embassy in baghdad. it has been consistent, relntless over the past month so some may argue deciding to take out the man they consider responsible for all of this isn't that much of a surprise. i think it's possible more testament to how qassem soleimani became such an influential figure, the outside executer of iran's influence in this region that many aren't quite so startled this move was taken by the trump administration. >> nick's in beirut. i want to get you to saudi arabia because, nick, clearly pointing out that part of the influence of this man, allegedly the attack on the aramco intlgz. nick robertson is standing by in riyadh. the u.s. says their intelligence suggested imminent attacks led by soleimani on u.s. assets in iraq, syria and in lebanon led to the decision to take out soleimani. but concern, now, across the region about what happens next, what iran's response might be where and when, what's the perspective where you are? >> well, the perspective here is that they've long said that the

comes the program our top story at least 2 people have been killed in baghdad after iraqi security forces used tear gas and live ammunition to break up anti-government protests meanwhile in the south of the country hundreds of demonstrators that blocked main roads in several cities the had been a brief lull in protests as regional tensions between iran and the united states took center stage but iraqis continue to say the prime minister has not fulfilled his promises and they are calling for an overhaul of the political system imran khan reports now from the capital. in one of the main squares in central baghdad police and protesters confront each other it began in the early hours of my. as protesters tried to block the road leading to the square they want a change of government and accuse the current one of corruption a cool had gone out to protesters to block main roads in baghdad a major highways in the south cutting off access. police use live ammunition and fight a gas in an attempt to disperse the crowds in the capital but a standoff sued last in several i was angry iraqis are deter

drone strike in baghdad. and a spontaneous outbreak of joy in iraqi cities over the passing of a man many see as the embodiment of iran's meddling here i sure wish i didn't have to listen to me i feel happy about killing solo money the reason is because of his foreign interference in iraq would you accept that our intervening in all the families issues everything has been trees. in the early hours of friday morning shortly after arriving at baghdad international airport a u.s. strike targeted a convoy of silly money and his close ally hondas the deputy head of the iraqi popular mobilization forces an iranian backed part military group other members of the group were also killed for iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali common a solemn mani was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and he warned there will be revenge the cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom well make iran more de

in a us rocket strike at baghdad airport. jillian: we have team coverage with iran's new warning. rob: qasem soleimani breaking down who qasem soleimani was and why his death is so important. jillian: democrats already counting on the president's move. let's begin in jordan with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: overnight the united states assassinating the leader of iran's revolutionary guard qasem soleimani. this is a major development in the region. we talked a lot yesterday about iran and the united states preparing for a direct military confrontation. this conflict has entered a new phase. after last night, drone strike targeted a car outside baghdad international airport that qasem soleimani was riding in. additionally a senior official in a top iranian militia targeted and killed outside the airport last night. today iran vowing to respond, rouhani tweeting out the great nation of iran will take revenge for what he is calling a heinous crime. the ayatollah implementing a 3 day morning period vowing to resp

becky. >> in baghdad monitoring these images of these streets of baghdad. teeming with supporters of the iranian military leader for his funeral procession today. thank you for that. cnn international diplomatic editor nick robertson is standing by. qasem soleimani allegedly directing attacks on u.s. targets just as mass protests against iran's growing influence in iraq were gaining in momentum. and we've seen similar protests in beirut, as well. nick, you are in riyad. this has been for many years now tehran's nemesis, of course. accusations that iran, under the guises of qasem soleimani, has been running a benign policy across the middle east. to the detriment of, for example, the saudis and those in the uae where -- where i am based. what's the perspective about what happens next where you are? >> yeah. the saudis have been really strong supporters of president trump because he has been so outspokenly anti-iranian. at the same time, you know, there's concern that his lack of understanding and familiarity with detail and the complexities of this region co

traveled from holy shrines in baghdad to karbala and najaf. will be buried while very little to take place in iran receiving messages of support for iraq's sovereignty president has spoken to world leaders including the turkish and french president they agreed on taking measures to prevent iraq from becoming a battleground for other countries to settle their scores. could achieve the victory he wanted to expel u.s. troops from iraq the extraordinary session is already under mounting public pressure to legislate against the presence of u.s. forces in iraq but with a weak interim government with limited legislative powers the government is likely to not meet those expectations. back that. is being on a ceremony in the southwestern city of. and these are live pictures coming to us here at al-jazeera from that that procession we're expecting that the body will arrive back in a robber not sure if it has yet but when it does he'll be taken to the holy city of mashad and then on to the iranian capital tehran and he'll be buried in his hometown of on

