of course syrians can do business here syrians are not generally on successful syrians are ambitious sure a few cause trouble but they don't represent the majority. there are too many rumors about what syrians might have done and how the turks have responded but they're just badmouthing syrians casting them in about. anyone who has dreams and goals can come and make them happen here. what's restaurant like all of his businesses is in the ethane lead district it's one of his down bowls poorest and most densely populated areas out of the heart million inhabitants their local officials say as many of the fifty assyrians like mahmoud many therians have opened up businesses in anything unless the government made it easier for the syrians to set up shop by waiving the restrictions non-citizens normally face but that success is starting to cause an ease among some locals turks. after a while they got used to being here and started opening more and more shops. they've slowly started to establish their own sectors and now they only go to syrian shops. within our community they form their own

of course syrians can do business here syrians are not generally on successful syrians are ambitious sure a few cause trouble but they don't represent the majority. there are too many rumors about what syrians might have done and how the turks have responded but they're just badmouthing syrians casting them in about. anyone who has dreams and goals can come and make them happen here. mom what's restaurant like all of his businesses is in the ethane lead district it's one of his down bowls poorest and most densely populated areas out of the heart a million inhabitants there local officials say as many of the fifty assyrians like mahmoud many therians have opened up businesses in anything less the government made it easier for the syrians to set up shop by waving the restrictions non-citizens normally face. but that success is starting to cause an ease among some locals turks. after a while they got used to being here and started opening more and more shops they've slowly started to establish their own sectors and now they only go to syrian shops but within our community they form thei

backed forces and syrian are celebrating their eyes rock rock. or i like to throw rocks at exactly that. but i mean i'm going to show us all sit around and oppression. hello i'm richard yes bourdin you're at the listening post this week we're examining the media in and around syria starting with spin city the islamic state abandons rocca leaving the story in the hands of international journalists lebanon has more refugees per capita than any other country and the media coverage of them can smack of sensationalism and zina phobia in spain madrid moves against the biggest player on the catalonian airwaves t.v. three and chinese media and a young american all singing from the same song. we begin with the fall of rock of the syrian city captured by islamic state forces more than three years ago rocco was the capital of what i still called its caliph it as such it was the dateline behind some of the most brutal imagery of the syrian war square at the heart of the city was the site of summary executions and beheadings that the group then fed to the wor

well in a sense there are those in the syrian opposition who cannot envisage sharing power or. at least having to deal with any part of governance was present our side is there they forget in a sense let's just call them the hawks for a moment they forget that there are quite a few syrians who believe that the government is actually protecting them and actually in fact the the majority of syrians who are currently inside syria fearless such and to convince those at present shouldn't be there is going to be a very huge task and i think that's where practicality comes and that's where the regional powers and the international powers have realized who actually who who originally backed the opposition and still do have realized that it would be very hard to just force a person outside our they've tried everything they could and it didn't happen and to convince the syrians inside syria who happened to be the only ones who are definitely going to for the moment at least definitely going to participate in any upcoming election is going to be very hard so off with those who believe tha

war turkey which backs syrian rebel groups and president bashar al assad's allies iran and russia are there groups opposed to our side will gather in the saudi capital riyadh it follows a surprise visit to russia on monday for talks with president vladimir putin. the u.n. says more than thirty flights carrying much needed aid into yemen have been cancelled requests for new ones being answered humanitarian staff of been unable to move in or out of yemen's capital sana'a. and its blockade two weeks ago some yemeni boards have reopened to allow in food and fuel but aid groups say that's not enough the un's warning millions of people face starvation if the restrictions and measures. those are your headlines the news continues here now to syria after inside story. facing reality is a piece of machinery goes wrong is there a chain of litigation through which we can bring a legal system to bear getting to the heart of the matter i don't think we needed the ball but some of my producers just did hear their story on talk to how dizzy. this time. as the war in syria really almost over syria's p

