your headlines on pressv, the yemeny army says it has targeted another american ship in the gulf of aden with appropriate naval missiles and support of the people of gaza. the iraki prime minister. minister once again calls for the withdraw of us forces from the country saying it is crucial for iraq's security and stability and iran's arm forces launch a large-scale military exercise along the country's southern coastline.

hello everyone, you're watching press tv live from the studios in terval, thank you for joining us. today's top story, the yemeny army says it has carried out another operation against an american vessel navigating through the red sea, spoke. man for yemen's armed forces, yahya sari said in a statement that the operation took place in the gulf of aiden with appropriate naval missiles resulting in a direct hit. sari reaffirmed that marine traffic in the arab and red seas will continue to all destinations around the world except for ports in the occupied palestinian territories. he also warned that the recent attacks on yemen by the united states and the uk will not go without response and unpunished. sorry said, yemen's operations

are in support of the people of gaza and it israel's genocidal war. you stress that operations against ships owned by or bound for israel will continue until the israeli onslaught and siege of gaza end. the leader of yemen's ansarrolla movement has vowed that their attacks on israel link ships will continue despite us threats and air strikes. disaggression will not change anything in the stance of our people and his spiritual obligation in supporting the palestinian a people and the residence of gaza as well as the continuous targeting of ships linked to israel, and this is clear in our continuous operations, and the last one was last night against the ships, it will also include the american and british ships. abdul malik lashed out of washington over his complicity in israel's genocidal war on. gaza calling

the war a us managed killing campaign, he said the us insists on the continuation of the genocide in gaza and uses the media to white wash israeli crimes. al huthi said, americans have a dark history of committing crimes against various peoples of the world and unknown for their moral bankrupcy. he also said yemy forces will continue to develop their military capabilities and that the recent air strikes by the united states and the united kingdom on yemen do not scare them. the issue that america and britain have joined the war directly and that we are now in direct confrontation with the americans, british and israelies does not scare us at all. the aggression towards our country and our people will enhance the development of our military capabilities. the yemen leader called the us and the us, the uk and the axis

of evil, he said what the palestinian people are subjected to is unjust and destructive aggression in violation of all laws and norms. he lamented that the israeli war machine committed over 20 massacres against palestinians in the past 100 days. the iraqi prime minister has reiterated this government's opposition to the presence of us forces in the... the reasons for the presence of coalition's forces were to confront daesh. today, the security situation, to the testimony of all specialists in iraq and friends, daesh does not pose a threat to the iraki state. today, after the repercussions and attacks on the iraqi security head.

quarters, we have the right to start this dialogue immediately in order to reach an agreement on arranging a timetable for the end of the mission of international advisors of of the republic of sudane was addressing panel discussion at the world economic forum in the swiss city of davos. he said ending the us military presence is crucial for iraq security and stability. his remarks came as us bases in iraq have been repeatedly attacked by iraqy resistance groups over washington support for the israel genocide in gaza. in response, the us military has launched attacks on iraq's popular mobilization units, killing a number of their members. the iraqi government has slammed the us. attacks as violation of the country's sovereignty. last year sudani vowed before the iraqi parliament to put an end to the us military presence in the country. now to talk more on this, we are joined by mr. anthony

hall, professor of globalization at leathbridge university, alberta, canada. mr. hall, welcome to press tv. now, mr. hall, daesh was defeated in in november 2017 when the then commander of the qu force of irans islamic revolution gards core lieutenant general qasim sulaymani declared the end of the group's terror. now general sulaymani and deputy pmu commander abu mahti al muhandis uh they had been assassinated in a drone strike outside iraq uh outside baghdad sorry airport in 2020. now and just days later iraq's parliament voted for the departure of us forces. so the question is uh that was in 2020, four years ago, so the question is, what was or is the hold up? well, that's a good question, it seems to me that the leadership sudani of iraq has been sort of leaning towards the us, i would have thought

after 2020 and the assassination in baghdad by trump and the israelis of solomonni, that that would be would be very tenuous for the us to continue. in iraq where it has military bases uh and uh air facilities, so i think uh sudani is no doubt facing uh his own people who are rest of um, it seems that the way he's describing this need for the us to pull out troops, he's trying to be conciliatory and talk about dialogue and such, but the arab world it seems that things are polarizing and it seems that uh the pieces are being put in place for what might become regional conflict and uh so who is in the arab world is not going to be inclined to be pulled towards the um iranian orbit uh and i

think that this is part of a preparation uh that this sudani is trying to adapt uh but i wonder how you know if his uh what the term of his future office will be, because he doesn't seem to be very decisive in um taking the position that uh the uh us and israel uh with this assault uh in gaza, this genocide and uh this larger aggressiveness in the region that the us is and and israel, that coalition has to sort of remove itself, and israel can't continue in its present form. and uh so this is a part of a preparation for much bigger scenario, it seems to me unfolding as we speak. mr. hall, uh, could you tell us what is the us's real intentions of staying in iraq, and also your thoughts on

