head into riyadh. in between, i'd go and visit friends who were also working for the company in other compounds. you were told gooit quite categorically that it was a dry country. i found that it wasn't really that difficult to get hold of alcohol. one of the very first parties i went to was on a compound. like most in the village it was vounldsed by its own walls with a very large steel double game. so you were completely self contained in there. people in bikinis sunning themselves by the pool. you would just forget that you were in saudi arabia. >> gordon, how are you, man? wine? >> i thought, whoa, where's this come from. i'd love a drink, thank you. >> enjoy it. >> apart from being there for the exceptionally good wages i regarded this as a sudden bonus. people were brewing their own homemade wine and making their own beer. so i had a glass of wine in my hand. followed by another one. it wasn't particularly nice wine. but it was drinkable. i thought, i can make it better than that. i looked at it

we need to ask what the result of the talks in riyadh. the results in riyadh. who will implement these results? >> with talks on hold, and the houthis on the move the question is whether escalation is inevitable. >> to libya now where a new outbreak of fighting around the capital of tripoli are jeopardizing the peace talks currently taking place in morocco. the government in tibruk has been accused of carrying out airstrikes. these are the latest pictures we're getting near tripoli. the government base there had say they have called for reinforcements and the offensive has been repelled. the u.n. envoy is condemning the violence. >> we've had a decisive moment of the talks and now reaction is as strong as it was in the past. this is not only military activity, which is undermining the situation in libya and preventing the unity fighting terrorism, it we condemn in the strongest terms. >> we're joined now how has this renewed escalation of valence likely to impact efforts to bring violence to anent and reach agreement on unity government? >> well, there is more

was the venue for riyadh to announce the operation. the saudi ambassador didn't oi nouns what they hoped to achieve. >> the process is abide by the process or they'll not be allowed to take over the country. >> reporter: you'll bomb until they agree to take part in the process. . >> we'll do what is takes to prevent the legitimate government of yemen from falling. >> reporter: several hours in the u.s. revealed its part in the attack. a planning cell was coordinate to provide military and intelligence reports. in addition the saudi action occurred as the u.s. secretary of state john kerry was getting ready for the latest round of talks in switzerland, talks that have been presented as going well. iranians support the houthis, who are bombed by the saudis. the official line on how thegeo political strategy is working is upbeat. >> i explained it is a success and has been for many years because of efforts to push back and counter al qaeda in yemen. that's something we have been doing for some time. >> reporter: a resident wonderered abou

i have a hospital in riyadh in saudi arabia. she said that the salary was the best in riyadh. >> great. >> and she also said, you know, you and gemma will be working together. >> that is brilliant. >> so we had checked every box that we aimed to tick. >> okay, thanks, bye, bye, bye. >> i didn't really know a lot about saudi arabia. i knew it was a country in the middle east, but i didn't know anything about it. we received a detail of where we would be living. >> welcome. >> it looked fantastic. it looked like a brochure you would pick up in a travel agent. the white buildings, the swimming pool and tennis courts. so happy days. palm trees, sun. what more can you ask for? it told us a few more interesting facts about saudi arabia like it was a very strict muslim country. alcohol was banned. there was no pubs. there was no clubs. males and females are segregated from an early age, and that you weren't allowed to be seen with a female unless you were married to her. and if you weren't married to her, you could be arrested for it.

we need to ask what is the result of talks in riyadh results in riyadh. who will implement the results in yemen, and the socialist party, and the congress. they refuse to have talks outside yemen >>> your action on the ground will put you on a collision course and the outside forces. >> we don't have any coalition with anyone. we don't have a coalition and everyone knows that most of the popular bases have soft point. always again, as to the brotherhood. they don't like them as much as they hate the brotherhood. the popular bases, within the revolution or after that they have turned into. these have affected the units. there are soft points from the bases as a result of the hatred between them and the muslim brotherhood. mutual interests between the parties. >>> thank you for talking to us. >> to libya and the head of the government. troops loyal to the general national congress managed to defeat fighters aligned. there has been fighting between rival groups in and around tripoli since thursday. the fighting between factions is not ending the talks to end

hadi flew back to riyadh late last night. when he says it could be within days at this point. watch this space. what goes on in yemen, of course, doesn't stay in yemen with the context of the u.s.-iran talks and the rest of what is broiling in this region. this is an incredibly important story. still also just very briefly, don't rule out political dialogue continuing either in riyadh or possibly in oman but at this point a likelihood we could see tens of thousands of arab boots on the ground within days in yemen. >> becky anderson, thanks very much. >>> now let's talk about this growing coalition. we have with us cnn military analyst lieutenant general mark hertling. i want to start with the saudis who are approaching the border. a list of countries on the screen just a moment ago. why is this coalescing so quickly now when many of these countries stayed out of conflicts in other countries in the neighborhood and stayed out of this one for sometime? >> victor, they understand the threat that is yemen falling into a failed st