acceptable by the syrian people not only position i'm talking about all syrians from all all the religious groups whatever you want this talk about they are united on one thing i said must go to man after killing one million people destroying the percent of the country. half a million people how can you imagine that such a person could go on ruling the country it's not a matter of this ministry or that ministry it's a measure of the future of syrian people generations who have given up their mind because they were trying to fight against this dictatorship now the only thing acceptable by serious is the removal of that. if russia is not able to deliver that nothing will happen it will go on if we get stuck in the war and i think that you let it go in that swarm. around in that. because without removing nothing will happen and the iranians are insisting on keeping a sense in part because without him and would not have anything in syria that they have invested a lot and he is the only one who would keep that russia is on the same level they have also missed a lot and the only person who gives

half of the syrian population are displaced now without internet or externally at the con. he is very much divided is the factor division now because we have been talking over the past a few minutes about the kurdish opposition and the regime controlling different parts of the of the country more than sixty percent of the infrastructure has been destroyed we don't have control over our feet as syrians we are being point toward actually that you're on your knees the turks the saudis every single country maybe in the world is having is having a bit of control over the city and. sovereignty and and and control so i i don't see that a syrian went out in this in this conflict this is why i believe that the opposition and the regime must come to the conclusion that maybe it's time now for your point national reconciliation and for the syrian people to decide who is going on. around the country in the next in the next phase but what mullen says is absolutely right isn't it because let's look at the other important meeting that's on wednesday and this is a meeting between russia ir

rebels against the syrian. you led to a number of points robert there and also some contradictions i might add and if it if the international community who will be watching this will be a bit confused about a the definition of military action because the u.s. have been carrying out test strikes in syria and they have done that without the permission of the syrian government and as you mentioned with the u.n. security council backing them so how is that a not military action and also a well i shall let you answer that question first on it is it is it is military action there is no question it's military action and it is technically a violation of international law syria you know syrian government sovereign government. the government in damascus controls to see the u.n. so technically it's a violation however the you know international law is not so force there is no sheriff or judge that will force international law so it's up to other countries too. put counter pressure on the united states if the united states

government and i'm sure that in the wake of what is a quite victorious syrian man. hizbollah and the russians and the iranians the kurds will definitely think twice about keeping some of these areas which will in the future continue to jeopardize the us is its presence within syria i can't see the us having forces in syria for a long time because. if you look at the trajectory of the crisis now and the nature of how the syrian forces were victorious the us really has nothing to leave their troops in for because the majority of terrorism is almost on the way of being defeated and i think the u.s. is just doing this just to save face because yeah we discussed donald trump on it from the syrian military airbase which was you know twenty thirty kilometers away from isis so he's not someone who's fought terrorism successfully within syria and what they're doing at the moment is just literally attempting to show the world that they have some sort of a symbolic presence because after the russians intervened in september two thousand and fifteen the complete the balance of

any ordinary syrian on the street whether the. the united states or other countries who play monday give it here the statements as well that they are very much concerned about the lives and welfare of the syrian people any ordinary syrian would not believe this and they would dismiss all these theories they would tell you they were interested about the use of chemical weapons and weapons they should have probably dispatched an investigative committee right when her last one took place in april two thousand and thirteen and not wait five months. to do so obviously when they arrived the syrian government decided apparently to religiously to carry out the most heinous chemical attack in so there are a lot of discrepancies all along the way this isn't about this report also again the russian envoy stressed it was a little new report nobody heard about this and apparently right seven months ago now they say started to threw it into the mix in order to say well this committee is important and we need to continue. supporting this and giv

border and houses one of the biggest syrian refugee communities. d.w. correspondent tanya kramer reports now on a daily struggle facing refugees who fled syria as children. he should be at school but mohamed who everyone here. is working at a bakery instead his specialty is sweet pastries. the fifteen year old fled to jordan with his siblings and father four years ago. or study medicine i missed school a lot you're caught up in a bad situation but the alternative back home is worse we got used to it. how moved his mother and his oldest brother were killed in the war in jordan the family lived in a refugee camp at first but because they left the camp on their own accord that barely qualify for any eight that is another reason the family depends on his earnings hammoud is here at the bakery every time work is on offer. it's barely enough for the apartment the rent electricity water and the rest my sister sometimes works as a hairdresser. when we don't work we don't eat but we're surviving. his boss also forced to flee from syria supports him even if

