seventeen in a conflict involving several countries lives homes and centuries old artifacts in iraq and syria were destroyed i still try to export violence and fear to africa europe and the us of the year ends with proclamations of victory over the group in both iraq and syria but as i saw really finished take it back to two thousand and fourteen that's when the group declared its so-called caliphate naming a buckle baghdadi as the leader of muslims everywhere eisel took control of about thirty percent of iraq during the next two years but it started losing ground at the end of two thousand and fifteen the first significant win for the iraqi army was romandie six months later the army retired from eisel an operation which lasted little more than a month the battle for mosul talked longer after nearly nine months of fighting the iraqi army with u.s. support regained the city in june since then the focus has been on getting rid of iso from smaller towns and villages around morsel and on december the ninth iraq's prime minister officially declared the country eisel free. isis caliphate was meant

syria which is stable now. relatively stable. it is the whole region. iraq is stable again. syria and iraq are coming back. is good for immigration because many people, many syrian people, will go back because syria is a rich country and the people of syria are hard—working. it is devastated at the moment, the infrastructure is devastated, but the point is that there will be those who want to return? there will be reconstruction in syria and iraq. this will attract a lot of capital, a lot of skilled people. it will attract a lot of immigrants. yemen, in egypt, in lebanon, it is very piecemeal. a chequered situation. we are talking about syria and iraq but yemen is important, there is a forgotten war there for the last three years and the west is not paying attention to the destruction of yemen. about! million people facing an epidemic of cholera and 17 million people in yemen facing starvation. britain stayed out because of the saudis. the saudis were bombing them. the saudis could not win this war for the last three years and the international community should intervene and put an end to this war. borisjoh

syria or outside. many people actually are hesitant to return but there is something that we should take into consideration that after the crackdown on daesh in syriaand iraq, there were a lot of workers who want to return . but they can't return because of the difficult security situation in syria. they are afraid to be killed by daesh or other militants too. we don't know yet whether they have, whether they want to return or not but there are some people who are in between neither fighters nor returning but the situation i think has not been addressed how to deal with those people who want to surrender themselves but they cannot do that . this is in debate, the subject. i don't know but there are manyeturning'swho return because they worked at. [inaudible] and they prefer to surrender themselves to the moroccan embassy in turkey and then they return to work. but there are some people who really are planning to do something. we don't know. we don't knowthe current rate of recidivism . after they leave the prison, so it's very difficult to answer. >> doctor cragin. >> i had a book about the country and i don't have it here so if you send me an email unhapp

with local partners on the ground in iraq and syria, we have largely done that. it is just last saturday, the prime minister announced that defeat of isis in iraq. it is long past time for us to turn our attention to the broader strategy and the national objectives in the region as our competitors are already doing in iran and russia. and courage under the leadership of donald trump. americans are beginning to reclaim worldwide leadership that has waned over the past years. in october the administration released and outlined detailing strategy to counter iranian influence. the president also declined to certify the sanctions relief as part of the iran nuclear deal. simply a lot of people do not realize that the president has to on a periodic basis, release to keep that alive and so we started the process now that i think it is the right decision. the president also is encouraged by recent activity taking place. by the way, some of this, with netanyahu that decision was made and i've never seen a happier guy. at the same time, of course, he was very encouraged by t

today, isis is on the ropes in syria and iraq, but significant challenges remain. isis networks in north africa, as you've already mentioned, senator, foreign terrorist fighters from the region who have traveled to the war zone and now seek to return home. al qaeda affiliates, like aqim. today i'm going to highlight several areas where the ct bureau and the rest of the state department have been working with our north african partners to address these and other problems. first, law enforcement and criminal justice. strong, stable, and responsive governments are an important bulwark against terrorism. that's why we help partner nations develop appropriate legal frameworks to effectively prosecute terrorist offenders. in particular, we strengthen our partners' ability to investigate, prosecute and adjudicate terrorism-related crimes. we also help them build crisis response teams that are capable of responding to terrorist attacks in realtime. second, border security. terrorists exploit long porous borders in remote and loosely governed parts of the continent. an impo

