in what is now known as the euphrates she is the area and he's essentially accusing the u.s. of supporting the kurdish militants of this these are the first war says be here in a final word and whether they will be a diplomatic solution or not it does appear likely until the very complex situation of russia is an ally of bashar assad's regime and syria and russia both said they're clear goal is to push she hottest militants out of province is there a way to do that without huge civilian casualties. there actually isn't because if you look at where this group which is now known as high up there you know some in the affiliate of terrorist organizations. have links with them actually controls sixty percent are probably isn't it but they concentrated in areas where mostly all civilians these civilians are largely anti syrian government and have been busted on the seventy conciliation so even you syrian government and russia has a limited strike and hits just the members of this group there will be heavy civilian casualties what turkey's been saying is give us more time we need to

the area where is of the euphrates in syria is approximately. thirty to forty thousand square kilometer the end is smarter than three times bigger than my country levanon so and more than that this area is of those factors. to produce about three some of them three hundred thousand better of oil every day. it's an asset grab and well here i mean what i mean americans want everyone growing they want to be a spoiler they go on to syria to have the resources to rebuild that's how i see it once this conflict comes in exactly adel. i guess people don't remember the cold war very well you know i keep hearing that newsrooms all over the world in the western world are run by twenty somethings you know and they like to play with social media all day long i remember the cold war pretty well and it was something we all worried about now you know seeing the u.s. in a very cavalier way saying not only are we going to i can't use that kind of simple language of donald trump you know we're going to work we're going to make it hurt you're going to syria hurt an

east of thee policy euphrates and one west of the euphrates. data point at 20 to 30,000 strength again across syria, we're seeing an attacks.in isis these were places that were empowerd, but never by ing sineny -- sunni to liberate. they empowered them to secure their own areas. in the campaign we use a proxy in syria and a heavy make up of that construct. use a force in iraq for the dominating shiite with the controlling element whether they make up 20% or not, they are the leadership. the leadership has the security backing. continue to hear -- it is long, i know. the campaigno hear slogan from the administration. isis is defeated. in togetting ready to go and 2020. syrians are concern about americans leaving. in iraq we're acting like and . nothing is going on there. concernedng them more about fighting in syrian forces continuing to do things. i'm concerned about security backslide. to youuess my question is iraq and syria are tied to said.p like you but do you see security samelides coming at the time that you see the militias dealing with

continue and till they are sure that the kurdish militias operating in the area will move of the euphrates the americans and the french made also quite clear that their presence is to provide assistance to the. to the kurdish militias in their fight against isis so this is something i think that ultimately will come down to the moment the international community and the three key players russia france sorry turkey france and the u.s. decide it's time to pull of forces from there and what about his comments on the return of refugees how likely is that to happen. i've personally been talking to different. people who have been evicted out of their country since the start of the conflict in syria basically this is something that you hear again and again from syrian refugees the concern that if there we turn they might face retaliation they have no guarantees that they will be granted safe return home and then even if they return home some of these people have been forced to leave. the askers of the capital damascus the villages were completely raised during the eight years the almost eighty ye

is going stronger in the east of the euphrates and there is an attempt to make it a permanent fixture in this area. this threatens our national security and also threatens the territorial integrity of syria and its future. all types of terror such as play with the n.y.p.d. to. which. are a threat to the territorial integrity of syria must be viewed in the same way. failing to do this will be to the detriment of the syrian people. the political economic and integrity of syria has to be established and turkey is determined to work towards this. those organizations which threaten our survival cannot be allowed to exist on our borders and we will take the necessary steps in a proportionate manner. united nations security council has a decision. towards a lasting solution and we will adhere to this. so in cooperation with the united nations. a constitutional commission has to be established. and the necessary conditions to achieve this have to be provided as soon as possible. in order to be able to rebuild syria and to allow the syrian refugees to return steps need to be taken in. the retu

drinking water when you think about specifically web master is located in iraq by the tigris and the euphrates this i mean historically it's. where the cradle of civilization in iraq would come from it's full of resources energy water you know the environment there and. and until now millions have been spent spent on fixing it but nothing has been done and if you speak to many of the scientists many people who are expertise in fixing the water it doesn't require all that money it doesn't require that much it just requires efficiency which means that the millions that are being invested in reconstructing iraq need to go away from the political elite and move towards trickling down to the citizens many people have said this many people think there is the expertise there but it's very difficult to see with the current institutions those kind of funds trickling down and fixing these very basic needs but it's easier said than done isn't it corruption cuts to the heart of all of these problems that is perhaps the most serious challenge facing the country and is now becoming a threat to the authority

