and iran in syria just briefly your thoughts on that unfortunately that happens to be the case and we have seen over the past month or so repeated attacks by the u.s. on day iran backed militias at least three or four incidents in this past month alone and you know this has the potential of the of a community confrontation between us and iran and its supporters in the region and you know that's a really and wanted scenario that would represent a lose lose proposition is not in us is interest in iran's interest and order regions peace and stability and both sides need to stay away from this kind of scenario. every me an american political scientist thank you for your time and thoughts this hour. staying with syria iran has fired several missiles into the country targeting terrorists allegedly responsible for two recent mass shootings in tehran as we were just speaking about at least discuss that story earlier with under a farmer in the studio. the iranian revolutionary guard which is an elite defense force in the country they've released a statement confirming that they have launched s

in another development in syria tonight iran says it has launched missile strikes against what it calls terrorist bases in syria more on this now we're joined by emily sitting in the studio good evening to you again emily so what are the latest developments here while the veto andrew the iran referee lucia narry guard which is an elite defense force in the country they've released a statement confirming that they have launched several ground to ground missiles from western iran into the region of eastern syria they say they were targeting bases of terrorists that they claim are responsible for those twin terrorist attacks in tehran earlier last week in this statement the revolutionary guard also said that they managed to significantly destroy the terrorist bases infrastructure and also killed scores of them as well and i believe also on the screen now we can now show some unfaired five video of. purportedly showing the moment when this missile was launched and this development is rather significant because. this is the first time that iran has launched a missile strike into syria since

loans as you know there are already discoloration zones that have been agreed on and established by syria iran turkey and russia and the steps by the coalition which don't receive consent from damascus are not legitimate. peter ford who served as you can buster to syria on bahrain told us the u.s. military is willing to resort to any measures to protect the armed groups supporting this new attack youths by no means unprecedented. but let's not forget that the circumstances where this new attack took place it appears that it took place in an area where the so-called syrian democratic army that the rebels. by the u.s. was operating. in the vicinity of rocket it was very much an american creation. that. it appears that the syrian plane may have been attacking their pet dog. and given that this is a very american operation the attempt to drive isis from fifty then the americans reacted to protect that toy. well staying with syria iran has fired several missiles into the country targeting terrorists allegedly responsible for two recent mass shootings in tehran and least to discuss the story of a fa

this is the first time that iran has launched a missile strike into syria since they've been cooperating very closely with their start regime and joining their fight against extreme. sort of in retaliation to what happened in the servant into iran just remind us just exactly what happened that militants have targeted two of the most important buildings in the capital city on june seventh that first gunman stormed the parliament building and opened fire when it was in session and then simultaneously separate militants have that's new to suicide bombs in the mausoleum of many who is the founder of this republic of iran so as you can imagine very significant buildings and those two attacks have led to the death of eighteen people and islamic state has since claimed responsibility following the attacks as you can imagine the government said that they were outraged and they have retaliation their revenge and the senior officials have also came out on cue saudi arabia of being involved they say that the fact that islamic state has claimed responsibility for the twin attacks proves a saudi arab

well but as you can see this is quite a significant development is the first time iran has launched missiles into syria since the syrian war started six years ago the editor in chief of iran's far as news agency told us what was behind the iranian missile strike in syria in tonight's a statement that the i.r.g.c. public relations has given it is warn that this is the beginning if the terrorists are not embarked on conducting any second attack on iran iran would provide a much more vigorous response to them and not just it has also warned the backers and sponsors foreign sponsors of the terrorist groups including regional transfer regional and when i'm in the back years and when iran says trance regional backers of the terrorist groups specifically means the united states now it is believed by many in and outside the iran that the united states and many of its allies there are backing the terrorist groups in the region especially in syria they need to reassess. their estimates and assessments and the calculations with regard to syria the british prime minister is facing calls to resign in the aftermath

