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Territory was not used to launch these attacks the statement went on to say that iraq sort self as having a vital role in trying to diffuse this crisis its fair to say though that this tension has escalated in recent months between the u. S. And iran a lot of attention is being paid towards certain very powerful armed groups in this country that are backed by iran that support iran here the socalled Popular Mobilization forces that were set up in 2014 to fight i saw were integrated into the Iraqi Security forces in 2016 and theres been as i say a lot of questions as to how they would respond to any kind of potential military escalation by the u. S. Against iran or iranian interests now there has been no official statement by the Popular Mobilisation forces in relation to this Current Crisis the Iraqi Government is very keen to stress that iraq is very much doing all it can to diffuse this crisis but of course this major u. S. Ally iraq its biggest regional ally is iran iran has a huge role here politically economically and militarily and as this crisis goes forward and seems to escalate it just highlights just how difficult the situation is for the Iraqi Government. Unless now bring in our senior political analyst marwan bashar in london to unpack all of this for us Marwan Donald trump says the u. S. Is not 10 no did he think the americans will go ahead with this threat this time around how big of an escalation does this attack on Saudi Oil Facilities constitute. Look my sense is fairly that this is a game changer. The United States cannot allow this incident to set a precedent where more incidents like it happen in the future. The United States since the Carter Administration in 1984 decades ago set a goal that no such threat could come about against busy the most important in the resource for the World Economy notably the persian gulf and since then the United States has committed to protect if you will that oil Energy Resource and i think today that administration faces an important test what to do the problem in all of that and i think thats why theres so much focus on iran because i think since then since the Carter Administration 180 we really moved away from if you allow me to. Fight conflicts into a spec get the time type conflicts. It once upon a time cures to be all neatly layered the super power of the original power of the clients and it was all clear to the response over this from the war soviet war in afghanistan to the. U. S. Iranian hostage question and so so forth today its really more like a spec getit we dont know the how with these the hezbollah Popular Mobilization and in congress in washington they even understand that less most of the congresspeople that were polled dont know of hamas and hezbollah is shiite or sunni when which is which its really become complicated this get it type conflicts where there are so many movements and so many type of weapons and so many loyalties and so many links and connections with Regional International powers that its become too complicated to hold his cabinet it well as far as the United States of course concerned whether they do have the facts or not very sponsibility allies with the iran and theyre going to have to do something whether it be war or serious diplomacy a diminished a b. C. I was going to ask you about that you know if this is a game changer as you say what type of action do you anticipate and who will take this action will it be the radio the americans doing the job so the saudis. Absolutely look the soldiers cannot even handle the whole thing as you expect them to be able to handle the iranians absolutely not this is certainly something that will be done with the guidance with the management with the leadership and probably with the weapons and command of the United States if it happens at all meaning whether it is hitting particular sites but declare refineries but tickler iranian assets or airing in our allies in the region its all remains to be seen probably the trumpet mr shin is studying it as we speak but if this continues to be a part of a psychological warfare meaning putting so much heat on the iranians to bring them almost humiliated to the negotiation stable in order to rediscuss the nuclear deal and iran sportster in the region then we could see this escalating further and further until iran says we are happy to sit down in new york or elsewhere with a Trump Administration discuss on issues so be that as it may whether we are moving towards more diplomacy or towards more violence and war i think what happened in the last 48 hours is definitely pushing us in either direction being in the middle i think is becoming less and less of a case as well as weve seen the all the refined that is going up in smoke thank you very much for your insights on bashar our senior political analyst live there from london plenty more ahead on this sound is there a news hour including teachers on strike why more than a 1000000 children in jordan are being forced to stay at home fasten indian court rules the government must ensure that life returns to normal in indian administered kashmir and zatanna brime of a scores a hat trick to break a bone bracket they dont have the best of the action in sports. Turkeys president is hosting the latest summit on the war in syria typepad on welcome the leaders of iran and russia in ankara they are focusing on the last rebel held province under attack from Syrian Government forces and a russian warplanes turkey is home to more than 3000000 Syrian Refugees and fears the offensive will force more towards its border and were expecting a live News Conference very shortly from ankara between the 3 leaders will bring that live to you as it happens in the meantime lets speak to our correspondent in ankara jamaat as sheil jamaat a News Conference that was supposed to have started about an hour or so ago do we know why the delay. Was. A read only because everythings been taking place behind closed doors for the sake of the photo ops that are customer true state of states meets but we could you know guess crew with quite some confidence that the latest developments that have taken place recently saudi arabia the u. S. Administrations posture towards iran would evolve this really played significant role in terms of the added discussions that would have taken place between not least the iranians and the russians being too close and obviously turkey being a significant player in the region but not withstanding that there is so much to discuss between them when youre talking about so this trilateral kind of approach to finding a solution in syria it live on its own is something thats has been a Sticking Point because of the large amounts of armed opposition groups that are there being the it representing the last. Stronghold or stand for those groups opposed to Bashar Al Assad but also on the table the discussion of Turkish Military operations inside syria with turkey looking to extend or well beyond the 5 kilometers or 10 kilometers it currently. Operates in. The banks of the eastern banks rather of the youre free to see the issue of. Or sending back some of the Syrian Refugees that currently reside inside turkey through syria and how that would change the demographic makeup of sorts in areas particularly ones that have kurdish populations in them considering that turkey considers many of the turks kurdish groups those terrorist organizations on the russian side they have their own concerns with regards to Turkish Military operations with america considering that they are true nature all allies there and obviously there have their interests in the ensuring the continuation of Bashar Assads regime and here is where is where we reach the next point for you which is what was meant to be discussed today according to some reports was finding an agreement through the formation of a committee that would write the countrys constitution post conflict that is if we reach a post conflict