they died in an attack that targeted the base of the lebanon hezbollah movement, the shiie shiite shiite community. and if the aim was to turn the people against the armed group, it did not take long. >> personally i was against the decision for hezbollah to involve in syria but right now i'm convinced they were right. they're taking proactive action and not waiting for isis to come. >>reporter: officials have condemned the attacks. it was a rare show of national unity in a deeply divided community. the bombings came at a time when the group is stepping up involvement in war. already hundreds of men have been killed across the border in syria and this is how many say hezbollah's enemies are retaliating. thursdays bombs are being described as the worst in years. the intention was to kill as many civilians as possible. the area targeted is a residential neighborhood and a busy market. >> the casualty toll could have been higher if the third attacker had managed to debt nate his attackers, but he died in had the bombings. the fear now is a repeat of a series of attacks in 2013 and last year

they died in an attack that targeted the base of lebanon's hezbollah movement. the attack was in its heartland, the southern suburbs of beirut. many say it's linked to hezbollah's decision to side with the syrian government. the bombs came at a time when the group is stepping up its involvement in the war playing a lead role in recent offensives. already hundreds of men from beiruts southern suburbs have been killed across the border in syria and this is how many say hezbollahs enemies are retaliating. >> thursdays bombings are described as the worst in years. the intention was to kill as many civilians as possible. the area targeted is a residential neighborhood and a busy market. >> the casualty toll could have been higher if the third attacker had managed to debt nate its explosives, but he died in the bombings. the fear now is a repeat of attacks in 2013 and last year. then like now the victims were civilians and the message hezbollah is sending, we will not back down >>> indias prime minister is about to address an audience of over 60,000 people in londons

even with the support of allies like lebanon's hezbollah movement, it has had to choose battles. the goal of the government and shorters now is to secure movement between the cities and maintain control of what it calls core territories. >> this fight, however, also has political goals. each side hopes to change the balance of power in order to impose their own settlement. while technical gains have been made since the start of the recent military campaign, neither side has achieved a strategic win. al jazeera, beirut. >> a roadside car bomb is reported to have killed at least five people in the lebanese town near the syrian border. state t.v. says a meeting was targeted. the town was briefly taken over by isil and al-nusra fighters last year. dozens of soldiers were killed or kidnapped in 2014. a ceasefire was negotiate by a group of religious leaders. >>> the u.n. chief negotiator in libya is stepping down to take a job with a gulf country which supports one of libya's rival governments. he is to work for the united emirates which supports the u.n. backed government in the east

hezbollah brought this upon itself. that it invites such attacks because of its involvement in syria. chris: you said there have been a number of attacks in lebanon since the civil war in syria started. what about the capacity to present them -- to prevent them? almost 18has been months since we've seen a similar attack in the hezbollah stronghold. there have been attacks targeting two sunni mosques in aaa last year as well -- in tripoli last year as well. since the offensive across the lebanese-syrian border, there has been much better -- they have been much better equipped. they have managed to stop a lot of suicide bombers or a lot of, men wearing those suicide belts, , across from syria. what is worrisome in this case in what we've seen today in the beirut suburb is that those groups might become homegrown and not have crossed the border from syria to lebanon. and this is a concern and a new development. so, if we see more of those homegrown terrorist attacks, then, you know, isis might be operating secret cells in lebanon, especially in refugee camps. news came out that two of the suicide bombers were palestinian. the area close to where tha

the area's a stronghold of lebanon's hezbollah which is backing the syrian regime in that bloody civil war next door. as russia does its part to prop up the syrian regime, isis releases a chilling new video threatening to also attack russia very soon and warning that the blood will spill like an ocean. and a major offensive underway against isis riekt new in iraq. the pentagon says u.s. troops are now on the ground directing air strikes in support of kurdish forces trying to take back the town of sinjar. that's where isis massacred thousands of men and boys from the area's yazidi minority. and sold girls and women into slavery. i'll speak about all of this and more with the former nato supreme allied commander, retired general wesley clark. and our correspondents, analysts and guests they'll have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with that bloody twin bombing in beirut today where dozens of people were killed in a massacre now being claimed by isis. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is tracking the latest developments for us. jim, what are you lear