we need to ask what is the result of the talks in riyadh. who will implement these results? >> in a separate development the u.s. has pulled its forces from from an air base after an attack by al-qaeda-linked groups on an administration compound. 21 yemeni soldiers have been killed. >>> now the latest on the fighting that is going on inside libya, it's centered around the capital of tripoli. fighters loyal to the army chief have been accused of carrying out new airstrikes in and around the capital including the airport. it is is the recognized government of libya based in tribruk. these are pictures from libya they say the offenses have been repelled but deploying more fighters to the capital. they're con condemning the violence. >> we had a military operation against tripoli. precisely decisive moment of the attacks, and now reaction is as strong as it was in the past. this is not only military activity, which is undermining the situation in libya and preventing the unite of the libyans in fighting the terrorism that we condemn under the strongest determines because it is u

saudi-led coalition strakes houthi fighters in yemen for the second night as the president asks in riyadh. live from our al jazeera news hours in doha. also on the programme syrian president bashar al-assad says he's open for talks with the united states, but continues would ply. >> we look at why the co-pilot of the crashed germanwings plane is now at the center of investigation. >> reporter: saudi arabia and its allies targeted houthi rebel conditions in yemen for a second night. this time they struck the houthis main strong hold the northern province of sadr. the cities of taiz and aiden have been targeted. sanaa has heard explosions which have been under houthi control since september. the rebels seized power in a coup. we have more. >> these pilots are part of the saudi-led lcoalition against the rebels. it had military conditions in the capital. as the operation continues, saudi officials say there's no plan to send troops at least for now. >> reporter: we should be ready for all the circumstances. our forces are ready for the air or ground set. for the time being there's no operati

inside the country, riyadh hopes to rein in terrorists through new legislation. >> barbed wire to combat terrorism. a fence with radar and cameras, running 836 kilometers from kuwait to jordan. saudi arabia has closed its northern border. on the other side, iraq. the terrorist group calling itself islamic state controls large areas there. we are traveling with saudi border guards. in early january, i.s. terrorists tried to cross the border here. you have been asked not to film people's faces. the men don't want to be recognized by i.s. supporters. approaching enemies can be spotted quickly. in the january incident, the terrorists were all killed. but three border guards died too. >> we desperately need international cooperation to put these extremists in their place and neutralize them. there is no room for sympathy, no mercy for this group which is spilling the blood of innocents. >> saudi arabian police proudly show us their anti-terror units. their training for deployment in saudi cities. the northern border may be closed, but i.s. supporters could well be in the country already. the

. >> okay, let's take you straight now to riyadh to get an update from the saudi military about those airstrikes against the houthi in yemen. let's listen in. >> we're showing the targets of those. also we have attacked all the locations of ammunition and supply stores used by the houthi militias. we're continueing on the roads leading to aider aden and against the advance of houthi forces towards aden and towards the capital, current capital which is aden. also, work continues around the clock to attack all areas of yemen and in the briefing we shall cover them. >> now the air operations as you will see, we have focused--we have focused on the operation of air control now the focus is on transport of supplies and vehicles the work continues at this rate to target and prevent houthi militias to move in any way possible. here we have command control centers and their fort any anycations and ammunition storms ammunition storage in the attack. we mentioned in a previous briefing that there is a large number of weapon stores. there is a large number of ammunition stores. we're working on

we begin in riyadh where secretary kerry tried to convince anxious gulf leaders that a deal with iran is in their self interest. kerry said quote -- joining us tonight congressman len westmoreland, member of the house intelligence committee, the benghazi select committee and the financial services committee. congressman good to have you here. >> thanks for having me lou. lou: this deal. while in saudi arabia secretary kerry is selling sunni arabs that shia domination will continue and there is nothing for them to fear at the prospect of iran having a nuclear bomb in a decade. >> you know, secretary kerry over there telling the saudi foreign minister al-shimani that it's like jack kevorkian coming to hospital room telling you he's going to be okay. they don't believe him. and why should they? and like you said, that's a sunni nation and with the shias, from iran, in fact, the foreign minister said he said this is what we were afraid of. and all we can tell them is trust me so i think what a speech that prime minister netanyahu gave. i mean 37 standing ovations. the last one for 3 1/2 m

