syria or iraq maybe they don't deserve the citizenship. all. of the question then that would be lead to the indication that they would have to kind of either be stateless people permanently or they would have to face the arbitrary legal structures of syria or iraq and be confined to that and stuck with that so that's something that they have to face and iraq has definitely been taking a strong initiatives against former theirs with questionable rule of law with questionable adherence to the western legal standards so they are having to bore into iraq and the iraqi legal system is very likely that these people will be either kept there indefinitely and then when they go up even be kept in prison for twenty years thirty years less that you mentioned they had the russian policy on their repatriating the isis family members and there's been an active effort for more than a year and a half that has not actually been publicized in the russian media because i think the russian public opinion is also. strongly and he says in this regard people are legi

causes of islamic states last foothold in syria as u.s. backed forces resume the showdown with the jihadi that says people flee from their own place including the wives of us all five as we refuse to believe the caliphate is finished. and as while a self-proclaimed interim president says he will last the country's national assembly to declare a state of emergency this comes off the quad quite old refused to rule out the us intervention. today the solution is.

to fund the rebuilding of syria. because it just cannot do that on its own you know you are in istanbul all and we've talked about where we think things lie over all a sad seems to control about seventy percent of the territory but the sad thing is that they're not like there probably are some battles to come so let's examine the military situation across the country and if i can start by asking you how worried you are about the situation in liberate now. well it's true isn't it liberal has its political touch more than its military touch although it is the stating for the people and for the for the region in general but it has it is being there for pulling certain political strings exercising some sort of pressure and iran is behind all that we believe because it feels that it is being neutralized it is exercising pressure on the shuttle assad and this waging or this recent war on live in the north would go nowhere for them at the political level and go figure we understand that the north east is under the control o

says that these territories are syria's occupied by israel. not of joe that a lot of the story that we who live in the occupied golan heights we dismiss the u.s. president's foolish recognition of the territory as israeli we want to tell him our fathers and grandfathers build their blood on this land and you don't have a right to do that yesterday it was jerusalem today the golan heights and tomorrow it might be another syrian territory the terms of the trump loves israel and wants to give her something she should give what's his to give not what belongs to someone else he has fifty one states he can give israel want to with them but the golan heights and not his property they are not his to give away. these deal signed by us president don't. trump violates all principles and standards of international law and here in the occupied golan heights we remember that syrian soldiers spilled their blood here and that it belongs to syria. now or not the entire city of the golan heights are under these really control there's a small portion of it that

why ten minutes because i think from the beginning of this war against syria only players against syria made false or met or wrong decisions when they attack syria and when i think that i mean british states and i mean friendly states and the united states why are these all these states cannot continue attacking syria. in this way because syria now is fighting the terrorism. when when the british when the british state supported the nato countries like the european union countries or the united states deny they support isis and al-qaeda you say is the sanctions meaning they have fact of lee support isis and al qaida i think we need to see the british state and the european states and general more independent not. following then following the united states because there is no interest to support this terrorist and to support them by weapons by money by anything and by sanctions against the syrian state when the european states put sanctions on the syrian state i think in direct way they support the terrorist groups because this. will make syria will make therion states weak towards to to

a very significant diplomatic victory over syria at the u.n. and it's used its veto power and it's used its military forces really a to humiliate and contain the west and members of the security council in repeated debates over syria but russia still has a problem it has broken syria and now it has to work out how to pay for the reconstruction and it's pretty clear that moscow would like to find some sort of formula through the u.n. to fund the rebuilding of syria because it just cannot do that on its own you know you are in istanbul all and we've talked about where we think things lie over all a sad seems to control about seventy percent of the territory but the sad thing is that there look like there probably are some battles to come so let's examine the military situation across the country and if i can start by asking you how worried you are about the situation in it liberate now. well it's true isn't it liberal has its political touch more than its military touch although it is the stating for the people and for the for the region in gener

