lubitz was hiding an illness before the crash that killed over 150 people. >>> air strikes in yemen yemen yemen's prime minister? iran's position this a complicated coming flict. >> reporter: my enemy's enemy is my friend. an ancient conflict, but still explains the alliances in the middle east, in yemen an ongoing military operation led by saudi arabia, one of the u.s.'s closest allies, against houthis a group that now control large parts of the country and that has close links with iran. yet turned to iraq, and iran and the u.s. find themselves on the same sides iran iranian units are fighting i.s.i.l. alongside iraqi forces while u.s. planes simultaneously bomb i.s.i.l. forces. >>> iranians provide direct military assistance to president bashar al-assad while washington remains one of his most ferocious critics. in the swiss lake side resort of lausanne u.s. secretary of state south carolina is negotiating also with iranian foreign minister moasmed javid zarif. after six months of protracted negotiations that have been going on for months and months, both sides have made it clear that their ne

yemen's borders? >> because yemen is internationally connected, you can say it is not that that you you don't have people coming through international airports. you could argue that human is more contained. but we have seen terrorism in yemen coming out. we saw the guys in the charlie hebdo attack being trained there. we saw bonds -- bonds they tried to send out of yemen. my guess is also with -- this isn't going to stay confined to yemen. >> thanks very much. a quick look at other news now from around the world. the president of afghanistan thanked the u.s. for helping stabilize the country and bring education to nearly 3 million girls. speaking at the pentagon, he said he understood the sacrifices made by american forces during their mission in his country. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has apologized for his controversial comments made during last week's elections. the leader has said the arabs or voting in droves. in a statement, netanyahu said he sees himself as a prime minister for everyone, regardless of religion, race and sex. britain's prime minister david cameron has said he won't seek a third term in office if he wins the general election in a few weeks time. he said he would serve the full five year

yemen will have no stability. in 1990, south and north yemen became one yemen united. from 1991 to 1993, basically saleh assassinated about 100 leaders then in 1994 he declared war against south and looted the south. >> he has dominated yemen for almost four decades. >> not only that he keeps committing the same crime. so back in 1994 committed crimes and war against the south then in 2004, 2010 committed six wars against the houthis who he is aligned with today. and then in 2011, this guy committed also massacres against the peace process. >> when people rose up against him during the arab spring. and he was almost killed but now he has managed to sort of worm his way into possibly having power and this is creating a serious issue you have a tremendous divide, you have shia on the one side, you have houthis and saleh then the houthis on one side who are very divided, you have possibly i.s.i.l. now aqap, you doubt whether it is i.s.i.l. >> i, you know, this could be i.s.i.l, could be saleh saleh always uses these kind of political events to basically advance on the grou

yemen and to showing forces to stand up to those militias to take to the streets and peacefully demonstrate at expressing their free will. >> all sides in yemen should negotiate for the good of the people. >> the lawful president of yemen hadi resorted to call for assistance and this call was heeded based on recent development. we call on all the parties and political forces to lay aside the differences and give presidency to the national interests. >> we go to our political analyst in london can we expect any more action from the summit? given the saudi-led coalition has already started their military strikes. >> yes, i think it was very important for saudi arabia to get the support that it has received from most of those present there today. of course, there has been reservations and opposition from the likes of iraq and algeria. but over all i think it has gotten the support it wanted as well as from turkey and pakistan who were not present there. this is all good, it's a question of airstrikes where saudi arabia has the superiority. but once the airstrikes lose their effectiveness and there is going to be a need for east a return to the dialogue or a land move of some sort, or a land invasion if you will, then of c

they are yemen they lived in yemen, and the houthies will li in yemen. can engang with the society, and i think the message came from different sources today, that at the end of the day, they are yemen. discuss the future of yemen. i am not personally i don't think so it is the issue of houthies. for the last six months from houthies is actually using violence. using weapons against yemen. that's the main concern and of course, the iranian dimensions to yemen, and that was -- what drove the whole operation which we see is continuing so far. so i think what will -- influence the future of the houthies and how much of it can contribute and how much they can -- or they are ready to engage were there any political process in yes then. >> the professor of the middle east history, at qatar university, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> there are concerns that the situation in yemen may have an impact on talks being held in switzerland between iran and world powers. the french president has urged iran to work towards a lasting robust and verifiable deal, as

