and your thoughts this hour jamal wakim professor of history and international relations at lebanese university in beirut thank you. moving on the luxury swiss resort of davos is opening its doors to the annual world economic forum and with this year's focus on creating a shared future in a fractured world it's pulled in a record number of heads of government that includes time trump who is just the second u.s. president to attend the summit as jacqueline bouvier reports. the world economic forum is well underway here in the scenic town of davos nestled in the swiss alps and the guest list is chock full of political heavyweights such as may mccrone and to many surprise trump no one expected mr america first to even consider participating in a forum whose boast the globalist idea of creating a shared future in a fractured world and yet he's slotted to be the last speaker of the event and will most likely use that opportunity to soapbox about his own brand of economic nationalism and all the political elite continue to enjoy the conference and rub elbows the i.m.f. has warned that the current eco

the open market as well as now bring in professor of history and international relations at lebanese university in beirut jamal mccain mr mccain perhaps you can tell us just how dangerous are these homemade drones. well there are very dangerous especially that they could be manufactured at home by terrorists and they could be. terrorists could be found on technology that is available in the market for a very consumer so this is how serious it is especially that it could not be controlled by by states and by. agencies so i believe that this should raise concern about the capacities accumulated by the terrorists in syria and that could be used as we're out on the globe to be what we're seeing here is a new terror attack taken should we expect more sector attacks from now on. well i believe so because the terrorists the they have what is considered as a backward ideology however they enjoy. so to speak a to take in terms of weaponry in terms of music technology and modern tools of. internet. where the very creative and developing measures. weapons so that's why i believe this should raise concern

and turkey with professor of international relations at lebanese university in beirut high cohen get out a check he believes rex tillerson is undertaking damage control to appease america's nato ally is trying to limit the damage that was caused to the american relations with this new american movie establishing this border are to me under the pretext of protecting the border city and border with iraq and with thirty but i believe the main geopolitical objective here is for the united states to have to get out of me in eastern syria that could ensure the united states. foothold on syrian soil and prevent the syrian government from extending its control over the. north east part of syria so as regional tensions between the two key allies worsen artie's eager to stand off has been taking a closer look. the middle east has always proved a tough nut to crack for the united states hardly helping matters now though is lacking a unified game plan days ago the pentagon proudly announced it would create a so-called syrian border security force the coalition is working jointly with the syrian

freely available on the open market however professor of history and international relations at lebanese university in beirut to jamal wakim believes terrorists in syria are actually receiving support from certain foreign governments . we see the various states and governments misquoted the meeting and they are trying to use especially the west they are trying to use terrorist groups for geo political objectives but i believe that this could backfire on them and it could also base concerns about security in the west in general and in the united states these terrorist groups have a new joyed at one point the backing of certain western states. which made them. develop their techniques and that's why it is of big concern for every state every government to coordinate and cooperate with other governments to counter terrorism. a giant clothing giant has faced calls to boycott it after editor dies they black child modeling a hoodie with the words coolest monkey in the jungle it was a huge backlash i am eventually took down the image however that hasn't stopped the social media storm the brand's been labe

freely available on the open market of a professor of history and international relations at lebanese university in beirut jamal wakim believes terrorists in syria are receiving support from certain foreign governments. we see that. states and governments misquoted the meeting and they are trying to use especially the west out thank you is that those groups want geopolitical objectives but they believe that this could backfire on them and it could also base concerns about security in the west in general and in the united states these groups have a joy at one point the backing of certain western states. which made them. give an update of the techniques and that's why it is a big concern for every state every government to coordinate and cooperate with other governments to count the federalism refugees in europe are house them in jail activists say they're treated worse than prison as we've got more about story after this short break. what else truths seem wrong. i don't really see just don't call. me. yet to seep out just to come out. and indeed treat equals betrayal. when suddenly find themselve