remains inside syria and inside iraq i think we can expect. another series of delays because isis provides a pretext for the united states to stay in in the eastern third of syria which it occupies today and which just happens to contain the oil and gas industry of syria it will continue to use isis as an excuse for or as a pretext to conduct to occupy parts of the country to conduct military operations and so on. and will they be capable of you know eliminating the rest of eisel not until the united states gets out and syria is in charge of the entire of it's an entire territory. not some of the britain's biggest galleries refused launched our nations from the us trust to the concerns regarding how the money was made and is connected to to america's current appealed epidemic is on. explains. picasso once said that art cleanses the soul but for large and sometimes jew b.s. corp the tried and tested method op sponsoring art was a way of cleansing the image well not anymore though what does this the us opioid crisis which kills more than a hundr

and syria democratic forces encircled villages bugaboos in eastern syria earlier in the year and in recent weeks the update is they've just a final push to drive out the actual fighters around thirty seven thousand civilians and reportedly for the area since early january while people who lived on the rice will rule are still recovering from the trauma and next for you a snapshot story of one is it a woman who spent three years as an i still slightly. because harvey says he has had. them with. me. but. he lives taken. comes in the car not out and. there was a good good look up as i got the. vision got his rallies could indiaman. good on the school system and the seams. but despite the power of defeat the remaining terrorists are still putting up a fight we can report some of the militants are said to be hiding along the euphrates river as the us president though he's already declared victory many times as a senior correspondent or against the of reports. it was only a matter of tahn before isis is lost on klav stronghold was destroyed liberated and it has happened isis has been cleansed fr

also belong to syria. belongs to syria. sure and the turkey and the. huge duty there appears to the current regime in question and visual version of almost all of this territories i've outlined belong to the syrian people regardless of who is the leader of the unity of the syrian state and its forces from syria. which is a positive step that is decided you scored in the years. in the venture but we need to consult not only with the us but with all of our partners in the children this is why we have had this idea of the save zone the security zone of the. idea because all the shit without such as. we see a rise in the region wasn't because of the efforts of the terrorists because of the effort of these indians to move to new york like we do need a lot less memory did of those present. this is why measures need to be taking that would take into account the territorial integrity of syria and this is our opinion we share with iran and russia. ok hold over a photo opportunity there for last we bring you that me

the for joe region prolonging the conflict in syria. what this decision and this move from the trumpet ministration is going to do is instead of increasing regional stability it's going to undermine it it's going to prolong the conflict in syria it's going to teach stabilize the region rather than. then than helping it basically seems to do take moves that are in line with what benjamin netanyahu wants an empty casino mogul show the nails that want so this is just a continuation where they move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem where they have as the u.s. to stop funding of the known to do nations relief works agency where the united states with through unilaterally from the iran agreement and this is continuing a very dangerous trend under not undermining international law and. agreements. to music king's college london plane they were barred from attending classes because they were pro palestinian activists them and told it was because of a security reason junior visit by the queen boy has posed to one of the students involv

the concern in syria is, if the u.s. were to draw down forces, not only would it not be able to adequately support sds, a resurgence of isis. again, that allows for iranian-russian forces to fill in and move that vacuum itself. they are various front lines and various interested parties. a lot is at stake. officials are looking at what happened and expressing their own concerns that the u.s. may decide to draw down from iraq. it's quite a flash point that american troop presence when it comes to what's happening in syria and iraq. the crucial thing that a lot of analysts point to is that u.s. support is vital in the battle against isis, at this stage. to draw down prematurely has devastating consequences. when we see what happens, when they withdrew from the obama administration, despite warnings from iraqi leaders on the ground, at the time they withdrew from iraq, u.s. officials were saying publicly, they believe the iraqi security forces could hold on to security gains. that's exactly how it was phrased at the time. w

