unfortunately, northern iraq is not game, not under the control of this, of central government as it should be us. and even though the central government is protesting, they know quite well what's going on in northern iraq, and they are very unhappy. they are terrorist organizations and t running and terrorist organizations base their, which are not secret western tv channels off and go and make documentary is in northern iraq and visit the basis of these terror groups. but also started has been firmly established. they have a aside the, they have a strong relationship with the local government in attribute, and they've been cooperating. and the iranians have for years been trying to encourage our to be to discontinue, with their support for these terror groups, or for them to close the eyes to these have groups and to quite or in allowing the site to work in northern iraq. but they ignore the run and this is especially upstanding pretty ronnie, is because when isis was about to take out of be the government and out of be in the local courteous government backed a general. so they mo

part of the rod and the kurdish areas of northern iraq and to keep them divided from the central government. and they're also trying to manipulate the rockies in the west of the country. in other words, the americans are trying to stay in place through divide and rule. and also by taking a rocky oil, well, money, hostage in american bags to while the rocky government and the rocky people want the americans to go. the american military presence, any rock is still in place because they americans are basically manipulating coordinate iranians or ordinary rockies. and they are also taking their financial assets hostage or to the ongoing, competing gaza. now we're a residential area in the southern city of what it off uh has come with the idea of file. israel now claims that the quote in tennessee, the phase of the conflict will be moving from the north to the south, would be in clay just to warn you disturbing images coming your way the this boy among the latest of the victims. and maybe the, the idea of strikes, israel has escalated this att

we have seen the reports and we track from yourselves which are impacted in northern iraq and northern syria. no us personnel, e facilities were targeted. we have been in touch with senior rocky officials as well as officials and the cut us down region. iran is claiming this is in response to the terrorist attacks and come out around on the roster on with a focus on isis. we will continue to assess the situation, but initial indications, all of this was a reckless and precise set of strikes. the united states supports the sovereignty independence um, territorial integrity. so they're all come out from a us defense official. that final sentence, clearly quite an interesting avenue for the pens again to decide to go down given you know, the car funeral in the wake of the us bombing backed out about a week and a half ago. but anyway, the us supposedly territorial integrity of iraq and, and sovereignty. that's the us position to advertise in washington dc. if your said the thank you very much. the now let's turn to the war and goes how mass has released a new video that's apparently shows

emergency services were very quick to the scene for a buildings near the us console that in the northern iraq is city of or to be able to wherever potently hit as well in syria and near a level iran said i sold tara selves were destroyed, and washington did out. and the attacks on terrorist calling the attacks, reckless and imprecise. the united states strongly condemned around attacks inner bill today and offers condolences to the families of those who were killed. we oppose the runs reckless missile strikes, which undermine the rocks stability. when i go to san official, say one erode in ms. all struck the home of a prominent local businessman, who was killed along with his family. earlier i was talking to iranian academic aside, mohammed variety, but his take on these develop even though the central government is protesting, they know quite well what's going on in northern iraq and they are very unhappy. they are terrorist organizations and t, ronnie and tara. so organizations base their, which are not secret western tv channels off and go and make documentary is in northern iraq and visit

it's in regard as loans in attack in northern iraq. it says it's targeting israel's intelligence agency. most of the other ones are enjoying this is out, is there a light coming on us release the new video of the captive, who says to other chapters, what killed buys? radio strikes and guns children and shot the pools from the rubble off to israel. latest attacks on central out of southern does the doesn't understand as i've been in the past. no lies tons of was iowa rice for the white house begins with donald trump taking a come off the iran has came responsibility for an attack in northern iraq that killed at least 4 people. and wounded 6 of those missiles and thrown attacks were launched. and at a bill near the airport, it cost lights to be suspended below those, these have now resumed ron's revolutionary. god says it was targeting spice centers used by israel's intelligence service. most that apartment has to be somebody autonomous code is region has condemned the attack describing it of cowardly rod. also targeted is still in syria