yemen is trad ekicly important not only for yemen and the region but in the world. yemen is on the mended state where there's 4 billion battles. and that is - that is the method connecting europe with asia you have egypt that is no surprise by the coalition. and this war is also a national security issue. so any - in any chaos or similar to that. we'll see the world hit by the oil prices or trade relations. so that is an addition. you are adjacent to saudi arabia. and that is the number one oil producing country. instability in yemen reflects on the region in the world, especially on the oil market as we have seen this morning where oil prices jumped about 6% when the news went out that saudi arabia has started the bombing in yemen, and for that reason it is in the core interests of everywhere yemenis and the world. it is to support the process, end the chaos in yemen and support development in yemen. that is the only thing that will deal with yemeni problems. not the u.s. drones or the security approach. >> thank you very much. fascinating. >> now, delegates from libya's

yemen, worried the saudis to a large extend. you have saudi arabia borders yemen. there's a massive border with them. north of yemen, it is on the south of saudi arabia. on the other side of the border there is a minority shia population. for the saudis to have an iranian backed group on the border, this is a recipe for disaster. that's why, i think, the saudis took action. some accused them of being late because yemen is under control of the houthis. most parts of the countries were under their control. they are close to controlling aden for the attacks. yes, saudi arabia was really really worried, and the fact that the iranian officials mentioned and hailed the success of the movement the houthis, that made the saudis very worried. they surrounded them. iran has a big massive control over syria, massive control over iraq and hezbollah, and parts of lebanon. these are areas affecting saudi areas and influence. it was a matter of time before be saw this happen. >> omar al saleh speaking to us now. the white house press secretary spoke about the situation in yemen a little earlier, before the saudi arabia operation

yemen as an intelligence failure. and i was very surprised because it was not an intelligence failure. anyone following yemen knows yemen. knew what was coming. perhaps not the exact date but certainly it was not a surprise. i think what we have had is a policy failure. persistent efforts to squeeze yemen into the preexisting templates have proved to be of nominal effectiveness. an example is the current effort to try to squeeze yemen into this sectarian battle. that it is between sunni and shia, the fact that they are sadis and shaffis gets completely lost. and by putting it in this sectarian vocabulary, we also again walk away from having to face what are the real stressors in the society and the state which are again governance and development. we start to see the problems as externally generated. if it wasn't for the iranians everything would be fine. well everything was not fine. the iranians are actually fairly late arrivals to this. and we have been raising the profile and the status, therefore, of aqap against sunism and the iranian backed shia-ism. the houthis are the internally focused indigenous political mov

yemen yemen is away to some extent. to the coalition and now it is the yemen -- is -- they will target any airplane or any war craft will the yemen and even the sea so i don't see any choice for iran to get more involved and the parliament has said today frankly, that iran is not going to involve our community militarily. >> the coalition said the main goal is to help the yemen people dispose of the threat which is theretoened the interests of yemen, do you take that statement at face value? or is this more of a proxy war between the arab war two major powers? well, they cannot deny the outside prospect. the two main powers in the region. and they are involved in yemen. but from my point of view, the involvement is getting worse by sending weapons and money for the past years. and they are not -- or they don't want to ask the alliance and the houthiss to go to a negotiation, because from my point of view, they want the houthiss to play a major role in the south border to make some problems there. and this is some sort of like playing card between iran and saudi arabia. now, they rely that iranian are playing in yemen no

yemen, the u.n. security council will be meeting to discuss what happened in yemen. what do you expect the international security will be able to do about this chaos in yemen? >> yemen, victor, is a cauldron right now. it is going to be one of the biggest questions we have because they don't have anything in place a effective government. when president hadi left, that caused a lot of spin into an abyss. the comments made earlier about the state department monitoring threats, yes, they are, but it's more from a military perspective. we have gone more into the defensive mode of what might come out of aqap towards the united states, and that's the important part. aqap, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula based in yemen, has been one of the biggest threats we've seen in terms of terrorist events against the united states. we were offensively striking targets there, preempting potential attacks and now without any intelligence in that country we've being on the defensive mode to prevent people from leaving there coming into the united states. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, victor. >>> back leer at home, it turns out that the machete wielding attacker was armed

yemen by a group it believes is backed by its rival, iran. >> the objective is to defend the legitimate government from the takeover attempts by the militia in yemen. frank: yemen is in the grip of its most severe crisis in years as competing forces fight for control of the country. it also risks spinning beyond yemen's borders. yemen is the poorest country in the middle east but it is strategically important. it's become a major base for islamic militants in recent years. so the turmoil there does have serious security implications to the west. worst case, yemen could become another failed state like syria and libya. >> yemen is the home of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula, a major terrorist group that has plots against the west and the u.k. itself. if the country falls into further political, socioeconomic collapse, it means that groups like terrorists will plot activities around the world. frank: al qaeda in yemen is considered the most dangerous branch in the world because it smuggled bombs onto planes. they will now be looking to exploit the growing chaos. for the saudis, running this campaign from this operation's room, intervention came at the last min

