you mentioned — the syrian armed forces. you mentioned iran _ the syrian armed forces. sia, the backers of assad, given they have other conflicts they had to deal with as well, how do you see this playing out? it’s you see this playing out? it's a ve you see this playing out? it�*s a very interesting question is to how much support both iran and russia are able to provide. i think on the russian side at least, an awful lot of its combat power is tied up for in ukraine in continuing to prosecute that. in fact the russian armed forces have been attempting to throw everything attempting to throw everything at their offensive in ukraine in order to keep moving forward. first of all, before the winter and second before the winter and second before the inauguration of donald trump to maximise their territorial games there. so if the ask from assad is in fact more than simply the airpower that russia has there in existence already, moscow is going to perhaps struggle to be able to provide it. especially if it takes the form of things like ground truth, and you would think that

we've been hearing from one resident who lives near the military academy, saying that the syrian armed forces present on the ground there appeared to have surrendered without much of a fight. and we've been hearing that over the course of the last week that the syrian rebel forces were met with very little resistance from bashar al-assad's regime forces on the ground in the north. and the fear now or the concern, rather, is that we may continue to see this trigger. other sorts of events on the ground further south towards damascus that we may see rebel forces moving forward. and of course, clashing with syrian armed forces in other cities. suggestions by some analysts that we may continue to see rebel forces moving towards hama further south of aleppo. but again, at this stage it appears as though they are consolidating their presence and control of aleppo. but we've also seen on the ground as well is airstrikes now taking place? it appears as though the syrian armed forces, along with backers including russia, are attempting to double down and push back syrian armed forces. russian state med

we have seen a number of airstrikes carried out by both the russian armed forces and according to the syrian defense ministry syrian air force, as well, since wednesday, according to journalists and activists on the ground, we have seen at least ten airstrikes take place since wednesday and the fear is that they could soon double down with this aerial campaign. of course this comes as there is growing concern that this may lead to a sort of domino effect, as you mentioned, that we may see the syrian rebel group successful in pushing further downwards towards damascus. the capital, perhaps taking further territory some analysts looking at the situation on the ground, perhaps indicating that the rebel groups may be pushing, looking to push beyond aleppo towards hama, for example and then further down towards damascus. but again, this is certainly a very in flux situation. it remains to be seen how the syrian armed forces and bashar al-assad's regime will respond today and in the coming days to this latest offensive by the rebel groups. >> yeah, and not a sony part. parties in the region and el

also taken control of a military academy again, residents nearby saying that essentially the syrian armed forcesurrendered with little fight as well. but what we are also beginning to see and have seen over the last couple of days is the syrian air force, as well as the russian air force, targeting parts of aleppo and idlib with airstrikes. we've been hearing from journalists and activists on the ground who have reported at least ten airstrikes since wednesday by the russian air force alone, so real concern over what the response will be by the syrian armed forces, which has long had backing from the kremlin, from russia with regards to its military operations in the north. so real concern there as to what this could spark. but also what appears to be developing on the ground is what could be essentially a domino effect that we may well see the rebel forces in northern syria pushing further beyond aleppo, if indeed they are successful there, perhaps focusing further south on hama and even beyond so that continues to be the question there. but of course, there has been a lot of diplomatic focus o

important to note that we have also seen airstrikes taking place now, the syrian armed forces, along with its backers in russia, taking part in what is being described as an aerial offensive against rebel forces in parts of aleppo and idlib. the concern is we may see a doubling down of the syrian armed forces and russian backers in that aerial offensive, as we have seen in the past. and, of course, important to remember over more than a decade of civil war, more than 300,000 syrians were killed. so real concern as to what this could lead to. >> all right. nadia bashir, thank you so much for that reporting. >> today, president biden is leaving the u.s. for his first trip to angola. cnn's sunlen serfaty explains what he plans to accomplish on this trip mj and victor, this is going to be a landmark trip. >> the first time a sitting u.s. president has visited angola and makes good on a promise biden made that he would visit africa before he leaves office. this is also, notably a very long awaited trip. it was originally scheduled back in october, but biden had to postpone to deal with tw

