confusing picture in the last hour or so reports and video coming out of what is perceived to be latakia now we have the only thing we can confirm which is the official syrian state news agency sana'a saying that the air defense system has intercepted various what they say missiles coming from the sea they are quoting a military source and saying that one of the hits was on what they're calling a technical industries from what we understand that some corner of an industrial zone inside latakia that is all we know at the moment certainly the video that i have seen shows a huge explosion the timing of this is of course interesting because it comes just two hours after we had the announcement as you heard were you talk about there of that to militarize own but if you read what state news agency is confirming according to their military source that these missiles came from this sea while reading between the lines there we have to probably rule out the rebels now you know of course we've seen israel getting more and more involved in the last couple of weeks targeting although they never confi

minutes syria says it's our defenses of intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia. this is turkey and russia's leaders agreed to set up a demilitarized zone in ablett province to separate government forces and rebels. sexual assault allegations threaten to derail the confirmation of president john supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. and rescue is keep searching for dozens of people feared buried by a huge landslide after typhoon manhood hit the philippines. in sport the french teenager who lit up the world cup is getting ready for a return to champions league or. will kick off the group stages against season's finalists liverpool. welcome to the program our top story this hour syrian state media says its ad defense forces have intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting a state run technical industry company on the eastern outskirts syrian state t.v. is reporting they are suspected as right strikes and last half an hour well this came hours after the leaders of russia and turkey agreed to set up a demilitarized zone

the russian military plane was on its way back to the home in force base near the syrian city of latakia it was some thirty five kilometers away from the coast when it disappeared from radar not at that point in time there were four israeli jets that were conducting strikes in the area they were targeting a number of facilities held by the syrian army including a power station and initial reports were pointing to some seven people who were injured on the ground at the same time there was a french. frigate that was launching rockets from the mediterranean sea now the western media was very quick to put the blame so me on the shoulders of syria and that was in the immediate response to the whole incident coming out as i say at this stage no is radio response we are waiting as to what will be there for spawns when we hear it and no doubt will bring you up to date. the russian aisle twenty had been heading to they can mean an airbase for israeli fighter jets were attacking the latakia region and put the russian plane in the line of fire as a result a missile from a syrian s two hundred defen

the russian military pay and was on its way back to the how many force base near the syrian city of latakia it was some thirty five kilometers away from the coast when it disappeared from radar not at that point in time there were four israeli jets that were conducting strikes in the area they were targeting a number of facilities held by the syrian army including a power station and initial reports were pointing to some seven people who were injured on the ground at the same time there was a french frigate that was launching rockets from the mediterranean sea now the western media was very quick to put the blame on the shoulders of syria and that was in the media. spawn's the whole incident coming out as i say at this stage no is radio response we are waiting as to what will be there for a sponsor when we hear it and no doubt will bring you up to date. thank you for now well some details on that russian plane that was down is now it was an i old twenty this patrol aircraft is known by nato as the coots it has a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers per hour and a wing span of ar

the syrian coast fourteen a russian service when we're on board the plane as it was returning to latakia province all this happened as syrian air defense forces and deceptive a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia the missiles were targeting a state run industrial compound it's not clear who launched the strikes but israel is suspected it's thought to have been behind a series of earlier strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces who are fighting alongside the government stephanie decker has the latest from on talk here that's near turkey's border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sanna putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because it was in the mediterranean you have various the presence of u.s. naval vessels the bri

also coming up syrian government forces say they've downed missiles targeting the coastal city of latakia now russia says it lost contact with a reconnaissance plane close to the same city. south korean president in travels to north korea working to get the nuclear talks back on track with kim jong un. is one of the finest people that i've ever known. is an outstanding intellect and outstanding judge. of president trumps nominee for the supreme court is summoned along with his accuser to testify about allegations of sexual assault. of the u.s. is stepping up its trade war with china president donald trump announcing tariffs on another two hundred billion dollars chinese exports the ten percent hike takes effect from next monday it will then increase to twenty five percent on january first next year. if trump says if china retaliates then the u.s. will go for another two hundred sixty billion dollars worth of tariffs trump also china's leaders to take swift action to change what he sees as their unfair trade practices. in no washington so what are these. new. raft of trade measures mean it

