State in iraq and the levant before falling out with al qaida leader Ayman Alzawahiri i so now the challenge is al qaida not only in syria and iraq but for the leadership of what it calls the global jihad this struggle but that he was once a prisoner and a u. S. Run jail in iraq he is believed to have been born near the iraqi city of samarra in 1971 and said to have a ph d. In islamic studies from an Iraqi University giving him religious credentials it isnt known what will back that he played in recruiting arab and foreign fighters or in orchestrating attacks abroad there have been questions about his grip on power and reports of dissent within the groups leadership but the man who declared himself caliph the would be successor of the prophet managed to elude death and capture for years and even though i still state in syria iraq crumbled under his rule the groups goals are not defined by borders or one man its appeal comes from harnessing the grievances of some new muslims in iraq syria and across the world senator. Well i still may not control much of iraq and syria anymore but it does still maintain a Covert Network of supporters counterterrorism officials briefed the Un Security Council in august and revealed that the group has affiliates stretching from afghanistan in south asia to nigeria in west africa which is considered to be its strongest affiliate with more than 4000 fighters of the 40000 foreign fighters who join deisel along with the families up to 30000 of them survived the u. S. Led campaign to topple the group about a soul does remain very rich with around 300000000. 00 at its disposal thats according to some estimates lets talk again to abraham fry what associate professor of conflict resolution of the Doha Institute for graduate studies hes in another one of our studios here in doha. Welcome back to the news hour what does this do to eyesore. This is going to affect i sold them as of ghana zation and the structure and the presence and that age an anthem of being set up as an organization. But we know what is going to happen actually you know those that leave these places in syria and in iraq are likely to regroup another out of places because we have not seen you know the changes happening through the affiliates that the members of the of the organization especially that age and that full of tension then many kayo think of places in yemen and libya and even in central asia where we could see you know d members are regrouping and. Their activities and as far as what actually happened with this raid is concerned back to back that he reportedly taking his own life in effect detonating a suicide vest thats what some reports are saying but we heard the News Conference from donald trump what 4 hours 5 hours ago now. He went to his death clearly knowing that there would be somebody anointed by him or not waiting to take over. Yeah i think this is something that he probably expected since he lived. The battle of wills all a while ago and i think his impact was also limited because again he was on the run no one knew where he was at some point actually a few months ago there was a report that he was killed in iraq but then now he is showing up in in syria so his has a structure of his control over the organization we can significantly so it wasnt about a budget that is being able to run the organization the way that he used to run it and then the bust so i think given these circumstances whats called much alyssa short of the shore a council which consists of 11 members of the leadership of the organization probably expected this and we saw this happening in the past the where there Shura Council acted on appointing a new leader once you know the lead that is killed. In an instance such set in similar circumstances so i think we could probably see something similar happening with a new appointment of leader is going to take place because i think this is mean though about that he is. The founder of the caliphate that but these before that he was. There were 23 other leaders before him so we could see this happening again what do you make of the kind of language that donald trump was using at the beginning of the News Conference he was talking about nasty puppies all these people about puppies he was talking about what losers they were and then when he was actually talking about the way the man died he was talking about how he was and how he died like a dog im thinking here about you know Donald George w. Bush in the office. Martha by 11 talking about a crusade and after that Mission Accomplished in a region where words matter where the new one sees matter where language can be so incendiary might that died like a dog come back to haunt the trumpet ministration. You are absolutely right and i think its very hard to make sense politically you know of what donald trump describes and talks you know in these circumstances these situations. He did not follow protocol of what for example compared to when obama announced the killing over some of the lead than the how he was a brief how he was you know handling they sure with you know much with a lot of sensitivity we saw something completely different here from donald trump though by the way one major reason behind this show that. Give us with that i was sort of going to go back that he was a driven by responding to his. Obama. Is that but also bomb killed osama bin ladin he had you know targeting or had been successful in killing a more important personality in isis which is not true for course because Osama Bin Laden remains you know the most will norton leader of al qaida you know compared to you know. So i think you know these words really matter in this