.— middle east. very much for — middle east. thank you very much for your _ middle east. thank you very much for your insight - middle east. thank you very much for your insight and i much for your insight and expertise today. staying in the middle east, cctv pictures have emerged of israeli forces raiding a hospital in the occupied west bank. the undercover unit entered thejenin hospital and killed three members of palestinian armed groups. the israeli military said the men were hiding there, and that one of them was about to carry out an attack. our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, has this report. a building with a mission to heal the sick. visitors with a mission to kill. israeli forces, in headscarves and medical coats filmed on security camera, at the heart ofjenin's iba sina hospital. guns in one hand, handbag, baby cot in the other. here to assassinate a patient and his two companions, fighters with armed palestinian groups. translation: at dawn today, a military operation _ was ca

look i want biden to give a tough response in the middle east.r command and control. go after training centers these are things general keane has been talking about for months and months, restore sanctions, i would like to see that on behalf of americans. america dice when great patriotic servicemen and women die. that is now happening. amount of injured people is way off the charts. amount of attacks are way off the charts. i would like to see it but i don't think he will deliver. >> the administration keeps saying give appropriate response at appropriate time. larry: what does that mean? >> i want a disproportionate response, peace through strength. what reagan and trump did. those are the most peaceful part of my lifetime those two presidents. this administration doesn't understand it. joe biden is extension of barack obama. they started appeasing iran, enriching iran under the joe biden administration. biden continues on and it costs american lives. fundamentally changed border and its approach. number one thing, number one witness if you wil

the conflict in gaza is gradually developing into a war on everything in the middle east.g, and what different trajectories are the prospects, 34 trillion, the us national debt mark has been reached, they live at the expense of others, and this is a very important element that the united states will at any cost try to save. watch on tv channel belarus 244. this is a panorama, a live broadcast about the main events of wednesday 20. on january 4, i will tell you, sergei lugovsky. hello. why did the ukrainian armed forces shoot down a plane in which their own prisoners of war were flying for exchange, and doesn’t this tragedy remind you of the situation in malaysia?

i you can attach to what's going on in the middle east?— the middle east?top _ the middle east? i think ukraine must be at the top of _ the middle east? i think ukraine must be at the top of mr- the middle east? i think ukraine i must be at the top of mr stoltenberg mind. it is a relative success story for nato, coming on the back of their humiliating defeat in afghanistan where the taliban returned to power after two decades. suddenly, months later, the full—scale invasion of ukraine. not only did the ukrainians stand up and fight and they defied the russian military might in a way nobody expected and then the nato military alliance came together as never before and it held for so long and the ukrainians kept making this startling progress, a military fairy tale against the russian military. but where the situation is now both on the ground and politically with there being voices in europe saying, hungary and slovakia, saying we cannot continue this funding. we cannot continue this funding. we cannot continue this funding. we cannot continue to provide thi

it emphasis and focus is now shifting to the middle east.— to the middle east.mlex to the middle east. it will be quite complex because _ to the middle east. it will be quite complex because those _ to the middle east. it will be quite complex because those states - to the middle east. it will be quite l complex because those states which are contributing to the us led military engagement in the region say those who are participating in operation prosperity guardian, themselves may worry they could be seen as easier targets for retaliation by iran, so a number of states will need to be acting now to safeguard their interests, their citizens and so forth. in the broader picture, yes, we have seen a shift in global attention no doubt from ukraine and even from the indo—pacific, as we call it, back to the middle east, which is exactly the middle east, which is exactly the opposite of the dynamic and the flow of attention that american and western officials had been hoping for. i think hopefully what we will see is we are able to pay attention both to events in the

forces in the middle east.one has finally resulted in three deaths there are also the two navy seals who died while trying to board a ship around for a yemen or coming from yemen. at any rate what does the biden administration need to do to stop this kind of attack on the part of o armand? >> no question this is president biden's moment of decision. how does he craft a strike that will not only get after the militias that carried this out but will really address the big problem which is now we are going head-to-head with syron and the lies of our american servicemen are at risk we have seen the strategy. the options are first to strike the direct military targets that have supported the drone strikes. but also to consider what will inflict pain on iran is that strikes against their big new oil terminal down in the bottom? are they going to go after the iranian ship and the red sea? what will they do as the others who support these militias understand they have got to back off i am glad to see the statement from

it is important to remember that all roads are on the middle east leads to iran. we must make iran and all its proxies understand what is coming to them. pay a price for what they do. thus, we are on the way to initiate a policy of containment in this region. the american hawks , of course, liked everything that was happening. they are ready to take a fighting stance regarding iran at any time of the day or night. the us deep state has been dreaming of a big war with tehran for decades, but voices of defiance are becoming louder and louder. biden is criticized by himself party members, especially the left wing of the democrats. to the president. it was necessary to come to congress before striking the houthis in yemen and drawing us into a new conflict in the middle east. surprisingly, the same criticism is coming towards biden from the right, from congresswoman marjarie taylor greene. the biden administration wants to finance the conflict in ukraine, control the war in israel, arm taiwan and prepare for war with china, and now it is going to fight in the middle e

