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city the islamic state abandons rocca leaving the story in the hands of international journalists lebanon has more refugees per capita than any other country and the media coverage of them can smack of sensationalism and zina phobia in spain madrid moves against the biggest player on the catalonian airwaves t.v. three and chinese media and a young american all singing from the same song sheet. we begin with the fall of rock of the syrian city captured by islamic state forces more than three years ago rocco was the capital of what i still called its caliph it as such it was the dateline behind some of the most brutal imagery of the syrian war square at the heart of the city was the site of summary executions and beheadings that the group then fed to the world in the form of propaganda when the syrian democratic forces finally rolled into that square a week and a half ago many of the western journalists traveling with them told a story of triumph liberation however the contours of this story are shaped by the interests of the countries involved the taking of rockabye us back. kurdish led tr

hezbollah has not limited its areas outside of lebanon. it has repeatedly turned its weapon on the people of lebanon -- i will take a quick moment to highlight a few of the most egregious act. detonating a bomb outside a bank in beirut. killing the head of lebanon's intelligent security forces branch. taking over parts of beirut, killing at least 84 lebanese citizens and wounding another 199 after the government attempted to conduct greater oversight into the organizations infrastructure. it is fascinated former prime minister in a massive car bombing in downtown beirut. former primeed minister in a massive car bombing. it has made significant indigenouso produce weapons production facilities broadening the threat to the eastern mediterranean and regions. it is in violation of un security council lucian resolutions -- council resolutions. by hezbollah has perpetuated violence across the middle east in places like iraq and yemen when they provide weapons packets and weapons to the militia groups. they have also sent thousands of fighters to

in lebanon. and it's now complete with missile production facilities that are intended to strike at israel's civilian centers. i do want to thank the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. gallagher, for his leadership. because he's helped bring this critical attention to -- to us today. but in the process, as we talk about hezbollah, they've placed israeli and lebanese civilians directly in the path of the conflict. if you go to that border, as i have done, you can see command post after command post, not manned by the lebanese armed forces. those flags you see are not lebanese flags. they are hezbollah battle flags. and they man those posts, surrounded by anti-tank and infantry positions. surrounded by underground tunnels and rocket launchers and arms depots. in short, countless lebanese villagers are -- villages are in effect military bases. the ones right along that border. financed and equipped by iran. no one has the right to sacrifice the lives of innocent women and children and certainly not those

from lebanon to israel and the answer from years was to lebanon to shura or to the other people were thirty years really a radio so it's when some kind of code words or songs for example even songs of of the hell even half as it was a some kind of fair affair sign to the other people yes we got your message. some of them were given most code machines at the beginning very very simple using very simple code and later on with burst transmitters that. narrowed down the time needed for the actual transmission of the message surely gradually enlarged her spy and support network arabs rejected the idea of jewish immigration into palestine and after the second world war the british continued to restrict entry. and played a key role in alya that the secret smuggling of jews through lebanon into palestine i remember the day i accompanied syrian jewish families across the border i was seven months pregnant and had to do the journey with them on foot i walked for hours when i met the agents they were surprised to see my big belly and didn't hide their admiration for. a. good muslim is not going

across lebanon the syrian refugee sentiment is now plastered on posters and billboards like these put up in recent weeks by a political party demanding they go home earlier this month president michel own also said it was time the world help syrians to return back to their country if you continue doing this not at that if you continue to exist today then mobilize your community again and it is your day that the you know the impact of the scene as i created this for you. and in the next four months until the elections comes this is really something lebanon has a long and complex relationship with refugees as well as almost one and a half million syrians there are also more than four hundred fifty thousand palestinians many descended from those who fled after the creation of israel. years ago together the communities make up almost a quarter of lebanon's population of six million which is why some politicians say they want the syrians to leave mourning lebanon its own history of sectarian divisions will only worsen if they remain. in al-jazeera beirut let's make. a middle east researche

and to reach them in syria which reconnect me personally to or to syria or to lebanon and to see how much it could be a little very strange different between how people the soul is there or here or express their pain or their dignity or whatever and we are part of that through all our platform which was made specially to have confidential counseling online which is so minor dot com and we do that through organizations. that give their awareness and what we do to the people in the camp they got around and we have community mobilized with and from the point where the the client would come and just have an appointment and based on the cultural and male or female approach they would just to choose a counsellor and then on that. date they will have that appointment they will have the counsellor ready and have as many sessions at the that they need and have the support i would show you one story from twenty fourteen where a little girl had stopped speaking because of the trauma from being involved and being a civilian join the syrian war have a look at this because i want to talk to you gu

