at last we reach bastrop where the euphrates and the tigris meet. travelers once called the city the venice of the south. who comes to kill us and destroy our country and good it before we said it the americans but the americans are gone and now my general so who else is continuing the job of a that nobody knows of there's no work in the situation is unlivable i say yes it was better before. conversely if we talk about security and civic respect we can say it was one hundred percent better under saddam. today there's no respect for the citizens as if we were no longer men that's the truth that's honestly what i feel. we are less and less respected before in iraq you could walk with his head held high anywhere in the world and especially at home as long as the state was not affected or undermined things have changed a lot i can tell you that the situation was much better before. the venice of the self was awash with detritus of all kinds half of the inhabitants are unemployed it's a humanitarian and social disaster area. here we have absolutely nothi

a high-speed drive close to a syrian air force base, then the vista of the river euphrates and in rebel hands. checkpoints do not give any clue as to which part of the divided opposition has the governing hand. whoever it is, at first sight, the city looks like a city in peacetime. , a constantlice power supply, traffic lights, well supplied markets. it may all look pretty normal, but what is happening right now makes it like no other city in syria. that many seevent as a warning for the future. a public execution right here. crowds gather for announcements from a group calling itself the islamic state of iraq. these three men are about to be shot dead. of this group is the al nusra front. another group says sharia law means those found guilty of murder to face public execution. he told me the new breakaway movement would be a setback. nusra and thel islamic state of iraq against the split. of course the regime benefits from the declaration. but god willing, we will topple the regime before it uses this against us. they claim the biggest share of control here. this in a city that used t

then the vista of the river euphrates. all in rebel hands. give anyts do not clue as to which part of the divided opposition has the government in hand. there are two movements that want to form an islamic state. at first sight, the city looks like a city in peacetime. volunteer police of, a constant power supply, traffic lights, well supplied markets. it may look pretty normal, but what is happening in al raqca now makes it like no other city in syria. there is one event that many see as a warning -- a public execution right here. [sirens] >> crowds gathered after announcement from a group calling themselves the islamic state of iraq. these three men are about to be shot dead. the leader of this group is in the front, but soon after he announced allegiance to al qaeda, there was a split. another group says the law in the city says those found guilty of murdered do face public execution, but the new breakaway movement would be a setback he said. us againsthe state of the split. i think their timing was wrong. the regime benefits from the decl