the sioux called islamic state of syria and iraq is a state no more for all intents and purposes says the russian defense ministry it is being destroyed as a fractured iraq still hot spots and isolated pockets with putin added but with the liberation of the west bank of the euphrates river isis has done seven hundred and ninety days off to russia got involved in september two thousand and fifteen when isis was arguably at its peak fitness the settlers. when the russian operation began isis held more territory in syria than any other faction two years in a few months on the caliph it has been reduced to clubs to villages and i don't have it to desert wasn't the russian air force saloon that did this the u.s. led coalition also played a huge pot we've been covering the syrian civil war in depth before isis even had its name before jihad ists hijacked the rebels cause he had some of the more memorable moments filmed by my colleagues and i. are. this is the ad big enough akio from which russian jets. against this comic state targets here in syria. there it's. the pilots are ready to go at

led and international coalition to defeat isis, and with our local partners on the ground in iraq and syria we've largely done that. just last saturday prime minister abadi announced the defeat of isis in iraq. so it is long past time for us to turn our attention to the broader strategy and the national objectives in that region as our competitors have -- are already doing, that's iran and russia. i'm very encouraged that under the leadership of president trump america is beginning to reclaim some of its worldwide leadership that has waned over the past eight years. in october the administration released an outline detailing its strategy to counter iranian aligned influence. the president also declined to certify the sanctions relief as a part of the iran nuclear deal. it was something a lot of people didn't realize that the president has to on a periodic basis release to keep those -- keep that alive, and so we've started the process now that -- and i think it was the right decision. the president also was encouraged by the -- the recent activity that's taken place -- by the way, some of u

iraq was 5,000. you already have more than that even at lowest numbers from north africa to syria and iraq. so i don't think they are low. i do think it's an oversimplification to say they are not going to take territory. i think that's actually true. going back to the ideologues we say nobody reads except terrorists and analysts these days. there is an element of they don't have to take an entire country, they just have to control some territory. this the concern for libya. okay. maybe they won't be up north but down south in libya. if they can control a little bit of territory in libya, is that sufficient in the border region areas. i think the sinai is similar. if they control a little territory in the sinai and can threaten cairo, which is basically what they are doing now, is that sufficient? i think it's not as big as what they did in mosul and in raqqa, but i think is it sufficient -- is it a concern? yes. is it sufficient for us for them to hold territory and not to rebuild? absolutely. that's how it ends. >> does that islamic state, then, resemble iraq and syria, an adoption of tac

designed by to target military personnel and armored vehicles that have been used during conflicts in syria iraq and yemen have a cluster bombs have been banned by one hundred eight countries due to the high rate of civilian deaths let's take a closer look at why they're so controversial and what it cost the bomb goes off the bombers have dispersed over an area as large as a football field around twenty percent of those explosives failed to detonate and remain on the ground years after a conflict is over they can still be triggered accidentally often by children political analyst paul can we can martin told us the u.s. has no legitimate reason to continue using such weapons. i don't see millet legitimacy as far as in the moral sense i'm sure they're legitimate in the pentagon's eyes as far as if you were a war maker or a war profiteer but the in the eyes of most of the community the world community that is there is certainly not legitimate. they are a very good at. spreading a bomb would surround killing people on the ground attacking targets but unfortunately they also have the side effect of k

target for the night is is to be close to the border between syria iraq and. turkey and of the same time to observe what's will be going between the axis between. baghdad and the hun which is. very concerned for united says itself and for israel as a symptom so we are informed of this picture but i think that if united states will not withdraw all peacefully maybe we will be informed of other options sure but russia trying to push united states to withdraw peacefully from syria ok talked about some of the dollars thanks so much for joining us great to talk to get your insight today on that breaking news from syria thanks again. thank you. well it's a busy day to vladimir person after syria he flew to cairo where the russian president is meeting his egyptian counterpart in a bit trying to explain the importance and the timing of this space. president c.c. who is welcoming mr putin at the airport and also here at the presidential palace has many issues to sort out with the russian leader including joint nuclear power plant project and reopening direct flights bu

people breed with the aid at the same table as me and they want to shoot me bisons defeat in syria and iraq will most likely to hide its foreign fighters back home for many of them as we've just learned home means here a sleepy village in an area in the heart of europe dream isn't has already taken root in charlotte d.p.t. r.t. bosnia and herzegovina. two police officers in the u.s. city of cincinnati are accused of using excessive force after tasering suspects during a domestic dispute inquiry body comforters of the incident that happened earlier this year is only just surface to warning what's coming up next we may find upsetting. ok ok let me. go. well the officers confronted two men in south korea who tasering them without prior indication they were under arrest one of the men suffered from a collapsed lung as a result of the confrontation a complaint was filed with the country county's prosecutors prevented the offices from being interviewed since the year two thousand over one thousand people have died in the us after being stunned with tasers by police nine out of ten or also on arme