yes russia syria iran has been a lot of news has been law in addition to now you have the iraqi. army and iraq in addition to turkey all these traditional powers they have they are directly involved in the syrian conflict right now it's very difficult to speculate what will happen in the coming days but what i can tell you for a fact is that it seems that the syrian army and the syrian government are adamant on actually moving on with their operation to break the arsenal so huge on the city of there is sort of trying to limit the ability of the u.s. . led coalition and the u.s. troops who are now on the ground in syria limiting their ability to move on limiting their ability to create influence centers almost through battlefield and we have to almost that this is not just a syrian issue this is more of an international conflict and power play between the u.s. . well the u.s. coalition said the syrian fighter jet was shot diane after it bombed opposition forces the pentagon also accused the syrian jet of straying into so-called d come election according to a coalition statement sy

are at odds is washington strategic interest in syria really iran. syria i'm joined by my guest christopher davidson in derm he is a lecturer in middle east politics at durham university as well as author of shadow wars the secret struggle for the middle east in london we have alexander mchugh he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com and in new york we have richard murphy he is a former u.s. career in boston or to syria and currently an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always encourage it alexander let me go to you first in london how are russia and the united states going to avoid going to war in syria. well i think that's a good question because at the moment we have a we have a situation where the russians are saying they will track us airplanes if they fly west of the euphrates river and of course there are russian and american forces in syria and they are backing different signs in the war nonethel

it said these ground to ground missiles strikes that we saw yesterday launched from western iran and into syria's eastern resort targeting the militants which iran said were responsible for those twin attacks that we saw into iran earlier this month and it's an unprecedented move because it marks the first time that iran has launched rockets on syrian soil since the country descended into chaos in two thousand and eleven and it also shows perhaps that iran when it means business it means business perhaps the perception shift it has for us when it comes to iran while the west has warned that iran is a country that's dangerous and that it shouldn't have weapons on the other hand iran is now using these weapons to launch strikes on islamic states the common. and i mean it's also making a lot of progress in destroying this common enemy and he was me a bit earlier on to explain i got thoughts from around to the chief of iran's fires news agency who told me what it was like behind the rainy and missile strike in syria the thoughts behind it in tonight's a statement that the i.r.g.c. public relations ha

liz that we mentioned that iran has known missile strikes against what it coste terrorist bases in syria and the city join me early in the studio with more details on that. the iran referee lucia narry guard which is an elite defense force in the country they've released a statement confirming that they have launched several ground to ground missiles from western iran into the region of eastern syria they say they were targeting bases of terrorists that they claim are responsible for those twin terrorist attacks in tehran earlier last week in this statement the revolutionary guard also said that they managed to significantly destroy the terrorist bases infrastructure and also killed scores of them as well we can now show some unverified video of. purportedly showing the moment when this missile was launched and this development is rather significant because. this is the first time that iran has launched a missile strike into syria since they've been cooperating very closely with their start regime and joining their fight against extremism you mentioned. just remind us just exactly what t

syria. the land bridge could ultimately extend to lebanon and improve iran's support for hezbollah. so now is not the time to undermine what of our critical allies in the arab world by disapproving heart of it on sales package that will improve saudi capabilities. >> mr. president, i take the floor today strenuously argue against the proposition being pushed by senator paul and murphy and others to deny arms sales of about $500 million to the kingdom of saudi arabia. the package that they're trying to exclude the $110 billion farm bill is precision guided munitions that would be used by the f-15s, the package of joint direct attack munitions, pave laserguided bombs. the bottom line, the package we're talking about, the precision weapons that the saudi air force and military could use in operations against iran's proxy in yemen and other threats that the kingdom faces. the flaws of the saudi government are real. they are known to me, but my friends on the other side, particularly senator paul, constantly put saudi arabia and iran on the same thing. i think that is a very unwise analy

they lead defense force in iran launch ground to ground missile strikes from western iran into the eastern part of syria the region they said they were targeting a bases of militant groups that they say were responsible for those twin attacks we saw into iran earlier this month you remember those there and you know actually horrific now in statements on the websites and the revolutionary guard a lot of the success of this strike base that they managed to kill schools off the militants and also inflict significant damage on their infrastructure and i want significance and unprecedented about this these missile launches this is the first part first time iran has launched missiles on syrian soil since it since that the two signed started working closely together iran as you know has been working closely with the assad regime in the fight against extremism. going but to these attacks about twelve days ago was in a into run because a lot of shock because this kind of thing doesn't normally happen then it was in two separate places was that remind us of it for of use the come quick. remember there all just to