the leaders confirmed their assessment of the syrian conflict has and a new stage. of constant fighting is now over and time has called for a new settlement opportunities. much that we. do not scale military actions against terrorist groups in syria are coming to an end i'd like to note that thanks to the efforts of russia iran and turkey we have managed to prevent the dissolution of syria. from being captured by international terrorists and avoid a humanitarian catastrophe. if you want our joint efforts over the last eleven months of how to prepare the ground for a political settlement to the syrian crisis has been our meeting today symbolizes the start of a new stage in this process. the trilateral meeting today has not most importance is the final stage in putting an end to the bloodshed in syria we have achieved success thanks to the union of the rand turkey and russia. so after one and a half hours of talks where also the foreign ministers and the ministers of defense of the three countries were present when the three leaders finally came out to talk to the jou

he contacted his syrian counterpart, who got assad to agree. obama went on network tv to sell the idea to the american public. >> this represents a potentially positive development. we are going to run this to ground. john kerry will be talking to his russian counterpart. we're going to make sure that we see how serious these proposals are. >> and so at the time, it seemed like a flyer. "what on earth are you doing? you're gonna really trust two of the people in the world we trust the least, vladimir putin and bashar al-assad?" but in the end, it worked. it became a diplomatic way out of a terrible situation that he had found himself in, that he had put himself in. >> but what if he had bombed? what if he had bombed and killed, let's say, 100 soldiers and blew up some intelligence centers in damascus? what would that have gotten him? that would've gotten him in the middle of a war. he said he was gonna deal with chemical weapons, which he did. and he did it magnificently. and without killing anybody, he managed to get those chemical weapons out

turkish syrian border. this was isis last remaining urban stronghold on the syrian side of the border what it be though is that isis once self declared caliphate on both sides of the iraq and syrian border are now over it does not do that all isis fighters have either been killed or captured there are small pockets of isis fighters in the desert in iraq and also in the dearest old province bordering syria so what syrian forces have been telling media is that they have taken complete control of but according to monitors like the city observatory for human rights i say fighters with a safe passage from a look amman into other areas of the resort it is also worth noting here that on the other side of the euphrates river on the eastern bank there are syrian democratic forces who are also making gains against ice and on the western side are the russia and iran backed syrian government forces and militias who have now taken the city of a good command and cleared it completely from isis fighters the head of the u.

government and i'm sure that in the wake of what is a quite victorious syrian military in his border and the russians and the iranians the kurds will definitely think twice about keeping some of these areas which will in the future continue to jeopardize the u.s. is its presence within syria i can't see the u.s. having forces in syria for a long time because. if you look at the trajectory of the crisis now and the nature of how the syrian forces were victorious the u.s. really has nothing to leave their troops in for because the majority of terrorism is almost on the way of being defeated and i think the u.s. is just doing this just to save face because we discussed donald trump on it from the syrian military airbase which was you know twenty thirty kilometers away from isis so he's not someone who fought terrorism successfully within syria and what they're doing at the moment is just literally attempting to show the world that they have some sort of a symbolic presence because after the russians intervened in september two thousand and fifteen they complete the balance of powers on

of syrian society. so those who support the syrian government and. find themselves in opposition to the current regime those congress is a chance for them to together together and to talk about syria's future firearm. it is also important to set in place conditions for developing a new constitution for this country. so based on this new constitution syria. could hold new elections could be a month. and how to be a message of peace and stability to the whole region. how we're three countries are calling upon the. countries of the world. for hamdan in battle you know mike was gushed of oregon about the need for the issue and practitioner of what issues calling only the. truly. to help rebuild peace in syria and to create conditions for us here in a few trees to be able to get back. at is also important to ensure conditions for the economic recovery of the syrian state. and john mccain. we have all. it was our own you college talked about our positions three countries after spoken and favor of convening this congress of national talent here in sochi. we