this war the saudi war on yemen, it's on yemen not certain parts of yemen. the majority of the powers in yemen are on one side now. you call them the houthis salah and large parts of the army, and that's why this complex is going to be worse for soriao saudi arabia than 2009. the threat of 2009 still lived in assault and saudi arabia, at least 50,000 saudis were internally displaced saudis who have been moved forcibly by the saudi government and this war will i think lead to probably at least 500,000 saudis leaving their homes because the houthis like they did in two number nine, will bring the war to the saudis . >> but how long can the houthis being a small tribal group, how long can they out last saudi arabia and their allies in the region though? >> i think that's the problem people think and use that term, mistakenly. and i have said this many time, you are not -- houthis is just one family. this is a group that is large that has thousands of members from across yemen across even sectarian divide, and they have a lot of the armed forces and their units o

yemen territory and the interests of the yemeni people. yemen is witnessing this -- the brothers in the gulf will support of yemeni national forces are trying to bring back yemenn the road of stability and democratic transformation. conspiring forces in and out challenged the world of the yemeni people, so a coalition of arab countries coming from solidarity with yemen people and its presidency and its will to spart the gulf initiative and its mechanisms and the national dialogue and its results. it was important and necessary that we respond to the call of the president hadi and his government and egypt declared its military and political support and the participation with the coalition with air and naval force from egypt and -- and land force if necessary based on the historic egyptian responsibility to

he insists that he remains yemen yemen's legitimate leader and is trying to build a power base in aden. if houthies were able to take over aden's airport it would have weakened the area. >> still ahead for al jazeera victory for soldiers from chad and niger after they take area from boko haram fighters. >>> then we follow cuban migrants towards the u.n. hope ing to get political asylum while they still can. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get

yemen. so i think what is going to happen and i know from my contacts in yemen the situation is dire for everybody. and there is, i suppose to somebody ride before i came on in yemenlose to somebody very high up in the leadership over there and he told me i don't think there is anyway for reconciliation, the houthis have to srepdzer, al sal losalsaleh has to go and they can to reconcile without the intervention of the iranian and their presence on the ground. >> who fills that power vacuum then? >> you know, yep sane very complex society. it's tribal. money plays very big role. everybody is armed over there. yemen is 25 million people with 100 million ak47s. the tribes have guns, they have heavy guns, rockets tanks they act like armies. they have to reconcile among themselves. but they cannot -- also one of them cannot accept held from iran or anybody else. let it be assault and battery i saudi arabia or the west or the east. they cannot accept help from others and try to enforce a winner and loser in yemen. yemen cannot have a solution like that. it's going to have to be win-win situation where everybody will be respected and the rights of the tribes and their re

more armed groups like isil into yemen. >> if no political solution is found, yemen will continue to slip into more chaos and maybe isis will emerge or spread in yemen. i think it is key that the international community and regional players put pressure on all political actors to come to political agreement. i think more crucial is that former president saleh continues to be a spoiler. he has createed enough instability since 2011. with the houthies he has played the coup. he continues to use his power and his reach in areas to create more instability. as long as he is in the country. as long as he has control over security and military, we will--he will do whatever it takes to prevent political settlement from taking place. his presence in yemen is toxic. taking him out of yemen is crucial. >> meanwhile u.n.-brokered talks have continued in morocco. taking part are representatives of the two competing parliament parliaments. it's hoped by sunday that a formation will be agreed with a new government with a new prime minister. security officials say that the gunmen were trained in lib y and libya's defense minister haftar have warned that if they are

yemen. now, yemen itself not a big player in the energy market but the fear is very much that the conflict or conflict spreading more widely in the region. let's just take a look at what's been happening on the market. because in the last few hours, we've saw brent crude futures jump as high as $59.71 a barrel. that is a rise of some 6%. although it has since come down just slightly. now, as well as oil, the middle east is also the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas from yemenorters may be concerned, so we're talking about down here this is shipping it through this. it's called the choke point to get up to the suez canal. the water between yemen and jaless than 40 kilometers wide. its closure may keep tankers from the persian gulf from reaching the suez canal and then they would have to basically divert around the southern tip of africa so all the way down there, adding to transit time and costs. so we're going to keep across that one in the price of oil. let me get this in. top business leaders and policy makers are gathering on the southern chinese island for a forum. the forum was founded 14 years ago to promote regional economic integration and bring basically asian countries closer to their development goals. china hopes the meeting will push for the joint construction of the 21st century maritime silk road which consists of a network of railways highways, and other forms of infrastructure as well as oil and gas palestineipelines, power grids, internet

