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This is idlib province. idlib province, the most predominant jihadist faction of al qaeda. what's important to keep in mind here is al qaeda broke from the organization that has become isis in around 2013, 2014. so baghdadi does not have many friends in idlib. now, it's true there might be some isis sleeper cells or isis factions that have infiltrated into idlib in recent months or years. but this is not hospitable at the ra terrain for him. the most hospitable terrain is where the u.s. announced it was going to withdrawn from, the eastern part of syria, jazeera. this is the bryer patch of isi...

They are saying they need more people. they are saying they can't keep it up. this can't go on indefinitely. this is the threat that's worrying people most. there are about 14,000 isis fighters in prison. 70,000 isis family. there are sleeper cells all over the place carrying out attacks. the isis ideology at least in its original footprint is still here, trace. >> trace: benjamin, i know you are inside. did you get a chance to find out what countries these isis prisoners are from? >> yeah, we spoke to quite a few of them. in that prison alone, there were 50 different nationalities. we spoke t...

On the other hand, you have president trump saying only a small number of isis prisoners have escaped. and they have been mostly recaptured. we're hearing from senior officials, including james jeffrey, who is saying that more than 100 isis detainees have escaped. and they don't know where they are right now. there's a lot of concern voiced about the status of the fight against isis. you have two issues here. one, it comes to the actual fight. one, isis has been defeated. they lost the territory they use to control. but there's always that concern. they would be able to regroup. you have so ma...

Ainterests are not aligned. potentially a shooting war between turkey who is a n.a.t.o. ally and syrian forces backed by russian colleagues or some other quid pro quo as it were between the syrians and the russians to come up with some level of syrians and turks with russian backing to come up with some level of mote s between the two. >> isis and iran, where might that go? and can another administration or this administration decide to shift? can it be fixed? and how long? >> we already know that isis has seen this precipitous withdrawal as a great victory. we know they are calling on sleeper...

Now their hand is severely weakened. the hand they control is severely weakened. turkey can live with this scenario. erdogan said it would be okay after negotiations will be ujds taking through moscow between da mass cause and ankara. here's the other issue and this is why americans and international viewers should be concerned. the kurds used to protect the isis camps as well as the isis prisons, and they were still fighting, going after isis sleeper cells. they had the backing of america. now they're going to be presumably continuing to undertake this perhaps with the regime and the russians...