syrian and iraqi forces push into the last strongholds. and we shall hear this is. also coming out catalonia suppose later says he will appeal any attempt to extradite him from belgium. venezuela's president he'll renegotiate his country's deaths with banks and investors. to spend sixty years since a russian stray dog became the first living being to venture into outer space. i saw the armed group whose dramatic rise captured headlines in two thousand and fourteen is staring at defeat in its final strongholds in both iraq and syria. syrian state television says the army and its ally forces have pushed out of the eastern city of daraa zoar it was the group's last remaining syrian stronghold in the capital of an oil rich province border in iraq the military campaign to recapture doors or began in september and the army managed her breaking three year long siege on the city and its residents. the engineering units are now combing the city removing the explosive canisters and booby traps planted by the terrorist operatives and buildings and squares this is carries a sig

can do business here syrians are not generally unsuccessful syrians are ambitious sure a few cause trouble but they don't represent the majority. there are too many rumors about what syrians might have done and how the turks have responded with second but they're just badmouthing syrians casting them in about. anyone who has dreams and goals can come and make them happen here. and there at the restaurant like all of his businesses it's in the ethane lead district it's one of his down bowls poorest and most densely populated areas alcohol million inhabitants they're both visual same as many of the fifty assyrians like mahmoud many therians have opened up businesses in s. in left the government made it easier for syrians to set up shop by waving the restrictions non-citizens normally face. but that success is starting to cause an ease among some locals turks. after a while they got used to being here and started opening more and more shops they've slowly started to establish their own sectors and now they only go to syrian shops . within our community they form their own internal market and

keyboarder the syrian military video of this syrian military video appears to show iraqi fighters flying yellow military militia flags near the city on wednesday the group has been losing ground rapidly since it lost its self-styled capital rucka to syrian democratic forces in october well here's a look at who controls what right now in syria the syrian government controls the areas in red roughly half of the country iraqi militia allied to the syrian government continues to make gains into eisel territory in the east shown here in black while the yellow area shows u.s. backed kurdish forces pushing further into debt from the north al-jazeera sullivan jabot is following developments from near the turkish syria border he's with us now vive so what is the latest we're hearing from our book on well something. in the last hour or so we've heard the defense ministry spokesman the military spokesman for the syrian government thing that they have taken full control of the city of. this is the last remaining stronghold controlled by isis on the border between syria and iraq according to a monito

syrian state t.v. says the army and its allies forces have pushed isilon of the eastern city of dead as oh it was isolating syrian stronghold and the capital of an oil rich province bordering iraq. a belgian court could help keep the deposed leader of spain's catalonia region out of jail with an international arrest warrant for colors expected to be issued on friday he missed a summons to a spanish court on thursday because he isn't belgian seeking freedom and safety. america's top diplomat will visit myanmar to discuss the rehang a crisis later this month the pressure is mounting on the white house to impose measures against government for its crackdown on minorities. u.s. president donald trump is named jerome powell as his pick to lead the federal reserve power is a multi-millionaire now serves on the central bank's board he was one of five candidates interviewed for the role including current chair janet yellen finishes in february and fisher has the story it's my pleasure and my honor to announce

for years this invisible weapon of the syrian dictatorship. almost four hundred thousand syrians have taken refuge in the city of gaziantep since the outbreak of the fighting. the chaos that ravages their homeland is barely fifty kilometers away. how do you begin to talk about your own government's atrocities when you're still living in fear. those who reveal their identities are a few but they are still determined to overcome the terror instilled by the regime . and. about us. and around me and i look at them and. i want to. be human. to the can in a static. and . long. as. muslim i have a mission and no one can at another lend us and a gun. to. my kids and he. had to look into small nest and deduce of the. little town on the central one in motion. to me just. before. and how many are from the three of us. by blood. pressure and i thank god for number of the crowd because i was going. for them. and they. thought that it was the halo. and i would have. found i. was vulnerable. comes from the town of near damascus. under siege twenty twelve it'

