quarter of lebanon's population is syrian, refugees of war. now the party of my guest, deputy prime minister ghassan hasbani, says enough is enough. it wants to send them home but says it rules out talking to president assad — how can it be sure they'd be safe. the government say it's a burden the undermines the country's future is this the biggest threat or is it a political system that is entrenched sectarianism, legitimized bigotry and encouraged corruption so bad, it can't even leave the lights on? corruption so bad, it can't even keep the lights on? hardtalk theme music. ghassan hasbani, welcome to hardtalk, thank you for being with us. up to 1.5 million syrians have sought refuge in your country in the course of the war. about a quarter of your population now. how big a threat does that represent to lebanon? initially it is a huge economic and social burden on the country, no doubt. lebanon welcomed all these syrians at the beginning, given the need, the humanitarian situation they were in. after a while — and this is several years on — this has...the numbers have increa

ley. this is hardtalk. a quarter of lebanon's population are syrian refugees, which is putting the country's infrastructure and resources under increasing strain. the party of my guests, ghassan hasbani says he wants to send them home. some leading politicalfigures there are calling for the refugees to be sent home. but since some in the government have ruled out talking directly to president assad, how can they be sure any returning refugees would be safe? ghassan hasbani, welcome and thank you for being with us. after one and a half million syrians have sought refuge in your country. about a quarter of your population. how big a threat those that represent?m quarter of your population. how big a threat those that represent? it is a threat those that represent? it is a huge economic and social burden. lebanon welcomed all these syrians at the beginning, given the humanitarian situation as they were in. after a while, several years on, the numbers have increased significantly and they have placed a huge burden on infrastructure, on the health—care system, on electricity, on every

israel targets a syrian artillery post after a stray projectile lands in the golan heights the fifth cross border strike since last saturday. in london huge crowds converged on the capital poured on prime minister to resign made to resign with the message one day more. i think we mean the same people leaving the people increasingly moving to be seen to be. moderate prices splits public opinion with just held across the country over the influx of refugees. germany surely it's going to be germany. with the confederations cup joins in a few minutes as we continue the intellectual debate. live from moscow with me. thanks for joining us this hour i was royal struck a syrian military position in response to strikes across the border the i.d.f. reportedly hit an artillery battery in the syrian controlled section of the golan heights the area has been a regular flashpoint between israel and syria for the past fifty years this follows five almost identical incidents in the syrian and israeli sections of the golan heights throughout the past week no casualties have been reported on the i

israeli police and jerusalem. and the syrian opposition and for a first deescalation zone near the capital of damascus. interpol releases a list of one hundred and seventy three islam makes states suicide bombers that it could be preparing to carry out new attacks and you are. an activist said c monitoring how my gran's having to europe are dealt with by coast guards and are accused of having a racist agenda we confront on the issue. coming to you live from moscow this is our team for national welcome to the program. there have been chaotic scenes near the holy site of temple mount and her was saw them as israeli police moved into despair hundreds of protesting palestinians with tear gas grenades and water cannon. zero. zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. zero. zero zero zero. zero. zero zero zero zero zero zero five green micah's there belong to r t aerobatics correspondent dolly and the mari was caught up in the violence here is how she described what happened to her and her crew. after. police. a police off

russia and the syrian moderate opposition agree on for a first deescalation zone near the capital damascus. activists is seen monitoring how migrants heading to europe are dealt with by coast guards and n.g.o.s i recused of having a racist agenda we confront them over that. and an israeli antiterrorist becomes a popular attraction for tourists amid controversy over his choice of location in the west bank. watching r.t. international live from our moscow studio with me welcome to the program russia and moderate syrian opposition have signed an agreement setting out terms for a first deescalation zone near damascus partridge join me in the studio with the latest on the development. it finally is the first deal that's been signed as a deescalation zone in the key strategic area of the scooter which is fifteen kilometers east of damascus and its key strategic area a one time population of two million people prior to the syrian conflict key point strategic importance of signed a document it's the first time it sets out also how people are going to behave and also how they can keep the