you worked in the us embassy in baghdad oi’ worked in the us embassy in baghdad or does this i think for a long time, the americans would have been happy to put soleimani out of business. he was responsible responsible for the deaths of hundreds of us soldiers, 600 american soldiers during the iraq war when i was there. frankly his organisations killed british personnel in iraq as well. i'm thinking of several reduced financial experts, civilians at the iraqi ministry of finance working aptand iraqi ministry of finance working apt and murdered. iraqi ministry of finance working aptand murdered. i'm happy to iraqi ministry of finance working apt and murdered. i'm happy to see him out of business but ijust think sooner him out of business but ijust think sooner or later, the iranians will react and i hope we are ready for it and especially for the sake of iraqi, i hope that the worst does not happen and we don't see widespread fighting in iraq itself. its massive news and it's still breaking, there is lots to be confirmed but for now, robert ford, thank you for your thoughts and analys

we'll go to trey yanst in baghdad. reporter: reports indicate more than 30 surface-to-surface missiles have been fired toward the al asad air base in iraq. missiles are coming from iranian territory. at this point we do not know. all we have are the statements from the iranians this week saying they were going to strike back as a result of president making the decision to take out the iranian it in leader qassem soleimani. what started out and looked like it was going to be taken ongoing proxy war. something we have seen often in the region has turned to using missiles fired from iran into iraqi territory. we saw a number of statements from president trump and the iranians. it seems like a ping-pong, if you strike us, we'll strike. but what we have seen is missiles being fired toward an iraqi base with u.s. troops. president trump this week a number of times indicating he would strike back at iran and would be willing to hit some of their cultural sites. the president confirming much of that information today with john

as strikes on baghdad. firefighters in australia brace themselves for another difficult day as hot and windy conditions continue to fuel widespread bushfires. we begin with breaking news from libya medical sources say at least 20 students at a minute she academy in tripoli have been killed in an air strike by forces loyal to warlord holly for have to it's the latest attack in half his ongoing offensive to try to seize control of the libyan capital from the un recognized government after us forces are backed by egypt the u.a.e. and saudi arabia. syria correspondent mahmoud abbas will have joins us live on the phone from tripoli serve you gather more information about the strike. we're now in front of one of the main hospitals in the city center of the libyan capital one of the victims of the end of strike would burn out of here medical sources here in this hospital say that they were not able to identify the victims because most of the dead victims buddies were burned also they say that they were striving to

airstrikes that killed 27 people al-jazeera is osama bin laden has more from the iraqi capital baghdad. these pictures if you see through through their deeds and in the airports which is about a kilometer or so coming from check to check points so yes that. if you're having security that that does not mean that there is not particularly a particular stretch of the. lead heavily guarded only because the particular. closer to the airport than it is even after the big people in the high group secure here in baghdad so it security very tight can be to be repacked from the republican congress and the people of the by u.s. gunships. will present security forces or maybe are there in baghdad or out of the 10 remain close to many roads to be closed with the think all sorts of problems that catholic because of the closer security is tight out the defense and it looks like it has the whole bar of the decision to strike. because then. you have the passing of. a big specifically carried out that attack turkey's parliament has voted in favor of sending troops into libya to help the country's u.n. r

homage to the iranian military commander kasem solomonic his funeral procession is taking place in baghdad. his reign of terror is over. donald trump says he acted to stop a war with iran not to start one by ordering the airstrike that killed so the mahdi . hello there i'm jim mcdonald this is a live from doha also coming up rise up against a foreign occupation warlord half stars called the libyans as turkish troops prepare to join the war. now the state of emergency declared in south eastern australia where cancer struck the bushfire conditions are bad. that's why mining for cobalt in the democratic republic of congo comes at a high human cost. a very warm welcome to the program we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed in the u.s. air strike targeting major general kassab solomonic on friday the formal funeral for the top arabian commander as well as the our 100 s. the deputy commander of the iran backed popular mobilization forces is a bomb to get under way beyond this will later be buried not from saddam on his body will be flow

