Major. Life from our International News center this is our to your room welcome to the program my names you know. Our top story violence is ramping up in iraq where several rocket attacks taken place including in close vicinity to the American Embassy in baghdad a military base near the capital and also reports of a strike on a base in the Northern City of mosul he gave me the details a little earlier. Well something is definitely in the air 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 draw conclusions out of the situations so far 3 confirmed strikes in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed 2 not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the vicinity of the green zone of the green of the socalled green zone areas indeed yes it is
Are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our Team International and sean thomas glad to have you with us. Violence is ramping up in iraq where several rocket attacks have taken place including in close of the city to the American Embassy in baghdad and a military base near the capital there are also reports of a strike on a base in the Northern City of mosul earlier you know neal discussed all the details with. Well something is definitely in the air 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 draw conclusions out of the situations so so far 3 confirmed strikes in the vicinity of baghdad the iraqi capital some mortar shells landed 2 not far from a base where american troops are stationed outside of the iraqi capital and some shells landed within the vicinity of the green zone of the green of the socalled green
Around the clock across the world this is your artsy international from the team and myself you know neal hello and welcome we begin with breaking news several rocket attacks have hit a rock close vicinity to the American Embassy in baghdad and also a military base near the capital for more on that some joined live in the studio by shit down off. Tensions seemingly ratcheting up here well indeed something is clearly in the now we do not know what exactly was the target of this attack but we do know that there have been at least 3 rounds of mortar strikes and some of the some of those mortar shells they landed in close vicinity to an end to an american base right next to the rocky capital baghdad some of them landed apparently next door in the green zone now what is a green. Zone essentially it is a city within a city you have baghdad the larger area and the green zone is the extra and more carefully protected zone within the iraqi capital which is essentially home to will almost all em
He was appointed to the head of the courts force. Tasked with dealing with irans. Interest and. In the middle east he was not only a man who wasnt very much revered within the general population but he was also known for his military skills he was believed to be extremely tactical his skills were also put to very good use in syria and iraq where he consulted both the assad regime as well as in the governments of the iraqi the various governments in iraq in the fight against eisel there are many iranians believe that this is a very serious escalation this is the United States telling iran that it has carried out an act of war theres a thank you study there of course well come back to you to check in on developments in iran as we continue to follow this story its just gone 6 g. M. T. Grant and here at aljazeera were bringing you rolling coverage of a major breaking news story lets bring you the latest as we understand it the south irans Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many has vowed rev
On plans to withdraw american troops from the region plus. The stand ready to support a medically australias Prime Minister sends more troops to areas facing the devastation from the rapidly spreading wildfires. Tello we begin with the latest fallout from the u. S. Air strike that killed a top iranian general washington has Just Announced a new wave of sanctions on iran that target the countrys steel and Iron Industries in a joint press conference with the u. S. Secretary of state my pompei oh the treasury secretary Stephen Newton said excuse me the 17 new sanctions will cost iran billions of dollars. Pump a also announced sanctions that would hit 8 senior officials that would cripple irans internal security system. We are announcing 17 specific sanctions against irans largest steel and iron manufacturers set 3 seychelles base sent to ds and a vessel involved in the transfer of products as a result of these actions we will cut off billions of dollars of support to the Iranian Regime an