era obviously one of the contentious issues will remain if we remind our viewers remind ourselves before there was a war there was a revolution there was an uprising people wanted to change the system of governments wanted freedom of wanted more democracy in the country and obviously a Constitutional Committee will be central to the alpha course will be going back to when leaders come out of their discussions and hold that News Conference in. The meantime thank you very much for now lets speak some more about this. Director of policy analysis at the Doha Institute he joins us live here on the news hour. Marwan this is the what 5th summit between turkey iran and syria and russia on syria and it seems that each sides priorities has shifted syria is focusing on the refugees russia wants this constitution to be in place soon what do you expect to come out of this meeting and can they have a consensus can they reach a consensus on the i mean. As you said i mean different parties have different interests and different concerns but they are going to talk mainly about 2 issues here the 1st one is the Constitutional Committee this is the russians are mainly concerned about establishing this committee in which they think we believe that weve for a political solution to this crisis. Turkey on the other hand is focusing more perhaps on the future of it because we have seen that it could even which has been reached between russia and turkey last september has not been really on that especially by the russians and the syrian and the Syrian Regime there was a massive offensive. Started last in fact after all of our 12 meeting. And we have like half a 1000000 to see that if you had been actually displays during doubt that of france or so now the turks actually would be doing their best in order to convince the russians to respect that agreement. And not of the cease fire which has been reached actually a couple of feet. All the russians will be asking the turks of course on the other hand to do their bards and try to bit between what they call. The opposition and the moderate opposition and that is something that we still see it will still need to see how the talks are going to deal with it so the as you said different concerns for different parties in this in these talks all the while the position of Bashar Al Assad is looking increasingly secular you know absolutely i think that the iranians i mean the thanks to the russians and the iranians actually there managed to support him again and the opposition and i believe the turks have not been really successful in their policy in syria because you know turkey has been very much a buzzing the Syrian Regime and supporting the opposition. But as we we can see right now actually. Ground is tilting very much in favor of the Syrian Regime and that is because of the russians and the iranians where is the moderate the socalled moderate opposition the syrian when in fact i mean the opposition has been weakened. Dhamma tickly over the past few years says the russian intervention in syria in september 2 10154 years ago and also know that the iranians the they put their weight actually behind the syrian the Syrian Regime the they sent their militias the they fought with the regime all along actually since the very beginning of this crisis and that has led of course i mean there was there was not on the other hand a very real commitment by the United States and its allies to the Syrian Opposition and dont forget actually also that. The rise of extremist groups has also led to distorting the whole cause of the Syrian Opposition and the syrian. Revolution so there are so many issues here that we need to look at in order to see why the Syrian Opposition has been weakened to a great extent. In the region as well were seeing the current tensions in yemen and iran being blamed for the attacks on Oil Facilities some sort of response from the americans expected how will that affect iranian involvement if it happens in syria are we going to see perhaps starting to change its stance and its strategy in these other conflicts in the region i dont i dont think so because the iranians are watching closely how the u. S. President. Reacting to their policies which in my opinion has not been really as tough as they expected because dont forget that diminished actually to shut down u. S. Laws actually without americans doing anything and their allies actually in saudi arabia emirates have been actually taking so many strikes over the past also a few weeks and the latest one was last saturday when half of Saudi Arabia Oil production has been. Dr knocked out so they are watching closely usa action and did believe that they were as president right now at this at this stage is very much concerned about his Reelection Campaign and he is not really interested in any sort of competition with iran that is actually encouraging that union to go to take able even further steps in throughout the region thank you very much for that model in kabul and from doha absent a full research and policy study thank you for your time thank you i still ahead on this aljazeera news hour we explain how palestinians are using agriculture to protect their land from illegal israeli settlements plus. Well tell you about a city in japan thats become a home from home from the welsh for the red Welsh Rugby Team thats coming up in sports to stay with us were back after the break. Hello again welcome back were here across the northeastern part of turkey john as well as into georgia we are seeing scored a few clouds on our satellite image right there in those clouds some heavy rain as well and thats going to continue as we go towards tuesday but things are looking much better for you with plenty of sun in your forecast we do expect to see a temperature of 26. 00 tehran at 34. 00 in kuwait city starting at 40 degrees here on tuesday possibly going up to 44 by the time we get towards wednesday well mornings here in doha are going to be a little bit sticky humanity is going to be quite high visibility could be a little bit lower to here on tuesday specifically by the time we get towards wednesday we do expect to see better visibility actively in the morning over here towards a High Temperature few of 38 in celera a Beautiful Day at about 28 degrees there and then very quickly across parts of Southern Africa temperatures are on the rise for many cities. Were going to sing some clouds 1st of all down here across much of the south but by the time we get towards tuesday we do expect to see derby with a high of 28 degrees to have spring at 31 and capetown where you are finally into the low twentys we do expect to see on tuesday 23 degrees there may be getting a little bit cloudy as we go towards wednesday 22 but for johannesburg it is going to be more sun and that means temperatures are on the way up we do expect to see a high of 32. 