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Into his first term a year into his first term. Whose children are yet to see their fathers homeland, i pine for democracy and have dedicated my life to achieving it in syria. Not so long ago, this wartorn state was the most diverse and forward thinking in the entire middle east. Its people celebrated the nation unique, faith. Mix of we should celebrate any fair and democratic election, even if the winner would thater, to understand syria has become the hotbed of extremism and proxy wars that have raged for many years now, so much so that even the press is beginning to understand. To truly understand what must be done to solve it, we must take a highlevel view and see the practice as accommodation of three levels of trouble. Issuesre internal syrian , those of the wider middle eastern region, and then the cold war impacts growing by the day. These are interlinked. What began on the streets of syria as part of the long forgotten arab spring with peaceloving syrians calling for freedom a
An organization in syria. It is about 55 minutes. [applause] ribal thank you. Thank you for inviting me. I would like to thank them for this amazing opportunity. Start with a warning that i have some qualitative things to say about President Trump. I appreciate it is not fashionable in many parts of the worlds now but your president is now one year into his first term. The results of elections that were entirely democratic are baffling to many. As a syrian whose children are yet to see their fathers homeland, i pine for democracy and have dedicated my life to achieving it in syria. Not so long ago, this wartorn state was the most diverse and forward thinking in the entire middle east. Its people celebrated the countrys unique mix of faith. We should celebrate any fair and democratic election, even if the winner would [indiscernible] however, to understand that syria has become the hotbed of extremism and proxy wars that have raged for many years now, so much so that even the press is b
A reported feat of sixty four Million Euros. Meanwhile donald trump slashes aid to palestinians but who will pick up the slack the e. U. Debates extra funding to fill the gap to help stop thousands of refugees from going under. And never forget german lawmakers hold a special session to honor victims of the holocaust and that survivor has strong words for those who still deny this dark chapter in german history. Im simply so much good to have you with us President Donald Trump has called on the country to unite behind him to create a new american moment during his first state of the Union Address trump also challenged lawmakers to support his plans for renewing the countrys aging infrastructure and to overcome the impasse on Immigration Reform here are some of the highlights. Then. Not surprisingly they gave the president a heros welcome the big question ahead of Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address with the leader of the free world adopt a more president ial term on twitter
University of missouri and brought solidarity protests on campuses around the country, a similar protest has erupted at Ithaca College in upstate new york. All over the nation, both on and off College Campuses, we have seen young and old fighting against injustice. We stand here in solidarity stop our hearts are heavy with the pain of mizzou and yale in every person on college canvases simply because of the color of their skin, the texture of their hair. However, how can a cap is dedicated to preparing us for the real world not actively foster growth . Amy on wednesday, thousands of faculty, students and staff staged a walkout to call for the resignation of president tom rochon. The protesters, led by students of color, lay down on the rainy walkways in a mass diein. Well get an update from Ithaca College student body president Dominick Recckio, and peyi shoyinka irawele, professor of international and african politics at Ithaca College. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democra