Between israel and iran escalates well have the latest from jerusalem and teheran. Lympics or continues with an invitation to the south Korean Leader to visit kyung yang. Brazil and colombia tighten border controls with venezuela no way economic crisis has led hundreds of thousands to leave and he raises demonstrators take to the streets in the italian town west six africans were shot last week. And im far is smiling doha our top sports story another symbol of political unity up the Olympic Games and chang as north and south korea form a united team for the first time. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu says israel will continue to resist any iranian attempt to establish itself inside syria this is after an israeli fighter jet was downed by anti aircraft fire during an air raid in syria the israelis say the raid was in response to the discovery of an iranian drone launched from syria flying into van as space emraan khan reports from west jerusalem. In the early hours of saturday morning syrias war escalated to a new level for the first time in thirty years israel lost a fighter jet to enemy fire israel confirmed Syrian Air Defense shot at one of its of sixteen fighter jets the israeli Prime Minister was blunt israel iran and its syria responsible for to this aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary. Protect our sovereignty and our security the crusher followed the shooting down of a drone israeli army video shows what they say is that iranian drone flying towards the norden Golan Heights before it was downed in retaliation Israeli Air Force at twelve targets in syria including the suspected Drone Command Center iranian targets and Syrian Air Defense syria alone surface to air missiles during the israeli raid and says it shot down the f. Sixteen which crashed in northern israel at the hands of. The syrian Political Leadership took a decision at the highest level to face to thaw simply any Israeli Military aircraft of a syrian in space today syria did what it promised to put down again israeli plane and striking at other planes this is clear for syria it is a decisive decision to confront the Israeli Air Force and its careless behavior. Both pilots ejected and parachuted to the israeli side of the border one is critically injured the Israeli Army Spokesman said it were it was behind the launch of the drawing but didnt say whether it was armed or not the iranians have reacted theyve said that they are going to stand with syria against any felician us by israel the russians have also reacted saying that israel needs to respect syrian state to state sovereignty also what were hearing is that the israelis want to send a strong message to the russians to get iran out of the region iran can aljazeera western islam all this is not the first time israel has hit targets inside syria iran has sent military advisers in allegedly thousands of its revolutionary guards to help the Syrian Government and that build up of iranian assets has been increasingly worrying for israel and harder explains why this is the Golan Heights territory israel captured from syria in one nine hundred sixty seven the war in syria has brought iran and its allies like the Lebanese ArmedGroup Hezbollah closer to that border israel. Says that is something it wont tolerate it has reached out to russia an ally of the syrian and iranian government. Before this was the deal that was signed by netanyahu and put it on the thirtieth of september when netanyahu went to russia in two thousand and fifteen russia will prevent the iranians from Building Bases near the borders with israel this is when the russians entered syria and launched their military operations we have been witnessing israeli air strikes ever since. Israel has struck targets inside syria for years and has had convoys carrying weapons destined for hezbollah arms depots bases clearly with a green light from russia moscow does control the air space the Israeli Air Force was flying unchallenged until saturday was shot down by syrian antiaircraft batteries after it struck targets around damascus. The downing of the plane coincided with what some believe is the beginning of a more aggressive strategy to rollback iran rules america are the russians in front of a confrontation with the americans in syria are the americans in front of a possible confrontation with the russians in syria or is there an unannounced deal between the russians and americans to reduce iranian presence in syria. Israel considers russia its guarantor for security along its border with syria they have talked about a buffer zone but israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has said the ceasefire agreement in southern syria didnt address what he called Iranian Military ambitions israel has repeatedly said it will not allow iran and its allies to entrench themselves militarily in syria and it wont allow syria to become a Forward Operating base against israel not saying who calls them red lines now the Syrian Government and its allies are introducing red lines of their own they say the downing of the israeli jets is a clear message that the days of carrying out attacks in syria are gone. Russia allied to both sides is calling for restraint and for syrias sovereignty and territorial integrity to be respected it was a serious and dangerous incident the israeli army said it was not a war but more than a confrontation for now all sides have taken a step back after making their message clear set of. Beirut. Is in the iranian capital tehran he joins us now so zain tell us about the iranian reaction to israels explanation for developments in syria today well almost immediately after the incident the reaction from the Iranian Foreign ministry was very clear the Foreign Ministry spokesman said that the assertion that iran would fly a drone into israeli airspace is clearly a lie that is so ridiculous its not even worth a response now that was from the Foreign Ministry and for all the specific details in the early part of the day the iranian government deferred to the syrians they see this is an incident that happened between the Israeli Military and the Syrian Military yes iran is present to help support the government of Bashar Al Assad but they see this is a specific incident that israel is trying to use to bring more criticism against iran once again and so we saw them very clearly letting syria and the Syrian Government take the lead in terms of responding. To the issue of the drone syria for its part said that it was a surveillance drone being used to monitor Islamic State targets in the area but the very fact that iran deferred to them is very clear indication that they completely deny the allegation by the Israeli Government that the drone was launched by iran or ever encroached into israeli airspace. And of course we know that iran and israel are opponents in the region in terms of irans activities in syria could we see Going Forward perhaps a bolder iran one that isnt afraid to engage israel militarily or is there is it your sense that the iranians would actually prefer you know restraint and containment. Well you know we have seen two very clear messages coming from the iranian leaders. With regards to this incident from the military side we see we have seen the same bold rhetoric delivering a message that Iranian Forces are ready to respond to any aggression by israel at any time on the civilian side were seeing a clear effort to deescalate tensions syria is a place that for the lack of a better term is a tender box with many Different Actors often with diverging and converging agendas and so iranian leaders weve spoken to over the last several weeks and months have made