and spread our pasha lives and making sure that you're hearing the stories from people in places like how this finds, the young man has regions and so many others. we go to them, we make the effort, we care state the blast. so the military base and the dog has been reported, the paramilitary group, popular mobilization forces says it was talking to the i'm how much room this is. i'll just hear a lie from to have also coming up power city and had been killed by and is really are a strike west of roughly more than 34000 gallons have been killed by israel. and since october the, at least 5 people are killed in the occupied west bank during violence between

israeli forces and palestinian fighters were committed to israel. security were also committed to de escalate the us secretary of state appeals for com. while i'm running an official say, there are no plans to retaliate after and a parent is really drunk strikes the . we're starting with breaking news coming out of it off a large blast has been reported south of the capital book that in the, by the province apparent military base used by the group. popular mobilization forces has reportedly been hit with all a bunch of a joins us from over the phone from above that. but some of what's the latest we know about this blast that's been reported by the p. m. f.

in the last few minutes, we've heard more details from the popular mobilization forces, who alleged that it was essentially us aircraft to which target the headquarters or the 7th river brigade at the called submitted the base. this is, as you mentioned, between baghdad and babylon. so south of fact that north of babylon, the initial tool that the popular mobilization force sort of is confirming to it is at least one person who has been wounded from the big aid because stationed there. this is a heavy mechanical brigade which includes tax number personnel carriers at the cause who, comp, it is the top level plantation forces at in the, in whole. and then some parts of this space also hosts the forces belonging to other members of this ministry, including the but the brigade we've also heard from security forces which say that there are multiple casualties that they fear because there's

a large fire that is burning at the base and they're part of fi does. they're trying to put it out. but there are also reports of the aircraft flying in the area, building the baghdad and other localities around back that and those m a obviously the timing here is very interesting. this coming just one night after israel appears to have carried out that attack against iran, at least that's according to us officials, if you could just talk our viewers through the significance of the popular mobilization forces, how much the way they have in there at all. when they were established and how they were incorporated into where at ok, security apparatus, the flip the walk you back through the last 24 hours. that's about 24 hours ago we . we woke up again to the news of explosions that were heard in iraq and then later denied. they were denials from the doctor,

security forces that there be any bases or places which are being attacked in this image. it is really attacked, but then there are some images of projectiles which have landed in parts of iraq, which some sources claim that they were is really miss styles, or rockets or part of fuselage is awesome without but that just gives you a sense of, of tenterhooks that this concrete has been on ever since that iranian retaliation for the baby attack in syria. and then people have been waiting with bated breath and what's gonna happen. so now this seems to be some sort of incident. we don't know exactly who is involved. obviously the popular mobilization forces pointing their fingers towards the united states, but again, we'll wait for confirmation from iraq. the security forces themselves. and as you mentioned, the popular mobilization forces have been key to defeating ice. so in the last decade or so, where they were formulated and then later in, merged into the,

the fear of iraq, the security where they fall under the prime minister's office. and many of their fighters have joined the regular security forces as well. but this is a very powerful group. we should not just deal political power with a clear alignment to iran, but also physical muscle because it is a trained fi cuz it has the equipment. and it has been crucial in the fight against cyprus to this battle hardened as well as seen in, according to the rockies and iraqi forces, a crucial part of the office security fair. but many invest in analysts and wisdom governance needs as part of iran growing into an inside iraq. and a problematic course, the right that's obvious. there is some a binge of a, uh, on the phone for us from the, by the dodger summer. we'll be getting back to you shortly for more details about this attack in it all. now let's move on to lawrence core who's

a senior fellow at the center for american progress, and a former us assistant secretary of defense. he joins us from washington, dc. lawrence, let me ask you 1st about the fact that the popular mobilization forces the paramilitary group and they're at off. they are blaming view west for carrying out this strike in dogs just in the last hour. so what's the significance of that? well, i think the fact that you've had the strike because this, the, this is the 1st time we've had anything since the 3 americans were killed in the united states attack cuts he has the law. the other is, is a rand. try to do this to divert attention, you know, from the situation that they are facing with the israel right now. so that's what we have to find out. exactly. why did this occur? why now? i mean, the united states military forces in a rocket, but attacked over

a 100 times since they've deployed. they are back in 2018 to deal with isis. lawrence, and you have a, a military presence still in it. off there are around $2500.00 us service members. still it off. and one of the things that they're at off the government has been demanding one more. the last 2 months is a complete drawn down of us forces in that it off. they want to see them leave, there's a lot of pressure mounting by the adoption government for that to happen. does it look like that may happen any time soon? or the fact that there is so much attention now in the region, and in the wake of those strikes from iran towards israel and the possible retaliation of israel and 40 ron, is that going to mean that the us is committed to continuing to have a presence in there at all, a $56.00 a. well, i mean it's very interesting in my dealings with the iraqi government and they would say something publicly, but then privately they would say no, i'm just saying this to placate, you know, the, the, the she,

