Will commit to the deal to the terms of the agreement we still need to see on the ground what happens particularly in teller a fight and ben thats for many years the kurds were saying there is absolutely no way we will retreat from those areas which are part of the territory that the kurds say is part of their homeland in north east and western parts of syria. Many thanks i was there is hashing out of there on the turkey syria border meeting about syrias constitution is about to begin in geneva it aims to repair the fractures that many believe led to the civil war on tuesday Foreign Ministers from Turkey Russia and iran all key players in the conflict met in geneva to welcome the initiative but they will be present during tuesdays to during wednesdays discussions the group was formed after 18 months of work by the un the Syrian Government and the main opposition bloc diplomatic editor james bays reports now from geneva. This is going to be an Important Development the opening of this C
The chair on this vote the eas are 187, the nays are 224. He amendment is not adopted. The question is on the committee amended in the nature of a substitute. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. Accordingly, under the rules the committee rises. The speaker pro tempore mr. Chairman. The chair the committee of the whole on the state of the union has had under consideration h. R. 3624 and pursuant to House Resolution 629, i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. The speaker pro tempore the chair of the committee of the whole on the state of the Union Reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h. R. 3624, and pursuant to House Resolution 629 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. Under the rule, the previous question ised odd. The question is on adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substitute. So ma
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
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A new Prime Minister earlier the shia cleric. Called for the resignation. 2 u. S. Government officials who served on the former special envoy to ukraine are testifying in each month inquiry into President Donald Trump Christopher Anderson and Catherine Croft are expected to describe how state Department Officials efforts to support ukraine were stymied by the white house the pair follow alexander the National Security council official in charge of ukraine policy who testified on tuesday when was the 1st witness who listened there on a phone call between the u. S. And ukrainian president s at the center of the inquiry our White House Correspondent kelly halkett has more on this from washington. The testimony on wednesday on capitol hill by 2 state Department Officials are expected to be particularly damaging to the white house once again this is an effort by the democrats to offer further timelines and a deep dive into ukraine policy under the administration of donald trump we expect th