yemen post, he joins us now live on theline. there have been further coalition air strikes on targets in yemen what more can you tell us about them. >> the attacks started earl yes today, yesterday they started at 2:00 a.m. in the morning. the reason why these attacks are happening at night is because yemen did not have the ability to stop these air strikes from starting at night, while during the day they do have the ability. so this shows why the escalation happens in the hours of the day. right now they are doing an interview, i can hear bombings happening by the second. and these attacks are continuing and thatting only specific military targets. as of today there hasn't been an civilian deaths as of right now, i am sorry all the deaths -- are -- >> okay, your signal is breaking up, be you say their attacks are underway right now in saleh? what relation you hear. >> adan is seeing a lot of flashes buzz this is between the houthis militants and the promilitants. there's no air strikes right now. mainly not in saleh. these attacked are expected to continue and today the houthis leader gave a speech, warning that if they do not stop these attacks the houthies will not sit quiet even if it means that they will escalate. so right now, they are meeting tomorrow morning and trying to reach

yemen could avoid a civil war seemed to disappear today. hours before president hadi went underground, yemen rebels arrested yemen's defense minister. they have really upped ante in terms of what is going on now. they announced a reward for capture of president hadi. declaring all-out war on internationally recognized government in yemen. after taking yemen's third largest city over the weekend iranian backed shiite rebels control half the country. they are on the march. they're looking to expand territory they're controlled. they are now moving towards the port city of aden where president hadi had fled to. the houthis are backed by iran. they have the support of former yemeni strong man abdullah saul lay, was both backed by the saudi arabia and united states before he was overthrown during the arab spring. now the current president has asked the united nations to authorize foreign military intervention in yemen. there are conflicting reports where he is right you now but anyone's guess to his location is really unknown. he seems to have gone underground trying to get away from the rebels. one thing is certain, as yemen collapses an

so here's yemen, and i find maps really useful, because you can really lose sight of where's where, right? let's start with yemen. yemen is a very poor country and up until around 2011, what was the relationship between barack obama, u.s. white house and the yemeni government? >> well, with all u.s. administrations, really, not just barack obama, yemen was a cornerstone of counterterrorism operations. they were under the rule of saleh, who was by all measures, an authoritarian rural ruler, a strong man in his country, and a very close ally to the united states, sharing intelligence and allowing the u.s. to carry out whatever counterterrorism operations they did, including drone strikes. >> o aqap is operating out of yemen, the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber trained in yemen. >> that is a side of yemen that people obviously sometimes focus on, that they definitely had a very robust terrorism hub, if you will, consider for drawing some of these extremist terrorists from around the world. >> so you have this classic deal with the devil. the u.s. says, we'll look the other way while you put journalists in jail and repre

yemen. with the houthis weaker that could mean these other factions could move in yemen. >> in somer in all conflicts it is the civilians the people in yemen who are there caught in the middle of the violence and bearing the brunt of this violence. >> unfortunately it seems that the yemeni people are constantly bearing the brunt of this violence. ever since 2011 things have not been going in the right direction. yemen had a golden opportunity to transition into democracy and they had an opportunity to create real change and to achieve a pluralistic society. unfortunately the international community has always supported a program that was failing in its essential. in 2012 and 2013 a project known as the international dialogue conference was supposed to save yemen. and the mismanagement of that conference resulted in what we had today. hadi's government failed to deliver any services to the people i've said this over and over again. the yemeni people on the ground want electricity, want water want jobs, want responsibility. they don't really care who's going to rule them. they just want safety. it seems like the bloodshed is continuing we se

yemen. is a yemen that crumbles a danger to saudi arabia with the long border in the middle of the desert. >> the saudis think so. yemen has not been stable for a long time. everything that we see is a symptom of having a weak government. the problem now - you have a houthi rebel militia in the north. all the foreign and international community is refusing to communicate with them pushing them into the arms of iran which is their fear. whether they meant it intentionally or unintentionally. seems the politics are more divided. saudi arabia seems to think the presence of the houthis is a huge risk. if they negotiate with the houthis, they don't have to be iran's. >> is that oversaid the iranian, houthi link. i think we want yemen to fit into a role. they are with iran saudi arabia, and wan the fighting to be a shi'a sumnar fight. which it isn't. the narrative and the discourse is forcing yemen in that direction. is a place more vulnerable in general terms to being able to become an locus for instance for groups like al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, if there is a tumult look of government authority, lack of sure govern