us who you know, are in uh in, in our country and who, you know, obviously are influenced by a ran, remember they asked us to come back. and if they really demanded that we would leave, we would. but they, they basically will say one thing, but then they don't really follow up with this more as i was in by that just a few days ago, i was there before iran retaliated, and that strike against against israel. and one of the things that happened about 24 hours before that strike is you had the islamic resistance narrowed off that umbrella group of different parent, military forces and different armed groups that are either iran bacteria, ron affiliated, they had put out a statement saying that if either the us or israel attacked iran going forward or attacked any allies of iran, including dogs, that there would be retaliation. how much does this escalate things right now,

as well as certainly could escalate? but don't forget, as i imagine we are forces in a rock at mid talked over a 160 times on fortune lays on the georgia 80. and you know, border where the 3 of them were killed. but if you go back ever since we went back at the rock a invitation, and i can't emphasize that too much because i negotiated with mom like a in 2012 to see if we could keep them there. and he said, no, you made an agreement, so we left, but then with isis started, you know, coming back or what's cool about k to then. then they asked us to come back and that's why we're there. we're in a rock and also in syria to go after that. we're not there to get involved in the syrian civil war. though a lot of people think that we are lawrence, if there is a bigger conflagration going forward because there are many who say that the region

is really at a precipice right now. if there is a larger regional conflagration. where is it all in all of this, considering the fact that it off is known to be, you know, stuck in many ways between the influence of, of a ron and the relationship with the us. what role does it all play growing for going forward? and that is a problem because the president, they are doesn't have a welding support from the country, although i should say the prime minister. and basically he's trying to balance all of those competing on interest. add up to now they've done a reasonable job, but the real question is, given what's recently happened between israel and a ran a lot of things. as you mentioned, you're going to get out of hand. but i do think it's important to keep in mind that basically the rockies, if they really wanted us out,

they could. they've talked about us ending our combat mission well, like basically is easier said than done. and it's hard to say, you know, you don't have a callback nation where you go to defend yourself. all right, that's lawrence court, former us assistant secretary of defense joining us from washington. d. c. thanks so much for being with us on algae here. okay, i won't have the other interview that we're, we're going to talk to, we're going to come back to you a little bit later lawrence right now we're going to go back to our correspondence . all have been just oh, okay, so you, so you want me to stay there, we'll get back to you just very shortly. so now we're gonna go back to the sound of enjoy of aid. he's joining us from over the phone once more from both of that. awesome. i understand that we've gotten an update uh with regards to casualties uh from that strikes that happened a short while ago. please let us know what you've heard of. what sources in the babylon health industry say that the d. c will have been uh,

brought from the pm if headquarters, the popular mobilization forces headquarters. 2 different hospitals in babylon, 2 of them have been transferred to the alexandria hospital and the other casualties in digging to them. i have a hospital said get goes to show that there is, there are multiple casualties as we were expecting. and had been reporting earlier from various sources. this comes, obviously, as the popular mobilization forces headquarter in the babylon province was hit. this was a heavy me at ahmed unit because based their tanks and armored personnel carriers and popular mobilization forces units including a brother begin to operate from that area. and according to the popular mobilization forces, they see it as an air strike which targeted b. this at 7 to the gate and they are off the opinion that this was an american strike which targeted that was that what you were talking earlier about the fact

that this is the 2nd night in a row where there have been a strikes either in by the bad or close to bucket that i want you to just talk of you were through what your hearing from it, off these on the ground there as far as the level of concern about at all getting dragged into a potential regional conflagration. going forward, a rock has always been in the last 2 decades uh thing that fine line uh with it, its contacts and it finds that button add its the ship with the united states and whatever happens in the region. it has seen some of the worst of these proxy was being carried out. they've been multiple times that american forces have been struck by these group of vice versa. many of these strikes targeted the rocky security personnel, including the hash, the shot to be popular mobilization, just sort of it's a complicated configured trend, often very forth, which were

a lot in when they had a common enemy. so during the times of iceland, it was essentially be the popular moment, but forces were calling it a straight. why the rock used to go to the forces were den, calling the americans. so they all had one common enemy, and since the fall of items, every single group has been buying for insurance in this very narrow security space . the popular black vision forces, again, has been normalized now and they work under, they get it all the time and it says office and they're seen as a problem to magic a presence. and now in addition to the bottom level position forces, you've got group such as these non existence, other off uh, which is it's completely separate from the light. they also had time iran and not as seen as something of concern by various reston powers into the united states. they've, they've been, they've made button to by us officials in i do here,