even with the support of allies like lebanon's hezbollah movement it choose battles. the goal is to secure movement between the cities and maintain control whaf it calls core territories. this fight, however, has political goals. each side is hoping to change the balance of power in order to impose their own settlement, and while technical gains have been made since the start of the recent military campaign, neither side has achieved a strategic win. al jazeera, beirut. >>> now, a confidential report by the global chemical weapons watch dog has found mustard gas again being used in the conflict in syria. the report seen by the reuters news agency say it was used between fighting between isil and another rebel group in august. it's the first confirmation of mustard being used in syria since the country agreed to destroy it's chemical weapons stockpile. greg tillman is a senior fellow with the arms control association and joins me now from washington. this isn't the first time there have been claims of attacks involving chemicals particularly in this town, a front line

it is a stronghold of lebanon's hezbollah group who's fighting in syria alongside the government thereshar al assad and the iranians. this area has been hit in the past. sunni militant groups have threatened to carry out more such attacks. as of right now, as of right now, we have no direct claim of responsibility for what happened. once again, 37 people dead. 181 wounded in beirut. i think we're trying to reconnect. with the journalist who's there. are you there, can you hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. >> tell us where you are and what you've seen. >> i am now in the southern suburb of beirut near the scene of the twin bombings that happened just over two hours ago. i'm actually near a school which is just 15 meters away from the bombing. from where the bombings i should say happened. there's a lot of chaos. a lot of army has been deployed to the street. there's blood on the streets. and yeah, it's just a devastating scene. >> as of now, we've been reporting no one has claimed responsibility for these twin bombings. >> no. >> are you hearing anything new? >> yeah, i spoke to a member

heart of hezbollah. >> i think the overriding problem in lebanon is you have a system of governance that is decisive in nature, and there's political paralysis, this is a problem requiring a political solution. as long as hezbollah is fighting along side bashar al-assad, there'll be a reason for jihady groups to strike back at groups in lebanon >>> kurdish forces who launch an offensive to retake an iraqi town claim to retake it soon. they claimed success in recapturing several villages. sinjar is of huge importance. sitting across the main highway between raqqa and mosul. cities that are strongholds. the operation involved around 7,500 kurdish forces. peshmerga and yazidi fighters, supported by u.s.-led air strikes. when i.s.i.l. captured the up to , they killed thousands of men and kidnapped women and girls. those that escaped fled to the mountains. imran khan reports from erbil, on what happened so far. >> reporter: in the early hours of thursday morning the operation to take back sinjar began. overnight coalition air strikes hit targets in and around the town, which i.s.i.l. cont

almost an expansion of the war inside syria because you have hezbollah on one side that's been supporting bashar al assad, based in lebanon, and isis fighting assad in syria. and now isis in effect taking a shot at hezbollah across the border there, but also again showing its ability to project terror attacks outside of its home base in iraq and syria. got the metrojet crash looking like that was an isis attack, and then you have these suicide bombings today. >> jim sciutto, thanks. >>> and joining me is republican congressman ryan zinki who serves on the house armed services committee, he was also a navy s.e.a.l. commander in iraq at s.e.a.l. team 6 completing more than 370 missions. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> always a pleasure. >> isis is claiming responsibility for these bombings in beirut. what is the significance of this? >> well, isis is not down and out. isis is flexing its muscle. if it's true that isis brought down the russian plane, and if it's true that isis conducted suicide bombings in lebanon, you know, they're reaching out to hezbollah, attacking hezbollah, russia and remain in the game. and isi

i would not underestimate hezbollah's capabilities within lebanon. analysis that suggest hezbollah over the course of the last several years that it has been fighting in syria has had some of its manpower drained and certainly some supporters. it's lost some inside syria, but its capabilities here inside lebanon to maintain a very strong presence is still very robust. the organization's popularity may have waned because of the conflict that's waged on inside seera, but in terms of its status here in lebanon, it is still very much considered a political organization by some, certainly has its own problems to the domestic political front, but no doubt, it still has a very strong, robust presence, enjoys tremendous support, particularly among the shia population of lebanon for other activities that hezbollah does. but nonetheless, it is still a very dominant, potent force within lebanese politics. >> ayman mohyeldin in beirut, lebanon, for us this morning, thank you very much. >>> over the next 24 hours, most of the candidates for president will be maki