we were taken in iraq is going to buy the syrian government. that it is determined to take over every single territory in lost. to the rebels or to the kurdish factions and this is something which is going to create further problems for the international community in the future so you have the syrian army backed by russia you have the s.d.f. backed by the americans imagine both in tangled in a fight over the americans are determined to continue providing significant logistical and military assistance of the s.d.f. in the push i guess what happens next when isis is driven out of. and out of syria. continue to have a significant role now the syrian government says that it is determined to claim its. tutorial independence in the near future and that the syrian army will be the ultimate power all over syria a sentiment not shared by different opposition groups but particularly the s.d.f. which hopes to be able to create a state of its own in areas like iraq. and also northern part of syria so this is definitely going to be a delicate situation now

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studies in beirut and in damascus we have jamie mackie he is the syria commentator and co-founder of syrian digital media group all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate adele let me go to you the best dressed man in television love the bow tie of course adele you know we over the last few days we've seen a. whole series of diplomatic activity trying to bring some kind of closure to this very long and bloody and destructive conflict in syria it's. being spearheaded by the russians and the iranians and the turks they've been in consultation with other players in the region including israel and also a telephone call between putin trump are the pieces falling into place go ahead adele well let's hope so we have. historic context. with the russian rule. to measure developments in the region would have more achieved one is the celebrated and now counter version and the iranian. control over the program and second the ending of the war in syria by defeating terrorism it could have ended in different way the russians the main

but as the syrian backs i as the russian backed syrian regime rather recovers territory. supply an expert routes are being restored and their business swinging up again julie can has the story. once a leading exports on a popular stephen f. a foreign visitors. . the fortutunes f seririous arabibic suites he solid s since war erupted in two thousand and eleven. fighting around the country has because hope supplyly routes making local ingredients pods accum by. the sweetest. from severeral different syrian regions of pistachios come from how markets and the butter comes straight arrows or and wreck. and the flowers from her and region. sometimes we have to get alteternatives site butut it's not ththe s. close borders have closer interrupted exports the shot one c cents up to forty tons of candy a month. mostly to canada thehe unitd states europe on the gululf. but with the recent escalation and fight saying that some c conviction is sy they've recovered fifteen percent of their activity. i do are of high dog one of damascus is most famous sweet shops didn't sugar coats why

and still ahead on the program amnesty international condemns the syrian government. the tactics. competition set to rise for the first time in docking. pretty quiet now across southern parts of china still a chance of one of the far south west of the country hong kong she'll be fine and dry temperatures here at around twenty six degrees further north you might see want to two showers for a time up towards shanghai but i think they will be few and far between but just guys come back into hong kong as we go on through wednesday chance of wanted to showers towards high now and into the gulf of tonkin central i was a vietnam also seeing some rather wet weather as a way to continue to drive the way in as from the north east and that northeasterly wind also pushing a fair few showers into the southeastern corner of india plenty of cloud around here mostly see wanted to those showers creep in the way towards flag i think should be largely dry basically. just around the southern parts of the but dash welcome cloud just making its way towards northern plains of india spilling out of the n

opposition in syria if that happens if the syrian army moves back by the russians towards. what will be the next step for the americans are they going to abandon that in the region which is the s.d.f. or are they going to try to work out a reconciliation and so you know i think the american are hoping to see a permanent solution to the crisis in syria but the s.d.f. says that it would like to continue its push to create a state of which this is something that would create new political dynamics in the region if the russians and the americans a further trapped into this conflict that could have. consequences to syria and to the region. the developments there joining us from gaza thank you. more than six hundred refugees have made a desperate plea to new zealand's prime minister ahead of her meeting with her australian counterpart for years a new zealand had offered to resettle some of the refugees australia locked in its offshore prison camps and an asylum camp was decommissioned on tuesday but hundreds of refugees there they're refusing to lean they cuz they fear being atta