00 degrees. Early this it was apart from their football for you dont think about the opening call early on by the lead experiment when real madrid lets love worth 500000000 euros or expresses a position on something or the World Antidoping Agency has to take notice you know to your home in part 2 of this series all the 0 continues to explore the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs sports during the endless chain on all jazeera. Award winning programming from International Film makers quit driving around looking for drug addicts on the streets of kabul just the arrest sets the stage is what men are demanding just because no one are. Giving voice to the voiceless have you failed your mission to protect the civilian population but open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today. On aljazeera. Youre watching the news hour on aljazeera with me for the bottle a reminder of our top stories saudi arabia says saturdays attack on its Largest Oil Refinery was not launched from yemen and that iranian weapons were used in the attack iran has denied involvement but u. S. President donald trump has warned the u. S. Military is 10 no date to retaliate if needed the attacks on saudi arabias refineries triggered a record jump in the price of oil prices have since dropped the drone strikes came to yemens hoofy rebels shot off about how off of the kingdoms oil output and the leaders of Turkey Russia and iran are meeting. In ankara helping to find it political solution to the war in syria the summit focuses on the last rebel held area where Government Forces backed by russia have been fighting to retake control. British Prime Minister Popular Mobilization<\/a> forces that were set up in 2014 to fight i saw were integrated into the Iraqi Security<\/a> forces in 2016 and theres been as i say a lot of questions as to how they would respond to any kind of potential military escalation by the u. S. Against iran or iranian interests now there has been no official statement by the Popular Mobilisation<\/a> forces in relation to this Current Crisis<\/a> the Iraqi Government<\/a> is very keen to stress that iraq is very much doing all it can to diffuse this crisis but of course this major u. S. Ally iraq its biggest regional ally is iran iran has a huge role here politically economically and militarily and as this crisis goes forward and seems to escalate it just highlights just how difficult the situation is for the Iraqi Government<\/a>. Unless now bring in our senior political analyst marwan bashar in london to unpack all of this for us Marwan Donald<\/a> trump says the u. S. Is not 10 no did he think the americans will go ahead with this threat this time around how big of an escalation does this attack on Saudi Oil Facilities<\/a> constitute. Look my sense is fairly that this is a game changer. The United States<\/a> cannot allow this incident to set a precedent where more incidents like it happen in the future. The United States<\/a> since the Carter Administration<\/a> in 1984 decades ago set a goal that no such threat could come about against busy the most important in the resource for the World Economy<\/a> notably the persian gulf and since then the United States<\/a> has committed to protect if you will that oil Energy Resource<\/a> and i think today that administration faces an important test what to do the problem in all of that and i think thats why theres so much focus on iran because i think since then since the Carter Administration<\/a> 180 we really moved away from if you allow me to. Fight conflicts into a spec get the time type conflicts. It once upon a time cures to be all neatly layered the super power of the original power of the clients and it was all clear to the response over this from the war soviet war in afghanistan to the. U. S. Iranian hostage question and so so forth today its really more like a spec getit we dont know the how with these the hezbollah Popular Mobilization<\/a> and in congress in washington they even understand that less most of the congresspeople that were polled dont know of hamas and hezbollah is shiite or sunni when which is which its really become complicated this get it type conflicts where there are so many movements and so many type of weapons and so many loyalties and so many links and connections with Regional International<\/a> powers that its become too complicated to hold his cabinet it well as far as the United States<\/a> of course concerned whether they do have the facts or not very sponsibility allies with the iran and theyre going to have to do something whether it be war or serious diplomacy a diminished a b. C. I was going to ask you about that you know if this is a game changer as you say what type of action do you anticipate and who will take this action will it be the radio the americans doing the job so the saudis. Absolutely look the soldiers cannot even handle the whole thing as you expect them to be able to handle the iranians absolutely not this is certainly something that will be done with the guidance with the management with the leadership and probably with the weapons and command of the United States<\/a> if it happens at all meaning whether it is hitting particular sites but declare refineries but tickler iranian assets or airing in our allies in the region its all remains to be seen probably the trumpet mr shin is studying it as we speak but if this continues to be a part of a psychological warfare meaning putting so much heat on the iranians to bring them almost humiliated to the negotiation stable in order to rediscuss the nuclear deal and iran sportster in the region then we could see this escalating further and further until iran says we are happy to sit down in new york or elsewhere with a Trump Administration<\/a> discuss on issues so be that as it may whether we are moving towards more diplomacy or towards more violence and war i think what happened in the last 48 hours is definitely pushing us in either direction being in the middle i think is becoming less and less of a case as well as weve seen the all the refined that is going up in smoke thank you very much for your insights on bashar our senior political analyst live there from london plenty more ahead on this sound is there a news hour including teachers on strike why more than a 1000000 children in jordan are being forced to stay at home fasten indian court rules the government must ensure that life returns to normal in indian administered kashmir and zatanna brime of a scores a hat trick to break a bone bracket they dont have the best of the action in sports. Turkeys president is hosting the latest summit on the war in syria typepad on welcome the leaders of iran and russia in ankara they are focusing on the last rebel held province under attack from Syrian Government<\/a> forces and a russian warplanes turkey is home to more than 3000000 Syrian Refugees<\/a> and fears the offensive will force more towards its border and were expecting a live News Conference<\/a> very shortly from ankara between the 3 leaders will bring that live to you as it happens in the meantime lets speak to our correspondent in ankara jamaat as sheil jamaat a News Conference<\/a> that was supposed to have started about an hour or so ago do we know why the delay. Was. A read only because everythings been taking place behind closed doors for the sake of the photo ops that are customer true state of states meets but we could you know guess crew with quite some confidence that the latest developments that have taken place recently saudi arabia the u. S. Administrations posture towards iran would evolve this really played significant role in terms of the added discussions that would have taken place between not least the iranians and the russians being too close and obviously turkey being a significant player in the region but not withstanding that there is so much to discuss between them when youre talking about so this trilateral kind of approach to finding a solution in syria it live on its own is something thats has been a Sticking Point<\/a> because of the large amounts of armed opposition groups that are there being the it representing the last. Stronghold or stand for those groups opposed to Bashar Al Assad<\/a> but also on the table the discussion of Turkish Military<\/a> operations inside syria with turkey looking to extend or well beyond the 5 kilometers or 10 kilometers it currently. Operates in. The banks of the eastern banks rather of the youre free to see the issue of. Or sending back some of the Syrian Refugees<\/a> that currently reside inside turkey through syria and how that would change the demographic makeup of sorts in areas particularly ones that have kurdish populations in them considering that turkey considers many of the turks kurdish groups those terrorist organizations on the russian side they have their own concerns with regards to Turkish Military<\/a> operations with america considering that they are true nature all allies there and obviously there have their interests in the ensuring the continuation of Bashar Assads<\/a> regime and here is where is where we reach the next point for you