A weeklong ground offensive in the province Government Forces have displaced islamist fighters from around 40 villages but campaign is causing concern in western capitals as arties broadcasting of comments speed awhile since asaad made Headline News its been everyone but him america selling out its allies and pilfering syrian oil for bullying claims of bias that the u. P. C. W. But no last until now. Thousands of syrians forced to abandon their homes and flee for their lives as hundreds of ground and air strikes hit the region of it live overnight something as a part of a new ground offensive by syrian Government Forces. Russian backed Government Forces up intensified their Bombing Campaign well of all out i will go to the camps near the Turkish Border to escape from us and rockets the Syrian Military has been a bit of a role capturing a slew of villages and towns and media days of course whenever that happens the media and his opponents exploded in outrage same thing every time we wan
Thanking our witnesses, secretary esper and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff milley for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discussour policy in syria , particularly in light of the tevents that happened just a couple months ago in turkey when they invaded and drove the kurds out of portions of that but its our first hearing since congressman brendici has joined the committee. We have a lot of new faces but theyre not new faces anymore but its good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving, welcome. As i said the purpose of this hearing is to look into the events around syria and as a bunch of questions and the other big issue for us is just the ability of members of this committee toask questions directly of the key policymakers in an area that is of enormous importance and give them an opportunity to learn more about policy and also express their views and that is a huge part of our oversight role in congress and i th
A mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death for killing the journalist and 3 others have been given prison terms but a un appointed rights investigator believes the people actually behind the assassination have been left untouched while a Union Spokesperson for the un secretary general has also stressed the need for a further probe. The secretary general continues to stress the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder to ensure full examination of any accountability for Human Rights Violations committed in the case Jamal Khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul in turkey in october 2018 where he was murdered and the un report said his death was almost certainly a state planned execution but the saudis insist it was the result of a rogue operation arties kill mop and has more in the case. The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi shocked the world and drew massive condemnation a saudi court recently sentenced 5 people to death
Clothes and welcome to the program as mentioned just to midnight here in moscow this early 25th of december so if youre celebrating christmas happy christmas for me kevin owen of the rest of the on g. T. T. In russia this morning to our top story not in the international the u. N. Officials and Rights Groups have denounced saudi arabias punishment of those involved in the murder of journalist saying it makes a mockery of justice 5 people have been sentenced to death and 3 others to jail time over the killing but a u. N. Appointed rights investigator believes that the people actually behind the journalists cruel murder have been left on touched while the spokesperson for the u. N. Secretary general has also stressed the importance of a further probe the secretary general continues to stress the need for an independent and impartial investigation into the murder torture for examination of any accountability for Human Rights Violations committed in the case. So what you showed he was last
I want to start by thanking our witnesses secretary esper and chairmans a joint chief of staff for appearing before us to testify. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss our policy in syria, particularly in light of the events that happened win turkey invaded and drove the kurds out of portions. Our first hearing since the congressman from new york joined the committee. I want to thank him. We have a lot of new faces in this committee that are a year into it. They are not new faces anymore but good to have another freshman added to the committee. I appreciate him serving. The purpose of this hearing is to look at events around syria. A whole bunch of questions and the other big issue is the ability of memories of this committee to ask questions of the key policymake is in an area of importance to the committee and to give them an opportunity to learn more about the policy and express their views and that is a huge part of our oversight role in congress and it is enormously important