president trump had said he a lwa ys baghdad. president trump had said he always wanted to see retaliation, but he did not want to see a war with iran. his defence secretary, mark esper, had warned there could unilateral action against iran after that protest outside the us embassy. and now we have seen it. the question is really, as i say, what is next? what retaliatory action, if any, will iran take, and what does this mean for the thousands of us troops who are in that region of the world ? as troops who are in that region of the world? as you said, donald trump did promise retaliation, though when he was asked by a reporter during the attacks on the embassy whether he wa nted attacks on the embassy whether he wanted war with iran, he said absolutely not. obviously people are worrying that could now happen. do you think part of this is foreign policy for donald trump ahead of the —— ahead of an election year? he wa nts to —— ahead of an election year? he wants to look strong and powerful and geta wants to look strong a

that breaking here in baghdad tonight, at least two rockets fired into baghdad. this follows more rockets being fired in a similar location. last night when those 15 ballistic missiles were fired by the iranians toward that base in western iraq that does house western forces, the concern tonight in earlier today as we were reporting on the show this afternoon, you could hear american apache helicopters circling the green zone. they were trying to look for potential threats to american officials that are currently operating out of the u.s. embassy there in that location. and no threats like we have seen tonight, rockets that have been fired by the militia groups around baghdad. >> neil: thank you very much. the latest from baghdad on the sirens. it might not be anything to worry about. for the time being, people are antsy about it. it is still a tense environment here. seemingly is a sense that people are returning to the news that this is all back to pretaking this general out kind of environment. >> exactly. over the years, neil, since you and i have been follow

embassy in baghdad this week. now the pentagon releasing a statement that reads in part, at the direction of the president, the u.s. military has taken decisive d

let's go to arwa now in baghdad. what are you hearing on the ground about this shelling as it's described, how it happened, what happened, and what we know at this hour. >> well, victor, it's being better described as a precision targeting of what it would seem to be from the images that we're seeing two vehicles who were hit just on the outskirts of baghdad's international airport. when these reports first came out it was initially reported as being three katusha rockets. now we know that that convoy contained not just qassem soleimani, the head of the quds force, but also a very prominent commander here, a member of what's known as iraq's popular mobilization force. this is a predominantly shia paramilitary force. the leader of kataeb hezbollah, that, victor, is the very same group that the u.s. had targeted on sunday, and it is members of, or supporters of, this paramilitary force who were the protesters who were outside of the u.s. embassy, who were attempting to scale those walls. i think one of the many reasons

suleimani was killed in baghdad. and a spontaneous outbreak of joy in cities over the passing of a man many see as the embodiment of iran's meddling. >> i feel happy about it. accept?u everything is boundaries. after arrivingng at baghdad international airport, a u.s. strike targeted suleimani and his close ally. the deputy head of the iraqi paramilitary group. other members were also killed. for the ayatollah khomeini, suleimani was a confidant and a member of his inner circle. he warned there will be revenge. >> the cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who fought for years against the evils and bandits of the world. suleimani's martyred on will make iran more decisive to resist america's expansionism. othero doubt, iran and freedom seeking countries will take his revenge. while there's talk of revenge, many arabians do not want to see war. >> it will definitely increase violence. i disagree with violence and conflict. i believe peace negotiations to reach goals. >> suleimani enjoyed some su

embassy in baghdad. it has been two days have a very rapid development. thethis attack happening in early hours of the morning. security forces have cordoned off many paths leading toward the airport. the international side is still operational. the area is the base of counterterrorism forces. airport, thethat u.s.-led coalition. >> it is almost a continuation of what we have seen taking place over the past 48 hours now , when that militia was allowed by the iraqi authorities to get so very close to the u.s. embassy compound building. >> absolutely. it appears that way because the ,ay this attack was carried out the specific targeting of these toicles, and going beyond the context of this attack on a , retaliation by u.s. targeting the group that is part and parcel of the popular mobilization forces and many groups in iraq, militias aligned with iran. , protesterson marching to the gates of the so obviously, concerns have been raised about nonstate actors and state actors in control of power. like you said, this appears to be a continuation. the targeted

embassy compound in baghdad i.e. the iraqi authorities let them do it one of the 2 gentlemen who's been killed so the money was a regular visitor to the iraqi capital baghdad over the past 3 and a half or 4 years or so let's talk to john timoney he's a principal research scientist at the massachusetts institute of technology where he's worked on iraq and iran u.s. relations he joins us live from washington i don't know if you heard john timoney that tweet from marco rubio to. talking about what a dangerous moment we are now at ignoring political affiliations with people like mr rubio of course that seems to be a pretty good up sum of where we're at because there are multiple components multiple variables and a tinder dry situation on the ground anyway in iraq yes i'd have to agree with that the fact is that iran will come back. and hit u.s. assets or assets of u.s. allies in the region and they will do so repeatedly over a period of time and then the question is are we on an escalation ladder where the united states

