As a standard. On the button 15 march at all and as you move into this issue political. Leaders. Call. It liable as soon as at the signing and it is. Its going to be illegitimate now on the 5th of march and its signed. So they were looking at turkish president at a time early one shaking hands with Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and its on foreign minister. The details to come out there. Adding some detail to the agreement that i believe a humanitarian corridors to be settled they would like to repair a tree h. All syrians who have been displaced by the fighting and it lives and of course the main thing to come out of those talks is that a cease fire will take effect and if the province as of midnight now both sides emphasizing the importance of communication between turkey and russia particularly in terms of battlefront developments and theyre emphasizing his condolences to turkey for his losses on the battlefield. All of the sides talking about their desire to go back to the a standard to you which began of course in 2017 that was to set up deescalation zones for deescalation zones at the time now of course the only one that remains is an province i think we can bring instead rason who is standing by for us in moscow steps so one of the major things to come out of that press conference. Well its very interesting i dont think there d are a step further to a real solution in. Syria but at least this is it will definitely release a lot of tension especially between turkey and russia which has been building up in the last couple of weeks that what we can see is not quite a detail agreement on this the escalation zone that were talking about so its cool it along with the snow fell on the south of the m 4 highway 2 so highway which is a very specific area where refugees are supposed to go back to at least theyre going to be some kind of a safe zone the. Russian. In minutes we will have this joint patrols starting on march 15th and in that sense i have to say this agreement that has been made by the one and put it is very similar in the mens and. They made for a different part of syria the north east part of syria last october which also led to apply the science situation at that time and at that time also they managed to deescalate the whole situation by having food for him to fold and making a secure zone next to the border so it seems that putin and erdogan are trying the same strategy here in force we have to all a war in the in the past cease fire have been broken many many times before so we all have to wait and see but i think this why the fire for leave in many parts of the world right now that at least this urgent situation between turkey and russia seems to have deescalate and of course putin stressed again that even in difficult situations there friendship is always something that they can rely on and make sure that they can come up with some kind of agreement which they apparently did again today i guess the question is stamp will president bush and be able to implement this with Bashar Al Assads forces i mean as you said they did have a deescalation zone agreement already for live that hasnt held although i was interested to see that Bashar Al Assad did sort of strike you consider treetop into would turkey when he made a rare address on russian or rare interview rather on Russian Television so i guess my question is is does have the ability to keep the scholl assad in line. Well of course this is a very good question and you failed in that perspective recently as well so there is of course this big question mark but as you say assad made this where appearance here on Russian Television just ahead of the its a very important corps also having his side of the story birth and his perspective and he talked about this historical relationship that syria and turkey have he was basically reaching out to earlier on in that sense as well so its safe to say that of course that russia has talked about. A possible step that theyre going to take with turkey with assad as well and of course also in the last couple of weeks russia has made it also very clear to assad that he is very. Many ways in initially a situation for 30 has a much larger army and a shot if nothing against the earlier one militarily show you will definitely still need russia here so all this. Consideration i think for the time being at least there is a little step. A little positive step made today step talk us through if you can what the specifics are of what was announced today at that press conference i know if there was a midnight deadline that that is to come into force what what were the other specifics that were agreed on. Well yes of midnight deadline which means its a couple of hours away from now on or around 3 hours away from now there they say theres an official a cease fire which will be in place in the whole lippa province then they are talking about this though secure zone that they are suddenly seeing in this region next north and south of the m 4 if i recall actual highway in syria as well and you can its a reason i dont want to stress of course that for him its very important that the refugees send some back there and have some kind of say so without being bombarded by the Syrian Forces shot by russia and the 1st Russian Military are supposed to have to be sworn to skills something on march 15th which is a little over a week from now so this is the package thats are they are offering today i would use quite details. In a lot of ways from a thing as it was also similar in the north east of syria just a couple of months ago that agreement sort of held for quite a long time so i think theres a bit of optimism here and again of course i have to warn that these for you to go to many many times in the past i think that steadfast and then with the latest from moscow and lets bring in hashem about a who joins me now live from the turkish city of how tight there on the turkey syria border so hashem what did you make of what came out of those talks there is a ceasefire mean do you think this one is any more likely to hold than the previous ones with same. Well i think what they have achieved today in moscow is quite significant for the time being because until a few hours ago there were huge concerns that they might come up with an agreement about a cease fire because fighting flared up of a few hours ago in the city of sirte archiv with the turkey backed rebels pounding government positions in the city but this is quite a crucial moment for the 2 key players russia and turkey i mean you can hear from the final communique by both leaders that they remain completely divided about syria president Vladimir Putin was very critical of a of a key Faction Group in the opposition which is a at the head of the sham describing it