one of them is twenty eight year old abdul rahman he fought for the free syrian army and survived several era offenses his foot was injured in an attack and has not since healed. i'm injured and i don't have anyone to care for me but my foot still hurts i'm not allowed to walk on it but i still do left and has undergone several operations on his foot and is deep in debt he says he's never really been able to integrate in the three years he's been in germany. there's no social life here there's no life here the people are like machines like machines that just work nonstop you can't understand them. to start the family on abdul rahman has decided to leave germany and go back home he already has his visa for iraq he'll go overland to syria from there he wants to leave when the month is he afraid of being caught or even killed. if you must tell but there's a saying that death comes no matter what might be afraid death comes to get you here to just more slowly. imagine life would be different in germany but like many syrians no matter what the circumstances the pull of home is just too great.

this is fabian my eldest son he should be in a prison of the free syrian army now. and this is my new realm my youngest son's. but you. know they both embraced islam they said it was their decision that it was the right faith both of them left a goodbye letter they both said thank you for being good parents. in opposition. so they were thankful and said we had been the best parents they asked us to trust that it just was their faith and their way which they had to follow. us at the foot. and. three weeks ago i received a call saying that my oldest son fabian ended up as a prisoner of the free syrian army. and. the coup was anonymous but it was very credible no one was asking for money it was simply information that three days before fabian had been taken prisoner together with twenty other people. who said look there are between seventy or eighty german young people women children men who are currently being held prisoner in syria from a legal point of view i think the german government has an obligation to bring these children back for two reasons one is that they

this is fabian my eldest son's he should be in a prison of the free syrian army now. and this is manual my youngest son's. they both embraced islam they said it was their decision and it was the right face both of them left a goodbye letter they both said thank you for being good parents. so they were thankful and said we had been the best parents they asked us to trust that it just was their faith and their way which they had to follow. and. three weeks ago i received a call saying that my older son fabian ended up as a prisoner of the free syrian army which i did. because it was anonymous and it was very credible no one was asking for money it was simply informational that three days before fabian had been taken prisoner together with twenty other people. there are between seventy or eighty german young women children men who are currently being held prisoner in syria from a legal point of view i think the german government has an obligation to bring these children back for two reasons one is that they are german citizens and the other is the state is partly respons

as yeah this is fabian my eldest son he should be in a prison of the free syrian army now. and this is my ul my youngest son's. but you. know. they both embraced islam they said it was their decision and it was the right faith. in opposition. to count. so they were thankful and said we had been the best parents they asked us to trust that it just was their faith and their way which they had to follow. or shut the fuck up. and. three weeks ago i received a call saying that my older son fabian ended up as a prisoner of the free syrian army no one was asking for money it was simply information that three days before fabian had been taken prisoner together with twenty other people. being certain of that and there are between seventy or eighty german young women children men who are currently being held prisoner in syria from a legal point of view i think the german government has an obligation to bring these children back for two reasons one is that they are german citizens and the other is the state is partly responsible for letting so many young people go to syria. the respon

parties different groups from the kurdish fighters on the ground through the turkish backed free syrian army to the russians internationally together with the americans or united to essentially defeat that group now whether that graphic or defeats in terms of the lack of existence of them controlling any ground will be translated into the actual defeat of the entity the organization of the movement of eyes obviously we'll wait and see but in terms of actual presence on the ground in syria or iraq it would appear that the islamic state no longer controls and the land whatsoever well let's stay with this a man can has more for us now on the rise and fall of eisel we this is what the end of eisel self declared caliphate looks like those who fled isis last on clay village in north eastern syria say it's not the end of the state in the way i saw intended rather it's just the last place well i saw members of any kind of coordinated resistance. a definite end may end the license doesn't want any families to leave we have tried one time and be very unsuccessful until yesterday the situation under si

parties different groups from the kurdish fighters on the ground through the turkish backed free syrian army to the russians internationally together with the americans or united to essentially defeat the group is agencies say they're running out of times haven't survivors and stop the spread of disease more than a week after a cycle hit southern africa more than seven hundred people have died in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi but that number is expected to rise the number of passengers killed in thursday's ferry disaster in northern iraq has risen to at least one hundred and seven people another one hundred are missing in mosul prime minister abdullah abdullah has asked parliament to sack the government of nineveh province plasters accuse the government leaders in baghdad a failing to monitor very safety democrats are demanding the immediate release of the long awaited middle of reports which has been delivered to the u.s. attorney general president donald trump has denies what he calls the witch hunts investigation and denies collusion with russia to get elected. a car bomb blast has targe

syrian defense forces the s.d.f. and the turkish back to free syria army. the taking the boos from ice all came just hours after the white house issued a statement announcing the total defeat of the group but even though it no longer controls the land analysts say it's premature to declare the end of the group itself. so what next for syria in other parts of the country where i saw has been overrun the vacuum has been filled by different fighting groups close to the turkish border for instance formerly i saw held territory is now under the control of the free syrian army a group that anchor approves of while in. kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating terrorism and that's helped us that survive the presence of i saw also discourage many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now that i saw no longer contr

