20
20
tv
eye 20
favorite 0
quote 0
we told stories in our view i think here is a council meets on syria seeming to seek consensus rather than any action as a military intervention on sanctions against the country. between the opposition and end up with him. also if the raid south clashes between government forces and rebel fighters continue on the outskirts of the compas so will be the ship has returned to the channels for talks with the country's president instead of threatening the family would have. been sixty nine to haul from the people who are out of work in b. eurozone and then implement. ten points of the sound that was in the bathroom of a single person see the figures were released just today also e.u. leaders pledged eight billion viewers to agree more jobs about that summit of pointed out. the headlines for you know about and his guys discuss syria and what might lie in store. next. blowing welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle syria on the brink as violence escalates in this in battle country the calls for strong sanctions and even a military intervention grow in intensity what is at stake the protection
we told stories in our view i think here is a council meets on syria seeming to seek consensus rather than any action as a military intervention on sanctions against the country. between the opposition and end up with him. also if the raid south clashes between government forces and rebel fighters continue on the outskirts of the compas so will be the ship has returned to the channels for talks with the country's president instead of threatening the family would have. been sixty nine to haul...
22
22
tv
eye 22
favorite 0
quote 0
different syria's very good ties with syria they have good ties with iran they have access to the rest of the world so they're not completely isolated regime they can hang on i mean they they've proven determination hang on last time an uprising like this. ten thousand people were killed we i think estimates are about half that now so you know the regime may just hang on and crush everything else the regime may collapse and made of all that is so war but my guess is it's the internal events inside the country that are going to drive the future and the decision that the regime makes and the opposition makes and of course that's very complicated because that's a dynamic relationship neither one of them is and an actor but they're going to determine the future of this country much more than the rest of us are standing in the sidelines that's why i really think with what the rest of us are standing on the sidelines with the united states and other countries should be doing is you know we can work to ensure the stability of the region and to deal with this crisis with every direction it goe
different syria's very good ties with syria they have good ties with iran they have access to the rest of the world so they're not completely isolated regime they can hang on i mean they they've proven determination hang on last time an uprising like this. ten thousand people were killed we i think estimates are about half that now so you know the regime may just hang on and crush everything else the regime may collapse and made of all that is so war but my guess is it's the internal events...
16
16
tv
eye 16
favorite 0
quote 0
let the national state from from syria the old syria to a new a new syria but the what are done by old what are it is empowered the policies that is empowered by the u.s. and its allies in the opinion alleys it will make syria feel state and if syria is instability or goes in a tunnel of instability i think all the middle east will come towards this tunnel also and the fundamentalism will raise and this will affect the whole world and especially specially it will affect eastern europe western europe and all. mediterranean region also right dr varian. robin a professor at lebanese international university thank you very much for your analysis. but with less than a month ago before russia's presidential vote emotions are running high i am a campaign shift up a gear following a day of demonstrations and. prime minister and presidential candidates idea where putin continues to lay out his electoral program this time it's more about whether shape democracy with initiatives allowing the people to suggest their own laws online can offer has more of the main idea of the sort of go is that a ci
let the national state from from syria the old syria to a new a new syria but the what are done by old what are it is empowered the policies that is empowered by the u.s. and its allies in the opinion alleys it will make syria feel state and if syria is instability or goes in a tunnel of instability i think all the middle east will come towards this tunnel also and the fundamentalism will raise and this will affect the whole world and especially specially it will affect eastern europe western...
16
16
tv
eye 16
favorite 0
quote 0
he is now doing the same and that this family's on acceptable in syria needs a nonsectarian national government to prepare a new constitution the arab league's reportedly calling for a joint arab league u.n. so-called peacekeeping force to be sent into syria president assad has already rejected the idea do you think it's a good idea i don't think it's a good idea to send any so-called peacekeeping forces i mean first we have to see what is the arab league the arab league is essentially amaury bond organization which is brought to life when the west needs it too it has no active role for the last twenty five years in any positive sense in the region it failed to stop the war in iraq it back the war. libya and it's probably being used as a surrogate to try and push through foreign troops an intervention in syria which i'm totally opposed to i think that is the one thing syria does not need is foreign armies we've seen what's happened in iraq and we've seen what's happened in libya but surely the involvement of the arab league which is kind of a local regional group is better than the i
he is now doing the same and that this family's on acceptable in syria needs a nonsectarian national government to prepare a new constitution the arab league's reportedly calling for a joint arab league u.n. so-called peacekeeping force to be sent into syria president assad has already rejected the idea do you think it's a good idea i don't think it's a good idea to send any so-called peacekeeping forces i mean first we have to see what is the arab league the arab league is essentially amaury...
15
15
tv
eye 15
favorite 0
quote 0
resolution on syria let's get more reaction on the situation in and around syria with dr omar to xabi a lecturer and professor at the lebanese american university of beirut so why do you think the u.s. and e.u. rushed to put the resolution on syria to a vote even to russia asked for a delay until foreign minister lavrov met with the syrian government. well i think there are some political objectives behind that but let's let's just clarify that the that the russian position and the chinese position was not to support the syrian regime or to support the. heart of is that are coming from syria on the contrary quite the opposite it was to stop this bloodshed and interview of russia and china to stop this bloodshed is to stick to the you and charter and the principles of the un charter and to stick to the united nations as an organization that works with peace and therefore that encourages dialogue and that with that i think is the position of russia by actually saying that there should be more time to actually for the attempts the russian attempts to model minister lavrov is going to be.
resolution on syria let's get more reaction on the situation in and around syria with dr omar to xabi a lecturer and professor at the lebanese american university of beirut so why do you think the u.s. and e.u. rushed to put the resolution on syria to a vote even to russia asked for a delay until foreign minister lavrov met with the syrian government. well i think there are some political objectives behind that but let's let's just clarify that the that the russian position and the chinese...