will no longer be tolerated, sadly northern iraq has been a problem. for iran, the local governmentops, arben has not played a constructive role, they've allowed the israelis to create a strong presence there, and also they've allowed terror groups to be based there, this is no secret, because even documentaries are made by western tv. channels where they go to these bases of terrorist groups and watch them train and speak to the terrorists and let's also talk a little bit about those claims by western governments at the forefront of the us that's always talking about the so-called uh war and battle against terrorism but they themselves give rise to terrorists they harbor them they back them and those very same terrorists uh target countries like iran and its people? yes, in 2012 on february the 12th, 2012, jake sullivan, who is now the us national security advisor, he sent an email to hillary clinton, who was then the secretary of state saying that in syria, al-qaeda is on our side, back then isis and al-qaeda were one, so the us was supporting what is now isis and al-qaeda, then w

on a cargo ship and the red sea. meanwhile, civilians are killed as iran fires. messiahs into northern iraq to iran says it's targeting and it's rarely spied based back. that recalls that tom foster the i've heard of him out. welcome to the program. united states, as it is hedge moore, who is the military targets inside given us as the strikes were in retaliation for a missile attack by who's the forces on a greek on cargo ship. on tuesday, the day after the ron backed rebel groups dropped to us on ship off the coast. if you haven't used these, said the attacks were aimed at supporting post indians and israel's war and gaza that the rocket fire comes as the us and i used it, had seized iranian weapons intended for the rebels. u. s. navy seals rated a vessel near the coast of somalia last week, seizing weapons, including warheads, for medium range, ballistic missiles, and anti cruise marseilles. washington says the intercept of shipment is proof that iran is still delivering advanced military a to the who. these are using it to attack cargo vessels, traveling through the red sea, disrupting

they know quite well what's going on in northern iraq and they are very unhappy. they are terrorist organizations, anti ronnie and terrace organizations based there, which are not secret western tv channels. often go and make documentary is in northern iraq and visit the basis of these terror groups. but also in the sun hasn't been firmly established. they have a aside the, they have a strong relationship with the local government in attribute, and they've been cooperating. and the iranians have for years been trying to encourage our to be to discontinue, with their support for these terror groups, or for them to close the eyes to these have groups and to quite who are in plowing saw to work in northern iraq. they fire those miss how some of those miss house to the north west of syria. and that is sending a message. it is way the regime and to the americans that iraq and stripe hard to the south of syria. but in addition to that, the money is struck, the east circuit started party, and that is a group that has, that is attracted terrace from central asia, from wes

of cargo ships in the red sea. meanwhile, civilians are killed as iran fire, as marseilles into northern iraq. tehran says it's targeting and is rarely spied based baghdad recalls it's um, best serve. the him a welcome to the program. the united states says it has hedge moore who is the military targets inside yemen. us, as the state says, it has hedge moore, who is the military targets inside yemen. us as the strikes were in retaliation for a miss style attack by who see forces on a greek owned cargo ship. on tuesday, a day after the ron back rebel groups struck a us own ship off the coast of yemen. the who, the said the attacks were aimed at supporting palestinians and israel's war in gaza . or while the rocket fire comes as the us and as it has seized iranian weapons intended for the rebels. u. s. navy seals rated a vessel near the coast of somalia. last week, seizing weapons, including warheads, for medium range, ballistic missiles, and anti cruise missiles. washington says, the interest that fits shipment is proof that iran is still delivering advance military a to the who sees who are u

need to cooperate and we need iran to cooperate with us on that whether in on the borders or in northern iraq and northern syria as well, so it seems that the main issues that were discussed between the two presidents and that they were mainly on the table between the presidents particularly where um the aggression on gaza detentions in the region as well as the fight against terrorism, however between the delegations, the ministers, iranians and turkish ministers, it was the agreement that we have seen being signed at the beginning of the conference. thank you very much for that, we appreciate it, that's russian saglon corresponded the talking to us from ankara. let's bring a journalist at harichi media, mehmet who joins us, welcome to the program, um, the way that the two countries united in this particular event, which was just ' one day uh one, although it was delayed and it occurred today uh showed how close these countries actually are, um, regarding the mous that were signed, how do you view uh the way that the turkish president and the iranian president interacted and what came out of

