Corruption economic problems. Leaders admit there are problems but have also been quick to point the finger at outside enemies. Of whipping things up well explore all the factors at play also on the grid the u. S. Talks up its efforts to train pilots after the u. N. Raises alarm about a spike in civilian casualties from Coalition Air strikes the defense secretary james mattis is also blaming the rebels for stockpiling weapons in residential areas which he says is proof they dont care about innocent peoples safety and once you know how cold it is right now in parts off america well sharks are washing up on beaches frozen solid conservationists think they fell into cold while trying to reach warmer waters is this the kind of thing well have to get used to as part of a changing climate. Monitoring social media attraction on those stories and Everything Else thats trending send us your thoughts on facebook or on twitter using the hash tag. Here are the news good were live on air were streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com thanks for joining us so iranian con services have been out of sewing their support for the countrys Supreme Leader and government the rallies were organized weeks ago but have taken on new importance after three days of antigovernment protests anger has boiled over in major cities after thousands took to the streets denouncing the sluggish economy and a surge in the prices of basic foods and say television put these pictures out not long ago showing antigovernment protesters in smaller numbers outside to her own university they appeared to be defying warnings against getting involved in what the government describes as further illegal protests but leaders threw their full support behind other rallies which have been held to mark the defeat of the last major protest movements that was in two thousand and nine state television aired pictures from right across the country showing people waving flags and carrying banners bearing the image of ayatollah ali khamenei. Our social media producer anderson pile is here to tell us more about why people are upset andrew durian you mentioned the jump in prices of basic goods and now a pack of forty eggs cost as much as five dollars and some to run mark skinny tehran markets thats about forty percent more than last month the government says that avian flu is to blame for this sixteen million chickens have been culled in egg producers say theyve taken a half billion dollar hit but its also affecting pocketbooks of working class families. He from the university of Connecticut School of business gives us some perspective here he says that eggs in some parts of iran are now more expensive than they are in the United States where the minimum wage is four times higher so imagine your income staying constant as the price of Everything Else goes up dramatically one political cartoonist here for the Fars News Agency suggest that the price of eggs is so high that you might want to lock up your chickens now the jump in prices is what initially brought residents of iran second biggest city out into the streets on thursday but the list of grievances has grown to include other issues both economic and political and although twitter is banned videos like this one started circulating on instagram telegram and other platforms of people chanting death rouhani death to the dictator and leave syria think about us fifty two people were arrested for shouting antigovernment slogans and that added to fuel for demonstrations the following day which spread to cities across the country a twitter account based in saudi arabia called iran freedom dot org posted this video of a woman and her man shot calling for the death of Supreme Leader ali khamenei this account in iranian government figures abroad have been very active on social media the past couple of days using these pictures to push negative messages about irans purple establishment all thats prompted this response from irans Vice President about foreign meddling. But it wont go to us all economic indications in the country are good yes there is an increase in the prices of some products and the government is working on fixing the causes of the high prices some of the events that have taken place in recent days a said to have been because of the economy but there are other reasons the people behind what is taking place think they will be able to harm the government but when social movements and protests start in the street those who have ignited them are not always able to control them and i took a look at two of the biggest hash tags being used in both english and persian the u. S. State department and President Trump gave a significant boost to one of them the hash tag Iran Protests with their condemnation of the arrests some very popular posts on twitter at the moment come from the Us Administration and right wing think tanks like the foundation for the defense of democracies however the Iranian Foreign ministry has called President Trumps comments as meddlesome saw the most popular persian hash tag translates to all over its getting a lot of traction out of saudi arabia and from what we can tell its being boosted by automated accounts or bots because of some of these reasons supporters of the iranian government are downplaying the unrest blaming western media and sanctions for these demonstrations earlier we spoke to Mohammad Marandi hes a professor at tehran university. The iranians while theyre upset with mismanagement but they also recognize that the administration is being prevented from doing a lot of what its trying to do because of the United States and its allies in the sanctions and of course social media