ambassador to iraq, christopher hill, about what the security means. >> they pose a threat. anbar province has been the toughest proposition for the government and as you know, the government in baghdad has a light footprint there. it's been turned over to tribal leaders and the various militia, and the sons of iraq. the movement, where the people maintaining security. with the uptake in sort of extremists or islamist violence, there has been a nasty struggle going on between the tribal leaders and the al qaeda affiliated elements, and it's not a pretty picture but from the point of view of the tribal leaders, they can not be turning to the government in baghdad because that would be - that would worsen their position vis-a-vis the sunnis, it's a tough sunni on sunni problem light now, let alone the problem with the baghdady government. the government in baghdad has to gain control. they have to do it through mechanism that involves the tribal leaders. that means they'll have to let the tribal leaders be in the lead, and there'll be negotiation, but i think they absolutely h

thanks to christopher hill, former u.s. ambassador to iraq. same group is claiming responsibility for the bombing in beirut two days ago. at least five people were killed after a suicide car bomb exploded. danna hoda reports. >> protests are growing and they are becoming more widespread. people in the rebel held north of syria want the islamic state and the lavont to leave their country. it is not just protests. armed rebel faxes have also turned their guns against this al-qaeda-linked group and pushed them out of some villages. there have been fierce battles in parts of aleppo, in this video, f they say they captured a commander of the group. a newly formed syrian residential alliance went as far as declaring war on the islamic state. it demanded that isli fighters join the ranks of other rebel groups or hand over their weapons and leave syria. the alliance accused isl of spreading strife and insecurity and liberated rebel areas spilling blood of fighters and wrongly accusing them of heresy. >> islamic state equal the assad regime. we decided

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. >> and joining us to talk about this is christopher hill, the former u.s. ambassador to iraq. thank you for being with us today. >> pleasure. >> let's start with the al qaeda militan militants. how much of a threat do they pose to the central government. >> i think they pose a threat. anbar government has been the toughest proposition. the government in baghdad has a light footprint. it's been turned over to tribal leaders, and the various - i don't want to use the term militias, but the sons of iraq, the satwa movement where the people maintain security, but with the uptick in sort of extremist or islamist sunni violence, there's a nasty struggle going on between those tribal leaders and the al qaeda affiliated elements, and it's not a pretty picture, but from the point of view of the tribal leaders, they can not be turning to the government in baghdad because that would be - that would worsen their condition. so it's a tough sunni on sunni problem. let alone the problem with the government. >> how do you see this developing. do you think the iraqi government is capable of re

to sort all of this out, i want to bring in christopher hill, former u.s. ambassador to iraq.is. you and i have talked many times about what on earth is going on in iraq. it seems to be a hot mess now. explain how this is related to the civil war in syria which is now turning into a regional war that has spilled into not only lebanon but now iraq. >> you've got it. it has turned into a regional war. it is not to say that there aren't internal issues in iraq. but i think the prime issue is you have syria becoming a kind of magnet for every sunni islamist to come and fight. and certainly one of the great struggles for the sunnis in that region of the middle east is the fact that the shia now control iraq. and a few years ago, the u.s. military did a lot. they first of all, helped seal the border to prevent foreign fighters or to linlt foreign fighters from coming into iraq. secondly, they worked with sunni sheikhs in the anbar area where the two cities are located to turn them and get them to support the government in the baghdad. so that is proving much more problematic right n