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Assad has banned the unhcr having anything to do with opposition areas. the best work is done by syrian groups that are risking their lives with no protection. the other group helping out is the turkish government and also the governments of saudi arabia and qatar. very troublingly. i say this is troubling because these governments are funding fundamentalist fighters and yet also making very, very visible shows of aid. >> the syrians that you talk to who are not fighting isis is there an awareness of isis and who they are? generally among folks in the camp there? >> absolutely. many of these p...

Approved. it's still going to be a big battle about skpes ipecifics. just four weeks ago when he announced the creation of this military program it was reported that the secretary of defense chug hak el had begel was concee a way to vet the moderate opposition and whether there was enough of them or enough time remaining. i think a lot of members of congress feel that way. >> you know charles, there is years. about 150,000 civilian deaths too late in terms of the syrian civil war, what kind of program like this do now? what can it accomplish both in terms of fighting assad and also fighting th...

We are leaving beend chaos in counsel row after country. the arab spring had promise but led to chaos and that's in which al-qaeda thrives. whether it is in syria or iraq or yemen al-qaeda is greater numbers than before. the reason it will get worse. in syria now that assad is firmly in charge and that fighting may wind down. the guys who are fighting assad, the rebels, the largest is islamic extremist and if that dies down, where are they going? they will not go home and join the pta. they will go back to host countries bring jihad. hundreds are pene pones and americans and a good number of t...

Reportedly seen in this video seen fighting assad's army have been linked to al qaeda. shed some light on these groups. the united states hopes the strikes will help rebels gain an upper hand. but what do we know about these opposition fighters that we would be helping? >> reporter: well, we can say that they are generally divided into a few different types of categories. on one hand, you have what are known as the free syrian army. these are a loose-knit group of rebel fighters made of either defectors of the professional syrian army or those affiliated with -- they tend to be secular. they a...

The united states is now a distinguished fellow at the brookings institution. honored to have you on, sir. do you agree with that assessment? is it in israel's interest for assad to stay in power? >> no, it is not. if assad stays in power under the present circumstances, this would be a victory for the axis of russia, iran, hezbollah and assad. assad will be even more of an iranian puppet than he is now. and definitely it is not in our interest. >> why, then, has israel not been more of a vocal ally of the white house in this particular instance with regards to striking syria? >> because we do...