i can tell you that at the moment there is major offensive underway inside syria against i.s.i.l. in the province of hazaki. it is being led by the y.p.g. and its allies with u.s. air power >>> there is the problem with u.s. and ankara because in that part of syria the people who would say we are kurdish fighters have been the best bar none at taking on i.s.i.l. and defeating them. >> reporter: the northern corridor of syria, that is in the northern aleppo province close to the turkish border, turkey does not want to see the y.p.g. expands. it has been taking territory from opposition groups supported by turkey. like you mentioned earlier, there have been intense bombing, turkish military targeting positions of the y.p.g. inside syria. they want to stop that advance. they don't want the y.p.g. to link territories that controls in the west of syria. already they control half of the syria border area with turkey. like i mentioned, turkey considers this group a terrorist organization and

not be defeated in syria. period. we have an international coalition of which my country was a founding member that has been bombing daesh and syria for 15 months, and it's still around. the environment in which daesh operates in syria will be removed and we can deal with them. the second elephant in the room. is implementing the reforms agreed to in the rake in 2014 -- in iraq in 2014 that will bring the sunni community into the fold, that would create an equitable system between sunni, kurds, shia, and caledonians, all iraqis. that also will pull the rug out from under daesh in iraq, and allow in the country and its allies to defeat it. everything else we do is putting scotch tape on an open wound. we have to deal with the source of it. those are the two main sources. yemen, i'm more optimistic about because the religious government of yemen is now in control of three-quarters of the country. the humanitarian assistance in areas controlled by the government is flowing effectively. the humanitarian suffering

has urged turkey to halt military strikes on syria. turkey's prime minister has demanded fighters withdraw from its border. >>> and republican presidential hopefuls are currently taking part in a debate in south carolina. the state due to hold a prime minister this week. polls show donald trump and ted cruz the front runners. >>> now more than 25,000 people are hoping to use the crossing to enter egypt from the southern gaza strip this weekend. we have reports on that. >> these palestinians have been waiting patiently to leave the gaza strip for months. some for years. >> we have over 25,000 registered humanitarian cases in the gaza strip. our best estimate, there will be 24,000 people in need of help still suffering. >> this keen imaginer is in need of medical attention. he lost his leg us during the gaza war. >> he needs surgeries and therapy. we've been trying to get help for more than a year. we've been applying for permits and renewing them. >> the economic realities in the strip worsened after that w

and besieged towns in syria remain desperate. these are exclusive pictures obtained by al jazeera from inside madaya where two women died of malnutrition on tuesday. doctors without boarders estimates more than 300 people in madaya are now malnourished. ♪ >>> italy is demanding an investigation into the death of a student in cairo, whose body was found bearing signs of having been tortured. he disappeared on the 25th of january. the italian government has urgently summoned the egyptian ambassador to a meeting to express its concern. >> reporter: on thursday the italian fvm has summoned the egyptian ambassador to italy following the suspicious death of an italian student who has been living in cairo. he disappeared on the 25th of january, the fifth anniversary of the uprising that lead to the depotion of president morsi. his body was found with signs of torture, cigarette butts, of stab wounds, and he must have suffered, it was said, a slow death. they are calling for an investigation calling for it to be fair. the local authori

after four brutal years in syria he decided he had finally had enough. so like 4 million of his countrymen this 28-year-old nurse became a refugee and emptied his savings to pay for the long trip north to europe. piling into a rickety boat he crossed the sea from turkey then started to walk. >> there was a chart in the box, i said what happened in my cup, why there is this war? >> reporter: after a month of traveling sleeping in the woods and facing the near constant threat of arrest mubarak finally made it here to sweden. >> it's colder here now? >> yes it's cold but i like cold. >> sweden has emerged as a promised land of sorts or at least a place for those like mubarak can relax and feel normal again. >> when i smile to you and you smile to me, i feel great. i feel i am a human. i feel only i want that. all i want to be is safe. >> reporter: sweden is in the midst of a housing crisis and yet it gives permanent residence to refugees, just like any other swedish resident and of all the eu countries sweden has taken in the largest number of refugees rela