plus civilians are killed as a ron fires, missiles into northern iraq, to iran, says that it has targeted and is where at least 5 based baghdad recalls with some bassett or the . i'm sorry, kelly, welcome to the program. guitar says that it has broken to deal between israel and homos for the delivery of humanitarian aid and medication to civilians inside gaza, including is rarely as being held captive by him. off the deal done in cooperation with france comes amid repeated international calls for a ceasefire. this rarely government says that it will maintain military pressure on him off to eliminate the group, which is considered a terrorist organization by many countries. but these really defense minister says the military will switch tactics and start scaling back its military operations in the south of the territory. as trucks of bead enters through gauze, the southern border with egypt smoke rises over rough residents and the border city spent the morning looking through rubble for ms. drake the night before . even as israel says, it will tell him down the intensity of its operations.

attack on a cargo ship and the red. meanwhile, civilians are killed as a ron fires missiles into northern iraq. tehran says it's targeting and is released by base fact that recalls it's talking about the amount of him all welcome to the program, the united states as it has had more. here's the military targets inside gammon. us says the strikes were in rec, retaliation for a missile attack by who's the force is on a greek on cargo ship one tuesday. a day after the ron backed, rebel group struck a u. s. o and shit off the coast of yemen. the who sees that the attacks were aimed at supporting palestinians. and israel's war in gaza. with a rocket. fire comes as the us and noticed it had seized iranian weapons intended for the rebels. u. s. navy seals rated a vessel near the coast of somalia last week, seizing weapons, including warheads, for medium range, ballistic missiles, and anti cruise missiles. washington says, the interest that fits shipment is proof that iran is still delivering advanced military age to the who these who are using it to attack cargo vessels, traveling through the red sea,

revolutionary, god says it's targeted for that called anti or wrong groups, and the kurdish region of northern iraq and syria, the kerry johnson. this is all just hire a lot from to also on the program a master. this is a new video of a captive who says to all the captives with kilobytes. very ministry strikes in gaza. children in shock pulls from the rubble of the israel's latest attacks on central and southern guns, and dozens of palestinians have been killed in the past day. and voters for pets, a brave the cold in iowa, as us state takes off the rice for the white house. the game with breaking is now out to the rock edge traffic bills. airport has been stop, talk to a number of explosions. net by the runs reputation we god has claimed responsibility saying it was targeting a spying center. also a task group. some serious sayings was retaliation for bombings in iran earlier this month. lockwood otherwise joins us live, not from bad. luckily, tell us more about what's happened. a flip, apparently the ballistic missiles were used in india tax, according to the iran that are below 3, a good, but th

because unfortunately, northern iraq is heavily infiltrated. they are both striking these targets, but also they were telling the americans they were sending a message that our missiles are very precise and we're not afraid to target these offices. these bases near your building the us condemned the attacks, cooling them a reckless and imprecise set of strikes. in recent days the us and u. k. have been targeting who she bases in yemen, retaliation for a tax on cargo ships in the red sea. who sees, say, the vessels belong or are connected to countries supporting? ero washington says their own supplies. the who sees with weapons and son in law has been putting pressure on is ships going to is riley ports to build up more pressure to end this, this holocaust. and of course, the resistance in iraq has also been active to put pressure on the americans to end this. but so far we haven't seen the escalation, we're only seeing escalation, iraq, cruelty attacks, a violation of itself and c, and found to respond using legal measures including filing a co

the attacks in northern iraq although the houthi at check in the red sea today so this could be readnst us military assets and interests in the middle east. it isn't the first time that there's been drone and ballistic missile attacks against targets, us —based targets in iraq and kurdistan, but it comes at a time where intentions are already seriously high. time where intentions are already seriously high-— time where intentions are already seriously high. bur'u ozcelik, from the auditor _ seriously high. bur'u ozcelik, from the auditor group, — seriously high. burju ozcelik, from the auditor group, many _ seriously high. burju ozcelik, from the auditor group, many thanks i seriously high. burju ozcelik, from| the auditor group, many thanks for your time. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... north korean leader kimjong un has said unification with south korea is no longer possible. his comment, echoing his end of year speech, came as state media announced the shutdown of organisations concerned with unification and inter—korean tourism. kim said his country d

