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>> i have a high probability to believe that chemical weapons were used. we need that final verification. we need to step up in the world community to prevent a humanitarian disaster. >> we're covering this developing story with cnn's global resources. sara sidner is live in jerusalem, ivan watson in amman, jordan. sara, do these development change the president's agenda? we knew discussions of syria were on the agenda but perhaps this has moved it up? >> certainly you're hearing from the white house that this could be a game changer if chemical weapons were, indeed, found to be used in syria....

City. i can't visit jerusalem to pray and because i don't have a permit to do that. jerusalem is not open. jerusalem is closed. it's not united, it's divided. so we have been very creative about almost every issue. the israelis have no agenda to end the conflict. they don't want to end the conflict. they think in the short-term it serves their interests. in the long-term, they are hurting. and on the issue of cutting aid, why would the united states weaken the palestinian authority? that's the big question for congress and everybody. >> and if i -- by the way -- it's certainly not the united s...

A more stronger role a more political role and that is one of the main donors in the palestinian occupied territories but they have to take more on the role and also there's talk about maybe a different mechanism so that it's not the u.s. that is the only and sole in this. in a new peace initiative can you claim in jerusalem thank you very much for that. reports by rights groups say turkish air strikes have killed at least eleven civilians in northern syria this on the second day off a turkish ground offensive into syria to asked u.s. allied kurdish militia from the area the operation was met ...

Parties joined our list that made it clear before the speech that they would boycott mr pence speech they said this is a nail in the coffin of the of any peace with the palestinians and also the palestinian leadership have made it clear already in december after the decision on jerusalem that mr pence would not be welcome and no meeting basically with the other side of the official schedule there is no meeting that the palestinian leadership because the palestinians are saying as as much as also the most of the international community that's a status of to swim should be part of a final status...

Time the palestinians think they could play a much bigger role because what they have been saying over the past couple of weeks since this u.s. decision is that they can't see the united states as an honest broker anymore in any kind of peace initiative so they're looking for new parties to step in and also for possibly a new mechanisms if there will be a new peace initiative at this and they would like to see the e.u. to play a much bigger role in that kind of climate in jerusalem thank you all forces in afghanistan are investigating saturday's deadly thirteen abba long attack on kabul's land...