the new rules tighten visa policies affecting citizens from six majority muslim nations, sudan, syria, iran, somalia and yemen. people from those countries who need new visas will have to prove a close family relationship or existing relationship with an entity like a school or business within the united states. the state department said the family relationship valid for entry would include, parent, spouse, son-in-law, sibling already in the united states. late thursday the administration reversed course and included people engaged to be married in the list with close family ties who are exempt from the ban. however, the order does not include other relationships such as grand parents, grandchildren and aunt and uncles, journalists, student workers who have valued invitations or employment contracts in the u.s. would be exempt from the ban as well as anyone with previously established significant contacts here. the new rules came under immediate legal challenge, challengers in one of the two principal legal cases cases from hawaii made emergency court filings on thursday asking federal judg

is not focussed of isis inside of syria. iranegime that committed atrocities in the civil war. >> it is all making it harder to get to isis's last stand, suspected to be here top leaders, bomb factories, oil facilitie facilities, generating money and chemical agents. for the u.s., a pull back keeps the war from expanding and syrian and iranian forces press ahead. in the last few weeks, a plane shot down an iranian drone. that just days after the u.s. also shot down a syrian fighter jet and another drone. >> if the syrian forces goes against isis, that's great. but that's the question. will they go against isis? that's not their top priority. >> barbara star reporting for us. that's it for me. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett out front starts right now. >> outfront next breaking news, the white house facing a deadline to turn over a crucial document to investigators. trump is bothered by the friendship between bob mueller and james comey. but how close are they and why is he saying that? and another republican

if you don't think containing iran and keeping them from toppling yemen, iraq, syria, lebanon is not in our national interest, you're making a huge mistake. the last thing we want is the iranian ayatollah to march through the mideast and start spreading his form of radical shiteism in the backyard of our arab allies. i could not urge this body more to reject this ill-conceived idea. it's $500 million out of a $110 billion package but it's the kind of weapons that will matter on the battlefield. it will lessen civilian casualties which is a noble goal and it will also give capability to the saudis to more effectively contain iran ho is marching -- who is marching through yemen through their proxies, the out his -- the houthis. all i can say is secretary mattis has it right. iran would be appreciative of us not selling those weapons to saudi arabia. we're going to sanction iran this week, i hope, for what they've done scout side the nuke -- doneout side the nuclear agreement. since the nuclear agreement was passed they have humiliated our soldiers, our sailors. they captured them on th

it affects people in six countries: syria, iran, libya, sudan, yemen and somalia. the part that gets confusing is the fact that the supreme court left its ruling open for case by case exceptions so people who qualify for entry include those who have obtained a student or working visa or for people who have a family member who lives here. but that does not include family members like grandparents, aunts, uncle, fiancees to name a few. government lawyers have to determine how to define such a relationship. we spoke to [ non-english language ] the director of the council on american-islamic relations and says this ban is a temporary setback and fears it will inspire more hate crimes. >> endorsing discrimination gives license to those who might carry out attacks. >> reporter: about five months ago when president trump signed the first version of the travel ban executive order, chaos ensued at airports across the country. some travelers were being questioned for hours and protestors took over arrival areas. that is not what we are expecting today. here or at at any airp

his travel ban which was a ban against people from six majority muslim countries, somalia, sudan, syria, iranates. donald trump declared victory because the supreme court has decided to hear the case and to stay pa rt of has decided to hear the case and to stay part of the original order, meaning that if you try and go to the us you have to serve dumb show some kind of bona fides link, such asa some kind of bona fides link, such as a job or some kind of bona fides link, such asajob ora some kind of bona fides link, such as a job or a parent who is there for a student visa. this will test the limits of the executive order in the limits of the executive order in the united states and it remains to be seen whether he will be able to claim victory. u-turn and general described it as a triumph for the separation of powers. since trump entered the presidency the court syste m entered the presidency the court system has been raining him in and there were two court decisions against the travel ban already. this isa against the travel ban already. this is a test case and so far the american system has