we need to ask what is the result of the talks in riyadh. results in riyadh. who will implement these results? >> now, in libya the u.n. has condemned attacks on tripoli in the strongest possible terms. they say that general haftar's forces have deployed more fighters, and the offensive so far has been repelled. the rival parliament in tibruk said that the fighter jets have bombed areas. meanwhile, the fighting between rival faction continues inside libya as the fighting continues in lib y i should say talks in morocco have resumed between the two parties trying to reach a political agreement on the crisis. the parties have threatened to walk out because of the escalating violence in libya. are they back at the table now? >> well, as we speak now the united nations recognize government of tibruk is meeting with the u.n. top envoy but i can tell you that tensions are mounting. in the building behind me they are trying to put together a political settlement. now the tripoli-based government said they're really corned about the military offensive launched by figh

secretary of state is in the saudi capitol riyadh. these are live pictures from there. john kerry's been briefing gulf ministers concerned about the latest nuclear talks with iran. he's been talking about to foreign ministers from the g.c.c. following three days of talks with iran in switzerland. ways of reinforcing the battle against isil in iraq and syria were also discussed. let's talk about that visit with two senior correspondents in beirut and switzerland. let's start with jacky rowland. clearly gulf arab states very concerned about a possible deal with iran. we're waiting to hear from john kerry at that press conference in riyadh, but one of his big jobs is reassuring america's gulf allies that there's nothing to worry about as far as iran is concerned. >> yes. what they're worried about is iranian influence growing in the region. we have tomorrow of course that these different countries have their different agendas certainly the saudis like the idea that they are a key u.s. ally in the region, that they're a big regional power and they feel that iran is a rival

the sense that riyadh sort of having him in saudi having him in riyadh is sort of legitimatizing andontinuing to legitimatize his presidency, of course. at the sat down in the wee hours of this morning and asked him about how likely he agreed the addition of ground troops could be and he said within days. i said this is an almost u unequivocal. they said saudi go in with military assets as it were in the air at the moment with this allied force was a hasty decision and they went further in baghdad saying they believe the idea that iran is being accused of being responsible for destabilization across this region is nonsense. we also heard from the u.n. secretary of general ban ki-moon here who says he still believes the political dialogue should be pursued. he said we haven't exhausted that and we are hearing word that talks could be set up in oman going forward. as things stand at the moment the pont of arab boots on the ground in yemen could be within days. alison? >> we will check back with you for new details. becky anderson, thanks. >>> next hour, we will get more unless on groun

we need to ask what is the result of the talks in riyadh. results in riyadh. who will implement the results? >> with talks on hold and the houthis on the move the question is whether escalation is inevitable >>> the u.s. army begins a week-long string exercise with poland. there's concerns that the training with government forces and russian-backed rebels. polish troops are there, deployed in the patriot missiles. they are deploying patriot air and missile systems. >> we are conducting a combined exercise with the polish air defense forces. we had a long-standing relationship with the air defense forces and reinvigorating that relationship. we'll conduct combined exercises with the polls, and also sharing some experiences between our two missile systems. >> the patriot missiles are more effective than poland's air defense weapons. >> afghanistan's president is speaking out against a visit to the u.s. ashraf ghani will meet to discuss security and economic development and u.s. troop levels. under 10,000 remain there. president obama will decide whether to conti

countries responded to the call made by the yemeni presidential round of talk in riyadh, in order to help yemen rest assurance, guarantee restoring security and stability in the light of the gulf initiative that is endorsed and supported by the arab and international states. these houthis militias supported by foreign forces were able to subvert the government and take control of the state and institutions, turning a blind eye to all the cause initiated by the golf countries and other initiatives. they continued with hostile actions against the yemeni people legitimate authority, posing a threat to regional countries. that for this reason a number of regional and international players took part in the operation, heeding the call of the yemeni presidents in order to support the yemeni government and people. their local legal legitimate majority to fend off the houthi histology posing a great threat to the regional security. while we wouldn't have wished to reach this limit, it was opening the doors to all the yemeni political parties who are aiming at maintaining the community of the

the secretary of state is in riyadh. john kerry has been briefing military about nuclear talks.s been talking to foreign ministers from the operational council of nations following from three days of talks. in switzerland, the agenda is expected to include i.s.i.l. in iraq. let's speak about what that visit - about that visit with two senior correspondents. jacky rowland - you can almost see them looking over the border. how much reassuring has john kerry had to do? >> he's having to do a lot of reassuring because the leaders of the six gulf corporations are feeling anxious about the idea as a possible run between the united states. clearly they see iran as a threat, a rival power in the region and they don't like the idea at all. what the u.s. secretary of state - it's been heading to riyadh and ahead of the meeting, it's seeking to send out reassuring noises saying the talks about about the nuclear issue, that iran does not require a nuclear weapon it does not signal a greater warming or show the united states is being complacent about tackling an expansion in the region. >> w