i see prime minister who is also visiting the united states that the americans and the powers would like to see these groups range. and, but as i just spoke to one of the groups the, because obviously of the short, the 24 hours ago. and they seem to be adamant that they see the cause of the american presence as it onto the issue of its occupation. and they say that they are going to continue to head israel and israel interest in iraq and in the region . if the one was it continues. if the us occupation continues, and they're not going to be rained in by the government or the security forces here, all right, assignment, it's a very fluid situation. we appreciate you breaking that all down for us will can be coming back to you for more developments in the coming hours. and um we thank you so much. that's all just there is a some of bon jovi over the phone for us from above that and at all the

at least 8 palestinians have been killed in an is really air strike on a residential home west of it. off i, in southern gaza. this comes to several western countries are a warning against and is really ground incursion into the fi. within 1500000 palestinians displaced from elsewhere and gaza, due to israel's war, are currently sheltering in the rough edges here as handy. my mood has more from what i've had in southern gosh, as we learned from our source of the majority hospital that one young woman was. 2 old and several other injuries or sheltering in the vicinity of the targeted house in a preschool facility and all the debris of this wrap. now, fill on that preschool going down one woman and also injury several other people including its children and other people at the vicinity of the preschool as well. also about that really did not last for so long, and the misery continues in the summer and continues as is really military can do

it as the found across the goal is to serve in earlier hours in the western part of java city, more residential targeted and more public facilities has been destroyed or severely damaged by the relentless airs price, including a shelter refuge account that has been a major side of the month. was the target please more, more than 80 percent of the shutters, you're going to have been destroyed completely. and those people happened to be in this residential home or the display of family members who were at other parts of government city without being in lee and if from the whole world billings environment, same thing happened of done is dearford, one district neighborhood. the northern part of the city was another residential home was targeted and destroyed and other several people were reported to allow the baptist hospital a defend 3rd part of augusta. anyone is reading military, continue this attack and further north the camera because you already have found reliability and the entire eastern area, part of the ongoing military operation to establish

a buffer zone that is already eating up 60 percent of the total area of the gaza strip. just further is shrinking the size of an already small part of that. in the occupied westbank, at least 5 people have been killed in violence between israeli forces and palestinian fighters. a large number of people have been arrested after it is rarely rate in the north shops, refugee camp that's lasted ours is really forces also rated several homes. a military, bulldozers destroyed houses, shops and other critical facilities in north shops of all right, let's go live now to have this in her, which was an occupied east, jerusalem. and what's the latest on the raid at the north shunts refugee camp? and do we know it is really forces are still in the camp and how much is really forces still operating in the notice shelves? refugee camp, more military,

bulldozers and vehicles were seen going in to the camp in to, to cut them in the occupied west bank just recently in the last hour or so at least 5 palestinians were killed among them. these really are me, says they have killed a leader of one of the 2 cutting brigades, their revered as the leader. they said this is a person they were intending to target in this raid, but the rate is still not over. no residents of the notice shims refugee camp say that this is some of the worst destruction they've seen in decades. that's been caused by these really army. we've seen footage coming out of this rate over the last day or so in broad daylight is really forces even firing at a busy intersection, killing a 14 year old. so this is still quite an active situation in the occupied west bank . and how did, how does this current rate fit in with the larger pattern? there's really activity across the occupied west bank since the war began.

since the war began, you're looking at at least $473.00 palestinians who've been killed by is really forces they have really stepped up the raid since the war began under the guise of the war on gaza. so well, all of that was going on and the attention was on gaza. these really occupation forces stepped up their operations across the west bank trying to crack down on palestinian resistance and militancy. they say that this is a problem. they have been trying to get around, but now it's even getting worse. so we're looking at more than a 1300 palestinians who've been arrested and you've looking at several 1000 others who have been detained as well. these really army has been in the occupied west bank operating in these raids for years now, but we do know that in the war on guns, and there were several military brigades there that were removed from garza and brought back to the west bank to try and conduct some of these raisins to we've got

and in particular has been in the spotlight over the last several months as these really army continuously operate, not just in the nation's refugee camp, but unless i'm cutting refugee camping across the city as a whole. they say to crack down on arms palestinian resistance. all right, that judges here is have this in the who would lie for us and occupied east jerusalem. thanks so much. have there been global calls from restraint after and a parent is really drawn strike against iran? they had to be around the army says air defense, a shot down 3 unknown objects over is behind province. ronnie and media, se a nuclear side and the military base in the vicinity have not been damaged. is really, is yet, is israel is you have to comment in the us secretary of state and to me blinking has underlined that us forces were not involved comes after is real threatened to attack you, ron? again after to runs drone and missile strike on saturday. that in turn was a response to when is really attacked on the wrong consulate building in syria. the sources jabari is following the developments from the iranian capital definitely.

