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Potentially socially ahead of iraq here, they have quickly to begin to heal the rift between the sunni ethnic group and shia group. the sunnis once in the minority ruling under saddam hussein. now they find themselves marginalized, extremists, feeling empathy toward isis. getting a foothold, and the shia who dominate the government and military now. they have to heal somehow. but its important not to lose sight of this moment. it is important for iraq, for its sacrifice, for what its done to mak...

One thing that the trump administration has done very well on is retaining a case in southeastern syria from which they used to project power against isis and challenge the adversities that they are doing. >> eric: have we just given a vacuum with us. look at a rock, i am going to show you the map, it is iran trying to create a shia person to get a foothold on the mediterranean. it does the cease-fire agreement enable iran and assad? >> that is the fear. the slaughter of bombings and salvation c...

Impossible for any government official because it was controlled by isis. the intense sacrifice and combat of iraqi special forces and troops here now means that it is pretty much in iraqs control again. there are small pockets of fighting still happening in the old city of mosul. small numbers of isis holdouts and that may be the reason why weve not heard the official speech from the iraqi prime minister. that victory is here and the office has tweeted hes come here to announce that. but a grea...

About, hes not wrong. there was a common picture signed up two years ago about what the future of syria should look like. that said, and this is where the cease-fire is tricky, our objectives in syria have never been the same as the russians. the russians have always been about propping up assad, keeping a friendly regime there to keep a foothold in the middle east. our objectives have been to go after isis and try to get the opponents in this civil war back to the negotiating table. what were n...

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Intent then i am all for it. to >> melissa: that is an important starting point, both sides are very much opposed to everything that is going on with speed 15, both russia and the u.s., after that, they are fighting over territory, oil reserves within syria, also rush obviously wants to have a military foothold there as well, is there a way to satisfy russias desire to be in the territory and to have that foothold, but to also achieve some of what the u.s. is after, you know, assad not to gassin...

[ cheers and applause ] >> a great deal of music of the 70s was people who succeeded in the 60s, finding new ways to express themselves in the 70s. >> have you any idea why your group particularly has lasted as long as it has? >> because we stay together i suppose. >> for a few years, the rolling stones had taken a lot of casualties. >> even brian felt that he was not going to be around for that long. not everybody makes it. >> they were fighting for like where do we secure our foothold now? ♪...

Covenant sanctions against iran, work crimes against his leaders, and x he called on the u.s. and allies to push back against iran. we do not have this foothold. in lebanon that could threaten israel. >> absolutely. its not just the iranian opposition. nine out of 10 middle eastern risk would be greatly alarmed by the growth of iranian power. this is unprecedented. this is a threat to a ruling ideology, and ruling caste. the sunni world that has reigned supreme for 1400 years. a game changer. sk...

Operations against israel. that is something we have to be very concerned about right now. >> leland: that crescent goes north, the u.s. marine corps just put out some video this weekend for their main firebase outside of raqqa, coming from the marines. these are united states marines on the ground in syria, firing into raqqa. does that give the u.s. a foothold to try and if nothing else maybe head off a little bit of this iranian influence? >> what are our rules of engagement going to be? milit...

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