be seen because basically now all yemen has seen houthis as being anti, you know, you know, anti the unity of yemen, anti the -- anti the i would say the identity of yemen and they see them as being,on, since september 2014 when they started the preparation of controlling sanna. there is as real desire in yemen and we saw that, the yemenese sincere in having a government state, because they had worked on this for years now and what happened after the revolution 2011 that houthis benefited on that moment, and they try to redirect the effort to the yemenese toward something serving their own interest. at that moment, we find that the fragmentation took place in the political i would say budget. now houthi needs to go back to the yemeni front where basically they are part of yemeni society. yemeni, other players, they have to consider working with houthis. it doesn't mean that all of what happened in september, they are the enemy. they have something in common. >> it doesn't look like that. the scenario you are laying out now, it does look like from a the houthi perspective that they see a chance in order to solve this problem militarily. >> simply because

yemen. many worried in yemen now. seeing perhaps a new chapter. we've seen instability now perhaps the sunni shia violence may have found a new home in yemen. for cnn, beirut. >>> well the white house is condemning the yemen mosque attacks and this week's air strikes against the presidential palace in the port city of aidan. the national security council issued a statement urging all parties to end military actions and return to political dialogue to resolve their differences. >>> now at least a dozen of the 23 people killed this week at the museum in tunisia were tourists. four italians three french citizens two spaniard among the dead. some still uni identified in a morgue. a march against terrorism. authorities arrested nine people in connection with the attacks, which isis claimed responsibility for. phil black has more from a witness to the massacre and from the family of one suspect. >> reporter: these are the panicked scenes security forces arrived at the baddo museum. by that time the gunmen had already killed many people. and moved deeper inside the complex. >> terrified. >> reporter: this man witnessed the start of the massacre. >>

yemen. buts not just yemen's oil production, but the chaos in yemen disrupting how a fair bit of oil gets to market. we're talking about the route through which it's shipped. by standards yemen is not a major oil producer, but it only pumped about 100,000 barrels a day, and that's a drop in the bucket for the 90 million barrels a day globally. but when it comes to influencing global oil markets. yemen is located on the strait that links the red sea to the gulf of aiden and it's a crucial point for oil tankers to the east and the west and north africa to the market in asia. the bab al manned ebb connects it to the u.s. and some 3.4 million a day pass through the bab-al-mandeb. and they have to go around to reach the u.s., and that means more time. >> and that cost always gets passed on to consumers and so are these concerns likely to have a long lasting nunce in the price of oil? >> not likely, because we have a glut of oil around the world. and it has been a perfect storm of u.s. shale producers pumping more oil into the oil market because of ebbing demand because we have economies slowing i

yemen and its people. yemen is a neighboring country. it's a fraternal country. we have great historic ties with yemen on all levels. appens in yemen has a direct impact on the kingdom of saudi arabia. yemen as you know faces many challenges and it is our desire and determination to support yemen in facing all of -- all of its challenges. whether those pertain to economic development, whether they pertain to terrorism, whether they pertain to security, political stability, we are committed as we have said over the years to helping yemen move towards a better future and so these operations are designed to do that. we as you know yemen is a country that is very rugged. it is the headquarters of the al-qaeda of the arabian peninsula. a number of plots that have been destructive have emanated out of yemen that have been a threat to world peace. it also has two very long coastlines, so it is very open to the world. so having yemen fail cannot be an option for us or for our coalition partners so we are determined to protect the legitimate government of yemen, and we are determined to do our best in order to work towards th

yemen. we have put forth the gcc initiative and the -- worked on establishing the national dialogue in yemen in order to have a peaceful transition to a new yemen. the -- every attempt that was undertaken by the yemenis was thwarted by the houthis who have rejected every agreement they have entered into. >> reporter: there is a statement out of yemen tonight from an individual who describes himself as part of the hieght houthi. olit bureau, essentially bring it on. air and naifl forces stand ready -- and naval forces and ground troops if that is required. antonio. >> you are talking about just air strikes but the saudis have amassed troops at the border as well. talking about consultation, the saudi can ambassador said he had consulted with the united states. >> reporter: right. >> how much do we know about u.s. involvement? >> we are waiting for confirmation from the national security council to say if they have any response to that. it is quite interesting, saudi arabia flying alongside the united states in its battle against i.s.i.l. in targets in iraq and syria those are against a sunni led force and i.s.i.l. these forces, houthi force is s