which is what was meant to be discussed today according to some reports was finding an agreement through the formation of a committee that would write the countrys constitution post conflict that is if we reach a post conflict era obviously one of the contentious issues will remain if we remind our viewers remind ourselves before there was a war there was a revolution there was an uprising people wanted to change the system of governments wanted freedom of wanted more democracy in the country and obviously a Constitutional Committee<\/a> will be central to the alpha course will be going back to when leaders come out of their discussions and hold that News Conference<\/a> in. The meantime thank you very much for now lets speak some more about this. Director of policy analysis at the Doha Institute<\/a> he joins us live here on the news hour. Marwan this is the what 5th summit between turkey iran and syria and russia on syria and it seems that each sides priorities has shifted syria is focusing on the refugees russia wants this constitution to be in place soon what do you expect to come out of this meeting and can they have a consensus can they reach a consensus on the i mean. As you said i mean different parties have different interests and different concerns but they are going to talk mainly about 2 issues here the 1st one is the Constitutional Committee<\/a> this is the russians are mainly concerned about establishing this committee in which they think we believe that weve for a political solution to this crisis. Turkey on the other hand is focusing more perhaps on the future of it because we have seen that it could even which has been reached between russia and turkey last september has not been really on that especially by the russians and the syrian and the Syrian Regime<\/a> there was a massive offensive. Started last in fact after all of our 12 meeting. And we have like half a 1000000 to see that if you had been actually displays during doubt that of france or so now the turks actually would be doing their best in order to convince the russians to respect that agreement. And not of the cease fire which has been reached actually a couple of feet. All the russians will be asking the turks of course on the other hand to do their bards and try to bit between what they call. The opposition and the moderate opposition and that is something that we still see it will still need to see how the talks are going to deal with it so the as you said different concerns for different parties in this in these talks all the while the position of Bashar Al Assad<\/a> is looking increasingly secular you know absolutely i think that the iranians i mean the thanks to the russians and the iranians actually there managed to support him again and the opposition and i believe the turks have not been really successful in their policy in syria because you know turkey has been very much a buzzing the Syrian Regime<\/a> and supporting the opposition. But as we we can see right now actually. Ground is tilting very much in favor of the Syrian Regime<\/a> and that is because of the russians and the iranians where is the moderate the socalled moderate opposition the syrian when in fact i mean the opposition has been weakened. Dhamma tickly over the past few years says the russian intervention in syria in september 2 10154 years ago and also know that the iranians the they put their weight actually behind the syrian the Syrian Regime<\/a> the they sent their militias the they fought with the regime all along actually since the very beginning of this crisis and that has led of course i mean there was there was not on the other hand a very real commitment by the United States<\/a> and its allies to the Syrian Opposition<\/a> and dont forget actually also that. The rise of extremist groups has also led to distorting the whole cause of the Syrian Opposition<\/a> and the syrian. Revolution so there are so many issues here that we need to look at in order to see why the Syrian Opposition<\/a> has been weakened to a great extent. In the region as well were seeing the current tensions in yemen and iran being blamed for the attacks on Oil Facilities<\/a> some sort of response from the americans expected how will that affect iranian involvement if it happens in syria are we going to see perhaps starting to change its stance and its strategy in these other conflicts in the region i dont i dont think so because the iranians are watching closely how the u. S. President. Reacting to their policies which in my opinion has not been really as tough as they expected because dont forget that diminished actually to shut down u. S. Laws actually without americans doing anything and their allies actually in saudi arabia emirates have been actually taking so many strikes over the past also a few weeks and the latest one was last saturday when half of Saudi Arabia Oil<\/a> production has been. Dr knocked out so they are watching closely usa action and did believe that they were as president right now at this at this stage is very much concerned about his Reelection Campaign<\/a> and he is not really interested in any sort of competition with iran that is actually encouraging that union to go to take able even further steps in throughout the region thank you very much for that model in kabul and from doha absent a full research and policy study thank you for your time thank you i still ahead on this aljazeera news hour we explain how palestinians are using agriculture to protect their land from illegal israeli settlements plus. Well tell you about a city in japan thats become a home from home from the welsh for the red Welsh Rugby Team<\/a> thats coming up in sports to stay with us were back after the break. Hello again welcome back were here across the northeastern part of turkey john as well as into georgia we are seeing scored a few clouds on our satellite image right there in those clouds some heavy rain as well and thats going to continue as we go towards tuesday but things are looking much better for you with plenty of sun in your forecast we do expect to see a temperature of 26. 00 tehran at 34. 00 in kuwait city starting at 40 degrees here on tuesday possibly going up to 44 by the time we get towards wednesday well mornings here in doha are going to be a little bit sticky humanity is going to be quite high visibility could be a little bit lower to here on tuesday specifically by the time we get towards wednesday we do expect to see better visibility actively in the morning over here towards a High Temperature<\/a> few of 38 in celera a Beautiful Day<\/a> at about 28 degrees there and then very quickly across parts of Southern Africa<\/a> temperatures are on the rise for many cities. Were going to sing some clouds 1st of all down here across much of the south but by the time we get towards tuesday we do expect to see derby with a high of 28 degrees to have spring at 31 and capetown where you are finally into the low twentys we do expect to see on tuesday 23 degrees there may be getting a little bit cloudy as we go towards wednesday 22 but for johannesburg it is going to be more sun and that means temperatures are on the way up we do expect to see a high of 32. 