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Could be more operations targeting high-value terrorists in idlib, syria. the targeting operations require forces on the ground. that will be harder to do as we withdrawal. for more, lets go live to nick paton walsh in iraq. nick, youve covered al baghdadi for quite some time. remarkable, this operation. any sense to cede more control to the russians may prevent these operations in the future? >> theres no doubt that the massively reduced footprint will have an impact on the u.s. ability to go a...

For a few months and this happened with the president knowing about this raid and knowing about this mission and greenlight turkish incursion. they found him just within miles of the turkish border, so was turkey aware of him being there and why wasnt turkey notified? we made this invasion through iraq and not turkey. we lifted sanctions for that incursion that was green lit by the president and as we know theres still a meeting at the white house between president trump and president erdogan. >...

Intelligence will remain critical. but we are no longer in a position to collect that because of the movement out of syria by both u.s. troops and the turkish incursion into northeast syria. i think they deserve more credit and more loyalty going forward because we need them to be our ongoing allies. >> and seth, baghdadis was holed up in northwestern syria known as an al qaeda strong hold and al qaeda and isis necessarily cooperative. did his location surprise and what do you read into it? >> i...

Obviously as we have seen that video, they were on a tight location as we understand. all of this would point to obviously a very highly planned operation. it may have been just a few days in the planning or several months. we simply >> tony: until we hear more from the united states. you one that was conducted in an environment in the strategic sense, it was getting less and less benign by the day. since the u.s. president announced the withdrawal of the u.s. troops in a band of territory along...

Place for him to turn up. >> erin, what we do know, though, is theres been a realignment of the power structure there in that region as youre so close to with militias, russian forces and turkish forces, now, if you will, deciding who gets what. >> reporter: yeah. thats absolutely right, richard. i think the timing and all of this raising questions. the fact that this happened just weeks after the u.s. announces a troop withdrawal from northeastern syria triggering a turkish incursion. were seei...

Defense secretary mark esper tried to give some clarity to the u.s. position where both objectives and the reversal of trumps earlier order of troop withdrawal were set out. and his team so we are reinforcing that position it will include some mechanize forces again im not going to get into details but the mission in syria remains what their mission in syria began with its always been about defeating the isis call ition. while russian forces step up their presence with turkey esper drew attentio...

Now, under this deal, what happens is if you recall, that area where the turkish incursion took place t 70-mile stretch between the towns, this area will remain for now under the control of turkey and its allied forces on the ground. weve heard from the ministry of defense here, you know, since the u.s. brokered cease-fire was launched, theres no reason because the kurdish fighters withdrew from this area. when it comes to the rest of the border region, the border guards along with the military ...

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And we are working hard. we do not have an answer at this time. >> jeffrey told the house committee that the united states has no idea where about 100 isis fighters who escaped custody currently are. jeffrey appeared to contradict the presidents claims of victory when he likened the turkish incursion to tragedy. that it had been the fellow u.s. policy to avoid. >> bret: john roberts live on the north lawn, thank you. a bipartisan group of senators is asking mike pompeo to assist with the issue i...

and six days give tn to pull ba then the russian pa controlened and turkish patrols move in. like that phone call setting in motion the turkish incursion. that patrol goes ten kilometers deep inside syria essentially making russia the peacekeeper and giving turkey a say on its border. and keeping them away from their border. how do syrian kurds feel about it? after the betrayal of the united states dealt them probably the lesser of evils because a syrian regime stepping to do help at russias ...