a response to israel s air raid in the damascus international airport. explosions in the skies over damascus early on monday morning the syrian observatory for human rights says some syrians have been killed israel s military has confirmed that it targeted at radian and syrian positions including arsenals and training camps as seen in this footage. during a visit to china yesterday israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu called it an early warning of a long term military strategy. is one of the newly prominently pursue a policy of attacking iranian positions in syria and everyone who tries to harm. the policy was developed after a drone attack on israel from an iranian position in syria in february last year in the months that followed israel did hundreds of military bases arsenals and radar
the months that followed israel bombarded hundreds of military bases arsenals and radar stations across syria the goal was to destroy the iranian infrastructure that as much as possible. israel increasingly views the expansion of iranian positions on the deployment of iranian revolutionary guards in syria as a direct threat to israel s security. after a rocket was fired over the golan heights israel has now warned of further counter attacks by syria syria s ally iran. well here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world russia has threatened retaliation after the e.u. slapped sanctions on its military intelligence chiefs over the nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent the targeted individuals are implicated in the attempted murder of sergei scribal and his daughter in the british tell of souls bury last
strongly to secretary of state nominee, rex tillerson, who is suggested a more aggressive strategy by the u.s. in the contested waters of the soult china sea. that s where china has built and militarized artificial islands. brian todd has more. they ve staked a claim to thousands of acres of what were b sabd bars and reefs. they ve used sophisticated equipment like these ship, pumping sand through those thin tubes to create islands, then built airfields with towering radar stations, krawieced port, deployed weapons, even built barricks. china s military build up of these islands has angered the obama administration. the u.s. has sent ships and
pumping sand through those thin tubes to create islands. then they built air fields with towering radar stations, constructed ports, deployed weapons there, even built barracks. china s military buildup of these islands in the china sea has angered the obama administration. the u.s. has sent ships and planes very near the islands, sometimes drawing chinese warning. tonight a government run chinese newspaper is warning of a possible war with the u.s. over the manmade islands. it s spurred by this comment from secretary of state nominee rex tillerson at his confirmation hearings. we are going to have to send china a clear signal that first the island building stops and second, your access to those islands is also not going to be allowed. the chinese newspaper says, quote, unless washington plans to wage a large scale war in the south china sea, trying to block access would be foolish. tillerson had better bone up on nuclear power strategies if he
the attacks. now the saudis and egyptians are threatening to send ground forces into yemen in necessary. cnn s ian lee is monitoring everything from cairo. reporter: good morning, christine. another deadly night in yemen. 15 air strikes in total, we re told across the country targeting radar stations and weapons depots and targets near the presidential palace. houthis rebels are advancing in the city of aden in the south being fought by the officials loyal to yemen and sunni tribes. there is an arab-league summit in egyptian to discuss the situation in yemen. the president of yemen will attend that as well. we are expecting them to solidify the arab coalition engaged in yemen.