again. welcome to the. program with news. the capital has been shaken by. syrian state t.v. has reported that at least eight people have been killed. with explosives. however as police were closing in on the third car the suicide bomber managed to detonate his device. the white house says warned syria's president that he will pay a quote heavy price if he goes through with a chemical attack which the u.s. claims he's preparing however no evidence was provided to support the allegations so we're under investigation now we said aussies would have guessed if. but shah al assad has one really bad habit and that habit is and you need does this when he's winning he ruins everything by doing something really stupid for no reason at all. take acids army now they're crushing slavek state liberating vast swaths of syria and out of the blue comes this the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the saddam regime as sad knows the probable cause and sequences of a chemical attack it's the only thing really right now that could ruin him by gi

russia and the syrian moderate opposition find an agreement on how to set up the first deescalation near the capital damascus. one of america's most senior general says that russia's presence in syria is more legitimate than the us is something that could. pull out of the country. activists at sea. heading to europe all dealt with by. are accused of having a racist agenda we confront them over. and antiterrorist some of the company comes attraction for tourists amid controversy over his choice location in the west bank. international live from studio with me. welcome to the program. the first document establishing a deescalation zone in syria has been signed between russia and syria's moderate opposition. in the studio with the latest on the development. it finally is the first deal that's been signed as a deescalation zone in the key strategic area which is fifteen kilometers east of damascus and its key strategic area or one time population of two million people prior to the syrian conflict key point strategic importance of signed a document it's the first time it sets out also ho

rusher in the syrian moderate opposition agree on terms for a first deescalation zone located near the capital damascus. to see monitoring migrants heading to europe are dealt with by coast guards and n.g.o.s of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. israeli antiterrorist some a boot camp becomes a popular attraction for tourists that amid controversy over its choice of location in the west bank. thanks for joining us this evening my name is neil harvey you are watching r.t. international first this hour russia a moderate syrian opposition have signed an agreement setting out terms for a first deescalation zone near damascus earlier in a direct chooser and partridge discussed the development here in the studio. it finally is the first deal that's been signed as a deescalation zone in the key strategic area of the scooter which is fifteen kilometers east of damascus and its key strategic area a one time population of two million people prior to the syrian conflict key point strategic importance of signed a document it's the first time it sets out also how people are g

between palestinians and israelis in east jerusalem. pressure in the syrian opposition agree on terms for a first deescalation zone located near the capital damascus. activists see how migrants headed to europe. and n.g.o.s are accused of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey you're watching international we start this hour with breaking news coming out of east jerusalem where there have been chaotic scenes outside the holy location of temple mount as israeli police moved in there to disperse hundreds of protesting palestinians they used tear gas stun grenades and water cannon. i. i i know. altera bricks correspondent ali in the mall reports from the scene. and we were standing here and after the prayer had finished and there was schippers hundreds of for shippers were broke were blocking the street and they were foisting slogans against the closure of the locks almost also warning israel against the ongoing closure off the mosque on the slogans if police car try to enter through the worshippers and they blocked its way t

palestinians and israeli police in east jerusalem. rush hour in the syrian moderate opposition agree on terms for a first deescalation zone located near the capital damascus. and interpol releases a list of one hundred seventy three islamic state suicide bombers it says could be preparing to carry out new attacks in europe. plus activists see monitoring how migrants heading to europe are dealt with by coast guards and n.g.o.s are accused of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. it is just past midnight here in moscow thanks for joining us my name's neil harvey you're watching our international. but we start this hour with breaking news coming out of east jerusalem where there have been chaotic scenes near the holy site of temple mount as israeli police moved in to disperse hundreds of protesting palestinians by using tear gas stun grenades and water cannon. i. oh. oh oh oh oh. oh. oh i know. what green microphone you saw at the end of the video belong to all t arabic correspondent dolly and the mahdi she was caught up in the violence is how she described what happened to curry

and israeli police in jerusalem. crush the syrian moderate opposition. for a first deescalation zone near the capital of damascus. and to pull releases a list of one hundred seventy three islamic state suicide bombers that it could be preparing to carry out new attacks in europe. and activists and see the monitoring how migrants having to europe are dealt with by coast guards analogy oh sorry accused of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. four am here in the russian capital and you're watching aren't international welcome to the program. there have been chaotic scenes near the holy sites temple mount and as israeli police moved into despair hundreds of protesting palestinians with tear gas down grenades and water cannon. zero. zero. zero zero zero. zero. zero zero zero zero zero. zero. zero zero zero. zero. zero zero zero that green my kids saw there belong to r t aerobatics correspondent and then mari was caught up in the violence here's how she hid she described what happened to her and her. police. a police officer hit me in the back he punched me first. and