analysing that the us, the us presence in iraq is causing more instability in the region. yes, well, i, i'm surprised when i see this idea of having a coalition. to fight deish or isso. i understood it was well known that these are kind of mercenary forces backed by israel in the united states sort of covertly that they are used as sort of ponds a chest table to move issal and daish around and create the conditions for certain kind of almost play acting that the united states arranges in that in that region. so i'm surprised to hear of the war on isal and daish not being described uh with a proper uh explanation uh of what these uh quote unquote muslim terrorist islamic terrorist organizations what is really behind them how

they really operate that they are actually mercenary forces and it's largely theater uh that enable to enable the united states to uh mobilize its armed forces in the way it wants in the region. mr. hall, will all the years the us and his allies trying to exert the hegemony in the region. point has been reached now where the people of the region are quite unified in the demand that the us and foreign forces must leave the region. how important and significant is this unision uh that is being uh seen? well, all over the world we're facing a reality where the leadership of countries and the people, the popular opinion in countries, they're out of sync, and this is happening in the west as well, where uh, there's much support for the palestinians. and aporance at the genocide, the israeli us genocide in um gaza, and yet

the governments are supporting it, staying with it, the popular resistance in the west, i'm sure it's very similar in the arab world right now, that the leadership and the people themselves are in a certain discord, that the leadership is not really representing the people and how are we the people going to uh somehow find a way to create a situation where those professing to lead us are really accountable to the people they are supposed to represent. thank you mr. hall for your time and knowledge sir. there you have a miss. anthony hall, professor of globalization from left bridge university, alperta, canada. thank you sir. now a us military drone has been shot down in northern iraq while flying close to the border with iran. according. early reports the mq9 reaper drone was shot down near the iraqi city of muktadia in diala province. the unmand areal

vehicle has or had reportedly taken off from the us air forces ali alsylum base in kuwait. no group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. the development came a mid height intensions and simmering anti-american sentiments across the region. during the recent months, iraqi resistance forces have carried out attacks on american basis. both in iraq and neighboring syria on an almost daily basis. the attacks of place in response to us support for the israeli regime's genicide in gaza. meanwile iran's arm forces have launched a large-scale military exercise featuring indigenously developed air defense systems.

various divisions of the iranian army and the islamic revolution gas cour take part in the maneuvers along iran's southern coastline with the persian gulf and the sea of oman. dozens of jets and drones display a raft of modern warfare tactics at different altitudes by hitting. mark targets, also number of advanced military systems are used for the first time during the drill. iran's armed forces regularly hold military maneuvers to elevate their preparedness and showcase their powers. in recent years, iranian experts and engineers have made remarkable breakthroughs in developing and manufacturing a broad range of equipment making the armed forces self-sufficient. the commander of iran's khatam air defense base brigadier general qader rahimzader has provided more details of

the military exercise conducted in the south of iran. let's take a listen. in this exercise, the air defense forces of iran's army, the aerospace force of the irgc, iran's navy and irgc's navy and units from the ground forces are participating. this exercise is being held from abadan to chabahar. it includes the coastts of the persian gulf, iran's territorial waters and the sea of oman and about 400 kilometers into the country's land territory. the exercise is covering area of about 600 square kilometers. dozens of man and unmanned aircraft attack the sensitive centers designated in this exercise. they operate in different directions and heights according to the modern warfare tactics. also, the air defense systems are deployed in these areas to respond to the threats. the air defenses. systems deal with the attack planes step-by-step that includes the stages of discovery, identification, interception and

engagement. all operations are precisely planned and implemented. the systems and equipment that are used in this exercise are generally indigenous and built by the country's experts in the ministry of defense and armed forces research and self-sufficiency organizations. number of systems are being utilized in this exercise for the first time after. passing the necessary initial tests, they undergo operational tests in the course of these drills. a plot hatched by zinis to occupy, to disintegrate and to plunder palestine. this documentary tells in five parts how the israeli regime kickstarted its sinister

project in palestinian lands through the gradual strategy of settling. the so-called jewish colonies. welcome back, 104 days into the israely war in the gaza strip and the regime continues with this carpet bombing campaign across the beseed territory. the total death toll has now passed 24,600 with nearly 62,000 others wounded. israel has lately stepped up a strikes on the southern areas in the gaza strip. gaza's health ministry says the occupation has committed 15 massacers against families in the gaza strip, killing 172 people in a span

of 24 hours. the ministry says a number of victims are still under the rubble and in block streets. that ambulance crews and civil defense personnel cannot reach, this as communications and internet services are completely cut off in wide areas of gaza for the seventh time since october the 7th. highly illegal, highly unlawful, that's how a un rights expers describes measures taken by the israel regime in the besieged gaza strip, the un special rapporter on the occupied palestinian territories stamp the relentless israel bombardment of the highly crowded areas in gaza as violation of international law. francesca albanese said the regime used 600 bombs per week during the first two weeks of his aggression alone. she added that a good number of gaza's hospitals have been closed, bombed or taken over by israel. the un official said the number of kids who lose

