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A political maneuver with potentially far reaching consequences iraqs president has sent his Resignation Letter to Parliament Saying he would rather step down than approve a new Prime Minister and a 3 page statement by him solace said out of my keenest to avoid bloodshed and protect civil peace i will not name a satellite downy as a candidate for the next Prime Minister i danny is the governor of buster province he was nominated for the role by the largest bloc in parliament. That coalition is made up of mainly rain in fact political groups which is why their candidate is being furiously rejected by their opponents i dont he was picked to replace other uphill mettie who resigned in november after months of antigovernment protests but the governor has been accused of neglecting his own province busser is home to more than 70 percent of iraqs oil reserves but locals dont have the basic necessities like clean water and reliable electricity i dont think they will accept his resignation i think they will try to convince them is that you must accept our candidate in a way or another but i dont think he will accept that he will try hard also to push over in just someone who is independent transputer and didnt inside the political process and look for the future of. Protestors have strongly rejected i can ease nomination and thats the reason president saleh gave up having the choice it now means since mattys resignation no party has proposed a candidate who has been acceptable to all sides the protests which began here in early october have been about demanding political change in iraq a new electoral law was finally passed on tuesday which seemed to please morsi rockys and now it is the latest move by president saleh to reject i done his candidacy is likely to strengthen the demonstrators position for such a pari al jazeera baghdad. Is there such a university of exeter strategy and Security Institute joins us now because barham salih really intend to resign do you think. I think that if push comes to shove he will resign because its become an untenable position to support any of these kind of the kind of pro regime establishment figures that have been coming out of parliament recently. For example is the governor of the oil rich Southern City of iraq and that has been undergoing some severe protests itself have been protests as have been killed there so to appoint him the man whos kind of government governing that area where people have died. Is obviously going to fly in the face of what the protesters want and other politicians are tuning into this now so its unlikely that hes just going to be waiting to call their bluff i guess the problem is that political blocs these groupings in iraq have really struggled to come up with a candidate for Prime Minister. For a replacement for idol abdul mattie if barham saleh goes that one step further and submit his resignation does that make the situation even more complicated so you just have more delay more paralysis you know and you also have the problem of needing to appoint a new president and obviously considering the other which is the kind of the the confessional based system that iraq has now divided across ethnic and sectarian lines. You know hes going to have to be a kurdish president so to find a candidate whos willing to step into this morass right then you get out of the water then you have to fill 2 posts so basically theyre going to this back his threat to resign puts an end to sidle a dannys chances of taking on him oh well i mean you know i mean what the issue is that were seeing is that the parliamentary block so for example the largest parliamentary blocs your own coalition which is headed by mokhtar the souther. Theyve actually abdicated their responsibility for appointing a Prime Minister so its gone down the line to the next biggest block and these blocks are constantly putting forward the kind of the same faces as the problem with iraq its become like a revolving door same politicians coming in coming out changing positions changing. Ministries the protesters have had enough of that so despite all the best and the carnage has been going on in the streets theyre still willing to maintain that presence and to maintain the pressure of course you remember even before these protests started whenever it came to the point where a premie at to be appointed by different blocs when they had to submit a candidate and reach an agreement i mean this was something that took months and now that you have the pressure of anger on the streets. Its this is not going to be resolved any time soon is it no theres going to be you could say a long extended period of paralysis i mean the previous times when there was kind of no real menace on the streets as it were from the people nothing to kind of threaten the administration that was just the extended period of horse trade and just quickly is that likely to fuel the protests this political deadlock this political stalemate or could it lead to things beach you know less could it take the sting out of how people are feeling on the streets and lead to fatigue what might happen actually is that the protesters will realize that they may need to organize politically more so they may actually start to offer their own solutions not to saying look we want you to do x. A while there or point to technocratic government or or someone whos outside of the political process they may start to engage in the