and so we have to wait and see if the syrian forces, the syrian armed forces, together with their russianput up more of a fight over homs, because it is quite a strategic gain if the rebels could take it. we are on the road to homs, on the lebanon side of the border, and just spoke a little while ago to a young man who came by this morning and asked him what it was like there. he said it was quiet. there were soldiers in the streets, no sign of rebels yet, although he could, he heard the sound of air strikes earlier, which we understand was the syrian and russian forces targeting rebels in the suburbs and a number of civilians killed in that strike. but he said everyone was really afraid. a lot of people had left. families would send their most of the families away, and then somebody would stay to protect property. so you can imagine that everyone there also is wondering whether the rebels will be able to take hama. it's going to be a fairly decisive battle, i think. um, either way, whether we see the rebels having a fairly easy time of it as they've had till now, or if this is going to b

that the israeli military said they are going after strategic weapons of the israeli of the syrian armed forceslistic missiles, air defense systems that the syrian that were previously held by the syrian regime. so a lot of military action is taking place here as a result of the fall of the assad regime yesterday, which stunned the region at large, of course, and of course, in this community as well, of majdal shams, where we are now, we also know that there are people who have family on both sides of the border. the people in this area consider themselves to be syrians of the syrian druze community. and many families here are separated by this 1974 demarcation line with families on both sides of that border. >> a truly historic moment isn't it? jeremy, thank you so much for joining us from the golan heights. well reaction to the historic weekend events in syria pouring in from around the globe as everyone tries to make sense of it. we'll be right back welcome to times square last night of my life. >> new year's eve. live with anderson and andy. live coverage starts at eight on cnn streaming. >

there are elements within the syrian armed forces that would be dangerous to, to this riley, we seem like miss ald capability, but they destroyed the air force, not because it was a threat to israel, but for 2 reasons. one as uh, was previously correctly pointed out. so that no one can control syrian so that no the central government cannot use the air force to bomb rabbits. but also, i think this was a stupid move by nothing. yeah. because nothing yahoo, for his own selfish interest, he's, he's bombing all these positions and syria and all of this infrastructure to tell cause riley's design is set up. look, i'm a powerful, i've defeated my enemies. that is a smart move, i suppose, among designs. but what he has done is that he's exposed to the, the rate the new regime in damascus. they are not going to do anything. and hobby is exactly. they are not going to confront. there's really machine and they're gone . who was sorry, a barking nonsense about palestine for years is now that now that he is a border with is ralph, he is not going to do anything about it. he is after it as pointed

essentially, syrians armed forces, sovereign forces of syria in syria. uh because the one legs right to the us. unfortunately the uh, the uh, october the 7th attacking does the key to 72023, provided a fluid or excuse for the us to deployed major forces in the middle east. and i, i imagine that these airplane, i think, actually remember reading these airplanes are part of the contingent of the material that was deployed in the middle east in the wake of that of the, the october to some of the episode. so we have the whole area surrounded and it's, it's, it's a proxy war. and i, it's through, i think, of the model for the war in ukraine. no coincidence that the ice is descended on syria in 2014, around the same time that not far from may done square events in the cube, a sondra or what can you say about the comments that start a lab rav made about the conflict in syria on western development, the comments i have heard i, i cannot agree with tim moore and the us or ensues on its uh, allies um, being exclusive allies and preventing them from uh, securing ot

i'm from the very 1st day of the terrorist attack of the syrian armed forces, the support of the russian barrels moistened barrels forces, and those of allies operating up totally and looking for classes in the village in which the parties of syria has at the end of repelling the fighters with the unified of trust artillery. this is multiple orange crockett systems. precision guided and calibrated struct. they've been carried out against her movement positions and the fighters who had a bit of joined them, which, through the beginning of operation, approximately 400 turns, had been liquidated. with more than $600.00 for his own. did the plan, i mean will, the maintenance is heated regardless of what external support is being provided to them and their disc dispatch external support according to reports and information, whether it's available support for terrorist it's being provided by americans and that will allow you to, to varying degrees they providing support to tourists, we believe it would benefit to the western countries to dispel all suspicions related to their role in the initi

indication which is what we saw online that some of the palestinian infections we did, the syrian armed forces were told to basically put down their weapons and to no longer be part of any fighting force. i think that that shows that maybe there's going to be an attempt at normalization, especially as high a top router. some has relations with value, a, b, a, b, u, a e, and kept on board saying, as best as possible on some past, due normalization with israel. of course that's been put on the back burner given what's going on in guys that and then subsequently loved or not. but i do believe that there is a fraction. we did a higher federal shop which do not see israel as a major aggressor or threats and would ultimately like to see some level of normalization and ending the war uh, gotten through the conflict. existing brier because we had a disengagement agreement. but the war had never fully ended between the 2 countries. they were still in the state of war. so i think that they would like to see that with the rest. all right, we're gonna live with our christopher hello, lee. i could demick r

