the deputy rock is supposed to be on friendly terms with the us, which is helping to stabilize the economy and has a ministry presence in the country. now if it finds anything, so just say by the so called islamic state. so with this attack on others in syria and d, m, and is the united states now effective for instability as claimed by the rocky mount a tray. i'm feel game invalid, and this is the day the united states does not desire more conflict to the region. when we are actively working to contain and t escalate conflict in jobs that we believe the presence of the americans in iraq, syria, afghanistan, and the region in no way create security. it disrupts the security of the region. the whole security situation in iraq is scary. iraq, indeed, the why to region remain on the knife edge with the tiniest misconception

threatening a major consecration, tax and american forces will not be tolerated. and we will continue to take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our forces and our interest. also coming up israel prepared to expand its operations in gaza. palestinians in rafa have been under bon bonded for months now that bracing for a possible ground defensive. but it's an a 3 missiles hit this same place where i'm standing. there's not much to say about the victims, children, the women and the elderly. i wish we could have collected their whole bodies. instead we have bits and pieces. are all hearing that there will be a ground incursion into rafa. i imagine things will be extremely bad. welcome to the day. iraq has denounced the united states for a drug and strength on its capital bank. that as far as passive photographs, prime minister said the attack was pushing his government to end the mission of the

us led coalition in the country. describing the mission as a source of instability. the strike killed 3 members of a possible iran back to the nation, including its leader was conducted without private consultation with the rescue services. us believes the group can tell you, has blah carried out the drug striking jordan that claimed the lives of 3 us soldiers. is us national security spokesman junk, big responding to me, rocky protest, i would tell you that we fully respect a rock sovereignty. and our troops are there at the invitation of the iraqi government to continue to advise and assist their military, their security forces as they continue to battle against a still viable isis threat. but look, if there were no attacks on our troops, were there at the invitation of iraqi government, there would be no need for retaliatory strikes. we like it states as frequently target safety around fact groups that age says behind we still haven't drug and strikes. outage troops in iraq and syria,

the rest of us knew the 900 troops and syria and 2500 in iraq as part of an international coalition. okay, so, so cool is logic state group. it's basis of co invest. sporadic are sold from around back munitions for years, and the attacks have increased and so how much the tire attacks of october 7 let's consider they sam with bradley bowman who senior director of a central and military and political power of the foundation for the defense of democracies, you still have to more than 15 years on active duty is and us army officer joins us from washington. welcome back to dw. so the us think is any rock guys supposed to be helping to stabilize the country and help fight this iris and search and see how does that square with attacking back capital, especially with drugs. i think it uh squares quite easily. uh, i think god wont kirby has it exactly right and its factually unassailable. the us

military is there in rock at the invitation. the government of iraq, primarily for the purpose of keeping the isis caliphate defeated. when you invite someone in your home, you have responsibility to protect them. the rocky government has consistently failed to do so. and as you and i have discussed before, the numbers now a 168 more than a 168 attacks on us forces in iraq and syria combined with roughly half of those happen in iraq. and us has responded to about $10.00 to $12.00 times. and so the us unlikely as lama composed of ron supports iraq, the sovereignty. but there's also something we also support, and that is our troops not getting killed and blown up. so, um, this is a repeat in play bucks moran. they encourage their proxies to attack our forces, they know sooner or later, despite our restraint will respond and will respond. you get protests and pushes for the us military to depart, which would be

a gift to roll and increasing its power and control over baghdad. increased the chances, we'll see a resurgence of the eyes kalsich. so what do you think then, all the chances of the us remaining in iraq with this having happened i think this will increase the already underway momentum in some quarters in baghdad to push us forces out. and a process is underway. americans participating as you'd expect us to and we'll see what the sovereign government of baghdad heavily influenced by his long poking around the sides. and i suspect the bind restoration will respect that. it'd be interesting if they asked all the codes for its members of these long revolution and guard court to leave. something tells me they wouldn't leave. but if they asked the united states to leave, i think the volume is racial on or that and will leave. and not really demonstrates the fundamental difference in the 2 approaches. it does and it's, and it's interesting and obviously we'll see how it plays out. but how does