back to forces in syria have to cleared what they call the one hundred percent territorial defeat of iso and elimination of its so-called caliphate it's all in weeks of fighting the syrians are across it forces have raised their fly in pool was the last i saw held tight in a northeastern syria. aid agencies say they're running out of time to reach survivors and stop the spread of disease more than a week after a cycle hit southern africa more than seven hundred people have died in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi but that number is expected to rise. democrats are demanding the immediate release of the long awaited miller reports which has been delivered to the u.s. attorney general president donald trump denied since what he calls the witch hunts investigation and denies coalition with russia to get elected. well as bring you some more now on our top story the fall of our last stronghold in syria the turn over back goes to understands the armed group we need to look first at how it began and it began with this man abu mussab also koichi now he founded al qaida in iraq and planted the s

in syria are syria iran russia turkey it's basically a hot bed and a incubator for terrorism terror attacks against it will come to that in the second what i want to put you michel back is that the talks about the city for this to happen because it is important for the security of israel but now you have because of this announcement you have iran saying it brings it to the edge of a new crisis syria saying it's going to use all means to get it back does this sound like it's done much good for the security of the region it's what does it good luck good luck good luck to syria but what about how we've been able to do anything but what if they were to try this and it hasn't done in the security the region is going to make it worse yeah yeah you know the problem is there needs to be more international influence not against israel and next thing it or not against the u.s. recognizing the facts on the ground that it is part of israel the. national pressure should have been for the last decade where a half a million syrians are being killed where the russians are involved there where the i

a british born man who's been working in syria has accused the u.k. of racism after it stripped him of his citizenship over alleged ties to jihadists turkish describes himself as being an aid worker who denies any wrongdoing but also admits previously engaging in armed combat parties and see a chicken has more. pickier sharif has spent years in syria as a prominent aid worker described as one of the most high profile for nationals in ablett series appearances on prominent news networks as well as dispatches via his live updates from syria blog posts left his political preferences no secret the rebels why did it do it the problem is is that the broad of of of the syrian regime is a force in and children and civilians are facing the rest he's now speaking out against what he's dubbed a racist and unfair system of citizenship stripping laws i mean k. i came out here to help the innocent people there were being massacred by the bashar regime i'm an aid worker the stories come to light following the lifting of the man's anonymity in a case that saw the u.k

to fund the rebuilding of syria. because it just cannot do that on its own you know you are in istanbul all and we've talked about where we think things lie over all a sad seems to control about seventy percent of the territory but the sad thing is that they're not like there probably are some battles to come so let's examine the military situation across the country and if i can start by asking you how worried you are about the situation in liberate now. well it's true isn't it liberal has its political touch more than its military touch although it is the stating for the people and for the for the region in general but it has it is being there for pulling certain political strings exercising some sort of pressure and iran is behind all that we believe because it feels that it is being neutralized it is exercising pressure on the shuttle assad and this waging of this recent war on live in the north would go nowhere for them at the political level and go figure we understand that the north east is under the control o

this is deja vu news a lie from the self-proclaimed caliphate crumbles in syria syrian rebel forces voiced their flag in bathrooms after expelling the so-called islamic state from the last scrap of territory it's still held in the country also coming up to. give us another people's vote hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of london calling on lawmakers to hold a second referendum on the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. our correspondent in the british capital will have to detect. a michael ok glad to have you with us us back syrian fighters are claiming victory over so-called islamic state they say they have expelled of self-proclaimed caliph it from the last remaining territory controlled in syria rebels from the syrian democratic forces fought for weeks to retake the village of who's from. the final shred of the colley foot now just a torn up field littered with clothes twisted metal and bodies. on the small patch of land to die it's obvious lie mixtape made the last. the battle for bugs is over after years of war in syria democratic forces celebrate their hard won victo