says it struck a syrian military position in response to a stray mortar shell fired from across the border your idea for portably hits an artillery battery in the syrian controlled section of the golan heights area has been a regular flashpoint between israel and syria for the past fifty years israeli military issued a statement. in response to projectiles launched from syria the idea of targeted the syrian military artillery position that was the source of the fire dentical incidents in the syrian and israeli sections of the golan heights throughout the past week and no casualties have been reported on the israeli side but two syrian soldiers were killed by israeli fire last saturday the israeli prime minister said his country will not tolerate any spillover from the syrian civil war and will respond to all incoming fire. thousands have turned out of the british capital for the not one day more anti-government march and the sea of children to has been following the demonstration in london. we're in central london where thousands of people have come out onto the streets to protest t

russia and the syrian moderate operation opposition signed an agreement on how to set up the first deescalation zone near the capital damascus. activists see monitoring how migrants heading to europe dealt with by and n.g.o.s are accused of having a racist agenda we confront them over there. and an israeli terrorist summer boot camp becomes a popular attraction for tourists amid controversy over his choice of the location in the west. you're watching r.t. international live from our moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program the first document establishing a deescalation zone in syria has been signed between russia and syria's moderate opposition parties kate patras joined me in the studio with the latest on the development. it finally is the first deal that's been signed as a deescalation zone in the key strategic area of the scooter which is fifteen kilometers east of damascus and its key strategic area a one time population of two million people prior to the syrian conflict key point strategic importance of signed a document it's the first time it sets out a

palestinians and israelis in jerusalem. russia and the syrian moderate opposition agree on terms for a first deescalation zone near the capital damascus. activists say monitoring how migrants heading to europe are dealt with by coast guards and n.g.o.s are accused of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. very good evening to you mind neil harvey you're watching international. and we'll start this hour with breaking news coming from east jerusalem where there have been chaotic scenes outside the holy site of the temple mount israeli police there moved in to disperse hundreds of praying palestinians by using tear gas. i i i. i was i i i was. i palestinians had gathered to pray outside the site after new security measures were put in place that by the israeli government by works were laid off near ambulances that were trying to make it through the crowns several people reportedly injured an r.t. correspondent was also caught up in the unrest there we hope to bring you reports of what she experienced a little later this hour. saturday's violence is the latest in a week of

others injured in a suicide blast in the syrian city of hama syrian media say the attacker detonated an explosive belt at a bus station no one has claimed responsibility so far it was the second terror attack in government held territory in less than a week on sunday a car bomb killed twenty people in damascus. meanwhile fierce fighting is taking place is the syrian democratic forces are pushing islamic state out of the city of racker kurdish fighters have breached through the walls of the old city for the first time r.t. went to the front line. was. not possible. i. don't know. what the u.s. secretary of state has said that america would potentially be willing to deepen cooperation with russia in fighting terrorists in syria with the details on that is more aghast yes. well the tone of the statement was somewhat neutral more so than we've come to expect it was even corporative but there were its own twists and turns in it for example the united states said that it is open to working with russia on stablish a no fly zone over syria working out to gether a joint mechanism wh

refugees outside of the camp. i did it in jordan and turkey. i was interested in the syrian migration and what was happening with the syrian refugees. i did it in israel and gaza to see what was going on with the palestinians and then in the camp. what i can tell you that is amazing is that first of all, the syrian people have amazing resilience about them. they are hopeful. they are able to smile. they have seen a lot and they have been through a lot. through all of this they remain hopeful. hope of. they still truly believe they are going home. i hope and pray that does happen. what i saw in jordan and turkey was the fact that both of these countries are doing amazing jobs. at taking care of syrians. you look at jordan. they have taken in a million people but they are supplying them health care. education. and a stooipen. per person. so they all have this debit card. and we know how those things can be abused. but at the u.n., they use this debit card at banks, at the grocery stores, whatever, and it is eye scan. there is absolutely zero percent fraud. think about that. we should be doi