16
16
tv
eye 16
favorite 0
quote 0
play our welcome back to cross talk time you were talking about the war in syria. lebanon. and you just start playing ok i'd like to go back to rami and in cairo i started out the program saying how disappointed i am but i expected that the western powers wouldn't like to call what's going on in in syria's civil war because it has very important political and geopolitical input implications but let's talk about another thing that western media and politicians don't like to talk about it and it's the sectarian strife there i mean this is about you you said in the first part of the program about defectors most of them at least i've been told are sunni what does that tell you. not actually the case of the country is so you would see a majority of defectors being cinese we've seen the whites we've seen christian defectors that's actually not the case but what you have in syria now is the government basically portraying the sectarian violence and that's sort of provoking both sides what you're seeing is in the army i have to be detailed about this in the army with mobile phones
play our welcome back to cross talk time you were talking about the war in syria. lebanon. and you just start playing ok i'd like to go back to rami and in cairo i started out the program saying how disappointed i am but i expected that the western powers wouldn't like to call what's going on in in syria's civil war because it has very important political and geopolitical input implications but let's talk about another thing that western media and politicians don't like to talk about it and...
24
24
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
resolution for syria. quite honestly no not unless the draft of this wreckage that unless the text of the draft of this resolution changes because a it calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside handover of power to the deputy make room for a unity transition government to be formed that is something that is a move that some members of the council consider a regime change secondly it has wording that allows for possible foreign intervention even though west major western powers as well as arab league representatives have for us have underscore the fact that no military intervention or foreign intervention would be allowed into syria a lot of a lot of countries are skeptical because of what took place in libya so unless the text of this draft resolution changes and holds both sides accountable and allows for mediation instead of you know a change in government then i don't see russia supporting this resolution or even abstaining from it i see russia casting a veto we're going to thanks very mu
resolution for syria. quite honestly no not unless the draft of this wreckage that unless the text of the draft of this resolution changes because a it calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside handover of power to the deputy make room for a unity transition government to be formed that is something that is a move that some members of the council consider a regime change secondly it has wording that allows for possible foreign intervention even though west major western powers as...
15
15
tv
eye 15
favorite 0
quote 0
damascus syria a top u.s. intelligence official has admitted al qaeda is working alongside syria's armed opposition but could mean washington and the terrorist group are actually fighting on the same side because as an investigative journalist russell baker believes foreign states are helping armed rebels to. we're seeing a similar pattern to what we saw in libya and that is this the western countries clearly want bashar assad out just as much as they wanted khadafi out and we are seeing this introduction of tremendous amounts of force very skilled sophisticated operations like the assassination of that cleric like the assassination of a general the other day in damascus very skilled operatives are bringing this battle right home to assad and that is not the sign of a traditional peaceful uprising that's not to say that there are not a large number of people in syria who would like to get rid of assad but i think that that sentiment of part of the population is being dramatically helped along by outside forces
damascus syria a top u.s. intelligence official has admitted al qaeda is working alongside syria's armed opposition but could mean washington and the terrorist group are actually fighting on the same side because as an investigative journalist russell baker believes foreign states are helping armed rebels to. we're seeing a similar pattern to what we saw in libya and that is this the western countries clearly want bashar assad out just as much as they wanted khadafi out and we are seeing this...
17
17
tv
eye 17
favorite 0
quote 0
the syrian government destabilize syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy state still that like with washington it's not all big all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. while that's one possible outcome of revolution in syria we take a look at libya it's pre-pay one yet since the start of its revolution its economy a shambles the rebels fighting each other thousands of former gadhafi supporters reportedly tortured prisoners. overseas demand for indian summer gets drupal that's a recession these hopeful parents struggling to pay the u.s. price tag. greece has fulfilled the last few preconditions needed to secure a second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout but that's a cash injection may yet prove to be in the use of greece push through final cut some wednesday to a written promise to stick by austerity off connections that still not enough for the e.u. . it's now one sentence to accept i don't want is to make sure it's falling in terms of the bailout greece has already struggled to meet the te
the syrian government destabilize syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy state still that like with washington it's not all big all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. while that's one possible outcome of revolution in syria we take a look at libya it's pre-pay one yet since the start of its revolution its economy a shambles the rebels fighting each other thousands of former gadhafi supporters...
34
34
tv
eye 34
favorite 0
quote 0
on syria as well as the u.k. britain has recruited its ambassador from syria for consultations and it looks like new resolutions are just around the corner. hawse from box. struggling to convince the west impartiality critics. approach which brought into question. it's divisive on every level the syrian crisis has splits opinion from the streets to the international stage the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here this is a doomed. as well as i murdering regime there is no way it can get its credibility back internationally or with its own people and when you come when you realize that you see what a mistake russia is making by backing this regime so many in the west russia's decision along with china to veto the un resolution on syria is difficult to understand america's u.n. envoy described the decision to show you full and accuse the countries of attempting to sell out the syrian people and if shielding a tyrant the right fr
on syria as well as the u.k. britain has recruited its ambassador from syria for consultations and it looks like new resolutions are just around the corner. hawse from box. struggling to convince the west impartiality critics. approach which brought into question. it's divisive on every level the syrian crisis has splits opinion from the streets to the international stage the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose...
12
12
tv
eye 12
favorite 0
quote 0
from the russian capital top stories now syria's first steps to democratic reform ridiculed by the u.s. as washington stops just shy of labeling president assad a war criminal while allegedly pumping weapons into the war torn state. france spain greece the czech republic unfolding and yesterday protests hit the e.u. as governments hack and slash policies leave economies and public patience at the points of collapse. the man charge of the murder of prominent russian journalist anna politkovskaya says the killing may have been orchestrated in london by a fugitive russian businessman and a suspected chechen terrorists. i'll be back with more on this story as more of. the meantime on cross-talk peter navarro and his guests get hot under the collar of a what the global economy thinks it should do about war torn syria heated debate next on altie. well the perks science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. and if you. want to. know him well come across talk i'm futile about the right to protect or the right to penetrate as syria conti
from the russian capital top stories now syria's first steps to democratic reform ridiculed by the u.s. as washington stops just shy of labeling president assad a war criminal while allegedly pumping weapons into the war torn state. france spain greece the czech republic unfolding and yesterday protests hit the e.u. as governments hack and slash policies leave economies and public patience at the points of collapse. the man charge of the murder of prominent russian journalist anna politkovskaya...