00 degrees. Early this it was apart from their football for you dont think about the opening call early on by the lead experiment when real madrid lets love worth 500000000 euros or expresses a position on something or the World Antidoping Agency<\/a> has to take notice you know to your home in part 2 of this series all the 0 continues to explore the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs sports during the endless chain on all jazeera. Award winning programming from International Film<\/a> makers quit driving around looking for drug addicts on the streets of kabul just the arrest sets the stage is what men are demanding just because no one are. Giving voice to the voiceless have you failed your mission to protect the civilian population but open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today. On aljazeera. Youre watching the news hour on aljazeera with me for the bottle a reminder of our top stories saudi arabia says saturdays attack on its Largest Oil Refinery<\/a> was not launched from yemen and that iranian weapons were used in the attack iran has denied involvement but u. S. President donald trump has warned the u. S. Military is 10 no date to retaliate if needed the attacks on saudi arabias refineries triggered a record jump in the price of oil prices have since dropped the drone strikes came to yemens hoofy rebels shot off about how off of the kingdoms oil output and the leaders of Turkey Russia<\/a> and iran are meeting. In ankara helping to find it political solution to the war in syria the summit focuses on the last rebel held area where Government Forces<\/a> backed by russia have been fighting to retake control. British Prime Minister<\/a> Boris Johnson<\/a> has been bored leaving a meeting with the Prime Minister<\/a> of luxembourg. Earlier johnson met the head of the European Commission<\/a> jacques loads youngcare younger said after those songs that britain is yet to offer any legally operational solutions. For me i just have to go on with strong agreement on the table and its the one from last year there are no changes there are no concrete proposals for the moment on the table and i wont give in agreement 2 ideas. We need written proposals and the time is ticking so should stop speaking but act. As a Prime Minister<\/a> of luxembourg but the british Prime Minister<\/a> says a brecks a deal is in good shape we are now in the stage where we have to start really accelerating the work and that was the agreement today with israel could you go with me shabani and look i dont want to get peoples going to manage this carefully yes there is a good chance of a deal yes i can see the shape of it. Everybody can see roughly what could be done but it will require. Movement and the system by which the e. U. Can control the after we leave. The socalled backstop. To go from that treaty and that needs to happen. I live to Natasha Butler<\/a> in luxembourg Natasha Johnson<\/a> was supposed to hold a News Conference<\/a> with Prime Minister<\/a> but he left what happened. While it was really rather extraordinary journalists and press were gathered to the Prime Minister<\/a> of Luxemburg Office<\/a> waiting for the Prime Minister<\/a> and forced johnson the british Prime Minister<\/a> of course to come out and speak and just outside the courtyard where they were due to do that there were crowds of protesters shouting and chanting anti Boris Johnson<\/a> slogans i have to say many of us wondered how on earth this press conference was going to be heard above the din and then suddenly the doors opened of the Prime Minister<\/a>s office and out forced johnson and his delegation straight past the journalists and straight to his car and he left just moments before this press conference was due to take place well so here vettel the promise of luxembourg still came out and stood at the podium with an empty stand next in which he kept gesturing to and visibly he was very shaken and very emotional better bentyl said that as far as he was concerned it seemed that Boris Johnson<\/a> had come to luxembourg not offering anything new in the talks it had earlier with the European Commission<\/a> chief john claude young little also said that as far as the e. U. Was concerned their position hadnt changed and that they would not be offering any form of extension to the u. K. On its or oct 30th deadline to leave the e. U. Because he said as far as im concerned the u. K. Has nothing new to offer such an extension to be granted even if johnson had asked one and its clear that he didnt as you mentioned. With truckload younker for a working lunch early in the day are e. U. Officials feeling that any progress is being made on bracks. Well there is no comment from johnson in ukraine mediately after the working lunch that they did hold here in luxembourg but the European Commission<\/a> did put out a statement in which look at made it very clear that as far as though concerned nothing has changed after this meeting today the European Commission<\/a> said the u. K. Has failed to offer any real viable alternatives to the contentious irish backstop which is part of the Withdrawal Agreement<\/a> but which is something the Boris Johnson<\/a> want crap but the e. U. Wants to hold onto it because they say its very important that theres no return to hard border on the island of ireland and also that it protects the e. U. Customs union so really no progress was made to tolls for as far as theyre concerned yes we heard Boris Johnson<\/a> just before he got in his car in luxembourg after storming out of. A press conference saying that he felt that there was progress in the deal was still possible so really 2 very different narratives coming out in really quite extraordinary scenes thank you very much for that natasha alive for us in luxembourg in france more professions have joined protests against proposed Pension Reforms<\/a> doctors lawyers nurses pilots and cabin crew were out in force in paris present a ban in mccoys trying to streamline 42 different state pension systems dozens of doctors in zimbabwe are protesting over the alleged abduction of their union leader they say Public Hospitals<\/a> will continue to be shut down until their colleague Peter Magowan<\/a> is found has more from harare. In a country where antigovernment demonstrations arent usually tolerated especially without a Police Clearance<\/a> doctors in zimbabwe demand to know where peter bank will be is the block some roads in the capital demanding the release of the union leader and head of the hospital doctors association. Right police around them. Some senior doctors try to negotiate with police so colleagues could march to the office of president in a seminar gaga. The answer from police was no only a few leaders were allowed to present a petition to the government. 25 year old dr mangan bay has been missing since saturday dr peter im gone days without all 3 men are known and we are seriously concerned concerned about his welfare with therefore demanding his unconditional return to his family even meantime we have withdrawn our services. Doctors have long complained about a pay as well as the poor state of Public Hospitals<\/a> they are in the same position as most of our brains struggling to survive soaring inflation and shortages of food and other essentials in recent weeks government critics up with this is the porters and it teaches union leader later were taken from homes and tortured by state security agents some of it is up in hospital beaten government officials deny the allegations and. Police say they are investigating some in the rulings on appeal party say the alleged abductions could be staged to tarnish the countrys image this been resolved doctors unfortunately when they were there major events you know wed be subject some time ago. This of a few issue now we have is the. I think human rights was going to survive with these United Nations<\/a>. In new york coming very soon and in a way one will. Thank you maybe if it was trying to. Give them a bad name. The doctors and nurses strike over pay and working conditions every few months but ses been awhile since one of their own has gone missing the outlook is defiant not to return to work until a colleague is found. Aljazeera. To political outsiders say they are leading the race to become tunisias next president they are law professor kai side and jailed media mogul now. The official results isnt expected until 2 say the winning candidate will need more than 50 percent of the votes but many think thats unlikely and are expecting a runoff in november 70 deca has more from tunis. So who are these 2 men will criseyde is it constitutional law professor he was unknown really here in tunisia until off to the 2011 revolution when he started coming on Television Shows<\/a> breaking down the legalities of the