We address the syrian impasse and how does this impact washington policy . We are lucky to have experts in the field with us today. I will keep it short so we can jump right in. First a few housekeeping items through todays event is being livestreamed and video recorded and it is also being broadcast on cspan so i encourage guests in the audience in attendance and viewing at home to join in on the conversation via twitter. Please feel free to comment as we go along and we will try to address those comments. This is the time or ask you to shut your cell phones down. We dont want or our guests to be interrupted as they engage in this conversation and now i am very pleased to hand over the conversation to my colleagues a research analyst. This is her first moderated event and we are very pleased to have you do this. Take it away. Thank you and thank you all for coming. Three weeks ago the turkish Army Launched an operation across the border in Northern Syria into region. Turkey is there f
Good morning everyone and welcome to the foundation for defense of democracies. My name is kim yojong and Senior Vice President for research and it is terrific to see so many familiar faces in the room. We are looking forward to our time the event this morning as we address the syrian impasse and how does this impact washington policy . We are lucky to have experts in the field with us today. I will keep it short so we can jump right in. First a few housekeeping items through todays event is being livestreamed and video recorded and it is also being broadcast on cspan so i encourage guests in the audience in attendance and viewing at home to join in on the conversation via twitter. Please feel free to comment as we go along and we will try to address those comments. This is the time or ask you to shut your cell phones down. We dont want or our guests to be interrupted as they engage in this conversation and now i am very pleased to hand over the conversation to my colleagues a research
Court charged with crimes against humanity. And we report on the martial arts legend still pulling in the crowds 42 years after his death. Thank you for joining us. Cuba and the United States have formerly restored diplomatic ties after more than a half century of hostility. On midnight on monday, each country reestablished embassy ies in each others capital. Deteriorateing relations between the u. S. And then fidel castro led to the breaking of former ties back in 1961. Restrictions on americans wanting to travel to cuba will remain in place. As will the trade embargo preventing many businesses doing business in the country. Tom, those images of the cuban flag being raised over the embassy that is now washington, really a historic moment does not take away from the fact that a lot of people in the u. S. Are not pleased about the restoring of diplomatic ties. Correct, behind me, by the way, the array of flags includes cuba tucked croatia and cypress and shortly in an hour or so, the se
Chads former president habre is defiant as he faces a Senegalese Court charged with crimes against humanity. Well have the latest in golfs open championship as Jordan Spieth misses out on a third major. Fifa announces a date of their next president ial election. Withness glrk hello there hello there welcome to the newshour. Each country reestablished embassies in the others capital and a short time ago the cube annal flag was raiseover cubas new embassy in washington d. C. Deteriorating relations between the utle and the thencuban leader Fidel Castro Castro culminated into the cutting off of ties. While in washington, d. C we are waiting for aNews Conference between the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and the Cuban Foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez, that is about to start, well cross to it live, while were waiting for that to happen, well speak to al jazeeras tom ackerman. What hurdles actually remain to formalize be be be relations between the two countries . While secretary of sta
Nuclear deal with iran. Chads former president is defiant as he faces a Senegalese Court as charged with crimes against humanity. A new fifa president wonting elected until february. . After a half century of hostility, at midnight last night, each country has established be embassies in each other answer countries. Disrt rating relations between the United States and then cuban president 70 del castro culminated into breaking off of ties in 1961. Restrictions of americans wanting to travel to cuba will remain in place. United states secretary of state and his counterpart spoke in washington in the last few minutes. This milestone does not signify an end to differentials differences that still separate our countries. But it doing signify that relations we have begun a process of full normalization that will be sure to take time but will also benefit the people in both cuba and the United States. Totally lifting return of the illegally occupied territory of guantanamo as well as full re