makes things much more easy so people are have information but also there is a fact that has to keep me kept in mind that while some people have been protesting. Economic problems we do see a very distinct effort on behalf of foreign governments for example b. B. C. Persian which is belong to the British Government the d. O. A. Which is owned by the United States government and Media Outlets that are directly or indirectly funded by the west their show their showing an effort to expand the protests that theyre trying to. Intensify them to end though in order to politicize them whenever there is any sign of discontent you will always have the may think tanks in the western media saying that the regime is about to implode in the regime is unpopular and the and weve been hearing that for thirty five thirty nine years now and thats not happened and i dont expect anything like that to happen in the future and we are certainly curious to hear what you think about the demonstrations in iran if youre there get in touch with us and let us know and you can see that full interview with Mohammad Marandi on aljazeera dot com and you can find out more about why people are protesting as well as getting the view from the ground thats all that aljazeera dot com. A funeral has been held in gaza for a palestinian killed by Israeli Soldiers along the border on friday the Palestinian HealthMinistry Says twenty year old was fatally wounded by a shot in the chest at least fifty others were injured in the confrontations during a fourth friday a protest against u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital and web spend reporting from the procession. Was a god. To do on friday when. We often went off to do died saturday morning from his injuries to ministry of health says hes a sixty seven to die in the on the rest in the file and since six december when u. S. President trump said america would recognize resulin as the capital of israel but i judge shopping for the state of its a very bad decision for the Palestinian People the americans are supporting israel in our own land we are people in our homeland and have given a martyr for palestine and for jerusalem oh its normal for the political factions and the armed groups in gaza whose leaders for the young men to go to the border protest to fund the sheen rules those are being killed this one is funded by the supported by the armed wing of fatah leaders every friday for the last month of course protesters to go to the border the separation wall and fence that surrounds gaza out in about five or six different places it clashed with the Israeli Soldiers fighting got some light bullets. And theres no sign that theyre going to give up anytime soon meanwhile a pro palestinian rally in pakistan has added to a ready testy diplomatic relations with india the god of the ring on friday was organized by a conservative Political Alliance linked to hafiz saeed whom india suspects is the mastermind of the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks the Palestinian Ambassador to pakistan the attended and was seen joining hands with protest leaders in a show of solidarity india says it will take up the ambassadors appearance with the palestinian authorities happy mon jacob is an associate professor of diplomacy and disarmament studied. Versity thats in new delhi and he says indias reaction is understandable. In diplomacy and politics it is very book and who you are seen with whose invitations you accept and who you get photographed are with the very fact that. A student about the choice to go do it idly and he knew beforehand who who he was going to be with this was no secret and he went there and photographed with. It his record on those i think is has not gone down when he voted with you to leave it where he understand it would isms and secondly india or sort of looks at the whole put us demian issue to the some of. The outward and with the i would india as a very very Strong Political historical and trade ties the indias trade with the other world is eighty per cent but wed start in trade with the state it is just one person so i did end of the day. There is a political consideration there was a great deal of political acts of acceptance with the media whatever it was relationship with the but i stayed in i thought at least and what i put a studio on stage for those of you watching us from syria we do have a story on syria coming up in just a moment we also have viewers with us from libya morocco and dubai send us your comments and your questions on any of the stories youve seen so far you can it sweet us so were at a. J. English were also on facebook at facebook dot com slash a. J. News grid you can also send us a whatsapp at plus nine seven four five zero triple one one four nine as always use the hash tag a. J. News grid now speaking of syria a group of Syrian Rebels is arriving in the dead are region that south of damascus after reaching a deal with the government so a convoy of buses carrying about four hundred fighters and their families was allowed to leave a rebel enclave in a bed jan that southwest of damascus the rebels lost bageant to the Syrian Government and its allies earlier this month zena junta has more from beirut. Bate asian is the last rebel pockets in the southwestern countryside of damascus it is a military gain for the Syrian Government and its allies they launched a Massive Military Campaign two months ago the rebels were trapped in a small area they had no other choice really but to surrender weve seen this happen before intense bombardment and then program and forces impose a siege so the rebels have no choice but to surrender or die really but this is a portent