true. but. we begin with. we can show you some of the latest pictures from. a syrian television has reported that at least eight people have been killed and twelve. intercepted. destroyed an old roundabout over as police were closing in on the third a suicide bomber managed to blow himself up. on the white house has warned syria's president he will pay a heavy price if he goes through with a chemical attack which the u.s. says he's preparing however no evidence was provided to support the allegations so watch season without investigates. but shah al assad has one really bad habit and that habit is and you need does this when he's winning he ruins everything by doing something really stupid for no reason at all. take acids army now they're crushing slavek state liberating vast swaths of syria and out of the blue comes this the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the saddam regime as sad knows the probable cause and sequences of a chemical attack it's the only thing really right now that could ruin him by giving his enemies the op

rather thanks for choosing us this hour well israel has said it has struck a syrian military position in response to a stray mortar shell fired from across the border the idea for portably has an artillery battery in the syrian controlled section of the golan heights the area has been a regular flashpoint between israel and syria for the past fifty years is very military issued a statement in response to projectiles launched from syria the i.d.f. targeted the syrian military artillery position that was the source of the fire and was follows five almost identical incidents in the syrian and israeli sections of the go to new heights throughout the past week these ready prime minister has said his country will not tolerate any spillover from the syrian civil war and will respond to all incoming fire investigative journalist rick starting to listen israel is escalating the situation as the syrian army have been so slow and slowly but surely it is crushing the the armed opposition the terrorists within syria israel is escalating its attacks and its intervention it's really dangerous i mean

bbc news, it's time for our world. in the syrian city of raqqa, the group that calls itself islamic state is under siege. its fighters are surrounded by a kurdish—led, us—backed coalition. gabriel gatehouse reports. in the syrian city of raqqa, islamic state is making a final stand. fighting them, a fragile coalition... gunshots. ..of powers, great and small. of arabs and kurds. of men and women. the enemy they face has weaponised fear. but this is more than the final showdown with isis in its capital. it's also a battle for a kurdish state in northern syria. there's something bigger than me. state in northern syria. it's for people here, the women here and women in the middle east, and maybe potentially the world. it's a fight for territory, both physical and ideological. this story begins not in raqqa, but in kobane. what remains of this largely kurdish city stands as a monument to a brutal turning point in the war against islamic state. it was here that is reached its high water mark. its territory extending as far as the turkish border. it was here it met its first significa

the. u.s. and russia brokered ceasefire comes into force in the syrian city of people there enjoying their first peaceful day after six years of fighting. in the week's top stories have a. g. twenty right right the german city resulting in hundreds of injuries among police and protesters plus. i. c n n is accused of blackmailing the creator of president wrestling clips to reveal his identity if he does something similar again. but i welcome the latest developments and a look back at what's been happening over the last seven days to you watching the weekly here on r.t. international now just a few hours ago a u.s. and russian brokered ceasefire came into force in the syrian city of daraa after six years of relentless fighting people there have finally enjoyed a relatively peaceful. you know. i'm maybe deliberately. watched. the syrian cease fire came as an unexpected breakthrough following the meeting between president putin and donald trump on the sidelines of the g. twenty summit in hamburg and he said he has the details. following the first face to face meeting between pre

palestinians and israeli police in eastern jerusalem. rusher in the syrian moderate opposition agree on terms for a first the escalation zone located near the capital damascus. interpol releases a list of one hundred seventy three islamic state suicide bombers that it says could be preparing to carry out new attacks in europe. and activists at sea monitoring how migrants heading to europe are dealt with by coast guards and n.g.o.s in the case of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. good to have you with us this hour my name is neil harvey you're watching international we start this hour with breaking news coming out of eastern jerusalem where the been chaotic scenes near the holy site of temple mount says israeli police moved in to disperse hundreds of protesting palestinians by using tear gas stun grenades and water cannon. i. know. no. i don't. agree monks belong to all to you have a big score responded dolly in the mari he's caught up in the violence here's how she described what happened to her and her crew. police. a police officer hit me in the back he punched me first.

