Syria has accused the Us Led Coalition of war crimes, after it carried out airstrikes on forces fighting for the Syrian Government killing around 100 fighters. The confrontation was the deadliest between the two so far. The bombardment happened in syrias eastern dair thor province. Heres how the pentagon explains it the Us Led Coalition acted in self defence after a base where us advisers were stationed came under attack. Heres the pentagon chief spokesperson. We have the right to defend ourselves and we have seen a build up for over a week, which was unprovoked. We are comfortable and the secretary is comfortable with the secretary is comfortable with thejudgment of the secretary is comfortable with the judgment of our commanders on the judgment of our commanders on the ground. Heres what syria says this is a brutal massacre, american aggression which amounts to a war crime. Lets show you why dair uzhor matters so much. 0ur map shows the parts of syria held by the government, and then
A historic handshake between north and south korea but the u. S. Is keeping its distance prices averted the u. S. Government is open for business off to another shutdown most americans probably slept through and egypt launches a massive military operation that she says is targeting terrorists in sinai. And im tatiana phantasm doha with all of the sport will have more from enclitic the court of arbitration for sport rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches who were bidding to be allowed to compete and more later. The Winter Olympics have officially opened in the south korean city of young chang with a spectacular fireworks display thousands turned out in freezing temperatures to attend the one that hes hoped will bring helped bring about a diplomatic for of relations between north and south korea for now it looks like the ice has been broken with whats being described as an historic handshake between south koreas leader in and kenya jiang the sister o
Herself up. The bombing took place in the citys central district, popular with tourists. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for tuesdays attack although a leftist terrorist group has claimed an attack on a Single Police ist anbul police last week. Our correspondent, dorian jones can you give us more details . What we understand, although the information is still sketchy, a woman believed to be in her 20s wearing a black hij ab approached the Tourism Center in the istanbul maine tourism area claiming in broken english that she left her waet inside the Police Station. We understand the Police Station guarding the entrance became suspicious and in the subsequent melee the woman detonated the explosives she was wearing, injuring Police Officers. One officer subsequently died of his injuries in the Police Station. This could have been far worse. Because it was in the early evening and the weather is cold here the street which is normally quite busy was empty. Also we understand
A Turkish Police officer has been killed and another one wounded in a suicide bomb attack at an Istanbul Police station. Turkish Authorities Say a woman entered the station speaking english and reported a missing wallet before blowing herself up. The bombing took place in the citys central district, popular with tourists. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for tuesdays attack although a leftist terrorist group has claimed an attack on a Single Police ist anbul police last week. Our correspondent, dorian jones can you give us more details . What we understand, although the information is still sketchy, a woman believed to be in her 20s wearing a black hij ab approached the Tourism Center in the istanbul maine tourism area claiming in broken english that she left her wallet inside the Police Station. We understand the Police Station guarding the entrance became suspicious and in the subsequent melee the woman detonated the explosives she was wearing, injuring Police Officers.
In south africa its being used to get hundreds of people on the job. Well tell you why some say its not working. You understand its 2013 and theres dimp opinions about things now. We are willing to talk about it. The team mascot many believe is nothing to cheer about. Good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. Im Morgan Radford live from new york. Its been described as one of the most powerful typhoons ever. Typhoon haiyan has now weakened from a category 5, but in the philippines the damage is done. As many as 10,000 people are feared dead. It is expected to take a few more days to get a scope of the damage. Rescue efforts in flooded areas are hampered by blocked roads, uprooted trees, and houses turned to rubble. Its why the World Food Program is sending enough food to feed 120,000 people. Typhoon haiyan is headed for vietnam and can make landfall by monday. The vietnamese government relocated 800,000 people to safe zones. Lets talk to craig in manila. Is the worst over . Well, the