syrian defense forces the s.d.f. and the turkish back to free syria army. the taking the bottles from ice all came just hours after the white house issued a statement announcing the total defeat of the group but even though it no longer controls land analysts say it's premature to clear the end of the group itself. so what next for syria in other parts of the country where i saw has been overrun the vacuum has been filled by different fighting groups close to the turkish border for instance formerly i saw held territory is now under the control of the free syrian army a group that anchor approves of while in member genoud the kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating terrorism and that's helped us that survive the presence of i saw also discourage many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now that i saw n

syrian defense forces the s.d.f. and the turkish back to free syria army. the taking the boos from ice all came just hours after the white house issued a statement announcing the total defeat of the group but even though it no longer controls the land analysts say it's premature to declare the end of the group itself. so what next for syria in other parts of the country where i saw has been overrun the vacuum has been filled by different fighting groups close to the turkish border for instance formally eisel held territory is now under the control of the free syrian army a group that's on corrupt proves of while im embittered now but was kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating terrorism and that's helped us that survive the presence of i saw also discourage many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now

syrian the. fence forces the s.d.f. and the turkish back to free syria army. the taking the booze from ice all came just hours after the white house issued a statement announcing the total defeat of the group but even though it no longer controls the land analysts say it's premature to declare the end of the group itself. so what next for syria in other parts of the country where i saw has been overrun the vacuum has been filled by different fighting groups close to the turkish border for instance formally i saw held territory is now under the control of the free syrian army a group that anchor approves of while in member genoud the kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating terrorism and that's helped us that survive the presence of i saw also discourage many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now that i s

the turkish border for instance formally eisel held territory is now under the control of the free syrian army a group that uncorrupt proves of while im embittered now but was kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating terrorism and that's helped south survive the presence of ice will also discourage many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now that i saw no longer controls any territory inside syria the question is will the international community refocus attention on the atrocities committed against the syrian people by the assad government and its allies. beirut. the weather is next then we get to christ church where the community continues to all of victims of the mosque shootings. chechnya is helping formalize the members reintegrate back into society. hello again it's good to have you back well here across the levant we are watching a

managed to get this close to the turkish border so they allowed both the kurdish peshmerga and free syrian army forces to use their territory to go in to provide it in conjunction with the wipe e.g. they were able to force i saw fighters on the outskirts of the town for many it's considered the beginning of the end feisal caliphate in just a few short years eisel lost its territory and by the end of two thousand and seventeen stopped referring to the caliphate in two thousand and nineteen the group still represents a major threat however by using supporters outside of iraq and syria the group has turned to social media to get its message across but platforms like facebook and twitter have closed thousands of isolated accounts the group now uses secure instant messaging apps things like telegram really have taken center stage so. if you're. self respecting jehadi you probably are on telegrams because that's where all groups whether it's isis or. yes that's where they all share. the majority the vast majority of their propaganda that's where the key conversations are happening it surprised many t

different forces these kurdish led groups who are now in control of sesame areas you have the free syrian army in there for the gates who are closely linked to turkey and control of certain areas and then you have obviously. militias control of areas and the russians and the syrians and essentially syria is divided up on the ground realistically by who is controlling what so last everybody holds those groups was against eisel each one of them is against the other right now and whether they want to be able to decide on how to move forward that's something that's going to determine whether there will be a continuation of the armed conflict which has crippled them all but destroyed that country over the past few years or whether we will start moving towards trying to find some sort of a solution because the narrative has been over the past couple of years at least that this is a for. it's against i saw people forgot that there was a syrian people who are rising up against the what they view this is the four year old regime and we're focusing on this fight against terrorism now that that's essenti

parties different groups from the kurdish fighters on the ground through the turkish backed free syrian army to the russians internationally together with the americans or united to essentially defeat that group now whether that's do graphical defeats in terms of the knock over existence of them controlling any ground will be translated into the actual defeats of the entity the organization of the movement of eyes obviously we'll wait and see but in terms of actual presence on the ground in syria or iraq it would appear that the islamic state no longer controls any land whatsoever. well ma is the director of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies and he joins me now one is this the actual end of ice well if you are talking about the territory of the state of ice we are seeing the end of of this of this state of the law for the state but if you are talking about ideology i think it's much more complicated that many would think. as we have that with causes which have led to the emergence of ice in the first place in syria and in iraq in two thousand and twelve and t

syrian defense forces the s.d.f. and the turkish back to free syria army. the taking the booze from ice all came just hours after the white house issued a statement announcing the total defeat of the group but even though it no longer controls land analysts say it's premature to clear the end of the group itself. so what next for syria in other parts of the country where i saw has been overrun the vacuum has been filled by different fighting groups close to the turkish border for instance formally i saw held territory is now under the control of the free syrian army a group that anchor approves of while him embittered now but was kurdish fighters have taken over since eisel rose to prominence in two thousand and fourteen the international community slowly stopped talking about the syrian revolution and the struggle for freedom and the narrative became one of defeating i saw in combating terrorism and that's helped us that survive the presence of i saw also discouraged many countries from supporting armed opposition groups in the syrian civil war now that i