clear that they dont want to open up any new fronts there are they want to work towards peace and stability theyre trying to help root out Islamic State fighters and to bring syria under the firm control of Bashar Al Assads government and they dont want to see another front open up in any sort of fighting and the civilian leaders weve seen speaking have have made that clear for the spokesman for the Parliamentary Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security spoke to syria and tried to downplay the incident and said the shooting down of his of an israeli f. Sixteen is not that significant of an incident certainly its the first time an arab army has an Arab Military has shot down an israeli aircraft since the one nine hundred eighty s. But this effort by the iranian leaders to de escalate the situation is clearly an effort to try to move things forward and avoid any conflict in the future and thanks very much with all that i tested from the iranian capital tehran zain best joining us. Same with syria and a Turkish Military helicopter has been shot down during an operation against kurdish fighters in the north of the country is video is said to show the helicopter moments before it was downed killing two soldiers on board turkish present worship type do one says it happened the a turkey southern heartache province. Has more from gaza and to turkeys border with syria. The downing of this turkish manufactured attack helicopter the skill to sucker soldiers is a Significant Development in this three week long military operation it brings the number of turkish soldiers killed by a z y p g Kurdish Militia group to over twenty years far as the serbs are concerned theyve killed at least one hundred fifty kurdish fighters now some advances have been made on the ground in the past twenty four forty eight hours as the Free Syrian Army which is fighting alongside Turkish Military in order to advance towards the y. P. Cipro just stronghold of free and i have managed to capture some villages on the road towards there as far as the turkish army is concerned and the listening to president merchant tehran they will respond the same to those who were behind that attack whats important to note here is that although the. Courage or sources in the y. P. Ji claim that the Turkish Military has killed civilians in its operation ankara denies that they say the reason why this operation is ongoing as fast as they wanted to is precisely because they have been trying to of various any deaths of innocent civilians that have been reports that the p. G. And the p y d thats the political wing go thats Kurdish Militia have actually bustin kurds from other towns and cities to use them as human shields the kurdish officials there would say actually this is just the natural response of the kurdish population you know just to protect their town against what they see as a foreign aggression. Three weeks now into operation on a ranch that does seem as i say to be a steady advance made by the tarps and the Free Syrian Army towards are fine but this down to go by helicopter will be sure to incur the wrath of the targets from the tree. North koreas leader kim jong un has extended a rare invitation to the south korean president lungi in to visit pyongyang when hosted came sister talks in seoul on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics is going i am has more from kong none. In the president ial blue house in the capital seoul relations between the two koreas continued to thaw the meeting had two firsts kim jong is the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war the sister of the north Korean Leader came with the first ever invitation kim jong un is asking south korean president moon jay in to come to pyongyang at a convenient time soon little know its key president moon said early talks between north korea and the United States are essential to improve relations here to north korea to be more proactive to move forward to have a dialogue with the United States. I think its unclear when that might happen the u. S. And north korea have rebuffed moons attempts so far if an interesting meeting transpires it will be the first time kim jong un has met with the south korean president since assuming power in twenty eleven the last time leaders from the north and south met was eleven years ago during a summit in. Jordan because of all the global attention i believe for unification will be brought forth the government is making efforts and i think people are rooting for it organizers of the olympics say theyve been moved by the diplomatic breakthrough it was quite on the story a moment. And something that as you know the i. O. C. Has been generally working for since probably two thousand and fourteen. And you know i think it shows it opens opens the door maybe just a little bit. Critics say they doubt that door will ultimately open much more for now there is hope that the p. R. Chang Winter Olympics is the catalyst for a reboot in inter korean relations natasha to name elders era south korea. A cutter as a University Research and i specialize in korea he believes kim jong un is trying to drive a wedge between the United States and south korea i think that a great deal of it is about the i must say kim jong un and north korea who we dont always associate with subtlety and scholem of play the blind they both come in the last minute well mistaken lovo made themselves the center of attraction politically but the at these games and its left to the u. S. Vice president mike pence to look like the grumpy old month standing up for what is the international communitys position so kim jong uns game really is to drive a wedge between the u. S. And south korea and pendulous he keeps reiterating that there is no daylight but i think now that the invitations being made for the summit all kinds of questions arise should go should he go unconditionally should he insists that north korea should also talk to the u. S. Well those kinds of questions will be vigorously debated i think between the allies and in the south korean media. It with the news much will still to come for you were visiting the german town thats in the spotlight since refusing dals any more refugees after forty years leading the irish nationalists partition famed gerry adams hands on the banks and. And then later in sport hurricane is the prince for tottenham again in the English Premier League. Thousands of anti fascist demonstrators have rallied in the italian city of matches six africans were shot last saturday schools and shops in the city were closed and public transport suspended over fears that the march could trigger violence a far right sympathizer was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the drive by shooting adding to tensions around the issue of race and immigration ahead of next months election antiracism rallies were also staged in rome milan and paris. But she became when he did. The mission that in many people came to the streets here in russia and in many other cities in italy. Fascism to recognize those founding values of our constitution which was born from resistance Political Parties have been using populism to create height tera and divisions. We are here because we want to be a dam like right smack new prey you spreading continuously social groups and in general we cant support. I mean look its just saw. What happened in massive with the terrorist luka also worries the black community because normal people who go to work and pay taxes risk being persecuted only for the color of their skin this is an ugly dangerous and old phenomenon that is dont belong to us in twenty eighteen. 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