explosions in baghdad and warnings of attacks on u.s. bases the fallout continues to be assassination of iranian commander cussons although many diplomats are trying to bring the deepening crisis under control qatar has sent its foreign minister to meet iran's leaders. from doha everyone on kimmel santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera forces loyal to the libyan warlord launched air strikes on a military academy killing at least 30 people the daytime sky darkens to an eerie blood red in australia after another day of destructive bushfires. so they've been rocket attacks in and around baghdad after u.s. drone strikes killed iran's top military commander customer in iraq 48 hours ago now there was one explosion in the heavily fortified green zone near the american embassy to hit close to an iraqi base where there are u.s. troops and contractors also the hezbollah a pro iran paramilitary group is warning iraqi forces to stay away from u.s. bases has been grief and rage also filling the streets of baghdad as well as the shia holy

embassy in baghdad this week. now the pentagon releasing a statement that reads in part, at the direction of the president, the u.s. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect u.s. personnel abroad by killing the head of the iranian revolutionary guard kurds force a u.s. designated foreign terrorist organization. it goes on, the strike was aimed at detouring future iranian attack plans. the united states will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interest wherever they are around the world. no official statement from the white house as of now. we're not expecting one, either. only a tweet of the american flag from the u.s. president donald trump. he's been on vacation, of course, at his mar-a-lago resort in florida in the past two weeks. now cnn is covering this breaking story like no one else can. we have correspondents and analysts around the world. arwa damon is live in baghdad for us and alex marquardt. let's go to you at baghdad. give us a sense of the moment. this i

embassy in baghdad at this point they say that the u.s. consulate general in your view is open but beyond that this is a new communique from the u.s. government urging all american citizens now to leave iraq immediately. i'm gay but in terms of what we talked about this before the other right reactions that we've had from the u.s. obviously we haven't heard from the president that save for that flag a lot earlier walk we take from the troop movements that we've seen on top of this request for americans to leave baghdad. yeah there's troop movements for sure there's probably some going on that we don't know about right now quite frankly the pentagon for sure probably is secretly moving assets around we can that's a pretty safe assumption at this point we do know that the pentagon has already announced before this was thoroughly early thursday late wednesday if i'm not mistaking that 750 troops from the 82nd airborne have been moved to the middle east region again that came out was announced by the pentagon before this latest development on

and iran where does that leave baghdad i mean baghdad stuck in the middle many of you know iraq's. higher up politicians up close relationship with it are and you know iran and iraq's neighbor that they have you know they have a long and very close relationship. at the also at the same time many of their expertise and they're very angry at the u.s. for violating iraq somebody with this airstrike that killed them money so iraq from the very difficult position they can afford to you know. completely angered the u.s. but at the same time it has it relies on and on and again it's kind of trapped in the middle you know. the iranian and u.s. tensions kind of play out within the. iran walking a political tightrope there my good in baghdad for us thank you so much you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in an asian authorities have been delivering supplies by helicopter to waterlogged regions following floods that leave left at least 53 people dead in the jakarta capital region drenching rains that started on new year's eve unleashed deadly flash floods and lands

embassy in baghdad telling americans to leave iraq immediately says u.s. citizens should leave by air if possible but failing that should leave by land to other countries sworn to citizens not to approach the bank embassy. let's hear now from mark kimmitt susie former assistant secretary of state for political military affairs under president george w. bush and he gave his perspective on how the u.s. might respond to any retaliation from iran. well the roadmap for the united states government is that they will respond forcefully to any further actions by the iranians what the american government is saying is they're fed up after 40 years of revolutionary movements inside of the middle east being propagated by the iranian regime. i was struck by the ferocity of the attacks both against the. hizbollah bases and also the drone strike attack which killed. qassam sort of mani in and of the hondas it demonstrates to me that the us government is not going to do this half measure is the expression we used in the u.s. they seem to have taken the gloves off and at t

