ten people were killed in the mid morning blast that flattened a building in the mazzeh district of the city. state media in iran said it was the residence of iranian military advisers in the syrian capital and blamed israel. tehran played a key role in supporting president assad during the civil war in syria. there has been no comment from israel. dr rim turkmani is a syrian academic at the london school of economics. she believes the regional escalation in the middle east has to be stopped. syria s relationship with iran is not a secret. but i think right now with the right context to focus on is the regional one and notjust the syrian one. we have to see this attack and the attack that you just reported from lebanon in the context of an increased number of such strikes and attacks in syria and the whole region since october 7th. and although this attack now comes as part of an israeli/iranian war that has played in syria, iran, iraq and lebanon, but i mean, look at what wa
hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the programme. a un human rights official has accused israel of beating, blindfolding and stripping palestinians detained during its military operation in gaza. the head of the un human rights office in occupied palestinian territories claimed that some of the former detainees he met during a visit to the territory had been held for nearly two months in often cramped conditions. during my time here, i managed to meet a number of police detainees. these are men who were detained by the israeli security forces in unknown locations for between 30 to 55 days. they described being beaten, humiliated, subjected to ill treatment and to what may amount to torture. they reported being blindfolded for long periods, some of them for several consecutive days. one man said he had access to a shower only once during his 55 days in detention. there are reports of men who were subsequently released, but only in diapers without any adequate clothing i
i m lewis vaughan jones. reports from syria say a suspected israeli air strike has hit a residential building in the capital, damascus. according to iranian media, at least two high ranking military advisers from iran s revolutionary guards were among those killed. the building was reportedly used by iranian advisers to the syrian government, who have played a key role in keeping president assad in power during the civil war in syria. here s our middle east analyst sebastian usher with more details. pictures show a really large plume of smoke. the blast was heard across much of damascus. this is a very upmarket residential district, much to the west of damascus. there are embassies there, missions there. the un has an office there, lots of restaurants. so this is very much the residential heart of damascus as far as figures and who was killed, there are different reports coming. iranian media started to report that two senior revolutionary guards members were killed, potentia
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welcome to the programme, we start middle east. welcome to the programme, we start in the middle east. a suspected israeli air strike has hit a residential building in the syrian capital, damascus. iranian state media says four members of iran s revolutionary guards were among those killed. they include two high ranking military advisers one of whom is reported to be the head of the force s information unit in syria. iran is blaming israel for the strike. iranian advisers have played a key role in keeping president assad in power during the civil war in syria. with me is issam ikirmawi, who is a correspondent with bbc arabic. good to see you. just talk us through at the moment what we know what we think we know that what is happening. we what we think we know that what is ha eninu. ~ ~ ., ., what we think we know that what is ha enin~.~ ~ ., ., ., happening. we know from syrian forces that happening. we know from syrian forces that an happening. we know from syrian