The patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church. It has been over a thousand years before these two branches of christianity have come together. The president of syria insists that his forces will retake the whole of syria, but he has also said that negotiations are worth pursuing. His words come as russian air strikes reportedly killed 18 people in syria just hours before a u. N. Task force meeting on humanitarian aid. World leaders agreed to aim for a halt in hostilities within seven days, as well as to provide humanitarian assistance. The Syrian Government and opposition groups have yet to agree to that, and arms groups, isil, and alnusra, well, they are not going to be included in any kind of deal. Russias Prime Minister has said that the u. S. And its arab partners need to think hard about their actions in syria. Saying all sides could negotiate instead of sparking a new world war. Translator we have fully believed in negotiations and in Political Action since the beginning of this c
Arrives in cuba to end a 1,000year divide in the christian faith. As you can see were live in havana. Hello. Syrias president says his forces will retake the whole country, but believes negotiations are worth pursuing. He was speaking as world powers discuss the implementation of a proposed cessation of hostilities set to begin in a week. Despite the diplomacy in germany, the violence continues on the ground. Russia air strikes have reportedly killed 18 people in homs. Six were killed in air strikes east of damascus, and two more died in daraa. Translator we have fully believed in negotiations since the beginning of this crisis. However, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting terrorism. First through negotiations, and second through fighting terrorism. Zana hoda is in the turkish city on the border with syria, and she filed this report on the situation on the ground. Reporter clearly the syrian president speaking from a position of strength. Just a few months ago, last july
Though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. Right now it is only an agreement on paper, it wont bring a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling cessation of abilities in syria beginning a week from now. One of the priorities will be delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and villages, our diplomatic editor james base reports from munich. 19 delegations and sponsors of International Peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track but the most important meeting happens several hours earlier on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel. This is where Russian Foreign minister Sergei Fedorov and u. S. Secretary of state john kerry came facetoface and if you look at those faces you can tell from the very start this was a difficult meeting. The russians proposed a ceasefire from march the first but the u. S. Said that would mean three weeks more aerial b
12 dead, more than 100 missing. Plus. Im on a stretch of high tech bike path in the netherlands, with scientists developed a surface that they say could power the future. First iraq fighters from the Islamic State of iraq and levant are making gains in anbar province. I. S. I. L. Forces captured a village 12km west of ramadi. It is crucial for iraqi forces, the biggest province, sharing borders with syria, jordan, saudi arabia. Lets go to jane arraf, joining us from the capital baghdad. What can you tell us about i. S. I. L. s advance in anbar . Well, elizabeth, its an indication of how crucial anbar is, not some because its iraqs biggest province, but because that is where theres a key fight going on within iraq and with iraqs allies, to get iraqi tribes on board. What we are seeing is fighting and i. S. I. L. Gains in places where tribes turned against i. S. I. L. , and they are fighting to throw them out of territory there. That was the case in the village to the west of ramadi, and
Damascus to place chemical weapons under international control. Its too early to tell whether the offer will succeed. And any agreement must verify that the assad regime keeps its commitments. But this initiative has the potential to re move the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force. Particularly because are you uh shah russia is one of assads allies. It is the policy of the administration to trust these two men. We are all suppose ed to take their word on an issue as sensitive as chemical weapons . This is the new improve ohhed obama doctrine, but while the solution is considered the president is still weighing the military option. Unfortunately for him he doesnt have the support of the American People. Nor does he have the Political Capital to get the backing of congress. None of it is his fault. Nope. Guess whose fault it is. Take a guess. I believe that america acts more effectively abroad when we stand together. This is especially true after a decade that put more wa