Removal of president Bashar Al Assad why well because hes been accused of using chemical weapons by the only independent arbiters in the syrian war a group thats called the White Helmets. But heres the problem with that a closer look as revealed at the White Helmets are really not so independent they may be arbiters but theyre not independent and to the accusations of chemical weapons usage. That too did not really hold up to scrutiny in fact look at that video right there you see that it said trip report victims being treated from a chemical attack guess what a b. B. C. Producer on the scene later came forward after the 28 team video was shot to reveal that this is fake that scene is staged to make it look like a hospital scene after a chemical attack that apparently never really happened. See the problem all along for the United States is credibility say some middle east experts is that our state department may have revealed its intentions shown its hand as we like to say maybe a lit
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Voices from the road. So to keep our moderator busy so in the interest of time and because we aree on air with cspan we should get moving. I will give some opening remarks and then we will start the discussion. Welcome to the middle east institute. For someone who works on syria over the last nine years i can safely say to combat a more important time any other offense like this one and i was extremely glad it was taking place. The humanitarian crisis that developed recently is unprecedented. Not just of the whole world of modern history. But the world has yet to do then issue more than public statements of concern. And then to say everything that i can but to say from the outset how grateful i am to have such an esteemed panel of experts and practitioners to see this very shortly with this valuable perspective to have the extraordinarily important issue. First on the far left the founder and president of a medical company trying to reduce healthcare disparity by providing healthcare f
A majority. And this board to pass and then pick minister says the tokyo game that could be delayed until later in the year but olympic bosses insist the event is still on course to begin in july despite the corona Virus Outbreak. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane over it live in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area oh its the 3rd syrian fighter jet downed in 3 days turkeys escalating campaign is threatening to bring it to direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians 8 people were killed in an explosion in a blip city elsewhere fighting is intensifying in the south its happening in the raw despite a cease fire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports of at least 5 people have been killed. Well hashem about it joins us now from have time i on the turkey syria border hashem just bring us up to speed whats happening there on the gr
A majority. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane of adlib in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area the 3rd syrian fighter downed in 3 days turkeys escalating campaign is threatening to bring it to direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians 8 people were killed by an explosion and it lip city elsewhere fighting is on intensifying in the south thats happening in iraq despite a cease fire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports of at least 5 people have been killed those fighting continues u. S. Special envoy for syria James Jeffrey and u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kelly croft visited the border area with syria and met with members of the syrian white helmets. Those hills over there. The Turkish Military and the Syrian Opposition are 1st of all fighting to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe millions or millions of refugees that the