get on that lebanon and that to put it can play and this hopefully will. serve our interests tripoli port is nearing the completion of the first phase of an expansion project first drawn up in two thousand and nine then revised last year with an eye on syria's reconstruction regeneration of the port hasn't gone unnoticed by allies of the assad government including russia's and bassett or to lebanon via peeve is it or on a recent government organized tour the world bank estimates it will cost around two hundred billion dollars to rebuild syria for lebanon that could be just the economic stimulus that it needs for the past five years its economic growth rate has hovered at around one and a half percent and it's hoped that this port will lead the way and bring it goes numbers up the lebanese government estimate syria's construction boom will create a demand for thirty million tons of cargo capacity annually which has already led to around four hundred million dollars of capital investment in the port i thought the top of the market tripoli put is one of the m

get on that lebanon and that to put it can play and this hopefully will. serve our interests tripoli port is nearing the completion of the first phase of an expansion project first drawn up in two thousand and nine then revised last year with an eye on syria's reconstruction regeneration of the port hasn't gone unnoticed by allies of the assad government including russia's and bassett or to lebanon at b.h.p. visitor on a recent government organized tour the world bank estimates it will cost around two hundred billion dollars to rebuild syria from lebanon that could be just the economic stimulus that it needs for the past five years its economic growth rate has hovered at around one and a half percent and it's hoped that this port will lead the way and bring it goes numbers up the lebanese government estimate serious construction boom will create a demand for thirty million tons of cargo capacity annually which has already led to around four hundred million dollars of capital investment in the port i thought the top of the market tripoli put is one of the m

across lebanon the syrian refugee sentiment is now plastered on posters and billboards like these put up in recent weeks by a political party demanding they go home earlier this month president michel own also said it was time the world help syrians to return back to their country if you continue to do is this not if you continue to you know exhibit a and mobilize your community against seaton's and it's a good day that the you know the impact of the scene is and created this fear. and in the next four months until the elections comes this is really something lebanon has a long and complex relationship with refugees as well as almost one and a half million syrians there are also more than four hundred fifty thousand palestinians many descended from those who fled after the creation of israel. years ago together communities make up almost a quarter of lebanon's population of six million which is why some politicians say they want the syrians to leave morning lebanon's own history of sectarian divisions will only worsen if they remain. in al-jazeera be right. there and secretary general

to rubble in the conflict many countries are already preparing to cash in especially neighboring lebanon in test i have reports from the ports of tripoli in about. tripoli port has been running below capacity for years but operators aren't to supposing that will soon change the huge terminal is just twenty eight kilometers from the syrian border and the lebanese government is positioning itself as a major player in the reconstruction of syria when the giant task of rebuilding the country destroyed by war will begin is anyone's guess fighting continues in northern and eastern syria as well as in small areas around the capital damascus. but after a series of major victories president bashar al assad in the syrian government is looking increasingly likely to retain power over large areas of the country introducing an element of stability into economic forecasts not protected by economists since the war started six years ago then he called struction off so he die mention has been so much in the news lately this has given a lot of hype if you want to get on that lebanon and that to put it can

wooden buildings the tower which is visible far and wide was not at it till decades later by jaco lebanon's grandson it was larger than was customary and designed to take bigger bells the peal of which can be heard far across the water and the forests. the church is built on a cruciform plan with ons of equal length the lofty roof is covered with tarred shingles. wooden churches of this kind were often built in a lot of ways visible from a distance they also served as landmarks. the architectural styles practiced at various periods and most of europe tended to reach the north of the continent after a time lag thus the cruciform ground plan may well hark back to renaissance influence architectural drawings of stock churches were used as a basis for the changes local carpenter builders wanted to make in the spirit of their own traditions. timber has always been the most common building material in full lane timbers horizontally the method of construction borrowed from russia became the norm in northern ecclesiastical building. the foundations are quarried stone and on to them were laid only t

and if he did not in fact we had more money in lebanon because we got support from the un. but the italians are much nicer than the lebanese they treat us with respect there they yelled a lot and always reproached us when they gave us something you know. the idea of the humanitarian corridor is spreading france is planning to begin flying and refugees like the al j.d.s. and the polish bishops conference has also shown interest. sitting in an office from nine to five can be frustrating. but budget airlines the internet and other new technologies have given rise to a new phenomenon and digital nomads a growing number of young professionals are making the most of having potential clients for the planets these working globe truck just work where they want when they want. bali beach paradise and a welcome escape for people looking to relax rejuvenating and recover from the daily grind. others however become permanent residents many of them dream of them are again having to work at an office. countless digital nomads who have come to bali from around the world they work more or l

