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Elderly couple forced from their home in syria. Syrias opposition says the death of a powerful rebel leader may undermine long awaited talks between the government and the government, saran alouseh. Aloush. Carried out by russia represents a clear victory for terrorism in daesh. It weakens the foundations. The attack is also an attempt to abort the u. N. Attempt for settlement. Hashem ahelbarra reports just across the border from syria on what aloushs death means. He was the most powerful rebel commander in damascus suburbs. His headquarters were only a few kilometers away from president bashar alassads palace. Sarad aloush was released from prison in a general amnesty. Many of his jail inmates would come rebel commanders. He rose to prominence in 2013 when he convinced many armed groups to form jashel islam, an army of 20,000 well trained unarmed fighters. He attended a military parade. It was the biggest show of force by the Syri ....
He was defiant on day one of his testimony. He clashed with republicans, multiple calls to resign and tough questions from fellow democrats. Also refusing to acknowledge any short comings in the administrations handling of the afghanistan withdrawal. Placing blame for the chaotic scenes on the Trump Administration negotiations with the taliban. Lets get straight to cnn, we see secretary blinken walking in here. Again arriving as hes set to testify before the senate. Were going to go straight to Congressional Correspondent lauren fox joining us now from capitol hill. As the sect gets settled there. You know more information on what the plan is from lawmakers today in terms of questions for the secretary. Reporter well that is right, erica. Look, everyone is just entering the room preparing for this highstaking hearing on capitol hill this morning. Where this ....
No intelligence predicting that it would happen in the 11 days that it did. As of today, the state department believes about 100 americans remain in afghanistan. We are awaiting numbers of how many afghan allies are still stuck there. The United Nations today warned that afghanistan is on the verge of famine. Secretary blinken is expected to call the u. S. Evacuation effort of more than 124,000 people a, quote, historic success. And the Largest Military evacuation in american history. With us is cnn anchor and chief National Affairs analyst, casey hunt, cnn National Correspondent kylie atwood, cnn editor Nic Robertson and zac geler who founded an organization thats been helping to rescue afghan famil ....