a very for then play into why the us interest in the region is one thing saying, all right, we'll talk about in bold. but then, is that necessarily in america's interests to leave iraq? no, i think it would be directly contrary to american interest. i think we have an interest in keeping the isis calsae defeated, the cal face defeated, the tears organization is not in any ology. my goodness certainly is not. and if we leave, as i just said, you're gonna have further undermining of a rocky sovereignty. you're going to have growing concerned among sunni or rockies about shy per dominance in baghdad, which will create fertile radicalization, recruiting ground for isis increase the chances of its resurgence. and just like after the us, we've seen this movie before, the military withdrew in 2011 and it, it catalyzed a sequence of events that led to forced us to return in 2014 once you have the ice of cal fade on the mark. so yeah, sometimes it's good to look at the, the pre qual,

uh, because you know what the sequel is going to be. okay? and so we'll send that to one side and to try and look at the sort of how we should re god the presence of these people on a rock, a rocky soil because you have era and the us supposed to be on friendly terms, yet a rack a p is ivan knowing legal knots to be hobbling these people on each. tabitha, the whole thing just looks i'm big us and vigorous sir is a polite word. it's an absolute mess. a rock is a chessboard for the, a competition between a ron and um, in the united states there, there's longstanding, she has so many issues there. there's persian error issues there. don't forget the iran iraq war. don't forget the kurds in the north. don't forget turkey, it's an absolute mess. it's an absolute mess and you know what?

who likes to take advantage of massachusetts terrace organizations? we've seen that without tied up. we've seen that with isis. we've seen that with others. and so the but us wants a rock to be sovereign capable, peaceful, and prosperous. and frankly, a lot of americans have given their lives and didn't return home, their families in pursuit of that goal. you know, we respect their sovereignty, but we also respect the wellbeing of our troops to and they're really putting us in a tough dilemma by inviting someone in your home and the not protecting them while you're in your home is the stuff that was it. because for us, calculus has to be about a retaliation. now against the likelihood that us interest in the region will be badly affected at some point in the future. so it's we take out button bull, how i know, but in a year 2 years time, we're going to be back because. oh, how has broken loose? yeah, you're exactly right. you put your finger on the dilemma and that's what

a ron loves. iran loves this dilemma. it plays to their advantage, as i said a couple of times now. and it's real tough, you know, 81 is just this foreign policy stuff is easy and clear. doesn't know what they're, they're talking about. this is tough. we want to solve unstable rock that's in the american interest. we don't want to undermine their solver to want to peaceful and independent and not a puppet regime of these long repub of wrong. that's the key differences i've said already. but we are going to protect our troops and anyone who's critical of this strike. i would ask them if you've been hitting the face a 168 times. how would you respond? what do you expect us to do? we can't leave our adversaries with the impression that they can kill our troops and have no consequences. but i will see how this plays out. so neither. thank you so much for talking to stewart. probably bowman from the central and the ministry and political time. thank you. the us secretary of state on to the blinking, the left is rel, empty, hands it. yeah. he was on

a tour of the middle east to push for a humanitarian pause in the fighting to a lot of desperately needed aid into gaza. israel's prime minister rejected bahamas proposal for a cease by describing the terms of delusional and claiming that an absolute victory . he's just months away. we've never ceased far inside. he's right. the forces are preparing for another portion to gaza. israel says it's offensive as it's offensive is moving into the southern gauze and safety of rafa. by much of the policy, palestinian population is fled. smoke rises over the crowded city of rafa is really bombardments and preparation for our ground assault. and to what it says is a strong hold for him us, which is classified as a terrorist organization by many countries, us. but for hundreds of thousands of thousands who have fled to the southern end of the strip. after being told by the is really army to leave their homes further north. rafa is the last refuge. it's also home to one of the biggest border

crossings for aid and supplies. israel says rafa also house has multiple tunnels that have mouse uses to supply itself with arms. the shelling has already taken its toll here. even before soldiers arrive, the 3 missiles hit this same place where i'm standing. there's not much to say about the victims, children, the women and the elderly. i wish we could have collected their whole bodies. instead, we have bits and pieces. we're all hearing that there will be a ground incursion into rafa. i imagine things will be extremely bad. but is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu and sis, there is no alternative to the military collapse of i'm us, let me look a show like there is no solution other than total victory. let me to on if i'm us survives and god bless you. so again, it's only a matter of time until the next massacre and the axis of evil of iran and its proxy

will continue their campaigns. but for neutral band, we instructed the army to repair, to operate also in rough, awesome, and into the camps in the center. the last remaining strong holds of homos. i know a whole name shall with peace making efforts apparently stalled for the time being . the people of ralph, i will pay the price for both sides unwilling us to come to a deal. let's pick this up with marina. i may run a ministry. i'm based with the wall studies department of kings college of london. she joins us from the drum unit. i welcome back to i, d, w, a marina. i want does each male hope to achieve with this push into rafa a good evening sale? well, this is the last phase of the whole campaign because the miller trade, the israeli miller tree, managed to clear some of the biggest cities in golf as it goes to city for one.