region and then in metaphor for his followers for his for the members the emotions you know be hes a charismatic leader for his followers they follow him they care about him and this could be something that could really incentivize them for fear that action or to take revenge or retaliation in some way and so to photo to try to put things into perspective with what donald trump does and say is really difficult really matter. He was you know betraying the cords just a few days ago with leaving them withdrawing from syria and the day he was thanking them his me and live all in syria russia. Was thanking the russians as well you know so the ok something to be expected from him we appreciate your insight good to talk to you as ever thank you thank you well as he was taking questions from the reporters mr trump said he notified russia about the baghdadi raid we spoke to the russians tell them we told them were coming in. And they said thank you for telling us they were very good. You know they did not know why. We didnt tell them we think youre going to be very happy because you know again they hate isis as much as we do you know what isis has done to russia so no we did not tell they did not know the mission but they knew we were going over an area that they had. They had a lot of firepower but soon after that russias ministry of defense issued a statement this is what they said there were no airstrikes in the it libya area by u. S. Or Coalition Aircraft on saturday or in recent days the conflicting information about the u. S. Operation does raise questions and doubts about its validity especially its success we have no reliable information but the u. S. Military operation in it lip the targeted back. Lets talk now to mark some a cough skis a senior fellow at the Atlantic CouncilsEurasia Center and a former u. S. Department of defense official he joins us on skype from washington welcome back to the news out of the russians playing catch up here. Yeah i think so the russians obviously are doubting us claims they themselves claimed responsibility for back that hes demise several months ago so until there is evidence prevent presented i think there are records questioning the u. S. Role in course the u. S. Insertion of forces in an area where russia was close to could potentially undermine russias control. Ok when the us President Donald Trump says look everyone hates it so is he is effectively correct there when it comes to implementing policy occurs to me that maybe yes the russians do hate eisold but obliterating i so may not be the number one priority and its exactly right ice and yes i sold in syria has not been a russian ari from day one their priority is in bolstering the assad regime and assuring the assad regime survives the current Syrian Civil War and russian succeeded ensuring that their operations in syria have not been focused on targeting eisel they have a much wider objective politically so as a result we may have certain beliefs about eisel that we share with the Russian Federation but there are checkers are not the same of course this area that he was found in the russians could have easily and they are not easily could have found in themselves and so maybe their heart rate was not as focused as ours if we assume that it would have been an impossible for the americans to do this without getting the russians on board and informing them even if that informational that informing of them rather i should say happened quite close to the event why would the russians react by trying to blow up the trump kendall oh miss one and question is for the ditzy therefore trying to undermine what he was talking about for more than an hour inside the white house. You know i think the Russian Ministry of defense statement is is trying not necessarily to blow the reliability but to undermine the fact that russia crate any role in helping states this operation if the ministry of defense statement was clear in saying russia did not enable or support this operation and of course President Trump noted that they didnt ask the russians for systems there was no assistance provided they simply inform them and the russians that down again this is something that has let me have it many times before it is that u. S. Forces push and sell that the shared information in the gulf about these types of attacks and so i think this operation would have continued despite russian opposition and u. S. Forces were prepared for any contingency so again i think the russians dont want you know its too much credit for this operation thats why youre seeing a ministry of defense statement that youre responding to weve heard a lot in the past 4 hours mark about how yes you can kill the man you cant kill the ideology you cant get rid of the idea stretching from afghanistan to nigeria does the death of this man materially olten or change over the russians fact to this into how they do what theyve been doing in syria absolutely not russians have checked is in syria many of those objectives have been supported by the United States unilateral withdrawal from syria and the killing of baghdad i think will should not change one iota russias wire strategic objectives and pursuits if anything it likely accelerates potentially u. S. Withdrawal and this is what president hart was trying to cheat by by showcasing his debts and u. S. Mission in syria is over which again is what russia would like to achieve a full u. S. Withdrawal from syria monk so makowski there in washington thank you so much thanks ron. Well during that News Conference mr trump also took the opportunity to touch on the financial and military commitments the u. S. Has invested around the world he