and we, engineers that we brought, along with our, our eod technicians swept out the field. minutes later a truck hit a mine less than a mile away. marines raced off to investigate. the driver miraculously was alive. the medic treated him for lacerations and concussion. a fighter with america s syrian allies. and said he was heading to the front line when he hit the mine. the marines found more mines and definited them. in the nearby village. they re grateful for american help. but there is very little optimism. nobody here would speak to us on camera because they still have family members living under isis control and they re frightened of retribution. offcamera they have told us they have no running water. very little food and their children are ill literal. because the the schools have been closed for five years. america s attempt to win hearts and minds in the middle east have often been troubled. after half a decade of civil war, syria s fractures may be beyond repair. h
president trump s u.n. ambassador, nikki haley told congress what u.s. intelligence has observed. they have seen activities similar to preparations of a chemical weapons attack, much like what we saw on april 4th. according to pentagon officials an aircraft center which once housed the syrian jet that carried out april chemical attack is once again in use. u.s. intelligence has also picked up increase in communications, by the syrian military unit responsible for chemical weapons. pentagon officials cautioned the intelligence does not add up to a smoking gun. still, the white house rushed out a statement. warning that if the regime of ba sheer al assad conducts another chemical attack he and his military will pay a heavy price. ambassador haley expanded that to include syria s two main allies. the goal is at this point, not just to send assad a message, but to send russia and iran a message. about the same time haley was making the statement, syria s assad was given a