they're still tied down in san eunice. and now rafa is the last important location as we have for this will be the last major stronghold for, from us. and another important factor here is of course, the cost for their operations. so the idea is to cut off how mazda is supplied to market and then to defeated in detail. rough uh, of course, massively densely populated city suffering from a humanitarian situation. a described by the u. n. as a business of more civilian casualties seem inevitable. oh absolutely, and it will be probably the most difficult operation or phase of se opperation for the idea because they have to have good intelligence in or do not to target civilians or at least to minimize civilian casualties. given that there are 5 times

more civilians and the city used to have. on the other hand, you have those civilians track there. the egypt has said that it will not accept any refugees from gaza. israel is saying that these people should leave somewhere, save error is a question. and so for the idea of it, it will be a huge challenge because it will be important to destroy it. home, off and rough uh at the same time, to keep the civilian casualties at a minimum meaning a very slow and painful progress. yeah, i wanted to ask you about that. what sort of tactics do you anticipate israel using a roster? and i think they will try to target the tunnels which are connecting egypt and gaza in order to cut off all the supply routes for home us . and obviously you will have urban bottles from us might be using civilians as

shields. they will be using their tunnels again to surprise the idea of so the idea of who have to go house by house and literally fight for every one of them. and it will be a huge effort, as i said, in order enough to have civilians in the way. so it might be similar to what i've seen in gauze and city right now. i'd like to apply you a clear, perfect mr. and that's and yahoo speaking and get your reaction. lucky and i'll give this evening. i want to tell you one thing. we are on the path of total victory. victory is within reach. well basically, it's not a matter of years or decades. it's a matter of months, then you're answering for the she right and model and how do you assess that play minutes? i really well, i think, militarily i the has the capability to destroy from us. the

problem here is, what will happen after and yes, and as a problem is, what will also prove, such as has blood do in response to that, because as we remember, a hassle of sad that if it caesar from mazda is losing this war, they will stop and say if we focus just on, on how much it is possible and the fact that from us wanted a complete ceasefire shows that it doesn't see a lot of prospect for a military victory. i'm just to look at the, the why the picture is rails a has the most sophisticated ami in the region. what if we learned since october, a 7 about is arouse prosecution of war. in particular, it's, it's ground. defensive may have, we have seen from what, east ro, hillstone, and sundays a lot um,

what has happened and during the battle of multiple so this complex urban warfare operations that the idea of has undertaken, combined of course was an era strikes. so they have not only use the ground components, it was used in the quarter, the native matter together was their error and also naval assets. it is quite a complex operation, but i must say is that also into a graphically speaking in favor of these rel because how mos quote, not flee from gaza. and i think that they have performed except for several cases, obviously of a civilian casualties and friendly fire. they have done the best they could in the given time processing of a thank you so much for that, but i think those are that. so i'm ready to meet on from the board studies department, kings company fund. thank you for having me. the

cause of the war in ukraine and president savanski has dismissed his talk ministry come on, the general validity is allusion. a hot bank commander in chief of ukraine's um sources presence that landscapes at the time had come for changes in the military leadership. but the general would remain on his team. general civil, his name is regarded by many ukrainians as a natural here of overseeing the countries war fs versus full scale invasion. and february 2022. the president says he will be replaced by the commander of the frames the crown forces, alexander c. escape, cousins that lives can shed face to video after meeting with general zillow. sure. you have, jason, isn't it? i am grateful to generals the allusion need for 2 years of defense. i'm grateful for every victory we achieve together. and i think all the ukrainian soldiers who, who rightly contribute to our successes in this war, we talked frankly today about what needs to be changed in the army version changes