in syria. there you can see the live shot of john mckain, the u.s. senator, who has been addressing that security conference that is taking place in munich where we have heard so many of the world leaders talking about the situation in syria. as you know, there was an agreement between the united states, russia and other interested parties with regard to syria to try to get acisation of hostilities. today is the last day of this conference and the conference has been hearing from the former u.n. secretary general because me, of course, is a former special envoy to syria as well, but this time he was talking about africa and he said that africa is a lot better than many believe to be the case. he said the threat of groups like boko haram and al-shabab continue to destabilize the continent. >> we cannot ignore that from the west to the east the flood of jihad is being raised. more than a dozen subsaharan countries are concerned and tens of thousands have already died. boko haram actually killed m

secretary-general ban ki-moon has condemned a string of bombings in syria. the attacks on rebel held areas in the north of the country have killed almost 50 civilians and destroyed at least five medical facilities. it is uncertain who carry out the attacks. russia has intensified its airstrikes on strongholds in the last several days. >> and abandoned medical ward, one of several hospitals hit in airstrikes in northern syria. children were reported to be among the casualties. the other strikes hit a hospital supported by doctors without borders. another hospital was also hit. >> it is clearly an attack against -- to be a doctor or nurse in the area controlled by the opposition. >> russia's suspected involvement is being held by turkey. speaking on his first official visit to new train -- to ukraine, that's real intentions with regard to syria. his comments follow the recent agreement by leaders in germany to work towards an end to the conflict. despite the agreement in munich, they have set their aim is not a cease-fire or a piece but to keep the syrian regi

, one is humanitarian access to all those in syria. whoever is presents humanitarian access in madaya and aleppo, they were criminals. and the regime today, when they are talking here, people are eating crass, they don't have water to drink. they are lucky, at least they have some in turkey, jordan and lebanon. those in syria don't have anything to eat or drink. all of us, a statesman of this century, we are responsible for this. now geneva talks unfortunately, despite our efforts, the first phase was not hopeful. why? because when the regime was going to geneva, the aid bombardment was continuing in aleppo, in latakia, against civilians. schools, hospitals. we have to be honest with each other. for the last five years, all the refugees escaped from aid bombard. by the gix regime forces. and dash, a terrorist organization emerged. we had two enemies of humanity. regime and terrorism - we have to be shoulder to shoulder, working against these - those who are committing war crimes. who can explain to me or the people of syria the mentali

>> syria's president despise calls for hostility. and they vow to retake the entire country. >> hello there, i'm felicity barr, and this is al jazeera live from london. coming up, farmers' fury tractor drive their way to greece's parliament in riot against austerity measures. >>> the catholic pope meets the russian orthodox patriarch for the first time i in a millennium. >>> and doctors refuse to treat officers who are accused of attacking their colleagues. hello, syria's president has said his forces will retake the whole country, but he also said negotiations are worth pursuing. bashar al-assad's words come as russian airstrikes reportedly killed 36 people. talks in munich world leaders agree to aim for a halt in hostilities in syria within seven days as well providing humanitarian assistance. but the syrian government and opposition groups have yet to gray. and armed groups like isil an and al nusra front were not included in that deal. russia's prime minister said that the u.s. and arab partners needed to think hard about their a

talking about convergence, what does that mean beyond a ceasefire in syria. do the arabs and russians agree on what happens next? >> reporter: it's interesting. these diplomats we're talking about are a good many things, issues around the region. there was a lot of diplomatic speak there couched in messages of cooperation appeared converge entity views. really i think for russia the problem at the moment is that as its influence in the middle east increases because of its role in the syrian conflict, it is losing some friends amongst sunni arab states. really what russia needs to do, if it's going to try and salvage those relationships, is try and build a kind of bigger umbrella of views and values and things like that. so we were hearing there from the u.a.e. foreign minister basically saying that stability and security and values like that are things that russia and all of these countries can agree on. lavrov was talking about tackling terrorism as something all these countries can agree on. trying to put away some of the differences about syria and concent

