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In a revealing video address on Friday, May 24, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah confirmed the significant role played by former Iranian regime president

Knew it was time until the taliban came into power in one form or another. its taken all these years to really finally tear the band aid off so to speak. >> so what do you think is going to happen now that we are sending additional troops to the region? granted their mission is to facilitate the drawdown. how do you see that going? i presume we are not expecting them to get pulled into an open arm conflict unless the taliban attack? >> you know, i think things are happening so quickly and rapidl...

In the next weeks let allen days or hours, really, theyre just guessing. the taliban has really swept throughout the country. the afghan country and army has thrown down its arms. militia commanders who had been working for the government very quickly switched their allegiances to the taliban. the taliban has encircled the capital its a matter of time until the taliban is able take over kabul. really the question is how quickly can the united states and its allies in kabul evacuate their embassi...

Happening in afghanistan right now. >> certainly not by the meltdown by the afghan security forces. as we reported in our coverage of the afghanistan papers, people within the u.s. military knew that the afghan army and the afghan police were unreliable, that they had serious doubts that they could stand up to the taliban once the americans left. frankly, theyve known this foreyears, even though u.s. military commanders have repeatedly assured congress and the public that the afghans were a stro...

Killing monday dreads of americans during the iraq war. >> its not up to trump or his politicians to determine the presence of u.s. forces in iraq. its decided by the iraqi people, iraqi parliament and the iraqi government. the iraqi militia commanders remain under iranian influence. during his visit to a u.s. air base west of baghdad the president said more than 5,000 u.s. troops would remain in iraq to keep watch on iran. he also defended his pullout from syria. >> our presence in syria was no...

U.s. consulate. as well, not just coming into irbil. lets talk other news in iraq, ivan, saddam husseins former number two has apparently been killed. who was he? whats the significance? what power did he have left? >> i think whats striking about the latest reports about ibriham al duri allegedly being killed. announcements made on iraqi state tv by iraqi militia commanders, by the governor of the province. whats really striking about this is the fact that -- al duri is succeeded in operating a...

>> i would have thought so. we heard these statements before. they really are being optimistic about this. the more realistic way to look at it is that isis are hitting the attackers with suicide bombs, with car bombs and with mortar fire. while the iranian backed shiite militia commanders might say 75% of tikrit is in our house and theres only 150 isis fighters left, i think thats too optimistic and i think the evidence on the ground would suggest this will take a lot longer. remember, how long...

Administration. and saying that they should quit the region. they should change their behavior and quit the region and let the security of this region be among the people that are living here. also in a rare rebuke of the u.s., the iraqi military condemned the strikes as a blatant and unacceptable violation of their sovereignty. now the white house is saying these attacks were ordered to limit the risk of escalation. but the militia commanders under the patronage of iran are saying theyll target...