shows off friendships and unites russians in the politically potent themes of sacrifice and victory. heading live to the saudi arabia military briefing the coalition speaks men getting ready to brief reporters, give us information on the saudi operation taking place in yemen. of course we know that more than 100 strikes have taken place in the past 24 hours against houthi fighters in yemen. let's listen in. >> we are targetting city, and increased in the last 24 hours. we have two there's hope and...

..the targetting of those in the last 24 hours. since yesterday. there was interaction and urgent resident to leave the areas where the houthis inside. we have noticed that there is a response but unfortunately it has been confirmed to us that the houthi militias stopped and the resident who flee leave the town and this - and refused them - the evacuation. and everyone nose the militias - it's part of a tactic and strategy to use the citizens.

in the way of those. in the way of militias. the warning is clear. because the operation start targetting all the points where the militia hiding. yesterday the coalition forces and the air forces saudi forces. air strikes targetting more than hundreds in the borders in the area of saudi, and trted the leadership -- targeted the leadership centers and the offices of the houthis, which targeted more than 17 houthi leaders. we have as i said some information behind the attack

against areas. this was where the leaders and the target was very clear, and any attempt to block any humanitarian aid or trying to attack the saudi citizen and operations as they continue in sadr. it is continuing and yesterday more than 30 air strikes targeted more sites and this was against all the leadership planned for this. so there was no movement in the area, and also we considered the situation on these kind of operations, this might target

some of the areas, but the security forces they are working around the hours to stop this operations. and also respond against this. and also we are going to tackle the count operation taken by the -- ground operation taken by the rebels by the other side executive operations in aden city where they govern the houthis. what were the point of delivery. and aid - it was hit and run between the popular committees and the also the forcers of ali abdullah saleh which are hiding in some areas. and with the other militias in

the operation, and there was exertion of operation in aden. but they are taking place against the operation on the ground and stop the militia, and their allies and how to understand the confrontation is against salah. like i said yesterday, the security the saudi citizens are equal, as important as the others but our thought is their safety and also our brothers yemenis, that have nothing to do with the operation in sadr. those militia were hiding in

hospitals and in the government building and to stop them from leaving sadder. in aden we executed operations and the situation on the ground is unchangeable. they are still hiding in some area and the situation will improve soon. the target yesterday was aimed at ammunition storage, and they are hiding a big alt of ammunitions ammunitions. there's depots and storage areas inside hospitals and leadership buildings. it is a form of storage.

these are all in leadership buildings, which have been targeted. which some of the storage contain. some ammunitions. and this one is near the borders of saudis and as you can see they - the amount of storage which has been hidden in the storage which aimed of targetting the saudi arabia area. and also they are hiding fuel to support the operations. operations. >> some of the fuel storage has been targeted.

and some of the communications site which has been used by some militias to conduct their communication inside yemen or outside of yemen has been targeted yesterday. the headquarters of the leadership, which have been mentioned to you the headquarters and all those places where they have been planning, they are both in sada sadaa.

>> one of the military camps which the houthi militias which contain so much ammunitions, and it has been targeted also yesterday and all it contained

>> also other buildings leadership buildings in the same area. same region. we would like to confirm again that operations continue therefore those leaders who plan the operation, they will have nowhere to hide, and they will have nowhere safe for them. the operation will continue this evening until it achieves the target also on the ground, the border guard and security forces saudi security forces and the ground forces and the last 24 hours. nobody--moving towards the borders of the saudi and that

is the biggest mistake they've made so far to target the saudi borders, and therefore we have responded by targeting their leadership buildings and the offices and headquarters to stop any attempt the borders areas. as far as the sea operation it continues. in order to stop any operation any attempt or try--people to

flee or move move. >> as i mentioned yesterday there have been warned and

they have warned all residents to leave we've given further warnings and also the yemeni citizens should be responsible for their own security. the ali abdullah saleh militias, there is no way to obtain any victory on the ground, and there is the tribal leadership, and the people, and the yemeni support together. >> so we've been listening to saudi brigadier general bringing

us the information on the saudi campaign live from riyadh. we heard about the airstrikes, which are continuing in the northern houthi stronghold he said that the targets include houthi command centers and they're focusing particularly on the location of houthi military commanders. so individuals affiliated with that group are being targeted particularly in that northern stronghold. he said that the saudis are continuing to target fighters loyal to the former president ali abdullah saleh in the port city of aden. that's important to mention that we can't independently verify the actual targets of these airstrikes or the number of airstrikes. so let me now speak to richard a senior fellow and director for the military analysis at the hudson institute. he joins us live now from washington, d.c. we know that there have been

more than 100 airstrikes in yemen over the past 24 hours. what is your assessment of what is going on there? would you describe this as a campaign of yemen? >> it's the escalation as the number of strikes increase. they're slightly different targeting. they claim to hit individual leaders and so on. it's not a major escalation. a major escalation would be sending in the ground forces or something like that. it's something like alteration and increase of what has been under taken. >> is this the regular pace or a brief respite. >> it's unclear. it's possible that they're trying to get in last-minute

