From the forest people first. This is. From berlin came caliphate crumbles in syria syrian rebel forces hoist their flag and bob who is after expelling the socalled Islamic State in the last scrap of territory still held in the country also coming out. Collusion or no collusion u. S. Special counsel Robert Muller completes his probe into possible russian
interference into the two thousand and sixteen president ial election hes reportedly not recommending any further charges. On michael to the show u. S. Backed syrian fighters are claiming victory over socalled Islamic State they say they have expelled the selfproclaimed caliphate from the last remaining territory controlled in syria rebels from the Syrian Democratic forces fought for weeks to retake the village of from. The final shred of the. Now just a torn up field littered with clothes twisted metal and bodies. On the small patch of land. Stayed made the last. Was over. After years of war in syria Democratic Forces celebrate their
to keep troops in syria if the u.s. pulls out their war on it is only a matter of time until the ice menace grows again. let s bring in ben to middle east analyst based in beirut lebanon welcome. this fight against has been going on for years how big a moment is this. i would say it s quite a big moment and reading the campaign in the end has achieved its goal and i think it will be a relief for all those who lived under isis rule and some of those who were affected by the fighting i mean figures have been asked recently about the international coalitions that tall among civilians things are significant and they were brought to think in many regards today is a very happy day. a little perspective here the caliph it is a limited this we know but i guess as a body has emerged from defeats in the past and there are reports it s already waging the level insurgency in other areas where it had been defeated so the