dangerous german army operations german troops are involved in missions in mali in the mediterranean syria iraq and afghanistan the continuation of all five operations was approved with a large majority that was and we want our soldiers to have legal certainty in their respective dangerous region we also want our partners and allies to know that germany is reliable and committed to its responsibilities with germany still struggling to form a government the mandate was only extended by three months to allow a new coalition room for maneuver one reason for the far left party the link it to vote against the foreign army operations. what will happen if we still don't have a government in three months time extend the mission is for a further three months that would be absurd and it's not fair to the soldiers we're sending on these missions. and that chicken the far right if he supports only the mediterranean sea operations which focus on preventing people trafficking and weapons smuggling but they want the german army to take on further tasks in the region he'd. like all of the german army or the li

armed forces isis , is on the run, their capitol has fallen and caliphate has crumbled across syria and iraq. [applause] vice-president pence: but what brings us here today is that president trump also knows that american strength starts with a growing american economy. and from the first day of this administration, this president championed free and fair trade, he rolled back federal red tape at record levels, we unleashed american energy. and today, mr. president you , fulfilled the promise to millions of americans struggling in this economy, to cut taxes across the board for working families and businesses large and small. in august of this year the , president laid out his vision for a tax cut that would be a middle-class miracle and that's exactly what the congress passed today. [applause] vice-president pence: this tax code will put more money in the pockets of the american people and make our tax code more easy -- more simple, fair, easy to understand, it will make businesses across america more competitive to create , good-paying jobs and raise wages for hard-working americans. i ser

iraq. wonderful partners in syria that work with kurds in syria have been one of the education points with others with turkey as an ally. what do you think of long-term policy of the united states should be in both iraq and syria. >> in the first instance, as we agreed, the referendum has had negative effects, we should focus our efforts on reconciling mobile and baghdad. we are friends with massoud, he is an outstanding leader in kurdistan. now the kurds need to find ways to return to the level of cooperation they enjoyed in the lead up to the mosul campaign. i am frankly more troubled by the situation in northeastern syria though it was necessary to carry out military cooperation we have. we need to take seriously the turks concerns about the rise of the why pg and need to make sure our military presence there does not create a political monopoly or political organization that is hostile to us values and ideology. our concern, my concern about the referendum in iraq was it was not well prepared, the iranians do have a role and wasn't coordinated with the turks or baghdad. that is the less

there are 6,000 to 10,000 isis fighters in iraq and syria, the euphrates valley. i think people would be surprised how wide a swath is still controlled by isis. they have moved into africa, the sinai. at the end of the day, even though the caliphate is gone, their ideology is still very real. that being said, though, i think 2017 was a good year in the fight against isis. and i think the administration, the u.s. military has a lot to be proud of for what they have pushed. >> and a reminder as we approach new year's, tens of thousands of americans deployed not just on the ships always at watch but on the ground in places like syria, iraq, afghanistan, in harm's way. we often don't write about them. they do their 11 or 13 months and come home. >> yeah. we found out in 2017 how many are in afghanistan despite we have been told it was somewhere around 8,000 or 9,000. it is closer to 15,000. they have always used funny math how many people are on the ground and because the trump administration has added several thousand more. >> francesca, on the disaster stories, whic

but yet the united states, despite isis in syria and iraq still has 2,000 troops in syria. i think there is a move there to try to continue that move against iran and i think this is part of that move, this is part of the bigger picture of that move. >> we appreciate your perspective, thanks so much. thank you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead here on newsroom, we'll tell you why there are high spirits on the streets of baghdad after a three year long battle against isis. >>> plus, evacuees are returning to devastated neighborhoods. we're talking about california. firefighters work to control several fires continuing to tear through the state. coming up here on "cnn newsroom." my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done.

