The us and russia have raised concerns over a series of air strikes carried by Israeli Forces in syria. The strikes, described by israel as some of the biggest in three decades, took place after an Israeli Military aircraft was shot down. The United Nations secretary general, antonio guterres, has called for an immediate de escalation in syria. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been following developments from jerusalem. What was left on israeli soil of one of the countrys most advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One pilot was left severely injured. Siren wails. Israel said it scrambled the planes in response to this, a drone allegedly sent by Iranian Forces in syria into israeli airspace. It was destroyed. Israel then hit the site it said the drone had come from before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. Ive been warning for some time about the dangers of irans military en
This time in chad. It follows allegations against some of oxfams workers in haiti in 2011. More allegations have emerged from chad and the charity says it is shocked and dismayed. After haiti, now new allegations about the behaviour of some oxfam workers in chad in central africa. They date back to 2006 and also involved prostitutes. The head of mission in chad at the time was the same man who resigned from 0xfam five years later because of the scandal in haiti. 0xfam said it was shocked and dismayed about the latest revelations from chad. It said it can corroborate the information but highlighted Unacceptable Behaviour by a small number of people. The British International those funds will be withdrawn unless they can prove they are cooperating fully on safeguarding issues. She called the behaviour by some 0xfa m she called the behaviour by some 0xfam workers in haiti horrific and said it wasjust 0xfam workers in haiti horrific and said it was just one example of a wider issue on whic
Hello and welcome to world news today. President Trumps National security adviser has called on World Leaders to hold the Syrian Government to account for its continued use of chemical weapons. Speaking at the munich security conference, h. R. Mcmaster says it is clear that such weapons are still being deployed by the assad regime. It is time for all nations to hold the Syrian Regime and its sponsors accountable for their actions. And support the efforts of the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. The nonproliferation regime is under tremendous pressure, not only from the use of chemical weapons but also from the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons. It needs our unequivocal support. Tensions between russia and the west have also been evident at the conference. With an fbi investigation on alleged russian interference in the us president ial election still ongoing, Russian Foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov took the opportunity to dismiss the accusations. Tran
The Israeli Military has described the air strikes it carried out in syria on saturday as probably the biggest of their kind in the last 30 years. A spokesman said 12 sites were hit, including four iranian targets in syria. The attacks took place after an Israeli Military aircraft was brought down. The us and russia have raised concerns, and the un secretary general has called for an immediate de escalation in syria. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman has more. What was left on israeli soil of one of the countrys most advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One pilot was left severely injured. Siren wails. Israel said it scrambled the planes in response to this a drone allegedly sent by Iranian Forces in syria into israeli airspace. It was destroyed. Israel then hit the site it said the drone had come from before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. Ive been warning for some time abo
Advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One pilot was left severely injured. Israel said it scrambled the planes in response to this, a drone allegedly sent by Iranian Forces in syria into israeli airspace. It was destroyed. Israel then hit the site it said the drone had come from, before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. Ive been warning for some time about the dangers of irans military entrenchment in syria. Iran seeks to use syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying israel. Israel is wary about the threat across its northern border, with the syrian regime, backed by iran and its proxies, like these hezbollah fighters, back in control of much territory. Syrias conflict has drawn in her neighbours. There have been dozens of israeli air strikes in syria in recent years. In december, israel hit what it said was a newly built Iranian Military site. As recently