to which they are committed or they accept the united nations council offer to host a meeting in riyadh whereby all the parties will be in a neutral venue to revisit the results of the national dialogue. i think its important to remember that the yemenis manage to come up with a very effective national dialogue and they worked on it for four years and the results are very important. the only difference that exists is today there is a force that preventing the application of the national dialogue and to take up the next step whereby a new constitution will be written. i would like to remind everyone that the most important clauses of the marble dialogue are some things that everyone agrees upon. that there should be a known secretary tyrian regime. religious freedom should be guaranteed and all the weapons of individuals should be collected, and the slew of other things all of which is acceptable to both sides. but for some reason it is impossible for them to sit around a table and come to terms with what to do with the future of yemen. >> how can they be insent incentivized to do that?

and pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif lived in compile in riyadh for almost eight years. entering the conflict is a difficult balancing act with pakistan. while it has a strong relationship with saudi arabia it also has good relationship with iran. iran and pakistan share a long border and trade with one another and the government in islamabad doesn't want to create a difficult situation. 20% of its population are shia muslims. >> it could lead to sectarian tension in pakistan because the perception of the shias in pakistan would be that pakistan is siding with the sunnis in yemen and in saudi arabia. >> reporter: some say the sectarian violence can't get any worse than it already is. >> yemen or no yemen. we have been besetted with mercenaries creating sectarian problems in pakistan. so it doesn't make a difference with us. we've lived with it. >> reporter: pakistan hasn't set fighter jets or extra troops to saudi arabia yet but behind the scenes it's deeply concerned. nicole johnston al jazeera islamabad. >> let's bring in mike lyons. good to have you with us. former am

. >> hello again we're going to take you live at this point of the program to riyadh where a briefing is underway. airstrikes in yemen and explosions were heard in the southern city of aden today. the gentleman giving the briefing. >> after confirmed intelligence that they use it as a grouping center. we've targeted operations and focused and avoided any collateral damage. as we confirm the continuation our care for the citizens we have no issues. >> this is the command post where the houthi leadership and faters dug in and where they took a direct hit. of course, this hall continue in the next few days to prevent the advance of hotely forces and to disrupt supply and lowies ticks and to prevent movement of vehicles. the next few days we noticed that there have been movement to vehicles and troops either towards the south south of yemen. the central building in the middle of this row of these buildings. it's not--our goal is not to destroy infrastructure but target the specific building that was confirmed. it was an ammo dump used for the houthis. of course, you must all know as we me

what do you think is behind the call of going to riyadh. it's clear that houthis will not go there. >> unfortunately, they are facing a de facto division and a break between the north and the south, as a result of the houthis taking over sanaa and other parts in the north. so now... >> saudi arabia is not in favour of the houthis. >> absolutely not, the dialogue has been going on in sanaa, under the houthi control of the capital, has approved to be a futile dialogue with no - it's pointless because the part is - the political parties come to the dialogue the negotiating table and a fierce imposition in the vision. and how they are going to move. >> i was going to ask you about the talks. how they've been delayed. is there a desire to resolve this or are the problems too large, what is behind this. we know for sure that dialogue is no longer an option. every time the older parties went to the dialogue the houthis imposed their division and add legitimacy to the coup. that is what outline political parties rejected and here where the need eme

abed rabbo mansour hadi is now in riyadh, saudi arabia. rebels advanced on the stronghold. the push has prompted a coalition to carry out airstrikes against the rebels. fighter jets dropped bombs on multiple cities in the south and around the capital killing at least 39 people. we have the next possible move for the coalition. reporter: a series of airstrikes that could be paving the way for boots on the ground in yemen. the warplanes hit districts of the north, where there is strong rebel support. fighters, part of a strategy, that could lead to a ground offensive from troops across the arab world. that is what the foreign minister hinted that on thursday. >> the coalition had to answer the appeal from president hadi and its government. they are playing to participate with the coalition. also, an infantry attack if it is necessary. reporter: officials told the associated press they have true carrying ships in place off the coast of yemen. egypt has come out in support of the airstrikes, as have at least 10 other countries. the military has no plans for a grand offensive. 1

secretary of state john kerry has his work cut out for him in riyadh today. jon: what a mess in that part of the world. thank you. jenna: an important story. more on that a little later in the show. in the meantime new information on the political fallout on capitol hill. after the g.o.p. backed down in fighting over the funding for department of homeland security deciding to pass a quote, clean bill without linking it to overturning the president's executive orders on immigration. covering the fallout, chief congressional correspondent who is live on capitol hill. mike? >> hi jenna. definitely conservative heartburn here. they believe with the republicans controlling the senate they would be able to do more so some resisted. >> if today we agree to give the president all the taxpayer funds he wants so that he can implement his illegal actions, why should the american people ever trust us again? >> they'll realize all our bluster about border security just that bluster. they'll realize that we don't actually care about the best interests of the american peopl