iran has tens of thousands of its own forces in syria, which has become a bloodbath. eople. iran represses its own people in a way, the regime does come in a way that is brutal and unacceptable. this is all way more complicated than you have just outlined. in syria iran is backing bashar al—assad, to even some in washington represents some sort of stability in the face of the threat of islamic state and other jihadists organisations. equally in iraq, iran's role in iraq has been, over the years, essentially buttressed by the war america started. right now we are doing better in our relations with the government in iraq. quite successful in mosul, in rolling back isis. i don't know where to begin to respond first time here in london, part of a group called united against nuclear iran. we are focused on businesses in 2008. to observe the economic sanctions, not doing business in iran. since the iran nuclear agreement, we have been saying to businesses do not rush in there. it is a high risk situation for any business. a lot of the other sanctions are still there. you may

china equally against that shooting of the syrian plane over syria has made admonishing the international community including russia including iran which was fired missiles at isis in syria at the invitation if the syrian government. serious to think they are taking on the kind of nato powers that you're alleging have been helping isis station syria well i figure in syria the russians clearly hair square are. both loose their players specially with their all or ground to air missile attacks so i think the russians temporary legal. a no fly zone which is a fact quickly claire and so the question areas well we explore sure to challenge this and unless washington can very quickly pressure the australians to get back in. the australian australian process that affect other. coalition partners call. and you could see this same coalition breaking up. if the american strategists this and the russians know if flew the dog effective they don't blow the played out ska. that the russians will have lost their influence their face and their americans will increase or their interests in syria but i don't transmit as i know trump is ratcheting u

panelists including current and former military leaders examine the relationship between iran and syria, the government's decision to help syrian president assad in his civil war, and how iran can destabilize the region. this is about an hour. >>> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much for coming to the american enterprise constitute. i'm fred kagan. i'm director of the critical threats project here at aei. and it's my great honor and privilege to lead this panel discussing a report which has just been released by my colleague, matt mcinnis, the future of iran's security policy, available online at aei.org. and we have these beautiful copies as well, if anyone would like one of those. we have a magnificent panel today. we are thrilled to have lieutenant general tom trask, and vice admiral retired mark fox, formerly deputy commander general of the united states central command along with matt to talk about the report. without further ado i'll turn it over to matt. >> thank you, fred. thank you, general trask, and admiral fox, and frankly all the team here at aei that's hel

if you don't have direct family members in the united states or attending school and from libya, syria, iran somalia or sudan you can't enter the united states for 90 days. if you are a refugee from any country it is pushed to 120 days. a direct relative is a spouse, or son or daughter and it doesn't include nieces or nephews and grandparents. a spokesman from the homeland security office says anyone who shows up with legitimate documents will not be denied. it is business as usual. foreigners planning u.s. travel has been given a great deal of time to prepare, so everything is expected to remain business abc7 news. adrianna: this comes as we find out about new security measures to the u.s. they are adding new policies including more enhanced screenings to u.s.-bound flights. airlines are also expected to tighten security around planes and passenger areas, but we are told you should not expect major disruptions. right now there are no plans to ban laptops on planes headed to the u.s. it will affect 280 airports and 105 countries. adrianna: the russia investigation continues and this year you

military near the i still held city of rocket we've got the details on plus two details elsewhere in syria iran launches missiles targeting militants in the east of that ten.

>> reporter: immigration attorneys were standing by to help people arriving from libya, sudan, syria, iranmen and so malya'. under the guidelines if someone wants a visa they must prove a bona fide relationship to someone in the u.s. grandparent and cousins excluded. the state of hawaii filed an emergency court order demanding some clarification. >> they worry like we do that the trump administration is going to attempt to violate the supreme court's order. >> reporter: confusion and worry from many families meeting relatives arriving from muslim countries not on the ban list. >> my aunt and uncle are visiting, so they don't know if they will be able to come back again or not. so it is really -- it is not a good thing. >> reporter: for many travelers there were longer than usual delays in customs. her more just arrived from morocco. >> i wish other countries, they were not on the list too because we are all muslim, we're all human. >> we are people, nobody is illegal. >> reporter: protesters vow to return to the airport on friday. at sfo, cornell bernard, "abc 7 news." >>> the u.s. senal w

