A lot of fear and anxiety just worry about whats to come and why the death and the assassination of course until the money has caused fear for iranian American Communities in the u. S. Coming from the gulf everyones just past 7 am here in doha as it is in baghdad it is 7 30 am in teheran it is 11 pm in washington d. C. On come all santamaria continuing coverage of developments out of the region this weapons day the top line is that iran has launched more than a dozen Ballistic Missiles at u. S. Iraqi facilities in iraq this is at least 2 bases were talking about one is in erbil the other is the. Base in Anbar Province also irans revolutionary guard has issued a warning to other u. S. Allies in the region and that includes israel saying they will be attacked if their countries are used for strikes against terror rob also developments were seeing from the u. S. F a a the federal Aviation Authority which has now banned u. S. Airlines from flying over this region were talking about airspac
Into there let me ask you one more question about the kurdish the Syrian Kurdish decision to align themselves more closely with the americans now you obviously come from iraq and formally speaking the iraqi kurds are a separate entity but im pretty sure that youve been following the developments across the Syrian Border very closely do you know even what word the syrian kurds x. Picked a chanst when they aligned themselves with the panther gone back in 2015 of were they promised anything concrete no archer or nothing has been promised to them by the must because government when the. Foreign minister of love rule visited iraq on a visit to kurdistan and i met him and ive been. Really to initiate some kind of dialogue between the mosque goes on that as if this was before that. Because rebbe. They will have a Better Future were trying to reach some accommodation of the region is also a lot of voting much still it is acting or behaving in the old mentality of the baath regime unfortunately
The american betrayal of the turks its no secret that the Obama Administration actively sought to draw and correct into the syrian war only to abandon its later was it realistic for the kurds to expect that their merry can split have their backs for longer than it suited washington. American themselves u. S. Leaders congressional leaders diploma its cold this is an arbitrary no. This has created. Mistrust. With the United States. Mainly because of this. Abundant and green lighting the turkish army to intervene. So far to. Russia. We are encouraging some kind of a dialogue between the. Syrian regime for the Syrian Forces to come by russia patrols also in certain parts of the of the border but the situation in south. America i think they reconsider their position somehow they went back to. Did a zoo or but the situation is very very and south of everybodys watching the upcoming visit of president or theyre gone to see President Trump to see what will come out of it i will definitely ask
Who have crossed into Northern Iraq now mr zebari theres a lot of talk right now about the u. S. Socalled betrayal of the kurds but there merican decision to rely more heavily on the Kurdish Military units in Eastern Syria grew out directly of what some see as the american betrayal of the turks its no secret that the Obama Administration actively sought to draw and correct into the syrian war only to abandon its slavery was it realistic for the kurds to expect that the americans would have their backs for longer than it suited washington. No. American themselves u. S. Leaders congressional leaders diploma its cold the this is an arbitrary no. This has created. Mistrust. With the United States. Mainly because of this. Abundant greenlighting the turkish army to intervene. So far to. Russia. We are encouraging some kind of a dialogue between the. Syrian regime for the Syrian Forces to come by russia patrols also in certain parts of the of the border but the situation in south. America i t
Theyve been promised march and even more with the americans pulling out from the territories east of the Euphrates River what does the future hold for the currents across the region well to discuss that im now joined by Hoshyar Zebari a prominent Iraqi Kurdish politician and former Foreign Affairs minister of iraq mr zebari so good to talk to you thank you very much for your time good talking to the 2 who are too old now you called the u. S. Myth troll from syria quote painful and shameful why is that wasnt it the american presence in that country that fitted that description better well the u. S. Side of the not this isnt true this engaged its forces. Who fold together. With. Cocksureness or understanding came as a shock a great disappointment to everybody really not only to the kurds but to all. Us our allies in the region as a whole. But honestly. There is a lack of clarity 1 and policy and a confused agenda i mean theyre pulled back and then went back 1 again to protect the oil. St