A briefing with secretary of defense jim that is he was off camera but on the record and he called what happened in syria a quote perplexing situation and he said because for years the Euphrates River has been a kind of do not cross line that if the u. S. Or u. S. Backed forces or russian or russian backed forces were going to cross it they talk about it before and he said that didnt happen this time he said u. S. Forces were embedded along with the s. D. F. And they saw tanks and artillery start rolling in saying that one shell got within five hundred meters of the s. D. F. Headquarters he says that is when they picked up the phone they called their russian counterparts and he says he doesnt think that the group that moved in is actually controlled by russia he called this a Great Success story because in his words two great powers did not fight each other still the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations was less than pleased i asked him to remember that. In syria illegally in fact.
On the edge of damascus both areas are supposed to be deescalation zones as syria and russia have ramped up their air attacks since a russian plane was shot down on saturday so hard to report from beirut in neighboring lebanon. Civil defense while interiors look for survivors but instead theyre pulling out the dead from the rubble of what was once homes Children Women men dozens of them have been killed in air strikes that are leveling residential buildings. This man just lost his son. God bless you he says clearly still in a state of shock. Its day three of an intensified military campaign. Multiple areas of the rebel held damascus suburb of eastern who are coming under fire people there are saying russian and Syrian Government aircraft have been carry out one strike after another i. Believe russia is taking revenge after his plane was shot down by the rebels and its part it was killed it is intense bombardment at least eight hundred people are wounded some of them very seriously and
Athletes from the south just like a name has more from god newman and south korea. This years north Korean Military parade may have been a more toned down affair but the bombast patriotism and pride were on full display this is the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the north korean army leader kim jong un said that he has built a class military one that has the most coarse and power this by the same sions use. Have opted to take this route this year because the parade fell the day before the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics the country was receiving a lot of criticism people here in south korea at least government officials had said that this could be viewed as a provocation and intimidating factor intended to so fear so kim jong un via holding this parade it was not broadcast on Live Television by holding this parade was able to appease the domestic audience to show their pride to celebrate the advances in its Weapons Program that the world saw in the last year but also
On the line from west jerusalem and ron how did this all unfold. All unfolded in the very early hours of saturday night what we do confirmed from the israeli side is that they were responding to a wrong in what they say is an iranian drawing flying into occupied territory in the Golan Heights now when anything might be said to happen the israelis respond but bending and i sixteen. I was only one maybe two caught up in the sky they tackled the. Sixtys tackled the drawing they shot the drawings. And then syrian a different system actually managed to bring down one of the a sixteen to two pilots evacuated the croft and they landed in the syrian side of the Golan Heights but they were even act out by Israeli Forces this is the practical details of all this the political details of this plot interesting both the iranians and the syrians will say that this was a success but they managed to work out israeli technology. Called flying into israel from israel for into syria is going to be a targ