Led coalition of war crimes for attacking its fighters. A show of force at a time of apparent unity career stages a massive military parade on the eve of south koreas olympics. Speech the family of a palestinian man being sued by the israeli army for damage to the cheap that killed him. And one designed his pipe dream help people grab a bigger slice of kongs real estate. And im tatiana in doha with all the sports news including the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics might not stop for a few more hours of action and some sports already underway to have the latest from one part. Of the program our top story syrias government has attacked the u. S. Led coalition for a rare as strike on pro assad forces branding it a war crime and a new effort to support terrorism a military source within the Coalition Says that the strikes in there is zero province killed about one hundred pro assad fight has who are attacking the Syrian Democratic forces as a briefing a short while ago a spokesman for the pentagon defended the coalitions actions our forces have the inherent right to self defense. We are not looking for a conflict with the regime any action that takes away from our Ongoing Operations to defeat isis is a distraction. Russias ambassador to the United Nations dismissed the pentagons defense saying coalitions actions are criminal i ask them to remember that theyre. In syria illegally in fact the. They were not invited the they play ball with. The fight the International Terrorism but we see that it goes beyond that. To. To to confront those who really fight with the National Purpose with the glove with the syrians say is is given. To go and joins us live from washington so just airing the russians there essentially dismissing the u. S. Explanation for the strike what else did the pentagon have to say. Well i just got back from a brief you with secretary of Defense James Mattis he sometimes speaks with the press this one of course was off camera which is how he likes to do it but on the record and his quote was that this was seriously perplexing he says that for years the euphrates the Euphrates River has sort of been like a de conflict do not cross line unless we give us give them notification or they give us notification then there have been some operations but he said what they saw was and this was new information about three hundred fighters they dont know who they are filleted with they saw them start to move tanks and heavy artillery and he said that he got within about one hundred. Sorry within five hundred meters of the s. D. F. Headquarters the Syrian Defense forces and dont forget there are u. S. Special forces that are embedded in that headquarters so thats what he said they picked up the phone they called russia they have the de confliction line russia said that it wasnt their fighters and thats why secretary mabus is claiming this is a success he said because two great powers didnt fight each other again he says we dont know who those fighters were but he said that they took out in his words two tanks and the heavy artillery positions and then he said the forces started to retreat and they have not crossed back over that line but the pentagon message is very clear if they continue to try to push towards u. S. Forces or u. S. Backed forces they can expect the same response all right thank you very much patty calling with all the latest on that from Washington Well turning to the broader developments in syria for a full consecutive day bombs have been raining down on rebel held areas of the country which were designated deescalation zones local media say government and russian as strikes have killed at least fifty seven people in eastern guta on the edge of damascus on thursday including children and a medic theyve escalated their attacks and also in aden a province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday killing more than two hundred people in just four days. Reports on the latest violence. By thursday the bombing raids in eastern hold ahead only intensified at least two dozen were carried out and activists say they see no end in sight to this horror from the sky. Oh i was injured because of a plane. The night before fires in the town of modest in the month the target of dozens of air strikes. Thats despite it being in the Northeastern Province of idlib a rebel held area and one of syrias socalled deescalation zones whose borders were agreed to by russia turkey and the on bombing raids carried out by russian and Syrian Forces have only intensified since the russian war plane was shot down by rebels on saturday when another blazes put out rescue efforts begin anew what were seeing is an escalation because isis has largely been defeated the. Zones were marked out around syria escalation while the United States and russia were interested in destroying isis now that isis has largely been destroyed these deescalation zones have become up for grabs you see turkey rushing in to wrap up rain in the north United States say its going to stay for the long haul in syria it owns twenty eight percent of syrian territory and the Syrian Regime is trying to corral the remaining rebel parts of syria including. Which has been surrounded and bombarded last. Eastern huta near syrias capital damascus is also still in the hands of rebels and like it is also under intense bombardment dozens of men women and children have been killed in the last four days. Many residents believe proGovernment Forces are pushing for a decisive outcome to the war in syria while the United Nations has called for a month long truce to evacuate the wounded