Good morning im the director of the middle east program and we are delighted to welcome you to what i think will be a fascinating program on us policy and strategy after the Qassem Soleimani strike. First in the unlikely event we need to evacuate the building i will tell you where to go. I dont think that will be a problem but i will direct you. Also thank you for those who have supported todays activity. They have done it in a way that is exemplary for the way a policy discussion should do so to set up a conference so there is no responsibility for what we say but but it is an issue of significant broad interest we are grateful for the support. Looking at what has happened in the gulf there is a broader National Debate if the us should be digging in or pulling out. Iran is perceived to be a threat. Even within the chump Administration Even how the us should deal with that threat the us increasingly has been facing asymmetrical threats and responding with conventional tools that has be
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A cease fire. Hello we begin in iran where the government is dealing with the growing fallout over its initial failure to admit responsibility for the downing of for ukrainian airliner on wednesday hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the u. K. Embassy in tehran calling for the embassy to be closed Irans Foreign Ministry has now summoned the British Ambassador accusing him of attending protests against the governments initial response hes denied dots of protests have been held right across the country after the revolutionary guard said it mistakenly shot down the jet killing 176 people there a new parliament has denied a cover up the told the military to take precautions to avoid further disasters or the recent crisis with the u. S. Was prompted by the assassination of the iranian commander. Qassam soleimani in iraq and qatar as emir is into herat in a push to ease those tensions hes the 1st leader to visit the iranian capital since so my money was killed in a u. S. Attack on j
A meeting if its National Security council after the death of at least 89. 00 soldiers in a raid on their base. Libyas u. N. Recognize government and the warlords have to agree to calls from both russia and turkey for a ceasefire. Maryanne demasi in london with the top stories from europe including. Incoming Prime Minister by his party to move beyond the scandal that his predecessor. Died after a crash during some stage of the race in saudi arabia. We begin in iran where the government is dealing with the growing fallout over its initial failure to admit responsibility for the downing of for ukrainian airliner on wednesday hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the u. K. Embassy in tehran calling for the embassy to be closed while Irans Foreign Ministry has summoned the British Ambassador accusing him of attending protest against the governments initial response shes denied that protests have been held across the country after the revolutionary guard said it mistaken. They shot d
Industry as africans one for chinas pork industry on the for instance a tax that could escalate. Counting the cost on alt 0. The arab worlds longest serving leader has died. Of a man is credited with modernizing his country and in a volatile region prioritizing diplomacy as a division so will that policy continue under the new moniker this is inside story. Welcome to the program im often dennis amman is mourning the death of a man who transformed the nation Sultan Qaboos bin sayit was 79 and had been ill for some time over the course of 50 years he turned a poor country in the Arabian Peninsula into a modern state which stayed to diplomatically neutral in a region divided by conflict amman and several of its neighbors have now declared 3 days of mourning selves and cabooses successor will sworn in just a few hours after his death was announced hey fen been tarik immediately promised to build on his late cousins legacy. But see if were taught in new york we remain guided by the late sul