Appears that syrian president Bashar Alassad has been there for quite some time. Assad telling the bbc his government has received intel about strikes by the u. S. Led coalition. Here to discuss all that david asman, host of after the bell, jack hough, barrons senior editor. Rich lowery, senior politics editor of National Review and he is also a fox news contributor. Rich, let me start with you. Do we believe what assad is saying . What do you think . Wouldnt surprise me. Defacto Unspoken Alliance with him against isis. Our strategy in syria is basically nonexistence. We dont have a strategy in iraq. Were be making progress with kurds and shia militias allied with iran. This Defacto Alliance is one of the reasons we cant get the turks to have a military worth talking about to help us more. They hate assad. And they will not help us as long as were not working against assad. Melissa what a mess. I doubt very highly he is receiving detailed information about u. S. Strikes, this sort of t