so within the syrian armed forces that are pretty loyal to the, you know, i thought perhaps some of them would put up a fight, but they're relatively small in terms of numbers. he was relying on reliant on a conscript to harvey, and these are people who aren't being paid well, who are living in a country with increasing poverty and rapid inflation, a corruption of severe corruption and not to mention the, the repression of the. i mean, these, there's, there's not a regime that these young man, so like fighting and dying for. and so, unless you have a solid of a military court that is willing to sacrifice before you, you're not going to, it's not last because basically, you know, they, they figure that they the use of their fellow countryman, they didn't want to engage in this kind of conflict, and they then, so they decided that we're not going to fight. yes, people know what about syria is key allies, russia and iran. i mean there are reports that, you know, ron's proxy on group has blog pulled out that forces along the lebanese border and russia seems to be looking for a diplomatic upf

russia come together to try and make a pitch or try and make a push with these traditional syrian armed forces to come back and try to retake syria and retake damascus? they haven't put up a fight for now, which means those fighters are still alive and operating. will they ultimately try to make a run back? that's hard to see. it's hard to believe that's going to happen, but never put anything past russia or iran. >> yeah, indeed. thank you so much. we appreciate you being with us, jamil. now we're going to go to behnam. ben taleblu joining us by phone as well. he's a senior fellow at the foundation of defense of democracies with a focus in international security in relation to the middle east. welcome, benham. as you're looking at these scenes, what do you think the people of syria should be focusing on right now? i mean, obviously they're very excited about the possibility of freedom moving forward without an assad regime. but what should they be keeping in mind at this point? >> well, first and foremost, this is a historic moment, but also a contradictory moment. you know, it shows just how

base called hmeimim with his allies there, hoping to regroup and firm up those lines with the syrian armed forcesays, when it became clear that all the armed forces had laid down their weapons and the rebels were taking the entire area, the russians evacuated him out on the sunday. now, he says that he never had any intention to flee his country, that he's always supported his country and never sold it out, and that he only went to russia because it became clear that nothing more could be done in terrorism, as he calls it, these rebels had taken over the whole country. now, he closes by saying that he doesn't, it seems, plan to come back because, once terrorism has taken over a country, there is no place for leaders there, but that he hopes that one day syria will be free and independent again from these rebels. of course, many people in syria would say that for the first time in more than half-a-century, syria is free and independent of the assads now. amna: and, leila, tell us more about that alawite heartland in which you spent time today, where the assad family is from, and where, as you say,

what precipitated their move into the buffer zone was withdrawal of the syrian armed forces which astes potentially a vacuum that could be filled by anyone of the numerous terrorist organizations that continue to operate inside syria this one to the destruction of the state of israel. israel has said they deployed the to force it into the buffer zone temporarily to prevent such a threat from emerging against the state of israel, against israeli civilians. ultimately we want to see the 1974 agreement upheld. upheld. >> do not worry this just for the most important in light of international law? >> the steps they've taken has remained temporary. >> the golden eyes, the occupation colonize is littered with amendments of syrian villages of phones from 1967 and demolitions that took place. thousands of people were expelled or forced to flee. many of his people will be looking at what's going on now. you talk about a syrian process, a serial number and future for the people of syria. those people had at homes ad villages back in occupied golan heights. what should they be thinking that? >>

i don't think it was the major factor in terms of what led to the rapid collapse of the syrian armed forcest i think it was something that had helped the rebels. i do think it was mainly the lack of support that the assad regime was receiving from russia, iran, and hezbollah that led the syrian military to just melt away. >> and meanwhile, president biden is reportedly considering preemptive pardons to people who could be targeted by president-elect trump's administration. you're one of the people that might be on that list for sure. would you accept a pardon? >> i don't think the folks who might be on a list are looking in any way for a pardon. no, i would not. i believe what i did during my government service and subsequent to it was fully consistent with the law. so therefore, despite some of the political winds that might be blowing here in the united states, i do have faith in the justice system and i'm hoping that the professionals within that judicial environment are going to continue to carry out their responsibilities irrespective of those political winds and any type of partisan p