27
27
tv
eye 27
favorite 0
quote 0
people in syria really think. there's a media blackout i think it's still pretty hard to say ma if i can go to you in princeton has the west decided to support a side in this conflict in syria that is rapidly looking like a civil war well clearly there is an uprising which has continued unabated since about a year and now we're heading towards the first anniversary of the start of the uprising. there has been a brutal repression on the part of the regime and so far about six thousand civilian casualties killed in this repression so clearly there's a situation that here they are peaceful protesters who have been crushed by the regime security imperative and that has drawn attention internationally so there's been a sigh taken in the sense that there are human rights violations and i would say it's true that the uprisings have taken you know have continued and a large part of the population is supporting it you also have a part of the population which still doesn't know which side to take because they are afraid of
people in syria really think. there's a media blackout i think it's still pretty hard to say ma if i can go to you in princeton has the west decided to support a side in this conflict in syria that is rapidly looking like a civil war well clearly there is an uprising which has continued unabated since about a year and now we're heading towards the first anniversary of the start of the uprising. there has been a brutal repression on the part of the regime and so far about six thousand civilian...
19
19
tv
eye 19
favorite 0
quote 0
does that long to beat libya are going to take us to syria how far do you think syria is already essentially a battlefield between iran and the west the israelis have been clear for many years that if you can pull syria out of all but you will weaken iran which they consider to be the number one enemy the number one menace in the neighborhood the number one threat to israel's strategic interests so if you can get syria away from iran either through a diplomatic deal which they tried for many years all through regime change which seems to be the direction of travel mel that would definitely weaken iran and all roads in the middle east right now or do seem to lead back to tehran and saudi arabia's relationship with iran is increasingly hostile and it teases iran of supporting create this testing shiite minority how do you think that could play out saudi arabia's own position is brazenly one sided brazenly self-serving and hypocritical here you have saudi arabia having pulled its ambassador of damascus having complained about the arab league on the ground of its human rights observations well f
does that long to beat libya are going to take us to syria how far do you think syria is already essentially a battlefield between iran and the west the israelis have been clear for many years that if you can pull syria out of all but you will weaken iran which they consider to be the number one enemy the number one menace in the neighborhood the number one threat to israel's strategic interests so if you can get syria away from iran either through a diplomatic deal which they tried for many...
24
24
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
turkey and syria is the only. one and now you say there are several regional implications here certainly regional implications when it comes to the a qana mees with sanctions or certainly with the west looking to get involved as you say i wish we had more time for this i'm afraid we don't talk to the shop job or director for the center for middle eastern studies live in beirut thank you for joining us on our seats of thank you so. this is artsy now the world's top whistleblower is taking his long legal battle to stay in the u.k. to the country's supreme court julian assange is wanted in sweden on allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten occasions that he denies the wiki leaks founder insists the case is politically motivated and in response to his website publishing top secret u.s. cables on the wars in afghanistan and iraq laura smith now reports from the high court in london. the building that you see behind me the supremes court could literally be last chance saloon a full julian
turkey and syria is the only. one and now you say there are several regional implications here certainly regional implications when it comes to the a qana mees with sanctions or certainly with the west looking to get involved as you say i wish we had more time for this i'm afraid we don't talk to the shop job or director for the center for middle eastern studies live in beirut thank you for joining us on our seats of thank you so. this is artsy now the world's top whistleblower is taking his...
33
33
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
and around syria well if i said finally quits. which is a possibility of course who do you think will pick up the pound the s.n.c. is most likely to become the the the the ruling party the country which is well first i don't think he will voluntarily quit second of all it depends very much on how he eventually relinquished his power and you know some people have spoken of the prospect for example of a military coup perhaps coming from. with then let's say the alawite security elite who will feel that if they can move him aside it will be much easier to negotiate a transition that preserves their core interests there is a possibility of at some point you know a sudden popular uprising in key cities such as damascus and aleppo which we haven't really seen yet there is a possibility of prolonged conflict and civil war and ultimately what i think would be most beneficial to syria although looking increasingly unlikely is a negotiated transition away from this you know dictatorial one party rule and i think you know we have to admit th
and around syria well if i said finally quits. which is a possibility of course who do you think will pick up the pound the s.n.c. is most likely to become the the the the ruling party the country which is well first i don't think he will voluntarily quit second of all it depends very much on how he eventually relinquished his power and you know some people have spoken of the prospect for example of a military coup perhaps coming from. with then let's say the alawite security elite who will...
16
16
tv
eye 16
favorite 0
quote 0
it really has nothing to do about the poor people of syria or democracy it's a geo political play to go after to turn around and turn around would be oh i met loser if the regime in damascus did fall well it's both exactly which part of the reason why the united states would like to see assad go because then iran loses its only regional ally and it further isolates you are allowing the united states and israel to put more pressure on it to stop its nuclear weapons program suspected nuclear weapons program so there is a clear strategic interests go ahead jump in i just want to jump in i do think there are any and they're greatly concerned here i think one of the problems at the top of their concern is if the syrian regime falls that in a sense the arab spring will blow back into iran again in they'll see an uptick in their in the opposition or own country so i think they're not just for the strategic reasons that they want syria to stay because it's their pipeline and lawson has once important regional ally but i think it also has domestic implications for them that they're really con
it really has nothing to do about the poor people of syria or democracy it's a geo political play to go after to turn around and turn around would be oh i met loser if the regime in damascus did fall well it's both exactly which part of the reason why the united states would like to see assad go because then iran loses its only regional ally and it further isolates you are allowing the united states and israel to put more pressure on it to stop its nuclear weapons program suspected nuclear...
