Hello. Its four years to the day since the incident which triggered syrias civil war. On march the 15th 2011, the Syrian Government began cracking down on demonstrations. Month, five protesters in the town of dara became the first victims of the conflict. In july, a group of Army Defectors turned weapons against the government and announced the formation of the free syrian army. The next month, hundreds of people were killed by Government Forces in the town of hama. They formed a Syrian National council. And then by the following summer, the Islamic State of iraq in the levant had taken territory in the north and declared when it called a caliphate. The u. S. Formed a coalition and commenced airstrikes among the armed group. A group of people in rebelheld areas of douma. The town just outside damascus. Dozens more have been record killed and injured in the last three days as the air force steps up attacks on the area. Four Million People have fled syria since the conflict began with ma
A battleground as professional gamers show off skills for a european faceoff. Hello. Western nations have long used the word terrorist to describe hamas. Now t they are declared a terrorist organization. They protest at the first time an arab nation has condemned the group. Hamas says the ruling sets a dangerous precedent. Secretary general of the Palestinian Islamic jihad group has arrived in cairo to try to convince egypt to reconsider. Hamas is widely seen as supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood in egypt. Hamas says it doesnt medal in egypts internal affairs. He script declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group in 2013 five months after Mohamed Morsi was ousted in a military coup. Hamas strongly denies egyptian allegations that it supports fighters in north sinai who have been attacking Egyptian Security forces. The courts decision is shocking dangerous and targets Palestinian People. Its a shame for egypt, trying to export its internal crisis. Now, the occupation is the frie
Cyclones 60,000 children in need of immediate help. Josh carry is saying there must be a political not a military solution to the connell conflict in syria. He said that pressure may be required to persuade president assad to even negotiate. Mr. Carry arrived in switzerland for talks with irans foreign minister Mohammed Zarif on Irans Nuclear program. Before leaving, kerry raced the prospects 69 direct talks with the Assad Government saying the sdmrus would have to negotiate to the end with assad. We are working very hard with other interested parties to see if we can reignite a diplomatic outcome. Why . Because everybody agrees there is no military solution. There is only a political solution. But to get the assad regime to negotiate, we are going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating. Thats underway right now. And i am convinced that with the efforts of our allies and othe
After an report from catania where the few known survivors are expected to land in the coming hours. The search and rescue effort is being supported with aircraft and helicopters. Coastgard and navy ships from malta and italy have been joined by merchant as well ass. Planes are chriscrossing the sea where the my grant boat capsized. Scouring the waves for signs of life. As the hours pass the likelihood of finding more survivors grows more remote. The sicilian point has been the dropoff point for tennessee much thousands. The towns mayor told me he was in perilous last week demanding eu assistance. I baked my fist on the table and said its not a temporary emergency. Its a problem we will have to deal with for many more years. There needs to be a european policy on immigration and help for the desperate people who ask for asylum in our countries. In the vatican, the pope urged europes leaders to recognize the migrants not just as numbers but as human beings. I make a heart felt appeal to
Forced to work for nothing on a remote indonesian island. So we begin this newshour in yemen where the Saudiled Coalition is bombarding houthi targets. Saudi television says houthi fighters have withdrawn from an important hilltop complex after airstrikes overnight. Aden is a strat automobilingcally important port city in the south. There has been a defendant tense fighting there between Houthi Rebels loyal to the former president and fighters who back the government of the mansuharti. They are being supplied with weapons and equipment and air drops being carried out by the saudi air force. Meanwhile, in expansion of the United States role in the, the pentagon has agreed to give Aerial Refueling support to awed e and fighter jets. Turkey says it is willing to provide Logistical Support to the mission. And china says it has helped 225 people from 10 countries to leave yemen. Thats the first time beijing has evacuated foreign nationals from an international crisis. Yemens foreign ministe