commanded essentially the rescue mission, the head of the iranian r revolutionary guard corps, general qassem suleimani, a very powerful military figure in iran. the state media are reporting that he commanded, essentially, the rescue mission in that area of turkey. and also reports now that essentially the russians on the ground since the rescue mission have been able to basically control this area in northern syria, that they have essentially dealt, in their way, perhaps killing what they say are the turkmen rebels they believe were responsible in the first place for shooting the russian aircraft down. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thanks so much. bringing in retired general, james spider marks, now the executive dean at the university