thank you so i'm. going to sort of go a little to. russia signed an agreement with the syrian moderate opposition to set up the first deescalation zone near the capital damascus. a boat mission aiming to stop the migrant influx into europe is on its way to italy although it's being accused of racist behavior we challenge those behind the move. and an israeli antiterrorist some of the comedy comes a popular attraction for tourists amid controversy over his choice of location in the west bank. international line from a moscow studio with me welcome to the program. the first document establishing a deescalation zone in syria has been signed between russia and syria's moderate opposition parties kate partridge joined me in the studio earlier with the latest on the development finally isn't the first deal that's been signed as a deescalation zone in the key strategic area of the scooter which is fifteen kilometers east of damascus and ski strategic area a one time population of two million people prior to the syrian conflict key point strategic importance of signed a document it's

evil the murderous syrian dictator bashar assad has been a brutal dictator bashar al assad's a murderous regime in syria assad is the worst kind of brutal war criminal a classic super villain booth stupid and evil beyond any logic the kind of villain batman would go after and america is not mind. if mr assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price britain is already on board if asked how does something really dumb a new reason again the u.k. will join the us in punishing we think it's absolutely right if we can to prevent the use of chemical weapons and we will fully support any u.s. action if you've been following events in syria recently you knew they aren't hitting the united states has attacked assad five times what they see. these self-defense problem is justifying the prolonged conflict isn't easy when it's the voters don't want another gung ho bombing campaign they learn their lesson after the first few times the international community sick of reckless interventions and you only thing left is to wait for asaa

disputed area between syria and israel it's syrian territory but it's been occupied by israel since the sixty's according to the u.n. and of course in the past few weeks we've seen an exchange of fire a certain exchange of fire between the two sides in this in this disputed areas so this deescalation zone could also help prevent more such incidents in the future when we cross over it goes what's reaction been so far been to the well it's all been very positive catherine and we've heard from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson who said that this is a great sign it shows that the u.s. and russia can work together and in agreement in syria also positive comments from the russian president vladimir putin let's take a listen. regarding whether the u.s. position on syria has changed i think it's become more pragmatic in general it doesn't seem to change but there's now an understanding that we can achieve a lot of the united effort. now while this new programmatic approach from the u.s. is russia's president has said is seen as an important step forward it's in the to the ties between t

latest clashes between palestinians and israeli police and. russia and the syrian opposition there greedy on terms for a first deescalation zone near the capital of damascus. in the whole releases a list of one hundred seventy three slum extended suicide bombers that it says could be preparing to carry out attacks and you are. an activist at sea monitoring how migrants hiding to europe are dealt with by coast guards announcer yost's are accused of having a racist agenda we confront them on the issue. too i am here and the russian capital and you're watching our teams from the national welcome to the program. well. breaking news from lamb there has been chaotic scenes near the holy site of temple mount as israeli police moved into despair hundreds of protesting palestinians with tear gas stun grenades and water cannon. over the. green mike you saw there belong to our big score spawn and. a wish caught up in the violence here's how she described what happened to her and her crew. police. a police officer hit me in the back he punched me first. and then they kept pushing us. and i ask

syria and israel and according to the u.n. is a syrian territory occupied by israel since the sixty's and over the recent weeks there's been a surge of quasi border exchanges of fire and this new the escalation zone can potentially afford such incidents in the future u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson he said this new agreement shows his first indication that the u.s. and russia can work together and cooperate with each other in syria the russian president vladimir putin he also expressed an optimistic tone or take a listen. to regarding whether the u.s. is action on syria has changed i think it's become more pragmatic in general it doesn't seem to change but there is now an understanding that we can achieve a lot with the united effort now bear in mind that this is no doubt a breakthrough in terms of u.s. russia relations showing that the two countries can work with each other in syria however it be too optimistic to see this as a break throughout the entire syrian conflict as a whole as you know prior to this numerous the escalation zones happened set up and countless sea

