By their very good evening this is r. T. And. The Senior Commander of irans elite military unit the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps has accepted full responsibility for shooting down a ukrainian passenger plane on wednesday he said the boeing 737 was mistaken for a cruise missile. When i heard why it had been shot down i wish there was i never wanted to witness such a terrible incident. And you also added in their Defense System operator had faulty communications that had just 10 seconds to make what was described as a bad decision earlier tehran admitted its military unintentionally hit the jet despite days of denials of any involvement in the downing of irans chief investigator says the black box data will now be sent to france my colleague Jacqueline Vega discussed the details with r. T. Is donald quarter. We heard from ukraines president vladimir selenski who said that he expects he expects irans take full responsibility and for the investigation to continue without any obstructi
Spread further people are warned of stronger winds. Security forces have used live rounds to Disperse Protesters in the city of karbala a medical source tells aljazeera at least 20 people have been killed hundreds of demonstrators also defined it overnight curfew in the capital bank that law about monday has more. Among volleys of tear gas protesters occupied backed out central to her square while others pushed forward attempting to reach the highly secured green zone thats home to government offices and embassies. Iraqs military and police an overnight curfew video posted social media show hundreds to fight it no no no no no to the case you we will remain here the care for you is one of the filthy games and tales on hold here im an iraqi mother my sons have University Degrees as hoping they would help me when they graduate but the jobless set up with high unemployment and what they call top level corruption theyre calling for the government to resign. Because the south in karbala prot
Welcome. Thank for making the effort to get here on this snow day. Not really but that qualifies her in washington. Needless to say i dont think any of us expected here in the first week of 2018 the iran story we are focusing on is the story of protest and the mystic unrest with the biggest demonstrations we have seen since 2009 on the contrary was the question of sanctions and waivers of the jcp away and efforts of congress to amend that legislation. That is in play but now cast in a different light. So now we have our experts for the implications for u. S. Policy from different angles. I will introduce folks the order i will call them. Patrick is the morningstar senior fellow director of research at the institute and will look at the background of these protests. What is happening inside iran economically to his the unrest. Then return to our colleague that is one of the most skillful interpreters where they might be going in the future. Then return to my guys instead as the director
This is the committees second hearing of congress on the syrian conflict but its been raised during many of our meetings. To date, more than 400,000 people have been killed in the syrian conflict, more than 12 Million People, roughly half of all syrians, are displaced and the assad regime bears overwhelming responsibility for this destruction and extremism it has spawned. However, none of this would have been possible without the support of iran and russia, both of which intervened on assads behalf to extend influence in a region and counter the u. S. And its partners. With the support of the u. S. And Coalition Partners the Syrian Democratic forces succeeded in sweeping isis out of raqqah in october. Of course, despite losing much of its territory in syria and iraq, isis remains a major threat. And theres also the ongoing danger posed by al qaeda, syria, and affiliates which maintain significant influence in oppositioncontrolled areas. So its worth highlighting two recent developments
Roughly half of all syrians, are displaced and the assad regime bears overwhelming responsibility for this destruction and extremism it has spawned. However, none of this would have been possible without the support of iran and russia, both of which intervened on assads behalf to extend influence in a region and counter the u. S. And its partners. With the support of the u. S. And Coalition Partners, the Syrian Democratic forces succeeded in sweeping isis out of raqqah in october. Of course, despite losing much of its territory in syria and iraq, isis remains a major threat. And theres also the ongoing danger posed by al qaeda, syria, and affiliates which maintain significant influence in oppositioncontrolled areas. So its worth highlighting two recent developments. First, the u. S. , russia, and jordan signed a memorandum of principles on november 8 maintaining the administrative arrangements in oppositionheld areas in southwest syria. Yet iran and its proxies have deepened their foot