atla ntic part of an epicjourney from the atlantic ocean to the far reaches of the congo river and we explore how history has shaped the congo of today and uncovers the lessor told stories of this beautiful, if troubled, country. the congo flows from the heart of africa. it s one of the world s great rivers. we re on a journey from the atlantic ocean to the furthest reaches of the democratic republic of congo. in part one, we went hunting with pygmies, who described how brutally their ancestors were treated by the belgian colonisers. and we visited what s left of former president mobutu sese seko‘s luxury jungle palace, to learn how postindependence leaders stole from their people. now, we re going deep into the largest rainforest, outside the amazon, in search of endangered wildlife. whispers: it s amazing. into the mining heartland, to see what huge riches lie below the soil. and to go into the danger zone, to find out how war and disease still tear away at this country.
justification. not everyone agrees. republican senator lindsey graham, isis is not defeated in syria. and here s another republican, marco rubio. the decision to withdraw an american presence in syria is a colossal, in my mind, mistake, a grave error that s going to have significant repercussions in the years and months to come. now that the us is going to withdraw from syria, we have basically turned the country over to russian and to an even greater extent iran. here s the context. russia and iran both back the syrian regime of bashar al assad. iran sees it as a crucial ally in the region. it will hope this american withdrawal makes it easier to establish supply routes through iraq and syria to the militant group his hezbollah in lebanon. for its part, russia will find it far easier to exert influence over the situation in syria with america gone. and then there are the kurds. us troops have largely been stationed in kurdish controlled territory in northern syria. here ma
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