thank you so our. work when i started going to. russia signs an agreement with the syrian moderate opposition to set up the first deescalation zone near the capital damascus. but mission aiming to stop the migrant influx into europe is on its way to italy although it's accused of being racist we challenge those behind the move. and israeli antiterrorist from a boot camp becomes a popular attraction amid controversy over its choice of location in the west bank . here watching r.t. international live from our moscow studio with mina to the queue to welcome to the program. the first document establishing a deescalation zone in syria has been signed between russia and syria's moderate opposition parties k. party has more on the development and joins me in the studio now kate ok tell us more what's in the document well as you're saying it's finally is it the first deal that's been signed is a deescalation zone in the key strategic area which is fifteen kilometers east of damascus and ski strategic area or one time population of two million people prior to the syrian conflict now of cour

weapons was. right and. washington accuses the syrian government of a chemical attack without providing any evidence to support the claim the moves of provocation aimed at paving the way for u.s. intervention in the country. c.n.n. is left to read. reveal the true feelings of some of its top employees towards russia. the start of the week so will the british prime minister the minority government by handing a huge chunk of cash to northern ireland. continuing. to the streets in protest. germany surely it's going to be germany. when the twenty seventh of federations go joins in a few minutes as we continue. on . the last few days here with me. welcome to the week. we begin with news from syria where the capsule has been shaken by call bombings on a road leading to the city's airport syrian state television has reported that at least eight people have been killed and twelve more. being packed with explosives take media claims two were intercepted and destroyed at an airport roundabout however as police were closing in on the first car the suicide bomber managed to detonate his device. i.

is because you know they've come to this agreement now will air force bomb syrian army positions that's what they did last time and if they don't then i think there's a measure of trust that begins to grows with respect to putin of course trusts is what what the name of the game is the rest of the things that trump looks that putin looks at and not very reassuring because it does look very much as though trump is not in control he can't even control his own ambassadors to the united nations who is trying to act like johnny olson rogue gone a little rogue we're talking about nikki haley there and now we're out i want to move over to your essay because you said that putin would would ask trump about why the u.s. is essentially just and circling russia with anti-ballistic missile systems and we don't know for a fact if that was discussed but tell us in in your opinion why the u.s. is taking such measures. well i think that the russians opinion is the most important one and the only conclusion that they can draw is that we are trying to encircle it both in europe and for the far east

that they're desperate for the syrian crisis to be solved and whether or not they like putin they they still seem to be kind of welcoming russia's involvement there yes absolutely right. for instance we would have chess embassy in damascus which was never close during the war. what to all the member states who opened the embassies and a lot of course this is romania and bulgaria and there are relations with the european union fruitless for emphasis still this picture is not that white and left like you can read in political. refugee exodus from the syrian conflict is now widely recognized as a major security challenge for europe the former cia director david for trance gave an interview just a few days ago and he called it a geopolitical chernobyl and what i find ironic here is that chernobyl that whole nuclear catastrophe was actually actually triggered by a full t. safety test would it be too farfetched for me to claim that the western position on syria is also partially based on the full understanding of what makes the world and europe safe and secure you know the first thing i woul

oh you. mean. videos claiming to show a chemical attack conducted by the syrian government are dismissed by russia as. donald trump a taxi and then again posting a mock wrestling video showing came taking down the channel. two thousand and seventeen confederations called germany warning one goal to nil over your goal will bring you the chances are all drawn to the few minutes. hello there thank you for joining us on the key erin you're watching the weekly here on r.t. international all the latest headlines on the stories that shaped the week the russian foreign ministry has slammed videos alleged to show the off the mouth of a chemical attack in syria the ministry spokeswoman said they all fakes produced as part of an anti assad propaganda campaign. the social media smear campaign under the banner assad used chemical weapons has now started just as we predicted you'll see more of this fake videos over the following days the complain this plan to be on a grand scale videos purporting to show victims of a chemical attack by the syrian military flooded social media on saturday tha

hezbollah has officially confirmed its fighting islamic state alongside syrian government forces joint terrorist positions on the syrian border in the west and. the operation is taking place and stronghold along the border with lebanon the terror groups. just inside syria. had been moving closer to the refugee just across the border in lebanon. into the history of hezbollah's presence in syria. lebanon's hezbollah has long been fighting alongside assad government forces throughout the six year syrian civil war but for the first time the armed group is making it official. hezbollah claims it's driving isis terrorists as well as rebels out of the last foothold on the syrian lebanese border a mountainous region seen here on the map the green part here is controlled by al nusra and rebels and the black here by isis so far sounds like just another development in the ongoing fight against terrorism in syria right so what's the big deal let's break it down. as well as presence in syria has always been a bone of contention as israel the u.s. and the arab league all view the group as a te

