To first and foremost, give those elements of the moderate Syrian Opposition were supporting the capacity to defend themselves, to build battlefield acredibility and ultimately to use those elements and forces to deal with stash and the context of the strategy to deal with stash. At the same time were building that capacity, our hope would be to build within the political esh long, a sophistication that the two together, the political and the military esh lon are the Critical Force that will have a place at the table during the political process that will see the replacement of assad. It seems to me thats a tenyear proposition. And if thats the case, we should be talking in a tenyear period. We can finish iraq over the next three years, but then thats a much longer process and we should just understand what the long term goal requires of us inside syria. And just saying assads name over and over again will help us focus on the ultimate objective that the Free Syrian Army is going to ha
Chavez. And the evolution of gaming the Way Technology that allows you to take your games on the go no matter where you are in the world. Good evening and welcome to Al Jazeera America, im antonia, stephanie is off tonight, we begin in iraq where Government Forces trying to take tick tikrit and shielded themselves from attack by military headquarters, at the same time the u. N. Says Iraqi Military offensive forced 28,000 people from their homes. In a week after i. S. I. L. Fighters destroyed artifacts at a mosul museum the rebels today used a bulldozer to start destroying the ancient assyrian city including a 3,000yearold palace 10s of thousands of troop are working along malitia to take back tikrit to defend saddam husseins town and hoping it will loosen the grip on the city and we have more from baghdad. Reporter for hussein is a battle cry for fighter, this is the base of operations for the theshythe shiaa malitia and the players are hezbollah and interior minister leader of the mal
Egypts deposed president. Italys Prime Minister said et cetera determined to find the people responsible for the deadly crossing on the mediterranean. As many as 700 are feared dead in what could prove the worst disaster yet including people being smugged into europe. A fishing boat capsized off of the libyan coast, a few hundred kilometers south of lampedusalamp oflamp lampedusa one said 70 people if not more were traveling on the boat. 24 bodies have been recovered so far and they have been taken to malta. The latest disaster is fueling cause for a stronger response. The Italian Government has held a crisis meeting after the italian Prime Minister called for an emergency summit of european leaders to deal with the problem. Lets cross live to phil lavelle in rome where the italian capnet held an emergency meeting. Tell us a bit more about what matteo renzi had to say. Reporter there are two strands the immediate term and the shortterm. In the immediate term he talked about shaking up
Strikes go on how antibiotics given to animals can affect your health as many as 700 are fared dead in the mediterranean sea, after the boat they are on capsized. Its thought the boat went down 200km south of lampedusa. The italian and maltese coast guards are conducting a major search. 28 bodies have been discovered. Paul brennan joins us live from catania. Tell us more about what happened. There are more details emerging yes, about what happened last night. Late saturday night out there in the sea, north of libya. According to the Operations Room of the Italian Coast Guard in rome which we have been able to speak to by phone from sicily it was 73 miles from the coast. A migrant boat appears to have been discovered by a portuguese merchant vessel. It approached it. It appears that the migrants flooded to one side of the boat destabilizing their vessel, and in doing so it capsized and they were pitched into the water. The numbers, according to the coast guard let me say, 28 confirmed r
Push back houthi fighters. A new art exhibit in london display artifacts from one of the worlds oldest cultures. First, more than 400 Asylum Seekers have been rescued off the coast of italy. The group was found by a fishing boat about 100 kilometers south of the coastline. The ship was taking on water. This is the latest incident in what is becoming an almost daily occurrence between Southern Africa and northern europe. More than 10,000 people have been rescued in the seas off italy and grease, hundreds more have drowned. On sunday, a ship carrying more than 800 people sank off the libyan coast. The captain has been arrested and charged with manslaughter. On monday, a ship carrying Asylum Seekers smashed off the rocks off the greek island of rose. Three people died there. On the same day the italian and maltese coast guard scrambled to respond to distress calls to ships from libya carrying hundreds of people. Increasing numbers of migrants are losing their lives but the ones found toda