here, even though it s this particular early stages, this is a transnational phenomenon. this is not about just europe. this is really about transnational phenomenon that involve lone wolves. it involve small cells and of course it involves operations directed by isis and al qaeda. the fact is, this could be either a isis-directed or sae al qaeda directed operation or troubled souls. it tells me given the fact that spain has not really been prioritized by isis or al qaeda, this could be a small local cell that subscribes to the ideology of isis or al qaeda. if we know that this sort of vehicular murder is the m.o. of these, you know, terror groups, what needs to be done in these major pedestrian thoroughfares in places like las ramblas. fawaz, thank you so much. i just want to get now, we do have this eye-witness on the phone from barcelona who
local populations against isis? the question is the challenge, how do you reconstruct the areas after you defeat isis militarily in mosul, in raqqah in medellin, in other cities? so while you and i and all of us and even the president of the united states is focusing on defeating isis militarily, we have not really thought a great deal about the morning after, about the social and economic and political reconstruction. and i fear that if president trump keeps doing what he s doing in iraq and syria, i think i could easily see a situation whereby the so-called isis or the islamic state really tries to regroup in the next one or two or three years from now. well, that s a terrible thought but we want to continue our discussion with you and talk about how do you defeat the ideology? what does this mean for the bigger picture of the syrian conflict in the next hour. so we ll see you then. thank you, fawaz. coming up here a look at the history between the u.s. and
against iran and against isis, basically the united states will be able to change the dynamics of the region. this particular strategy is to be tested. the middle east is a mine field. most presidents you re talking about from president clinton to president brush to president barack obama, and now president donald trump will realize sooner rather than later that the middle east is very complex and a very difficult area to manage from washington. fawaz, thank you so much for your time today. thank you. we appreciate it. the son of the late libyan leader moammar gadhafi is free after six years in captivity. a militia has been holding him since 2011. statements said that gadhafi was released under a general amnesty law. the libyan parliament passed. he is still wanted by the international criminal courts for alleged crimes against
putin will most likely retaliate. he will choose time and space and most like ly he will retaliate against turkish interests inside syria. because turkey has vast interests inside syria. and in the days and weeks coming will show that putin will basically have his day. all excellent points, fawaz. thank you. we know erdogan asked to talk to putin. so much at stake. thank you so much, sir, from london. coming up next, donald trump releasing a brand new response to backlash after he mocked a reporter with a disability. how the republican front-runner is responding to his critics on this holiday full of love and family and kindness. we ll be right back. sure, tv has evolved over the years.
lebanon. there is no president in lebanon. deep divisions and polarization in fact, i m pleasantly surprised that the attacks have taken place now because we have been expecting attacks by militant groups. and the fact is that the security situation has been very strict. so regardless of how much security you can you have, you can always have suicide bombers. we re talking about almost three suicide bombers, not just one today. we already know that two suicide bombers basically have carried out the bombing and the third one was spoiled. but the reality is this is all-out war now between al nusra front, between the azzam brigade, between the so-called islamic state and isis and hezbollah and the shia community at large. fawaz, a lot of people don t understand the just how awful the situation in syria has made life and the various tentacles