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Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20180124

In doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. On the move with nowhere to go thousands of civilians are unable to escape fighting in Northern Syria. Also a gunman stormed the offices of a global aid agency in afghanistan after a suicide bombing at the entrance. And egypts president ial hopeful withdraws from the Election Campaign a day after he was detained by the military. Im going to get your ask out with our top sports story for the first time there will be a career in play in the semifinals of a tennis grand slam dunk chungs next opponent could be but ephedra. Gadhafi company all the news are five days of fighting hundred five thousand people are escaping. In the war zone in Northern Syria now turkeys offensive against kurdish fighters is showing few signs of actually letting up now many civilians are trying to escape the kurdish controlled city of a freend through therion government held areas to the south theyre hoping to get to an enclave inside aleppo city controlled by Kurdish Forces human rights activists say Government Forces are blocking their escape Turkish Forces are targeting y p g kurdish fighters who they call terrorists turkey is to force the wipe out of a free and uncreative thirty kilometer deep buffer zone to protect the border with syria our correspondent whos following events forces Stephanie Decker joins me live now from the turkey syria border i mean we are getting an idea of how many people are becoming displaced according to the u. N. And that situation isnt going to get any better while the conflict continues. Thats right and its only day five the numbers that the u. N. Is giving according to their sources on the ground are roughly five thousand people displaced by the fighting particularly along the border so and that is where we are actually very close to syria just behind that mountain i can tell you the military activity here is quite apparent weve had jets in the skies above us is a base a little further along has been helicopters hovering over had and weve heard the good lad sound of heavy artillery so it is an act of battle we know this but certainly when it comes to the civilians it is concerning because they have nowhere to go because of course turkeys borders the shot you have the east of africa and surrounded by Free Syrian Army fighters the south has also got another rebel group and Turkish Military you have a small pocket out to government controlled areas but we understand from various reports according to the u. N. As well that some people who have managed to make it out have been sent back and reports that the local authorities enough feet have closed all the roads so it is incredibly difficult i can tell you it is also winter it is very cold the people been displaced its wet theres nothing that will draw your clothes if you do get caught in a rain shower and its freezing so it is its going to be a desperate situation for them Going Forward were going to follow the link of the weather a little bit later old stuff because the problem lol so as you say have closed off the borders and checkpoints so politically its really just a matter of time before the accusations of human shields rears its head. Well thats already happened turkey from day one said that the white p. G. Was using civilians as human shields youre now getting reports from some of our sources and also the u. N. Saying that they were concerned that authorities and block the roads other people will tell you that the y. P. G. Wants to make sure civilians dont need because theyre afraid that turkey will flatten the city so you have this whole sort of you know accusations pointing at another site thats the problem with covering syria so its been the problem for years and that is a very active propaganda war whether it is you know things coming out of turkey things coming out of the white b. G. For example turkey says its killed over two hundred sixty y. P. G. Fighters in the last few days the white p. G. Says its killed over thirty seven turkish soldiers and also you know blew up three Armored Vehicles these things are impossible to confirm and constant you get the sort of information coming out so it really is a puzzle that through sources you have to sort of weave together and you sort of backtrack it with what the u. N. Is hearing to finally get a picture and i think one thing we are clear about is that the civilians are going to be facing the most challenges as this war moves forward leave it. With you through the day thank you. Well bad weather has been hampering turkeys fighting its also led to some tragic deaths in neighboring lebanon over the weekend fifteen Syrian Refugees were found frozen to death while trying to cross the mountainous. Correspondent for us live in the bekaa valley in lebanon i mean the deaths of these syrians zaina highlights really the desperate situation the displaced are experiencing and the issue of people trafficking abusing the desperate reality that these migrants a facing. And i must mention to nobody. From that area says that team Syrian Refugees. Are used to make their way from syria into the mountains. And there was a fierce snowstorm and these people were on one of the camps where those people used to live and some of the people here are survivors were on that mountain trail it is an hour journey from lebanon to syria and now the question is why did these people go to syria we asked actually fifty three they are going to be living here she told one child with. The money this medically to provide immediate treatment a lot of. Work to. Her child and then she had to make her way back here because her family here two Young Children lost their