off the coast of syria the russian defense ministry said it had been returning to its base in the latakia province late on monday night a middle east correspondent paula slayer has the latest russian military aircraft with fourteen servicemen on board has disappeared it went off the radar system at around eleven o'clock last night local time it was thirty five kilometers over the mediterranean from the syrian coast and it was returning to the russian base at home in near the syrian city of latakia while that happened they were. was a lot of military activity over syria first israeli jets there were four of them were firing at syrian army targets and facilities in these included a power station from where we hear at least seven people were injured at the same time a french figure was launching missiles from the mediterranean and the russian space control recorded those attacks at the same time also you had these syrian army that had launched its missile defense batteries so really the russian plane could have been brought down by any one of those options i have approached the israeli army

response prepared so to speak and this is let us remember this is about the talk here latakia and talk if it were that many airport is situated and you know there are russian forces there and so on and so forth so these really should have actually if the give the russians like a one hour notice usually this time around they should have given them like two hours but they didn't because they wanted perhaps to get as much damage as possible and this and this you know tragic incident and we think that there's going to be some consequences. we haven't heard from israel yet on this latest revelation what kind of response do you think we will get from israel. i think the israelis would be very embarrassed the russian leader you know hosts these really premier. you know very close quarters during world war two commemorations he gives them. a lot of ear and they listen to their worries and so on and so forth and no you know the situation is pretty much room innocent of the situation between russia and turkey. like three years ago almost when turkey. shot down. a russian as you twenty four so th

pm four israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities near the city of latakia the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming in to land the israeli jets deliberately created a dangerous situation israeli pilots use the russian plane as cover against the syrian air defense systems as a result the russian oil twenty was brought down by a syrian air defense missile there's no way israeli pilots could not have seen the russian plane. the israeli military says it has no reaction to the incident does not comment on what it calls for and reports meanwhile russia's ministry of foreign affairs has summoned israel's ambassador over what exactly happened off the coast of syria or earlier the russian defense minister said moscow reserves the right to retaliate for what it views as hostile israeli action of a middle east correspondent. across the store. fishel zz are keeping mum about what kind of responsibility they take and what really happened last night when these fifteen russian servicemen were killed when their military pla

state media says its defense forces have into cept a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting a state run industrial compound but it's not clear who launched the strikes but israel is expecting it's thought to have been a suspected well it's sort of been behind a series of strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces that have joined syria's war fighting alongside the government stephanie deca has the latest from and taqiyya near techies border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sanna putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because it was in the mediterranean you have various the presence of u.s. naval vessels the brits the turks and also israeli submarines believed to be placed there israel has been accused in

would strike targets in the north of syria but instead they had targets in the western province of latakia just a minute after the cole israeli jets conducted as strikes in the taqiyya province following the cole the russian it was when he received an order to move south and exit the supposed to target zone with such short notice the russian plane was unable to reach a safe area eleven minutes after the attack began syrian air defenses started firing missiles already in combat position at twenty one fifty nine one of the f. sixteen started to maneuver towards the coast and approach the ill twenty series and defense systems registered the maneuver as the start of another attack and opened fire be able to when she was hit by a missile and four minutes later disappeared from radar russia believes it was the actions of the israeli jets that put the old twenty at immense risk as a. pilot was aware the russian planes would be a three hundred ten times they notified israel when israel bombed syria russia never shot down israeli jets or missiles even when they pose the danger to russian personnel

would strike targets in the north of syria but instead they hit targets in the western province of latakia just a minutes after the call israeli jets conducted as strikes in the taqiyya province following the call the russian good relational was all the parties was is was the arabs was the palestinians. i wonder how long will it last that you can be a friend of everybody because by the end of the day we are dealing with a very fragile reality in the middle east with very contradictory power and a lot of atrocity as we know and violence but russia thought it could manage and why not look at all it has done for israel. when russia flew near the israeli occupied golan heights they warned them three hundred ten times they notified israel when israel bombed syria russia never shot down israeli jets or missiles even when they posed a danger to russian personnel at israel's request russia tore up a deal to sell syria s. three hundred ad defense systems which would have made israeli air raids much more difficult a war. israel expressed its concerns as soon as the end street hundred deal with syria