constitution does of course there was a new constitution draw for tear in 2014 he speaks classical arabic many people here jokingly quoting him a rowboat because he is soo specific and so citing the nor when he speaks i spoke to one man who voted for him this morning all skiing why he said because he is a clean man his an honest man and he loves this country and we voted for the all the others and look where it got us now the other top runner in a bill fatherly he is behind bars hes facing charges of Money Laundering<\/a> and tax evasion hes someone who was far more involved in the political establishment here a Founding Member<\/a> of the mainly doubt to his party he split with that recently is of media mogul his used to Television Channel<\/a> to show him and is charts will work refocusing on the poor but his future is uncertain when it comes to the legalities of how he goes forward even yesterday the Electoral Commission<\/a> saying that if a court rules him not to be allowed to go to this run off than the 3rd kind of it will go ahead so everything is still up in the i hear but certainly the message from the people is this they have moved away from did traditional Political Parties<\/a> here going for 2 men whove really run on a genda of independence of new change whether theyll be able to deliver that were going to have to wait and see december the tall fiza date set for allah jarius president ial election interim president ive made the announcement in an address to the nation on sunday night he urge all jerry and to make the vote old an historic day to make the dreams of on paypal can create and of coat the announcement follows months of wake a protest demanding a clean sweep at the top after the resignation of long time president of did as hes put a fake at in april it israel voters had to the polls on tuesday for the 2nd time in less than 6 months Prime Minister<\/a> Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> as threatening to onyx land in the Jordan Valley<\/a> if he wins at palestinian fama as volleying to protect what stairs need to a brain reports from cow care in the occupied west bank this is the 1st time i had planted trees on this piece of land and qalqilya his harvest of a goddess should make him a prophet in 2 years but while the climate is not a threat the location is. The land is an area c. A term describing more than half of the occupied west bank that falls under full israeli control here palestinians need israeli approval to build or develop their lands but all around them new israeli settlements are sprouting up here and. Its a risk that if we keep being scared then we wont do anything yes israelis have the stronger hand when it comes to control but we shouldnt leave our lands. Jim and received support from a Palestinian Government<\/a> project to farm the land the government says it will disregard israeli control over the area but that might be easier said than done. Israeli Prime Minister<\/a> Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> has promised many times to apply jewish sorrentino with. The latest his pledge of annexing the Jordan Valley<\/a> if he wins the palestinian leadership says its not just the threat of course is using this as a ploy to pander to his extreme right wing racist base but at the same time hes been implementing this underground gradually below the radar and some cases but now with trump and this administration and the us there is no need to fly below the radar he is now concretely and specifically carrying out these steps and the clearing them announcing them whether netanyahu remains in power or not observe or say political progress in the occupied territory is unlikely. To result in the terminology used in israel the discourse now is a political settlement that sees given the israeli settlements and cost as it is they talk about the Jordan Valley<\/a> as a place they can go there was never a consensus about this issues in the past for many palestinians it doesnt matter who leads the government. As israel shifts more to the right this radio elections heavy influence palestinians lives but they dont have a say in. The occupied west bank. Teaches striking in jordan is forcing more than a 1000000 students to stay at home the teachers in Public Schools<\/a> want their pay doubled by the government says it doesnt have the money and is urging an end to what it calls illegal walkout. For some. Its the start of the day at this Primary School<\/a> in amman and like other Public Schools<\/a> in jordan the teachers are present but the students are not. Instead of holding lessons teachers are passing time by repairing what they can desks windows and other parts of the building that show years of wear and a lack of investment they too feel neglected and are refusing to do their job until they get a pay rise. When the school year to begin weve got a very optimistic event to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest to express our needs but then the government suddenly exculpate of the situation and i thought das. And thousands of other teachers were met by riot police. These pictures went viral on social media appearing to show them being tear gassed and beaten more than 50 were detained outraged by their treatment the Jordan Teacher Syndicate<\/a> and its 80000 members announced an open ended strike which is now in its 2nd week. They say 560. 00 a month used to be a decent average salary years ago but Inflation Higher<\/a> taxes and a rising cost of living has taken its toll more and more Public School<\/a> teachers are becoming drivers waiters and taking other jobs in the evenings just to keep afloat even though its against the law to do so. The Teachers Want<\/a> to strike 5 years ago for the same reason then they decided to suspend the strike according to a verbal agreement that they would be paid a little a no off to 5 years of normal in the problem the teachers have again decided to strike mom has doing her 9th grade homework even though she has no where to submit it her mother make sure she doesnt fall behind. And in the senate of the senate the home im definitely supporting the teaches and theyre brought to get their demands and the government should respond to what theyre asking for in my opinion i dont think theyre asking for too much on the contrary being crace theyre asking for doesnt even cover Living Expenses<\/a> these days those opposed to the strike worry their children will get behind in their studies the government says it cant afford to meet the teachers demands and wants them to return to the classrooms talks between government leaders and the Teachers Association<\/a> are stalled for the time being so students will remain absent from class across the country it appears that the teachers have the public on their side for now at least the grievances over low pay and the rising cost of living are resonating with other jordanians who are also struggling to make ends meet and are schapelle aljazeera among. The Supreme Court<\/a> judges in india have ordered the government to ensure normal life is restored as soon as possible and indeed administered kashmir the region remains on lockdown 6 weeks after the indian governments craps kashmirs autonomy the ruling in new delhi is being seen as a victory for journalists in the region imran khan reports. At 1st glance it looks like a smeary photojournalist. Who is going about to daily business of getting the news but because of the indian governments clampdown on freedom of expression in indian administered kashmir shes unsure whether her pictures will ever be published it is for the 1st time witnessing this down i know late. First day like the are not able to you on the other day we do daily would you know report or story on a particular dime or do justice with our job in protest at the restrictions on reporting some of the largest news organizations and push me to launch legal action at india Supreme Court<\/a> that case is on behalf of one of the largest newspapers in the region the Kashmir Times<\/a> and several other news organizations such as this one because. Other journalists who are part of the legal action say its censorship plain and simple the government of india does not want the media. The. Indian media all the International Media<\/a> to report freely out of the coach me the valley in particular. A few selected journalists. Who are known to be sympathetic to the government have been literally flown their battle. And they are the only ones who seem to be allowed to operate. Mondays ruling by the Supreme Court<\/a> the judges specified that indias government must ensure normal life is restored in indian administered kashmir at the earliest the governments responded by saying everything is but normal and its the decision of newspaper editors not to publish unless a life in the Kashmir Valley<\/a> is far from normal and rights are being eroded if that be the case then article 21. 