>> reporter: immigration attorneys were standing by to help people arriving from libya, sudan, syria, iranso malya'. under the guidelines if someone wants a visa they must prove a bona fide relationship to someone in the u.s. grandparent and cousins excluded. the state of hawaii filed an emergency court order demanding some clarification. >> they worry like we do that the trump administration is going to attempt to violate the supreme court's order. >> reporter: confusion and worry from many families meeting relatives arriving from muslim countries not on the ban list. >> my aunt and uncle are visiting, so they don't know if they will be able to come back again or not. so it is really -- it is not a good thing. >> reporter: for many travelers there were longer than usual delays in customs. her more just arrived from morocco. >> i wish other countries, they were not on the list too because we are all muslim, we're all human. >> we are people, nobody is illegal. >> reporter: protesters vow to return to the airport on friday. at sfo, cornell bernard, "abc 7 news." >>> the u.s. senal will cont

we're drawn during syria so during syria you had a whole set of alliances between. russia iran it saudi arabia qatar turkey etc now with this recent spat with this with this conflict between saudi arabia qatar everything has turned upside down you don't have. you have turkey and iran siding with qatar you have russia tried to mediate but leaning a little more towards the qatari side you have the united states and trump tweeting about how saudi arabia should be supported qatar is the enemy and cetera but giving twelve billion in money and weapons to them so you have a whole different dynamic now which is just really been a tectonic shift from what syria was to work with these two countries are nominally american allies. well i think what we're seeing now is a breakdown a very long tradition in the western media would have been hearing for i think about sixty years do more chrissy don't fight each other american allies don't fight each other so do futile countries you know the cold would use countries like . china where it's all it's but they were bad well now we see how america

is washington strategic interest in syria really iran's . cross talking syria i'm joined by my guest christopher davidson in durham he is a lecturer in middle east politics at durham university as well as author of shadow wars the secret struggle for the middle east in london we have alexander mchugh he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com and in new york we have richard murphy he is a former u.s. career in boston or to syria and currently an adjunct scholar at the middle east institute all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always encourage it alexander let me go to you first in london how are russia and the united states going to avoid going to war in syria. well i think that's a good question because at the moment we have a.

syria. can you talk about the role in iran is playing in syria? is it increasing, in particular the hezbollah >> iran is playing unhelpful role in syria and middle east. some of you may have heard me describe it this way. again, iran, unlike the united states and coalition, is not focused on isised isised in of syria. iran is focused on propping up the regime committed atrocities in the civil war. addressing the grievances of the save war and syria will be necessary for us to have peace and stability and have a sanctuary for violent extremism. >> staying in the region, are you concerned about any long term implications of the current gulf crisis on regional security and has the crisis affected u.s. military operations in the region? you said something last week on capitol hill that your operations relatively unaffected. with turkey sending troops in and u.s. army bringing troops around qatar, what's happening in terms of operations sent there in the middle of the country? >> i think country? >> i think most people know. the reason why we watch qata

syria, iran, yemen, sudan, somlia and libya. people must prove a relationship with someone in the united states. the trump administration said they will allow immediate family and sons in laws, daughters in law and stepchildren but bans grandparents, children, aunts, uncles, one woman's mother was relieved immigration officers seemed morin formed about the process, a big change from her last visit. >> she was held up there for quite a while. questioning. she has a green card and legal and everything. this time we had no problem. >> i think the vetting with pretty extensive. they shouldn't be concerned about people when you have someone coming hover that they are here for a good reason. >> reporter: ktvu fox 2news. >>> lawmakers in washington still debating what's called the no sanctuar your criminals act. it would block federal grants from the justice department and homeland security to cities that won't cooperate with federal immigration authorities. san jose mayor said that even if it does become law san jose wouldn't loose a

