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and then, of course, there's the united states that has a base at al-tanf, which is in the southern part of the country, basically where iraq, jordan and syria meet in at a border there. and then we have smaller bases that are in the kurdish area in the northeast. so there are all these different players including the united states that are taking a look at what is happening in syria. some of them like the united states, trying to stay out of the fighting, others are very much involved either through monetary means or through weapons transfers. and that's the kind of thing that we're seeing here omar, and that makes this a very difficult thing to analyze and a very difficult thing to watch because the things that we have come used to seeing, the things that we've taken for granted are now basically over after 50 plus years of ruled by both assad and his father colonel cedric leighton really appreciate the perspective. >> stay close will likely come back to you as we continue to follow this developing situation. i want to bring in former u.s. envoy to syria james jeffrey, who joins us now

this is part of the eastern syrian desert and it's fairly near the at-tanf u.s. base.and the basic idea is that the targets were isis areas that we had probably a meeting of isis leaders and they that had where we had the intelligence indicators that they were doing this. they also were looking at the possible melding of various isis groups to then take advantage of the situation in the rest of syria where the rebels were going and the types of weapons that we use, the weapons platforms included the a-10, the b-52 and the f-15 all of these highly capable aircraft, the types of weapons that they used would include joint direct attack munitions and various other bombs and missiles that could be used in a very precise way. >> another concern tonight colonel, is assad's weapons arsenal, which potentially contains chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands. we do have video that we'll show everyone of the aftermath of one of those alleged chemical attacks in 2013, and it shows just a horrific scene of victims, including children who had been gassed by their own governmen

base at al-tanf, right on the iraqi, jordanian and jordanian borders, but still within syria.hey're also present in this area. this is the area where the kurdish forces are located, and we have a presence throughout here. so those 2000 troops are basically designed to keep a lid on things, make sure that i.s.i.s. doesn't, i, you know, get out of hand in this particular area, but also to make sure that the rebel forces don't turn on u.s. forces or don't go up and attack our kurdish allies in this part of syria. >> keeping a lid on things in a situation like this, not an easy mission. colonel, i want to pivot to talk about ukraine because we're getting close to entering 2025, entering a new administration with president trump set to retake the white house. and we just saw russia launching a deadly barrage of missiles in kyiv. where do you see this war going as we approach an anniversary in late february? yeah. >> so this is going to be a very difficult time for the ukrainians because right, in this particular area, the town of pokrovsk, right at the basically the junction of the

should not be involved in any way well first of all, we do still have troops in southeast syria at al-tanfnd it's about 900 troops there, principally to to continue the counter isis operations to make sure that caliphate doesn't rise up. >> but secondly, to watch iran's movement through the region. so i think that's important. that will stay. but stepping back, you know, both he and president biden has said there's no role for u.s. troops. i agree i don't see that role right now to do that. donald trump was always consistent. if there's one thing that he did not want to get involved in war. so i think we should take him at his word on that. but that said, we do have a lot of interest in the region in syria i mentioned earlier, you know, what will what will this mean for russia and its foothold in the middle east? what about iran we, of course, have our nato ally, turkey and the north, and we have our partners, the kurds, who will be who will be the continued friction with the turks. we have arab partners, jordan and saudi arabia that border syria. there's a lot of u.s. interests here. it's

. >> they're based primarily at a place called al-tanf at the confluence of not only where syria is,iraq and jordan meet, where those borders come together. so the primary mission of those u.s. forces is to go after isis and there is also of course, there's some small uh, forward operating bases that are associated with the fight in kurdistan and the kurdish portion of syria. and those bases are very, very, uh localized, very small but all those 900 people are there for the anti-isis mission i that is one thing that neither the united states nor any new government that comes from comes out of syria would want to see resurface. they don't want isis to resurface. and that's the primary mission of the u.s. forces. there all right, colonel cedric leighton, thank you very much. >> we'll leave it there. let's turn it over now to cnn's betsy klein at the white house. and, betsy, tell us more about the tone you are hearing in reaction to these events. uh, is it one of cautious optimism more unease. what are you hearing well, amira, this has been a very fluid and fast moving situation. >> and

deterrent to iran actively supporting assad more widely within syria and at the absolutely critical at-tanf enclave at the confluence of the iraqi, jordanian and syrian borders. you know, we've got to worry about erdogan trying to extend turkish control over much of northern syria, that that would not be good for stability in the region. we don't know whether erdogan has spoken to trump about this or not, but but it's possible syria will simply fragment that assad will retreat to the alawite highlands north of of lebanon and that could become a mini state. the rebels could take damascus, the syrian defense forces, the kurdish forces could could be left in charge of northwest syria. this could contribute to the fragmentation of of iraq right next door. things are really very unstable and therefore american forces at at times in northeast syria in iraq needed to be provided with whatever protection is necessary given the the breakdown of order, whatever order, minimal order, there was in syria to begin with. yeah. >> and i do want to ask you a little more about that, because i'm curious. obvi

it has been replaced by tan if grants -- tanf grants. there are grants eligible for situations in which you have both parents at home. if you want to go to college, there are grants called pell grants available, but not available to people in which you have both the mother and father at home. this should concern us all and not difficult to come up with hypotheticals. another program which kind of discourages work, earned income tax credit program. which a family can get $5,000, 6,000 or if you are married to somebody with a normal income. we have to revisit this problem. these programs have changed america such that in 1965 before these programs kicked in, only about 5% of children born in america were born to a family without a mother and father at home. that number is now over 40%. other programs have become more popular. something i think we ought to remember that bothers me as much but what it's doing toll america. at the turn of the century we had about 17 million on what people called food stamps. that number is 42,000. we have ove