00 which of the right to life is an absolute fundamental right which can never be the right to liberty right to free speech right to protest right to equality before the right to be treated as equal citizens how has that been a fundamental rights in the basic structure of the constitution that can never be tempered by with any government no matter what the. Editors say staff have been harassed and often cant get to work because of all the roadblocks journalists hope that the Supreme Court<\/a> ruling might change things but they dont think it will be any time soon imran khan. We want to show you the latest pictures coming to us from way that he does of iran turkey and russia just a moment ago wrapped up their discussions in their latest discussions over the war in syria. To hold a News Conference<\/a> which will bring to you live here on aljazeera the leaders of russia turkey and iran meeting in the turkish capital ankara summits on the conflicts in syria turkey priority being right now shifting to preventing a mass influx of refugees from. The last trouble how territory in syria into turkey will bring that News Conference<\/a> to you when it happens here on aljazeera and still ahead on this news. Breaking. As promised to hang in our lives and cry where the leaders of Turkey Russia<\/a> and iran are holding a News Conference<\/a> on the war in syria lets take a listen i wish to god that there are meetings that will bring fortune to our region and to our countries and to the Syrian Government<\/a> just as. You know in november 2017 we have the started our stand now for months and tripartite summit we have. Good success. With the summits in the last 2 years. Peace and. Progress in syria we have worked a lot and cooperated deeply. Serious in a political unity and sovereignty and to protect the calm and peace in the country. We are we in total agreement about peace in syria and a standard plot to bomb is very effective in finding solutions to extinguish the fire in syria and taking concrete solid steps and this is the only initiative. In syria establishing peace in syria. We should all take more responsibility. And this is the time to do it. The hoped for political solution the panels on our heads. Summit in ankara is going to bring a new breath to a stand up platform. Todays meeting. We have spoken about. The situation in the east of. The north freighters and the progress we have done so far politically also the Syrian Refugees<\/a>. We are going to do a general ever ever liberation about the subjects and were going to determine our next steps and this will be beneficial to. Our country. Our country has always been with our syrian brothers and sisters during their hardest times. To this point 6000000 syrians who are escaping from war torn country we are welcoming them in our country from education to health all the Syrian Refugees<\/a> are. In the humanitarian in human condition so we are not. We are working hard on that the all the branches and. Freighters shields operations we are. Fighting against terror. In jobless and up in africa in the places that we have established peace. And 360000. Syrian brothers sisters went back to their countries. And we have prevented a bigger tragedy that would risk a 4000000 people life. Hopefully our work will continue together and the will has a next step. Yesterday hospital was attacked in 2 bombay there was ever that terror attack and it shows while to face the savage face of terror. To friends now i want to. Now im going to close the introduction and im going to get a word to mr rouhani. In the name of god the compassionate the merciful. Mr president mr president puts in prison or the gun ladies and gentlemen at the beginning i would like to express my gratitude to my brother ted was the grand respectable president of turkey for having organized the 5th session of the summit of. The guaranteeing countries the guarantors countries for the last on a forum and i would like to express my gratitude for the hospitality after. Great turkish nation. At the beginning i would like to. Emphasize up on the joint principles in relation to syria. The protection of integrity integrity and National Sovereignty<\/a> and independence of syria and lack of interference by other countries in this country. Which has always been something that we have been emphasizing upon. These issues should be taken into consideration very serious to know all the grounds for the return office debility and prosperity and. Security should be paved the way. They should be prepared for one of the part parts of the agenda for our discussion is. That stomach or figure on the Russian Federation<\/a> in the republic of turkey. When it comes to bringing the Syrian Crisis<\/a> to an end we should all. But the emphasis on this means and also to Counter Terrorism<\/a> and the committee for the formation of the constitution in their agenda for a few g. s and exchange of prisoners and they kept out their people and also to improve the humanitarian situation and reconstruction and also assessment of the International Efforts<\/a> in syria. Currently after 2 and a half years since the start of this process in addition to decide such as underachievement. That you have had we have also been witnessing. Strengthening and the place and the influence of this process in. Relation to helping syria. But the international community. And in order to do away the tensions and discounting. Their colleagues to make a Public Affair<\/a> around the same way that we have been paying attention to this in the past we believe that it calls for the political to solution through constructive interaction by all segments of the society in syria. The people and the government of syria. With all the diversity that they have they are willing to pursue this path Islamic Republic<\/a> of iran sensed inception. We have all of this has been saying that the military solution is not going to work. And destry ality is still there. After. Years. Start of the crisis in syria we still believe that. Regime change in syria that has been pursued by some has failed. The Syrian Crisis<\/a> and other crises similar crises in the region they should be resolved peacefully and by the people themselves. Our efforts. Over the last years particularly. After we can center is that our efforts within the forums and platform has always been. Focusing on this facilitation of dialogue. And. In order to facilitate the process to Counter Terrorism<\/a> specifically diet and other qaida and other affiliates should continue until they are done away with completely. And this a struggle of course the. Safety and security of their civilians should be of top priority their terrorists should not be allowed. To use the population as human shield asked how. We can help the civilians and the innocent people who are. Have been kidnapped by the terrorists how they should be saved how does should be rescued this is something that we need to find their way for. Last year. There were colleagues within the start of the process. They agreed on the lip process and signed the closeness and we are