one or two limbs in gaza every day is shocking. albanesi said during the fair. two months of israeli onslaught, 1,00 kids underwent amputations without anesthesia, describing it as a monstrosity. israel is currently facing a genocide case at the international court of justice for crimes it has committed in gaza. palestinian investment fund chairman muhammad mustafa has called for more humanitarian efforts in gaza, saying more people are likely to die of hunger and famon, than the ongoing war, he was speaking at the world economic forum in davos, the catastrophe and the humanitarian uh impact of this war is much bigger than 2014, unfortunately we cannot avoid, but uh, but feel very bad for the families and the people

of palestine, for the repeated uh wars against him, and i hope this time around... will be the last time, i think the humanitarian effort is a priority, and i think that war has to stop, i think the military action got to stop very quickly, there's no need for anybody to build their political careers at the expense of more palestinian people, so it's time to to be bold, i think the international community, all the stakeholder. which we all appreciate have to move and move fast and boldly to stop this aggression, unfortunately the devastation is huge, we have if not we are not careful, maybe more people will be killed or or die from hunger and famine than the war

itself, so we do want to wait long to see that happening, i think that time to move. is now, which is to bring in. the european union parliament has for the first time called for a permanent cease fire in israel's genocidal war against the besieged gaza strip. the resolution was passed by the european body only after a compromise in order to appease pro israel lawmakers. the amended resolution also calls for the release of israely captives and the dismantling of the hamas resistance movement. it however is p purely symbolic move and carries no legal weight. the parliament's previous position was merely call for humanitarian pause for eight deliveries into gaza. major european powers, the uk, france and germany. have repeatedly supported the us-israeli bloodshed in gaza. the latest of such backings came just recently when germany agreed to supply tank shells to the israeli regime. palestinian

academic and activist assad abush says the eu parliament seasfire resolution is hypocritical as it embodies conditions against the palestinian resistance in the gaza strip. let's take a listen. "if you read sorry the wordings of the resolution passed by the european union, unfortunately it has been amended to state that this sease fire cannot be unless the what they call the terrorist organization. of hamas is dismantled and then the all the hostages are immediately released, then they talk about

the two state solution and so on so forth. i think the this statement is very bad statement, especially after amendment, and this is why one of the representative of ireland opposed that. totally, this is a hypocritical statement on the part of the european union, and there is a repetition of two state solution without taking any step towards that, and without talking anything about the genocide that the party state of israel is committing. the military wing of the palestinian resistance movie in hamas has launched retaliatory strikes against the israel as fighting on the ground in the gaza strip intensifies.

the algas says it has targeted multiple israeli military vehicles including mercover tanks on thursday. the resistance also said it blew up building where all 30 israeli forces had gathered, reports say at least five iof troopers have been killed and several others injured as well. israel has so far confirmed the loss of over 190 soldiers since the onset of his ground invasion of gaza on october 27th. palestinian resistance groups however say the actual number of casualties amongst israeli forces is much higher and that the regime is covering up his losses for propaganda purposes. and the lebanese resistance movement, hezbollah and israely forces have exchanged fire at the border areas south of lebanon. hezbollah has issued the statements confirming that it has

precisely targeted several israeli positions with appropriate weapons. mayam saleh or correspondent in beirot joined us earlier with more details on that. we had several operations today um in the area for of birkatisha, we had also... attack and an operation against a group of soldiers in the area of admit, in addition to almalqa, there are closer to the shabat farms area, the lebanese occupied territories of shabat farms, also conducted several operations there, and some operations they use the word appropriate weapons and other operations, they say in their statements that they use missile forces, we are hearing from the israeli media usually deforced. staatment issued by hizbullah that an anti-tank missile was sounded in certain areas or it hit certain targets in the galili region seems hazbolah has been using the very advanced

form of anti-tank and anti-vehicle uh missile very efficiently actually uh in manners that has surprised the israelies, they're not using them only against tanks or against vehicles of course they're using them against post and even against gatherings of soldiers wherever the... these soldiers are using them to target them, of course israeli f-16s were spotted very easily today in the skies of south lebanon, they launched several massive shelling against itarun specifically and also carkila as well, we had two uh very heavy shelling in those areas, the bombs were seen actually flying down in in addition to the fact that the drones were flying hysterically over south lebanon even reaching uh further areas and israeli shelling has not only been limited to the border towns, as we know for the last week or so, we have seen instances

of israeli shelling in area that are a far away from the border and that we are told is a an indication that the israelies are attempting escalate the situation and with that we come to the end of this bulletin, thank you for being with us, i'll be back with a recap of the uh headlines in around four minutes time, take care for now,

keeping you up to date with world news every half hour on press tv. the yemani army says it has targeted another american ship in the gulf of aden with appropriate naval missiles and support to the people of gaza. it added that the recent attacks on yemen by the united states and uk will not go unanswered and unpunished. the iraqi prime minister reiterates government's opposition to the presence of us forces, mohammed shial sadani says, american troops must leave as daesh is no longer a threat to iraq. he says ending us military presence is crucial for iraq security and stability.