yemen where the former president has hit out at embattleed president hadi. we are told he will be holding his first cabinet meeting on tuesday, about 15 men expected to attend. about half the cabinet. yemen's are is minister have arrived in aden p mohamed vall. what's the status of that meet? >> a functional government is what president hadi is hoping for. it may be postponed until tomorrow or after tomorrow, because some of the ministers have not arrived. at least eight are confirmed. two or three are understood to be arriving today. one of the difficulties, not only the rival of all the ministers, the defense minister who arrived two days ago hasn't been eager to meet with hadi, has said he is very tired and may not be sustaining the meeting. another he escaped from sanaa and left the houthis. >> obviously defense security in the region is a great concern. we have heard of growing tensions in the aden area and this being exacerbated by the words of the former president. >> reporter: exactly. for a few days now hadi has been trying to remove the head of the special forces brigade in sanaa, but the men has refused categorically. so this is another great challenge for president hadi here right at his doorstep, refusing to leave his office. he has about 2,000 men very much fortified in his bakers. barracks. he is now holding out there and refusing to move. yesterday there were rumors they might try otake the to take the airport. this comes at a time when a public attack on hadi, a man who failed to rule yemen destroyed yemen, asked him to leave the country, can guarantee a safe passage. wh inin 1994 he yesterday in his comments, described the situation now as similar to the situation in 1994. and he said these separatists talking about hadi, these separatists should leave yemen and we can give them a safe passage out of yemen. >> mohamed vall, thank you. >>> nicholas maduro has described move as most unjust poisonous that u.s. has taken against venezuela. lucia newman last the story. >> reporter: as the deaths of some of the protests, one just 14 years old u.s. president barack obama ordered sanctions against several government officials on monday. no travel to the u.s., their assets seized. >> there are certainly restrictions against individuals. we also put out last week some information about what will be required to travel ovenezuela, given vee is visas. >> reporter: maduro has accused the u.s., with the price of oil falling and the economy collapsing, more venezuelans is questioning m

yemen is a very complex, violent and divided country. >> some criticism of iran, and that summit, qatar underlined the importance of involving iran in the solution to the crisis in yemen. is that likely? can there be a solution to what is happening in yemen without involving iran? >> well, that's exactly the case. everyone knows the sooner the parties in yemen go into negotiations table the better. otherwise, this conflict could go on for months and years and could end up destroying the country as much as it is happening in syria libya and other places. in order to get back to the negotiations table certainly the houthies patron of iran, that's how it is seen by the arab league, would have to be part and parcel of this pressure to go back to the negotiation table, and qatar has been quite careful in not alienating iran so much so that when the time comes iran will nudge the houthis to go back to the negotiation table because qatar like other countries realize that iran is a very important regional power. it's there. it's present, it's not going to go away. dealing with it is going to be important. any war will have to end up on some sort of negotiations table and iran will be important there. >> thank you very much, our senior political

yemen. arab league foreign ministers are meeting in egypt to describe the crisis. the egyptian foreign minister says his government fully supports the joint military strike against houthi forces in yemen. >> translator: we are supporting the legitimacy of the yemenese state so it can carry out its national responsibility to keep the integrity of the yemeni territory. they are witnessing disturbances that brothers in the gulf are trying to bring back yemene road to stability and democratic transfort makes. >>> syrian rebels have launched an offensive on government-held positions in the city of idlib. fighters from the al-qaeda linked group, the al-nusra front helped launch the operation. they are among other rebels who have taken over 17 government check points. >>> at least 23 people have been arrest interested in tunis in connection with a deadly attack on the bardo museum. security has been tightened across the country in the wake of the assault. two gunmen were also killed during the incident. >>> nigeria's president and the opposition heard have sign pledge calling on voters not to engage in violence during the election. security has been a big concern in the build-up to the vote. ballot papers and result sheets have been sent under police guard to an electoral commission depo in bah lou ja. the niger delta is where almost all of nigeria's oil comes from. but the region is one of the nation's poorest. >> reporter: they know what th

yemen is in a quote rapid downward rapid spiral. let's bring in nic robertson. this is a grim picture this morning. >> reporter: it is grim christine. one reason it is grim is al qaeda in yemenhas a history of planning to perpetrate the most sophisticated attacks yet on the united states. the under pants bomber was an effort to bring down an airliner in detroit in 2009. the bomb maker there is the best they have. the year 2000 the "uss cole" attacked by al qaeda. what you have right now is an environment where al qaeda can thrive. it is an environment where isis is thriving. they attacked two mosques killing more than 130 people and wounding hundreds of others in twin suicide bombing attacks. you have the houthis rebels who isis and al qaeda are fighting. they are taking the airports and government buildings as they continue to push to the south where the recognized president is. the united nations security council meeting on sunday in an emergency session gave the united nations full support for president hadi. he appears to be in a precarious position right now as this escalation to civil war continues. perhaps most troubling is we have the potential here for repeat of wha