indication which is what we saw online that some of the palestinian infections we did, the syrian, the armed forces were told to basically put down their weapons and to no longer be part of any fighting force. i think that that shows that maybe there is going to be an attempt at normalization. regrettably, i think that the city and state as we know it, as we have known it, at least for the past 50 or so years is no more. i think that when we are actually going to see is a possible partition of syria with a part of the south that's going to be under the control of israel. part of the north which is going to be controlled by took. yeah. and then we might see little statements that emerge. we didn't see any given the sec theory, intentions and differences between out of the whites, chris bins. drew's cards, and of course the sydney. so i think that there's a great concern here that we're going to see a process like we didn't yugoslavia or libya today of bulk innovation. and i didn't, that's the great concern with the states, as just as historic. and this powerful as syria once was, we might see that o

syrian factions on the ground. the armed leadership. the armed group leaders and syrian political forcesrage everyone to start talking to each other. i think there is a real risk of fighting between the american backed syrian kurdish ypg militia that has helped the americans against isis and one particular syrian armed faction backed by turkiye called the syrian national army. that is precisely the kind of scenario i would think washington aims to avoid. >> can we talk about the rather peculiar situation we are in because there is opportunity of course there is but there is also significant risk. it comes at a time of transition in washington. you have a biden administration that would like to complete the legacy as he sees it in the middle east. put his thumbprint on it. you have an incoming president elect in donald trump who says it is not our fight. stay out of it. how does that complicate the americ response? >> it certainly does complicate the american response because for example, the biden administration as your correspondent was pointing out laid out a set of conditions. not at

an invasion of the city of hama, but so far failed from syrian troops of strength and their positions which prevented the advance of armed forces into the city. however, these groups are actively campaigning to claim that they have already entered the city and captured the most important bridge in the mazda risky area. however, the syrian army is still present in the region and the intensity of fighting in this area has declined last night. and early this morning, owing to intense attacks by syrian troops on the supply lines of terrorist groups, which prevented them from entering the city with regard to the humanitarian situation in homage, all government institutions and services continue to function and markets and shops remain open. however, there is still some fear among the population, especially when terrorist groups threatened to enter the city or have already done so by making a breakthrough somewhere. citizens are alarmed by the news that is being widely disseminated by the media. these terrorist groups. however, all the roads connecting hama to other regions are still open the road from hama to homes through arson unt

in an invasion of the city of alma, but so far failed, syrian troops have strengthened their positions which prevented the advance of armed forces into the city. however, these groups are actively campaigning to claim that they have already entered the city and captured the most important bridge in the mazda rift. the area, however, the syrian army is still present in the legion. the intensity of fighting in this area has declined last night and early this morning, owing to intense attacks by syrian troops on the supply lines of terrorist groups, which prevented them from entering the city. with regard to the humanitarian situation in homage, all government institutions and services continue to function and markets and shops remain open. however, there is still some fear among the population, especially when terrorist groups threatened to enter the city or have already done so by making a breakthrough somewhere. citizens are alarmed by the news that is being widely disseminated by the media of these terrorist groups. however, all the roads connecting hama to other regions are still open the road from palmer to homes through our

but the critter slides on us back the syrian democratic forces is not part of the deal. the arm group has been in conflict with a turkish bacteria, national army in north eastern syria. meanwhile christians, so beholding mass and celebrations and ports of syria ahead of christmas day, the new with ministration has promised minority groups will be protected or correspondent as some of in java. joining us from the syrian capital of the masters to fort 1st. tell us about the armed forces a proposal of us now on the table, but the, the for reportedly not joining in why is that or was that is the big question, isn't it? because a large chunk of this country is controlled by curtis. net forces, which are backed by the united states forces register. kid sees the direct threats forces which time of the shut off and is meeting with the turkish foreign minister said, we'll have to lay down their weapons and only the people who are part of this united defense ministry will be able to tell you. um, so that is going to be something that we still don't know the exact details from their side o

in addition, since yesterday, the syrian army has been involved the violin classes on this front. after the armed forces failed to break through on the north, a north west directions. they tried to redirect their efforts to the direction of shockey for a breakthrough in that direction. on an invasion of the city of alma, but so far failed from the syrian troops have strengthened their positions which prevented the advance of armed forces into the city. mister, however, these groups are actively campaigning to claim that they have already entered the city and have captured the most important bridge in the mazda risky area. however, the syrian army is still present in the region and the intensity of fighting in this area has declined last night. and early this morning, owing to intense attacks by syrian from some of the supply lines, the terrorist groups which prevented them from entering the city. with regard to the humanitarian situation in almost all government institutions and services continue to function in markets and shops remain open. and however, there is still some fear among the population, es