the situation it's it's a complete whitewash because yeah you've got one force on the ground in the syrian military which is now continuing to make advances and actually find some sort of military solution in a crisis where you know danny on one thought that was no and done it was possible let me go to a down here because i think it's you know if you look at western mainstream media the united states is crushing isis in syria and there's no mention of you know iran there's no mention of his blog and if it is it's always negative there's very little mention of russia or of course they probably committed human rights violations it's really remarkable how this is being spun in western media go ahead adele yeah it's. laughable actually she is here for actually a part of this western media but i think it's important issue to focus on a. until recently the americans specifically under obama the weren't quite serious about fighting terrorism fighting i said in fact of questions in the congress that some of the funding found its way and some of the weapons found it's only one of the websites. and

army if a new syrian constitution is drafted on a federal basis and the rights of all syrian parties are reserved this is a two pronged approach it's a warning to the u.s. we can dump you before you dump us and the message to ash sad give us what we want autonomy and we won't need the americans now you need and as a kurd i can say that our people want to build a syria in syria but no force or ethnic group dominating any other group i believe it is in the interests of the kurds as the second largest ethnic group to build the function. federal service with the interests of the kurdish people would be in trying to choose from allowing kurds to participate in parliament and join the army and all the state institutions. a new constitution for syria is on the horizon russia iran and turkey backing the initiative but what the kurds get out of it is still up for debate america the us has never viewed the syrian democratic forces as partners unfortunately the us has only been using them to fight i saw him destroy iraq or i believe the alliance between the us and forces on the ground including

the country meanwhile the leaders of iran turkey and russia take the chance to try and kick start the syrian peace process and bring to an end an almost seven year conflict also if you can miss out google admits tracking android smartphones even after uses of switched off the location setting. the as. cruel as. they come to you live from moscow you're watching r.t. international our top story this hour russia's defense ministry says its air force has successfully carried out a series of surgical strikes against islamic state positions in syria it does state that terrorist fighters i mean ition death pose and armored vehicles were destroyed in the attacks they are being carried out to support the syrian military in its push to liberate the remaining eyesore held villages in the east of the country and with the terror group self-proclaimed caliphate in tatters the leaders of russia iran and key have been meeting to lay the groundwork for syria's post-war future it has been following the talks in sochi. with syria becoming almost completely terrorist free or eyesore free i should say we were al

russian and syrian troops launch an offensive to retake a border city under our control in syria. what is going on on models i love the movie the crisis and no one will help us a desperate plea from hundreds of refugees who say they have been abandoned on mannus island. to the new wave of artisans in hong kong waving modern life and to an ancient craft. an international search and arrest warrant has been issued for deposed catalogue president carlos put him on spanish prosecutors want to investigate him for rebellion and sedition over last month's declaration of independence but the sacked leader is missed two days of court hearings in madrid. and brussels where he intends to challenge any attempt to extradite him to spain but he has also said he's willing to cooperate with belgian authorities elgin has twenty four hours to react to the european arrest warrant several months aides are also being sought so catalans views about all of this the really split over how the deposed president has handled this crisis. she could getting that in india the new i want catalonia to be independe

and again the top stories syrian state t.v. says the army and its allied forces of pushed eisel fighters out of darrow's or city it is the last remaining urban center that was still under eisel control and in neighboring iraq forces have entered the town of all crime one of the last pockets the group controls. a belgian court could help keep the deposed leader of spain's catalonia region out of jail with an international arrest warrant for colors point amount expected to be issued on friday he missed a summons to a spanish court on thursday because he's in belgian seeking in his words freedom and safety. lawyer says his client will cooperate with belgian police but would appeal any belgian approval of extradition of the deposed leader says thursday's jailing of some of his cabinet ministers in madrid is an attack on democracy. you can look at the spanish government decision to imprison the cabinet members of the legitimate government of catalonia is a very grave mistake it is a grave attack on democracy imprisoning political le