[laughter] president trump: we've defeated the caliphate in syria. we have withdrawn from the horrible iran nuclear deal and imposed the toughest-ever sanctions, and these are by far the toughest ever on the iranian regime. it's having a big effect. iran is not the same country that it was when i took office. the day i took office, we had threats all over the middle east and beyond. iran is a much different place right now than it was. as i said during my state of the union address, we will not avert our eyes from the dictatorship that chants "death to america, death to israel" and calls for genocide against the jewish people. we won't let them even consider that. we will confront the poison of anti-semitism through both our words and maybe even more importantly our actions. in the last century, humanity witnessed the horrific consequences of anti-semitism and a world without a jewish homeland. in the wake of those unthinkable horrors, the jewish people built a mighty nation in the holy land, something very, very powerful, something very special and

of the trump administration some troops will remain in syria. i mean this has been the back and forth that we've seen within the administration this was a campaign promise of donald trump i will bring back all of the u.s. troops from syria and he made it very clear to his ministration officials last year he wanted a timetable last year for the troops to come back in the end he made that announcement december we have conflicting reports either it was a total surprise or it wasn't a total surprise it depends on whom you also don't from thinking it was clear it was what he said on the campaign trail he says enough money has been spent by the u.s. the main reason for being there was ice isn't to fight iran and turkey can take care of iran turkey is more important than the kurds. and the fact the some of the reporting we did at the time he was saying look if russia or anyone else wants to spend all the money we have to have to spend in that area for some sort of regional strategic reasons let them do it and see if they get to do any better than we di

to fund the rebuilding of syria. because it just cannot do that on its own you know you are in istanbul all we've talked about where we think things like overall a sad seems to control about seventy percent of the territory but the sad thing is that look like there probably are some battles to come so let's examine the military situation across the country and if i can start by asking you how worried you are about the situation in it liberate now well through it in a deliberate has its political touch more than its military touch although it is devastating for the people and for the for the region in general but it has it is being there for pulling certain political instincts exercising some sort of pressure and iran is behind all that we believe because it feels that it is being neutralized it is exercising pressure on the shuttle assad and this waging or this recent war on live in the north would go nowhere for them at the political level and jirga figure we understand that the northeast is under the control or as

and to secure north of syria so they can secure their own. border as well i think that's a collaboration between russia and turkey may need to sort of stability but let's not forget syria is a failed state i mean even with all of this international effort it's hard i think syria needs more than three hundred billion dollars for to rebuilt and i think you know in such situation looking at what's happening in the gulf it's obvious that it will be a tough you know way ahead to achieve the sorts think much of her expertise as always thank you very much. algeria's eighty two year old president has formally put for his name for a fifth term in office adele's he's been a flake a has been facing growing protests against his role has tried to appease algeria is promising electoral reforms if he wins the x. months vote or go back as the latest. demonstrators marched late into the night in protest against algeria is long time ruler abilities but a flick of al-jazeera content apparently very high this pictures posted on social media showing hundred chant

[laughter] president trump: we've defeated the caliphate in syria. we have withdrawn from the horrible iran nuclear deal and imposed the toughest-ever sanctions, and these are by far the toughest ever on the iranian regime. it's having a big effect. iran is not the same country that it was when i took office. the day i took office, we had threats all over the middle east and beyond. iran is a much different place right now than it was. as i said during my state of the union address, we will not avert our eyes from the dictatorship that chants "death to america, death to israel" and calls for genocide against the jewish people. we won't let them even consider that. we will confront the poison of anti-semitism through both our words and maybe even more importantly our actions. in the last century, humanity witnessed the horrific consequences of anti-semitism and a world without a jewish homeland. in the wake of those unthinkable horrors, the jewish people built a mighty nation in the holy land, something very, very powerful, something very special and

backed forces bombard islamic states last stronghold in syria people are fleeing the area including the wives of fighters some of whom remain loyal to the so-called caliphate. venezuela's self-proclaimed leader says he will ask the national assembly to declare a state of emergency that comes after called for a us intervention. today the solution is intervention. in ukraine. and then ethiopian airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board it crashes minutes after taking off from i do you see. where there are no survivors. are broadcasting live from our studios most of this is r t international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us all right now u.s. backed fighters in syria have resumed their assault against the last area held by islamic state terrorists fighting is now raging in and near the iraqi border the final showdown with eisele was delayed to allow families to flee the area a spokesperson for kurdish led syrian democratic forces says the battle is almost over. our troops began an offensive at six pm local time and planes targeted the terrorists' weapons