as a terrorist organization and justifying the military are the actions of the Syrian Government as legitimate and blaming. Us for all the problems in their province on the other hand when president evelyn was talking he was saying that. Said is to blame for the defensive in syria and for in it is to blame for the displacement of a 1000000 refugees on the border with turkey and i think they decided for the moment to set aside those differences about the narrative and agree on the 3 terms of the ceasefire what is significant about that is kim is that particularly the idea of the safe chordal corys all along for why in for because it links lattakia to assad and both countries will be manning conducting patrols along the way north and south which means that this is going to be a Pivotal Moment to prevent the syrian army from crossing that m 4 into the city of live so that i think from from a from a turkish perspective this is quite an important thing. I think the delicate task facing the 2 countries in the near future is will russia on one hand be able to rein in president Bashar Al Assads forces have been saying in the past few days of the argument they will continue the push to take over the city of live on the province which is the rebels last stronghold in syria at the same time will the turks be able to reign in the syrian factions who have lost significant territory in the past few weeks and who seem to be adamant at the same time that they would like to claim back those areas because the with the loss of those areas hundreds of thousands of people are stranded now at the border with turkey it was interesting you mention there about the end for an end 5 highways i mean im im thinking how long can this truce cease fire particularly around that streets the strategic highways how long can that continue because like you said the shot of forces they want to retake all of syria i mean how long can that hoped. Well i mean from today i mean really when you look at the choreography of the. Announcement today between dylan and put in you get the impression that these are the 2 key players who hold the keys to any permanent solution to the crisis in syria everyone else has taken a backstage position from the e. U. To the United States of america since 2017 turkey and russia decided to set aside their differences and team up and that was very instrumental to it by the way for the 1st austin agreement in 2717 that paved the way for the Demilitarized Zone in italy and then 2018 the observation post and the safe corridors and on october. Last october the russians and the turks agreed on the area thats russias from toss a line which is in the north east some part of syria so you get of this if you get this indication that the russians and the turks will definitely have a bigger say in shaping the future of syria came however when it comes to the. Permanent solution to the political solution to the crisis the 2 countries have different narratives president bashar assad has called for parliamentary elections in april the turkish government says the snottily just admit it has to be under the aegis of the International Community and the opposition should be included in those elections but when we change the whole framework including drafting of a new constitution and rewriting the whole political establishment in syria russia on the other hand backs president bashar assad and says this is something that has to be decided by the illegitimate of thora t. In syria being president Bashar Al Assad and i think the 2 leaders do understand that for the time being their drugs are meant to be in those recent gains particularly the ceasefire to be announced midnight and leave the talk about the political side settlement for another opportunity when you have all the elements conducive to a genuine political solution and a conflict that has been going on for now 9 years. There have been some losses significant losses. As far as the turkish people are concerned how do you think this ceasefire announcement is going to go down in turkey among the population and also among the politicians because they have been very divided. Well if tonight there was no announcement there was no deal that would put there would have put massive pressure on president as if they have a deal on because once back here in turkey it would be extremely difficult for him to convince the people about the rationale behind signing sending troops into into the province of idlib but today with that announcement that the turks have managed to and this is basically what they have been saying over the last few days they have been saying that our aim is to convince the put in to give us a safe corridor or. Safe cordie door a Demilitarized Zone and also a ceasefire to be implemented and the got what they wanted now turkey remains keep saying that the reason why it sent the troops in was for 2 reasons 1st of all and this was repeated today many times by president as of late as of what he said that the Syrian Government was launching a tactic in northern Western Province of diddly not necessarily just to make military gains but his ultimate aim was to push those displaced syrians to cross into turkey and then turkey will find itself grappling with millions and millions of syrian syrias in its territory and thats why they had to send troops on the ground number 2 they say that they are pretty much concerned that the offensive that was launched by the Syrian Government would create destabilisation across the area of the border and for them it was instrumental to move in and to secure the border with syria and i think this is something that resonates among many people that we remains to be seen we have to wait and see what happens from midnight are we going to see some of the turkish soldiers. Redeployed back into turkey of theyre going to maintain their position how are they going to talk about those observation post and is the general sentiment in turkey receptive to the idea of maintaining troops in it live for as long as it takes until there is a final political solution that would put an end to the civil war in the country thank you so much for breaking it all down for us thats live there from half time if you have destroyed us here on aljazeera the breaking news that we have here is that turkey and russia have agreed to implement a cease fire in northern live it will come into effect. At midnight there they have also agreed that 6 kilometers to the north in the south of the key instrumental m 4 an m 5 highways thats the highway that connects aleppo damascus they will have joint patrols there to keep the peace in that region as well both sides say that they want to continue to cooperate they emphasize the importance of the relationship between turkey and russia and will continue to