mother and my sister in law and her father in law. Trying to hurt others like you mentioned they make news like these people they charge him a hundred dollars why do you have to take it its because the lebanese authorities have to order. Or do it in that way for for three years now since two thousand and fifteen they do not allow refugees to enter the country anymore looking on says we cant we cant provide assistance for these people we are facing a loss of. You know obstacles and we need money to help these people so the people here are asking for if you please over the border you cannot make changes joining going back and coming back to lebanon were ready to pay one hundred dollars fee but then you come to. Syria. And we have to tell you where are we going to go im just where these people are we have to remember everything is. Destroyed and their house is destroyed theres no livelihood to live here because they get a Company United nations about one hundred dollars a month which allows them to survive and they also find. Harvest in the Agricultural Land you cant leave it there for now of course amongst those at least some happy people there those youngsters. In the back of ali thanks and. Well to those meteorologists and folks who has been on that to talk about those conditions in syria weve been talking about this weather for the last few days of stuff cold and with richard as well and it seems to be hitting that area pretty hard now i mean how big is the front and and how cold is it going to get. A pretty large system this one a nasty little area of low pressure thats been sitting just across that eastern side of the mediterranean the making its way through its going to stay pretty miserable over the next few days if you take a look at the satellite picture you can see just how cloudy has been the clouds been swirling away across a similar area for the past few days worst of the rain really set in last thursday but it did turn to snow overnight. Less bad nation we say so is that it will turn somewhat milder as we go on through the next few days so well see that the really cold air starting to move out of the of the way but the rain does stay in the forecast over the next few days stays there for the next few days and how long can this particular type of front stay in the area considering what its made january at the moment and were not expecting winter such to clear from the area maybe till early march yeah yeah thats right so this particular feature well. Actually make its way further eastward show you the forecast charts that we do have that will give us an indication of just when we are seeing the wet weather move out of the way so this is the situation now and bear in mind in the last week we had temperatures in there at around seventeen celsius now were looking at struggling to get into double figures so thats an indication of of how cool it has been over on the coast it was a touch milder than that but we had we saw it turning to snow as you went on through the course of the weekend you can see a lot of getting up to around ten celsius there as we go on into thursday the wet weather still very much in place it eases a little further ways were still seeing snow over the northern flank for sure but we are looking at the snow over the mountains continuing but its rain for the south it will ease as we go on into the latter part of the weekend as you know as for if youre living in a plastic tent whether its ten or eleven degrees rain or snow its still miserable its still miserable where usually thanks very much over to thank you now elsewhere in syria at least twenty one people have suffered breathing problems after a suspected chemical attack on a rebel held enclave near the capital damascus the syrian observatory for human rights accuses Government Forces of using chlorine gas in duma on monday the attack prompted warnings from the International Community diplomats from twenty Nine Countries met in paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against anyone responsible for similar Chemical Attacks. The United Nations Security Council has met to discuss the use of chemical weapons in syria christine salumi reports from the un in new york. Russia called this last minute Security Council meeting on the issue of chemical weapons in syria to defend itself against attacks coming from the United States alleging that russia was ultimately responsible for ongoing Chemical Attacks in syria because it had failed to authorize ongoing investigations by the u. N. Into those attacks the u. S. And Russian Ambassador were quite friendly on their way into the meeting but once that meeting took off into formal statements they went on the attack the russians said they are all for accountability in syria when it comes to chemical weapons but past investigations they said were unscientific and politically motivated those past investigations found evidence that syria and ice will both have used chemical weapons syria of course denies that they have used chemical weapons russia suggested that the recent attack being talked about and Eastern Ghouta was actually being manufactured or somehow exploited by the west start a new company this is not seem strange to anybody that this alleged episode the veracity of which is yet to be confirmed or perpetrators yet to be identified for some reasons converges with the meeting in paris in the forthcoming Syrian National dialogue in sochi when russia does not like the facts they try and distract the conversation thats because the facts come back over and over again to the truth russia wants to hide that the assad regime continues to use chemical weapons against its own people russia also announced its putting forward a new proposal to address chemical weapons used in syria