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air strike in baghdad kills the elite force commander solo mannie. the u.s. says it remains committed to deescalation with iran but is prepared to defend itself. and i had seen and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. one of the largest evacuations in astray as history is under way with hot weather and strong winds expected to worsen already devastating wildfires. and $100.00 babies dead in one month we look at the reasons behind the end usually high child mortality rates at a public hospital in india. iran has voted to retaliate strongly after the u.s. killed the commander who spearheaded tehran's military operations across the middle east major general carson so the money they are strike targets insulin money occurred on a road at baghdad airports we begin our coverage with al-jazeera same basra the. i guess heart rate in the upper ranks of the iranian military at the official announcement of the death of major general qassam saloni the commander of iran's could force the revolutionary guard unit responsible for foreign operations so long he wa

in a us rocket strike at baghdad airport. jillian: we have team coverage with iran's new warning. rob: qasem soleimani breaking down who qasem soleimani was and why his death is so important. jillian: democrats already counting on the president's move. let's begin in jordan with the latest.

embassy in baghdad. the deputy head behind the group in those protests was also killed in the strike. they were protesting missile strikes launched by the u.s. for the death of an american contractor, an attack that the pentagon blamed on soleimani's forces. >> tehran calling it dangerous. adding, the u.s. bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism. one big question this morning is whether top congressional leaders were notified. cnn's fareed zacaria suspects they were not. >> it's not clear what the objective here. soleimani is a bad guy. no question. we appear to be without congressional authorization, entering into another middle east war. >> just the other day, trump did threaten iran during the baghdad embassy protests. the supreme leader replied, that guy has tweeted that we see iran responsible in baghdad and we will respond to iran. you can't do anything. arwa damon is in baghdad. what is the response there? >> reporter: a lot of anger and shock. this is such a stunning tu

air strike in baghdad had an immediate impact on world oil prices. the price shot up 3% as soon as news of the air strike came out. right now crude up 3.25% and wti crude up just over 3%. we'll continue to watch it of course. >>> it is being called a staggering move by the u.s. in the middle east. we are live in tehran with more of our breaking coverage of the u.s. killing of iran's top military commander right after this. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free. shipstation. the #1 chhey. of online sell ♪hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home

he is among 7 people killed by a us airstrike near baghdad international airport. the other major death is iraqi militia commander, the man behind the 1983 us embassy bombing in kuwait. iraq security media reporting rockets hit near the airport's cargo hall sitting two cars on fire. mark esper joined america's newsroom reiterating the us has a right to defend itself. >> i'm not going to telegraph we are going to do but we have fast capability to do any number of things, we will act in response to actions by iran or its proxies and to preempt any attacks on our forces, our personnel. remains >> reporter: lawmakers raising questions about this, chris murphy tweeting he was an enemy of the united states, that is not a question. the question is did america just assassinate without congressional authorization, the second most powerful person in iran, knowingly setting up a potential massive regional bore? the airstrike comes just one day after the us deployed 750 troops to the region in response to the iraqi militia attack on the us embassy in baghdad and the department

embassy in baghdad earlier this week. 100 marines would be sent to the baghdad embassy complex to protect it. and 750 troops would be sent to kuwait. to nearby kuwait essentially to function as a rapid reaction force in case they were needed in iraq. speaker pelosi noting the administration made the strikes without authorization from congress. something we figured was true. congress wasn't notified. including herself and the gang of 8. a departure from past practice. joining us now the executive vice president of the institute for responsible state craft. written several books on america's relationship with iran. losing an enemy, obama, iran and the triumph of diplomacy. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> let me ask you an open question about your reaction to this news tonight. you have been following this news as we have. >> well, it's somewhat similar to the previous guests in the sense it's really difficult not to see this as an act of war. it's really difficult not to see how this will escalate further. it's really difficult to see how the u.s. government has

to be caught there in baghdad is appropriate. it shows this president using our military, intelligence, state department, doesn't draw red lines. he said, no, we're going to act. we're not going to threaten, we're going to do something. that's a difference what you and i saw in benghazi. tonight is a good night for the military and for the world. is it an unsafe place still in many ways? yes, there's one less terrorist out there, villain, terrorizing people for years. this is a president who stood up, put sanctions back on iran. this is what got them back to the table. the previous president walked away. this president said if you're going to participate in the world economy, you're going to have to do something to show you're in a civilized society. tonight showed them, do not mess with america. >> this is a well-oiled machine to have all of the components in the intelligence community, the state department, the foreign affair, and the united states military is prepared to fire a gun and use a drone when they need to do it. but