, that's what's happening, we are back in the middle east again, we spent 9 trillion dollars, wede, millions of people and 9 trillion, and what we achieved, nothing. "we only got death and blood, nothing more. well, i will say that, so to speak, in the middle east they will very carefully monitor what they say trump, because now it seems to have broken through, and what we suspected is actually coming out of the mouth of presidential candidate trump, in this sense it turns out that these are all the ideas of recent years, which have happened since 2000 or 2000, they generally screwed it up in such a way, yes, to let down afghanistan, and the middle east, and the arab spring, which took place and is still ongoing, i think that in this sense, the development of trump’s success in the race for the presidency united states, there will be more open many. that the whole world will tremble today, this was not just said by some candidate for governor, this was said by a former president who has access to all, all information, but i am concerned about another situation, in this regard, th

out of the middle east. iran believes with enough pressure from the proxy groups and they are willing to sacrifice these proxy groups and the u.s. so far has drawn a line at striking inside iran or taking out any significant targets that iran would be concerned about they are concerned about spreading the conflict. i'm so the goal of the administration since october 7 is to not spread the conflict with the daily attacks on shipping we saw yesterday the marlin had been struck by an anti- ship missile and was on fire until the u.s. carney in a french braid get put out that fire very, very significant escalation today with the confirmed deaths of at least three american troops in northern jordan. arthel: of course a lot at stake here but not to mention the lives of our service members. are we expecting a forceful response in short order? >> i know from conversations i have been having in recent weeks there is a very significant plan that could be activated to target iranian targets in iranian proxy targets. the

to drive is from the middle east. that sends a message to all our ales that if they want help against the iranian threat they should be going beijing. that is the dynamic we need to be looking at here. i want to go back to one quick point he made about israelis in ga. throughout the 25,000 number, how many of those 25,000 were hamas fighters? we get these numbers the gaza health minisy throws out 25,000 civilians. if you see the videos ofamas and their fighters with rpg's, they are wearing civilian clothes. israelis say they have killed abou10,000 hamas fighters. so let's assume that 25,000 number is accurate. i don't believe it is, but le's assume it is. that mea the number of civilians drops to 15,000. in terms of combatanto to civilian ratio, that is a one to 1.5 ratio, extremely low for urban warfare, so all these claims that israelis are indiscriminately targeti civilians, it is pure propaganda. >> their own newspapers and israel are reporting these claims, that there targeting practices are relatively indiscrimi

and number three is to push the us out of the middle east. the middle east, in a way that we were not before this latest crisis. we have a much larger maritime component. we have more aircraft on the ground and in the skies, and we have more defence assets deployed in the greater middle east as well. the conflict can be seen as yet another instance of crisis in the middle east, but take a step back and it can also be understood as being within the broader context of a divided world. this goes way beyond being a regional challenge. this is a global challenge. we're talking about a vital artery of global commerce, a critical maritime choke point. if you recognise that iran has supplied the houthi missiles that are targeting our shipping and iran is supplying weapons to russia to use in ukraine... ..you can't really avoid the conclusion that we're in an era of great power confrontation, where blocs are beginning to face off against each other. and in one camp, you have the us—led west, the liberal democracies, of which the uk is inextricably an

in the middle east. he talked about the importance of the 2 state solution, finding a platform where the kind of piece and these are all lost in pacing these ro and lasting peace and power spine. he also talked about, touched on the need for israel to have a long lasting relationship with all the arab countries around this. so this piece for prosperity, for, at all citizens or all the countries in the middle east. and he said that now is the time for that critical discussion to be set rolling. he also condemned the attack, seen the young men uh, the weather us alongside its allied the britain a carried all the attack seen in yemen without the permission of all the united nations security council. and then he also made reference to the condemned israel strike in the syria saying that it goes a long way to escalate the tensions in there. but he also emphasized that's there is a need he condemned. he condemned the israel, so you condemned the attacks in israel on the 7th of october and said that they should