the syrian armed group that toppled assad's regime absorbs different factions into the country's defence forces after president biden commutes 37 federal death sentences. american airlines has resumed us flights, after grounding all its aircraft briefly due to a vendor technology issue. and pope francis holds a special christmas eve ceremony — opening the holy door at the vatican to mark the beginning of thejubilee for catholics around the world. protests have erupted in syria over the burning of a christmas tree in a christian—majority town near hama. demonstrators took to the streets of the capital damascus, calling for the new ruling faction,

interaction between ukrainian and syrian terrorists, driven by hatred of russia and syria, goes both on the issues of recruiting fighters into the ranks of the ukrainian armed forces and for carrying out attacks against the russian and syrian military's inside syria as and what did they be just so convenient for washington to star. 8 a 2nd mike done, but this time in georgia, which has been trying hard to remain neutral from the outset of the war and you crate the least, he says the bite and as ministration has been working relentlessly to push georgia into opening a 2nd front and on favorable stones for washington. as a result, georgia has been rocked like protests and turned into one of the hot bed of tension . the us state department of reason to class the suspension of a strategic partnership with billy c. well, bolstering georgia opposition forces with support. we have made very clear that we are concerned with the steps that they have taken to move away from the path towards greater integration with europe that they had been on, and that we know the george and people support. meanwhile, the georgian prime minister himself suggested the washington is trying t

syrian military uniforms scattered on the floor. what i saw was, uh, opposition forces with very light arms.uh, taking over different positions of the, of the capital. and there was a lot of celebratory gunfire. i mean, it's still going on at the moment. i mean, i'm not sure if you can hear it in the background, but it's, you know, every couple of couple of minutes i hear i am hearing it regularly. and that's understandable with the state of, you know, the situation in damascus. we know most of the rebels which have come into damascus are actually from damascus countryside and daraa, the southern part of syria. the northern rebels haven't actually made it to damascus, uh, for the initial storming. and what we did manage to see was just an absolute tonne of military, uh, attire and uniforms all over the floor. i mean, what we saw was the syrian army basically just surrender and leave and essentially the opposition�*s in charge. and so far, there's nothing really major to report in terms of any violations. everything's, you know, people are very happy. everyone's coming out into the streets an

forces. who knows exactly what the kaleidoscope of syrian domestic armed groups will look like when talking aboutntervention or foreign support in the short term. lewis: thank you for coming on the program. let's get some of the political reaction in the u.k. we will speak to our political correspondent ian watson. what is the government saying? >> the government has been seeing two slightly different things. the main message coming from the foreign secretary and the prime minister himself, who is in the middle east currently in saudi arabia. quite simply that there will be no rush, no imminent move to try and take out hts, now the leading force in syria, off of a list of prescribed organizations, terrorist groups. it is absolutely an essential step to do this if the government wants to engage directly with hts over the future of syria. at the moment, what downing street is saying, the main focus is to keep civilians safe, get guarantees to the rights of minorities being protected, and in addition, putting aid into syria where it is needed, 11 million pounds worth of aid through existing agencies

school on the defensive prongs as well has reportedly bombarded syrian government weapons. storage is why force to prevent advanced arms from falling into rabble hands. despite these efforts, israel maintains its policy of not getting involved and the countries for minister recently made it clear, emphasizing the israel does not interfere in serious internal conflict. well, have to say that a sad school is a mixed bag for israel. on one hand, it's a big blow to the around his bo listed reactions, but israel has long deposed. on the other hand, the new players and new rulers of syria, including radical factions, openly hostile to israel, raising concerns of course, serious concerns for as well. but for now is real, is watching from the sidelines. it's no secret that the rebels halfway fighting israel's animals and days real, hasn't a student that way. in fact, some rebel factions have evelyn expressed their gratitude for each row. and we are fully aware that the iranian axis has become weak. it began to collapse after these really bombardment of hezbollah and its leaders. the axis was generally very weak and there was n

sancho the northeastern syrian, a city of companies may destroy arms depots on a defense research facility. now, the air is controlled by cushman dozens of the syrian state forces. with that, it has become a whole sort of fighting, made an intensifying power struggle in the country and the u. n. is one of the potential of the escalation for know, much of what some called a ripple controlled syria is under the control and want to have it cool. and patchwork on groups who are co ordinating well for no. but they are not fully or formally united. it's important that we don't see conflict between the scripts, we need to focus on the need for credible and transition arrangements in damascus. it's needs to be inclusive arrangements. and that may say that if this is not happening, then in various new conflict in syria, a meal off in the south west of the city institute of data, which came under the control of various service groups last week i'm. i was beaten and then publish the and see who did by hanging in a crowded central square. a warning. this report contains disturbing images of this for the it is so 30 all the social networks i remains on verify. the individua