of this is not just a military gain for the government it is again for iran iran expanding its influence in a corner of syria very strategic corner of syria it lies between the syrian israeli and lebanese borders which means irans allies on the ground are moving closer to israel and israel really has been voicing a lot of concern about this as of late talking both to the russians as well as the americans telling them that they will not accept it random moving closer to their borders in fact a few weeks ago they stepped up airstrikes in syria they werent just targeting what they believed were arms convoys destined to the iranian allied Hezbollah Movement but what we understand one of those strikes targeted close to an Iranian Military base a base that was being set up by iran so it was a warning message from israel so not just another military game for the government again for iran and possibly it could be a source of tension in the near future well elsewhere families in western syria are beginning to arrive home after enduring years of living in camps a cease fire is holding off fighting for now but several rounds of talks have failed to find any permanent solution to some a bunch of aid reports. Why the common the stone in northwest syria is deceptive in the scenic villages bitterness fierce fighting and now its destroyed homes are unable to provide relief during the harsh winter. Were some says he couldnt handle the conditions in the camps for the displaced and has decided to return despite the risks hes now content with the limited supplies he can get in his own village but not of a strain john out there weve come back after four years in displacement camps Home Sweet Home nothing on earth compares to our lovely village we came back restored our house which was in ruins we also started to grow some wheat barley and more almost every syrian seems to have lost something and we were some also shares that loss as many of his friends and neighbors are gone. But his family is thankful for what they have and what they salvaged the northwestern part of Hama Provinces close to the course stronghold of the Assad Government rebel fighters were pushed out after months of fighting but a calm has prevailed since the attacks declined as part of a deescalation deal the bitter cold keeps most people indoors local see around six hundred families have returned took a stone and it isnt easy to resume their lives. But theres no electricity the village lacks basic Services Like sewage and even schools most of the residents found their homes in ruin but they were turned to bring life back to normal. Elsewhere in Hama Province aerial and ground attacks have continued the government and its allies deny the rebels accusations of violating the deescalation deal. This is the moment fighters say they shot down a military aircraft in hama activists say assads forces have continued their push on the border between hama and live provinces. Rebel groups have rejected the talks in sochi proposed by russia after the geneva process failed to achieve a pub to peace and as temperatures drop further in the seventh winter of serious conflict so do the hopes of finding a solution some of it job others there. Well the u. S. Defense secretary james mattis there he is he says his country is determined to reduce the number of yemeni civilians being killed by saudi led airstrikes speaking to reporters at the pentagon he said this includes training efforts adding were going to continue to work with their pilots and explain how you do bombing runs his comments follow a un report released this week with said one hundred nine civilians had been killed by saudi led strikes in just ten days including at least fifty four at a market that was hit but the saudis and their allies military coalition have rejected that u. N. Statement saying its biased towards the who with the rebels that theyre trying to defeat well now speak to yemeni analysts Elizabeth Kendall shes joining us via skype from chamonix in france shes a Senior Research fellow at Pembroke College at the u. K. s university of oxford thanks for joining us on the newsgroup so you know the u. N. Calls yemen the worlds worst humanitarian crisis at least ten thousand civilians have been killed so far in the war i suppose it makes sense that the u. S. Defense secretary james mattis needs to come out and defend the u. S. As a role and position in this yes it makes great sense for mattis to come out now at a time when its National Pressure is growing against the lets coalition in saudi arabia to say that the u. S. Is going to do its utmost to limit civilian casualties now is what you are actually in the context of being quite defensive the u. S. Role what of course many people would like to see would be the u. S. Come out and say that must be an end to the rule because a military solution to this conflict looks very unlikely now that were in the year of this war hausler loudness though because maddest talks about a diplomatic solution he said theyll push for a diplomatic solution yet at the same time we know that the United States sells arms to the saudi led coalition. This is a contradiction indeed and the u. K. Is in the same position as the u. S. In this contradiction on the one hand were were advocating a diplomatic solution on the other hand were selling large amounts of arms which are being used in yemen and are whether intentionally or not targeting civilians so i think that our leaders having to speak out more and more as the public voters become more and more concerned with what theyre seeing on their Television Screens this is not just civilians being killed and as drugs this is a blockade which is starving