The old fated league of nations began its work well look at whether history is repeating itself for its success at the u. N. And to cease fire as one in libya and the other in syria and noun affect both what brokered by russia and turkey the libyan truce was initially in down because warlord who for have to was refusing to hold his offensive on the capital tripoli however he eventually changed his mind to making the announcement through a spokesman. The general command of the Libyan Arab Armed forces announces a cease fire in the west inside of libya the cease fire starts from one minute past midnight on the 12th of january 2020 the other party should stop any type of military operation at the same time we will respond harshly to any violation of this cease fire the. World leaders meanwhile are working on putting together a libya peace summit in berlin germanys chancellor Angela Merkel offered to host it while meeting Russias Vladimir Putin as a syria in the hours leading up to the cea
Many many. Doing. Stories from the past 7 days right up to the moment developments as well welcome to the week. At least 4 iraqi soldiers injured in a rocket strike on the base to the north of the facility is american personnel that was previously targeted after the u. S. Assassination of irans top general. Joined me earlier to tell me whats. Yeah well we still have a lot of different reports in terms of figures of how many missiles or mortars hit the base some are saying that 7 mortar bombs hit the bases runway another says 4 rockets hit the base but we have heard from Iraqi Security officials and they say that 8 katyusha rockets launched were launched at the base and made contact across the board though we do know that at least 4 Iraqi Military personnel have been injured and are hospitalized now we also know with the other a base thats been in the news before because it had a sizable american presence thats where american troops where in the part of the country its what about 50 mil
Just after 11 pm here in moscow this. We have a lot to get through welcome to our to the international our top story several rocket attacks have hit a rock including in close vicinity to the American Embassy in baghdad on a military base near the capital there are no reports as well of a strike on a base in the Northern City of mosul for more on todays developments im joined in the studio by igor off equal we could tensions turning to violence again today what are we learning whats known well something is definitely up in the and we do not know for sure exactly what have been the targets what exactly those mortar strikes targeted but we do know the approximate locations and well within with all the context around that people can rule conclusions out of the situations so so far 3 confirmed strikes. In the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the v
Illegal. What does that mean. Im. Doing it. With stories from the past 7 days and right up to the moment of elements as well welcome to the week. Our top story authorities in iraq say iraq. Is injured for Service Personnel the facility which is located to the north of the capital also has as u. S. Troops was previously targeted following washingtons assassination uranian general. Join me with the details earlier. Yeah well we still have a lot of different reports in terms of figures of how many missiles or mortars hit the base some are saying that 7 mortar bombs hit the bases runway another says 4 rockets hit the base but we have heard from Iraqi Security officials and they say that 8 katyusha rockets launched were launched at the base and made contact across the board though we do know that at least 4 Iraqi Military personnel have been injured and are hospitalized now we also know with the base thats been in the news before because it had a sizable american presence thats where americ
How many warned of quote hosh revenge and said the incident double irans resolve to resist the United States same has more in the early hours of friday shortly after arriving at Baghdad International airport Major General qassam solo money an iranian war hero who led the charge against isis in iraq and syria was killed in a u. S. Airstrike. His close ally the deputy head of hush those xabi an iranian backed Iraqi Militia the omo hundreds was also killed along with other members of his group u. S. Missiles hit their convoy as they left the airport. So the money was commander of the quds force a unit of irans revolutionary guard responsible for foreign operations for irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei so the money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle his killing in a targeted u. S. Strike is the most extreme escalation in tensions between to her own in washington in recent years how many warned there will be retaliation. The cruelest people on earth assassinated