or rubble in the conflict many countries are already preparing to cash in especially neighboring lebanon and just time this report from the port city of tripoli. tripoli port has been running below capacity for years but operators aren't issa paving bout will soon change the huge terminal is just twenty eight kilometers from the syrian border and the lebanese government is positioning itself as a major player in the reconstruction of syria when the giant task of rebuilding the country destroyed by war will begin is anyone's guess fighting continues in northern and eastern syria as well as in small areas around the capital damascus. but after a series of major victories president bashar al assad and the syrian government is looking increasingly likely to retain power over large areas of the country introducing an element of stability into economic forecasts not projected by economists since the war started six years ago then the cost function of say yeah i mentioned has been so much in the news lately this has given a lot of hype if you want to get on that lebanon and that to put it can p

they want to use militias controlled by iran in the same way they have used hezbollah and lebanon said it does not just have a paramilitary aspect to it but it has a political aspect. in case of lebanon, literally has a veto-proof element in the parliament if they can keep that together. so that is my concern. >> yes. so the trapdoor is not opening up. i want to thank david petronius .- david petraeus >> thank you as well. [applause] >> so, next up we have an interview with senator tom kotten. -- tom cotton.ng in the interviewer's career she has reported from afghanistan, iraq, cutter, israel, and then tell them obey among other laces. i would like her to take over the stage. here we are. applause] >> good afternoon. i would like to thank the hudson institute for hosting such a timely discussion and for graciously including me and fox news channeling and for senator tom cotton kindly giving up some of his afternoon to be here with us. i would like to start, senator, by an overview. kind of setting the table. how do you see the qatar, muslim, brotherhood, that the lure of power playing

lebanon, syria question mark i ere,t want them in th period. iraq, turkey. >> maybe we should nominate you. so you are not very happy with the policy i take it? laughter] cards first of all, it would not criticize mattis or any of them. >> first of all, i do not criticize mattis or any of them. there may be a lot other way to say it but i don't think we a publicly said anything like that. i don't even think privately we have a consensus on the policy. we are kind of, we will know it when we see it and i hate to say it but isis, they have done a good job on the isis, wacko mole. but isis is just a manifestation , it is just one of the professionals of the foreign teams. so anyway, that is what i would do. [laughter] applause] >> well i think our audience has but you're in charge. ambassador? policy of the previous administration regarding syria brought about a nuclear agreement floating on a sea of syrian blood. -- we are limited -- we have a difficult challenge in the hand we have been dealt now. taught investor throughout the land bridge to th

the family originally came from syria but fled from there to lebanon where they lived for five years remembers what a shock it was to arrive in italy after travelling for thirty hours. when we got here my first thought was take me back eleven on i was so tired but then bit by bit i calmed down the people here treated us well the italians are good people and the welcome was warm. flashback they root the capital of lebanon syria's neighbor in the middle east about two and a half million people live here. the six person family is paying two hundred dollars a month to live in this windowless hole without any bath. it's in a palestinian neighborhood where they don't feel safe. rents are very high here everyone knows the palestinians take advantage of us even though they're refugees themselves. has found work as a baker but the children can't go to school they want to build a future in europe but not risk their lives crossing the mediterranean a lebanese initiative connects the muslim family with an ecumenical initiative run by the catholic community of santa g.t.o. and the federation of e

. >> of members of hezbollah which you know is shiite in lebanon. >> the most effect is groups. >> asa result of all of that. iran is getting closer every month to its greater strategic objectives across the region not only to have control over lebanon, but increasing control over iraq and over syria to project power elsewhere and disrupt sunni governments throughout the region. at the same time, the other side beside the arabian terrorism is the jihadist terrorism, most notably the islamic state and al qaeda, which are on the heels right now. as secretary panetta said earlier today, they are not going away in any way shape or form in the way we have to continue to combat them is both through military means and also through looking after the long-standing political challenges that aggravate in iraq and elsewhere, but also through what the panelists talking about the terrorism, the finances and ideology that's still in too many places contribute to the growth of these jihadist groups. >> you say that basis is not going away. do you see as the sunnis for example will be a new isis group

