All right, thanks everyone. Thank you to cf i asked for holding a timely and fascinating friend, bringing together so many vital perspectives from the region and from here in washington. Im very honored to moderate this panel with doctor ahmed driss whos the moderator for International Studies and mister arezki daoud who edits the african journal. We will be talking about government approaches to countering terrorism in the region. And the frame, the discussion im also interested in drawing out my fellow panelists on the sort of impact that all the considerations inherent in us strategy towards counterterrorism and its very complicated arena. Im interested in their perspective on what has worked, what hasnt. What needs to be taken into account. And as you all know, the us approach to antiterrorism in north africa involves effort in libya, obviously including the racks military action. And the other countries of zagreb we see a Security Assistance and cooperation approach aimed at build