which that appeal hasnt made a difference even for those accustomed to the carnage of this seemingly endless conflict this most recent bombardment has been terrifying. Well in russia tens of thousands of people have turned out for the funeral of the pilot to is shot down in syria on saturday Roman Filipov was flying over it live province when he had to bail out from his burning plane the Russian DefenseMinistry Says he was surrounded by Al Qaeda Linked fighters when he landed and blew himself up with a hand grenade to avoid being captured more than thirty thousand people attended the ceremony environ edge in southwest russia so lets discuss all of this and more im joined in the studio by. The researches middle east and security inversely of exeter here in the u. K. Thanks very much for coming in to speak to us and so let me start by asking you about the russian jet that was downed its a very complicated situation in this part of syria because you know have turkey involved in affray in with moscows sort of well lets just say that theyre choosing not to intervene to stop it from happening meanwhile you have a lot of different groups operating in the area are these types of incidents likely to happen within creasing frequency i mean youre bound to see some kind of blowback as it were the russian jet that was there was actually shot down at that rate of which is obviously for me known as the missile front or they are part of the this new coalition that coalition is actually opposed by not only russia and the United States but also by turkey so as you know weve heard in reports the russian minister of defense already confirmed those and of car the affiliates and therefore it will not be blamed on the turks so theyve got kind of room to maneuver the theres some room to maneuver there but we also see things changing or shifting somewhat elsewhere in the country even though theyve been long been opponents in this war how unusual is a confrontation between a saddling troops and the u. S. Backed coalition as we saw in Eastern Syria its extraordinarily rare i mean it almost never happens and that was actually one. The failings of the previous u. S. Administration under barack obama you know they had all this talk of you know red lines over chemical weapon use and as we know sadly chemical weapons were used over and over again the only retaliation that we saw was under the trumpet ministration even that was very kind of restrained and very limited so its very difficult to see any kind of major escalation between prous of forces and the u. S. Unless they clash in areas of influence such as in Eastern Syria and this is a strategically important area you have two completely different views of this strike coming from the u. S. And russia today the u. S. Saying that describing it as selfdefense the russians rejecting that these invisible dividing lines where you have you know the eastern side of syria dominated by the u. S. And their proxy will they continue to be acknowledged as they have been i think thats the key issue is that its not exactly clearly defined so you do have areas that are under the different spheres of influence but the danger is that these shifts all the time and on top of that you also have militia forces who dont necessarily answer to the normal chain of command so its all well and good for i should say that the americans overreacted or committed a war crime but its likely considering previous u. S. Actions that this was a limited strike although there are mass casualties its clearly not something that they intend to do in the long term could we though see further clashes between the u. S. And its allies potentially and those groups loyal to a sad. For sure i mean as long as the Syrian Revolution is ongoing then you are going to see clashes between the various rebel groups who are loyal to various different power brokers and the assad regime but obviously also includes groups backed by turkey and as well the u. S. The u. S. Government and that itself is very very tricky situation right thank you very much for explaining that for us though. From x. University thank you. The day before the Winter Olympics has its Opening Ceremony in south korea a Major Military parade has taken place in north korea they did kim jong un told the crowds in the capital pyongyang that his nation is ready to fight to defend itself or n. T. But with North Koreans ready to compete in the olympics the military event was more low key than usual and tosh are going to reports now from the city of new one of the main olympic venues. This was a patriotic celebration at home and a display of north koreas military might for those of brought. Our army defends us and keeps us happy its our peoples army just like its name so this Army Founding day is a great day for all of us thursday was the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the north korean army the military parade in pyongyang comes after the world witnessed advances in the isolated countries Weapons Program last year leader kim jong un praised what he called quote a world class military with the most powerful force despite punishing saying i would say that its a show of defiance but its a soul. Defines. Government wants to emphasize the. Need to remain side. No matter what their fears army parade wasnt broadcast live on state t. V. And no new high profile weapons were displayed the toned down approach was likely response to a criticism of the show of military force on the eve of the Opening Ceremony of the young tang olympics. North koreans participating in an unprecedented way at these games South Koreans