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
A bit because. Throughout the bipolar and you know polar air to us meant to align with the United States you know youre fall in line i think at the moment were going to have to accept a bit more deviations because turkey will it demands to pursue its turkey 1st so theres a National Interest in things to me like a little bit pregnant its not going to. Particularly. Because its only military. Members of different enemies for instance or for the french people the enemy is people killing in the streets of paris for the pullen for the polish the enemy is supposed to be russia as well for the for the greeks for the. And for the government the enemy of the so its not a military alliance to be to be honest its a political audience its a way were using. By washington to control to politically military side the. Down to the 2nd most powerful military in nato which is turkey and they dont want to play. The same tune then. Theres something going on in the alliance here glenn things that can it out
their anti-government demonstration. in the wheels have stopped spinning out india s textile industry has been badly hit by a slowing economy. starting with the latest on the corona virus outbreak which was of course declared a global health emergency by the w.h.o. and it is indeed spreading we ve seen the 1st death outside of china reported in the philippines a 44 year old man from where the virus was 1st reported died in a hospital in manila on saturday also chinese officials have reported 45 new deaths it brings the death toll there to 304 with more than 14000 people confirmed to have the illness. for but. yesterday. well the chorus of that. he developed. in the last few days. however the. worst. chinese authorities have stepped up their efforts to fight the spread of the virus the eastern city of when john has become the 1st outside the epicenter of a province to go into virtual lockdown it is some 800 kilometers away from but people and when child can now only go out onc
Going to keep their forces in syria to prevent further empowerment of bashar assad effectively is what i mentioned is going to be kind of germany fixation of syrian conflict which will have serious implications not only for syria but for the region of course they keep telling us that you know they are not interested in partition and disintegration of syria what if it moves like a doc if you like a dog then probably its a dog you know jonathan weigh in on that because i am really quite mystified by all thats what is the National Security interest of the United States to maintain military forces even legally under International Law in syria what is the game plan it seems to me its a lot of spite they dont like the fact that the russians the iranians and our side won that its back down on the ground they want to accept it go ahead jonathan. Made it clear that to do it against iran initially it was against iris but it was against. Its against iran they say that quite clearly theyve built a
Is next for this war torn country what justification exists for the u. S. To maintain military forces there does washington want syria partition if so and why. Cross talking syria im joined by my guest Jonathan Steele in london hes an International Affairs commentator in leeds we have here he is a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the university of bradford and in doha we cross the mohammed should we he is a professor of conflict resolution at George Mason University and author of what isnt like continuity or rupture in the wake of the arab uprisings all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate if i can go to you first in leeds here let me read some of the headlines here tillerson touts indefinite u. S. Presence in syria and assad must go in new plan also tillerson u. S. Military presence in syria open ended will ensure regime change i thought we got way way past that with the collapse of the Islamic State wi