army, which is on the out skirts of damascus. damascus is just about 50 kilometers behind me. they say that right now the ball is in syria and iran's court. they say they do not want to escalate this any further. we're also hearing from syrian state media saying a multiple israeli aircraft were brought down. israeli military says that only one plane has crashed. syrians also calling this israeli aggression. george? >> ian lee live for us. so, israeli concerns about iran inside syria along the border there. now, let's bring in cnn international correspondent ben wedemen to give background here. a little context on this. the israeli military has been quite active for a long time on its border with syria. what more are you hearing? >> well, what we're hearing is that in fact a little while ago, there was a second wave of