. >> talks in riyadh will lead to problems. we need to ask what is the result of talks in riyadh results, who will implement the results? >> with talks on homedld, and the houthis on the move. the question is whether escalation is inevitable. >> increased fighting in libya's threatening efforts to reach a peace agreement. that's according to a united nations envoy monitoring the civil war. >> libyan government launched a military campaign to reclaim tripoli from a rival administration. western leaders say the u.n. talks are the only way to end a chaos where two rival governments and armed factions are battling for control. >> a view of wednesday's deadly attack. police reveal surveillance inside the museum. >> investigators are holding 20 people in connection with the attack. >> friday was independence day, a festive occasion. celebrations have been subdued. many in the crowd are shaken by the wednesday shooting. it is the 59th national day for tunisia. >> nigeria's presidential election are a week from today. voters say violen

earlier, riyadh decided to withdraw its envoy. when it criticized the monarchy's trim of women and dissidents. >>> al qaeda has moved further into idlib if taken it would be only the second syrian city in rebel hands. this video came to al jazeera and cannot be independently verified. >>> at least a dozen people killed and more wounded at a mogadishu hotel. osama ben javid has more. >> witnesses say some people jumped out of windows. survivors said gunmen killed everyone they could find. it all started with a bombing armed men then entered the hotel and the firefight began. >> translator: a suicide car bomber went off at the rear entrance of the hotel and then gunmen attacked and that caused more injuries. i saw injured people taking to the mogadishu hospital. >> security officials suspect the attackers are still hiding. just a day after the government announced the capture of al shabaab gunmen involved in attacks and assassinations. officially al shabaab was pushed out of mogadishu in 2011. until somalia's western backed governme

. >> translation: talks in riyadh will lead to problems. we need to ask what are the results of the talks in riyadh and who will implement the results >>> with talks on hold and the houthis on the move. the question is whether escalation is inevitable. increased fighting in libya is causing conflict. the libyan government launched a military campaign to reclaim tripoli from a rival administration. western leaders say the u.n. talks are the only way to end the chaos in libya, where two rival government and armed factions are battling for control >>> a new view of wednesday's attack in tunisia. 21 people, most tourists were killed before both gunmen were killed i about police. investigators were holding 20 in connection with the attack >>> friday is tunisia's independence day, normally festive, but they have been subdued, many have been shaken by the shooting. it's the 59th national day for tunisia. >> nigeria's presidential elections are a week from today. increased violence, corruption and the worsening economy are issues. >> reporter: nige

he's in riyadh. any prospect of him returning, do we know? >> reporter: actually he's in riyadh pretending took to the egyptian resort of charmalsheik. >>> they're aware clashes between the houthi rebels and some few military units who are loyal and two support president hadi. so the fact that the president might be able to go back to his country is highly doubted at the moment. >> sally, thank you very much. sally nabil in cairo. >>> now, heavy rains, and i mean heavy, have brought torrential floods and mud slides to parts of peru and chile, including the atacama desert one of the dryingest regions of the world. take a look at these pictures they are pretty grim. several people have been killed homes have been washed away thousands of people have no electricity or even clean water. and the whole cleanup is being hampered quite simply by the scale of the destruction. i mean that shows how much water is in the streets, but absolute torrents and mud slides as well in the area. >>> it was 15 years ago that vladimir putin came to power, confirmed

riyadh is the seat of the gulf cooperation headquarters. the council has been supervising the transition in yemen the gulf initiative, the roadmap has helped yemen to some extent move away from the time before the coup against -- before the -- i'm sorry the downfall of the former president the uprising that led to that. that roadmap is still in place. most of the parties to the talks believe this roadmap should be kept and even the united nations and the u.s. ever expressed support for this roadmap. president hadi thinks that saudi arabia can give the necessary regional and international guarantees for the talks to be successful once they are moved to saudi arabia, but we understand the houthis are not likely to accept this demand, because they don't have much trust in saudi arabia, accuse saudi arabia of interference in yemen, they accuse it of supplying the tribes with weapons. the talks resumed last night a big success for the u.n. envoy here to yemen but they are still stuck with this point because if they can't settle it, they can't mo

