Hello, the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east for a latest diplomatic push on syria. After meeting the Foreign Ministers of saud turkey among others they talked about the outcome of the word. He arrived in aman for talks on ending the swar. In a surprise move jordan depreed to coordinate actions with russia. It could mark a shift in alliances. Later on saturday john kerry will travel to sawyered saudi arabia and hold talks with his counter part. He says theres disagreement in the role. They hope to convince others that Bashar Alassad cannot be part of the solution. The u. S. Secretary of state is pushing for talks and iran, the close ally, hat not been part of talks and is ruled out from attending. The Foreign Policy chief speck in favour of them being at the table saying here is what the Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said about cooperation with the jordanians on syria. Translation an agreement has been reached with forming a mechanism in aman to coordin
Palestinian has been killed preventing a knife attack. And in sport. Rugby and the twickenham stadium. New zealand preparing to go head to head with south africa. There are signs of significant diplomatic shifts over the war in syria. Russia says its ready to provide air support for the free syrian army. Russia also says it wants syria to prepare for elections for its parliament and wt. Within the past few minutes, the foreign minister lavrov says he and the secretary of state, john kerry discussed launching a political protest between syrias government and the opposition. Joining suss the coeditor joining us is the coered tore from a middle eastern magazine and head of the special envoy to syria. Thank you for talking to us at al jazeera. This seems to be a process that started at the vienna talks a couple of days soing. Thats right. The americans, saudis and turks held a meeting at the end of the last few days and great to reconvene because of an expanded fashion, including jordan, q
Free at last. The case is one of these perfect illustrations of what went wrong after 9 11 with u. S. Involvement in afghanistan. The final prisoner is released, eight years after being cleared to go by the u. S. Government. Plus, protecting the antarctic. The effort to turn nearly a million square miles into a Wildlife Sanctuary and the two countries unwilling to allow it. Im Randall Pinkston in for antonio mora. We begin tonight with a deployments of American Special ops team into syria. President obama authorized 50 commandos working with special troops fighting i. S. I. L. Forces. The white house insists, the new policy does not violate the president s insistence to not have boots on the ground. Looking for solutions to the four year civil war in vienna but the politics take a back seat to the ongoing violence in the region. More than 100 people were killed, many of them civilians, during air strikes friday, one of them at a popular market in northern syria. More now from al jazeer
Washington and beijing guns in america. It is easier in some community to find a gun than it is to find fresh vegetables taking his case for reform to chicago. President obamas message to communities in the crossfire. Plus, walls of sound. Inside the legendary electric lady stoodies built by jimmy hennedic hendriks, the birthplace to countless hits we begin with a shift in u. S. Strategy in the battle against i. S. I. L. The plan calls for more air strikes, raids on the groups strong holds in the iraq and syria. After saying no for so long, maybe more american troops on the ground in the most dangerous parts of the region. National security, jamie mcintyre, has that story. Secretary carters testimony before the Senate Arms Committee was a tacit emission that the u. S. Led war against i. S. I. L. Ground to a stalemate and challenges are needed to regain the momentum. Secretary ash carter pointed to the rescue of 70 i. S. I. L. Captives by iraq kurdish fighters backed by u. S. Delta forc
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