Pity the main kurdish faction in the Syrian Democratic forces. Was a crucial in defeating eisel. The retreat of the kurdish fighters would be a crucial moment for president as a player. Who has been warning against a full blown mystery confrontation if Syrian Kurdish fighters remain in the safe zone. Although must be the killer part in the russia as all know has given the information to all relevant authorities the terrorists organizations have completely withdrawn. It was a tense day a mortar landed near a Russian Military personnel in there. On the border with Turkey Russia and turkey carry out joint patrols in those areas now. Clashes erupted between the turkish back Syrian National army the Opposition Group and the s. D. F. On the outskirts of i know he said and members. In the meantime as the s. D. F. Fighters pull out Syrian Government troops are redeploying taken over more territory. You know me. And the rest of our redeployment will continue until we reach the iraqi border god
Of beirut running battles in the heart of the lebanese capital. Police moved in after hundreds of men allied with Political Parties in power attacked government demonstrators who have been in the streets for almost 2 weeks demanding the ruling elite leaves office the Prime Minister saddam how d. D. Has now handed his Resignation Letter to the president. For 13 days the lebanese people have waited for a decision for a political solution that would stop the relation i have tried during this period to find a way out to listen to the peoples voice and to protect the country from Economic Security and social dangers today i will not hide from you i reached a dead end it is time for us to have a big shock to face the crisis. The crisis is threatening civil peace the protest movement doesnt enjoy the support of the entire country has been law is among a number of groups backing the government. I they chant the name of their leader. The iranian backed movement believes there is a campaign to t
Sitting either side of him the 2 cochairs one from the government side a Syrian Government. Armored cars body and on the other side the Syrian Opposition politician whos been involved in many of these talks howdy are they both spoke at this Opening Event as you might expect the Syrian Government spoke about the need to defeat what it calls terrorism and the opposition spoke about the need for detainees to be released but they both pledged to approach this in good faith and try and come up with a constitution for the country it will be a very difficult task adrian just look at one aspect of this and that is the role of the presidency in the new constitution is supposed to come up with and of course the Syrian Government negotiators know that theyre working for a president who as ruthlessly over 8 and a half years been prepared to fight to stay in office using everything from torture in his jails to barrel bombs so no one i think has any doubt about the difficulty of the process ahead ar
One small step for man, one giant lea p one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Its 50 years ago today that Neil Armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. And in a special edition of witness history at 3. 30pm, hear the personal stories of some extraordinary moments in space exploration. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has spoken to his iranian counterpart expressing what he said was extreme disappointment over the seizure of a british flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. A Senior Iranian diplomat has also been summoned to the Foreign Office. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in teheran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated International Maritime rules. But the ships owner, the Swedish Company stena bulkt, says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and inter
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