13
13
tv
eye 13
favorite 0
quote 0
will syria get support from iran. of course that's clear iran did not deny its support to syria maybe did not provide syria yet by military aid but now the. sky is open between iran and syria of iraq and road is open and the iraqi regime you know did not done any conflict with the syrian regime because they have come and arrest and everybody knows the. influence of iran and also they can be provided by help from going on maybe because iran will not go into civil war because they keep on if there is no change in the regime and see it here unless it could be changed any peaceful way because by force by supporting that assertion that is no foreign intervention at all you know and even even trickier know that not stop to talk about. that of foreign intervention foreign intervention or not obviously there are a lot of external player playings going on here whether it's under the guise yes of a revolution as you said a civil war certainly there are some outside influences going on with dr i wish we had more time for this mi
will syria get support from iran. of course that's clear iran did not deny its support to syria maybe did not provide syria yet by military aid but now the. sky is open between iran and syria of iraq and road is open and the iraqi regime you know did not done any conflict with the syrian regime because they have come and arrest and everybody knows the. influence of iran and also they can be provided by help from going on maybe because iran will not go into civil war because they keep on if...
30
30
tv
eye 30
favorite 0
quote 0
resolution on syria. let's get more on this from patrick hayes political analyst for the online magazine spiked which sees its mission as one to promote liberalism across the world patrick thanks for being with us once again russia and china are not popular at the u.n. but they're saying that western support for the syrian opposition and their campaign against the government hampers after it's to launch dialogue between the five how do you see it. well i think that's the true i mean i think i differ to an extent from china and russia in that you know i am supportive all the syrian people rising up against it but not in the way that the west wants it what you have here is one hysterical response in the west to desperately want to interfere and meddle in a country where they really have no business it's very difficult to know what's happening on the ground in syria at the moment so the reaction from a lot of western leaders you had hillary clinton talking about the travesty of the veto you had this hysteric
resolution on syria. let's get more on this from patrick hayes political analyst for the online magazine spiked which sees its mission as one to promote liberalism across the world patrick thanks for being with us once again russia and china are not popular at the u.n. but they're saying that western support for the syrian opposition and their campaign against the government hampers after it's to launch dialogue between the five how do you see it. well i think that's the true i mean i think i...
16
16
tv
eye 16
favorite 0
quote 0
ballots instead of bullets mess demonstrations and violent protests have been rolling across syria for almost a year. the syrian government is now calling for the people to shape their future together by taken part in a referendum on the country's and you cost to sion fulfill its pledge to reform. a boss who is very excited that he'll be able to decide his own tomorrow because it's a completely new era is good for everybody even opposition can take part it's for all the amendments to the country's number one law have been the key demands of the opposition since the uprising began and the draft seems to cover the most pressing issues it starts with eliminating baath party supremacy which have ruled the country for the last fifty years introduces a multi-party system and sets a two term limit on any future president however even these reforms a cause in controversy. jihad that his friend odin flower shop in damascus he says this new document draws a line between him and his muslim business partner just to show there's a big contradiction article thirty three says while equilibrate number
ballots instead of bullets mess demonstrations and violent protests have been rolling across syria for almost a year. the syrian government is now calling for the people to shape their future together by taken part in a referendum on the country's and you cost to sion fulfill its pledge to reform. a boss who is very excited that he'll be able to decide his own tomorrow because it's a completely new era is good for everybody even opposition can take part it's for all the amendments to the...
15
15
tv
eye 15
favorite 0
quote 0
own reform in syria and it causes foreign intervention in syria's affairs will not stand the strain you're seeing or comment on the recent statements by the secretary general of the arab league. last year and b i don't have shown signs that their position might suddenly. you're the most. obviously you got off a statement made by the arab league's representative expresses nothing but his own opinion so far i see nothing that could make moscow and beijing change the firm stance on the issue expressed in the recent votes on the resolute. on syria in which they called for was urging both sides of the conflict to stop using force rather than only the pro regime forces because i think we currently have every reason to believe the russian delegation will continue its attempts to persuade the asset government to adjust their approach with respect to the use of military force when dispersing opposition groups on the other hand those with the ability to influence the armed groups should use it to ensure the violence is not regarded as the only way out of the conflict. scenario we have to avoid is th
own reform in syria and it causes foreign intervention in syria's affairs will not stand the strain you're seeing or comment on the recent statements by the secretary general of the arab league. last year and b i don't have shown signs that their position might suddenly. you're the most. obviously you got off a statement made by the arab league's representative expresses nothing but his own opinion so far i see nothing that could make moscow and beijing change the firm stance on the issue...
10
10.0
tv
eye 10
favorite 0
quote 0
damascus syria. your perspective on this i'm joined by patrick hayes reporter for online magazine spiked so russia has warned of a repeat of the libyan style scenario in syria despite diplomatic efforts of moscow and beijing not to allow it so how likely do you think foreign intervention of a certain kind is. well obviously china and russia did veto the u.n. resolution. over a week ago now but support what we seem to be seeing is another resolution being put on the cards being proposed by qatar and other countries and it does seem like it's the typical kind of situation which the west are particularly good at which is that if they don't like the fact that vessel lucian was vetoed in the first place they'll just put forward enough on intil people. then they get their will so you know i think in their cameras see the french and british prime minister and now talking about having a summit about how they can help the free syrian army everything seems to be pointing towards a desire from the west to inter
damascus syria. your perspective on this i'm joined by patrick hayes reporter for online magazine spiked so russia has warned of a repeat of the libyan style scenario in syria despite diplomatic efforts of moscow and beijing not to allow it so how likely do you think foreign intervention of a certain kind is. well obviously china and russia did veto the u.n. resolution. over a week ago now but support what we seem to be seeing is another resolution being put on the cards being proposed by qatar...
