An Oxfam report, which analyzed 1727 attacks on Yemeni civilians since the start of 2021, shows that at least 839 civilians were killed and 1775 others were wounded during this time
a confrontation with russia so they are very limited in what they can do with bt ok so given the limitations though was this a an attack that could nonetheless have an effect on the relationship between moscow and damascus. to because i don t think maybe most school i mean it s the big one with the most when you ischemic it opens that order the order they sanctioned it but they have to stand by their title lead your group wise syria now listen journals thanks very much and claire richardson of for us in washington thanks useful. well the united states had strong backing and help from a number of its european allies for the strikes for more on that let s bring in gary in brussels what role did did britain and france play in the starts let s turn first to the operational side brian here and of course there were a number of tornado fighter jets from the u.k.
after the british military joined the fight. they carried out the first attacks against the terror group using tornado fighter jets to assist kurdish fighters in northwest iraq. the wife of a british hostage is pleading with isis to spare her husband s life. the militants have already beheaded three westerners and have threatened to kill alan henning next. the 47-year-old aid worker was kidnapped in syria in december. his wife says henning is innocent. she expressed a bit of optimism while asking the extremists to show mercy. alan, we miss you and we re dreadfully concerned for your safety. but we are giving so much hope by the outcry across the world of your imprisonment. the only communication she s had with isis is an audio file of her husband pleading for his life. police say they found two
not strike any targets today that they did not open fire on loyalists targets in libya. so perhaps this is a reconnaissance mission enforcing the no fly zone. we don t have details on that yet. we do know from the italian defense minister, that italy will make available eight tornado fighter jets for the coalition mission in libya. he said that that would happen after midnight. it seems to have happened a little earlier. and also on this base, the canadians have sent seven f-18s to participate in commencing the 240 fly zone. and they re here and we ve spoken to their p.a.o., their public affairs officer and they said they re also preparing for a possible deployment tonight. and something we were talking about with reza, the canadians, the french, the italians, the americans involved. the crucial thing is going to be seeing some arab planes up in the air.
it s very important for western powers to convey to the world that this is not just a western operation, arab nations are ply playing a role. still not clear if it s a symbolic role, diplomatic, financial support or military support. rehza sayah, thank so much. we ll go to italy, sicily, home base to nato base and a u.s. naval air station. right now a very strategic gathering point for countries helping to enforce the no fly zone. cnn s diana manna is at the u.s. air base in trapani joins us now. i saw an email from you about tornadoes taking off. hi, michael. in the last 15 minutes we ve just seen six tornado fighter jets from the italian air force take off and we ve been told by the air force spokesman on base that they are bound to libya. we obviously don t know the details of their deployment. you know, from the french earlier, the french forces did