but the United Kingdom pointed out in its remarks that past proposals undermine the councils intend to hold the government of syria accountable and said focusing. Nonstate actors like i saw clearly this will be a problem Going Forward something that will have to be negotiated the United States for its part said that it would not accept any proposal that undermines its ability to get at the truth still plenty ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including a Health Crisis in indonesias remote papa province where a missile outbreak is fair to have killed hundreds of people we have an exclusive report. Presiding over resource rich but chaotic economies zimbabwes a new leader seeks earned investment friendly image at the World Economic forum. And in sport the bron james hits a scoring milestone in the n. B. A. And hes the youngest person to do it show what happened news in sport. Where gunmen have stormed the office of save the Children Aid Agency in eastern afghanistan the attack began with a suicide bombing in front of the compound in jalalabad two people have been killed including one policeman at least twelve or wounded the taliban has denied any involvement jennifer glass joins us now live from afghanistan our correspondent keeping an eye on the situation and that is the first question what is the situation right now at the location. Well so its still going on five hours after that attack began we have a few more details from the provincial governor spokesman two attackers are already dead one of them detonated his suicide vest another was shot by Afghan Special forces but the third attacker continues to hold Afghan Police inside the building at bay they cleared two floors in this three Story Building but the basement the top floor still problematic the top floor is on fire right now and we know that twelve people were injured in the initial blast nine of them have already been discharged from hospital three of them are critical and this so going on for five hours now and save the children has issued a statement saying that they are very devastated by the news of this attack that their primary concern is the safety and security of their Staff Members its not clear how many if any Staff Members are trapped inside that building and so another devastating attack for afghanistan just five days after an attack here in kabul due to the talk about of issued a statement saying theyre not responsible if the who all the likely suspects jennifer well the most likely culprit would be i saw all the Islamic State or days shows the afghans call and they have a very big stronghold in eastern afghanistan and usually if its not the taliban its i saw or its the Haqqani Network a taliban affiliated pakistan based organization who were accused of being. Involved in the planning of the attack on the Intercontinental Hotel here on saturday and sunday to kill twenty two people so really the main culprits would be i saw in that kind of network before the bridge if i will leave it. In kabul. Is the afghan ambassador to qatar to as we know here in the studio to talk with us thank you could just be good to be here thank you can we just begin with your reaction to the attack in jalalabad. Will unfortunately these kind of a occur from time time to. This one unfortunately was against an aid agency that is working in afghanistan providing services for mother and children so theres pretty. Good an agency that is not involved in war but is providing help to the very poor of all over afghanistan the unicef the work if i can supplement that by saying we know how important these are to afghanistan in its Current Situation what protection is your government offering to aid agencies not just in jalalabad but also in kabul that all the wider areas quite a bit our government is trying to share security information with them often the government is involved to go in look at the environment see where theyre living and they train the the guards the usually in addition to the the government provides additional guards to make sure that they are not there but from time to time it happens. But the situation Afghanistan Security wise is much much improved now we have better security now in terms of trained individuals train police and also theyre better equipped and better experience now that mr bassett it doesnt seem to stop the ongoing attacks that do you might say give your country the reputation of being in secure and unstable i mean just if you look at the attack at the weekend on a major hotel in kabul the security of that was given to a private operator obviously theres an investigation ongoing but your president continues to promise the International Community that he can keep afghans safe and weve seen time and time again december last year fifty dead at a Cultural Center in kabul last october two shia mosques attacked for thirty dead forty five injured assurer in september sixth at a shia center it doesnt seem that you were able to secure the country regardless of what kabul its a. What doesnt get to the news in the world the International Community doesnt know how many how many potential attacks are prevented by our Security Force that is very important that information is with us and with our government but unfortunately those who are trying to destabilize the country their. Attacks and their activity has also increased but overall im sharing with you our security situation has improved and hopefully it will get much better do you also think that there is a scenario where you may as a government blame other agencies or even your neighbors as being part of the problem within afghanistan but afghans themselves are very. Would it be correct they are very in secure about the

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