will no longer be tolerated, sadly northern iraq has been a problem. for iran, the the local governmentops, arbean has not played a constructive role, they've allowed the israelis to create a strong presence there, and also they've allowed terror groups to be based there. this is no secret, because even documentaries are made by western tv channels. and where they go to these bases of terrorist groups and uh watch them train and speak to the terrace. now mean time there are two hashtags with: on the missiles fired by iran's rgc targeting the terrorist basis in syria and they have grabbed the attention of social media users, so our own m is now in the studio with us to give us some more details. maty, well, the two hashtags that uh are now viral, the ones that have been written on the missiles that w that were launched toward the terrorists in syria and also the spy agent, the spy. centers in uh iraq uh they are translated into the first one is uh the pink jacket and this refers to one of the youngest marters of the january 3rd terror attack in the province of kirman which was two-year o

i think it was a clear warning to the israeli regime that its presence in northern iraq will no longer the city from. and general sulaimani went to save the city himself with his troops, arben has not played a constructive role, they've allowed the israelis to create a strong presence there, and also they've allowed terror groups to be based there. this is no secret, because even documentaries are made by western tv channels where they go to these bases of terrorist groups and watch them train and speak to the terrorists. more than 100 days into us managed israely genocidal war on the gaza strip, regime continues pouning the bessieg palestinian enclave with air strikes and shells, regime's latest strikes hit different areas, including southern city of khan unis and central city of deir abala. israel shifted its focus from gaza's devastated north to the southern cities of rafa and khan, unis, israely officials have announced operations in southern gaza will soon enter a less intense. phase the israel regime is facing growing international outcry over soaring civilian death tool that's t

the move following in iranian missile attack in northern iraq killed several civilians. iran says it's targeted and is really 5 base the . i'm sarah kelly, welcome to the program. the united states says that it has hit more who a few military targets inside them in the us says the strikes were in retaliation for a missile attack by who the forces on a greek owned cargo ship. on tuesday, a day after the ron backed revel group struck us on the ship off the coast of the i'm in the who these said that the attacks were aimed at supporting palestinians in israel's war and gaza. now that rocket fire comes as the us announced it has seized a ronnie and weapons intended for the rebels. u. s. navy seals rated a vessel near the coast of somalia last week. seizing weapons, including warheads, for medium range, ballistic missiles, an antique cruise missiles. washington says the intercepted shipment is proof that iran is still delivering advanced military aid to the who fees who are using it to attack cargo vessels, traveling through the red sea, disrupting global trade. while i asked the shipping a

sadly, northern iraq has been a problem for iran, the the local government in arabin, despite the fact that iran helped it and saved the city from isis, and general sulaimani went to save the city himself with his. has not played a constructive role, they've allowed the israelis to create a strong presence there, and also they've allowed terror groups to be based there. this is no secret, because even documentaries are made by western tv channels where they go to these bases of terrorist groups and watch them train and speak to the terrorists. political analyst. fuad isadi says that despite claims of fighting terrorism, the us is in fact supporting terror groups in the region of west asia. the americans claim to be fighting isis, so they should be tanking iran for fighting isis, but in reality we see the fact that the united states military helped isis move some of its troops from. from syria to afghanistan, the fact that they claim to be fighting isis, but whenever they saw isis leaders, they generally stood and watched the fact that isis fighters were treated in israel, shows that we