we have mult ip sunni groups that have been trying to target lebanon and hezbollah. inant groups in lebanon who have been working on lebanon on the various borders, lebanese borders are mostly from the al qaeda the official arm of al qaeda and the azzam brigade. this is part of the raging war in syria. lebanon is a major theater. as you know, brian, there's a low intensity warfare in lebanon. there is no government in lebanon. there is no president in lebanon. deep divisions and polarization in fact, i'm pleasantly surprised that the attacks have taken place now because we have been expecting attacks by militant groups. and the fact is that the security situation has been very strict. so regardless of how much security you can -- you have, you can always have suicide bombers. we're talking about almost three suicide bombers, not just one today. we already know that two suicide bombers basically have carried out the bombing and the third one was spoiled. but the reality is this is all-out war now between al nusra front, between the azzam brigade, between the so-called

it's an area where there is a lot of support for the shia militia, hezbollah. lebanonose two things now, it takes a breath, it pauses, and it hopes it does not get drawn further into the best of the syrian conflict. it also moves away from the geopolitics of it all. it reflects on the terrible loss of life of the men, women, and children who died tonight while they were out shopping. tomorrow will be a day of national mourning in lebanon. today the topic of islamic state and specifically what to do about the situation in syria, it was addressed before he headed out to the latest round of talks in vienna this weekend. while he cautioned against breakthroughs, he said time in turbulence can create new possibilities worth exploring. for more on what can be done, i spoke with frederick off, who formerly served as u.s. special advisor for the transition in syria and is now a senior fellow at the atlantic council. thank you for joining us. the crisis in syria, you have called it the problem from hell. explain that to me. >> syria really is a problem from hell, for the past f

southern beirut is a stronghold of lebanon's militant hezbollah group that is fighting in syria alongsidenment forces. there has been no claim of her responsibility for today's attacks. bridge officials are upset about resistance to making a global climate accord legally valid. francois hollande says if the deal is not legally binding, there is no accord,". the deal would ask all countries to reduce emissions to european negotiators want mandatory cuts, but the u.s. has resisted because a potential roadblocks in the senate. the proposal will be discussed at upcoming u.n. climate talks in paris. the obama administration is giving the go-ahead to a new european union trade rule which out loads -- outlaws "made in israel" tags on goods produced in the west bank. the administration says it's no more than a technical guideline to help european consumers. the president will meet with the leaders of germany, the u.k., italy, and france next week to discuss the fight against islamic state. those discussions will take place on the sidelines of the group of 20 economic summit in turkey. russia, whi

beenforces in syria have joined by iranian support forces from lebanon, hezbollah to support the assadregime. they previously directed attacks on u.s. forces in iraq. we talked about the change in the program which i would like you to elaborate on. and your statement that we got this morning, secretary carter, you said "to be clear, we are not corporate with russia. we're not letting russia impact the face of our campaign against syria."aq, and last week -- some time ago we had dr. kissinger as a witness, but then last week we had five professors that were there, in one of our early good hearings we had on wednesday or thursday. kissinger when he said, "syria is the latest symptom of a disintegration of the american role in the civilizing the middle east order." do you think that is inconsistent with your statements, secretary carter? secretary carter: i think that the middle east is certainly a oncetumultuous -- but again i come back to our role is to protect american interests in that circumstance. whether it be the fight against , our alliances and partnerships with gulf countries,

if lebanon is a model, hezbollah has a governing role in lebanon. >> exactly. everyone would have a governing role except i.s.i.s. and nusra. and assad would stay around until that transition of power occurred. we can come back and talk about that. that's important. but once you have a new government in syria that everybody can agree to, then the most effective fighting force in syria, which happens to be the syrian army and the syrian military, can focus all their efforts on i.s.i.s. supported by all the international players. >> rose: if it's simple to say give me a new leader in syria then all our problems begin to end? >> simple to say when we have a government that all the players in syria can agree is the new government going forward, and you can only have that if assad is not part of it. i think -- and there have been very significant differences among the players about assad, right? so the united states' position is that assad's got to go now. that's the position of the gulf arab states. >> rose: now or soon? it's always been now, right. it's always bee

