This is one of the first major attacks in this area since the iraqi government declared victory last year. israel fires up its defense system against syrian antiaircraft missiles, the latest in a series of back-and-forth strikes in the middle east, syrian state media reports israeli forces launched an attack in damascus would increase oldest, us officials say the strike targeted hezbollah, the iranian backed terror group. north and south korea breaking ground on a new railway overnight. the product is seen as a symbol of peace between the two nations. modernizing north korea s transportation and connecting the rogue nation with south korea but won t any further until the us releases sanctions against north korea, denuclearization talks between the white house and pyongyang have stalled over the last few months. the devastating tsunami in indonesia, now up to 429. rescuers frantically searching for more than 100 people still
Jillian: fox news alert, isis claimed responsibility for deadly christmas day attack in iraq. a car bomb explodes killing two people and injuring 11 others. it happened in a busy area full of shops. he foreign media outlet reports this is one of the first major attacks in this region since the iraqi government declared victory last year. israel fires up its defense system against syrian antiaircraft missiles, the latest move in a series of back and forth strikes in the middle east, syrian state media reports israeli forces launched an attack near damascus wounding three soldiers. us officials tell newsweek the strike targeted hezbollah. the iranian backed terror group. rob: the president making a christmas phone call to us military members around the world. you are part of the greatest fighting force in the history of the world, the us military. it is a great sacrifice for you to be away from your families.
Now, the white house also saying if at sad regime goes through with this, it will pay a heavy price. moscow a short time ago, the kremlin firing back, calling this statement unacceptable, although the kremlin has said that russia is opposed to the use of chemical weapons. all of this coming oddly enough as syrian state media today put out images of assad meeting with wounded troops in syria, sort of this syrian propaganda machine that the world has come to know so well, gearing up yet again. so look, where are we on this? what could the intelligence be that the white house is talking about? last time it was a combination of communications, intercepts, and overhead imagery that led the u.s. to be certain in its view that syria was behind that chemical weapons attack in april. we will have to see how all this sorts out and what the white house is willing to say about
Aleppo. and the turkish foreign minister says all evacuations are expected to be finished by tomorrow. cnn s muhammad lila live on the turkish/syrian border with more, hi, muhammad. good morning, carol. in fact, that time line might be moved up a little bit. according to rebel activists on the ground in eastern aleppo, as well as syrian state media. the last buses, those infamous green buses that are shuttling people to safety, they have now arrived at their pickup locations to pick up the last few remaining people that have been trapped inside eastern aleppo and opposition sources say that those evacuations could be done by the end of the night. now what that means is that tomorrow morning we could be waking up to a very new reality in syria and that reality is president bashar al assad s forces will have retaken the entire city of aleppo for the first time in more than four years. of course, that is taking place at the same time as moscow has put out a plan to establish some sort o
One of the final compounds under isis control. and succeeding would be one of the most important victories for the military since isis swept across iraq into 2014. the syrian rebel group jaysh al islam has confirmed the death of their leader. syrian state media reported an air strike killed him on thursday. the rebel group has no ties to isis or al qaeda. he was still called a terrorist in announcing his death. this just in to cnn. a shelter in place order has been put into effect at a u.s. air base in japan due to a security incident on saturday. yokota air base, west of tokyo, says the order is a precaution to protect all base resident as professionals respond to the event. we ll continue to bring you the