Air strike on the iran embassy in damascus. Welcome to the spotlight. Im your host burus najafi. Lets get it started. These are my guests in this episode of the spotlight. The venetsa independent journalist is joining me out of damascus. Also with us is richard, hes a journalist and commentator in vienna. Now welcome to the show. Now beginning uh with the vanessa, lets first talk about the what the motive could be behind this uh operation, some of the the majority actually of the experts and analysts so weve spoken to, speaking of provoking iran, israel trying to provoke iran into engaging in war so that israel could spread further instability and insecurity across the region. Your thought on this . Well, i think uh, just before christmas last year, yof gallans made it quite clear that they needed a victory in this war in order to survive, so in the middle east, so this is an existential war for israel, uh, its been evident since october the 7th, that they are desperately losing the wa
Welcome to the spotlight. Im your host beerrus najafi. Lets get it started. These are my guests in this episode of the spotlight. A venesa, independent journalist is joining me out of damascus. Also with us is richard merthest, hes a journalist and commentator in vienna. Now welcome to the in show. Now beginning uh with the vanessa. First talk about the what the motive could be behind this uh operation uh some uh of the the majority actually of the experts and analysts that weve spoken to speaking of provoking iran, israel trying to provoke iran into engaging in war so that israel could spread further instability and insecurity across the region. Your thought on this . Well, i think just before christmas last year, yof gallant made it quite clear. That they needed a victory in this war in order to survive, so in the middle east, so this is an existential war for israel, its been evident since october the 7th that they are desperately losing the war in gaza against the relatively ill eq
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U. S. And south korea would delay a newry exercises as communication has open up between north and south korea. Talk about that a little bit. What does it mean . Guest this all grew out of a speech that kim jongun, the north korean leader, gave to commemorate the new year, in which he trumpeted his accomplishments, as he said, establishing north korea as a nuclear state, but also calling koreaproved ties to south , in part calling for enhanced communications with south korea, and specifically pointing to the upcoming Winter Olympics, which will be held in february. Host these exercises are held fairly regularly between the u. S. And south korea. Whether they normally entail, and from a tactical standpoint, is there any issue or effect of delaying the . Guest the United States and south korea hold several exercises every year. Some larger than others. Usually in the spring, the combined exercises are usually quite large. One is a field exercise. The other is a command exercise. And it d