local officials in northern iraq say at least 4 people have been killed. and 6, others wounded. this solid and drone attacks and a built around sprint. police regard has claimed responsibility saying it was targeting a spine. a mass has released a new video that's of the test to show the dead for these 2 is really captive. the captive and the video says to what killed by spinning strikes on thousands and sweets with this water is ready for us as a conducting rates and occupies westbank on these vehicles was seen driving in the us gall rest of g count number of neighborhoods, east of novice sure line cuz public health care system is under growing pressure was leaving the country and funding being caught. last week the government announced a monthly transport and that helps to help with at least adults has moved that has led to strikes. let me know if and on this i joins is from columbus now. so what's happening at the scene of all this and what do we expect? thing today? so basically what has happened is that strike across an estimated 70 to trade unions affiliated to the health

and this is a pattern we see, as i said earlier, we see the same in northern iraq, where the centraloesn't have full control there either. the local government has a very close relationship with the israeli regime. and we also see terrorist organizations, iranian terrorist organizations based there. these are some serious and significant accusations that you're making here. do you have any proof of that? yes. documentaries by news channels like yours, many of them have traveled to northern iraq, visited their bases and interviews with these militants. it's nothing secret. and the iranians have been putting pressure on the kurdish run part of iraq to remove these terrorist organizations. so this is an ongoing problem. as long as the central government in baghdad does not have full authority over its over the country, this problem will persist. and we expect the local kurdish government to allow the central government to have the authority that it should have according to the constitution. and in pakistan, the iranians are hoping that with cooperation with through cooperation with the

them to close their eyes to these have groups and to quite or in allowing the site to work in northern iraq. they fire those miss out some of those miss house to the north west of syria. and that is sending a message that is ready the regime and to the americans that iraq and strike hard to the south of syria. but in addition to that, the money is struck, the east circuit started party, and that is a group that has, that is attracted terrace from central asia, from western china. and it's a threat to asia is a threat to russian interest, chinese interest, central agent, interest, any running interest. so it was also sending a message to countries of asia that iran is indeed protecting them from not only itself, but also them from these terrace. the reports of strikes in the us console that kind of made an estimated 100 and still here souls against american assets in iraq and syria, by different local groups. since october american ships and the red sea in the gulf of age and may not become the target of the evans who the group did announced that any ship participating in stripes against yem

iran says the strikes on the mosad side in northern iraq and terrorist bases in syria aim to defend the country's sovereignty and security. palestin resistance fighters in northern gaza confront invading israely forces on launch a barage of rockets towards settlements in the occupied territories. 1:30 p.m. iran's capital tehran, this is press tv news, thanks for joining us. the leader of iran's islamic revolution says the entire world agrees that palestinians in gaza are the oppressed and will be victorious in the face of israel's deadly onslot on the bessieg strip. said all people around the world consider the occupying israeli regime as an iran's islamic revolution guards core has carried out missile attacks on targets belonging to anti-iran terrorist groups in syria as well as an israeli espinage center in iraq's kurdistan region. the irgc linked the strike on syria to recent deadly terror attacks that took place in the iranian cities of kerman and in rask. it said number of ballistic missiles were fired towards series occupied territories, hitting gathering places of commanders and

i think it was a clear warning. to the israeli regime that its presence in northern iraq will no longer be tolerated. sadly, northern iraq has been a problem for iran, the the local government in arabian, despite the fact that iran helped it and saved the city from isis, and general sulaymani went to save the city himself with his troops, arben has not played. the constructive role, they've allowed the israelis to create a strong presence there, and also they've allowed terror groups to be based there. this is no secret, because even documentaries are made by western tv channels and where they go to these bases of terrorist groups and uh uh watch them train and speak to the terrace. political analyst fzadi says despite claims of fighting terrorism, the united states is in fact supporting terrorist groups in the west asia region, it's claim to be fighting isis, so they should be thanking iran uh for... fighting isis, but in reality we see the fact that the united states military helped isis move some of its troops from syria to afghanistan, the fact that they claim to be fighting isis, b

