or is there any sign it'll be for the millions of palestinians and gaza, for now stuck between an outgoing biden administration and an incoming trumpet to industries. now that americans have decided to put forth back in the white house. what kind of country in the world expect the quizzical look of us politics. the bottom line, the, [000:00:00;00] the so i'm sort of n a is good to have you with us. this is the news our life from don't coming up in the program today with thousands of homes destroyed and at least 5 lives lost. the

2 largest wilds fires burning in los angeles. are still completely fund container. can you tell us as well, that's an excellent summary that you just gave 0 of this situation here and the word apocalyptic certainly applies to where we are now. on the bluffs overlooking part of the pacific palisades, i'm going to 60 miles per hour. that's still a lot of wind that i can feel the wind blowing at this location also can smell the extremely toxic smell of smoke. but the smoke cloud that we saw yesterday is less prominent, less dark, with a fire, a spark that is. and you get this kind of disaster. it's not know what sparks the fires. the possibilities include camp fires, someone careless with fire, or perhaps

a power line that fell down and sparked during the whole region. not on the 11th. and the indian, uh, uh, influence on the own lebanon, is going away. 11 homes, lawmakers returned to parliament on thursday for the 1st time in 19 months. a lot has happened since possible on its allies may not have been able to impose their candidates that they made clear they can't be ignored. they didn't give their votes to the army commander until they met him before a 2nd round of voting. now we have a at, to good for tennessee to have the, our to item, but our business mainly at our many companies and they come from companies as well as phone companies plus the international community unless they look in community through deed was never known. again, has beloved remains the main dividing line in lebanon and beyond its borders. this election didn't fix the political divide. instead, there was significant political maneuvering as an voice from the united states,

france and saudi arabia visited failed in recent days. 11 on needs. international system is to help rebuild what was destroyed during the war. it also needs us support to ensure a queue has been filled and there is a head of state. but any optimism needs to be cautious because we saw it today. the not just to is just f o elected with $99.00 out of $128.00 fights in the parliament, which is a really strong that ended. but also his speech upon accepting the election was very encouraging for reform minded lebanese. and it did suggest that a new chapter might be coming in lebanese history. at the same time, vice lebanese and people outside the country needs to be aware that he cannot be miracle work. so the presidency 11 on, he's a very important big head and it's important to have a president in place operate with the army or something like that. so up and so now since the ceasefire agreement is reached,

hezbollah has made it clear that it will comply with this piece. for our agreement concerning the area south of the tiny river 11 on which is near the lebanese is rarely bought out. but it has insisted that it will not disarm completely throughout the rest of the country. now the aust scenarios where as time goes by, has bella might see an interest in cooperating closely with the army in terms of a, the dismantle you superstructure or revisiting proposals from decades ago to actually integrate has bella and it's, it's 5 isn't as weapons into the army, but this is a go, this is a step that kind of before the key financial back is including saudi arabia and made it very clear that there will be no significant financial aid for 11 on we that are significant and genuine with a, you know, younger brother and so for itself a role they've got an answer for be since security and 11 on given

the difference in size and defense and capabilities. and it sold that role to continue. continue that old somehow after 2005 in the mid 1970 syria intervene and 11 and civil war with its army remaining in the country for nearly 30. yes, the 191895 accord. and the civil war. i'm for my life serious role 11 on a long side. so the idea as regional pod brokers. however, the 2005 s as a nation of former live in east by minnesota of you can heavy that investigators later linked to members of principal law left to widespread and to see and protests and 11 on resulting in. see if you can colonel balance politically, if uh, if his fellow is now perceived as more vulnerable. as the new administration in demo ask us, navigates this on certain future,

lebanon braces for the impact of its neighbors, friends, formation, and many and see if you have say, the old saying still holds true when it drains in damascus. 11 on innovatively fields, the store on the how should i just the markovich in xeno is a global strategy advisor and joins us from new york marco off the back of that report by all the hash. and now he was discussing what used to be the supply route . the weapons going through syria towards has pulled out right as well. i've got it's between his ball and pro ron being forces and more west and for the us fact and say west and back forces in living on itself. now with the outside government following, it has an historic opportunity. your positive step is with the election of a new president, but it has a long way to go in the lab and also it's going to need the new government is going to be able to manage border security obviously with israel to itself and many

issues. they're obviously involving guess ball that they're going to have to overcome down at the beginning process. the economic revitalization, which is directly attached to the political process. the new president with other forces are going to try to have to manage their differences effectively. and there was many vested interest to prevent that economic revitalization to take place. that'll have to be overcome. it's a very slow gradual process, but a new head start beginning moving on to syria for the broader region itself. so our viewers heard in the report just before this interview, named gus and the new leader of his boss, saying yes or supply room for weapons via syria. that's gone, but it could come back. right. do you think it could? a from a market perspective is demands, usually the funded supply, maybe not as easily, obviously not as easily before with the outside review, which was a direct conduit. but that can be find other ways and you know, when you're dealing about in smuggling smuggling is

a trade that exists throughout history. so it may not be able to arm itself as much with the level of sophisticated weaponry as before, but weapons can get in. and if there's, once again, if there's a well, if there's a way, if there's a demand, there is a supply. so that's something that the, the, the new governments, both in damascus in the areas that it's able to control. remember the government, the masses doesn't control the areas and it's east and it's northeast, where there's still a conflict between 2 forces, charges back forces and us back forces that to you have to be settled. so when you have that instability, the smuggling process becomes less difficult. so until all over the syria can be stabilized and ties with the regional powers and the external powers because they need to be tech. the government, damascus needs to be taken off the terrorism list. and the listing of the sanction, which is a long, long process. but there are temporary measures. the us government has relaxed

certain measures to make sure that the necessary aid gets in that monetary need. it's a process that's economic, political, security, and diplomatic. but it all runs power alone, and that needs to be progress on all these levels. mark of agency. now, thank you very much for your thoughts and analysis today. thank you. a secretary of state anthony blank and we'll meet the foreign ministers of the u. k. france, germany and italy enrollments, thursday to discuss serious future or diplomatic edits, or james space has more from damascus, a new flag, and a new hope for the future. the wall. the international community is showing a willingness to engage with a new syria. it's not yet in pricing in the german and french foreign ministers last week. the highest level visitors to damascus since the full of the sides of families, brutal room for the new administration. perhaps the biggest issue on the table is the listing of the publishing sanctions,

which significantly depressed the economy affecting the lives of every city west. the leaders believe they need to maintain leverage, to set things on a pause to democracy. they believe that paul is still the finder, but it's fine. but i don't think they can compare us with other countries. celia is very suspicion countries back in 2015. that was a un security council resolution code 22. 64. it seems a long time ago. why is that in your view still important? it's very important because the city give please, we need to keep protect the constitution. the election, the doors, they should, the government budget. this is important for the cd piece of fights is still on the streets of the capital, but that has been a month of relative stability income. the trends formation of this country in such a short period of time has been amazing. but there is still great challenges ahead of that road. you're going to be sold with patience,

detailed and very difficult negotiations. yes, with the international community. but most importantly, among the syrians themselves, james bayes out, is there a dispute from under the rubble authority. capitalism has more details from darrow bella and central gas tax continue unabated across this trip. what night is the most terrifying part of the day for a civilian course cause as i talked to no sign of a stopping,