♪ hello i'm barbara and this is the news hour live from london and coming up in the next 60 minutes syria peace talks, the u.s. pushes for immediate ceasefire after russia's proposal for it to start in march.. >> jefferson. >> reporter: president under pressure in south africa and zuma and parliament as protests continue. families frustration after more than 50 people die in a prison riot in mexico. and a new window on the study of the cosmos says einstein was right about gravitational waves. >>> i'm robin adams in doha and stories coming up including iaa president and fight the decision and its sponsor ship deal with athletics following resent corruption scandals. ♪ talks have started in munich aimed at revising the floundering syria peace process and u.s. secretary of state john kerry and sergei fedorov are hosting discussions and said a ceasefire to start on the first of march but the u.s. says it will push for the ceasefire to begin immediately. meanwhile on the ground there is continued fighting near syria's border with turkey in the latest battles they captured an air base which w

they spoke with great concern about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in syria. in some cases you could argue that there are reasons closer domestic, political reasons why they should be so concerned as well, particularly from the european point of view, i think there is almost explicitly stated quid proquo if you like and if more aid is given to syrians displaced in the country and displaced in neighboring countries primarily of course turkey, lebanon and jordan then the likelihood of them becoming refugees and seeking asylum here in europe is that much less likely. i also think this conference was over shadowed by both by the distressing images and news from syria itself and of course by the break down of talks in geneva yesterday. and when ban ki-moon the u.n. secretary-general spoke at the end he was at pains distress that ultimately yes you can carry on having these humanitarian pledging conferences but the real solution for syria is peace. >> most help the people of syria is not just the food for today but hope for tomorrow. yet the parties to the conflict

in syria so far as the y.p.g. and the syrian regime, based on the allies, bashar al-assad, trying to destabilize the areas. allowing for y.p.g. to open up. that is something that angered ankara considering that the international community has what is standard when it comes to terrorism, when attacks are taking place in paris, when they find the communities wrapped around the country. they have not received the same amount of support. president recep tayyip erdogan, and others have been passionate saying they expect allies to put their money where their mouth is, the people to consider terrorists. obviously it is to be an ongoing war in syria. as far as turks or anyone is concerned. it's making it more difficult. right now it is russia who patrols the skies over syria. turkey are the perpetrators, who they believe are the perpetrators of the attack. they need to have the conflict in syria, or come to an agreement or a deal that they will be liable for. it is very difficult considering the current relationship betwe

in syria and iraq, i.s.i.l. is still in control of huge areas, particularly in raqqa and northern parts of iraq and they don't seem to be losing ground in those areas. i.s.i.l. has emerged as the most powerful power in libya. so looking for all the possible scenarios and the best possible action to be taken in the near future to put an end to this because if we look at the map now and this is becoming a nightmare scenario for the europeans and the americans, with i.s.i.l. expanding in the coastal area, we can easily have a platform for them to smuggle their items and it is something that the international community is now wanting an end to >>> breaking news from iraq, reports of a car bomb attack on a military headquarters just north of ramadi. we go to our correspondent imran khan. >> reporter: i can tell you that this is a blow to the iraqi security forces. they've long said that they control 95% of ramadi, including the north where this happened. there were at least three suicide car bombs that travelled to t

we see what is happening in iraq and syria. and we believe that these fighters in libya posed a threat to our national security interests. >> reporter: so in other words wherever isis, lives, breathes, and trains, they are a target for possible u.s. air strikes? >> we have made clear we need to confront isil wherever it rears its head. they have posed a direct threat to the united states. they have encouraged attacks to the united states and our allies, and we're going to continue to confront it to protect our national security, and this was an instance where we saw an opportunity to strike at isil in labia, and we carried out that strike. and we feel confident in the strike. >> a successful strike says peter cook. ros you brought us up to speed on what they had been saying in paper. we heard from peter cook. they regarded this training camp as a threat to u.s. national security. >> reporter: yes, peter cook is alleging that this training camp was being used to plan attacks against the u.s. and u.s. interests. although he is no

