A catalyst will this be a trigger for a bigger confrontation between on the or on the on since the threats from the highest ranking senator on Foreign Affairs saying d if you do anything we want at that field refineries for example that is you know quiet and an open threat and i think iran would probably be thinking twice and 3 times if it was going to do anything because the americans while they dont have Popular Support in iraq for their presence they have the most sophisticated military in the world and are capable of hurting iran iran is capable of hurting the United States in various ways in the region attacking embassies and what have you but the United States has the capacity to retaliate and to hurt iran so if you want to have won today and if youre washington you are going through the list of scenarios what could be and what is my best options just as it or around assassinations as we did before is it called for operations is it low intensity warfare or is it the right out con
So then across the middle east on this friday it is a tense morning after the u. S. Killed irans top military Commander Major general seem sort of money the attacks happened at Baghdad Airport iran is calling it an assassination the pentagon says it president told trump ordered the attack to quotes protect u. S. Personnel abroad meanwhile the u. S. Embassy in baghdad has issued an alert all americans to leave iraq immediately irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has cooled for 3 days of National Mourning and many warned of harsh revenge and said the attack would double tehrans resolve to resist the United States iraqs Prime Minister says the strike will spark a devastating war well speak to our correspondents in the region shortly but 1st this report from zain by. In the early hours of friday shortly after arriving at Baghdad International airport Major General customs and iranian war hero who led the charge against isis in iraq and syria was killed in a u. S. Airstrike. His clo
Exacerbated by the oil blockade and the looming banking crisis the participating countries and organizations today among them there was a consensus on the need to lift the oil blockade i want to touch on the fact that the life of ordinary people in libya does continue to worsen as a result of this conflict and the degrading of basic services one out of every 4 living has been negatively affected by the ongoing conflict doctors in china reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of the coronavirus for the 3rd day in a row more than 2000 new cases were reported on sunday thats down by more than 600 from the previous day but the World Health Organization chief says its impossible to predict which way they which direction the epidemic will take taiwan is reported its 1st death. The truce is holding only by a thread with numerous over 150 violations reported and it is the libyan people im sorry thats the wrong clip i will come back to the white one if we can a little later meanwhile at
Has asked his cabinet not to comment on the situation so were not going to hit any official comment coming from the israelis but there may well be a statement from the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also we are hearing was briefed on the strike either as it was taking place or just immediately afterwards so israel definitely in the loop with the u. S. When it comes to this situation but what israel does next is going to be reactive according to what happens within the region most analysts suggesting that really whats going. On i want to also for the israeli public and in the press there what their reaction has been i mean initially this morning we saw reaction to king from iran saying that you know israel was part of this attack alongside the u. S. Well israel has always been seen as the u. S. Is junior partner when it comes to the region so clearly those comments on a surprise to anybody and if you look at social media and if you look at the Television Channels and they are rolling
Influence across the region killed as he left the airport in back that along with others including the 2nd in command of the Popular Mobilization forces ever met the hundreds weve been hearing in the last few minutes from the iraqi president urging for calm and restraint and unity and in the in the hours leading up to this weve been hearing from various political leaders including the Prime Minister saying that a is this was a violation be this cannot be condoned in any way shape or form weve also heard from various political factions in iraq only how the and im ready and also the leader of the sudras bloc a book that al assads are saying that this is going to be to putting their forces on alert to some commanders calling them their their their forces on the ground their fighters on the ground valuing them telling them to be ready saying that this is the beginning of a great victory that was promised to them alluding to the ideological fight that they have been having with the United S