And because we are on air on cspan we should get moving. Ill be giving some opening remarks. I think well get started on some of our opening remarks and then very swiftly alex will be a real start a moderated discussion. But first of all issa, welcome to the middle east institute. Thank you ever so much for joining us to this extremely important event. Someone who is worked on syria and particularly on idlib nonstop for the last nine years, i can safely say that events like this couldnt come at a more important time. Im also not aware of any other events like this one happening in washington these days, so im extremely glad its taken place. The american crisis that is developed in northwestern syria in recent months is entirely unprecedented. Not just after nine years of war in syria, but in this whole world modern history. And yet despite the sheer enormity of the crisis, the world has really get to do more than issue public statements of concern. Im going to keep my opening remarks p
Libyan war of Khalifa Haftar schools to libyans as turkish troops prepare to join the war. Also ahead the china replaces its top official in hong kong after 7 months of antigovernment protests. Thousands of people have gathered in baghdad to mourn the targets of fridays u. S. Air strikes that killed Major General custom so their money a huge funeral procession was held for the top iranian commander as well as for iraqs the that the deputy leader of the iran backed Popular Mobilization forces iraqs a caretaker Prime Minister added up to the also attended and anti u. S. Rallies have continued across neighboring iran with thousands denounced sunday manis assassination and as uncertainty grows over how iran will respond when nato has suspended a Training Mission in iraq citing safety concerns we have correspondents covering the story from the middle east and the u. S. Patty culhane a standing by for us at the pentagon but 1st lets go to salma been job that hes in the iraqi capital and were
A leftist coalition government. Thousands of people have gathered in baghdad to mourn the targets of fridays u. S. Air strike that killed Major General qassam sunday money a huge funeral procession was held for the top iranian commander as well as for iraqs. On this the deputy leader of the iran backed Popular Mobilization forces iraqs k. Take a Prime Minister the not the man the also attended but and to us fridays have continued across neighboring iran with thousands denounced sunday manis assassination and as uncertainty goes over how iran will respond nato has suspended a Training Mission in iraq citing safety concerns when a somma been job as an baghdad and he says there is anger on the streets. Weve been hearing from people who were mourning the death of christ and for the money another of the hundreds who has been the commander of the 2nd in in charge of the Popular Mobilization forces and throughout these professions that you saw through the day in baghdad you could see the flag
Mine cobalt in the democratic republic of congo we have a special report. And i will begin in iraq where reports are coming in of multiple attacks across the country just a day after the assassination of one of irans top commanders a same sort of money as his funeral took place in baghdad iraqs Prime Minister declared 3 days of National Mourning to mark his death they just violence comes as diplomatic efforts are underway to try to resolve the growing crisis cost us foreign minister had been there when i funny as met the iranian president Hassan Rouhani in tehran hes called for a peaceful solution or some binge of aid is live for us in baghdad and some of what more can you tell us about the latest attacks were hearing. Well in the last few hours the silence that we saw and come in baghdad has been broken by multiple attacks that are predictable that have landed in the green zone in at least one of the neighborhood but theres been no material damage so far weve heard from Iraqi Security
Missions to space. Welcome to the program we start with breaking news coming out of somalia where a huge bomb blast has killed and injured dozens of people an ambulance official says as many as 61 have been killed but many more casualties are feared the car bomb blast in the capital mogadishu was there a security checkpoint during morning rush hour some reports say as many as 19 may have died including some turkish engineers. Joins me now from nairobi our correspondent in neighboring kenya obviously details are sketchy but the official figures seem to be anything from between 30 to 90 in terms of both injured and dead. Exactly the figures seem to between 30 and 90 depends on who you speak to but people do expect that number to rise because it was a huge explosion some of the people whod been killed include Somali Police officers and civilians this happened jiri in the morning it was a rush hour it was at a security checkpoint a lot of people were moving around going to market so we can