managed to get this close to the turkish border so they allowed both the kurdish peshmerga and free syrian army forces to use their territory to go in to combine in conjunction with the wipe e.g. they were able to force i saw fighters on the outskirts of the town for many it's considered the beginning of the end feisal as caliphate in just a few short years eisel lost its territory and by the end of two thousand and seventeen stopped referring to the caliphate in two thousand and nineteen the group still represents a major threat however by using supporters outside of iraq and syria the group has turned to social media to get its message across but platforms like facebook and twitter have closed thousands of isolated accounts the group now uses secure instant messaging apps things like telegram really have taken center stage so. if your kind of self respecting jehadi you probably are on telegrams because that's where all groups whether it's isis or h.t.s. that's where they all share. the majority the vast majority of their propaganda that's where the key conversations are happening it's surpris

parties different groups from the kurdish fighters on the ground through the turkish park the free syrian army to the russians into mushroom together with the americans or you might two to essentially defeat the group aid agencies say they're running out of time to reach survivors and stop the spread of disease more than a week after a cycling hit southern africa more than seven hundred people have died in mozambique zimbabwe and malawi but that number is expected to rise the number of passengers killed in thursday's ferry disaster in northern iraq has risen to at least one hundred seventy people and of one hundred missing in mosul prime minister has asked parliament to sack the governor of nevada province protestors have accused government leaders in baghdad a failing to monitor a ferry safety democrats are demanding the immediate release of the long awaited law report which has been delivered to the u.s. attorney general president donald trump has denounced what he calls the witch hunt investigation and denies colluding with russia to get elected a car bomb blast has targeted government buil

managed to get this close to the turkish border so they allowed both the kurdish peshmerga and free syrian army forces to use their territory to go into kabul in conjunction with the wipe e.g. they were able to force i saw fighters on the outskirts of the town for many it's considered the beginning of the end feisal as caliphate in just a few short years eisel lost its territory and by the end of two thousand and seventeen stopped referring to the caliphate in two thousand and nineteen the group still represents a major threat or ever by using supporters outside of iraq and syria the group has turned to social media to get its message across that platforms like facebook and twitter have closed thousands of isolated accounts the group now uses secure instant messaging apps things like telegram really have taken center stage so if you're. self respecting gadding you probably are on telegrams because that's where all groups whether it's isis or h.t.s. that's where they all share. the majority the vast majority of their propaganda that's where the key conversations are happening it surprised many t

parties different groups from the kurdish fighters on the ground through the turkish backed free syrian army to the russians internationally together with the americans or united to essentially defeat the group now whether that do graphical defeats in terms of the lack of existence of them controlling any ground will be translated into the actual defeat of the entity the organization of the movement of eyes obviously we'll wait and see but in terms of actual presence on the ground in syria or iraq it would appear that the islamic state no longer controls a new land whatsoever joshua landis is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma he says it's the syrian kurds who stand to lose as the u.s. prepares for a military withdrawal. the turks clearly want the united states to leave everybody wants us to leave except for the kurds and of course the the. the non kurds the arabs in this northern region many of whom support the kurds now the question is will they go slow i think that everybody including syrian government and the turkish government will keep a lid on

managed to get this close to the turkish border so they allowed both the kurdish peshmerga and free syrian army forces to use their territory to go in to combine in conjunction with the wipe e.g. they were able to force i saw fighters on the outskirts of the town for many it's considered the beginning of the end feisal caliphate in just a few short years eisel lost its territory and by the end of two thousand and seven teams stopped referring to the caliphate in two thousand and nineteen the group still represents a major threat however by using supporters outside of iraq and syria the group has turned to social media to get its message across but platforms like facebook and twitter have closed thousands of isolated accounts the group now uses secure instant messaging apps things like telegram really have taken center stage so. if your kind of self respecting jehadi you probably are on telegrams because that's where all groups whether it's isis or al qaeda or h t s that's where they all share . the majority the vast majority of their propaganda that's where the key conversations are happening i

waiting waiting the syrian army because the syrian army and the syrian state has made the stable for this people the syrian people so that al qaida i say is not up front the syrian a free army everything so. many player in this in this zones on this. yes it is the syrian army and the syrian state so if. not today tomorrow after the more of the syrian army will go to the zone to recapture all these on and i confirm that the syrian people are awaiting the syrian army but today the u.s. army there how can the syrian army fight the u.s. army in the north east of syria ok this to the nitty gritty could ship and i think the u.s. the troops will not fight the syrian army for the for for only reason because this is this is not american syria american bottle i mean it is. this israeli bottle and as you know. america big ally to is right there visor to president assad but then the shotgun says that donald trump soldiers fire at syrian. positions that's true because they're united states is there. supporting the eighty and its allies and when we talk about that america not all we we have to see is that iran in syria then now days that are easily lost syria and it didn't anything

on the ground of a variety of groups including the kurdish led syrian defense forces the us the af and the turkish backed free syria army. taking the battle.