25
25
tv
eye 25
favorite 0
quote 0
national party damascus syria. the your friends of syria meeting what may achieve with us on the line is going consult of the political analyst christoph waltz the line from them kristoffer good to see you tonight mounting reports that foreign military intervention could follow today's gathering how likely do you think that is. just let me say this to take the word of hewitt able reporter with this kind of friendship syria needs no enemies it is very very clear that what happens in syria is breaking any law any international carter the carter of the united nations this grass interference if they talk about whether they should you know militarily act in syria or where they are doing that nato is doing that right now under the table with the help of some corrupt arab states unfortunately with the help of our dear nato friend turkey so that is a very bad situation we are lying our teeth out we are telling the people we are not engaged in military action but in fact we are doing that we are guiding them there's a germa
national party damascus syria. the your friends of syria meeting what may achieve with us on the line is going consult of the political analyst christoph waltz the line from them kristoffer good to see you tonight mounting reports that foreign military intervention could follow today's gathering how likely do you think that is. just let me say this to take the word of hewitt able reporter with this kind of friendship syria needs no enemies it is very very clear that what happens in syria is...
26
26
tv
eye 26
favorite 0
quote 0
i can share your thoughts on the situation in syria to log on to r.t. dot com to take part in our latest poll this hour forty four percent say it will and will their russia china veto over a third thinks the u.n. is simply being used by the west to further its aims in syria less than a quarter believes it will finish with a continued u.s. effort to overthrow the yasid regime and just to put sand thinks there will be agreement on the motion had to our website i.q. dot com to cast your vote now while you're there check out what else we have for you online. enforcing american laws with russian weapons us police will soon be using guns provided by the firm that makes kalashnikovs. also the final verdict is out on why russia's martian mission probe job is prone to fail to get all the details on our. and a pill that could prevent a body by now why some medical experts believe it could also fuel at h.i.v. epidemic. they were caesarean court is expected to consider an appeal by the way to be expelled or join a sound against his extradition to sweden over allega
i can share your thoughts on the situation in syria to log on to r.t. dot com to take part in our latest poll this hour forty four percent say it will and will their russia china veto over a third thinks the u.n. is simply being used by the west to further its aims in syria less than a quarter believes it will finish with a continued u.s. effort to overthrow the yasid regime and just to put sand thinks there will be agreement on the motion had to our website i.q. dot com to cast your vote now...
24
24
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
damascus syria. dr marcus papadopoulos is an analyst from britain the politics first online magazine he told us attempts by western states to stir up rebels in syria may cause the middle east purdah keg to finally explode political dialogue is the only solution to the conflict in syria any conflict in the middle east has the potential to turn the entire region into a vast firestorm and the fact that the american and british government are implicitly encouraging the syrian opposition is only making things worse in syria and it's only groups all to more casualties and more tragedies the way in which western media is betraying the conflict in syria could this could be mistakenly taken for a hollywood film whereby it's good versus evil in the real world however we know that no conflict is over black and white and what we're seeing is a concerted effort by western governments and western media to bring down president assad and what we need to bear in mind is that this is not the first time we've seen this
damascus syria. dr marcus papadopoulos is an analyst from britain the politics first online magazine he told us attempts by western states to stir up rebels in syria may cause the middle east purdah keg to finally explode political dialogue is the only solution to the conflict in syria any conflict in the middle east has the potential to turn the entire region into a vast firestorm and the fact that the american and british government are implicitly encouraging the syrian opposition is only...
24
24
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
you seeking to impose tougher economic sanctions on syria's government after failing to boost pressure on president assad through a u.n. draft resolution blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister called western reaction to the veto indecent and hysterical ahead of a visit to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin laying out plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after massive anti-government rallies sweeping russia. and pressure on all fronts the greek coalition government deadlocked over adopting new austerity measures needed to secure a second bailout while the e.u. says the time for a deal for athens is running at. ten am in moscow on or ten pm rather in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on our team our top story the e.u. and u.s. want to further toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's ruling regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest u.n. draft resolution on syria mosco
you seeking to impose tougher economic sanctions on syria's government after failing to boost pressure on president assad through a u.n. draft resolution blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister called western reaction to the veto indecent and hysterical ahead of a visit to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin laying out plans to upgrade russian...
13
13
tv
eye 13
favorite 0
quote 0
there are forces in syria that see the russian veto in the u. . and perhaps russian policy more general us generally is somehow a betrayal of your syrian people but i think there are also others who view the russian role as having prevented the type of internationalization of the syrian crisis and foreign military intervention that they would dearly like to see thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest today was not by the middle east report contributing editor and that's it for now from paula spotlight will be back with more first on comment on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on our team to take a. look . that's. syria's forces bombed the city of homs with reports of dozens more casualties but with the conflicting number of deaths coming from the country it's almost impossible to get a true picture of current events. as the e.u. plans to bring iran to its knees with an approaching. there are fears that the movement could backfire and hit a european countries the hardest. plus u.s. dron
there are forces in syria that see the russian veto in the u. . and perhaps russian policy more general us generally is somehow a betrayal of your syrian people but i think there are also others who view the russian role as having prevented the type of internationalization of the syrian crisis and foreign military intervention that they would dearly like to see thank you thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that my guest today was not by the middle east report contributing...
20
20
tv
eye 20
favorite 0
quote 0
syria the boards are still in my body. and people should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they own guns in the hands of law abiding decent people are not a problem national rifle association there's a group of basically retired military police love to shoot holes in i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes it go bang and if what's in front of here is going to die and that's all the training you really really need raise your hand if you know something's been. ok a little i want to philadelphia the streets. and tell a lot of hopefully we will never have to use the weapons for self defense but we should be prepared the full class including the teacher as it was. seventeen students. and one of seven or still. a soulless substance. but this can a touch like a well trained. religious in ruins. for thailand where time stands still. all becomes a scene of nothing. the mysterious sons of russia. are to. diplomatic deadlock russia says no to regime change in syria as moscow slams a proposed u.n. re
syria the boards are still in my body. and people should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they own guns in the hands of law abiding decent people are not a problem national rifle association there's a group of basically retired military police love to shoot holes in i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes it go bang and if what's in front of here is going to die and that's all the training you really really need raise your hand if you know something's been....