well, it will be uuite the middle east. well, it will be quite complex _ the middle east.ontributing to the us led military engagement in the region, say, those that are participating in operation prosperity guardian, themselves may worry that they could be seen as easier targets for retaliation by iran so they will be a number of states that will be a number of states that will need to be acting now to safeguard the interests, their citizens and so forth and then in that broader picture, yes, we have seen a shift in global attention, no doubt from ukraine and even from the indo pacific as we call it, back to the middle east which is exactly the opposite of the dynamic end of the flow of attention at american and western officials have been hoping for but i think that hopefully what we will see is that we are able to pay attention both to events in the middle east as well as giving sustained attention to ukraine. secretary blink and's engagements recently, just today in fact, are in part to show that. —— antony blinken. we are hearing reports about a temporary pause in fig

is not at war in the middle east. and that seems to run counter to what we have seen play out over the past 111 days since october 7th. the strikes that we're seeing, the attacks, the counterattacks. in your view, what is the current u.s. position and posture in the middle east right now? >> look, i would say i agree, we're not at war. we're obviously attacking the houthis in order to try to prevent or preempt attacks on shipping. we've now got to decide whether and how to respond to this. but i wouldn't call this war. i think what we're looking at is a number of discreet military interventions. indeed, ayman, i think one of the administrations helps us to avoid where, simply because of everything else we've got on our plate. >> when we consider the options that the president has, and you and i know the lay of the land in terms of the militias that are out there they may be -- iranian-backed. iran says it does not giving direct orders on how to operate. a, do you accept that these organizations, or do you believe thes

in the short term, that is— the middle east. in the short term, that is our— the middle east. either for israel or— not be true security either for israel or for palestinians without moving — israel or for palestinians without moving towards a two state solution. so we _ moving towards a two state solution. so we have _ moving towards a two state solution. so we have assertive short—term horizon _ so we have assertive short—term horizon in — so we have assertive short—term horizon in wanting to get to a sustainable ceasefire, which we can talk about, — sustainable ceasefire, which we can talk about, and a longer term horizon— talk about, and a longer term horizon on— talk about, and a longer term horizon on recognising that no ceasefire _ horizon on recognising that no ceasefire is really truly sustainable forever unless you have a politicalm — sustainable forever unless you have a political... fire sustainable forever unless you have a political- - -— a political... are we doing anything about developing _ a political... are we doing anything about developing a _ a political..

let's talk about the _ the middle east. let's talk about the middle - the middle east.e east. let's talk - about the middle east we know the secretary of state is making another tour of the region, what you think that says what is the signal about how worried the white house might be about being dragged a little bit deeper or further into this conflict? i little bit deeper or further into this conflict?- little bit deeper or further into this conflict? i think the biden administration - into this conflict? i think the biden administration is - into this conflict? i think the biden administration is very | biden administration is very worried about the rest, they recognise that, according to the narrative the israelis were seeking to attack hezbollah after the october seven attacks but us reported that hibbert and conceded —— seceded in convincing them to hold off. the question is not so much whether you us recognises the risk and the dangers, does, the westerners why doesn't the biden administration take the measure that is with the most effective way of preventing it w

regional resistance movements in the battle against us and israeli back terrorist groups in the middle east region. the assassination of general qasim sulaimani and abu mahiel mohandis by the united states sent shock waves throughout the middle east and spark widespread outrage in the regional countries, particularly in light of president trump's previous admission, that the united states had played role in the formation of daesh terrorist group. isis is honoring president obama, he is the founder of isis, he's the founder of isis, he's the founder, he founded isis, and i would say the co-founder would be crooked hillary clinton, look at hillary clinton. general sulaimani's involvement in the fight against daesh was instrumental in turning the tide against the terrorist organization. as daesh gained ground in iraq and syria, he served as a strategic military advisor and helped mobilize local fighters and provided crucial military support to local forces. sulaimani's strategic guidance and coordination were vital. in several key battles, such as the liberation of tekrit and falluja in iraq,

great geopolitical game in the middle east.sion, this time against yemen. tonight, united states-led coalition forces launched sea-based air strikes and precision-guided missile strikes against cities in yemen. or the united states turned out to be not the most impressive, blinken spent a whole week traveling around the middle east, persuading the countries of the region to join the coalition, and persuaded one: bahrain. in addition to the united states, the coalition includes great britain, canada, australia and holland, and, in fact, ships of the united states of america are taking part in hostilities. one british ship, all other countries are represented by staff officers who are located at the headquarters of the military operation, so this is essentially american aggression against yemen. president biden's speech was expected, it was announced, all tv channels were ready to tune in to listen to the announcement. war, but either he changed his mind, or went to sleep, or his mood changed, but biden’s speeches there wasn’t, t