around revolutionary god says it targeted what it called empty iran groups in the kurdish region of northern iraq and syria. i don't lies on iowa voters operating freezing temperatures as a race for the white house, because the mouse has released the new video that appears to show the dead bodies of 2 is really captive. the footage emerged as, as well as the defense minister said. the only way to secure the release of more captives would be through maintaining ministry pressure on the group. while the video shows a 3rd captive as, as the 2 were killed by his randy strikes on gaza, she continues to plead for the water and done for captive to be returned home while as still alive. while he's right, the army has denied the claims cooling at a brutal use of the innocent captive us die luna. law. all of their conflict was not shocked by or false. you assume should this is a lie, but how much the building on with the, what kept was not a toggle. you almost them, it was not a toggle of our forces. we have done. what is my name is tiffany: cool, mom. we didn't know the patient and really the time when we

this uh, local officials in northern iraq say at least 4 people have been killed. and 6 others wounded. the miss on. i'm trying to touch some at a bill. ron's revolutionary god has claimed responsibility saying was targeting on his ready spines for you as president donald trump has taken another step towards returning to the white house. he's one of the republican presidential nomination between vicky, hey, i'm going to send out how much has released the video that appears to show the dead bodies of the 2 is really capt 3rd captive and the video says to what cable buys really strikes some concepts, please israel for the will to and that was ready for us is i've conducted raids and several cities across the occupied westbank on the vehicles were seeing driving in the us car refugee camp. and the number of neighborhoods east of numbers is very forces of intensified incursions and the outside westbank. since october 7. any 6000 palestinians have been detained will mamma jump june, joins us live from ramallah and the outside westbank. and so just bring us up to date th

targets in northern iraq and in syria-— and in syria.ntioned the shooting down _ and in syria. you mentioned the shooting down of— and in syria. you mentioned the shooting down of the _ and in syria. you mentioned the shooting down of the armed - and in syria. you mentioned the . shooting down of the armed drones and this of course comes amid those rising tensions in the region. can ou rising tensions in the region. can you briefly _ rising tensions in the region. can you briefly tell us about that? there are two overlapping sets of conflicts going on, the first is obviously the war between israel and hamas in gaza, but has prompted other actors to pitch in to varying degrees. we see hezbollah fighting across the northern border to some extent, the houthis shooting missiles up the length of the red sea, but crucially, and involving britain, attacking commercial shipping lanes and western warships that are trying to fight them. you have two sets of conflicts overlapping, one is israel against hamas and the ramifications of large, but ther

sadly, northern iraq has been a problem for iran, the the local government in arabin, despite the fact allowed terror groups to be based there. "this is no secret, because even documentaries are made by western tv channels and where they go to these bases of terrorist groups and uh uh watch them train and speak to the terrorists. i am edward sied, i was born in 1935 into a christian family. most of my family left jerusalem because they had to, and it was an area that fell to the..." in, i think february of 1948. the idea of being a fugitive is just like being affected by leprosy, all palestinians feel the same sense of exile. "the charge which created outrage when it was first raised, i think um, they tried to dub racist thing, but you see, unfortunately, i think there is something in it, so for him the writing of orientalism was actually shaped by his engagement with the question of palestine. our homeland was lost in history and right in front of people's eyes." welcome back, more than 100 days into the us manage israely genocidal war in gaza, the regime keeps pounding the baseage pa

when i was in northern iraq, we had them there. there were dozens of them. none of them are truly controlled by iran -- >> you call the popular mobilization forces. you're talking about militias, are iranian-backed militias in iraq? >> what are called pmfs, or iranian militias. they're all beholden to iran for weapons, for quds force training, for some leadership. but they are also very dispersed. i can name six that are in syria right now off the top of my head, and there are more. so when you say how do you prevent iran from supporting them or how do you strike back against those specific groups, you have to have kind of a dual approach to these kinds of things. stopping the supporters, the quds force, the iranian government, and at the same time, striking against the forces in the field. i predict that we are going to see probably a very heavy strike against the forces in the field with the intelligence we have. by the way, these forces are everywhere in syria and in northern iraq. they're not located in any specific location. so you have to really get the