16
16
tv
eye 16
favorite 0
quote 0
syria reforms. to go in this week the date for the national referendum on the country's new constitution was announced the vote is expected to take place next sunday as far as the ministry of internal affairs of syria has said around fifteen million people in syria today have the right to vote this new constitution was drafted. and the monopoly of the ruling party the bath party here in syria had been in power for the last fifty years but people on the ground are actually fearing that this referendum and this new constitution it's too little and too late this week the chinese delegation visited syria both russia and china are calling for the dialogue to be restored between the syrian opposition and the authorities. saying that this is the only way out of this crisis. let's now get some opinion and insight from beirut based political analyst kamel was me. as we've just heard from our reporter in syria beijing has joined moscow's efforts to mediate talks between damascus and the opposition what's chin
syria reforms. to go in this week the date for the national referendum on the country's new constitution was announced the vote is expected to take place next sunday as far as the ministry of internal affairs of syria has said around fifteen million people in syria today have the right to vote this new constitution was drafted. and the monopoly of the ruling party the bath party here in syria had been in power for the last fifty years but people on the ground are actually fearing that this...
23
23
tv
eye 23
favorite 0
quote 0
the syrian government destabilizing syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy us state it's still the line with washington so it's not living all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. but one possible outcome of revolution in syria we take a look at libya it's been. since the start of its revolution its economy in shambles the rebels fighting each other thousands of former gadhafi supporters reportedly prisons. and overseas demand. as the recession hope to parents have paid the price tag. greece has fulfilled the last few preconditions needed to secure a second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout but that cash injection may yet prove to be elusive greece pushed through final cuts on wednesday committed to promise to stick by austerity after elections that's still not enough for the e.u. wants. monitors to make sure it's following the terms of the bailout for greece has already struggled to meet the terms. on its rain has provoked an angry response from some quarters british any raj says it's a
the syrian government destabilizing syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy us state it's still the line with washington so it's not living all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. but one possible outcome of revolution in syria we take a look at libya it's been. since the start of its revolution its economy in shambles the rebels fighting each other thousands of former gadhafi supporters reportedly...
30
30
tv
eye 30
favorite 0
quote 0
all qaida has indorse the rebels fighting in syria under president assad syria has been a secular state some analysts argue that one of the reasons why al qaeda supports the violent uprising in syria is that in the last secular environment it's easier to recruit new terrorists if the government holds that you'll be looking forward to just a very long period of complete disintegration and they will be able to attract more and more fanatical recruits look at the civil war in iraq in two thousand and six and seven it was absolutely appalling the calls to arm fighting groups in syria sound even more alarming given the u.s. history of arming radicals afghanistan one example that it was a placing itself in alliance with the mujahideen including osama bin laden and these people who now of course it is lately been deploring as fanatical fanatical enemies that the united states said these these alliances. totally cynical and totally opportunistic there's not a shred of good will. but despite the hawks outcry the obama administration is taking a more cautious stance with regards to syria we don't
all qaida has indorse the rebels fighting in syria under president assad syria has been a secular state some analysts argue that one of the reasons why al qaeda supports the violent uprising in syria is that in the last secular environment it's easier to recruit new terrorists if the government holds that you'll be looking forward to just a very long period of complete disintegration and they will be able to attract more and more fanatical recruits look at the civil war in iraq in two thousand...
18
18
tv
eye 18
favorite 0
quote 0
we're talking about events unfolding in syria. ok david i'd like to go to you d.c. you know you've been on the program before and you know i'm a cynic so i'm going to give. a cynical comment and question this has nothing to do with the syrian people this has nothing to do with their rights it has nothing to do with the killing of innocent people eccentric cetera this is all about geo political change in the region you take syria down and it's a boon for israel maybe but certainly for other countries where hezbollah is weakened in the next target the great prize of the mall is a ran that's what it's all about isn't it yeah well that's. a point of view again has no connection with reality what i mean one explain yourself why do you say that you dismiss the jury when you don't know you're one of those who are rising up. as i started to say before you interrupted everyone can see that the syrian people are rising up and risking their lives day after day week after week month after month thousands of people all over the country tens of thousands of people so you think yo
we're talking about events unfolding in syria. ok david i'd like to go to you d.c. you know you've been on the program before and you know i'm a cynic so i'm going to give. a cynical comment and question this has nothing to do with the syrian people this has nothing to do with their rights it has nothing to do with the killing of innocent people eccentric cetera this is all about geo political change in the region you take syria down and it's a boon for israel maybe but certainly for other...
22
22
tv
eye 22
favorite 0
quote 0
out of syria yesterday the u.s. shut down their embassy the u.k. called its ambassador recall that's embassador to damascus and today spain france italy all pull called their ambassadors home the united arab emirates bahrain saudi arabia ohman qatar and kuwait also took the measure it's all aimed at putting pressure on the assad regime and while they want president assad to step down russia and china refuse to choose sides as the international community fails to come to a consensus on syria what is next for the country artie's marina poor and i joined us just a short while ago from new york and gave me the latest on the situation after experiencing heavy criticism for not backing the resolution for assad to step down i asked her just why aren't syria or russia and china caving into pressure from the international community to question the reason there's many reasons for it liz but one of the many reasons is the fact that russia and china will not support any draft resolution or international push towards regime chan
out of syria yesterday the u.s. shut down their embassy the u.k. called its ambassador recall that's embassador to damascus and today spain france italy all pull called their ambassadors home the united arab emirates bahrain saudi arabia ohman qatar and kuwait also took the measure it's all aimed at putting pressure on the assad regime and while they want president assad to step down russia and china refuse to choose sides as the international community fails to come to a consensus on syria...