, the greater middle east.arried out at the beginning of the 2000s, even partly at the beginning of the late nineties, this is a plan for the redevelopment of a large neighboring east from... iraq, turkey and this is iran , they had such big plans, they are almost completely buried, the united states has de facto left iraq and afghanistan and is present there very symbolically, well, situationally. was the palestinian-israeli conflict beneficial to the united states? i think it's wrong. most likely, it was a bad dream for them, what happened. why they became so involved in this process is also quite understandable, because there is a very large influence of ethnic jewish groups that are neoconservatives, to a very large extent there is a large consensus in the american political community, not in society, in the political community, that israel is an old and long-term partner of the united states, so they got involved quite uncompromisingly in spite of. goals, another question is that in the region itself an in

forces in the middle east over the past three months. most of them blamed on the iranian proxies as we have said there's been at least 159 attacks look at the map all across the area since the israelis and the hamas war began hamas brutally attacked israel at that time. today's assault however it was the first deadly one for our forces the person to strike jordan. joining us on the phone our chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin. jennifer, first question to the secretary of defense often back on the job what is the pentagon saying and their reaction about this attack? >> the pentagon is saying defense secretary austin will be in the pentagon for the first time since december 22 surgery, tomorrow he will be there to host but he did participate in all of the calls with the president and to brief the prespresident today he has been engaged from home by a secure link. this is what is interesting this is not just the deadliest attack on u.s. forces since october 7 the war in gaza it is the deadliest attack on u.s. forces sinc

i way things are escalating in the middle east?— the middle east?east? i think strategically this - the middle east? i think strategically this is - the middle east? i think strategically this is the l the middle east? i think - strategically this is the most important question that we are asking because it is notjust about military escalation in name or some type of tactical operational operation here. we are talking about resources, so when the united states and other allies like the united kingdom and other allies had to remove resources such as from ukraine then that is a victory. that is something positive for russia, and, of course, china is watching closely and the more resources that the united states has to devote, in this case at the middle east conflict, that plays into russia and china sphere. we are runnina russia and china sphere. we are running out _ russia and china sphere. we are running out of _ russia and china sphere. we are running out of time _ russia and china sphere. we are running out of time but - russia and china sphere. w

activities in the middle east.mocratic values but is challenging to do that with independent countries and their interest. the u.s. is mediating between interests. host: there has been an agreement over the request for more aid to israel. what do they need? guest: israel has a capable military but in terms of the air defense systems to protect against hamas and hezbollah. so refilling those magazines. host: if they were to write t they would have to into the ward? guest: they would run out of weapons. that could impact that gaza. it seems they are reducing operations there so it seems u.s. support is not critical to the current war but it will afterion. host: a view of the top-flight budgetdepartment, what do you tf that of what the priority needs to be? guest: there is a slight amount of growth which with inflation is even and priorities are can have to increasingly be■? ensurg readiness and capacity of the u.s. forces as opposed to driving that towards expensive, high tech jazz which assumes a lot of the budget.

he says i don't think we need a wider war in the middle east.ked what he is going to do in response. those are two very strong statements from joe biden. we're waiting to see what exactly is done in response to the killing of three service members there in jordan. we'll be waiting to see if there's more he has said. he's going to an event where there will certainly be more questions. >>> all right. let's go back to our panel now because we are in campaign season at this point in time, and i do want to bring up the situation in the middle east. and i will start with you, shurmichael. the middle east again in a very tangled web where we're seeing attacks, u.s. service members have been killed. what do you think going forward we're going to see here on the campaign trail? because nikki haley has already weighed into this. >> well, look, i think the president's response, sara, right on point. most americans don't want another pro longed war where our young men and women are going to fight for who knows how long but i do think americans expect some t

throughout the middle east.ghout the middle east. on 160 occasions. that isn't the outposts throughout the middle east. 0n160 occasions. that isn't the 7th of october. that is a lot. is there a inevitability about this happening, that one will get through and cause a loss of life? it is incredible — and cause a loss of life? it is incredible when _ and cause a loss of life? it 3 incredible when people look and cause a loss of life? it 1 incredible when people look at the numbers because so much is happening right across this region ever since the israel — gaza war erupted on the 7th of october. even though the us within days moved warships into the mediterranean to send a warning to all the many actors that they shouldn't think of enlarging and intensifying this conflict, the reality is fires have been burning on every front, including in iraq and syria. at least 160 attacks on american interests, american bases where american forces are operating and have done for many years in iraq and have done for many years