in syria. but many who come here are still afraid they are also worried about loved ones in their home country especially if they belong to the opposition according to syrian human rights lawyer anwar boney he says syrian intelligence tries to get information about opponents of the regime during people's visits to the embassy and those who refuse no passport read the people. knows. about. who. sent this information to the security in syria so it's a problem for. them since it's appropriate for their presence in syria under the regime controlled so is the embassy doing the syrian intelligence agencies billing we confront the embassy had with the accusations in berlin he dismisses them health them at morton slowly because any syrian who has been here claimed he has been questioned about anything beyond his passport matters. oh we do not do that and you know we've been here claim he has been questioned about anything beyond his passport matters. oh we do not do that and. we do not gather any line

also coming up the self-proclaimed caliphate crumbles in syria rebel forces points their flag about goose after expelling the so-called islamic state in the last scrap of territory kids still held in experience. america evanston it's good to have you with us hundreds of thousands of people have marched through london to call for a second referendum on bragg's it the u.k. it was supposed to quit the european union next friday but even leaders extended the deadline after britain's parliament twice rejected prime minister teresa mayes bragg's a deal many britons now want lawmakers have back on you public vote on whether or not britain should believe that you at all. central london packed with protesters their message to the government give people another say on drugs that. waterway was true but it was. with britain's intended departure from the e.u. just weeks away politicians and the country remain divided demonstrators think there needs to be a second referendum to settle the issue i just think that we didn't make an informed decision we were both on voice sides we were given enough inform

state department has an ounce further financial support for the group in syria known as the white talents and cement of more money for the self described civil defense group was published online the u.s. plans to allocate five million dollars to support life saving operations conducted by the group's members this follows donald trump statement last year that the u.s. would stop funding the organization. despite being described as heroes by the state department the white house and its have discredited themselves numerous times they were implicated in fabricating evidence of an alleged chemical attack in duma syria last year and also linked to trafficking here's a look at some of the white house myths other activities in syria but a word of caution some of the images that may be disturbing. we spoke to ken stone from the hamilton coalition to stop the war he believes the white house it's all key to western plans for further intervention in syria. if the united states is going to give them yet more money it's because the united states still foresees our role for the white house minutes in sy

going to think syria so it's. them for the future is there them saying it's appropriate for their parents in syria who. brought. it is the embassy in berlin operating on behalf of syria's secret service we confronted its head of mission with the allegations he denied them health i'm at the mountains who has any syrian who's been here so far stated that he was questioned about anything beyond his own passport matter sides. we don't do that oh we don't collect any personal information we only require the documents that are needed to establish the applicant's identity. i mean doesn't believe that he wants no contact with syrian authorities whether for passports or any other documents for himself or his family even if it means serious problems with finding work in germany or traveling. i wouldn't know what to do if the foreigners registration office didn't renew my residency or give me german travel documents a month i still would not go to the embassy. so i means in his family's future in germany is uncertain their g

in syria more because in iraq. there is like more stability right now and the country what we need the iraqi government to give more power more share for the sunni. population of the country so that actually they find. an alternative to isis. i don't join another wave of jihadists the future of this policy continues to have to be pursued well speaking of the jihadists not all the fighters were captured or killed where have they gone now and what's likely to happen in terms of potential threats at home for foreign fighters returning back to different countries i believe we are facing here. in fact because we have seen that after the end of the afghanistan war in the early ninety's when most of the of a gun obs actually turned back to the home countries. and found a very dire situation in the sense of having these are the james. dictators. corruption in these controversies or. lack of development saw these fighters actually joined in and local democracy indeed because if we look at their geo for example nine hundred

