Majority Shia News Today

This is gps, the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you live from new york. Today on the program, a week and a day after hamas terror attack, israel continues to strike gaza and rockets continue to hit israel. As the world watches for a Ground Invasion to begin. Lets get the latest live from israel and then we will talk to Richard Haass about the Global Politics at play, the influence of american, saudi arabia and ir...

Military -- or has been so far, a military victory. or at least the beginnings of one. were seeing a resurgence of the iraqi security forces, the army. theyre taking in more troops of the sunni sect and religions and also having some militias involved that are those other than the popular mobilization front, the so-called shia militias. so youre seeing some retraining of the iraqi security forces that are nationalistic in nature. they are attempting to retain security for all of the people of ir...

Than the popular mobilization front, the so-called shia militias. so youre seeing some retraining of the iraqi security forces that are nationalistic in nature. they are attempting to regain security for all of the people of iraq. but the other more important thing, the thing that ive been watching very closely is, is there dependence and a generation of trust between a shia dominated governance this baghdad. and i think now that youre seeing a shia government, a majority shia government in bagh...

Compound which is laden with ieds, but it will be a game changer. ramadi is the center of air strike. if they manage to get the city, it will be a morale booster to the iraqi forces who have suffered some major setbacks from isis in the past movannths. >> and well be watching their progress closely. and a u.n. sponsored deal between syrian rebels and his bylaw to swap syrians from opposite territories is under way. under the plan set up by trrk, iran and the u.n., shiites in northern syria are...

Power gain saudi arabia and iran. its playing out in syria and yemen. >> we have the map back up quickly. im a visual person. you see saudi arabia and the slither of yemen. saudi arabia doesnt want the iranian backed houthis knocking on their door there in the border. thats the concern over isis of aqap. >> thats right. presence of isis and al qaeda, theyre always worried about bad lands that may come to power. the real concern -- this is the first time saudis have initiated air strikes. they do...

And they have a lot to lose. >> bahrains situation was interesting as well because they also enjoy a higher gdp than what weve seen in egypt or libya or other countries. and theyve had a very strong uprising thats leading to reform? >> well, in bahrain, theres a lot of shia. majority shia. and the king is sunni. most of the population in saudi arabia is sunni. the king really and the family does have really good control. >> and the reason were asking about this situation is because there are con...