says we want to pull -- trump says we want to pull out of syria -- nevermind that they are in the euphrates area northeast -- and then they say we want to stay and we will keep our forces deployed until we find a political solution. on the other hand, trump somehow give messages that were interpreted as a green light to this year and regime and russia to attack idlib, because there is not only the fate of the civilian population, but also what to do with the jihadist groups that are there. jihadist groups to which turkey has -- turkey has played a role there because turkey is responsible for the growth of these jihadist groups in syria, not only the syrian regime and the russians. this is quite a difficult -- phil: it starteted tricky and it got trickier and trickier. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. officials in the iraqi city of basra say one person has been killed and 11 injured in protest. demonstrators set fire to the consulate that link iran and the local government which they blame for corruption and poor government services.

all a lot of took of turkey in that summit and he said that after we have to go to be east of the euphrates and he was referring to hands to the u.s. troops so that was a clear iranian reference that you were stroup smart come next after the operation of implicit that's why i'm saying that it's not completely unlikely where you can see this we're out of time always good to have you are not a risk that middle east affairs expert thank you. thank you watching us he will have the break. player. plays. clear. i've been saying the numbers mean something a matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long to be rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent from last year some with four hundred to five hundred trade per second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember one one that shows you can't afford to miss the one and only. welcome b

the tigris and the euphrates rivers were the main water supplies for these once lush rice fields. farmers like raman used to be able to grow up to eighty square meters of rice that's only a little over one percent of the size of an average football pitch but it helped to keep his family alive now he produces barely a fraction of what if you grow before now and you have to look how dry this land is we can't get enough water even the water irrigation canals are empty and. iraq's ministry of water resources says that levels in rivers like the tigris here in baghdad have dropped up to forty percent over the last twenty years they say that partly to blame our dams and reservoirs which are being built in turkey to the north and they're restricting the flow of water southwards but also in the last nine months iraq's only had about half the amount of rainfall it normally gets over the course of a year and that's making things even worse it's estimated iraq's strategic water reservoirs contain eight billion cubic meters of water less than the minimum the country needs so the government say

barely enough water to escape iraq's burning daytime heat the tigris and the euphrates rivers were the main water supplies for these once lush rice fields. farmers like raman used to be able to grow up to eighty square metres of rice. that's only a little over one percent of the size of an average football pitch but it helped to keep his family alive now he produces barely a fraction of what if you grow before now and you have said look how dry this land is we can't get enough water even the water irrigation canals are empty and. iraq's ministry of water resources says that levels in rivers like the tigris here in baghdad have dropped up to forty percent over the last twenty years they say that partly to blame our dams and reservoirs which are being built in turkey to the north and they're restricting the flow of water southwards but also in the last nine months iraq's only had about half the amount of rainfall it normally gets over the course of a year and that's making things even worse it's estimated iraq strategic water reservoirs contain eight billion cubic meters of water less th

weeks ago trump said we want to pull out of syria let's not forget that they are present in the euphrates the area in the north east of syria then all of a sudden they decide to stay and they say we will keep our military forces deployed there until we have found a political solution. on the other hand from somehow gave messages that were interpreted as a green light to the syrian regime and to russia to attack at length because what's at stake there is not only the fate of the of the of the civilian population but all. also what to do with the jihadist groups that are there for jihad is groups to which. turkey has in a way turkey has played a role there because the turkey is also responsible for the present and the growth of these jihad is groups in this area not only the syrian regime and not only the russians so this is quite a difficult it's starts it's tricky it just got to tricky and tricky and sure here thank you obviously have the us us. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world officials in the iraqi city of basra say one person has been kill

especially in the vast desert area east of the euphrates and west of the tigris. a continued u.s. presence is essential, and not only a token presence, but one that is active, and based on addressing the specific enablers that can allow early detection of a dangerous ensure james -- insurgents. what percentage is the youth? 25%? >> i have nothing the most recent figures. i would say it's pretty high. you can tell by where the i think it would mostly it's going through a phase of building a city and not focusing on the politics of the country at all. >> they are waiting for the money to come in. >> i think so. i think that's one of the things that has not come up so far, the rebuilding. a year ago, we were talking about fort isis and what should be done about it yet go i think we have to come back to this conversation now, and what are we doing now, because there's a lot going on with the reconstruction going very slow and it's not happening. >> and the reason it's not happening is the majority of the party that one in the election --won in the election is more inclined to put reco

