Government launches new air strikes on kurdish targetse tarn northern iraq. Hi alert, new video emerges of sundays deadly hotel attack. And best teacher. A palestinian ex refugee wins global award for her work with students traumatized by violence. Good evening im antonio mora, we begin Al Jazeera America International News hour by a surprise decision by russia, on the fifth anniversary of the war in syria. Russian president Vladimir Putin announced this morning he is withdrawing most of russias troops. Gathering in geneva for a new round of talks to end the conflict, its unclear how many Russian Troops will remain in syria, it is unclear if russia will continue to conduct air strikes against terrorists, putin says he hopes the pullout is a step towards peace. Translator i hope this will significantly increase the level of trust of all participants in the political process in syria, and will help solve the syrian conflict peacefully. The u. S. Has adopted a waitandsee approach to the a
Merkel and french president francisco on. Im pleased to have french president franciscus oisncisco lund france hollande. It said you know as much about sanctions as anybody in the Obama Administration its sad that you as much about sanctions as anybody in the Obama Administration its said that aboutow as much sanctions as anybody in the Obama Administration. A linkage between what the sanctions are trying to achieve and overall u. S. Government policy. We bring to bear all of what the u. S. Government is trying to do to effect a policy objective. The second is that we have as much International Buying in and cooperation as International Cooperation as possible. Our sanctions are much more effective when we have our partners around the world working with us. The third key element is a very clear objective. I think the sanctions against iran are a good example of that, ofre we had all the elements the u. S. Government working together. We had International Buying in international buyin.
Leaders such as Angela Merkel and french president francois hollande. Im pleased to have david cohan at the first time at the table. Its said you know as much about sanctions as anybody in the obama administration. Give me the sense of what you have learned about how to make them work. How effective they are, what you have to have. Once you have applied them and taken them off, is it difficult to put them back on . David sanctions can be enormously effective if we have a couple of key elements. One is a linkage between what the sanctions are trying to achieve and overall u. S. Government policy. We bring to bear all of what the u. S. Government is trying to do to affect a policy objective. The second is that we have as much international buyin and cooperation as possible. Our sanctions are much more effective when we have our partners around the world working with us. The third key element is a very clear objective. I think the sanctions against iran are a good example of that, where w
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