. i suggested the generals illusion, they continued to work together with us in the ukraine and government aluminum. i would appreciate his agreement. find you greens. good. the problem you have a lot of jasmine is a lot less bringing a correspondence. nick, come late in chief, welcome. nick, so this is 10 days after this has happened after 10 days of speculation. what reason did present? so ask again of the we are still waiting for a real clear explanation. we probably would ever get to it. there was lots of very general talk about a need for fresh thoughts and new management strategies, new approaches. but what exactly that means is especially given this illusion in his late stucco for cnn. i made lots suggestions and things that needs to be changed or improved isn't clear. i think the kind of charged explanation that you'd may probably hear from some of the zalinski supports would be that at the present company to specific for operational reasons. for 60 reasons. about the lives needs, failings, and potential. uh, you know,

things that he's done that haven't worked out that to councils, it'd be more personal, more direct, full fear of dividing psyche way. so there's a, has a lot of support. i think the more kind of cynical kind of negative interpretation little this is that simply the listening was too popular. lots of putting showed him to have more trust in this country than the president. and there is certainly the fear and the kind of landscape of the school counselor, this is a man who could have a future political career ahead of him. he's never expressed any political ambitions. the certainly that as something most people do, he has that is really a difficult moment here in cuba tonight. right. and does this dismissal bring any political risk for the present? well i think it's important to kind of particular the pictures. look at the statements that come out as a really both putting on a brave face. this has been kind of presented as a kind of compromise or a kind of consensual decision without slamming of doors, without any recriminations in public, at least directly. we have as a,

losing also putting out a post saying that it is easy expressing thanks to his team, the all me and stuff everyone. then that kind of consider it to offer from the present, saying that he wants solution and stay on his team will be, i guess, you know, less a role at the motion of thoughts. but certainly there is a real danger. and there's worry here that this could undermine ukraine's credibility right now. remember where it's desperate for instructional aid needs to show us and european partners that it is a good bet. this is a country worth investing in. but for now, it does seem like the disney is not going to go out and create, publish the present. he has basically implied the hills report, whoever comes in his place now says key and a new team. so for now we're waiting to see what it goes on, but certainly this was basically just by a 1000 cuts to something that has been ruined about spoken about speculation about for the past 10 days. and this certainly is a sense, and maybe that was part of the rest of your loan to rent this being such a shock to prevent this taking people by surprise sunset. we've now had what

basically we've been expecting for a good time now that they've got to be comfortable in that nit conway and keep the german chancellor hold off shelves. who's heading to the united states for tulsa, with president by and the 2 leaders are expected to discuss the situation in casa, add more military age for ukraine. on wednesday, republicans status has blocked a financial aid package that included $16000000000.00 administrator assistance for k. as in 5 and had been urging them to approve the extra funding for your training which has been stolen in congress for months. republican lawmakers, the one for the a tied to strict a security on the border with mexico. the rejection of the package has not been received well in your follows. prime minister, i don't know towards go to ex full, and the notice try to defend cease frustration. he wrote the republicans sentences of america bottle reagan who helped millions of us to win back off. freedom and independence must be turning in his grave. today. shame on you. the german

chancellor. this response was more measured speaking to before just before board and his play. oh that show said you cranes defense can just unload ministry supplies. if it's invested in quite a new crane is defending itself with everything it has tied is a but do you need support to ensure to continue to do so? you will do that. so the what is mean paid so far by europe and the us congress is still not enough to be for. so there's a, we need to find a way for us all to do more together. the hyphen via alex was on mid to well, they don't use chase. political correspondent became a cosigner on the washington bureau chief in his pole have more than that one. what's at stake from the chancellor meets the president when you as presidential biden and german chancellor or the shots, meat and washington, the stakes can hardly be higher. the danger of the conflict in the middle east escalating into

a conflagration seems to be increasing every day. russian aggression against the graeme shows. no sign of stopping a fight in coal salts when he wants to talk to europe, particularly on the 2 big crises, ukraine and the middle east. sol, just help get a 50000000000 euro aid package for key for cross the political finishing line as an e. u summit in brussels. and just like the united states, germany is the one stay at israel side. the you as president and the german chancellor will come together to reaffirm their strong support for ukraine. renewed off shorts will be meeting joe biden here in the oval office right behind me. he will not only be meeting a president who is unable to get any further funding for ukraine through congress, but also a president who was just at the beginning of an election cycle. on which end we might see another president in the white house who promised to cut off funding for

you create. if donald trump wins this visit of the german chancellor at the white house might be the last one for quite some time. and the former president cas little about the transatlantic relationship and even less about a good relationship with germany, putting the future of us german cooperation on the 20th global issues. very much in doubt. and that's today. you can follow that same on social media apps, dw news and resilience headlines you're looking for. there's always dw, don't come close to d, w a good, the

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