barely enough water to escape iraq's burning daytime heat the tigris and the euphrates rivers were the main water supplies for these once lush rice fields. farmers like raman used to be able to grow up to eighty square metres of rice. that's only a little over one percent of the size of an average football pitch but it helped to keep his family alive now he produces barely a fraction of what if you grow before. now as i have said look how dry this land is we can't get enough water even the water irrigation canals are empty and. iraq's ministry of water resources says that levels in rivers like the tigris here in baghdad have dropped up to forty percent over the last twenty years they say that partly to blame our dams and reservoirs which are being built in turkey to the north and they're restricting the flow of water southwards but also in the last nine months iraq's only had about half the amount of rainfall it normally gets over the course of a year and that's making things even worse it's estimated iraq's strategic water reservoirs contain eight billion cubic meters of water less th

barely enough water to escape iraq's burning daytime heat the tigris and the euphrates rivers were the main water supplies for these once lush rice fields. farmers like raman used to be able to grow up to eighty square meters of rice that's only a little over one percent of the size of an average football pitch but it helped to keep his family alive now he produces barely a fraction of what if you grow before. now. look how dry this land is we can't get enough water even the water irrigation canals are empty and. iraq's ministry of water resources says that levels in rivers like the tigris here in baghdad have dropped up to forty percent over the last twenty years they say that partly to blame our dams and reservoirs which are being built in turkey to the north and they're restricting the flow of water southwards but also in the last nine months iraq's only had about half the amount of rainfall it normally gets over the course of a year and that's making things even worse it's estimated iraq's strategic water reservoirs contain eight billion cubic meters of water less than the minimum

to keep them there to prevent case back flood as the wymt looks at what we are doing west of the euphrates and wanting to go to idlib and believing raqqa open to security backslide where isis is looking to do things and worse, shia militias are moving in andrepopulating these neighborhoods with shiite loyalists . and we keep trading off enemies and allies for short-term strategic objectives that fit the narrative for transitional us security officials and the politicians and the presidents, unfortunately . >> real quick on turkey, i'll be very pessimistic on turkey. for a variety of reasons but one of the reasons is that when i held up this pipeline that goes through iran, you know where the next step is for the al qaeda guys on their way to and from the world? turkey. when you go through the bin laden pile is what you see from the report card on their external operations office in turkey which is where they thought was going to be a nice safe place for them to launch operations from, we in fact have tracked some of the senior al qaeda guys to turkey . then remember back in early 1981 when

there to prevent security back slide in syria and iraq, as they look at what we're doing west of the euphrates and wanting to go to idlib and leaving raqqah open to a security back slide where isis is still there looking to do things and shia militias are moving in and repopulating the neighborhoods with shia loyalists or proxies and we keep trading off enemies and allies for short-term strategic objectives that fit the narrative for transitional u.s.'s security officials and politicians and presidents. >> just quick on turkey, i'll be very pessimistic on turkey. for a variety of reasons, but one of the reasons is that, you know, when i held up this pipeline that goes through iran, you know where the next stop is for the al qaeda guys on their way to and from the world it's turkey. if you go through the bin laden files carefully, what you see is that some of the reports that bin laden was receiving was on their external operations office in turkey, which is where they thought would be a nice safe place for them to launch operations in the west and europe from and we, in fact, have tracked some

isis is on the run today and they're on the run in the euphrates and in northern africa. as we exude that military confidence and might, let us hope and pray they will never hit us on american soil again. >> sandra: chairman of the homeland security committee congressman mike mccaul is with us. if i could ask you with so many changes to our security here in the united states, so many changes that took place as a result of 9/11, mr. chairman, how are we better able to not only protect ourselves from an attack like this on america soil but how are we better to respond at this point than we were 17 years ago? >> i think it's important the american people know that we're far better prepared to prevent a terrorist attack. in fact, we stopped about 99% of the external operations since 9/11. the committee on homeland security was formed in response to the 9/11 attacks. the department of homeland security was put together in response to 9/11. we stopped basically bad people and bad things getting into this country whether it be at the united states border, which i think is so imp