according to the head of ron's army, major general abdur rahim loose, ivy erodes air defense system, were activated over the skies s on province. early on friday morning, they did manage to down 3 small unknown objects and the head of the army and said that's no damage has been sustained to any military facilities in that area. we do know that there is a military air base in that area just outside of as for home city. but according to officials, nothing has been damaged. and there is an investigation that is underway to determine where these drones were launched from and who was behind the attack. the international atomic energy agency is said that there is no damage sustained to any of the countries. 6 nuclear facilities and the head of the agency, a, russell gross, he has urge restraints and highlighted the fact that

a nuclear facilities should not be part of any military conflict. there is a sense that things are still very tense, but whether or not this is the final or response by israel is unclear. what is clear is that this attack has been successfully withheld by iran. and it's the forces for the time being whether or not anything else will happen in the coming hours or days remains to be seen. for now, there doesn't seem to be any appetite here to further escalate the situation between iran and israel. door such a vari, ultra 0 tower on the in the dance region on friday, president, the let him is. the lensky was on the front line, inspecting army defense is, is, it is, comes as the country braces itself or a renewed russian offensive. later during a virtual meeting of the nato ukraine council. so let's get said, natal must choose whether it really is an ally of keys by stepping up military

support. fortune must be brought down to us and all our sky mazda becomes safe again. and it sees the real, and it depends fully on your choice. choice whether life is indeed equally available everywhere. choice whether you have equal head to to toolbar, there's choice whether we these are allies. charles stratford has more from keith following a virtual meeting of the nato ukraine council late. so chief, you install some books at nato defense ministers had agreed to send ukraine more defense systems. this, of course, comes on ukrainians. and many of the wisdom allies say is a critical time in ukraine, the country having faced in recent weeks and months, a huge escalation in miss all and drug and strikes by russian falls. these roster

of coal says that he doesn't deliberately target civilian areas, but we know that many civilians being killed in these all, most unlikely attacks. and it has been literally billions of dollars worth of energy infrastructure destroyed in these attacks. let's have a listen to what the nights are chief had to say in our meeting today. mean this is also just many older pressing needs, including along the $55.00, meaning that the nation deep position strikes the painters, drones each and they do all are and will decide what to provide. several lars made concrete commitments during the meeting on, on finalizing contributions that they expect will be announced soon. help is all the on the way. there was an emotional appeal by the ukranian president. below them is zalinski during the meetings and lensky saying that western age at the moment

you train was very limited at any point you it as an example to what's happened during the israel in recent days. he said, the west had not left israel to find for itself during those attacks by a wrong. the big question is, is how long is it going to take these weapon systems and this munition to get here to ukraine? because along the front lines, the situation is being described by many analysts as being very critical indeed, all eyes now towards the us where we expect on saturday. finally, for the to be a vote in the house of representatives. the could well release that long waited for $61000000000.00 worth of us a child stuff without a 0, keep the us house of representatives has pushed forward with a foreign aid package of 95000000000 dollars, including funds for ukraine, the clearing of the procedural hurdle involved the rear coalition of congressmen and women from both sides of the political divide. the package also include aid for

israel and taiwan. a better process to break the bills into 4 separate measures for consideration. everyone in their, their constituents desires on the the brain and a, the end of a pacific. and then our national security package that has all the organizations because we did this process, we got a very gang violence, a search dramatically in haiti in recent months with criminal groups controlling much of the capital view and says the 1st 3 months of 2024 saw a 53 percent increase in murders or injuries associated with getting violets compared to the previous quarter. un says 1660 people were killed. and another 845 injured social services on the brink of collapse due to the persistent violence in puerto france. all right, let's returned to our breaking news coming out of iraq. a large glass has been

reported south of the capital book that in the bible province apparent military base used by the group. popular mobilization forces has reportedly been hit the p. m f for accusing the us of carrying out the attack. all right, that's it for me. how much in june, and this continues here on al jazeera, after counting the cost, the a spring should bring as big sun to storms and tornadoes and has done so far on the us. but the next tron should look like being in texas, maybe in oklahoma, not console because it's a general trends to cooling, whether it's cold air running across this path of canada, but equally the windows and noisily or we're down to the gulf coast. so that will tend to push those shells for the safe as they go east and get squashed into florida. but the cold follow suit and bring snow,

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a cause that people come out in large numbers because galvanized populates the board with detailed coverage. but the reason prices and the relative things are likely to get much worse before they get better describing some residents to the brain from around the world. people have told us the circumstances, even more important than usual to come together to share what level they have, the kind of them and they're gonna put on. and this is counting the cost on. i'll just say a, we can look at the world business and economics this week. germany is re engage in with china and trade despite the east flexing as much as with aging. so why consulate breakup with the agents.