Strengthen its anti assad capability and bring him to the negotiating table something that we have been talking about for over three years. No one should be under any illusion that the attacks on innocent citizens in syria remain 99 the work of the syrian regime, which has now killed an estimated 170,000 of its own people, as against just a few hundred killed by isil. Mr. Speaker, war is a terrifying business, particularly for those who have experienced it. On occasions it is a necessary evil, but no matter how necessary, it is always ghastly and horrendous. It is with a feeling of depression and trepidation that i will be supporting the government tonight. Although i support the motion authorising military strikes on isil in iraq, and although i fully support my Party Leaders caution over extending it to syria without un backing, the blunt truth is that simply allowing isil to retreat across an invisible border, to them, that they control into syria to regroup is no answer. First, why
And a change in burk burkina fa. We begin with a story out of the palestinian west bank. A man has been shot after he stabbed at least three people one is a woman who has died. First what are the latest developments . Very tense situation. A palestinian man from hebron according to israeli investigators, theyve named him as a 30yearold man from hebron, hes also known to Israeli Security forces that he was in prison from 2000 to 2005. But again, a very tense situation. After three people were stabbed, two with whats been described as moderate injuries and a third, a woman at the age of 25 who lost her life in this attack. So again were still getting information from the scene. But as weve been saying, a very tense situation as israeli investigators peace together what happened in this settlement outside the occupied west bank. Weve seen tensions between israelis and palestinians. Whats stoking these current tensions, what is happening now . Indeed these tensions which have been brewing
There is right now a movement led by mainly figures from basra like a judge who was a minister and then a Parliament Member who is probably the best person to articulate the cause of basra right now at the national level. His narrative is right well known. That is there. I think what goes on in basra, see basra is not just about basra. The leadership in basra, the political leadership, the governor and city council, they belong to strong parties that are national parties. These are the leaders who are from outside basra who call their own politicians and say dont approve this. The biggest problem basra has to achieve its provincial status is the politicians of basra and baghdad who are resisting it. But i think right now there is a mechanism to collect sits and then present them to the election commission. Then it will go forward that way. The question is will the same people who caused the previous attempt to fail do it again, or is the momentum too strong right now in light of the na
There is a Clear Strategy and plan in relation to that. Personally, i think that a lot more work needs to be done on what exactly the route map is in syria. Those are the particular issues that i raise in relation to syria. I want to make some progress with my argument, if the house will allow me. Isil is not simply a murderous organisation. As the Prime Minister said, it has ambitions for a state of its own a caliphate across the middle east, run according to its horrific norms. And values. That is why i believe, and established in the first part of my remarks, that we cannot simply stand by against the threat of isil. In acting against it we need to learn the lessons from the past. We should be clear about this with the british people. That means a comprehensive strategy humanitarian and political, as well as military, and, crucially, rooted in the region. Some of that work is under way, but i believe that much more needs to be done. There is a reality that the house must face up to
Dilemma hurting the highlands in malaysia so supporters of the pakistani politician imran khan are blocking supply routes into afghanistan for a second day. They say theyll stop nato trucks passing through northwest tabbing stan until the u. S. Stops its drone strikes. As we said in the openers, small but effective these protests. Indeed, very effective. Just to tell you, in the last few minutes the members of the provincial assembly from the Islamist Army have gone to the u. S. Consulate where they loged a protest alert against the continuation of the drone strikes. As you can see the Party Workers are on the roadblock. Just to give you a little bit of an explainer, they are blocking the points two critical entry points into the province. What you see behind me is a large checkpoint manneded by the Islamist Army. What they are doing is making sure that none of those container trucks that are passing through the last point before they enter into pakistans tribal areas on the way to the