so it's a really fiery start to the new year in the middle east.— in the middle east. what's your assessment of iran's _ in the middle east. what's your assessment of iran's can - in the middle east. what's your assessment of iran's can roll i in the middle east. what's your. assessment of iran's can roll and control over the situation? en hamas, on hezbollah, and on the houthi. . ~ . , hamas, on hezbollah, and on the houthi. . . ., , hamas, on hezbollah, and on the houthi. . . . , ., hamas, on hezbollah, and on the houthi. . . . , , houthi. iran certainly has a very close ties _ houthi. iran certainly has a very close ties to _ houthi. iran certainly has a very close ties to what _ houthi. iran certainly has a very close ties to what it _ houthi. iran certainly has a very close ties to what it calls - houthi. iran certainly has a very close ties to what it calls its - close ties to what it calls its proxy militias. right now they are the three h's. hamas, hezbollah, and houthi. fundamentally those organisations take their own decisions. so they are unlikely to take an

iran has escalated a middle east war as throughout all history appeasement again failed. will joe biden ever learn? that is my riff. all right? and sitting here on set, we'll switch gears as we wait for general jack keane, we welcome alabama senator tommy tuberville. >> larry how are you. larry: you know, interesting, i believe you are a student of history, what reagan did to iran took out almost half of their navy, and what trump did to soleimani and his driver, i guess, they did that with far less provocation from iran than what biden and what united states is suffered recently, i di i did it far less abides . biden suffered more casualties, and more injured, it has not done anything yet, as though mr. biden does not read military history. >> history said if you are tough, own your adversaries you don't have war, we'ret tougu say appeasement. if you are a sheep herder in middle east, be careful that is what biden will target, he will not do anything to upsets iran, i don't know what is going on. larry: is there gossip table top, he has been meeting, they have not done a

you have covered the middle east for many years. can you put in context what is happening, what is about to happen? of course, we're not just talking about where you are, israel versus hamas, but this broader situation and the potential for it to get even broader if and when the u.s. responds. >> reporter: well, iran is backing so many different proxies in the region, and depending on how the united states strikes and definitely with pressure from many places in this region for the united states and president biden to understand the language that iran will really understand best, a strong, robust military response. iran's proxies are in lebanon. they are in syria. they are in iraq. they are in yemen. they've all been militarily active, they've all beenited st israel included in the region. the stakes are incredibly high. whatever option the president goes for, absolutely, there will be a response, whether it comes daana y ter inakistan,l.itary iq ow'vshn that there fr tse pxi that are even more powerful in iraq at the moment. those

regional resistance movements in the battle against us and israeli back terrorist groups in the middle east region. "the assassination of general qasim sulaimani and abu mahdi al-muhandus by the united states sent shock waves throughout the middle east and spark widespread outrage in the regional countries, particularly in light of president trump's previous admission that the united states had played role in the formation of daesh terrorist group. isis is honoring president obama. is the founder of isis, he's the founder of isis, he's the founder, he founded isis, and i would say the co-founder would be crooked hillary clinton, crooked hillary clinton, general sulaimani's involvement in the fight against daesh was instrumental in turning the tide against the terrorist. organization as daesh gained ground in iraq and syria, he served as a strategic military advisor and helped mobilize local fighters and provided crucial military support to local forces. sulaimani's strategic guidance and coordination were vital in several key battles, such as the liberation of tekreet and faluja in iraq and

but there is a connection at a time when the middle east is boiling.long—range ballistic missiles is a warning to iran's enemies, especially israel and the united states, that it's more than capable of hitting targets well beyond its borders. then there's the red sea, where the us and uk are attempting to persuade the houthis close allies of iran to stop attacking shipping bound for the suez canal. the houthis say all this is motivated by the war in gaza. and finally, all iran's other proxies and allies around the region — hamas in gaza, hezbollah in lebanon, militias in syria and iraq — they've all benefited from iranian military support, and they're all seeking to punish israel or its ally, the united states, for what's happening in gaza. speaking today in davos, iran's foreign minister said all these red lights would stop flashing if the war in gaza came to an end. that's an exaggeration. the dangers currently facing the middle east don't all stem from what's happening in gaza, but the war there has made things infinitely worse. paul adams there. in

well, probably the brightest escalation funnel right now, of course, is happening in the middle east,res first of all, pay attention to the fact that if we listen to everything that the leaders and countries of the middle east region say, we will hear from almost everyone. in this regard, it is precisely that now at the un, turkish foreign minister hakan fedan, before carrying out anything there , meets with the russian side, discusses the middle east settlement, the settlement in general in the world political process, against the backdrop of all turkey's ideas about building a polycentric world, this just shows the weight that we have in region, which is why there is a prospect, as we heard today, of a visit by our president to turkey, because for us this region is fundamentally important in terms of building this new polycentric picture of the world, which gives us some hope that we will be able to overcome these all the funnels of conflict, despite logical thinking, unfortunately, about the use of nuclear weapons. advertising. well? you look at her all the time, but haven’t you he