said theres no reason for us taxpayers to be burdened by endless wars in the middle east we dont want to keep soldiers between syria and turkey for the next 200 years theyve been fighting for hundreds of years were out but we are leaving soldiers to secure the oil the United States taxpayer is not going to pay for the next 50 years you see what guantanamo costs were not going to pay tens of billions of dollars because we were good enough to capture people that want to go back to germany france u. K. And other parts of europe well a little earlier we spoke with rena sharp shes a republican strategist and consultant she says the killing of baghdadi is an historic feat for the trumpet ministration. There are so many layers here john pak and i think thats clear to anyone that was watching this mornings press conference the President Trump never before have we seen an american president in modern history and particularly in my lifetime i will say be so hairy candid about the capture of a mad like bank ari and i think where we are with this moment is that debase the very people who have elected to this presidency and will realize i believe our feeling that there is something massive that happened this president is so successful with this tapster and. Killing so there is a feeling here i think a month republicans today they are breathing a sigh of relief they are feeling energized that this is what we want and we. Talked about for quite some time as you alluded to in the press conference but we got an outcome asked market trump what it may have been even bigger than Osama Bin Ladens capture and killing this well i think there are Many Americans even those who are in the ranks of congress who are confused about what are the geopolitical implications of this operation as you heard american journalist probably talk about or asked rather in this mornings press conference when did this operation come together how did it happen so quickly senator lindsey graham. Of South Carolina took to the White House Press room scudi on this morning and said this was something that donald trump did it months not years so though this is certainly a success for republicans i think in the coming days what we mean learn from Certain Senior trying to ministration officials. Middle in how you the president s actions leading up to the capture and killing of brands. Still to come for you here on the news hour a symbol of newfound National Unity why protesters in lebanon forming a human chain across the country. Another sunday confrontation in hong kong protesters rally against what they say is police brutality. And asias printing a tennis player is looking good at the end to be a tool final. Hello weve got some rain in the forecast for the middle east over the next couple days chiefly across northern parts of the region are seeing a few showers sliding across the levant israel jordan seeing wanted to shout shout pushing across the central southern parts of iraq into iran around 15 to 20 millimeters of rain in one of taste buds enough to cause some localized flooding showers stan the forecast as we go through monday baghdad 28 celsius the 14 there for tear rod to see want to see showers still there into jordan by rote getting up to around 25 degrees celsius as we go on 3 monday that west the weather will slide a little further east was out of the southeastern corner northeastern parts of syria could see some wet weather here itll make his way to northern parts of iraq baghdad gets up to around 30 celsius and temperatures picking up once again 30 celsius to aim kuwait city largely dry meanwhile across iraq and potential highs here in doha for around 34 celsius but we are keeping a close eye on a tropical side plane thats making its way very close to him on i suspect it will not make landfall but some very choppy waters here as we go through the next couple of days with some very brisk winds pushing across the region. 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Was killed during an overnight raid in syria the raid led by the u. S. Military took place in the province of italy but from says he was cornered in a tunnel where he blew himself up and quote died like a dog mr trump also thanked Kurdish Forces russia syria turkey and iraq for intelligence to prove helpful for the raid its called. A great night for the u. S. And the world. In other news voting is underway in argentinas president ial election where the incumbent conservative. Is almost certain to lose according to the opinion polls his leftist rival Alberto Fernandez has campaigned on my crease failure to do with growing poverty and high inflation to reason joins us live from buenos aires to research how is it shaping up there today. Well voting has been ongoing for a while we already know that around 50 percent of registered voters have already cast their ballots were here you know very high and neighborhood and went to site of people have been coming from moving here to cast their vote let me show you about how this process works people come here and they try to find their names in this list that you can see here im a go inside out in argentina people are still using paper ballots so they go inside and cast their votes and then those votes and those lists are going to be sent to the place where the counting process will begin later today with still have about 2 hours and a half of voting what we know so far is that basically the government and president. Are betting and hoping for a 2nd round theyre telling people that its possible not to have retooling the country in this 5 months asking people to vote for him saying that if hes elected for a 2nd term the Economic Situation in t