your singer continuation of battles between hezbollah and lebanon and also hezbollah in syria against some of these islamist groups like isis, al-nusra, and others. and there have been tit-for-tat bombings and killings going on between these two groups for about the last two years, maybe more. the troubling thing is, this is now coming back into the center of beirut. and in the area that is heavily shiite in the southern suburbs of beirut, which is very have been traditionally a red zone come off limits for people to attack hezbollah. but that was shattered about two years ago when several bombings in that area took place, including an attack on the irian embassy. there were tit-for-tat attacks then, people killed the lebanese former minister, an ally of another group in lebanon. the killing was done in the heart of western beirut. the symbolism two years ago was very clear that no area in lebanon is out of bounds, nobody is safe. then there was an agreement in lebanon which pretty much called things down from the last year and a half. this is a resumption of that process. the immedia

when you look at three targets, hezbollah here in beirut, russian airline full of russian civilians in egypt and in paris, these are three countries and here in lebanonezbollah and militia organization. all involved in the war against isis and ice sis delivering on its promise to take the fight to their backyard. showing that the organization has a very different global outreach and it certainly showes it has an ability to deliver on what it says it is going to do. >> on the other side of that, we have seen isis has actually had real battlefield defeats just in the past month. they just lost mount sinjar, the taking of which prompted american intervention to begin with 15 months a go. it does seem like a certain strategic madness to essentially murd civilians of three different entities in a short span as you are sustaining battlefield losses. >> and isis has been clear about this in the past. if you take a look at statements and propaganda material that has come out and they've demonstrated over the course of these past, a certain type of resilience on the battlefield. they have lost senior members of the organization to u.s. drone strikes. they've

the area is a stronghold of lebanon's militant hezbollah group. >>> the u.s.iding air support to kurdish fighters attempting to take back a key city from isis. correspondent benjamin hall tells us what's happening tonight. >> u.s. bombs began dropping at 9:00 p.m. local last night as operation free sinjab began. while on the ground, 75,000 peshmerga troops began moving toward the city. pentagon confirmed that u.s. special ops are on sinjar mountain. unclear how close to the front they were. >> i think it's quite likely that they're not directly in the line of action. they might be able to visibly see it. >> sinjar city stits sit on a crucial high way 47, which connects the defacto isis capital, and severing that would hamper their ability to resupply. one of the biggest cities lost by the kurds. the yazidis suffered the most when aisis attacked, massacring villages and enslaving women. >>> i was at the front lines in sinjar city this year and the difficulties i saw then are still true today. one is isis' ability to dig in. every inch of that city is covered in

they have hezbollah in lebanon that has control of the country, bashar al-assad in syria, and significant relations with houthis in yemen. when it comes to the regional plans for the region, definitely they don't go hand in hand with the way we see the region and our allies see the regions. they have a nuclear deal on the table. it broke the debut, so now you are inviting them to the conversation and we know we can never do a deal in syria. geneva was tried, one and two. you can do it. iran is influential in syria. within the regime. of bashar al-assad and through hezbollah and the shia militia that are fighting against the the rubble. russia is in syria, iran is in syria, neither of them share u.s. goals in syria. the u.s. stated goal is regime change, getting the bashar al-assad regime out. it may be ill-informed. what are you negotiating with when you have people at the table that do not want the end goal that you can't in syria. >> everyone on the table has a different goal. even allies. every regional country has a group they support. syria became not only a regional war, it is an in

i got myself down into south lebanon held by hezbollah fighting for assad right now.unch of guys. i get stopped at a checkpoint by this -- bowed by that 16-year-old with an ak-47. america safety several t-shirt. he sees my american mass port and legals it at me. he talked about the great american satan dele and how america is responsible for hatred and zionism. you name it america is responsible for it. at the end of his rant. he lowers the gun hands me back my passport and said i am going to detroit michigan to study sen tal scho -- dental school. he was the under pant bomb error wealthy orthodontist in bloomfield hills. >> you know ne which direction they are going to go it is our fault for worrying about that. it is like we are islamophobic because we don't want them blowing us up. you talk about politicians and leaders too light compared to the candidates now like the trumps and standers and so on. could it be the reason why you find these candidates unfavsavo is we know too much about them now? >> we live in an information flood. we have the information gathered