. >> translator: we need to ask what is the result of the talks in riyadh? who will implement these talks? >> reporter: the question is whether escalation is inevitable. natasha guinane, al jazeera. >>> the u.s. withdrawal from an air base comes after 20 yemeni soldiers were killed in the same province on saturday. u.s. military personnel had been training yemeni fighters. against quap aqap, a to attack a u.s. bound plane. he had a bomb hidden in his underwear which failed to detonate. weapons training in yemen and during their stay there in july 2011 they met anwar alalaki martin riordan is senior vice president of the soufan group. he joins us here in doha. marty, that the u.s. pulled out special force he from yemen they might nt have not have known the u.s. had special forces in yemen. >> this makes all the sense in the world limited number of troops there specifically to take on the war or the fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. they don't want those forces being caught in what may become a full blown civil war. >> because the axes of confli

we wish we didn't have to take this decision but we stress that riyadh is opening its doors to meet meet under the ud the umbrella of the gcc rejecting the coup against it and stop threats against regional countries. >> reporter: the saudis, along with other sunni gulf and arab states are nervous about the rise of iran. they feel the iran's influence is creeping closer. support for the houthis in the south, air strikes are now hitting positions just on the other side of that border, joined by artillery from the saudi side. fighter jets on saturday struck multiple houthi targets including command and control centers and weapons depot. the coalition says its strikes were precise. yemen's president ali abdalla saleh said. >> translator: i hope arab leaders don't bet on a losing horse. you've tried that horse for four years. i call upon you to have dialogue and elections i urge you to have mercy on the people of yemen from these barbaric strikes. >> saleh is accused of fighting with the houthis. the outcometo could change yemen's political landscape and tip the balance of regional powers. om

. >> yemen's president is in riyadh fleeing the palace after the houthis closed in >>> the conflicts in yemen and iraq is different, but in both the u.s. is waging a proxy wore over influence in the region. we go to washington with a look at that battle. >> it's been looking for a while like run was backing a winner. >> you consider yemen a success story or not. >> it is. >> the houthi advances include taking the capital to shut down the embassy forcing 100 commandos to beet a hasty retreat. that denied them a base to go after those in the area. from the u.s. perspective the problem was iran. >> in terms of the long-term threat in the region iran is the greatest threat. >> enter-saudi arabia arabia with air strikes and ground troops. and the houthi forces have the flight on the hands. the operations launched last night led by saudi arabia led nine other sunni nations. it's an effort by arab allies to fight back against iranian inspired aggression. >> the u.s. is playing a role providing the saudis with targetting logistical device at a secret base. the reverse of fortune is obvious.

saudi-led coalition strakes houthi fighters in yemen for the second night as the president asks in riyadh. live from our al jazeera news hours in doha. also on the programme syrian president bashar al-assad says he's open for talks with the united states, but continues would ply. >> we look at why the co-pilot of the crashed germanwings plane is now at

it has to be said, riyadh deeply concerned about the area along what is the 2,000-kilometer border with yemen, becoming an iranian stronghold threatening its eastern province where the kingdom's rich oil deposit lie. the uae over the past couple of hours has confirmed it has been actively involved in the air alongside saudi. and egypt's foreign minister confirming to me that if needed, cairo is prepared to offer ground troops to this coalition of the arab willing intent. of course, on returning stability to a country in chaos. now, here is the nuance, of course. iran has strongly condemned what they call a saudi invasion of yemen saying that its continuation more likely than not to provide further opportunities on the ground for terrorism and extremism. remember, we've witnessed these deadly acts of violence by both al qaeda and isis over the past few weeks. and this, of course, comes at a very, very sensitive time as a u.s. -- the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and his iranian counterpart are desperately trying to hammer out a deal to bring tehran in out of the cold. now sources he

and pakistan's prime minister lived in exile in riyadh for almost eight years. >> entering the conflict in yemen is a difficult balancing act for pakistan. while it has solid relationships with saudi arabia, its a ties with iran. iran and pakistan share a long border and trade with each other. and the government in islamabad does not want to treat tension withs shared community. >> 20% of its population is shia shia. >> because the at of the shias in pakistan would be that pakistan is siding with the sunnies in yemen and in saudi arabia. >> some say that the sectarian violence could not get worse than it all right--already is. >> we have been descented with mercenaries creating sectarian problems in pakistan. it doesn't make a difference. we would live are it. >> pakistan has not sent fighter jets or extra troops to saudi arabia yet but behind scenes it is very concerned. >> hashem. we've seen this new wave of airstrikes in the north in sanaa. some say that it is under the control of ali abdullah asleh. to take down fighter jets in sa sanaa and saada this is one of the biggest concerns

