incarceration for an eternity or be set free to go back to their old ways? so isis began as a terrorist insurgency and is well on its way. in fact, it has become a terrorist insurgency. you and your team are taking extraordinary risks there. please be safe. we appreciate you being on the ground for us. ben wedeman there live in syria right at the front lines. one of president trump s favorite fox news hosts under fire. what she said that has fox making a rare condemnation of one of its own. my experience with usaa
they remain firm in their belief in the idea of the caliphate and the idea of an islamic state. this despite everything they have been through. and this is one of the concerns that people are leaving here, still convinced that the state that failed them is how a viable entity. not only that, there is the problem of isis, which began as a terrorist insurgency simply going back to a terrorist insurgency and in a part of syria and areas controlled by the u.s.-backed syrian forces, we have seen a variety of hit and run attacks, suits car bombings that continue to wreak havoc in areas that, at least in theory, have been liberated from isis. ben wedeman, thanks so much. stay safe, ben. when we come back, the president is facing more backlash over his comments from
experienced fighters. so this is not going to be an easy battle in any sense. now we were at the area where the last group of civilians came out among them. there were russians and people from bosnia and families from indonesia. many telling us that they remain committed to the idea of a so-called islamic state and one of the problems here is that tens of thousands of people that once lived under isis are now in refugee camps and other parts of syria and iraq and authorities worry that those people that still believe in the islamic state could pose a long-term threat to this area. so isis, yes, is about to lose their last bit of territory, but isis as a terrorist insurgency is probably far from over.
one of the problems here is that tens of thousands of people who once lived under isis are now in refugee camps and other parts of syria and iraq. authorities worry that those people who still believe in the islamic state could pose a long term threat to this area. so, isis, yes, is about to lose their last bit of territory, but isis, as a terrorist insurgency is probably far from over. i m ben wedeman, eastern syria. thank you very much. still ahead, the president s former campaign chair believes he doesn t need to go to prison for the rest of his life. paul manafort s legal team is trying to persuade federal judges of that. that s a long step. under scrutiny for the way
delivering an ultimatum to european allies. telling them to take back more than 800 isis fighters captured by the u.s. in syria and put them on trial or else the u.s. will be forced to release them. trump also adding the u.s. is pulling out after 100% caliphate victory. his words. trump has said u.s. forces could be redeployed in syria if isis or another terror group regains strength. cnn s senior international correspondent ben wedemen is live for us in eastern syria. so, ben, is isis still very much a force in syria? is the caliphate 100% gone? reporter: no, it s not. in fact, the caliphate or rather isis as a terrorist insurgency is very much alive. yesterday morning at 10:00 local time very near to here there was an attack it s believed by an isis sleeper cell that left two soldiers with the u.s. backed