A year ago. Morning this new years eve is just going to 11 oclock here in moscow youre watching r. T. International now baghdad has summoned the u. S. Ambassador over the latest american airstrikes on iraq and syria which killed 25 people iraqi Officials Say they were unable to prevent the attack with their objections being ignored by washington the u. S. Special representative for iran brian hawk has defended the operation though and insists they targeted iranian backed militants to deter iranian aggression. One of the things we want to emphasize is that this was a defensive action that was designed to protect American Forces and american citizens in iraq were also working on the mission of restoring deterrence against me and aggression on sunday the United States hit 5 targets belonging to qatar has bella its in our its an armed group that emerged after the u. S. Invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted American Forces is also one of the main shia groups fighting Islamic State in
A year ago. Hello there good afternoon you with r. T. International our top story hundreds of tried to storm and set fire to the u. S. Embassy in Baghdad Embassy staff including the ambassador have reportedly been evacuated from the compound it all comes after American Bombing raids in iraq and syria killed 25 funerals for some of the victims were held earlier on tuesday in the iraqi capital with mourners there marching to the embassy. I was i was i was. I. Was well earlier baghdad had summoned the u. S. Ambassador over sundays airstrikes the u. S. Hit 5 targets belonging to get tired hizbollah its an armed group that emerged after the us invasion of iraq and has repeatedly targeted American Forces is also one of the main shia groups fighting against Islamic State in both iraq and syria according to the u. S. The bombing raids were in retaliation for fridays rocket strike on the code base in iraq which killed one American Contractor and no group claimed responsibility for that but the
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Is intense and to annex parts of the region has also sparked outrage in the arab world. Has a fresh news update for you next hour but right now its time for crosstalk. Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle with the socalled afghan Peace Process in tatters u. S. Troops still in syria iraq more times than not agreeing with the rand maximum pressure on to rend failing and americas allies in the middle east at odds over yemen can anyone make heads or tails out of trumps Foreign Policy in the middle east it seems to be going from bad to worse. Cross talking crimes middle east policies im joined by my guest sharmeen no one the in beirut journalist as well as a middle east geo political analyst in los angeles were piii and he is an independent economic and geo political analyst former commodities trader and Strategic Planning advisor and in boy new series we cross to shah he he is a senior lecturer in middle east studies at the university of bradford
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