in riyadh. rapid intervention in the region the secretary-general of the arab league has been tasked with the next month. two rival governments allied to armed factions are competing for power. and linked to this in the minds of arab leaders is the rise of the self-declared islamic state of iraq and the levant. or i.s.i.l. which is continuing to carry out armed campaigns in iraq and syria while threatening destabilization in a number of other states. most importantly though for arab leadership is to continue healing the divisions that emerged in the organization in recent years and restore unite ifunityif the common enemy i.s.i.l. is to be acquaint contained. >> syria's government has been in control of most of idlib city if taken it would be only the second syrian city in rebel hands. cannot be independently verified. nigeria's military says it's pushed boko haram out of the area of gwoza. yvonne ndege reports. >> capturing the boko haram strong hold of gwoza. >> several of the terrorists have

speaking in riyadh. countries in the region would take necessary steps. >> translator: we are keen on protecting yemen's sovereignty. led by president hadi alone. we are ready to respond to any request by the president. >> charlie angela al jazeera. >> in libya field commander with the armed group assured a council of benghazi, one of the main rebel commanders who fought former president moammar gadhafi's forces in the 2011 revolution. a fighter has been reportedly shot down over the city of zintan not recognized by the u.n. in the international community. it's not clear who or what brought the aircraft down. libyan media has reported that one pilot has been captured and another killed. after the 2011 revolution that ousted moammar gadhafi the brigade has become the most powerful seizing weapons from the deposed libyan leader. they are the main force in the libyan dawfn alliance dawn alliance which took over the capital. zeina khodr reports from misrata. >> it has been labeled as an extremist stronghold.

. >> we wish we didn't have to take this decision, but we stress that riyadh is opening its door to all from yemen to meet under the umbrella of the gcc within the state's legitimacy reject the coup against it and stop threats from other countries. >> gulf states are nervous about the rise of iran, they feel iran's influence is creeping closer. by support of the houthis in the south. air strikes are now hitting positions just on the other side of that border joined by artillery from the saudi saudi side. fighter jets struck multiple targets, including command and control centers and weapons depo. dep depots. at the start of the military campaign urged arab leaders to stop their strikes. >> continuing dialogue is the best option to solve the problem and not the military strikes. i hope arab leaders don't bet on a losing horse. you've tried that horse for four years. i call on you to take dialogue and have mercy on the people of yemen from these barbaric strikes. >> that could fall on deaf ears. saleh is accused of taking the part of the houthis the outcome could affect yemen's political

we stress riyadh is opening the door for all who want to meet under the umbrella of the g.c.c.hin the framework of maintaining legitimacy. stopping threats against regional countries. >> the saudis and other sunni gulf and arab states are nervous about the rise of iran fearing the influence is creeping closer. creeping north and for the houthis in the south. >> air strikes are hitting positions on the other side of the border. joint by artillery on the saudi arabia side. fighters jets struck the targets. including command and control centers. the coalition said the strikes were precise. houthis say the air raids killed dozens of civilians and children. >> toppled president salah who left the capital at the start of the campaign urged arab leaders to stop the strikes. >> continuing dialogue is the best option to solvele problem and not the military strikes. i hope arab leaders don't bet on a losing horse. i call on you to take us to dialogue and elections. i urge you to have mercy on the people of yemen. >> it could fall on deaf years. salah is accused of striking an alliance wi

we need to ask what are the results of talks in riyadh. who will implement them. >> reporter: with the talks on hold and the houthis on the move. the question is whether escalation is inevitable. >> earlier yemen expert explained what could happen next. >> you know god bless the u.n. security council and the good people of yemen. the many years i spent in that country, it tears my heart out. the event of the mass bombing, that adds a horrible ingredient into a situation that's been terrible up to this point. in this sense, it is purely purely to stir the sectarian nature of what is going on right now, where you have incident people in a mosque - yes, maybe asewed with a sect. but this is something where yemen has been evolving tore devolving from where things were not sectarian, it was more political about power, resources, geography, but is going head long into a sectarian nature of the fight. what the u.n. security council can do and other concerned nations is to do all it can to support and influence a form of cessation of hostilities b

speaking in riyadh, saudi arabia arabia'ssaudiarabia'ssaudiarabia's patent andsaudi arabiaarabia's prime minister: >> they have the union many others who have come up strongly for president hadi. >> either way for the people caught in the middle, each day of fighting deepens the suffering in this impoverished country. charlie angela, al jazeera. >> the german chancellor angela merkel has told her greek counterpart city's that she wants greece to grow and be released from high unemployment. powrn has pledged to provide $2.1 billion to help ease greece's humanitarian crisis. crisis will give no money without reforms. this is something he will have to consider. >> our goal should be to make necessary reforms. those that previous governments did not deal with. we must deal with tax evasion and force those who during the crisis have avoided paying their tax. >> translator: we want greece to be a strong country economically. we want them to beto have growth. we also want greece to come out of this high unemployment and we certainly want to make sure that this very high youth unemployment can b

