and it s the iranian supported fighters who we saw on the front lines seem to be playing the leading role with the iraqi army providing support. against a backdrop of this significant iranian role the u.s.-led coalition is nowhere to be seen. we ve seen no reports of any coalition air strikes anywhere near the battlefield. ben wedeman, cnn baghdad. now russian authorities have arrested four men in connection with the murder of boris nemtsov. he was shot to death mean days ago next to the kremlin. all four suspects are said to be ethnic chechens with a long history against moscow. celebrating and empowering women. every day should be international women s day in the sense that i kind of want to get to a point in the world where women are seen as equal to men.
of explosions that rocked the capital. some of them were so powerful that our location actually shook. these explosions were suicide bombings, roadside bombs and car bombs. they were targeting busy intersections, marketplaces, one of them exploding in front of the integrity commission located in the heart of the capital. another explosion taking place very close to a school, just as children were arriving. these attacks taking place in a two-hour time frame from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. exactly when the streets would have been at their busiest. people right now absolutely terrified. many of them fearing the situation is potentially going to worsen. we just spoke with the minister of finance who said that the current political crisis lends itself to these types of attacks in the sense that the extremists in society that are going to be carrying out violence look to the political chaos, the government disintegrating and they will continue to carry out acts of violence because the