half of turkey's border with syria. is this a mention at the time we can't speculate the artillery shelling inside syria. >> afghan refugees crossing through europe have told al jazeera that they're having to seek asylum in italy because it is too hard to do so in germany. berlin so far has accepted the most refugees, but it is tightening it's border controls. that's forcing many to take a new route into northern italy from slovenia. we have reports on the italy-slovenia border. >> northern italy has been entirely by passed by the refugee who is were heading south to north, or right to left on this picture past the mountains in slovenia. >> they have limited treatments while they wait to see what the authorities make of them. not perfect but some here have already got to the supposed promise land of germany and found it impossible to penetrate so they turned around and came back to italy. >> when i went to germany i could see 300 people, they were giving us food and all that stuff. it was very busy. >> syrians, iraqis,

attacks on medical facilities and schools in syria. the u.n. envoy staffan de mistura is set to meet syria's foreign minister on tuesday. >>> at least one person has been killed in kampala, kizza besigye was held before being released. >>> where it was decideds he would remain in police custody. his arrest last week has prompted protests across the country. divya gopalan now explains. >> reporter: classes are boycotted, classrooms remain empty. hundreds gather to protest against the arrest of their student leader, on sedition charges. the government allegation antiindian slogans were chanted during a rally. up to three days in detention, his court appearance is overshadowed by scuffles outside the courtroom. journalists and kumar supporters says they wear tacked just after a decision was made to extend his detention. a decision that angered many on campus. >> we are extremely anguished like this. why i are they make a criminal t of him? we'll continue no matter how long it takes. >> there have been warnings from government ministers and right w

syria's president says his forces will retake all of the country. just hours after an international call for cessation of hostilitieses. >>> doctors protest in egypt after the release of police accused of attacking their colleagues. >>> key testimonies are ruled inadmitable at the international criminal court. >>> and tractors on their way to greece's parliament over protests over more austerity measures. >>> one of the most powerful men in fee foo once upon a time, given the foot by the world governing body. details coming up later in the program. ♪ >>> syria's president says he is confident that his forces will retake the whole of syria, but he has also said that negotiations are worth pursuing. bashar al-assad's words come as word powers discuss the implementation of a cessation of hostilities. despite this diplomacy in germany, the violence continues on the -- ground in syria, russia air strikes are reported to have killed 18 people in homs. 6 people died in air strikes east of damascus, and two more were killed in dara. >> translator: we have

all of these attacks are linked to the war in syria. turkey has been saying that its allies need to support it in its fight against those it calls terrorists, but as far as the u.s. and other western powers are concerned the ypg is its ally in the fight against isil. >> translator: they are linked with the pkk in turkey. we have said repeatedly there is a strong link between them, but this attack obviously will help our allies to understand. we have been saying this. we have evidence of those links and one day these terrorist organizations and those that support them will be judged. >> reporter: earlier on thursday turkey bombed sites of the ypg. it wants to send in group troops to create a buffer zone but so long as syria and its russian allies control the sky, that appears to be off of the table. with wednesday's attack comes increased anger from turkey towards its allies, the government here clearly feel it is being let down by the u.s. and nato. this attack could provide justification for turkey to send troops across the border, but

, the bashar al-assad regime in syria. both turkey and saudi arabia feels that the national security is at stake here. turkey has around 2.7 million refugees, 300 thousand iraqi refugees and believe that there will be much more tens of thousands if aleppo fell down to the russian-iranian regime hezbollah alliance. it has been proposing for a long time the idea of a safe zone where it can keep some refugees that are coming from there. saudi arabia believe that any advancement in iran - in syria is in the benefit of iran and, therefore, it would be a threat to its own national security if it was somehow be sijd from the south in yemen and from the north in syria, and many believe that it's own eastern province will be a target. both countries believe that their own national security is at threat. the russian intervention caused a tip towards the regime in terms of the military balance and, therefore, they need to somehow confront that >>> saudi arabia says it's a fight about i.s.i.l., but from the turkish perspective might i