politics of the country while trying to remove themselves from the process and then change its root and branch so i think thats what may happen thank you so much to appreciate it. Well now we go to libya where the internationally recognized government has formally requested air ground and sea military support from turkey as it battles for control of the capital tripoli Government Troops have been fighting an offensive from the walled khalifa after turkeys president says parliament will vote in january on a motion to send troops meanwhile the leaders of russia and italy have jointly called for a peaceful resolution to the crisis why would why i had reports on this now from tripoli. This is southern outskirts of the libyan capital tripoli where theres been heavy fighting for the past 8 months. Forces loyal to have to are now using the tillery of fire to advance with the help of russians who are reportedly leading forces as they take control of civil important luke asians including military camps near the salafi de neighborhood. 2 key says its a planning to send troops to the new kidneys the government. It wants to prevent have to this forces from seizing the libyan capital turkish president trichet Tayyip Erdogan says parliament will vote in january on a mandate to send troops to libya inshallah sixs in the google god willing on the 8th or the 9th of january we will pass this in our parliament we will be responding to the invitation. We have given i will give all forms of support to the tripoli government which is fighting against just general backed by arab countries and europeans. During a News Conference in tunis libyas interior minister the war need that libyas neighboring countries will be affected if true police falls he says have to risk being backed by civil regional countries that are easier than. We know very well there are a mirage he forces an airbase in the east of the country there are also forces from sudan and chad they have all been brought by have target has given them bases and airports in libya without any agreements well we hope that this situation is worsening as have to as warplanes target civilian locations in and around tripoli. Who has voiced concerns over a possible Turkish Military deployment to libya while president of the un said last week turkey will not stay silent over what he called russian backed missionaries supporting have to happen forces are supported by advance of weapons and flow from several countries including russia france the United Arab Emirates and egypt turkey appeared to be one of better if your friend of the tripoli based government who are prepared to offer more than mere words to support it. Mom would have to do i had a duty of. Property. So lets just look at it while it is so important to regional stability the role it plays well since being torn apart by conflict in 2011 its become a major Transit Route for refugees and migrants trying to reach europe european governments want to stable libya to stop the flow of people across the mediterranean but theres also the new maritime border deal signed between libyas internationally recognized government and turkey it comes out a corridor that potentially clears the way for oil and Gas Exploration as equipment is opposed by greece egypt and israel libyas known oil reserves are also among the largest in the world almost 50000000000 barrels well jason pak is a consultant and the founder of Libya Analysis joins us now from new jersey and i suppose now we could be on the cost of turkey deploying troops to help the internationally recognized government in tripoli and then i suppose the question becomes whether the the patrons in the outside backers of kleefisch after then increase their support for him and the cons you know how is it going to affect the shape of the conflict then youre right theres a degree to which this is a game of chicken its important to can text realize huffed are and his Libyan National army as the aggressors in april of this year the International Community had set up the National Conference scheduled for april 14th in adamus and huffed our supporters were going to be invited but rather than wait for that conference he launched an assault on tripoli on april 4th and since that point there has been an asymmetry of outside support russian emma roddie and egyptian. Trainers and drones and military have supported the hof to our side and theres been a paucity of International Support for the internationally recognized government with turkey picking up the slack essentially whats happened in the last few weeks is the turks have said theyre willing to be the backstop they wont let tripoli fall just as a result of more russian or amorality interference they will put an end counterweight so for the more russian help the turks will deploy their support. That have been some provocative statements from the turkish president about sending in troops to libya and so thats the decision for that to be an official deployment wont come as any great surprise but have that also been at the same time private conversations between turkey and russia i mean they obviously that they back opposing sides in the war but but what do we know about engagement between them on libya thats an excellent question so we do know that on december 11th and do on spoke directly to putin and they discussed libya and just as they were deep conflicting positions in syria its not impossible that a lot of this bravado talk of russian mercenaries or talk of