bases throughout the middle east? that the key question and one you point out has a profound effect on how the u.s. thinks about its own force protection in the region. >> reporter: and ben, to that point, this is not the first time that these iranian back groups have attended to carry out these kinds of attacks on u.s. forces. more than 100 u.s. personnel and coalition personnel have now , or rather, more than 100 attacks have been launched against u.s. and coalition personnel in the region. how are you seeing all of this play out from lebanon, where -- has been more than eager to see its role expanded into a broader conflict? >> it struck 13 times by our account. is really positions on the border. we are also seeing an uptick in their actions as well. >> reporter: the same time we are seeing this attack in jordan. but what we are hearing from lebanese officials, as well as diplomats here in beirut , their biggest concern is the very real possibility that this regional war, which is really been going on, it's been a

they are beefing up securities across the middle east. biden was weighing whether to pull out those troops. and ever since the u.s. killed that powerful iranian general qasem soleimani back in 2020, iran has not had the same level of command and control over the militias. that makes this even more complex. >> margaret brennan, david martin, thank you. >>> britain's king charles and his daughter-in-law, princess catherine, were both released from the same hospital today. the 75-year-old king spent the weekend at the london clinic after a procedure for an enlarged prostate. the 42-year-old princess was in the hospital for about two weeks following abdominal surgery. both are s >>> the kansas city chiefs and san francisco 49ers punched their tickets to the super bowl over the weekend. the chiefs led by patrick mahomes and travis kelce are looking to become the first back-to-back champions in nearly 20 years. the 49ers are looking to win a swift is planning to make it to the big game. she has concerts scheduled that weekend in tokyo. super bo

was and is still a key player in the middle east. how do you assess the influence of the us on what's happening in the region now? i mean, i think the u. s. has less credibility both in the middle east and globally, as americans growing up in this land that we really chairs, really value. i mean, i love calling america home it's, it's a wake up moment for us. i think it's making americans question our entire history . it seems that in almost every conflict, american politicians tend to support the occupiers, the colonizers, the murderers. i mean, you look at south africa, america is one of the last nations to continue to support the apartheid regime in south africa that treated of, of black africans as so human in america was supporting the apartheid redeem. and therefore, it's no surprise that it was south africa that came to who is real accountable in the international court of justice. and again, you see the whole world coming and condemning these worth of crimes. and america is the black sheep. america is the one enabling and sup

well, americans from the very beginning they tried to involve iran in what was happening in the middle east, where there really is such a serious breakdown in the entire system of international relations, they tried by hook or by crook to involve iran, blaming it for everything that... happened in iraq, as we remember, as it happened in afghanistan and absolutely no one invited the united states to the middle east, except perhaps israel, the americans themselves. did not separate russia from europe through illegal sanctions, they believe that they have created this artificial wall, they need this extend the wall further - to the middle east, they did not like the positive trends that russia was implementing, including the creation of an inclusive security system, they did not like these trends at all in the region, they brought this very discord, and in fact the entire region once again i say it’s inflamed, accordingly... an artificial border, the americans need it like air, because it’s a respite, it’s an opportunity to take a break, and if we look at the map from the american, so to speak

bases and interests in the middle east. it was a matter of when our service men and women would become the target of these casualties. relentless attacks throughout the entire region on our interests. so now three people, three u.s. service men proudly serving this country and women, two of them are women, i should say, have been hit and killed. the parents of army sergeant kennedy sanders, one of the three kills in jordan say that they're still in shock. >> reality probably won't set in until we actually travel to receive her remains. that's the time that i'm really not looking forward to i'm dreading it actually. >> she was goal-oriented. she loved the service. she loved serving our country. >> now gold star families of all three of these individuals sadly. so the president will travel, we're told to dover, delaware to meet the remains of the three u.s. military members that were killed. that we understand is going to take place on friday. the word is that he was waiting for response from the families. they all would like

