David Daoud

Now we get down to the nitty gritty, mundane, banal business of state building. And that state will include people that... have religious beliefs that you don't like and who may be outside of the ambit of acceptability according to Islamic law. And that just has to be the case. So it depends on whether he can mobilize his carrots and sticks properly against these groups to get them in line.

On paper, it's going well. If it succeeds, it's critical because you have foreign interests. You have the Turks who have a problem with the SDF. This gives Turkey less reason to intervene in Syria, at least on that angle. The SDF, while it has been allied with the United States for some time,

On paper, it's going well. If it succeeds, it's critical because you have foreign interests. You have the Turks who have a problem with the SDF. This gives Turkey less reason to intervene in Syria, at least on that angle. The SDF, while it has been allied with the United States for some time,

On paper, it's going well. If it succeeds, it's critical because you have foreign interests. You have the Turks who have a problem with the SDF. This gives Turkey less reason to intervene in Syria, at least on that angle. The SDF, while it has been allied with the United States for some time,

has kind of gone back and forth between alliances with the Assad regime, kind of playing footsie, if you will, with the Iranians. So this could kind of take an excuse away from the Iranians or a foothold for the Iranians if the Kurds or the SDF properly consolidates under Damascus' control for a foothold for the Iranians taken away.

has kind of gone back and forth between alliances with the Assad regime, kind of playing footsie, if you will, with the Iranians. So this could kind of take an excuse away from the Iranians or a foothold for the Iranians if the Kurds or the SDF properly consolidates under Damascus' control for a foothold for the Iranians taken away.

has kind of gone back and forth between alliances with the Assad regime, kind of playing footsie, if you will, with the Iranians. So this could kind of take an excuse away from the Iranians or a foothold for the Iranians if the Kurds or the SDF properly consolidates under Damascus' control for a foothold for the Iranians taken away.

The Israelis have also talked about protecting the Kurds to a lesser degree. The main focus from the Israeli side is the Druze. So this, again, this prevents a lot of foreign intervention and helps a critical part of this consolidation process.

The Israelis have also talked about protecting the Kurds to a lesser degree. The main focus from the Israeli side is the Druze. So this, again, this prevents a lot of foreign intervention and helps a critical part of this consolidation process.

The Israelis have also talked about protecting the Kurds to a lesser degree. The main focus from the Israeli side is the Druze. So this, again, this prevents a lot of foreign intervention and helps a critical part of this consolidation process.

It moves forward a critical part of this consolidation process, again, with the caveat, if it holds, you can put a lot of things on paper, it doesn't mean in five years or two years or even less that this won't fall apart. Right.

It moves forward a critical part of this consolidation process, again, with the caveat, if it holds, you can put a lot of things on paper, it doesn't mean in five years or two years or even less that this won't fall apart. Right.

It moves forward a critical part of this consolidation process, again, with the caveat, if it holds, you can put a lot of things on paper, it doesn't mean in five years or two years or even less that this won't fall apart. Right.

As of yesterday, there are negotiation committees, I think three in total that are meant to settle outstanding issues between Lebanon and Israel, namely 13 border points along the land border. Now, there's no official internationally recognized border between Lebanon and Israel. There's what's called the blue line that was delineated after the Israelis withdrew from Lebanon in May of 2000.

As of yesterday, there are negotiation committees, I think three in total that are meant to settle outstanding issues between Lebanon and Israel, namely 13 border points along the land border. Now, there's no official internationally recognized border between Lebanon and Israel. There's what's called the blue line that was delineated after the Israelis withdrew from Lebanon in May of 2000.

As of yesterday, there are negotiation committees, I think three in total that are meant to settle outstanding issues between Lebanon and Israel, namely 13 border points along the land border. Now, there's no official internationally recognized border between Lebanon and Israel. There's what's called the blue line that was delineated after the Israelis withdrew from Lebanon in May of 2000.

And the Lebanese refused to certify that, saying that Israel continued to retain what they alleged was occupied Lebanese land in Shuba Hills and the Shuba farms and so on and so forth. After 2006, additional points were added to that, the northern part of the village of Bajar, which the Lebanese claim is their own. So a total of 13 points. They're not big points.

And the Lebanese refused to certify that, saying that Israel continued to retain what they alleged was occupied Lebanese land in Shuba Hills and the Shuba farms and so on and so forth. After 2006, additional points were added to that, the northern part of the village of Bajar, which the Lebanese claim is their own. So a total of 13 points. They're not big points.

And the Lebanese refused to certify that, saying that Israel continued to retain what they alleged was occupied Lebanese land in Shuba Hills and the Shuba farms and so on and so forth. After 2006, additional points were added to that, the northern part of the village of Bajar, which the Lebanese claim is their own. So a total of 13 points. They're not big points.

I mean, they're probably the size, some of these places are the size of my table. So this is part of the outstanding issues. There are also the five positions that the Israelis have retained in South Lebanon that after the February 18th extended withdrawal date for the Israeli forces after the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah. So, these are the issues that are about to be deleted.