and syria and others recognizing the territory as belonging to syria donald trump wants it to be recognized as part of israel let's take a listen to what he tweeted out. after fifty two years it's time for the united states to fully recognize israel so over and see over the golan heights which is of critical strategic and security importance the state of israel and regional stability now this announcement on twitter came as mike pompei o the top diplomat of the united states secretary of state was meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he expressed a huge amount of gratitude for this gift of recognizing golan heights and its time when the run cease to syria as a platform to destroy israel trump boldly recognize israel is sovereignty in the golan heights thank you president trump now in its annual human rights report the u.s.a. described palestinian territories not as israeli occupied but rather as israeli control and we recently saw mike pump a zero take the unprecedented move as u.s. secretary of state and actually visit the western wall in jerusalem now at this point t

remains inside syria and inside iraq i think we can expect. another series of delays because isis provides a pretext for the united states to stay in in the eastern third of syria which it occupies today and which just happens to contain the oil and gas industry of syria it will continue to use isis as an excuse for or as a pretext to conduct. to occupy parts of the country to conduct military operations and so on. and will they be capable of you know eliminating the rest of my cell not until. so knighted states gets out and syria is in charge of the entire it's an entire territory. italian rightwing party like the north has bolstered its support to offer important regional election when they can or tripled its votes in one year in the traditionally left wing stronghold of the us in the carter the party won forty two percent of the vote ending twenty four years of domination by the left salvini campaigned heavily invest in the cart ahead of sunday's vote their leader and italian prime minister and matteo salvini expressed his thanks to voters

broke about robert muller at the white house said i still have been one hundred percent eliminated in syria but on the ground the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say heavy fighting is continuing around the village of the last bits of territory in the country and fish airports. to choose from as supporters donald trump arrived in florida and proclaimed i still had no been driven out of syria i says sort of election day. here's a says right now you left. so there's ice. and that's what we have right now. as of last night just two days ago at the white house he predicted the end of the self-proclaimed caliphate by the end of the day. he had already announced the end of eisel back in february but the group still had at least one stronghold in syria at one point i still controlled a huge territory in syria and iraq an area roughly the size of mainland britain. donald trump has wanted to end u.s. operations in syria for a while then in december he suddenly announced he would withdraw two thousand

families are evacuated from the pocket of resistance in syria including the wives of. refuse to believe. ethiopian airlines plane with one hundred fifty seven people on board minutes after taking off from. there were no survivors. to their weekly roundup of the big news stories of the past seven days on up to the moment developments as well my names you know neil. sanctions threats accusations protests political crisis in venice we deepens the capital caracas has been gripped by both. the government demonstrations opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president one addressed his supporters calling on foreign powers to bring down the government. i they say the solution is intervention be with thank you moon we crushed the coup attempt. they tried to fabricate this whole show claiming the military would join them but there is only one answer yes to loyalty and no to be true why do is a clown. and a criminal after a very tense wake up official supporters are back on the streets to protest against the government of nikko last month during the cold was made by one w

in syria urged the u.s. military to stop blocking the evacuation of a refugee camp see what's going on after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. traditionally in the foreign policy blog with the assistance of the legacy media to find an immediate threat for a foreign military intervention or coup their game has been to manufacture public support today it's different with virtually no public debate been is way way is the target of a forced regime change the problem is force regime change as a deplorable record. the russian and syrian the trees of issued a statement kucing american forces in syria deal railing efforts to evacuate people from the infamous. parties and breaks down the story. dramatic humanitarian and security situation in a lot of the bun camp in southeastern syria has been constantly trigger numerous concerns from the russian side the blame america that is currently

news line from berlin the self-proclaimed callous that crumbles in syria syrian rebel forces hoist their flag and book crews out for expelling the so-called islamic state from the last scrap of territory it still held in the country will go live to rock on also coming out collusion are of no collusion u.s. special counsel robert miller completes his probe into possible russian interference into the two thousand and sixteen presidential election is reportedly not recommending any further charges to look at analysis from washington. welcome to the show we begin with some breaking news u.s. backed syrian fighters are claiming victory over so-called islamic state they say they have expelled the self-proclaimed caliphate from the last bit of territory controlled in syria rebels from the syrian democratic forces group a raise their flag over broncos after announcing the defeat of i.a.s. this followed weeks of fighting over the village on the iraqi border i asked a clarinets caliphate and two thousand and fourteen and went on to control bast areas of syria and iraq. were. to washington now at t