yemen we know there is an isil threat in the region as welling, are you about to predict these two forces will take opportunity of the conflict that's happening in yemen and perhaps try to further their agenda in yemen? >> one of the great irony in all of that it's the saudi perception that what we see going on is essentially a sectarian war inside yemen one being taken advantage of by the a iranians and therefore working against the saudis' overall strategic interest in the region, in this region-wide struggle if you will. that the saudis feel themselves to be involved in with yemen. to the extends that the yemenis themthemselves see the conflict no those terms that stokes further opposition among sunni tribals particularly in the southern part of the country against the houthis. while yemenis see the strug in the sectarian terms it's those on the sunni side of that equation who are able most effectively to wrap themselves in the meant of islam who are able to take advantage therefore that means sharia, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and further north in the country so one of the great ironies in all of this is that the saudis, if anything may well be driving an unintended consequence of increas

yemen's neighbors in the gulf to respond to the government's calls to military help. the kingdom is a large military operation in yemen. the objective is to defend the legitimate government of president hadi from the takeover attempts by the houthi militias in yemen. we have a coalition of over ten countries that will participate in these operations to prevent yemen from falling at the hands of the houthi. >> one source is reporting numbers of troops and planes which, if correct, suggest a substantial military operation. the rebels have control of the capital, sanaa. last month, the president, abd ra bah mansour hadi fled to the south. the rebels then took control of aden airport, but it has now been recaptured by troops loyal to the president. the speed at which the houthis were advancing led the yemeni government to ask neighboring states for help, fearing the situation was getting out of control. meanwhile on wednesday, the president fled his palace in aden, but there is uncertainty about where he is. some reports suggest that he had left the country, but his supporters insist he is still there and running yemen. ben bland, bbc news. >> well on that story, we have some breaking news as we're getting reports from a military source that's confir

. >>> the security council has a meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation in yemen. yemen is on the brink of a civil war that neither side could win. the council issued a statement condemning rebels and demanding that they give back control or face further measures. yemeni officials today said that shiite rebels took over the country's third largest city. the rebels also control much of the northern part of the country. >>> the president of tenesia said there was a third gunman who carried out wednesday's massacre that left 21 people dead. the government has launched a massive gun hunt. two other gunmen were killed by security forces. relatives of one of the gunmen gathered for his funeral today. friends and neighbors say they don't understand how he could have been responsible for the attack. >> he wasn't poor, he was educated. how did extremist manage to reach educated people. he wasn't in need, he has good clothes, good food. what pushed him to do that? >> islamic state has claimed responsibility for attack however proported details of the attack have also been linked t

actions against the people in yemen and authority posing a threat to regional countries >> the president of yemen says the campaign is meant to protect the people of yemen. >> an am adamant to continue to exercise my authority as president. i call all the people of yemen to don't back the legitimate authority of yemen and to join forces to stand up to those militias. to take to the streets and peacefully demonstrate expressing their free will. >> i would like to reiterate on good relations with iran as a neighboring country. reiterating that this relationship is based on mutual respect of states sovereignties, and refrain from intervention in their domestic affairs. the president of yemen, hadi resorted to the coalition of arab states calling for help and assistance and this call was heeded based on the recent developments. we call on all the parties and political forces to lay aside their differences. there is no military solution to the crisis in libya. the only route out, the only exit is a political-democratic solution >>> the impact of the war in yemen has been affecting the african country of jabuti with the influx of refugees from yemen. >>report

the problem in yemen has been that yemen has been dominated by its neighbors, especially by the saudis. any development the saudis feel that they must be the one who run the show in yemen and what you saw in the past four, five years, an and increasing independence movement in yep end, the yemenis want to run theirtheir affairs. and to decide their future, the saudi government does not like that. and that's why they installed hadi in this basically one-man show election, to continue their policy. that policy failed and now they are resorting to others. >> but it was a bit of a unity government. and it was working with the west and with other nations. so what should the world do as rebels throw out a government, a legitimate government. that was trying to help the world fight al qaeda and possibly isil? >> right now in fact, the most effective force against al qaeda and isil are those people that the media call houthis. because i think it's unfair labeling because, you know, houthis were in 2009, right now you have the movement, they call themselves, there is the popular committees there, there is large parts of the yemeni army that that are involved in them this is not

yemen given their track record and wanting to attack targets right here in the u.s. how does it affect the u.s. ability to deal with these terror threats? >> the administration called yemen the model of counter terrorism policy. i think that model failed and imploded. now we're seeing where the shia militants have tried to take over yementy. i think this development in the saudis in collaboration with nine other arab nations to go in and stabilize and take out this threat is a positive development. and what i think it could be a role model for counter terrorism in the region particularly against isis as we look forward. the reason why the saudis are going into yemen. it's right in their backyard but also it's the shia militant. that's iran in their backyard not because aqap. i think again it's a positive development if they can stabilize the region. the threat to the homeland is clear. aqap the premier external operation force in the middle east is running free without any ability on our part to monitor. the arab nations can go in and stabilize this, perhaps we can have greater monitoring on the ground intelligence footprint which we're lacking right now. >> i think you're right i think the saudis backed by the united arab emirates and kuwait and egypt, all these other arab states their real concern right now is that i