when the boys ready find jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities in the city of latakia these ready jets were flying at a low altitude from the direction of the mediterranean sea these ready jets deliberately created a dangerous situation for the war ships and aircraft located in that area the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of the russian aisle twenty which was coming into land these ready pilots use the russian plane is against the syrian air defense systems as a result the russian oil twenty was brought down by a syrian air defense missile there's no way the israeli pilots could not have seen the russian plane as it was landing from an altitude of five kilometers at the last they deliberately carried out this provocation israel had worn the russian military in syria over the upcoming operation the warning came less than a minute before the strike through the hotline that didn't leave a chance to guide the russian plane to safety a search and rescue operation in the crash area is currently under way we consider this is ready provocation as a hostile action a

responding to israeli airstrikes for israeli fighter jets had been targeting syrian facilities in latakia province of the time the russian defense ministry accused israel of being indirectly responsible. so let's put it to the locals on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm four israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities near the city old for the taqiyya the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming in to land the israeli jets deliberately created a dangerous situation israeli pilots. used the russian plane as cover against the syrian air defense systems as a result the russian twenty was brought down by a syrian air defense missile there's no way the israeli pilots could not have seen that russian plane. the israeli military confirms its jets targeted syrian facilities but blamed the planes downing on the syrian government itself along with iran and hezbollah which israel views as a terrorist group meanwhile in a phone conversation with benyamin netanyahu vladimir putin stressed about israeli operations a

responding to israeli airstrikes for israeli fighter jets had been targeting syrian facilities in latakia province at the time russian defense ministry accused israel of being indirectly responsible. so let's put the developer on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for his ready finds jesse launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities in the city old for the taqiyya the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming in to land these ready jets deliberately created a dangerous situation israeli pilots use the russian plane as cover against the syrian air defense systems as a result the russian oil twenty was brought down by a syrian air defense missile there's no way the israeli pilots could not have seen that russian plane. the israeli military confirms its jets targeted syrian facilities but blamed the planes at downing on the syrian government itself along with iran and hezbollah which israel views as a terrorist group meanwhile in a phone conversation with benyamin netanyahu vladimir putin stressed that israeli operations are ta

is saying it's ad defense forces of intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting a state run technical industry company only eastern outskirts syrian state t.v. is reporting that suspect it is raining strikes and that they lasted for nearly half an hour. well the reported attack came out after the leaders of russia are in turkey if we to set up a buffer zone in neighboring province to keep government forces and rebel fighters apart russia says that means there will be a military assault. so we decided to create a demilitarized zone between the rebels and the government by the fifteenth of october this year it will be fifteen to twenty kilometers wanted rebels must withdraw from there including old news reformed according to our proposal by the tenth of october heavy artillery must be removed from the certain time of the machinery guns all removed from the sown by opposition forces of the senate judiciary committee will hold a public hearing on monday with the woman whose accuse president trump supreme court nominee of sexual assault brett kavan

an update now on our breaking news that the downing of a russian military plane in syria's latakia area on monday night the russian defense ministry says the aisle twenty was downed by a missile launched by syria's ally defense system but that's because the israeli army had created a dangerous situation situation in the area as according to the russian defense ministry israel it did not warn the commander of russian troops in syria about the planned operation in the area fifteen members of the russian military personnel were killed as a result we bring in you more on this breaking news story throughout the hour stay with us for that. moving on now donald trump has announced a new round of trade tariffs on china they cover a broad range of goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars. today i directed the united states trade representative to proceed with placing additional tariffs on roughly two hundred billion dollars of imports from china the terrorists will take effect on september twenty fourth twenty eighteen and be sent as little as ten percent until the end of the year when genera

