Jonathan left gathering a bomb blast. Calling for thousands of volunteers to fight in the ukrainian army. President barack obama unveils a budget which raises taxes on the rich. Al jazeera correspondent peter greste is calling on the Egyptian Government to free his colleagues still behind bars. Peter spoke of his relief being freed, Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy have now spent 401 days in jail. They were convicted along with peter ever reporting false news and concluding with the band Muslim Brotherhood. Charges they and al jazeera have always rejected. Rejected. Peter spoke with Stefanie Dekker and about his feeling about being a free man. I cant tell you how elated i am at being free. I didnt expect that we would be out, with just a few minutes notice is just really extraordinary. But i also feel incredible angst about my colleagues, leaving them behind. And i you know i know that there is Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed and the seven other people that were convicted alongside us i
Charged with desertion. Cracks. We only share when were scared. A top general says allied nations need to better share information or risk being ineffective against future threats. And child soldiers on the battlefield. Sometimes for them to be in the army is safer than them to be out there in the civil population where they get victimized. Tens of thousands given no choice but to take up arms. Hear one mans incredible story of how he escaped. Good evening and thank you for joining us on al jazeera america. Im antonio mora. We begin with breaking news out of yemen. Tonight saudi arabia says it and other gulf states have launched an offensive against shia Houthi Rebels threatening to overrun yemen. Earlier today the rebels attacked the southern port city of aden. [ gun shots ] they seized the airport and a military base. The countrys embattled president already fled to aden has left the country. Mike viqueria is monitoring all the developments from washington. Mike, what do the saudis a
The president. We begin this news hour at the United Nations in something we dont see every day the Security Council has agreed in a draft resolution condemning chlorine attacks in syria but there were heated exchanges before the agreement was reached. Our diplomatic editor james bays reports from u. N. Headquarters. A rare moment, a new Security Council resolution on syria is passed condemning chlorine attacks and promising to take action if they continue. China and russia supported it. Only venezuela abstained. The resolution does not say which side was responsible for the chlorine attacks, but for some there was no doubt. Lets ask ourselves who has helicopters in syria . Certainly not the opposition. Only the regime does. Weve seen them use helicopters in countless other attacks on innocent assyrians in assyrian with barrel bombs. That led to a stormy row. Russia said that the opce report said that perhaps the bombs went off at the time that the helicopters went off in the area. The
People on board. Talks with rival governments begin in morocco they both agree to a draft proposal and to meanar and one of the worlds most unusual vineyards but first, we go to yemen where rebels are moving closer to president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi, and there has been a major development, they have taken an airbase abandoned by u. S. Forces a few days ago. The Houthi Rebels have been pushing south from sanaa towards aden. Thats where president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi has been trying to consolidate the power. The air base was taken after a battle between Abdrabbu Mansour hadis forces and the rebels. President Abdrabbu Mansour hadi wants the u. N. Security allow force by other military. Lets talk to a political analyst and editorinchief for the yemen post and joins us from sanaa. Start by talking about the whereabouts of president Abdrabbu Mansour hadi. There are reports suggesting he may have left aden. Unknown as of now. I talked to three of his senior aids. They do not know where presi
Is always the last resort. We have tried to mediate the situation in yemen. We have are put fort the gcc we have put forth the gcc initiative and worked on the National Dialogue in yemen in order to have a peaceful transition to a new yemen. Now the saud state news agency has released a joint statement by saudi arabia, qatar, the uae kuwait and bahrain. It reads the military operations in yemen will continue in order to achieve its objectives. The crisis in yemen has been many months in the making. Houthi rebels overtook the capital sa nsa in sanaa in september. The situation deteriorated in december when the houthis rejected a draft proposal, forced hadi to resign in what is called a coup. Escaped to the southern port city of aden, rejected the houthis and maintained he was the legitimate president of yemen. Backed an intervention to stop houthi fighters. Omar al sala is here in the nud roox withnewsroom with us. What objectives are there . I think mainly to degrade and weaken the hou