facilities that we hit tonight. back to the general marks. what military action is russia coordinated with syria. do they have active military personnel there now? they do. let me go to the map. what s important to realize this is what syria looks like today. in terms of control. this area right here that we see, that for the most part all of that was isis territory. over the course of the last year plus the united states the curds have really been able to reduce isis and essentially remove them from the battlefield. not entirely. there s been a tremendous effort to reduce the kal fate. this now is controlled by syrian forces. what russia has been able to do is assist with air power and advisers. assist with logistic support. distribution of capability. so this area that used to be
you. you have seen that we are about to wrap that up so what do we do in syria because what is the ultimate goal? where do we go? a few thoughts while the president was talk about pulling the troops out he was also talking about knocking isis off of the map there is a military mission that is working to defeat i.c.e. i every christmas and in 201515 through 2017 a map show the t isis territory. i was blown away to see how much amazing progress has been
tucker: ambassador john bolton, a frequent fixture on fox was at the white house yesterday for a personal meeting with the president of the united states. a lot of reports say he could be the next national security advisor. the following question is more relevant than ever. what does ambassador boltonn think is the greatest threat to america today? he joins us now. it feels like we re moving in slow motion towards a conflict with iran and russia in syria. do you think we are? i think that s one possibility. the iranians have clearly gained what they plan to do after the defeat of the isis territory. they were thinking of it when our strategists were not and we are now suffering the consequences with iran literally on israel s border flying drones into israeli airspace. i don t think that s the most dangerous aspect of the middle east, i still think it s iran s support for terrorism and its continued effort to get nuclear weapons.
to two years in jail for having sent her son money while he was in malaysia. natalie says her son was the victim of brainwashing and that she is now the victim of a witch-hunt, by a state that is powerless to pursue the jihadists themselves. in all, french authorities believe there are around 500 french citizens currently in isis territory who are either jihadists or the children of jihadists. men, women and children whose numbers have fallen as they have fallen victim to the war, put whose families are now facing prosecution in cases like natalie s. among those still in isis territory, sylvia s daughter and three small grandchildren, she says her family has been abandoned by french authorities, help lines provided by the government have proved useless and no one is prepared to help. cnn reached out to the french interior ministry but got no response. translator: i have more fear than hope, but i try to keep
men, women and children whose numbers have fallen as they have fallen victim to the war, put whose families are now facing prosecution in cases like natalie s. among those still in isis territory, sylvia s daughter and three small grandchildren, she says her family has been abandoned by french authorities, help lines provided by the government have proved useless and no one is prepared to help. cnn reached out to the french interior ministry but got no response. translator: i have more fear than hope, but i try to keep faith nonetheless. not helping them is sentencing them to death without a trial. it is true. and, yes, i d give money, i d give my life, yes, of course. it is the same for every mother. when we mothers think about it, we get panic attacks. so we push us away because it is unbearable. it is just unbearable. reporter: back in strasburg, natalie is waiting for the