24
24
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
draft resolution on syria unless it's amended to clearly rule out military intervention and an arms embargo on damascus. egypt is braced for more unrest but marches planned to protest the police failure to prevent a clash of found sort of football match the left dozens dead. german chancellor angela merkel arrives in china hoping to secure support from a strategic economic partner in times of crisis to try to get beijing on board the western policy on iran. is now at three pm here in moscow are you watching r t with me. russia says it will veto the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria unless the draft is changed while moscow admits that progress has been made it's yet to see a text that explicitly rules out of military intervention russia is also reluctant to stop selling equipment to damascus saying that would leave syria at the mercy of on recognized rebel forces and with weapons smuggled from abroad. reports russia says it won't accept even a hint of an embargo on arms embargo when it comes to syria and its reasoning for this is pretty simple it says firstly that the weapons
draft resolution on syria unless it's amended to clearly rule out military intervention and an arms embargo on damascus. egypt is braced for more unrest but marches planned to protest the police failure to prevent a clash of found sort of football match the left dozens dead. german chancellor angela merkel arrives in china hoping to secure support from a strategic economic partner in times of crisis to try to get beijing on board the western policy on iran. is now at three pm here in moscow are...
19
19
tv
eye 19
favorite 0
quote 0
military intervention in syria but the pentagon is busy filling out an attack strategy on syria just in case should the president call for action experts say history shows the absence of international consensus would not be an obstacle to washington if it decides to go ahead with intervention the united states sees the u.n. as a tool of convenience of the u.n. is subtle in going along with the united states then the united states is fine to have a u.n. sanction for its actions but when the u.n. and the people of the world or the countries of the world resist then the united states has the u.n. is unwilling to do its job and then uses other instruments like nato or other military arrangements they did in the case of yugoslavia they did it in the case of the iraq war whenever the u.n. doesn't go along the u.s. then says well the heck with you one will use some other instrument for the exercise of american power last year the u.n. security council authorizes new to protect civilians in libya but the mission resulted in regime change the libyan authorization of force was very specific an
military intervention in syria but the pentagon is busy filling out an attack strategy on syria just in case should the president call for action experts say history shows the absence of international consensus would not be an obstacle to washington if it decides to go ahead with intervention the united states sees the u.n. as a tool of convenience of the u.n. is subtle in going along with the united states then the united states is fine to have a u.n. sanction for its actions but when the u.n....
17
17
tv
eye 17
favorite 0
quote 0
like syria's first democratic reform a ridiculed by the u.s. as just shy of labeling president assad a war criminal allegedly pumping weapons into the war. raging against austerity synchronized protests rattle the e.u. demonstrators in france spain greece and the czech republic all rally. over the. russian journalist. killing. in london by a fugitive russian businessman and a suspected terrorist. under the collar this time of what the global community assumes it should do about war torn syria you watching arts. well the perks science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. and if you. want to. know him well come across talk i'm futile about the right to protect or the right to penetrate as syria continues down the path of destruction and civil war there are loud voices on the international stage demanding some form of outside intervention to end the violence and death is international law moving from sovereignty is right to sovereignty as responsibility. taken. to cross-talk the possib
like syria's first democratic reform a ridiculed by the u.s. as just shy of labeling president assad a war criminal allegedly pumping weapons into the war. raging against austerity synchronized protests rattle the e.u. demonstrators in france spain greece and the czech republic all rally. over the. russian journalist. killing. in london by a fugitive russian businessman and a suspected terrorist. under the collar this time of what the global community assumes it should do about war torn syria...
15
15
tv
eye 15
favorite 0
quote 0
by iraqi officials the free syria and scription on the palm of this comment. as the border between the two states speaks for itself they army of free rockies once fought against u.s. troops in iraq and have now to help their syrian neighbors to fight against the government baghdad says weapons and fires are regularly seeping into syria adding more fuel to the violence lawrence davidson a professor of middle east history at west chester university believes the voice of peaceful protesters in syria has been lost amidst a bloody uprising of some activists. i think that the the people who picked up the gun in syria are largely foreign funded and some of them are in fact foreigners and some of them are in fact deserved errors from the syrian army who have no real option of going back now so i don't think that there is going to be much room for negotiation between that group and the government what the constitution no document is an attempt to do is to satisfy the really large numbers of nonviolent protesters who have seemed to been co-opted now who are displaced by
by iraqi officials the free syria and scription on the palm of this comment. as the border between the two states speaks for itself they army of free rockies once fought against u.s. troops in iraq and have now to help their syrian neighbors to fight against the government baghdad says weapons and fires are regularly seeping into syria adding more fuel to the violence lawrence davidson a professor of middle east history at west chester university believes the voice of peaceful protesters in...
27
27
tv
eye 27
favorite 0
quote 0
that would save syria the destruction and save so many people live lives because of the way things are today in cities it seems that the country has had to two words. total destruction and and that's for sure it is not to the benefits of the city of the third to all the nations who are truly friendly to the city of peace and not just want to use the trouble in syria to advance their own political objectives so that dialogue will have to move forward yes there's a significant number of syrians who still support assad and his reforms do you think that's sufficient enough reason for the opposition to lay down their arms and engage in dialogue to finally reach stability. well i don't think if perhaps if it was up to the to these persons themselves i think yes it would be sufficient but apparently. as we have seen in the past weeks and there is ample evidence to show this many of the groups who are fighting today in syria who are. bringing in weapons to this indian territory wm in gunmen they actually are not ready for dialogue they have they are working according to western agenda. that is
that would save syria the destruction and save so many people live lives because of the way things are today in cities it seems that the country has had to two words. total destruction and and that's for sure it is not to the benefits of the city of the third to all the nations who are truly friendly to the city of peace and not just want to use the trouble in syria to advance their own political objectives so that dialogue will have to move forward yes there's a significant number of syrians...