syria's neighbors in the middle east must take responsibility for helping syrian refugees until they can return home and rebuild their country. the lebanese people have led the way, accepting more syrian refugees per capita than any other nation. it's not even close. i want to thank the prime minister and the lebanese people for giving shelter to those victimized by isis, the assad regime, and their supporters and sponsors, and pledge our continued support to lebanon. since the start of the syrian crisis, the united states has helped lebanon support syrian refugees with clean water, food, shelter, and health care. our approach, supporting the humanitarian needs of displaced syrian citizens as close to their home country as possible, is the best way to help most people. america is proud to stand with those who have the courage to stand up to terrorism and take responsibility for affairs in their own region. the reliance and resilience of the lebanese people in the face of war and terror is extraordinary. we honor the citizens of lebanon who are working to secure a future of peace, sta

strikes against eisel targets on the border of the syrian provinces of hama and homs. c.n.n. is accused of blackmailing the person responsible for creating the president trump a wrestling clip threatening to reveal his identity if he does something similar again. tear gas around balticon and violent clashes erupt in how member days before world leaders arrive in the german city for the g. twenty summit. hello and thank you for joining us this hour i'm neki arun and this is r.t. international our top story this hour london has summoned north korea's ambassador to the u.k. for an explanation after pyongyang's latest missile test meanwhile the u.s. military officials are sounding the alarm over the long range missile calling it a new type that they've never seen before well arty's caleb moore pin joins us from new york with more details on this latest development caleb thanks for joining us now what exactly has got the pentagon so worried about this latest missile test from north korea. well it's being called a game changer it appears that the democratic people's republic of korea has laun

mentioned and according to the syrian observatory for human rights there has been only sporadic activity of violence but not enough to hinder the cease fire in place the agreement was brokered by the u.s. and russia after president trump and president vladimir putin met for some two hours at the g. twenty summit in germany last week and according to secretary of state rex tillerson who also sat in on the meeting. this ceasefire is a person occasion of the u.s. and russia being able to work together in syria. it's very easy decision we're going to be very serious that we can continue to work together to deescalate the areas it was once we did see the ice sheet. more he did it towards a political issue. well trump tweeted about the deal saying the syrian cease fire seems to be holding many lives can be saved came out of meeting good so it appears the president is pleased with the outcome of his conversation with president putin and it seems as though the feeling is mutual russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov also in last week's meeting said russia will continue to cooperate wit

syrian government ministry spokeswoman money as a cause of it was referring to video circulating online claiming to show the aftermath of a chemical weapons attack ordered by president assad. the social media smear campaign under the banner assad used chemical weapons has now started just as we predicted you'll see more of this fake videos over the following days the complain this planned to be on a grand scale of videos purporting to show victims of a gas attack by the syrian military flooded social media on saturday that was off the white house accused the syrian government of preparing to use chemical weapons syrian journalist alibre him says that he's a shouldn't makes little sense to survey the commanding officer on the issued a statement denying any use of chemical weapons saying that there's actually is a well known tactic used by dong terrorist groups according to a statement of the syrian army when these groups feel that they are on the fallback they talk to station chemical attacks to stop them from advancing they are going to discuss the circumstances surrounding these attack

israel targets a syrian artillery post off from more to show lands in the golan heights the fifth cross border strikes last saturday. and huge crowds converge on central london calling prime minister to resign made to resign with a message one more piece why we mean he said he. he is becoming increasingly more obvious to me since. she. splits public opinion with held across the country over the influx of refugees. germany chile it's going to be germany. with twenty seven think confederations cup joins in a few minutes as we continue the intellectual debate. and i welcome to all the international live from moscow with me than you hold thanks for choosing us this hour well israel has struck a syrian military position in response to a stray mortar shell fired from across the border the i.d.f. reportedly has an artillery battery in the syrian controlled section of the golan heights the area has been a regular flashpoint between israel and syria for the past fifty years the israeli military issued a statement. in response to projectiles launched from syria the i.d.f. targeted the syria