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city of wida, which has been taken under the control of the terrorist forces after classes with the syrian army on friday, local armed groups issued a 24 hour ultimatum to government troops. to leave the area and prevent bloodshed by the idea of has go from the has move districts into the buffer zone between these roll and the syria, him the golan heights a bit, the ongoing event. and he said he was making the move for security reasons. and stress, but it's not in the ferry game. syria is intent on the fast in accordance with the situational assessment. following the recent events in syria, including the entry of arm personnel into the buffer zone, the idea of has deployed forces in the buffer zone. and in several other places necessary for its defense to ensure the safety of the communities of the golan heights and the citizens of israel. despite the idea of troops crossing the border and jointly see you only. busy in man i came, does not believe that he's, well, we'll seek any further explanation. right? no way. it doesn't know how to behave what to do as a result of the cool that the email is celia and the working

region, with multiple different armed opposition factors throughout syria, in the south—west, the southern front, those organisations backed byjordan, the syrian democratic forcesmponent as well as other communities and there are former regime elements and this is something we should all be watching closely. the collapse of the assad regime happen suddenly. there was some fighting, but, by and large, former regime sojust fighting, but, by and large, former regime so just put their weapons and uniforms away and melted into the population and there is a significant part of syria in central and western region where you have a number of minority communities, including the alawite communities that is from the assad family came from that what with the regime, they did not like the regime per se, but they would like to see a pluralistic syria, that is not governed by severe islamic law, and canada that accommodate regional differences throughout syria so i have my personal doubts as an analyst whether or not hts can form the nucleus of an inclusive government system for syria and its diverse regions and communities. i’m regions and communities. i'm auoin to regions an

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armed groups in syria, but it's ministry of defense and it's military. just like in germany. you mentioned the kurdish lead syrian democratic forces. bass chorused. are based and a part of syria in the north. it has had, we can call it perhaps semi autonomous status under the a sod regime. are they likely to give that off to unite with the damascus lead syrian government? or could this stand in the way of a peaceful post, a saw the transition or so before i said fell, you had these different spheres of influence. you had, that's the f in america in the north, the syria free army in america, in the south. the syrian national army, back by turkey and the northern other countryside and in northern syria. and then the rest of the rebel factions today. and there is one, damascus government. and all these factions that, that had been in the northwest united under it. you have that you have in the northeast, essentially a place where that's the f as one of 2 choices fight against turkish proxy than turkey and see how that works out in. and of course the lumen withdrawal of us forces or make a deal with damascus. because ult familiar, when us forces with

of kurdish backed hodgepodge of militia groups called the syrian national army and they are currently engaged in clashes with kurdish armed forces is also a great concern. hts has try to get the sna to focus on the regime. this was prior to the fall of asad. but unfortunately, they have been used as on kara's mercenaries for sometime now. at the time, you have the stf, the syrian democratic forces, led primarily by kurds, what's really critical there is that they control presents containing thousands of isis fighters and territory of 70% of syria's energy reserves and also agricultural wealth, so there is going to be a fight for these resources in the future, and that could cause clashes between all of these various umbrella groups. figs these various umbrella groups. as quick as this movement was by these rebels, this next step really could take some time stub sounds like a complicated stuff. natasha hall, great to get your perspective, thank you. great to get your perspective, thank ou. . ~' great to get your perspective, thank ou. . ~ , ., earlier, i spoke to wa'el alzayat, the ceo for emgage and former state department offici

with the fall of sons governments, many syrian soldiers have cross the border into iraq and they're being hosted by iraq. you armed forces and security has been tightens along the border with syria. my from what i've been, what does more from bank dodge iraqi security forces on high lift as they mobilized along with the city. and for the it was locked down 8 of the phone of damascus to a position fighters. and on more than 2000 city and the regular soldiers have crossed into a lock through the call and crossing since the friday. some with injuries. so during, during themselves and that equipment, the lucky officials are concerned about who else might have slipped through. well, know how to juggle the ti, mckenna, toyota. we must address all the gaps that enabled terrorism to infiltrate in 2014. today we're following the events and neighboring syria, and we are all hopeful that the countries of the region and of the world as a whole will assure responsibility to preserve the security and sovereignty of syria. terrorism came to iraq across the border and we defeated it with great sacrifices. for now, as the troops are bein