are hoping the only suspense and drama will be during competition. I feel very proud that a global event like the olympics is taking place in south korea kim jong un sr is expected to attend the Opening Ceremony in which north and south korean athletes plan to march under a unified flag should be the first member of the ruling kim family to step foot on south korean soil since the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. From government leaders to people on the street there is optimism that the young chang games will help rebuild the ties between the two koreas its already being called the peace olympics natasha game aljazeera. South korea. Well not everyone in gone young is happy with north koreas consider tree moves of the Winter Olympics protests have been taking place outside a venue where a north korean orchestra was performing demonstrate to set off fireworks and clash with police they say north korea is using the games as a propaganda tool and its recent overtures are not genuine but they were a relatively small group in the orchestra performance attracted a big crowd of South Koreans. Now three years ago Palestinian Abdullah was crushed to death by an Israeli Military vehicle during violent clashes in the occupied west bank now the israeli army is attempting to sue the twenty one year olds family and his entire village for the damage caused to the military cheap make use of a name out of throwing a fire bomb at the vehicle imran khan reports. The israeli army killed a name in june two thousand and fifteen and now it wants twenty eight thousand dollars for damages to this jeep to crush the twenty one year old after his death ability family filed a lawsuit against the israeli state the case continues then in january this year the army build the family. This is a copy of the lawsuit given to us by the family lawyer. They reopened their so shameless that they are demanding compensation not because they want the money because they want to make it impossible for us palestinians its not about the money they want us to give in but we say we have the right you wont break because. In june two thousand and fifteen that was a raid by the army. That turned violent the israeli say ability through a fireball of the jeep which then swerved into him for over three hours the family says the army wouldnt allow medics to treat of villa as he lay beneath the jeep he eventually played to death the entire village turned out the funeral. Lawyers say asking for compensation is possibly a new israeli strategy to penalize palestinians for any kind of resistance are in slow motion. Honestly were not used to seeing this sort of claim but if you take it in context where israel is going when it comes to killing fines and bills of votes in the knesset i think theyre heading to a level where anyone who utters the word occupation can be harassed arrested and possibly find that he might be considered to insult the state and its inhabitants. Aljazeera reached out to the Israeli Ministry of defense for comment it says it has submitted a statement of defense to the court stating that the event in which the plaintiffs was killed constitutes wartime activity as defined by the law and therefore the state is immune from prosecution in this event in the light of the damage that was caused to the i. D. F. Jeep as a result of the molotov cocktail thrown by the plaintiffs the ministry has filed a counter suit. Remembered very fondly and hes seen as a martyr for the palestinian cause graffiti of his face adorns the walls of the Village People who say theyll never forget about him. The family say they will continue to fight for justice for the love and the name the new to him they say they would rather face whatever consequences that may be than pay the israeli army any money imraan khan. Occupied west point and watching the aljazeera news hour still ahead. Anger on the streets of dakar after bangladesh sentences former Prime Minister holiday to five years for corruption. This will be the end of protected areas in the gary. Gary an activist fighting to stop one of europes most ancient forests being turned into a ski resort. And the posse continues for the Philadelphia Eagles following a super bowl win more from their victory parade coming up in sport. Of bangladesh. Has been jailed for five years around two hundred fifty thousand dollars in donations meant for an orphanage trust eldest son and four aides were given ten year sentences the seventy two year old has served as Prime Minister three times but has sentence could now bar her from running in decembers national election. Zio also faces some thirty all the charges including allegations of orchestrating Political Violence she and the current Prime Minister. Of the country ultimately since ninety ninety one she says the allegations are part of a plot to keep her and her family out of politics there are fears is jail sentence could trigger a political instability. Or protests have already broken out with Police Firing tear gas to support as a party is called to nationwide demonstrations on friday to protest the verdict Tanveer Choudhry has been monitoring events for us and our. From the Prime Minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman khaled as the i was brought to this old central jail in a makeshift accommodation basically a Day Care Center this central jail no longer exists here the central jail has been moved to its got off the city she was brought to by a white s. U. V. Accompanied by her domestic cattle chill be kept until from their order now the defense counsel told me they will file for it pill w