speaking in riyadh the saudi prime minister hopes it can be peacefully resolved. conflights will take necessary steps. >> translation: the legitimacy of yemen represented by general abd-rabbu mansour hadi. we hope it will be resolved peacefully. we are ready to respond to demands. >> >> reporter: either way, for those in the middle each day of fighting increases poverty >>> in libya, a field commander with the shoa council has been killed by forces. a main rebel commander fought president muammar gaddafi is forces in the 2011 revolution. >>> a fighter jet belonging to the dawn militia has reportedly been shot down. they backed the tripoli-based government that is not recognised by the u.n. or international community. it's not clear who or what brought the aircraft down. one pilot has been captured, another kill. >>> after the 2011 revolution ousting muammar gaddafi. the misrata brigades became powerful, seizing weapons to the main leader. they are the main force in the alliance that took over the capital. their support is key it a deal on a national unity governme

. >> bun final question, one way to make up the fact that the president is now in riyadh having been spirited away. how theydy stand behind the war in yemen. and thousand they have not reached a deal, and now inside will be heading to egypt for the air rack summit tomorrow morning but again these two will lead. and saudi arabia will not lose anything, at least for now because the damage and destruction will happen in yemen, be the houthis leader has vowed that this war will not -- will go beyond the borders. >> . >> and before i let you go, you can still hear the sounds of those air strikes reverberating around tonight. >> oh yeah, as clear as your voice right now, i have one ear listening to you and the other ear listening to these saturdayly these explosions that are happening right now from both sides. which it's saudi air strikes -- we do expect as the day goes on, as the night goes on, these strikes will only continue. >> good to talk to you many thanks where it a second night of saudi led coalition air strikes is underway. why his government has joined the coalition. >> the coa

they don't need that for riyadh or tel aviv. they needed for new york and london. iran wants to have that capability. why would we want them to do that? >> your critics and israel say being this vocal your opposition you're going to drive america toward deal with iran. are you worried about that? >> i disagree. we tried the quiet route for a long time but we see the g5 plus one are getting very close to nailing down a deal that would allow 6500 centrifuges would allow a definitive path to the bomb within a reasonable time frame. we have to this. we have a jewish state perhaps in the most dangerous place in the world. if iran goes nuclear, egypt will go nuclear, turkey will go nuclear, the whole region will become hell. we all together have to stop this from happening. >> what is promised her netanyahu going to say tomorrow? is he going to reveal confidential details as americans have warned him not to do? >> i think the prime minister will present the outline of the deal and the repercussions and implications of such a terrible deal in order for the decision makers

day before the saudi led air strikes, he went to saudi arabia met with the defense minister at the riyadh airport and told the saudis that he has an offer. he is ready to turn against the houthis if international sanctions against him are lived and that he will become the president in the future. an offer that was dismissed by the saudi's who told him to return to yemen, warning him that if fighters loyal to salah and the houthis cross into aden they'd interfere. this happened hours layered. abd-rabbu mansour hadi sacked salah, who was yemen's ambassador to the united arab emirates. a decision he wouldn't have fan without consulting -- taken without consulting with the saudis. this to me is saudis abandoned salah, their ally in yemen for more 23457b years. >>> you wonder how the houthis will react to the news. he's fought several battles against them. he's been allied with them. >> i asked a senior houthi and he said we know he's willing to use us for political aspirations and when the moment ashes we'll see how we deal or tackle his case. the houthis have definitely been seen as manipula

this comes after saudi arabia media reported that salah was in riyadh a day before the attacks were launched. the reports suggest the former president was willing to turn against the houthis. sanctions against him are lifted. the saudis apparently no longer trust ali abdullah saleh. they are accused of colluding with the houthis and iranians to destabilize the region >>> representatives from six world powers are holding the last full day of talks with the foreign minister over the nuclear programme. the deadline for reaching the agreement is tuesday. iran is refusing to budge on key issues including sanctions >>> vote counting is underway in nigeria, the incumbent president goodluck jonathan is facing a challenge from muhammadu buhari a former military leader. thousands took to the streets on sunday alleging voting irregularities in the oil producing river states. we have more from the capital. >> reporter: river state is a strategic state in the elections. it's a key battle state between the ruling party. the people's democratic party and the main opposition. what voters are saying is that