president donald trump defended the attack at baghdad airport in iraq that killed a general customer something not something monny he was the head of iran's elite force and was seen as the architect of tear france military operations in the middle east the strike also killed 3 album handiest on the iraqi paramilitary group leader with close ties to iran iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali common i.e. has warned the united states that it faces retaliation the u.s. is already. it's citizens to leave iraq and he's sending thousands of extra troops to the region. the iranians took to the streets of their capital on friday in the 10s of thousands of you was and they chanted no compromise no surrender fight the us the news of general solomon is killing sparked fury among the protesters who directed their anger at the west. miami saudi have all the same thing they did to us should be done to them and their leader should be killed all of them should be killed. military officials also spoke of revenge for the killing of the man who was widely seen as the 2nd most powerful figure in iran. and

it is something baghdad can't do, u nfortu nately. it is something baghdad can't do, unfortunately. it is a very complex picture. mike pregent, thank you very much your time and thoughts on that. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has expressed what he called "alarm" at the decision of a chinese court to sentence a prominent church leader to nine years injail. wang yi of the unregistered early rain covenant church was an outspoken critic of the chinese communist party, giving a sermon describing president xi jinping as a "sinner", who headed a government which "offended god". in a tweet, mr pompeo said pastor yi had been "tried in secret, on trumped—up charges". and he called on beijing to release him and end its repression of religious groups. shipping companies will have to reduce their sulphur oxide emissions from the first of january. strict new international rules will limit the poisonous gases produced by ships, to 0.5 %. the global body overseeing the maritime sector says this will reduce the harmful effects on human health. but the international maritime organisation

airstrike in baghdad the u.s. secretary of state says the money was planning an imminent attack and his desk has made the world a much safer place with. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program navy ships rescues thousands stranded on beaches by australia's bushfires ahead of weather conditions the scribed is catastrophic. hello thank you for joining us iran has vowed to retaliate after the u.s. assassinated its top military commander leaving the middle east on a knife edge custom so the money who was regarded as the 2nd most powerful figure in iran died in an airstrike near baghdad airport a top iraqi paramilitary commander on the on the hunt this was also killed iraq's prime minister says the act will light the fuse of a destructive war well in iraq and angry crowds protested after friday prayers condemning the assassination and chanting death to america and supreme leader ali khamenei who had a close relationship with so many vowed severe revenge for his

drone strike in baghdad. and a spontaneous outbreak of joy in iraqi cities over the passing of a man many see as the embodiment of iran's meddling here i sure wish i didn't have to listen to me i feel happy about killing solo money the reason is because of his foreign interference in iraq would you accept that our intervening in all the families issues everything has been trees. in the early hours of friday morning shortly after arriving at baghdad international airport a u.s. strike targeted a convoy of silly money and his close ally hondas the deputy head of the iraqi popular mobilization forces an iranian backed part military group other members of the group were also killed for iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali common a stolen money was a trusted confidant a member of his inner circle and he warned there will be revenge the cruelest people on earth assassinated the honorable commander who courageously fought for years against the evils and bandis of the world sulaimani is martyrdom well make iran more d

where custom sulaimani was assassinated is a member of baghdad council security committee. thanks so much for coming back on actually just. begin by saying that major nation state backed media here is saying that the vote in the iraqi parliament to throw out british and american soldiers is only advisory does it actually mean anything it does because the prime minister his intention was to os all foreign troops outside iraq and he needed the political backing from the parliament as we know put iraqi parliament is divided up on itself and he wanted a political. following of political backing so he could go and face the american and the foreign troops behind him a political force so it actually does mean that the. troops have to leave or what is the next stage of this since the vote yes i see in 2014 a letter was sent from the foreign office iraqi foreign office to the security council of the united nation asking for international assistance now the job is finished ice is finished so the foreign office will send another letter to the security council asking to revoke that old

embassy complex in baghdad earlier this week, u.s. military announced that a hundred marines, a hundred additional marines would be sent to the baghdad embassy complex to protect it and that troops from the 83nd airborne would be sent to nearby kuwait essentially to function as a rapid action in case they were needed by iraq. speaker pelosi noting the administration made the strikes against irabbian military officials without authorize from congress is a confirmation of something we figured was true. her saying congress was not notified presumably means that includes the gang of 8 which would include herself. that would be a departure from past practice. joining us now is the executive vice president of the institute for responsible state craft. the founder of the national iranian american counsel. he's written several books on america's relationship with iran. his latest is losing an enemy, obama and the era of the triumph of diplomacy. thank you for making time. >> thanks for having me. >> let me ask you an open question to your rea

