Reporting that at least 18 fighters iranian backed fighters were killed in those strikes it wouldnt be the 1st time we did mention that israel has been targeting iranian backed fighters in syria for years but what has been happening as of late sami is that were seeing israel expanding the scope of its military operations targeting iran and iranian backed fighters wherever it can syria 2 weeks ago lebannon and then we have these mysterious strikes targeting iraqi groups groups that are backed by iran targeting their arms depots targeting their leaders very close to the Syrian Border what israel is trying to do is we can iran across the region prevent it from gaining more influence and that area of this book camel area there is really a heavy presence of iranian backed fighters because this is the land corridor or it lies along the land corridor that links their front to damascus damascus to beirut. Thanks so much. Still ahead on aljazeera the families who say their lifestyles in the ama
plus. the. impoverished and ignored tripoli rises to become the hearts of lebanon s protests. but a new political leader but signs it still won t pacify evocate protesters president barham saleh has named from a communication minister mohammad alawi as prime minister designate but his appointment hasn t been welcomed in some areas where demonstrators of camped out for months to mandate sweeping political reforms smaller 14 reports from baghdad. the streets response to iraq s prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear. to her. the law is rejected protesters in baghdad to hear square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham salih chose mohamed allow it to replace other law of the mahdi who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests days prior to allow his appointment we spoke to protesters into harriet who saw him as another incarnation of a political system that has failed them. hold for show he s rej
Hello i Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up we were poor from northeast nigeria where the government has apologized to the families of dozens of missing schoolgirls for giving them false information plus its time to make our schools a much harder target for attackers. President trump rallies a conservative faithful saying a school with no guns is a dangerous place. While being fashionable in east africa has become a bit more difficult thanks to textile troubles. The death toll continues to climb in syria where the government bombing of a rebel held and place near damascus shows no signs of abating rockets have been fired into Eastern Ghouta for a six straight day pushing the death toll to four hundred forty three people. Since sunday well the u. N. Security council was due to vote in the past few hours on imposing a thirty day ceasefire in syria but its all been delayed by continued last minute negotiations a summer binge of a brings us more now on whats ha
But right now tensions are of a new level saudi arabia is accusing iran of a possible war by supplying hurt these in yemen with a missile fired its also what odds with lebanons government backing the resignation of Prime Minister saad hariri coming up were going to try to piece all of this together as divisions in the middle east become even more pronounced also on the donald trump in south korea and the u. S. Still isnt ruling out military action against north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program but trump one that the issue of trade go either were going to wrap up his trip to song as he moves on to beijing and qatar opens its new National Library but its not how you and i remember going to. Air opera form unserious three d. Printers music studio so it wont be a Quiet Library but thats exactly what the people behind it want. Smog so thick you cant breathe were talking to many of you in delhi suffering from the worst air in india were looking at how higher c o two emissions are impac
Buys and hales the u. S. Midterm vote as a good day for democracy, but its still unclear who will control congress . Ah, other than nora. Kyle, this is al jazeera live from doha. Also coming up. Russia says its ordered its troops to withdraw from the ukrainian city of carson, but keith warns it may be a set up. Facebooks Parent Company matter is lang off more than 11000 people. My significant job cars in its history and france and italy ral over who should take in hundreds of Asylum Seekers stuck on a rescue ship. Yes, President Joe Biden has hailed the democrats performance in the mid term elections, calling it a good day for democracy. But hes also acknowledged that americans are frustrated with the political divide byes and says hes willing to work with the republicans as his party could still lose control of both the house and the senate. Mike hannah has more from washington. It was in pennsylvania that the predicted red wave was to reveal to be little more than a trickle in a Cruc