the violence against syrian refugees in lebanon has risen sharply in recent months so there have been several attacks on the growing number of politicians are demanding syrians return home and this report from they were. kicked beaten and thrown to the ground the syrian refugee pleads with his attackers to stop the assault was filmed and posted on social media by a group of lebanese men who can be heard on the video accusing their victim of joining protests organized by refugees against the mistreatment they face in lebanon and demanding that he prays the country i'm going to. have faced similar violence originally from aleppo and rocca they've been sheltering just outside of beirut with their families since shortly after the syrian uprising began more than six years ago last year both were beaten not far from where they live i do says after speaking out about the attack to local media they face repeated threats by the lebanese neighbors. we came here to save our children from death and illiteracy we came in to survive an expected to be treated with respect and live safely but it's be

a lot of little one over lebanon. we are scared to live here. we will move to bangladesh. even if we go out fishing with the attack. no humanitarian aid has arrived since fightingg broe out between rohingya insurgents and the army in august. the woman explains she has nothing else to eat except when on a chunk. there isn't a. i'm starting. we don't have medical care we have nonot even allowow sufficicient. ththe united nations ascendg that undersecretary general for political a fast about maturing you a very complicated dialogue. with authorities here. . the leaa fact so of the countrtry was on suuuu kyi. has already warned that the burmese know better than anyone else what is currently taking place. that in iraq communist states and the united nations would of course try to obtain a finally the right to bring the much needed humanitarian aid. to northern iraq kind and to the rohingya population. because it was so closese because it reporting that from ilhlham dima. say ty h have sent thohousas more peshmhmerga troops to e iraqii region of kirkuk that's amidst rising tensi

this is a model you see in the beautiful kun tr beautiful country of lebanon. it's a model you see in sear yachlt syria. 80% of those fighting are riding proxies. it is a model you see attempted to be applied in iraq and something you can see maybe trying to play out in yemen as well. they're trying to apply it there. so it's easy to say as i mentioned, hard to do. it takes a sophisticated sustained effort but it's a stable iraq that merges strong and not aligned with, of course it will have a relationship with its neighbor but not aligned with iran. >> what do you say to the allegation that the president gives a speech on friday and he's rolling out a comprehensive policy using all instruments of national power to undercut iranian influence to neutralize at gre the aggression on monday, and then on monday the force shows up in kirkuk? >> so what you have is a greater level of complexity now associated with the kurdish referendum and then the actions that follow the kurdish referendum. and so what we want to see in iraq, as i mentioned, is a strong iraq emerge.

there was hezbollah from lebanon representative in the meeting. and also an iranian presumably from the quds force. and the -- iran has made great progress in influencing iraq generally but there was a pocket where the kurds, particularly the kdp kurds, the barzani kurds who are more independent of iran, and they want to bring them to heel. and it's very important that in the aftermath of what the president has announced our new iran strategy the iranians are pushing forward, not being restrained, not being deterred but that they are being more aggressive. and it's very important that in my view that we look at these militia forces in iraq. some of them have acquired american weapons, and i don't know whether anybody from the congress are still here. it's very important that we demand that those american equipment such as abram tanks are not allowed to be kr0e8d or owned by the militia forces. they either need to be returned to the iraqi regular forces or we need to disable them. >> but they're also with the peshmerga, too right? >> well, the pesh

and then you run the influence in iraq and iran influencing syria and iran the influence in lebanon with . this will be a huge problem and we believe as i said before that this is something that needs to be the international community well it's interesting you say that because the view in moscow and let me know if you disagree with that is that the iranian influence is indeed growing there is no dear dispute about that but most believe that partially it is growing because of israel's own policies or the policies of israel's closest allies it all started to be with the invasion of iraq which allowed iran to gain a foothold there was a campaign in the israeli compound in lebanon the beach consecutively led to hizbollah gaining more influence and dot country down was syria and now there is yemen don't you think that at least in part the iranian influence that you are so concerned about is growing because all of the opportunities that were handed to it by israel or israel's allies no way i mean to accuse east for iran being a state that would not accept the right to fish oil to exist that su