there are two governments in baghdad. one is the pro-american government that is counting on us to continue to train and assist their military. and help to provide information that's very important to countering terrorism. and protecting their country. the other one is the iraqi government that is beholden to the iraq -- the iranians. the iranians have long wanted a free access, going all the way from the iraqi-iran border, all the way to syria, and then, of course, the becau valley and attacking israel. the israelis provide an enormous amount of intelligence on what's happening in their boarder with lebanon and syria.nt the good news is, we still have our own independent intelligence shows guys like soleimani transporting intelligence on how to attack americans. >> jason: he ain't doing that anymore.to his days are over doing that. >> i'm actually -- i'm hopeful i talked to several people since all of this started breaking a few hours ago. i'm confident that they're right. i'm hopeful they're correct that soleimani is no

let's go to baghdad. arwa damon there. it's difficult to overstate how much of an impact this action could take. give us your thoughts. >> reporter: michael, we're entering uncharted territory. this kind of escalation by the u.s. is only going to be viewed by iran as an act of war. it's difficult to imagine a scenario where iran wouldn't be ready for something like this, given how things have been going recently between tehran and washington. now, this strike happened just outside of baghdad international airport, targeting this convoy that was carrying qassim soleimani and the leader of the group that was targeted on sunday. the big question, i think, right now, is what are the unforeseen impacts of all of this? when you have an event that is as significant as this one that has the potential to upend so many different factors not just in iraq but across the middle east, given the reach that iran has, militarily and politically, when the u.s. came in and took saddam hussein out of power, the consequences of that, among man

the bodies of the 2 leaders traveled from holy shrines in baghdad to karbala and najaf. this will be buried while burial is to take place in iran receiving messages of support for iraq's sovereignty president has spoken to world leaders including the turkish and french president they agreed on taking measures to prevent iraq from becoming a battleground for other countries to settle their scores in command of the group's . money could achieve the victory he wanted to expel u.s. troops from iraq the parliament's extraordinary session is already under mounting public pressure to legislate against the presence of u.s. forces in iraq but with a weak interim government with limited legislative powers the government is likely to not meet those expectations. with out of the fact that. donald trump has issued a stark warning to iran threatening to hit dozens of targets inside the islamic republic if it retaliates for the targeted killing of top commanders. the u.s. president fired off a series of tweets part of which said iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain usa a

reports of a new air strike near baghdad targeting a militia convoy. cnn has not confirmed those reports. there's been no claim of responsibility. we'll bring you more details as soon as we get them. but we are learning much more tonight about the u.s. air strike that killed iran's top general. tensions are rising as the pentagon orders roughly 3,000 additional troops to the region and iran vows harsh revenge. iran's ambassador to the u.n. tells cnn this tonight. >> we shall not just close our eyes to what happened last night. definitely there will be revenge. there will be harsh revenge. last night they started a military war by assassinating -- by an act of terror against one of our top generals. so what else can we expect iran to do? we cannot just remain silent. we have to act, and we will act. >> and tonight the president bluntly tells his supporters in miami this. >> he was planning a very major attack, and we got him. >> but as the world watches and waits, the question tonight is, what is the next move? will iran get revenge? what could that rev

embassy compound in baghdad. this was the brigades former leader because we lost commanders of the hotshot who liberated iraq and liberated provinces occupied by eisel iraq force on behalf of all the world this violation has all iraqi people angry and condemning the crime. the bodies of the 2 leaders try. from holy shrines in baghdad to karbala and najaf. will be buried while very little to take place in iran receiving messages of support for iraq's sovereignty president has spoken to world leaders including the turkish and french president they agreed on taking measures to prevent iraq from becoming a battleground for other countries to settle their scores and. groups. money could achieve the victory he wanted to expel u.s. troops from iraq the parliament's extraordinary session is already under mounting public pressure to legislate against the presence of u.s. forces in iraq but with a weak interim government with limited legislative powers the government is likely to not meet those expectations. back that. lib

drone strike tens of thousands are gathering in baghdad for the funeral march as tensions between iraq and the u.s. flag tehran has vowed revenge for the death of general qassam solomonic. australia calls for up to 3000 reservists to help deal with the devastating wildfire forecasters are warning of more high winds and scorching temperatures reaching 45 degrees as your prime minister declares it's an extremely difficult day for australia. a michael to have you company tens of thousands of people have gathered in the iraqi capital baghdad for a funeral procession for the iranian general and iraqi militia leader killed in an american airstrike a day earlier the procession organized by iran backed iraqi militias is set to head for the shiite holy cities of kabul. south of baghdad the death of general qassam so the money has sent shock waves through the region. tehran has vowed revenge the u.s. has ordered its citizens to leave iraq and is sending thousands of extra troops to the region. the iranians took to the streets of the capital on friday in the 10s of thousands. of the was and they