-lead coalition until syria. so the u.s. telling turkey, these are our allies we will continue to support them. so the relationship with the united states worsening, the relationship with russia worsening, and turkey is finding itself caught in the whole syrian crisis, and the crisis has spilled over the border. >> and we know that will be featuring very heavily in the thinking of officials there, and many people in the wake of this bombing in the turkish capitol, ankara, now. zana thank you. we are now speaking to our analyst on the phone from ankara. can you give us your initial thoughts on this bombing? if you can hear me, i was just asking you about your reaction to this bombing in the capitol, ankara. i'm not sure if you can hear me. but just wanted to get your thoughts on the circumstances surrounding this attack, who might have been behind this attack. okay. we'll get back to her a little bit later on. we'll try to reestablish a connection with her, and try to get her thoughts on what we're seeing unfold right now in

presence of isil, both in syria, and iraq. leaving combatants and their international backers fighting on multiple fronts. the british foreign secretary has been briefing the u.k. parliament. there was praise for the extraordinary resill lens of kurdish peshmerga fighters in iraq. but syria, he said is different. >> what we have seen is very distumenting evidence of coordination between the syrian forces, the kurdish forces and the russian air force. >> reporter: for syria kurds, read the ypg, the military wing of a syrian affiliate of the pkk, which turkey and britain regard as a terrorist group. the united nations military support for the ypg is deeply problematic, therefore. but a former leader, says the kurdish loyalty to the west is consistent. >> they are for years fighting not just against isis, but also against al-nusra, because they besieged kobani, they besieged [ inaudible ] and many other kurdish places. rrm one analysts says cooperation between assads forces and the ypg occurs only where both sides happen to be fi

in syria, mr. chairman, you hit something on the head because what is happening with the russian air strikes is that they're primarily focused on the opposition. and what is happening with opposition forces, we were working with to fight isil, if you look on this map, just to the north of alone peppo, we we working with local opposition forces to move east to fight isil and that was a very sophisticated endeavor. but as the russian air strike campaign has begun particularly north of aleppo, the fighters peeled off the line to fight the regime advance and this is causing us real problems for the counter-isil campaign. we tell the russians this very clearly, you say you are fighting isil but what you are doing is having a very detrimental effect in the fight against isil. >> thank you. i was going to ask you, ambassador, also, in addition to this job as mr. engle pointed out, you helped negotiate the release of the americans being held by iran and last year the families of these americans sat at this

the two tracks are inevitable in syria. first through negotiations and second through fighting terrorism. >> just over the boarder in turkey, is my colleague, zana hoda. she september us this. >> reporter: what the syrian government and itself backer, russia is trying to do is not just change the balance of power on the ground in the favor of the regime. what they are trying to do is weaken the opposition if not wipe it out all together, and it's not a coincidence that we're seeing a large-scale offensive in two provinces simultaneously. the northern province and the southern province, because these two areas are the last remaining strong hold of what is known as the moderate rebels. the rebels that the international community wants to deal with, and who are taking part, really, in the political process. and the syrian foreign minister made it very, very clear, we are not interested in a ceasefire. there will be no let up in the army advance, until we seal both the turkey and the jordanian border. those have been the lifeli

newspaper the fighting there are serious doubts as to the success of the plans for partial truce in syria whether it can become a reality or not. india students standoff and the police are blocked from a college campus and now there is a proposal to diffuse the crisis. ♪ okay, top story and starting the program with the continuing refugee crisis in europe, the international organization for migration says that since the beginning of this year more than 100,000 refugees and migrants arrived in greece and italy and most of them 97,000 people landed on the greek islands and more than 7,000 crossed into italy, more than 400 people lost their lives so far this year mainly on that sea crossing from the turkish coast to the greek islands and afghan refugees remain stranded at bashed wire fendss on greece macedonia border after being blocked from crossing and restrictions on afghans and allowing people from syria and iraq to cross over and those have a sit in on the greek side of the border and we have two reporters tracking that story for you and we are in kabul and hamad is in greece as well.