hoping that after the Service Leaving<\/a> that area and after the return of government control there which was previously controlled by the terrorist we. Actually support at that point in that process and they get on tours of dust on a forum. Support for the implementation of that. Voiding. Human crisis and it lip was also a priority but implementation now if that agreement was not hasnt taken place in the same way that this should have. Soon after its signature areas under the come sort of terrorists not only do. Not know they become less but they increased events. This actually indicates the fact that we should not give any approaching due to terrorists so that they are able to. Use the drug that is on the ground their operations is on the ground ladies and gentlemen for the 1st time we have gathered together. In order to take a stock of. This situation and then come up with the right decisions. Which can. Help the syrian nation for their future without any for any pleasure or interference joint plan suppose that it would have been we have been writing upon has been counterterrorism on to. Read this out completely and we should emphasize on dialogue and reconciliation collation reform and get the weather because you know i mean given how the constitution return to 50 g. s and exchanging our exchange of the kidnapped individuals and the construction of syria independent and free syria said you know that is not threatening others as syria is that is not a. Place safe haven for terrorists. And it should be clear of terror is terrorism and also foreign intervention in consolidated syria with National Sovereignty<\/a> and territorial integrity and i said you know where each individual. Enjoys their natural rights and citizenship rights. And in this. Path for what its only the syrians that should be able to decide on their future there should not be allowed to interfere in their internal affairs. Mr putin mr oregon. Incorporation of the 3 got untying countries. Paper their way fundamentally for its proposition of the Syrian Crisis<\/a>. And other crises in the region. Foreigners. Are going to leave this region today or tomorrow but we are neighbors and we have been neighbors and we will be neighbors. To. 1998. I gave me bitterness between syria and turkey can be a good model for doing away with the customs. By both sides. Bringing an end to this. Process in relation to this from a crisis after. It wasnt due to their interference as within syria but it was there has been focusing on the resolution of the problems through constructive interaction and peaceful. Resolution for the Syrian Crisis<\/a>. At the same time on a process is not in confrontation with. Proces. Ladies and gentlemen. Illegitimate presence of u. S. Forces in syria. Is threatening our National Interests<\/a> and so and so were going to. National sovereignty and territorial integrity if this country as an independent nation they use president last year. As a spork Office Decision<\/a> to. Return their soldiers from to go to their own country but this was something in the same way that with comes to other. Comments. It wasnt through and it wasnt based on need any real determination in the future to do that. I would like to emphasize once again that the u. S. Forces should withdraw from this region and summer and jeff. Government and they stand after your fright should be ensured. The return of a state under 3 g. s from the rich are made from neighboring countries and other countries. And discuss and. Prepare the ground. For other improvements. Start off the construction of. The construction process should not be dependent on political interference. And disarray either why is this. Prolonged crisis. And it will lead to other problems and hot chips for the syrian nation it calls for facilitation of their agenda for refugees sooner rather than later so that the city and nation and the governments of syria. Can be helped in the area for construction and to and doing away with the hostilities amongst the people and the base on the basis of the will and the determination of the syrian nation. Amendment of the constitution on the basis of the will of the people and can also be an important step. To bring the kind of crisis to an end by the 3 countries and if presented by the of the united nation. Can also pave the way for their formation of the constitution commission. And. In construct of interaction by the Syrian Government<\/a> should be appreciated the zionist regime over the last months has intensified has increased its attacks. Of attacks on the syrian territory. Of this regime have accepted responsibility for these attacks. These attacks have even been a spit to lebanon and syria and iraq. This is an indication of the. Efforts and the legal efforts legal activities by this regime thus can that can lead to more why disparate. Crisis in the region nations and the governments have to conduct the region on the basis of the United Nations<\/a> charter have the right to defend themselves against these kinds of aggressions unfortunately the international organizations. Fortunately have not shown their right kind of reaction against these accusations and in conclusion once again i would like to. Express my gratitude for the hospitality and formation of this important meeting. Place a respectable president of certain disorder got and also the government. Officials and the great nation of turkey i would like to thank you for this thank you very much. Mr rouhani. I like to thank him very much and now. My dear friends mr putin president of Russian Federation<\/a>. Mr president the gun there mr president ernie there colleagues i also grant that we get a good together in a tripartite form i think that i asked in that process the grandest of which are the russia turkey and iran. Is an effective mechanism. To contribute to the settlement in syria. Well discuss the key is yours of the resolution of the crisis in syria launching of into syrian political process. Offering assistance to syrians to restore the economy. Our joint efforts allow to destabilize the situation in syria and to reduce the level of violence the main thing we managed to lay the foundation for the stable and viable political and diplomatic settlement on the basis of the resolution 2254. 00 of the Un Security Council<\/a> apart from the regular meetings earlier this much work is carried out by the delegations all countries. In the whole time and so much they were already 13 sessions with the participation of they were present this of russia turkey and iran and of the syrian parties and also experts of u. N. Observers from other interested states. And also iraq and lebanon also joined they put in troll has been played. In those in 2018 in such a conduct that the congress of the Syrian National<\/a> dialogue that an important part of according to is a result of the decisions taken to set up because Additional Committee<\/a> the key of which to work out the parameters or the future structure of syria. Now its important to promptly to start its activity in geneva. That composition of the committee is fully determined of course important task is the continuation of the finding fighting of the terrorist groups in syria. Much concern is caused by the task situation and the only remaining cell enough the best collection in clip where ladley of activity has increased are the terrorist organizations. Those collections those can be a refuge for different extremists and moreover to be like stronghold to carry out armed provocations their colleagues we jointly we should take additional steps to fully erect to fight this terrorist aggression from this zone of course the situation in the north east of series of consent is a problem in this area and in our","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia601001.us.archive.org\/17\/items\/ALJAZ_20190916_210000_NEWSHOUR\/ALJAZ_20190916_210000_NEWSHOUR.thumbs\/ALJAZ_20190916_210000_NEWSHOUR_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240716T12:35:10+00:00"}