lebanon. into hezbollah hands. we have acted forcefully on that.ade it clear we will continue to act that way. debt to vladimir putin. i said, whatever your goals are in syria, these are our goals and we will continue to act that way. think that message was received. there is talk now of in arrangement in syria. i spoke about it today in a very good conversation with president obama. arrangement that is struck in syria, if one is achievable, i am not sure. i am not sure hoped he dumped it can be put back together. i have strong doubts. of syria as a state can be reconstituted. but whatever arrangements are made in syria, that do not preclude iran from continuing its aggression against us directly or transferring weapons to hezbollah, that does not a blushes. we have very clear policy demands in syria. we keep them and will continue to keep them. the defense of israel is what concerns me and is -- syria first and foremost. i'm not, we will continue to act forcefully. -- on that, we will continue to act forcefully. [applause] danielle: let me ask you

lot of videos, a lot of audio tapes from islamic state saying that we are going to hit hezbollah hardly in lebanon. >> what pressure will this put on hezbollah. it will not deter operations, movements within syria. it's a good question. since the syrian conflict started, and hezbollah has been sending a lot of men up there, top commanders to syria, a lot of backlash within the shia communities is happening because mother are saying sons are dying in syria for a conflict where there's nothing to do with. there's less popularity with hez are, in the community. what would happen as well is the backlash. attack saying look, we were rendered defenseless, because your top guys are in syria, not defending us at home. here there's a couple of issues that will come to bite hezbollah >>> thank you for your expertise, thank you. >> thank you >>> kurdish forces say they captured several villages from i.s.i.l. after launching an offensive to retake sinjar. it is of huge strategic importance in the battle against i.s.i.l. it sits across the highway between raqqa and mosul. the operation involves around 7,500 ku

and now isis apparently brought carnage to lebanon to take revenge against hezbollah. there are other countries attacking isis, as well. including the united states. but there's little common ground on how to deal with the group. >> this internal religious civil war is broadening and getting more cruel and dangerous to all of us. >> reporter: lebanese officials warn the country may be entering a new phase of violence. in the past, similar bombings in lebanon were the work of al qaeda. now it could be isis. the group's target list seems to be widening. >> thanks. >>> there is late word of another black eye for the u.s. secret service. an employee assigned to the white house has been arrested, accused of sending sexual messages to someone he thought was an underage girl. our justice correspondent pete williams is in our d.c. newsroom with details. what can you tell us? >> these charges were filed against a member of the secret service uniformed division. an officer assigned to check the i.d.s of people with appointments to visit the white house. prosecutors say the offic

brought shia militia they had trained in iraq, brought has ball in from lebanon, and they propped him up -- has ball a -- hezbollahebanon, they propped him up any significant way, so they have been his savior in iraq. -- they have been his savior. in iraq, the shia militia there have been the most effective fighting force in protecting areas, and sharia taking back shia areas that isis had taken. they are not going to go any further than that. charlie: gates said on this program, one of the things i have not heard anybody talk about is the potential for what the western services, including the cia, could do on the ground in terms of infiltrating, sabotage, and other activities to make life harder for isis. there are a lot of things we can do without sending more troops in there, without aggravating the situation in terms of turning people on the ground against us because we are back in there. make sense to you? mr. morell: it does make sense with one caveat. isis the same caveat, which -- charlie: this is an old cia guy. mr. morell: yes, i know. a former director, and when i have a great admiration for. if you wen

and geo political security in the middle east and looking at syria and lebanon and proxy hezbollah areted in syria to supporting the assad regime and fighting and dying there and the russians have been providing air support for the army of assad and also supporting the hezbollah forces and iranians there and deeply committed countries in syria and one of the main things they are talking about. what the west is going to be looking for i think is any sign of a potential for discord between tehran and moscow, any signs that they are arguing over the fate of assad potentially that may not come out of this particular trip but it's something that the west is going to be looking for in this seemingly quite cozy relationship. >> when we talk about it being a cozy relationship rory how close are those relations? >> well, at the moment it does seem very close indeed but let's just look at who these countries are, they are both extra -- extrovert in a crowded middle east and decided at the moment at least their interests are aligned so they are primarily working with each other in syria. the russ

