special forces operators and meeting with local officials when the gunman opened fire. it is not the only time that week that supposedly a friendly killed a number of u.s. troops in afghanistan and stay there. we will be live from the pentagon in a moment. and syrian rebels say they are fighting in new neighborhoods and new tactics in aleppo, and this is following what the rebels call a tactical stronghold by rebels, and they were forced by jets and helicopters and tanks. the opposition activists say that 115 people have been killed just today across the country. many of them in aleppo. the british government meanwhile is planning to increase nonlethal aid to the rebels. so now in the absence of diplomatic progress, the united kingdom will do much more. we will expand our support to the syrian people, and the syrian political opposition with an extra 5 million pounds of nonlethal practical assistance. this will help protect unarmed opposition groups, human rights activi