will briefly arrested and interrogated by the secret service of the could you show thirty's in northern iraq. on september the 19th 2023, a deadline set by a ron expired. it stated that by the states, the rocky government and the could you show socrates in iraq must disarm the rainy into additional position groups and transfer them to locations fall from the board . there was a ron, these groups include the democratic party of a rainy and cuz i just um, the d p. k i. every year, dozens of young people join the policies, minutes. she forces the patient mega, the young kids and to go to for military training. since the mine and protests, the arabian regime is spelled even most residents by this resistance group. we must agree post push maga, living in the mountains in a secret d p. k. i can say hi to you from possible mr. island drone, the tax from iran, all that they are among them is funds on last year. if everyone she's been here for 4 years and serves as a kind of role model for new young female fights has 19 year old, rosy, not only left iran a few months ago. the bloody demonstrations in

iran just bombed syria and northern iraq near the u.s. consulate in iraq.ran is claiming it took out a spy base in northern iraq and anti-iran groups in syria. again, is iran listening to the president because this is spiraling into a wider conflict. >> no, it is -- you raise excellent points. it's becoming clear to nose in the coalition that words don't matter as much as actions do. actions are fundamental to halt continued aggression by their clients and so i think it's absolutely important that we would be wise to initiate first full up sanctions against iran and the economic income and if necessary, direct attacks against islamic revolutionary guard core or irtc leadership. elizabeth: got t retired lieutenant general david deptula, thank you for your insights tonight. we appreciate you. more on the growing backlash against fulton county da fanny willis. governor kemp is under pressure from house lawmakers to probe fani willis giving lucrative jobs to not just her boyfriend, but says she did it with her other friends too, hired them. plus, former energy

consulate and a military facility in northern iraq yesterday.hurt and no damage was reported from the blast. iran's revolutionary guard claimed responsibility for the explosion in response to what it called terror attacks on iran. a national security council spokesperson called the attacks, quote, a reckless and imprecise set of strikes. the state department also condemned what it called iran's attacks on that city. the houthi rebels, meanwhile, have attacked a u.s.-owned ship. the vessel was hit yesterday off the coast of yemen. officials say neither the ship nor its crew were seriously harmed. it comes less than a day after the iranian backed guard -- backed group launched an anti-ship cruise missile towards an american destroyer in the red sea. the u.s. says it has been bracing for retal your attacks since it struck dozens of houthi targets in yemen last week. joining us now, retired cia officer, he is an nbc news security and intelligence analyst. mark, good to see you. let's take both of these together here. it's seemingly an escalation. ir

they launched over a dozen long range ballistic missiles, heading target in northern iraq and in, in the province in syria. it was quite a distance away from iran. and the am not only to target specific people and organizations in those locations, but also to deliver a message to the united states and as well saying we have the capabilities, we have a knowledge and we could strike back if necessary. if provoked enough. and i think it's also going to show how the reigning establishment has been under a tremendous amount of pressure inside iran and to react to show some kind of actual force in the region given the latest development with it. what's been going on with the who sees what's been happening with a targeted assassinations of revolutionary guard commanders in syria, in 11 on as well. so i think this is a attack that has, that will achieve multiple different things. but, but whether or not it will continue, it's very unlikely these targeted strikes by revolution regards. i mean very limited in the past as well. they happen rarely. but when they do, they have a very specific goa

this operation was carried out in a very large region of northern iraq, close to the zionist regime and the barzani family , and all the mossad officers and mr. dizei himself were killed, and other targets were destroyed in erbil. this is a very important point that should be pointed out . the other point is this. which is from khuzestan in the south in the west of iran, rockets were fired at targets in idlib, syria, and the islamic turkestan party affiliated with isis and the tahrir and sham committee were targeted and their headquarters were destroyed . it is spread throughout the region and through the tools and facilities it has. he can target any point he sees the need at any moment and destroy his enemies, and i believe that last night's action was a serious reaction and contained very important messages to the countries of the region, including the united states. israel and to some countries such as baku, who seek refuge in what do the initial reports about the impact of missile operations in iraqi kurdistan and northern syria tell us, and to what extent can spy and terrorist gro