this isn't the first time isis has struck back at hezbollah inside lebanon. and the u.s.pped up air strikes against the islamic state in iraq. warplanes are supporting kurdish troops trying to recapture the town of sinjar. charlie d'agata is on the ground with kurdish forces. >> reporter: good morning. some of what you see is smoke rising from a series of the latest air strikes targeting isis militants around the city of sinjar. we've lost count of the number of air strikes this morning and overnight that have been launched in that vicinity. this is all part of a major offensive to retake sinjar. we understand 7,500 kurdish peshmerga forces are closing in on three sides of the city, trying to push isis out. one of the reasons it sits between the two isis strongholds of raqqa in syria and mosul in iraq, so they're trying to cut off supply routes between those two cities, but it's not going to be easy. kurdish peshmerga forces said they fear snipers. now the city may be life with booby traps, home made bombs beneath the roads and inside buildings. and there's always the con

this isn't the first time isis has struck back at hezbollah inside lebanon. and the u.s. stepped up air strikes against the islamic state in iraq. warplanes are supporting kurdish troops trying to recapture the strategic town of sinjar. charlie d'agata is on the ground with kurdish forces. >> reporter: good morning. some of what you see is smoke rising from a series of the latest air strikes targeting isis militants around the city of sinjar. we've lost count of the number of air strikes this morning and launched in that vicinity. they've also been firing artillery into the city. this is all part of a major offensive to retake sinjar. we understand 7,500 kurdish peshmerga forces are closing in on three sides of the city, trying to push isis out. one of the reasons it sits between the two isis strongholds of raqqa in syria and mosul in iraq, so they're trying to cut off supply routes between those two cities, but it's not going to be easy. kurdish peshmerga forces said they fear snipers. now the city may be rife with booby traps, home made bombs beneath the roads and insid

will not allow the use of syrian territory for the transfer of game changing weapons into lebanon, into hezbollah's hands and we have acted forcefully on that. i made it clear that we will continue to act that way. i explained that to putin. i said, whatever your goal rs in syria, these are our goals and we'll continue to act that way. and i think that message was received. now, there is talk now of an arrangement in syria. and i spoke about it today in a good conversation i had with president obama. and i said that any arrangement that is struck in syria, if one is achievable, i'm not sure. i'm not sure humpty dumpty could be put back together. i have strong doubts. i'm not sure if syria as a state could be reconstituted, but whatever arrangements are made in syria, that do not preclude iran from continuing its aggression against us direct ly we have clear policy demands in syria. we keep them and will continue to. the defense of israel is what concerns me in syria first and foremost and on that, we'll continue to act forcically. >> i know you want to talk about the economy, but let me ask you qui

lebanon. the militant group hezbollah is based there and it's backing syrian president bashar al assad in his country's civil war. isis on the other hand is trying to overthrow assad. at the live desk, chris lawrence, news 4. >>> a virginia man accused of murdering his wife and newly released documents reveal what the couple's kids told witnesses who found them wandering in the street after the attack. >> a lot of parents rely on the school bus to pick up their kids and one prince george's county mother reached out to us when someone in the school showed up in the personal car. we'll show you what we found. >> plus, it was so bad the federal government had to take over the metro safety department and now we're hearing what it will take to turn things around. stay right there. news 4 at >>> i'm news 4's jackie bensen in the newsroom. the search warrants paint a picture of a bitter divorce and custody battle that the victim likened to a horror movie. newly unsealed search warrants and nearly a dozen of them indicate the brutal stabbing murder of 42-year-old bonnie black occurred horrific circum

the rare roz strongholds of lebanon's mill can't groups, hezbollah, which vows to continue the fight against eye is? syria. officials say it looks like a third bombing was planned. the attacker turned up dead, his legs blown off but his bomb still intact. officials say one of the other bombings likely killed him before he could blow him up. still developing in beirut. kurdish forces backed by u.s. air strikes are locked in a really big battle with islamic state militants in iraq. this is new today. this is a battle that could, if it works, turn the tide in the fight against the terrorist army. the u.s. military official says thousands of kurds from the north, the good fighters we talk about for a couple of years -- they're attacking several hundred isis militants in the city of sinjar. officials say american boots are on the ground, working with the kurds, behind the front lines, as u.s. airplanes, jets, pummel the fighters from the air. pentagon official says the mission's main objective is to cut off a key supply line for terrorists. if they want to make this larger operation work

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