and north africa holds a hearing on policy of north lebanon. testifying the secretary of state for near eastern affairs and the head of the middle east bureau. that hearing gets underway at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we will have it live here on c-span3, also at c-span.org, and listen with the free c-span radio app. coming up this weekend on c-span3, american history tv in primetime will look at the 60th anniversary of little rock central high school's desegation grags. that's 8:00:p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> tomorrow we are live in nashville tennessee for the next stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour. former governor phil bredson will be our guest on the bust for the washington journal starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern discussing the top public policy issues facing tennesseeans. and join us tomorrow for the entire washington journal starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> the senate health committee last week held a hearing on the federal response to the nation's opioid epidemic. witnesses include national institutes of health director franc

al-jazeera in lebanon eastern because. egypt has launched a major shakeup of its security services a week after sixteen police officers died in an attack in a province small hammett had ghazi is the new chief of staff of the armed forces replacing mahmoud ghazi the two men and not related to national security has also been sacked along with senior military generals. al-jazeera is demanding the release of his journalist muckler hussein who's not been in an egyptian prison for more than three hundred days he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny mahmood has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail. and cuba is denying any involvement in alleged sonic attacks that led to more than twenty u.s. embassy stuff being recalled from havana the u.s. has to stop were injured at their office and in their homes washington says savannah failed in its obligation to protect diplomats on its territory he was says there's no evidence the attacks actually took place mike hanna has more

al-jazeera in lebanon eastern because. two u.s. sailors who are going to drift to the pacific ocean for five months of enbrel to shore in japan the pats hawaii in may for tahiti but bad weather damaged the engines hundreds of distress calls went on heard until it was spotted by a taiwanese vessel thankfully that backs enough dry food as well as a water purifier. that broke just before they were found. just ahead here on the news a former world number one ends the tennis year on a high of far will have a lot of details for us in schools. again a project been launched in scotland with the hope of reintroducing animals like wolves and bass clock has travelled to the country's remote northern highlands. rugged and remote in the heart of the scottish highlands the alladin wilderness was it is stunning to behold but it's a view shaped by man it's fantastic i mean it's amazing but it's not what it's called and used to be called and used to be a great forest you know much of britain. that forest was slowly ripped out by centuries a ship bu

the port hasn't gone unnoticed by allies of the assad government including russia's ambassador to lebanon if you keep is it or on a recent government organized tour of the world bank estimates it will cost around two hundred billion dollars to rebuild syria for lebanon that could be just the economic stimulus that it needs for the past five years its economic growth rate has hovered at around one and a half percent and it's hoped that this port will lead the way and bring it goes numbers up the lebanese government estimate serious construction boom will create a demand for thirty million tons of cargo capacity annually which has already led to around four hundred million dollars of capital investment in the port i thought that was the market tripoli pullet is one of the most important ports in the mediterranean sea so this pole will attract a lot of workers from this area and it will also attract a lot of investors. tripoli is widely associated with poverty and the reports revival could bring in thousands of new jobs and millions in revenue to the area as well as stimulate overall economi

meanwhile, hezbollah in lebanon fighters in of syria. it is well positioning itself to intensify its original mission. israel.ruction of this terrorist organization is deadly rocket arsenal terror on the jewish state. the 2006 srael during hezbollah rocket campaign. capabilities then quite substantial, are for more concerning today. a powder keg. this makes it all the more we stop iran from from ting a land bridge iran to iraq, to syria, to lib non. would be an unacceptable strategic ankly a defeat. it is not justice real's line.ty on the i feel that if iran secures this transit route, it will mark the end of the u.s. effort to independent lebanon. ordan's security too would be imperilled. ly s threat grows infinite orse if iran develops nuclear capability. in this regard, iran's continued ursuit of intercontinental ballistic missiles funded by the it received when sanctions were lifted is telling. has run such an xpensive program without also seeking nuclear warheads to go on top. designed to s are hit us. may have nuclear deal constrai

showers do seem to have moved away from the eastern part of the mediterranean that means force in lebanon it is an awful lot drier now and that's the way it should stay as we head through the next few days for beirut we're looking at a top temperature on wednesday of around twenty six degrees the showers for the north where they're actually beginning to disappear even as we head through wednesday and thursday so even in turkey looks like it should be more or less draw i have a further towards the south and here in doha the winds will be picking up over the next few days the coming down from the northwest so that's a drawing direction bringing in some dry air and it will also be getting things a little bit cooler as well so not so hot we're looking at thirty eight there on thursday an even lower as we head into friday as we head down towards the southern parts of africa here there's been some very violent storms recently we've seen some tornadoes around joburg and now that system was largely moved away from joburg but it's still just clinging on to the southeast corner and durban's now see