good to you so far. we want to send a special welcome to our troops watching on the american forces network. half past the hour. let s get you right to it because syria is accusing israel of launching its second air strike on a war-torn country in three days. syrian state television says israeli rockets hit a government research site in a damascus suburb. there s no official response from israel at this point, but syria s foreign minister calls the declaration of war. israel will do what is necessary to stop the syrian government from transporting weapons from fighters. a roadside bomb that killed five u.s. troops in kandahar in southern afghanistan. separately two members of the nato-led coalition were shot dead by a soldier. their nationalities haven t been released. a shocking arrest in britain.
not necessarily certain that s hezbollah will take any action. thank you, we appreciate it. we re being joined right now, he is actually in damascus. i understand you just left the office of the foreign minister in damascus. what did he say? he was, obviously, very angry about this attack, christi. he said this was a work done by israelis to support islamist terrorists here that were fighting against the government. the opposition fighting are all terrorists. he said this was an alliance between terrorists and the israeli military. he called this and a quote declaration of war against israel. he witnessed the explosions after these initial hits and they were going on for hours after the initial hits took place. they were lighting up the sky in damascus and fire going on and