in syria are syria iran russia turkey it's basically a hot bed and a incubator for terrorism terror attacks against it will come to that in the second what i want to put you michel back is that the talks about the city for this to happen because it is important for the security of israel but now you have because of this announcement you have iran saying it brings it to the edge of a new crisis syria saying it's going to use all means to get it back does this sound like it's done much good for the security of the region it's what does it good luck good luck good luck to syria but what about how we've been able to do anything but what if they were to try this and it hasn't done in the security the region is going to make it with us in the media. you know the problem is there needs to be more international influence not against israel and next thing it or not against the u.s. recognizing the facts on the ground that it is part of israel in. national pressure should have been for the last decade where a half a million syrians are being killed where the russians are involved there where

the golan heights seized from syria nine hundred sixty seven is being israeli damascus has already blasted the u.s. move as an act of aggression. israel defense forces say that they carried out their strikes on. the military headquarters of the head of the palestinian organization after israel said hamas fired a rocket for. two years of digging in one conclusion there was no collusion between russia during the twenty six us presidential election but the president's arrival. it was a complete and total exoneration so much that needs to be you know taken a look at this point and so it's not everything. we could even tell you this is r.t. international. signed a presidential proclamation recognizing israeli sovereignty over the golan heights a disputed area on the border with syria. a presidential proclamation recognizing israel's sovereign right over the golan heights. i discussed the issue earlier with r.t. correspondent. president trump's move is of course big news and it's been discussed all over the world since the actual tweet came out but i'll tell you what golan heights is disputed te

six years later syria attacked and tried to regain control of the area but was repelled in one nine hundred seventy four as syria and israel signed an agreement to stablish in a un buffer zone in the area then in one thousand nine hundred one israel announced it was an exciting the golan heights this has never been recognized by the rest of the world mike hanna reports from washington the closeness of the israeli u.s. relationship and the trumpet ministration emphasized the u.s. secretary of state becomes the most senior u.s. diplomat to accompany an israeli leader toward jews call the western wall flanking the sheriff one of islam's holiest sites might pump a is state department signaling what was to come by referring to israeli control of the golan heights rather than israeli occupation and more than half a century of u.s. policy reversed by one presidential tweet after fifty two years it is time for the united states to fully recognize israel's sovereignty over the golan heights says president trump which is of critical strategic and security importance to the state of israel and

to keep troops in syria at least for now they warn if the u.s. pulls out it will only be a matter of time until the i-s. threats grows again. well joining me now in the studio for more on this is iraqi journalist mirasol we who just recently returned from syria thanks for joining me i mean so the islamic state has now lost all of its territory but do you think that's really signals the end of a caliphate that still physically yes because they are not anymore controlling the territory in syria one or iraq but you should just imagine this the idea of khaled faith still put in the minds of many young people in this slum of course not it's just inside. any rock and true destroyer that you should bring some of the idea another perspective another hope for that's people telling them this is not the right tway to do imagine how you are going to live this is really a a. an idea still a living and within the community in stomach community now the united states president has said that his country would remain vigilant against islamic state but what should

for islamic states last foothold in syria as u.s. backed forces. as more people flee for looting the wives of has refused to believe at this point. the interim president says he will ask the country's national assembly to declare a state of emergency this comes after. a u.s. intervention. today the solution is intervention. and it really. is playing with one hundred fifty seven people on board crashes just minutes for taking off from addis ababa there are no survivors. and i welcome. your very welcome with us on the program this hour. and u.s. backed fighters have resumed their of soul to get into the terror group arsenals last enclave in syria the village of. the iraqi border these are the latest pictures from the embattled town where heavy fighting is now raging a final showdown with us it was the latest displaced families have been fleeing the area a spokesperson for the s.d.f. says the military are close to a kind of fits last contention. our troops began an offensive at six pm local time planes targeted the terrorists weapons depos there is fi