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Jane Ferguson: On Friday, fighting continued in Baghouz, as some ISIS fighters remained. This is the end for the ISIS dream of its own state, stretching across the Middle East and North Africa, but this is far from the end of ISIS. Syrian Democratic Forces spokesman Mustafa Bali reminded us ...
... Special correspondent Jane Ferguson is on assignment in Syria for the "NewsHour." She joins me from the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeast. So, Jane, the group is basically surrounded now. What does the actual battle look like on the ground? Jane Ferguson: The last hold out, Amna, of ...
... the issue of the border itself to the people, allow the people to have their say in a referendum, in a border poll. After all... Jane Ferguson: On a united Ireland? Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely. Jane Ferguson: A hard border in Northern Ireland would almost certainly reignite anger, but, for ...
Ahmed Ali: Fighter jets used to bomb, and farms were exploding. And next to our house, there was bombing. Things were exploding and burning. Jane Ferguson: The other boys here tell me of the times the airstrikes hit near the orphanage, and they were terrified. "When the airstrikes come, we ...
Jane Ferguson: Now he is sick again, and there is no more money left for the journey back to the hospital. Yemen's mothers are surviving on one meal a day, often just bread and tea. They are not getting enough nutrition to be able to breast-feed, and their ...
... and they were trusting, and they felt I will help them bear witness. Jeffrey Brown: The world now knows a lot more about what happened. Jane Ferguson: Zahida was just 17 when the militants came. Jeffrey Brown: "NewsHour" special correspondent Jane Ferguson reported on the trauma and shame women continue ...
Nick Schifrin: And, Jane, quickly, do the Iraqi forces have the ability, have the training from U.S. forces and the wherewithal to take that fight to ISIS, regardless of the U.S. presence in the country? Jane Ferguson: Not regardless of the U.S. presence. The U.S. presence ...
Hareth Mohammed: Yes, it's very dangerous. No -- not anyone can talk about that. Jane Ferguson: When the Sunni extremists of ISIS swept across Iraq in 2014, they easily overran the Iraqi army. Shia religious leaders called on young men to join militias, often funded by Iran, to fight against ...
... during springtime. So, you lose everything that is dependent on this cycle of flow, biodiversity, floods, you know, this renewal of fertility of the soil. Jane Ferguson: Already, farmers are being driven from the land in Iraq. In the northern province of Nineveh, wheat farmers struggle to keep their crops ...
... in late 2016. So, as a consequence, the military was able to move faster in the Mosul operations, but it also increased risk to civilians. Jane Ferguson: Larry Lewis of the Center for Naval Analysis is a former senior adviser at the State Department. Larry Lewis: There's also a ...
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