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Boy fell into a well. The United States says it did everything it could to minimise civilian casualties during a raid in syria in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. The president said that Abu Ibrahim Al qurayshi, also known as Hajji Abdullah, blew himself up, along with four members of his family, as us specialforces approached the building. 13 people, including children, were killed, but no us casualties were reported. The bbc� S State Department correspondent Barbara Plett usher reports. In a corner of Northwest Syria where a forgotten conflict simmers, america remind...

Consequences for that, people involved in it at the time. do you think that part of is is over? is it a different area we are in now? i over? is it a different area we are in now?— are in now? i do, i really do. you know. — are in now? i do, i really do. you know. i— are in now? i do, i really do. you know, i don't— are in now? i do, i really do. you know, i don't see - are in now? i do, i really do. you know, i don't see it - you know, i don't see it anywhere on the cards, for this group to reconstitute a large swathes of territory. bits and pieces here and there, small towns and vill...

Large swathes of territory. bits and pieces here and there, small towns and villages as the group's power ebbs and flows but, you know, the anti—daesh or anti—is coalition has finally achieved some pretty major objectives and it is going to stay that way. that is in the middle east. i think we could see swathes of territory swallowed up in other parts of the world, but the key is going to be quick reaction and targeted strikes, like we saw with the us carrying out the group's top tier leadership. the winter olympics are getting underway in beijing with the opening ceremony in a few hoursï¿...

Was to what extent do we project power against commonly agreed upon rivals and foes. you could disagree virulently but it was on that field. president obama governed in that world and so it was a coherent conversation. one of the things that happened in 2016 is we now have a president who is not a coherent subsequent chapter to that conversation. my own view is that alliances and the nature of power ebbs and flows. we don't do the past a great service by sentiment liesing it. again, 1941 was a long year for the british people. as churchill is alleged to have said you can always count on the am...

To work within a kind of civil society structure where power ebbs and flows between different groups. and it's going to come back to the question of do you need strong men to come in and control the whole show or not? that this is an indictment of sort of u.s. imprint of what we consider to be democratic flow in some of these countries. the saudis have been highly highly critical of america's obsession with this. i think this is going to be something that creates a lot of strain between the saudis and the united states down the road despite our support of what's going on. >> i'm just seeing th...