humanitarian, military and diplomatic response to the syrian conflict hosted by the middle east institute. it is about 90 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. i m very sorry for the delay this morning. other news is keeping our moderator busy, but he will be here in five or 10 minutes. i thought in the interest of time and because we are on air on c-span, we should get moving. i ll be giving some opening remarks. i think we ll get started on some of our opening remarks and then very swiftly alex will be a real start a moderated discussion. first of all, welcome to the middle east institute. thank you ever so much for joining us to this extremely important event. someone who is worked on syria and particularly on idlib nonstop for the last nine years, i can safely say that events like this couldn t come at a more important time. i m also not aware of any other events like this one happening in washington these days, so i m extremely glad it s taken place. the crisis
and because we are on air on c-span we should get moving. i ll be giving some opening remarks. i think we ll get started on some of our opening remarks and then very swiftly alex will be a real start a moderated discussion. but first of all issa, welcome to the middle east institute. thank you ever so much for joining us to this extremely important event. someone who is worked on syria and particularly on idlib nonstop for the last nine years, i can safely say that events like this couldn t come at a more important time. i m also not aware of any other events like this one happening in washington these days, so i m extremely glad it s taken place. the american crisis that is developed in northwestern syria in recent months is entirely unprecedented. not just after nine years of war in syria, but in this whole world modern history. and yet despite the sheer enormity of the crisis, the world has really get to do more than issue public statements of concern. i m going to keep my
primary votes on super tuesday. south korea s president says he s declaring war on the coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases there approaches 5001 jane has ordered all government agencies to get into emergency mode soldiers have been to points to disinfect areas of the city at the epicenter of south korea s i break which is the biggest outside of china almost 30 people have died there will be the country has entered war against the infectious disease as the crisis in daegu in north york book province has reached the highest point as a police operate all organizations of the government 24 hours by switching to the emergency operations system in till we are out of the crisis. rob mcbride joins us now via skype from saw rob in practical terms what exactly does a declaration of war on the virus really mean. this is the fighting talk from moon j. and it s reminiscent i think of the stance taken by china. china also declaring war that this is such a crisis it takes a war lik
malays here releases recordings that appear to show its former leader covering up corruption. iran s denying accusations that a missile strike was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash near tehran on wednesday it s calling the allegations against them psychological warfare the video posted by the new york times does appear to show the moment a missile hit the plane near tehran s airport the video shows a small explosion on the aircraft was reportedly struck but the jet did not immediately explode the plane continued flying for several minutes and turned back towards the port. on fire alan fischer has more. this was taken seconds before a ukrainian passenger jet crashed near tehran security cameras captured the dramatic moment of impact on the ground 176 people died including 63 canadians that country s prime minister says it was done by in a rainy and missile we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that t
a cease fire in syria s last rebel held stronghold. and australia is bushfire emergency high temperatures are forecast to return with people warned to be ready to evacuate. hello there are growing claims that a missile strike possibly accidental was the cause of the ukrainian jet crash in iran on wednesday all 176 passengers and crew were killed moments after taking off from tehran donald trump said he thought the plane might have been brought down by mistake while canadian prime minister justin trudeau confirmed he s seen intelligence that backs the claim it was hit by iranian air defenses but we have intelligence from multiple sources including our allies and our own intelligence. the evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by on a rainy and surface to air missile. this may well have been unintentional. this new information reinforces the need for a thorough investigation into this matter. canada is working with its allies to ensure that a thorough incredible invest