women and now they say that with the feet of so-called islamic state in syria and iraq europe security could be as fragile as never before. after the fall of islamic state in syria and iraq more tales of horror are emerging of life under the terrorists' rules kurdish minority families in iraq suffered capture death or in slave mint our senior correspondent has been speaking with some of the families who managed to survive the ordeal we'll show you the full interviews on thursday. we were captured we spent two months in iraq then we were taken to syria they made me a slave were put to work and held where the troops were were given a one hour day to rest and then to run away the court me and looks me in the toilet for three days without food or water or try to escape again and again but each time i was caught beaten and severely tortured the shot my friends were back then for mercy on our knees they were hit by mr reich and i was concur sed by has to hers i can talk all on. your monologue i was pregnant but i was sore terrified that i lost my child my husband and family were captured i w

true in iraq, partnering with the iraqi government and true in syria. built up the syrian democratic forces. where trump changed things ever so slightly, more aggressive in terms of new authorities for both somalia and yemen and in general de moved power down in ranks to make decisions. countries not just iraq and, iraq, syria and afghanistan but countries like yemen where that first botched raid was of president trump. niger, somalia. a bigger more disbursed geographic area fighting not just isis but other extremist groups. that really been the change here at the pentagon. they're now bracing for what comes next. >> and they say they want to have a big diplomatic push in syria. >> secretary mootiattis expectio send more americans. not necessarily troops but diplomats and the contractors to protect them. >> how much does geography matter to isis? they had designed on territory from the beginning. talked about a new caliphate. successful at getting money, taxing people in syria, iraq and other countries. we've seen that geography reduced in size. how do

after years of conflict this is a landmark announcement isn't it is the islamic state of syria and iraq the so-called islamic state is a state no longer by for all intents and purposes as a as a state as a caliphate it has been it has been destroyed and as a fighting faction is a serious contender in the syrian civil war there are still hot spots and the odd the isolated pockets of blood to me a putin added but with the liberation of the west bank of the euphrates river in the majority the populated part of their sort of province which is isis heartland their last remaining bastion isis is darden and seven hundred ninety nine days after russia got involved in september two thousand and fifteen when isis was arguably at its zenith. when the russian operation began and isis held more territory in syria than any other faction he seemed the times they seemed unstoppable two years in a few months song the caliphate has been reduced to a comp and villages and uninhabited dess it wasn't russia's air force alone that did this of course the u.s. led coalition its allies on the ground played a hu

s in iraq since fleeing from. into syria we couldn't believe that in the twenty first century or of this time that something could have been a big a big area could be attacked by isis and thousands of people how it could be that they would be kidnapped and we made some pictures in the beginning and later we stopped covering and there started to help the people. why us is genocide of the cities numbers among the worst of its many atrocities. keil would just much of it firsthand they were talking about the first massacre suffices there in the beginning of august how how did they attack them how did they started to cut the head off the old women to cut the head off the kids tearing the kids into two pieces here and kidnapping the young women to later use them as a sex slaves. i blame all the world because let them and easy target for this kind of wall of self on stars the video journalist reported on the war for two years and then fell victim to it himself a suitor killed was abducted near this intersection it's a painful memor

europe including women and now they say that with their defeat of so-called islamic state in syria and iraq europe's security could be as fragile as never before. the fall of islamic states in syria and iraq more tales of horror are emerging of life under the terrorists rule kurdish minority families in iraq known as you z.d. suffered capture or death or enslavement our senior correspondent what i've been speaking with some of the families who managed to survive the ordeal we'll show you the full interviews on thursday in the meantime though here's some of what's to come. and we were captured we spent two months in iraq then we were taken to syria they made me a slave we were put to work and held where the troops were we were given one hour a day to rest then i ran away they caught me in locked me in a toilet for three days without food or water i tried to escape again and again but each time i was caught beaten and severely tortured they shot my friends we begged them for mercy on our knees then we were hit by an airstrike and i was concussed my head still hurts i can't talk for a long. mo

women and now they say that with their feet of so-called islamic state in syria and iraq europe's security could be as fragile as never before. after the fall of islamic state in syria and iraq more tales of horror are emerging of life under the terrorists rule kurdish minority families in iraq known as using the suffered capture death or enslavement senior correspondent what does the earth has been speaking with some of the file bodies who managed to survive the ordeal we'll show you the full interviews on thursday in the meantime though here's a preview of what's to come. and we were captured we spent two months in iraq then we were taken to syria they made me a slave we were put to work and held where the troops were we were given one hour a day to rest then i ran away they caught me in locked me in a toilet for three days without food or water i tried to escape again and again but each time i was caught beaten and severely tortured they shot my friends we begged them for mercy on our knees then we were hit by an airstrike and i was concussed my head still hurts i can't talk for long. m

