Decivil War News Today

For the five deaths. they are stopping short of calling the military action a declaration of war. leland vittert is following the story live from our mideast bureau in jerusalem. what is the latest? >> reporter: right now, jon, you think a very tense calm right now between the syrians and the turks that have stopped just short of war. the turkish government has authorized the use of force and authorized its military to cross the border into syria if necessary. they say that is a warning, not yet...

Made by steer yeah senior leadership to widen the war by attacking rebel bases that are inside turkey. this is most likely a bone-headed mistake by a local commander who was frustrated by the rebels crossing the border and seeking safety on the turkish side of the border. im certain there will not be a repeat of this incident. the senior leadership in syria wants no part of any escalation of an event like this with a clash with turkey. turkey has a very powerful military and they certainly dont ...

Strike. they appear to be now saying, okay well take our licks, weve said our apologies and lets move on from this without starting a regional war from what is already a very blood decivil war. jon: we will have much more on turkeys military action in syria and how it could impact the u.s. given that turkey is our nato allive. well talk live with a retired four-star general moments from now. jenna: a serious story well continue to watch. through developments on a deadly outbreak of meningitis th...

The other thing turkey has been doing over the past month or so is massing forces along their border, and those forces both the tanks and their artillery was used in artillery barrages that lasted about 18 hours against targets there inside syria. as for the syrians, they say this was an accident, they promise it will not happen again, and it appears as though the syrians have enough problems on their hands, they do not want to start a war with turkey going forward, though, you do have a dangero...