direct turkish arms deployments are all bravado so that each side is posturing in a game of chicken prior to doing horse trading either in interNational Conferences or direct leader to leader phone calls although i deplore the transition of the libya conflict from one in which different libyan factions are fighting each other to and out and out extra tour territorial drone war a proxy war there could be the paradoxical advantage that the more the outside actors are running the show the more they can just pick up the phone and do a deal to hopefully stop the fighting. All right well thank you very much appreciate your thoughts on this jason pak founder of Libya Analysis joining us there from the jessie my pleasure meanwhile in syria activists say neah freezing temperatures are slowing the governments offensive on the last rebel held province of idlib fightings forced 830000 civilians from their homes this month many into makeshift camps the region suffered weeks of bombardment and as strikes by the Syrian Government and its russian ally thousands of syrians have been moving north towards the Turkish Border but the president has warned his country cannot cope with another influx of refugees from it live russian backed Syrian Government forces are now focusing on capturing the rebel held city of new money its strategically important because it sits on a motorway which links the capital damascus to aleppo once syrias largest city mom mohammed is a techie a force thats on the turkey syria border and says that there has been some or spike from aerial bombardment and it. There was a poles in the reichs bottle bombs and shelling the city and the forces have been cutting out in the provinces something save talk been caused by the weather but also give a Good Opportunity to some of the thousands whove been displaced from their homes to go back and get much needed supplies on Household ItemsSyrian Government forces have been pushing depart into it in the past few days with their sights on the city of misrata new man it is a strategic city that sits on the m 5 highway that links the musk as the cup it will to aleppo syrias largest city and the very keen to get control over it to ensure that the road is the be all penned and trade and transport between aleppo and damascus unhindered. How more than 100 unflooded 1000 people have fled their homes in the past few days according to the United Nations most of them are headed to the syrian Turkish Border actually most of them to the Border Crossing of bubble however the turkish government is not allowing any of the displays to cost over into turkish territory and that is now feeling fear is that a humanitarian crisis might unfold on the turkish Syrian Border in lebanon severe winter storms making life even more difficult for hundreds of thousands of Syrian Refugees who live their camps near the border are overcrowded and provide little protection in the colder months that happen and economy in crisis refugees are struggling to access the most basic supplies and harder imports from the bekaa valley. Winter is setting in temperatures are falling and theres little to protect the hundreds of thousands of Syrian Refugees who live in makeshift camps there are no concrete structures because the lebanese government doesnt want syrians to stay here permanently. Shelters are not suitable for the cold months and families are complaining the aid they receive is not enough they burn wood to stay warm but many cant afford to buy fuel widow as is somewhat like needs to make ends meet with the less than 150. 00 provided by the United Nations with. You know how expensive it has become my children no longer meet our friends i cant afford to send them to school during the day they collect wood and i have Kidney Disease and cant work. Those who can work struggle to find a job lebanon to qana me is in crisis food prices are rising in the local currency the lebanese pound has lost at least a 3rd of its official value. The general situation of course is affecting both lebanese and Syrian Refugees and the targets mainly are the people who are in severe but it is situation where they are constantly trying to afford and sustain their basic needs and their needs are greater during the winter months refugees are not only facing freezing weather conditions nearly 900000 of the 1000000 syrians registered with the United Nations live below its designated poverty line that means surviving on less than 4. 00 a day. Mud is one of many refugees who rely on you had cash assistance but she recently lost her Refugee Status and un help because she returned to syria for a few days and that was not alice either for the country as i had to go to damascus to get my daughter because health care is too expensive here but when we came back and there you and took away our effort to stay just as for that aggregation. Her grandson muhammad is forced to work in the fields for 4. 00 a day but that is only during the summer the 11 year old never went to school he doesnt read or write so only you. That us i wish i can study. I wish i can get an education. And be able to go with my friends to school. Muhammad seems to realize that this is unlikely to happen jennifer there because easter levanon. It with the news hour life from london much more still to tell you about Indian Police are accused of using Excessive Force against protesters as anger rises over a new citizenship law also. This call for the field was once part of the amazon Tropical Fore