coordinate their efforts in syria the president one of turkey did however say that turkey reserves the right to retaliate against any Syrian Government aggression that it sees on the ground so as i said that cease fire comes into effect at midnight tonight so we will continue to monitor that. Were 2 other news now in the International Criminal court has decided to investigate allegations of crimes committed during the war in afghanistan these include claims of atrocities by u. S. Troops Afghan Forces and the taliban and the court is to look into prisoner torture and the mass killing of civilians the petition to open the case has led to u. S. President don trump imposing a travel ban on staff who work for the court. U. S. Secretary of state my pump aoe has strongly condemned the decision by the i. C. C. To investigate alleged us war crimes in afghanistan. This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable Political Institution masquerading as a legal body is all the more reckless for this ruling to come just days after the United States side historic peace deal on afghanistan which is the best chance for peace in a generation the United States is not a party to the i. C. C. We will take all necessary measures to protect our citizens from this renegade unlawful socalled court where conflict in afghanistan began with the u. S. Led invasion in 2001 making it americas longest running conflict i. C. C. Chief prosecutor and so to says theres evidence of torture rape and Sexual Violence against prisoners by u. S. Troops and intelligence agencies mainly between 20032004 that Afghan Security forces are suspected of torturing prisoners at government attention sentence she also says the taliban and other groups have killed more than 70000. 00 civilians since 2009 toby cadman is an International Human rights lawyer who also specializes in the criminal courts he says those being accused cannot act with impunity. You have from from the u. S. Side a blanket refusal to cooperate and weve already seen president trumps position that hes taken with those that have already been convicted. And military theyre being convicted of war crimes way he has shown that hes willing to overturn those convictions and protect the military regardless of what theyve been charged with you have the afghanistan position that they say that they are are ready and willing to to prosecute these cases in the National Courts which is. I have to say regrettably an unrealistic. Statement to make because they are not prepared you also have the the the recent peace talks that the u. S. A very good with the taliban and so the argument will be made that this will interfere with the Peace Process where i think as any reasonable person would say justice has to play. An important if not in total part of the Peace Process so so theres not going to be a huge amount of cooperation from the u. S. All from afghanistan but that in itself is not justification for allowing impunity to prevail the International Criminal court was set up precisely to do with this type of situation. Elizabeth warren has suspended her 2020 bid for the white house the former massachusetts senator who was considered a frontrunner for the democratic nominee but failed to win a single state during the primaries he lost her home state to rival candidate joe biden only coming in 3rd it would throw leaves at 3 candidates in the race biden and any sound is considered the front runner. And obvious conflict has forced flights to be redirected to misrata the only functioning airport in tripoli was targeted on monday nearly 300. 00 civilians have been killed by rockets or airstrikes since well orderly for half the began his campaign to seize the capital in april of 0 strafford has more from misrata which forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar targeting with seagate airport in tripoli virtually every day or flights to and from western libya are now being conducted from here misrata airport which is around a 3 hour drive from the capital now all Foreign Airlines stopped operating all flying to and from libya around 5 years ago i spoke to a pilot with a Libyan Airline last night who refused to go on camera but he described the experience of flying into tripoli in recent months as having been terrifying and thats despite increased communication with Government Forces trying to protect the airport on the ground. This is a recent rocket attack on tripoli by help his forces a number of civilians were injured when some of the rockets landed in the neighborhood. Belonging to the Libyan Airline l. F. Or q which was parked near the runway at mcteague airport was hit by shrapnel from exploding rockets on monday no one was injured misrata is now having to serve up to 5000 passengers a day 10 fold increase since mitzi gamble was closed. Of course misrata airport is not capable of handling this amount of flights but were doing everything we can to make things run as smooth as possible most of these passages would use a fly from which he gave pull before it was shot and yes because i have friends who were in matija airport when rockets hit they describe absolute chaos and fear just imagine a place like this and bombs start falling around you you would probably never want to travel again the interior minister for the un backed government has said that the International Community is not doing enough to punish off the fatah getting civilian areas in tripoli including that siga airport bashar has warned that the un backed government may soon have little choice but to change its military strategy from a defensive one into an offensive one in order to push off the school seize back child stop it ill just era misrata. Negotiations to decide the post breaks that relationship between the u. K. And the European Union have already hit roadblocks the 1st round of trade talks between the u. K. And the e. U. Have wrapped up and brussels person wants a deal outlining its future relationship with europe signed off by january after 4 days of meetings the chief negotiator said there were still serious differences. Lets all from a camera now this new thought dont go away about ill be back in just a minute with more news for you. The latest news as it breaks the syrian army seems determined to defeat the rebels and continue its advance was the city of idlib thats a red line for turkey with detailed coverage the National Policy to serve while elephant is yet to be fully implemented 14 years after it was introduced from around the world will this fight will be completely transformed over the next 6 years this will be the northern terminal for phase one of the project. The consequence of. The server who are now actually going to church not just doesnt go away. 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