. >> harris: our military men and women in the middle east have been targeted at least 165 times since october 17th. and again that's 105 days running. those attacks by iran's paid for and trained terrorists have happened in a way that the administration's only response has been 15 targets in retaliation reportedly very minor compared to what they are doing to us. republicans say president biden needs action now. >> we need to go right to the source. iran needs to feel consequences. >> iranians, russians, chinese, they see us as weak because of president biden. this is only going to get worse. >> we don't want war with iran. the way to stop that is through deterrents. >> we're bombing empty warehouses in the middle of the night so the administration can look like they're doing something in response but they are still beholding to this appeasement strategy when it comes to iran. >> when you are trying to play defense constantly rather than punching back in a meaningful way, this blood is on this administration's hands, period. they need to take responsibility for it. >> harris: and agai

they are all over the middle east, syria, lebanon, iraq and yemen.re are a number of things we can do, but we are hearing this well, you know, you have to invade iran in order to have a deterring effect, that's not what did in the last administration and we know what works. at the end of the day the iranian regime cares about it's money, it's control on power and its influence across the middle east and there are ways to affect that. what this administration has been doing has not been affected. >> there have been some attacks under this administration that have killed, for instance talking about maybe a different militia, but that have killed houthi militants. certainly has not stopped anything there. we saw attacks under the trump administration from these iranian backed proxies as well. so what actually stops them? you are talking about attacking them, but that did not actually stop. >> so, tehran will trade the lives of its proxies for american and israeli lives all day long. that's why they have these proxies. that is a good deal for tehran. unt

the war in the middle east is growing. by the end of the week, the americans and british launched a massive missile strike on targets in yemen. they didn’t hit yemen before. russia recognized these actions as illegal and dangerous, because the yemeni houthis, who are supported by iran, will inevitably respond. and they have opportunities. in any case , anglo-american attacks are not pacifying. usa and england, valentin bogdanov and alexandrov. carbon copy, contrails tear up the night with tomahawks launched from surface ships and submarines, with on the deck of an aircraft carrier, a steam catapult spits out fighters and reconnaissance aircraft. and these are the consequences: the largest cities of yemen and their environs, the capital sanaa, the port of hadeida, as well as saada, tais and damar, are under attack. in total , the first wave was hit. 73 objects the wave will begin just in time for television prime time at 37 pm us east coast time. an hour later it's on every tv in america. 16 different locations and dozens o

, but this middle east which is which is emerging right now is totally. different, i think thant the move was a miscalculation. was this a miscalculated attack in your opinion? well, it's obviously a mistake. i wouldn't go, i wouldn't call it such such a small thing as a miscalculation. it's a grievous error in international law. "and it's an act of aggression, unlawful, illegal, state to state aggression, so definitely the united states and england are making more mistakes, and i use the word more there, because they are the major powers behind the israeli operation and slaughter of countless palestinians, so they are tying their fate more closely to israel, and since israel is losing this conflict. "this is going to cost to america and to england as well. ali risk in beirot, how important uh has the unified response been from the resistance in the region and retaliation for the gaza war, there's lebanon's, hezbollah, yemen's ansarla resistance moving and the armed forces of the country, resistance groups in syria uh and iraq as well. well, i think that most important of all it

account the diversion of the attention of the same united states of america from ukraine, but the middle easts important for moscow in itself , is n’t russia losing influence now that it occupies the role of primarily an observer. first of all, let’s not absolutize the fact of the confrontation between the shiites and the sunnis, because in islam there are only five recognized madhhabs , so these are not the only phenomena within islam, within each madhhab of the usunnis, there are sectarians who hate each other more than each other, that’s why here ... the situation is much more complicated, this is the first, second, these are completely rational people, there is no need to attribute excessive religious fanaticism to them, another thing is that yes, it is conducive when you belong to one and the same the same mashab and profess the same religious values, this is pleasant, but this does not mean that you cannot find a worthy partner or counterparty in some other groups, which in fact... happens in the middle east too, because speaking, if we focus only on this religious confrontation, we wil

to force imperialist interests out to the great material benefit of the masses of the middle east and actually to the masses of working people. around the world. okay, dr. ranjit barar and muhammad desai, thank you very much to both of you for your time and thoughts and thank you for watching us. join us again next time for the latest news and analysis. until then, continue to keep palestine in your hearts. goodbye. when palestinian journalist shirin abu agale was killed by niswedy sniper on may 11, 2022, the israelis meant to get across a clear message, that they don't want any narrative other than their own under decades old occupation of palestinian lands and their aggression. "it wasn't the first time israeli sought to put gag on the alternative narrative, and every time it has failed. watch the history of the israeli measures and palestinian counter measures in this documentary to talk." كان يشتغل بدون اي نوع من انواع الاجراءات الوقايه على العكس تماما نفس الزلمه اللي كان يجيب له الاكل او الشرب كان يكون متاخذ كافه الاجراءات الاحتياطيه او هذا الموضوع ما بفهم فيه رحم الله احنا ا

