did it. a car bomb went off outside the iraqi embassy then gun men tried to storm the building. conner powell is live with the news. conner? reporter: today s attack was unique in that it wasn t the afghan government that was being attacked but instead the iraqi embassy in kabul. iraqi officials said recently that they thought they might be a step closer to an attack by isis. that appears to be exactly what we saw today. it started with a suicide bomber outside the iraqi embassy and then three gun men stormed the area. the fight lasted for about four hours. two afghan security guards were killed and three afghan police officers were injured. the iraqi embassy is sort of a unique embassy. it s not in the main diplomatic area where the u.s. and british troops are. it s off on a market street tucked away. it is not a place where typically insurgents would launch an attack.
dana: the pentagon is confirming the death of a green beret while fighting in afghanistan. the staff sergeant died of injuries suffered while fighting in the same area where the moab bomb we ve been talking about was dropped. he was faced with seven special forces groups at elgin air force base in florida. it s being called the mother of all bombs. i can t pronounce the acronym but i keep trying. what was the target? we ll talk to conner fell who was just there last week about what s going on there. plus new fallout after russia vetoes a u.n. resolution condemning the chemical attacks in syria. but the white house says after trying to abstain from the vote, it s putting pressure on bashar al-assad, along with russia. if he continues to show how russia is isolated on this particular matter, that s important. so i think on a variety of fronts, it really was a huge win for the united states. new bike? yeah, cause i got allstate. if you total your new bike,
have the cabinet and we will go from there. charlie, reed, great to have you both. great conversation, after years of war, a fragile syrian cease fire is the best hope for thousands trapped. dozens of balances an buses have been leaving the city, but activists say the convoy has come under fire from progovernment sources. conner powell with the very latest. high, conner. at this moment from latest reports from aleppo and syria that the cease fire is holding enough so buses and convoys of buses and balances are able too leave eastern aleppo. we understand that at least 20 buses have left and several balances have left as well and so the cease fire which has been a fragile undertaking not only
conner powell has more. reporter: jon, it is a what they are worried about. many are operating around syria will it raise hostilities between turkey and russia going forward? a russian pilot is missing and another dead after their jet was shot down. syrian rebels killed one pilot. and radar information confirms that turkey s plan that the russian plane flew in the territory is correct and they ignored the warnings to leave the air space. a helicopter was shot down by rebels. moscow said one of those pilots are dead. russia supports syrian president assad and launched air strikes against the rebels and ignoring
president hollande appealing for help. welcome to this edition of happening now , i am jon scott. french president hollande meeting with the president and both addressing the need for u.s. and france to remain united. we dedicate ourselves to the same ideals of deserving life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. france is our oldest ally. you helped us to win our independence. we helped to liberate france from facism. we are a freedom to each other. we have fox news conference on a busy day around the world. and new details in the paris attacks and the fate of two russian pilots shot down bite turkish board. jim? reporter: martha, good afternoon. we conclude the joint new s conference between president obama and president hollande of france. they made a show of solidarity. it was not clear how much joint cooperation there would be. they spoke of the need of strengthen intelligence sharing operations. the french president said his country undertook the sixth strike insi