Region in the next two days some of it is following the story from istanbul. When it comes to fruition this deal would not be a surprise because kurdish fighters the peoples Production Units or y p g have been in negotiations with the Bashar Al Assad government for a number of days now sources have been telling us that there are sticking points including the man in reconstruction of kurdish fighters to the Syrian Government forces there giving up of heavy weapons by these kurdish fighters and giving up all of their military bases and manipulations going to one of those was some of those points that they were agreeing to as were being asked by the Syrian Government the details of disagreement have not been made public or clear is yet but goodish tried to say that theyve asked the Syrian Government to come in and help them to secure these areas against the turkish advances if invent Syrian Forces enter that border area between syria and turkey called affray in where the fighting is conti
Eastern gouda which has been under siege since two thousand and six two thousand and thirteen that is local observers believe the attacks are a prelude to a major offensive and a host of reports from beirut and neighboring lebanon. Rockets missiles air strikes activists fear the renewed bombardment of the besieged opposition area of eastern could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. It seems russian broke at the gauche ations to bring about a gravel surrender they have so far failed ending a week of relative calm yet again civilians where the victims since the end of december a stepped up military campaign killed more than four hundred people at least one hundred of them were children the fear now is that the numbers will only rise if a wide scale attack begins. The Syrian Government and its allies are sending military reinforcements to the edges of the rebel enclave just outside the capital damascus program of the media are promising victory and what they say will be
Section in depth. Youll see special guests like Walter Mosley, last month we had david ignatius, the Washington Post columnist in the thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month we are pleased to have the Pulitzer Prize author Colson Whitehead as the guest comments most recent book he underground railroad. What is the appropriate response when your books are praised by oprah, president obama, you win the Pulitzer Committee National Book award, so what is the appropriate response . [laughter] guest this book has taken off in a way that was unexpected so most of the i just thank my lucky stars and sleep a little betterne and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Host why does that put you in a better mood . Guest ive been writing for 20 something years and sometimes you write a book and people dig it and understand it and other times nobody cares and it sort of disappears. So i have the pride thinking i did a good job on the book and the bonus of other people thinkin
In violence since president trops decision to recognize press m. S. s heels capital. Has more from less stress on. Israels carried out what it calls a large scale attack on hamas targets within gaza this is in response to what happened earlier on saturday when there was an explosion seems an explosive device left at the border fence two Israeli Soldiers seriously wounded two more moderately wounded in that explosion so israel responding with targeted strikes it said on six separate hamas targets within gaza choosing at them from the. Tunnel which they said was being dug towards israeli territory two military compounds within those six targets in total there was also a rocket fired out of gaza which struck a civilian home it israel no injuries reported from there but there were injuries reported by the Gazan Health Ministry shortly thereafter a report from tank fire incoming east iraq right down in the south of the gaza strip the israeli media reporting that all kinds of students were t
Feedback welcome to book tv indepth program this is our special year of fiction on indepth. You will see authors who writes about the cia and such. We are pleased to have Colson Whitehead as our guest. Ci mr. Whitehead what is the appropriate response when your books are praised by oprah, president obama and the National Book award. In a way thats unexpected and startling and wonderful. I just think my lucky stars. And they tried to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does that put you in a better mood. I had been writing for 20 something years and it sort of disappears. The bonus of other peoplee as well. Of l of theater repair people how to sell a book like that. My agentnd it to either its too big of a concept or you dont. You are along for the ride or the description or not. My second attempt as it at a novel. In the agent the agent dumped me. They make fun of me. Eventually after a year and a half of writing that i finally got it downen what sounded like an interesting book in m