a major escalation in the middle east. three american service members killed and others wounded near the border of jordan and syria. president biden releasing a statement saying while we are still gathering the facts we know it was carried out by radical militant groups operating in syria and iraq. welcome to fox news live. i am mike emanuel. we have lucas tom olson and trey >> this is a massive escalation out of the middle east where overnight three american service members were killed and at least 25 others wounded in and iran backed drone attack on the border of jordan and syria. today, central command confirming that this attack targeted a small base. we are still gathering the facts of this attack. we know it was carried out by militant groups in syria and iraq. the statement goes on to say we join the family and friends of our fallen. grieving the loss of these warriors in this despicable and wholly unjust attack. the entire region bracing for the possibility of a larger conflict in escalation following this killing

and was looking at the middle east. there's a lot of, besides the obvious genocide that the us as funding and gaza, you with is real and, and even supplying weapons, going around congress just last week. so you have hundreds of millions more to israel to carry out what is essentially a genocide. and now is real, is going to be brought up a more crimes this week for what they're doing and also to the civilian population and with thousands of people. but about this is an office off the coast of gaza are the reserves, the gas reserves, which are worth billions of dollars. and then of course you have around, you have the, the central location, the energy resources, the economic. there's a lot of motivation for washington to try to go after iran. they also once a week and what is a growing alliance between all the air of states and, and obviously russia with some of this as well. so the us is trying everything, it's kind it to try to save face for the disaster of the proxy, warren ukraine. and now switching with this new wat

we've also worked to rally an international response to new aggression in the middle east. in the red sea, reckless attacks by the iranian backed rebels including the use of ballistic missiles have threatened the freedom of navigation and one of the worlds of vital waterways. more than 50 nations have been affected in nearly 30 attacks. last week the united states and united kingdom with support from australia, bahrain and the netherlands struck a number of targets to stage into the launch of these attacks. this defensive action followed extensive multinational coordination led by the united states. among the 44 nations to condemn the attacks and it also led to a un security council resolution condemning those attacks. we are not looking for a regional conflict. far from it. through a combination of study y deterrence into steadfast diplomacy, we seek to stop the spread of conflict and to create the conditions of de-escalation. our approach is and remains focused on moving(y towards greater integration and stability in the region. long before october 7th, the united states

be part of less than middle east strategy. so far, there is a united nations security council resolution of backing these the techs on fees. so that means that china and russia in with the west, and this would normally overall the, on the side of the rock. so although there is no military solution to the who is the problem, i think the west has gone in the right direction and it has actually gone up support for we do see a lot of play of china the show we have middle east you, if you can your how do you see the situation? would you say that the current situation is a result of mismanagement of the admin, chrysler's by the us. um, i wouldn't say that because i'm to now the us has not played a huge fold and in the human crisis, and i think what we're seeing now, you know, there's a lot of debate about whether the country is, is, is escalate and the vision. i think it has escalated so we're, we're seeing that the, the question now is how much and how much more would it be us be prepared to interview so, so we, i think at the, at

not so much concern about all that conflict in the middle east? but what's interesting is a barometer for investors�* concern from the middle east conflict is the oil prices. interestingly, oil prices had been heading lower for the last few months, and there seems to be no stop to its arrest its fall. and there seems to be no stop to arrest its fall. it's mainly because, in general, investors are now looking globally in terms of demand for oil forjet fuel and travel and everything might be slowing somewhat, and that is offsetting the uncertainty in relation to the middle east. staying with the middle east: russia has overtaken saudi arabia as china's top supplier of crude oil, according to customs data. china and india have continued buying oilfrom russia even after western countries put sanctions on moscow following its invasion of ukraine in 2022. since then, russia has been selling its oil at significant discounts compared to the rest of the market. more news on china: china's central bank has decided to leave one of its key interest rates unch

second largest city sale has his middle east mission becomes ever more urgent. us secretary of state met with a guitar a mere shake. tell me been how much, how tiny blinking says he's pushing for ways to protect civilians and get more humanitarian aid in the gaza while ensuring that a moss could not strike again. blinking this visit to a world food program for some of the highlighting the worsening humanitarian situation and the gaza strip. for these displays, palestinians caught in the crossfire. this conflict in gaza. help can not come soon enough summer desperately hoping this visit will finally bring an end to the war. not among many black we hope that antony, blinking. m god. that blinking looks at us with an eye of mercy and the ends, the war ends. the misery we're living in. we are a people that must live a free and dignified life for not getting him. but his rescuer search through rebels after another is rarely ever striking the south of the gaza strip. prospect of peace seems hopeless. a link in the middle east tour continues as he prepares to meet other leaders, including i