airstrikes it's also possible that they're reacting to what targets are available on the ground so until it's clear why this increase is clearing it's hard to know if this will continue. >> would you link the number of airstrikes in the effectiveness and eliminating any particular target? >> well, put it this way the number of strikes may be linked to the number of targets that they think they see. it's not clear whether you you are really sure if you're hitting the target when you do this and if you succeeded in inflicting the damage. the advantage as it hovers over to make sure that a target has

been hit these kinds of strikes we just don't know. >> we have the saudis saying in that briefing that the houthies had crossed a red line and made a mistake in targeting the saudi cities and villages in that border area between yemen and saudi arabia. what do we know about houthi capability in the area and what they're doing now. is that a strategy that will prevent--will it be able to prevent further attacks?

it's easy for infiltrators to guard over, and so i imagine we'll see these low-level raids. >> thank you for joining us. after years of heavy fighting in syria i had liar. idlib. >> we have more from the turkish border. >> it took an alliance of

anti-government groups just three days to take this city of government. >> now it's on it calls itself the conquest army. >> in the last few moments we we tried to take areas. but we couldn't because we weren't coordinated. but now we've taken the time. >> controlling the area means we can cut the government supply roads to aleppo, and idlib and launch towards the coastal areas.

>> those coastal areas are the heartland of the alawite community to which bashar al-assad belongs. they include the main port in syria, along with damascus is one of the most important government-held areas in the country. one former free syrian commander told us that they wouldn't have done so without foreign support. as this new alliance prepares to move move forward to the other side of those mountains it seems coordinated and quick. >> a container ship seized by iran last week in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes is docked in dubai after release released.

iran said that the containership was registered in marshall islands because of a dispute between the danish company that chartered it and the iranian firm. the crud is crew is in good condition after being kept in captivity. >> a political science class under way at the university. 61 seats out of 120 form the israeli government, the students are told. if any party left, the government would collapse. under discussion too how the palestinian authority will deal with a new right-wing israeli government.

the students discuss whether they have a say in their own destiny. >> if is the government that expands settlements. there is nothing that we can do. >> palestinians should make use of their legal status of the u.n. and go to the international criminal court. palestinians express their rejection to the occupation. >> we have no option but to unite ourselves because divided we can't stand up for them. >> student council collections last month demonstrated the extent to which they remained divided. >> it's not clear to what extent the opportunity are afflicted to the wider palestinian community. but the vote sent a sharp message to the plo and palestinian authority that support in a vital demographic is waning. and in recent weeks the

supporters say that there has been a large crackdown in the wake of the vote. an unknown number of had been been contained. >> you need a strategy, basically. we don't have a strategy. we don't have an outlook. what are we looking forward for? negotiations? we're not going to have negotiations under the circumstances. >> and the question on campus and further afield, whether the palestinian authority have any role to play at all. mike hannah, al jazeera, ramallah. >> the bodies of seven people killed in a helicopter crash in pakistan including those in the philippine and norwegian ambassador arrived in the capital of islamabad. military chiefs and government officials gather to pay their

respects. the wives of the malaysian ambassadors were also killed. a technical failure caused the crash. australian police detonated a bomb that they planned for sunday. they defused three homemade homemade devices and the suspect is due in court on monday. the president of the philippines said it is important to uphold the right of the china sea on a trip to canada. >> we're hoping that everybody's obligations are gradfied so that there is theall governments in the area are afiring for. thank you. >> in the united states is calling on north korea to stop raising tensions in the region

after it reports of a successful launch of a missile from an underwater submarine. images of kim jong-un preparing to watch a launch from a boat. but it's not clear when or where it took place. if true, it would violate sanctions banning it from missiles technology. the democratic alliance will for the first time in its history will have a black leader. observers view the movement as to avoid being shaped by white liberals. >> south africans know politically things are changing. for the first time the main opposition party the democratic alliance will have a black leader and do voters feel about that? >> south african people are afraid of being led by a quite

person but i don't think it mr. "l" make a difference. >> they have been praised by bringing more black people in the alliance and diverse flying the main opposition. this ushers in a new era of black leaders. a favorite is going up anti-apartheid activist and seened veteran. however some south africas are not convince that the alliance is truly transforming. >> is it really that simple that having a black person as head of the opposition means more black south africans will vote for the party? some disagree that it's a party that still represents white interests. >> just to put the black people in front knowing that they will be--these white people behind that might be a few. i'm not sure. that's how i see it. i really wouldn't vote.

>> not now. >> not in this lifetime. >> not in this next coming lifetime eh. >> suspicions aside some political analysts say that that is an alliance. >> a potential winner of government they're going to need a black candidate to front their campaign for that significant proportion of south africans. >> some say that the political terrain in south africa is getting more interesting. but analysts say it could be many years before any opposition party removes the ruling--still very popular with the the black majority. al jazeera, port elizabeth. >> that's it for now but i will be back with a full bulletin of news for you after the break in just a few moment as time.

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