Im rob mcbride in the rice pad ice of hong kong with being farmers for a day. We begin in syria where for the first time, president Bashar Al Assad acknowledged that his army is tired and lacking man power. During a televised speech in damascus, Bashar Al Assad said that his army is struggling to contain isil and rebel groups. He said that his army must define key regions to hold on to during the conflict. The military is carrying out the mission but the syrian army is sometimes required to give up areas in order to hold on to more important areas. We are in a fateful period and there are no compromised solutions. Lets go to an expert on this a retired Jordanian Air force general and analyst. Thanks for being with us, sir. What do you make of president assads comments . Well, dictator always want to show strength and theyre certain and confident but really hes facing great challenges and he faces a lot of setbacks on the operations. If you want to win war you need to have enough soldie
Visit to his father says homeland. On patrol in el salvador, police say theyre increasingly under attack as the country experiences a historic wave of violence. President Bashar Al Assad has vowed to win the long running civil war bur and would hit his troops are struggling to hold on to territory in syria due to a lock of manpower. We have this report. Since the war began, for the first time, the president admitted problems. We do have no recruits every dave. The military is carrying out its mission, but the syrian army is required to give up areas in order to hold on to more important areas. We are in a fateful period and there are no compromise solutions. Assad trying to put a brave face. In order to win, everybody gets tired. It is quite normal that the state, the army get tired, but the word defeat does not exist in our dictionary or in the language of the syrian armed forces. For four years, he relied on the military backing of iran and fighters from the shia muslim Group Hezboll
Mh370. Nine years on, an inquiry of a former russian spy accusing the russian president of ordering the killing. Im lee wilings wellings summer and winter games beijing is the first, and agony for almati. Hudges hundreds of palestinians attended the funeral of an 18 month old baby who died, the baby answer parents and fouryearold brother are in critical condition. In hospital in israel. What happened was condemned as an act of terrorism. More from Stefanie Dekker who is there. The family shared the only bedroom. They would have been fast asleep when the window was smashed and the small space set on fire. Ibrahim heard screams and parents were lying outside with clothes on fire. When they came back, the two men were gone. Translator smoke was coming from inside i saw the fouryearold and pulled him out. They said there was another one inside. The flames were so big there was no way to save the baby. This was the room where 18yearold allie was found. The way he described what was left of
Days. The election. Pope francis celebrates mass in the countrys poorest estate. Berlin film festival, iranian moirs showing how life is like amovies showing how life is lik. And Michel Platini shows injustice. Hello there, a warm welcome to this hour of news. We begin of course in syria. Where the civil war appears to be entering a potentially more dangerous phase. A wave of air strikes on schools and hospitals has left at least 50 civilians dead. The strikes hit four hospitals, two in azaz, on the Turkish Border an of and two in the idlib problem province, blamed russia. Doctors without borders says a hogs it supports was, quote, deliberately hit by air strikes in idlib province. These strikes come despite an agreement last week by russia and other world powers to a pause in hostilities. That deal has been further weakened in comments made by president assad in the last hour. He said a truce doesnt mean each side had to stop using weapons. More on that statement in just a moment but
Peace and protecting families in south sudan. Hello. We begin with what could be a very Significant Development in syria. There are reports that syrian kurds are claiming autonomy in the northern part of the country. The announcement from the pyd or Kurdish Democratic union party could impact the whole region. An official in the Foreign Affairs director ate it is one of three groups set up by kurdish groups two years ago. He says that federalism is the best form of government to implement in syria. The situation of federalism in north syria is going to be very soon and now the representatives of the component of the north of syria, they are making meetings and discussing the declaration of this federalism. We have gone into the areas, in the umbrella of the administration and under the federalism more components are going to join. There will be more autonomous regions and these regions are going to process their privacy to the region within sharing making the political region and for t