deisel the very same coalition that has been conducting as strikes against terrorists both in syria and iraq now of course russia has yet to hear back from washington the on this the us president has praised the fact that quote i still has been knocked out of syria and knocked out of iraq pentagon would like to minimize the russians. they were they have been complaining about it long and i think the us always has trouble leaving theaters of war the us would probably stay around in syria. with the help of the kurds of course and so . they don't want to give the that territory back to assad there's probably no military reason for them to be there any more i don't think that will hold territory because i don't think the great powers of the are in the regional powers that will let them do that but after their brutal rule that they have territory that they had occupied. british soldiers could be facing war crime charges over allegations of abuses in iraq that story and more after the. corporations are living. on people. representation worse my representation of them is on stop unless i get a good

families in syria and iraq are attempting to rebuild their lives following the fall of islamic state the kurdish speaking at your city minority in northern iraq has been among the worst hit thousands of people were killed and thousands more were kidnapped and enslaved by the terrorists only around half of them have escaped or have been returned and those that did come back were at the mercy of people smugglers that charge vast amounts on other families paid ransoms. later i still terrorists who increasingly relied on that income as other sources of funding collapsed r.t. senior correspondent mark gauthier spoke with a woman held hostage by the militants and a mother forced to buy back her daughter from islamic state. it takes either great bravery or great desperation to act in the chaos of battle when the jet scheme isis salmiya acted in years could a man appear that they had locked the door but i broke the window and got out that way i run for a day and a night job if you live where did you run from. there is order a local family who are not with i still took me in they hid me they

now to leeds england in syria and iraq islamic state terrorist seem to be ramping up their activities in afghanistan the group now says it was behind a multiple suicide blast in the afghan capital kabul this thursday which killed at least forty one people and injured eighty four local journalist a muslim shows such reports the toll is rising from. forty two forty one deaths on also eighty four injured and recent attack into doubt i can call moments ago the president get his spokesperson and the ministry of well the spokespersons hailed a press conference and told about the rising of the tolls and the credit situation of some people in this attack this is that is coming after the deadly attack on the shia mosque two to shown the new phase of attacks on kabul against a shia minority is going to increase the reason attacks or so-called islamic a city or die as this has a history off in the last year this specially when we see these kind of attacks which was some on in the north of the kabul in twenty six off our oktober adapted to any of august before dad was to did the attacks on the sh

they are essentially knocked out of syria, iraq. that is the good news. the bad news, they go all over the place. we don't want them in our country. we don't want them coming to our country. we don't want them going into our country so we are watching that closely. i would like to wish everyone a really great season, a merry christmas, happy new year. i will tell you that we have a big enough that coming up at 1:00. perhaps a couple of you will be there but it is a big announcement. it is concerning israel and the palestinians and the middle east and i think it is long overdue. many presidents have said they want to do something that they did not do. whether they change their mind, i cannot tell you. a lot of people said we have to do something and they did not do it. we will be talking about that something at 1:00 and i look forward to seeing you then. thank you very much. thank you. it could happen. the democrats are really looking at something that is very dangerous for our country. they are looking at shutting down. they want to have illegal immigrant

iraq survived, united and victorious. just over three years ago, and at its peak, is seized large swathes of syria and iraq. million people. but now it has been suffering a series of defeats, losing mosul in the light, and its de facto capital in syria, racket, last month. —— injuly. i can't and my family, this man said. where are they? they are gone. the united states has hailed the end of what it called the vile occupation of iraq, while the british defence secretary can the iraqi security forces, but warned the fight was not over, as the islamic state could still inspire and plan attacks from across the syrian border. british defence secretary congratulated. —— british defence secretary congratulated. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. police in sweden have responded to reports of an apparent attack on a synagogue in the city of gothenberg. the exact sequence of events is not clear. there are reports that several masked individuals were involved. burning objects were reportedly thrown towards the building. the incident is said to be under investigation. opposition parties in h

that we are also definitely expecting them to discuss the battle against islamic state in both syria and iraq on wednesday as we just heard the russian defense ministry and now it's the defeat of isis in syria they've now offered their assistance to the united states in an attempt to do exactly the same thing in the west of iraq we're still yet to hear back from the u.s. all mouth off or we may well here's something from the meeting between mr tillotson mr lavrov which is expected a few hours from now. ok and when you pick up on anything we'll be right back with you peter for now though peter out of indiana thanks for that. you're with our british soldiers could be facing war crime charges over allegations of abuses in iraq a small story softer the break. what politicians to do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or somehow want to it's. going to be for us this is what will befall us three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the water in the. first six. so that. the coalition that it has been has been basic