An unprecedented human catastrophe the battle for the Syrian Government is adamant it will retake the last rebel held area but with turkey and russia with how will this fight play out across the region and why does it matter this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program on pieces babies and children dying of cold in syrias and this suffering has been described by the u. N. As the biggest humanitarian horror story of the 21st century it says nearly 900000 civilians have left since the beginning of december the Syrian Government offensive to capture it has created the biggest single civilian displacement jury in the 9 year conflict despite that the syrian president has an eye on. To press on with the operation it libya is the last remaining rebel stronghold and the only deescalation zone that remains out of his control Syrian Regime forces are making advances on the ground and that pushes put more pressure on those being displaced turkey back some of the rebels in the province a
11 pm here at r t h q in moscow were glad you decided to join us for your world news update this hour again. The u. S. Is boosting its offensive capabilities in iraq the head of u. S. Central command said this was in response to the threat posed to american troops by neighboring iran. Also in the process of bringing air Defense Systems Ballistic Missile Defense Systems into iraq in particular to protect ourselves against a bit another potential iranian attack well just when many thought that tensions between the United States and the Islamic Republic of iran were starting to cool we have the u. S. Central command telling us the opposite take a listen this is no easy task iran is persistent and is growing its arsenal Ballistic Missiles despite International Condemnation around remains the Worlds Largest state sponsor of terrorism now its important to note that the Iraqi Parliament has voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in the country however the usa maintains a military pre
An unprecedented human catastrophe the battle for the Syrian Government is adamant it will retake the last rebel held area but to turkey and russia with how will this fight play out across the region and why does it matter this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dubey babies and children dying of cold in syrias and this suffering has been described by the u. N. As the biggest humanitarian horror story of the 21st century it says nearly 900000 civilians have left since the beginning of december the Syrian Government offensive to capture it has created the biggest single civilian displacement jury in the 9 year conflict despite that the syrian president has announced to press all with the operation it is the last remaining rebel stronghold and the only deescalation zone that remains out of his control Syrian Regime forces are making advances on the ground and that pushes put more pressure on those being displaced turkey back some of the rebels in the province and
Giving thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. We start this hour with breaking news because syrian militants backed by Turkish Forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in water province but russian airstrikes have helped to repel them. Of course one thing is that an office in the studio with me is been following events for as the escalation seems pretty concerning what exactly is happened and do we know much about the situation on the ground at the moment what the situation is very concerning in some of the worst as collations in syria in years i have to say and basically what happened terrorist factions of launched an offensive on the syrian positions trying to trying to push the syrian army out of the province they were supported by turkish artillery fire too so syria had to ask russia russias air force to intervene and together the syrians and russians repelled the attack but again it was supported by the officials syrian by the official turkish army and
Welcome and even here in moscow you with r. T. International news just in an elderly man who was believed to be leading the call to prayer at a mosque in Central London has been stabbed in the neck witness reports claim the man was stabbed multiple times however police say his condition is not life threatening the suspect was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder the motive of the attack is not clear i will keep you updated of any developments. Now syria militants backed by Turkish Forces have launched an offensive against the syrian army in the war torn is province but russian airstrikes have helped to repel them with more on that were joined by donna in the studio could even tea or just run through then exactly what happened and how serious the situation is on the ground well i have to say its a very serious escalation when it comes to this province and the situation in syria in general basically what happened terrorist factions launched an offensive on the Syrian Fo