yemen. a coalition of 10 countries will be involved. saudi officials confirming yemen's boat. we will bring you more information as we get it straight ahead. attorney general nominee loretta lynch still has not had her full senate vote. why? some democrats but not attorney general eric holder say it is racism. joe trippi is here. that's next. ♪ at mfs, we believe in the power of active management. every day, our teams collaborate around the world to actively uncover, discuss and debate investment opportunities. which leads to better decisions for our clients. it's a uniquely collaborative approach you won't find anywhere else. put our global active management expertise to work for you. mfs. there is no expertise without collaboration. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? (cough!) it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. let's end this. >>> this is a fox news alert. new information on the french alps plane crash. the "new york times" reporting

pinpoint operation against particular targets in yemen where which is hitting the call of the penalty of yemenal hadi, who is representing the legitimacy of yemen. this operation is meant to support the local legitimate president and his local government to put an end to the coup initiated by houthi group and measures taken by them again is the national will of the people, as legitimized in the outcome of the national dialogue and the initiative of the gulf cooperation council. the operation is based on and built on the resolutions of the legal arab state, also on the joint defense agreement called the parties to this agreement any aggression to any party to this agreement is aggression to all the states, and that's why yemen acted in its local right to self defense apartment parties signatory to the agreement should take the measures and all considerable means, including the armed force to fend off the aggression and restore peace and stability and implementation of the charter article six and article 51 of the u.n. charter immediately. the council of the arab league, together with the security cancel will be notified of the aggression that's

yemen. saudi arabia has been leading air strisks on rebels in yemen. yemen's left his country after losing his ability to lead. he has the support of arab leaders who are calling for a regional military force to deal with the conflict. the rebels are backed by iran. >>> turmoil in nigeria tonight. boko haram extremists killed 41 people and scared hundreds away from polling stations in an apparent effort to disrupt elections. however, millions of nigerians still made it to the polls and voted. >>> an american and two russians have arrived at the international space station. scott kelly and one of his russian counterparts will stay almost twice as long as a standard mission. part of kelly's mission will include studies of extended time in space affecting the human body. >>> many people do it. you have a bad meal, you don't like the service so you go straight to yelp and vent. now rebecca jarvis tells us businesses are fed up, and some are fighting back. >> reporter: for this popular restaurant in millbrae california, named wonderful, it's not uncommon to find a

yemen. so it affects their security directly. the houthi strong hold the bored of saudi arabia. the entire country, yemen is a backdrop. the saudis cannot afford to lose yeg or have yemen controlled by a group with the saudi enemy, iran. the regional security is also in danger. you have essentially, the houthis controlling an area overlooking the seaport on the red sea. this is where about two to 3 million barrel of oil goes through there up to the red sea. it's a strategic location. they will not allow the group in control of such an area. >> what is iran's interest in all of this. >> personally, the iranians are trying to expand their influence in a number of countries, we have seen it in iraq, syria and lebanon, and also in yemen. i personally think that they are trying to (a) promote the shia cause to be loyal to bring them under the form of the iranian revolution and they are loyal to the supreme leader. they tried to back the shia'as in the region either a majority or minority. what they will gain from that is more in the cause, and second to raise takes in the regiontake... they see any deal with iran and the u.s. over a nuclear issue at the expense of saudi ara

yemen. now we don't see that happening. do you think this air strike will receive the support of the u.n.? >> foreign intervention has been taking place for a long time in yemen. and it came in the form of the west arm surprise coming from the iranians to the houthis. the struggle in yemen has turned in to a war by proxy. and therefore, you know, this, you know, cause of action that we have seen yemen move in to is a result of a foreign intervention. and therefore now we have the countries that are bordering yemen that feel that it's becoming a real imminent threat that compelled them to move in and prevent yemen from falling in the hands of iran. this is how they see it. and this is, you know, seems to have a determined action to prevent from happening the u.n. has called on the houthis many times to intervene the u.n. security council a few days ago passed a resolution condemning the houthis blaming them for the dee teardeterioration of the situation in yemen and still the houthis have divide the community the u.n. and everybody else, ask continued with their scheme to have full control of yemen. >> being the case, sir what do you see this -- or what sort of impact do you see this having on the region? >> well, for now i think the people will see that the arab giant h

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