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
Security Council Approves a resolution that calls for thirty days ceasefire across syria. They killed my father killed my mother i feel skeered i dont want to go back to me and my. Tragedy we revisit ranger survivors who became the target of one of the worlds most brutal crackdown six months ago. Democrats in the us a finally allowed to release a member a republican. F. B. I. Bias against election campaign. And will be able to march under their own flag in the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics have a live report. After days of heated negotiations the u. N. Security council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a month long truce in syria this comes after a week of government led strikes on the rebel held enclave of eastern which has killed more than five hundred civilians the resolution calls for an immediate end to hostilities for thirty days thats meant to allow a window for much needed aid to be let into besieged areas including east. It would also allow medical evacu
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
Pleads guilty in the same investigation. Is the special counsel getting closer to the Trump Administration . Another missed sign . The fbi investigating this morning why another tip about the Florida School shooter was never passed along after a woman said she had concerns that he was going to explode while the motions run hot as teachers head back to the classroom for the First Time Since the shooting. All that plus Big Companies start cutting ties with the nra after a loud outcry from customers. A former Miami Dolphins player is under investigation for a tlenting social media post. And the south gets hammered for yet another day with relentless rain. Homes and streets underwater and it doesnt look like its letting up any time soon. Dylan is tracking it all. Today, saturday february 24th, 2018. From nbc news, this is today. Good morning. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. Glad to have you with us. Dylan drier is here as well. Were back together. Hi, g
That takes compassion. It also takes courage to understand that the christian calling is to be compassionate to everyone and to try to reach out in a loving way, in a respectful way to everyone. And that includes the immigrant, it includes other people. I was just reading, if a bad man does you injustice, forgive him, otherwise there will be two bad men. Right . So, i think its a disposition toward everyone that a christian is called to, and that would include immigrants, but not as a special case as the normal case. The very highest ideal of a human life is the willingness the ability and the willingness to show up and be present for other peoples suffering. Compassion in judaism is two things. Its emotional, on the one hand its caring about others but it is also about acting to support, to help, to care for. Molina i think its important to recognize that compassion is really the cornerstone to consciousness. You know, the ways that we as a society turn a blind eye. My father, who was