a crime against humanity amnesty international details the syrian government's surrender all story of campaign against civilians. well than two hundred people have died in a powerful seven point three magnitude earthquake that struck near iraq's border with iran another two and a half thousand people have been injured the epicenter was actually iraq thirty kilometers southwest of the town of her it cools widespread damage in both countries charlotte ballasts reports a hospital homes with the wounded in western iran i found at a party don't point i fell from the balcony it was so fossilized should be a small piece of glass fell on my hand and it got injured but new arrivals from remote towns swelled the hospital to capacity but i thought of those that were during the earthquake my hand hit the glass and the glass broke going into my face and hands. the flow is stating as more people are found in the rubble the death toll rises to. the earthquake was centered on the iraq iran border near the iraqi town of her love just striking at nine eighteen local time. it was very strange some of th

syrian state t.v. says the army and its forces of course tries a lot of the eastern city of benghazi was the group's last remaining syrian stronghold and the capital of an oil rich province bordering iraq the military campaign to recapture that as all began in september when the army managed to break its three year long siege on the city and its residents. and in neighboring iraq the army and shia militia fighters have captured the last international border and eisel control the forces of also into the town of all crime in anbar province on the western border with syria. recovering but the stories from iraq and syria stephanie daycares live in the home province in northern iraq but first let's talk to. these live in gaza on top on the turkey syria border tell us about the battle for that is all. jane today there was some fighting in two main neighborhoods in particular had media and. where there was a presence of. and they maintained where they build some strong defense lies but there's been some. by t

state on the back foot in syria the leaders of iran turkey and russia agreed to host an all inclusive syrian talks to kick start the country's post-war political process. lebanon's prime minister announces he's putting his surprise resignation on hold after the president offered him to reconsider the pm spoke to regional political crisis two weeks ago when he said he was stepping down. and the international olympic committee makes another ruling in the russian doping scandal banning russian skeleton athletes. you're watching international live from our moscow studio with me welcome to the program with the time now turned against islamic state in syria there's renewed hope that a political solution can finally bring peace speaking at a summit on syria tended by the leaders of iran turkey and russia flat demand putin said that syria now has a real chance to end its six year civil war at the summit in sochi it was also agreed to hold inclusive all syrian talks and has been following the trilateral talks. with syria becoming almost completely terrorist free or i so free i should say we were all

syrian and iraqi forces push into isis last strongholds. catalonians deposed leader says he will appeal any attempt to extradite him from belgium. the strong he's committed he's smart. president onil tromping ordered recent precedent in picking the next us federal reserve chief and i'm peter simmons with all the sports news of the day as patrice evra has been suspended after kicking a phone in the head during a europa league match all of that story and more later in the program. i saw the armed group whose dramatic rise captured headlines in two thousand and fourteen is staring a defeat in its final strongholds in both iraq and syria. syrian state television says the army and its ally forces have pushed out of the eastern city of doors or it was the group's last remaining syrian stronghold and the capital of an oil rich province border in iraq the military campaign to recapture doors or began in september when the army managed to break a three year long siege on the city and its residents and neighboring iraq the army and shia militia fight

government and diana shot the syrian regime and. are trying to outdo one another to see who can be as barbaric the most barbaric. the use of chemical weapons is now a dangerous reality that what is at stake here today is the future of the very future of the international chemical weapon nonproliferation regime and. the international nonproliferation regimes one of the major achievements of the last decades of human history in the chemical nonproliferation regime cannot be undermined by political calculation and by division that would deal a deadly fatal blow to other nonproliferation regime it would demonstrate huge lack of responsibility and all of us would pay the price for such irresponsibility with the use of chemical weapons irrespective of whom uses them is an abomination and more abomination which undermines the most basic precept of humanity but accepting their use. not reacting to their use. gives a green light and a blank check to the multiplication of the use and deployment of these weapons and that means that terrorists