17
17
tv
eye 17
favorite 0
quote 0
it is the bird fighters who have moved across the border from iraq into syria. have been engaging the syrian army joining the kind of resistance there to one who seemed that this is indeed the case no way that they will remain is not precisely the question issue is how they will begin to characterize an insurgency bid currently it has one or senior leadership structure that was the problem in libya in libya as well there was a horrific libyan elite it was the fear of the insurgency in washington in paris in london and then on the ground there was a dispersed impact your late resistance in which various squirms of radical islam were here. to prominence in a sense the syrian story is very similar the free syrian army is not a credible address it is not a single police where it belongs. to foreign journalists have been killed in syria's flashpoint city of homs the opposition claims the american and french citizens died when an army shell hit and makeshift media center the same accusations were leveled against the regime just over a month ago when the french governm
it is the bird fighters who have moved across the border from iraq into syria. have been engaging the syrian army joining the kind of resistance there to one who seemed that this is indeed the case no way that they will remain is not precisely the question issue is how they will begin to characterize an insurgency bid currently it has one or senior leadership structure that was the problem in libya in libya as well there was a horrific libyan elite it was the fear of the insurgency in...
14
14
tv
eye 14
favorite 0
quote 0
i'd like to begin with syria because that seems to be a great point of contention within the u.n. security council not the last and the only time the council reached any type of consensus on the conflict in syria was nearly six months ago it was under your presidency of the security council a presidential statement was issued in august why has it been so hard since that for fifteen members to agree on does some kind of solution i wouldn't use the word solution but i would use the word approach but now you're absolutely right the only occasion on which the security council was entirely on the same page insofar as developments in syria are concerned was on third august two thousand and eleven under the indian presidency when the council accepted adopted it be honesty that statement is a fairly strong statement because on the government in damascus to walk back from the use of force against its own civilians equally sends a message to the opposition to stop the armed insurrection and to enter into dialogue with the government and extends both sides to you know negotiate and go down t
i'd like to begin with syria because that seems to be a great point of contention within the u.n. security council not the last and the only time the council reached any type of consensus on the conflict in syria was nearly six months ago it was under your presidency of the security council a presidential statement was issued in august why has it been so hard since that for fifteen members to agree on does some kind of solution i wouldn't use the word solution but i would use the word approach...
12
12
tv
eye 12
favorite 0
quote 0
time for you headlines diplomatic deadlock russia says no to regime change in syria as moscow slams a proposed u.n. resolution calling on president assad to step down the kremlin's warning against using the world body. to impose outside interests on the syrian people. through the live pictures here coming in all over wiki leaks founder julian assange she's in britain supreme court it's where he's appealing against his extradition to sweden and those are live pictures for you now back to pictures my archives here is wanted for questioning over alleged sex offenses which he denies by claiming the allegations against him are politically motivated. and that is really a campaign in the u.s. backed by inadvertently insulting many jewish families across america many of criticized the commercials saying they use scare tactics to encourage israelis jews to return to their. right to stay with us if you can hear it on t.v. now it's time for people of ellen is cross talk so the main subject for debate syria and what the future may hold in store. right now. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm pete
time for you headlines diplomatic deadlock russia says no to regime change in syria as moscow slams a proposed u.n. resolution calling on president assad to step down the kremlin's warning against using the world body. to impose outside interests on the syrian people. through the live pictures here coming in all over wiki leaks founder julian assange she's in britain supreme court it's where he's appealing against his extradition to sweden and those are live pictures for you now back to...
10
10.0
tv
eye 10
favorite 0
quote 0
do here and syria. my policy would be if i were and if i were in the white house would be by and large you know hands off syria in one of your articles you argue that the obama administration doesn't want to war with iran and the pentagon u.s. intelligence community they're saying iran does not have a nuclear bomb and hasn't decided whether or not to build a nuclear bomb iran is obviously getting nothing from a war if nobody wants it then why the drums of war why are they so loud there are people who want to war. i mean i do not think no one wants a war you don't have wars unless someone wants it and quite clearly the israeli government would like to see the united states smash iran's nuclear program which they think is creating the conditions where iran could with one leap forward get a bomb the israeli lobby in the united states would like to see anyone with a support is really the neoconservatives do many republicans do there are many americans who genuinely believe that if iran they believe iran is
do here and syria. my policy would be if i were and if i were in the white house would be by and large you know hands off syria in one of your articles you argue that the obama administration doesn't want to war with iran and the pentagon u.s. intelligence community they're saying iran does not have a nuclear bomb and hasn't decided whether or not to build a nuclear bomb iran is obviously getting nothing from a war if nobody wants it then why the drums of war why are they so loud there are...
14
14
tv
eye 14
favorite 0
quote 0
damascus syria. chinese vice president xi jinping has met with u.s. president barack obama in washington an effort to smooth out the country's differences tensions between the two nations escalated recently with the u.s. criticizing china's currency policies and washington bolstering its military presence in the asian pacific for more on the current relations we're joined by paul craig roberts who served as assistant secretary of the treasury during the reagan administration so both china and the u.s. have said they want to clear up their differences how far do you think she jinping is visit can go to address these concerns the main problem of the journeys united states relationship is washington. going to generate. and that makes it very difficult to have a real relationship. the reason for the american nato attack on libya was to deny the benefits of its all investments in eastern libya and of course iran is now in the western sights and iran accounts for twenty percent of jonathan's oil so it doesn't make a lot of sense for washington to go to chin
damascus syria. chinese vice president xi jinping has met with u.s. president barack obama in washington an effort to smooth out the country's differences tensions between the two nations escalated recently with the u.s. criticizing china's currency policies and washington bolstering its military presence in the asian pacific for more on the current relations we're joined by paul craig roberts who served as assistant secretary of the treasury during the reagan administration so both china and...