as you know there are already deescalation zones that have been agreed on and established my syria iran turkey and russia and the steps by the coalition which don't receive consent from damascus are not legitimate and that's us foreign policy one hundred one we can the united states can do whatever it wants with no ramifications there's no justification for the united states operating there and u.s. is you know they're going to. to try and justify you know any expansion any operations and any way that they can and what are the motives behind them disagreeing and on this you know it's they want to gobble up territory they want to control stuff and they want to they want to take it away from the syrian government is maybe the first obvious one now we've been hearing about self defense and d. confliction zones for quite a while now the claims don't get any more true the more often they're repeated but how far is the u.s. willing to push its escalation and intervention in syria before things get out of hand caleb mop and artsy new york washington's top military commander was pretty hard pre

and british warplanes have been aiding the russian led syria iran onslaught on isis one of donald trump's planes appeared to aide isis on sunday we begin tonight with breaking news overseas for the first time a u.s. fighter jet has shot down a syrian warplane the details are just coming in within hours moscow introduced a red lines even before the u.s. downing of another syrian.

also in syria iran says its launch that missile strikes against what it describes as terrorist positions in the country. with the top stories from the past seven days on right to up to the moment developments on.

and iran launches missiles targeting militants in eastern syria in retaliation for recent terror attacks into iran which is being claimed by islamic state. a low for me in the team here at the r.t. news center in moscow is monday the nineteenth of june five pm here in the russian capital thanks for choosing us for your news update this hour first the breaking story we've been bringing you in the past couple of hours russia's defense ministry says it's halted cooperation with the u.s. military in syria the move comes in response to the downing of a syrian fighter jet by an american warplane near the i still held city of rocket our correspondent emily suit has the details. now one thing is when diplomats engage in a war of words but today's development shows that it's gone far beyond that with russia deciding to end the single most important agreement that the u.s. and russia signed since moscow was invited by the assad regime to join the fight in syria now this agreement we're talking about here was signed back in october twenty fifth dean and what it does is established as a communicatio

thank you very much security iran has stepped up its operations against syria the details on that after the break. the feeling. in the world. and you get. the old according to josh. welcome back iran has launched missiles into our still held eastern areas of syria with the details who is nicky. when you hear that iran has launched missile strikes the reaction from most people would be fear and dread and that's because iran has been painted as the daddy of the entire region and that's because we've been led to what we've been told is a country that supports terrorism iran has conducted another ballistic missile to the president trying to putting iran on notice for firing a ballistic missile and there are also reports the white house is considering labeling iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organization yet what these latest developments show is a very different side to the iran that we know iran like many other countries around the world has experienced bloodshed at the hands of islamic state with those twin attacks that we saw in turan just earlier this month a gunman

it affects travelers from syria, iran, libya, yemen, sudan, and somalia. there will be exceptions, but visa applicants and refugees from those countries must have a close family or business tie to the u.s. jan crawford explains. >> so you know, i mean, they say that the devil's in the details. so what exactly is a close relationship? we've now got some guidance from the state department. and they are saying that a close family relationship includes a parent, spouse, child or sibling already in the united states. but grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, other extended family members, those are not considered close relationships. and i think that's where we may see some litigation if, for example, a grandchild is denied a visa. now, when it comes to business ties, the state department says a close relationship there must be formal, documented, and formed in the ordinary course rather than for the purpose of evading the ban. the ban also may not apply to people who have previously established or significant business contacts with the u.s. so that means

reporter: attorneys are working to understand the ban and help people who may be arriving from syria, iran or sue dan. >> we ask is anybody being detain snd. >> reporter: people seeking visas from the six countries must prove a bona fide relationship to someone in the u.s. other travellers are simply confused by the ever changing traveller rules. she confronted the traveller attorneys when her mom came from india. >> there's so many changes in immigration law because i was concerned because she over stay. she's a green card holder. >> reporter: after three hours, reunited with her family. only a handful of people have sought advice from the attorneys so far. >> the state of hawaii filed the first appeal the travel ban. close family members can inter the u.s. but not all family members. a spouse can enter but not a grarnt. they say close family includes many of the people federal government decided to exclude from thet definition. >>> members of the house passed kate 's law late today. one of two immigration bills they say will make our country safe again. abc 7 news reporter has more on ho