drone strike tens of thousands are gathering in baghdad for the funeral march as tensions between iran and the u.s. spy tehran has vowed revenge for the death of general qassam solomonic. australia calls up 3000 reservists to help deal with the devastating wildfire forecasters are warning of more high winds and sporting temperatures reaching 45 degree as the prime minister declares it's an extremely difficult day for the country. i'm michael so glad you could join me tens of thousands of mourners have gathered in the iraqi capital baghdad for a funeral procession for the iranian general and iraqi militia leader killed in an american airstrike a day earlier the procession organized by iran backed iraqi militias is heading for the shiite holy cities of karbala and najaf south of baghdad the death of general. sole nonny has sent shock waves through the region. tehran has vowed revenge of the u.s. has ordered its citizens to leave iraq and is sending thousands of extra troops to the region. the iranians took to the streets of their capital on friday in the 10s of thousands. was they chante

jamana is in baghdad and nic robertson is in baghdad and matthew chance joining us for perspective from moscow. just how concerned are people there that any escalation between the u.s. and iran will end up with iraq and the iraqi people in the middle of all of this? >> you know, this is the biggest concern, becky. you speak to so many people here who are so worried about that. that their country is, yet again, being caught in the middle of a conflict between different countries this time what is turning into this confrontation between the united states and iran. the concerns that this could play out between the united states and iranian proxies here on the ground. the situation is so tense. people are really on edge. and we saw that yesterday. you know, there were several rocket attacks targeting the green zone and air base, air base to the north of baghdad. no casualties in this attack. no one claimed responsibility for the attack and these sort of attacks do happen and they happen from time to time. but because of the situation and because of the heightened threat levels here, people

drone strike near baghdad airport. u.s. intelligence learned that suleimani was planning specific attacks on u.s. interests in multiple countries, including u.s. personnel, a congressional source briefed by the trump administration tells cnn. defense secretary mark esper and the secretary of state mike pompeo flew to mar-a-lago on sunday to brief president trump on the intelligence. when the u.s. learned suleimani was in baghdad, president trump decided to order the attack despite concerns by some in the administration about potential iranian escalation. these images obtained by cnn showing the wreckage of the tarts -- of the targeted killing. pompeo telling cnn the strike saved american lives. >> there was, in fact, an imminent attack taking place. the american people should know this was an intelligence-based assessment that drove this. >> reporter: but that differents from the defense department. the pentagon saying in a statement, this strike was aimed at deterring future iranian attack plans. the state department urgin

al-jazeera baghdad. well now in all the developments we're following tonight 2 blasts have been heard in iraq's capital baghdad now it's not clear what caused these explosions but the reuters news agency is reporting that 3 katyusha rockets landed inside the capital's green zone which is home to international embassies no casualties have been reported. the world health organization will convene an emergency meeting in geneva on wednesday to address the spread of a mystery illness a region ating in china the virus has killed 3 people since 1st being detected in the chinese city of one han more than $200.00 cases have now been confirmed on monday officials said they had evidence of human to human transmission south korea's centers for disease control and prevention as also reported its 1st case a chinese woman who flew into incheon city from ohio on sunday has now been quarantined this follows one case being confirmed in japan early in january and then 2 in thailand 6 days ago katrina reports now from beij

and iran as around his promise and where does that leave baghdad. baghdad is unfortunately a bit trapped in the middle of these 2 countries. baghdad is at the center of a lot of these conflicts where the many personal aren't and for the u.s. embassy is iraq and so as things continue it seems likely that some of the conflicts will continue to play out in that own lives we were hearing in the reporter earlier tens of thousands of mourners took part in a funeral funeral possessed partly procession earlier today overall though in iraq how are people reacting to the u.s. drone strike. reactions are divided. as we saw today there was mass warning you know for people who were supporters. of the money or no one does he was the leader of a very meijer militia here in iraq in the militia but then though there are other people who were happy when they heard the news so that money was killed many of the protesters in tahrir square have been protesting against corruption in the government for months now initially you know celebrated the news of the money's death