plane into the path of syrian air defenses the russian plane went down off the syrian coast near latakia israel is yet to respond to the reports it's jets were attacking syrian installations in the area or a challenge joins us live from moscow and with the russians have come up with a very clear and damning picture of what they say happened here. yes the ministry of defense is very angry indeed with the israelis at the moments they've been using words like hostile or provocative and irresponsible to describe what they say happened last nights and that was that is ready jets basically deliberately created a dangerous situation in which a russian plane and kill twenty which we believe is a reconnaissance plane and the transport plane as i was saying earlier was shot out of the sky by syrian air defense systems now. what the russians say is that the israeli jets had basically you this russian plane as a shield sort of getting behind it's putting its between. aircraft fire and themselves and that is what caused this russian jet to be shot down so yeah we have a very angry ministry of defense

plane into the path of syrian defenses and the russian plane went down off the syrian coast near latakia israel is yet to respond to the reports as jets were attacking syrian installations in the area. south korea's president moon j m is in pyongyang for his furred summit with north korean leader kim jong un now these are some of the first pictures that we're seeing off the north and south korea's korean leader's actual summit meeting in pyongyang and it's the first time such a summit has been held at the headquarters of north korea's ruling workers' party where kim jong un has his office. this is the third meeting between these two leaders it's been all smiles so far they're holding formal talks with north korea's nuclear disarmament high on the agenda now china says it has no option but to retaliate after the u.s. impose tariffs on another two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods duties will apply to nearly six thousand items including rice and textiles washington has warned it will hit beijing with even more tariffs if it retaliates. eighteen yemeni fishermen have been kille

twenty was heading to the commitment base for israeli fighter jets were attacking the latakia region at the time and put the russian plate in the line of fire of syrian air defenses israel only gave a warning about his operation less than a minute before it began giving the eye all twenty little time to leave the area as a result a missile from a syrian s two hundred system targeting the israeli forces shot down the russian plane a french frigate it's which had initially been accused of involvement in the incident with and could close by in the mediterranean. ok we can go live now to another guest i have a door asking here's a russian israeli conservative journalist and political activist mr ask him thank you for joining us on the program first of all i'd love to get your take on the instant how do you see it was it an accident or a deliberate provocation. well we are talking about tragic accident i believe that syrian. me styles who were firing the russian plane by mistake and they say something woodring between syria and the russian unfortunate accident and then no it happens durin

to respond to the reports drugs were possibly targeting government buildings on the outskirts of latakia city u.s. says syrian government defense systems were foreign when the plane went missing and arson spokesperson says that a french more ship was firing missiles in the area but time france has denied and both meant so the deckers live for us from antakya the turkey syria border look at this downing of the russian plane the fingers of blame a point in all different directions. yes it just shows you how complicated and how potentially the situation is in the mediterranean sea you have american warships you have british warships you have the french you have the turks you have what is believed to be israeli submarines we were monitoring when this all started last night norah it was a very confusing picture of various reports of several areas around latakia just to sort of homs and hama being hit in the end it was all streamlined down to several missiles hitting the areas of the talk here there was a hitch as you mentioned there on a technical institution believed to been used by the syri

by syrian air defense forces as they intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting a state run industrial compound it's not clear who launched those strikes but israel is suspected and is thought to have been behind a series of earlier strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces that have joined syria's war fighting alongside the government. zimbabwe's government has banned all public gatherings and ordered food vendors off the streets of the capital as it battles a cholera outbreak the disease already killed at least thirty people and left thousands more ill but is heard only tassel reports now from harare the decision has taken away the only source of income for many people. the streets of harare are much quieter than usual there has been since the government imposed its ban on stalls selling street food it says has had to take such measures to stop the spread of cholera vendors try to keep their distance from right police who have orders to do with anyone who refuses to leave but some people say they have no choice but to ignore the ban the

syria says it's added fences of intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia this as turkey and russia's leaders agree to set up the demilitarized zone in italy a province to separate government forces from rebel fighters. maryanne demasi in london also coming up for you on the program sexual assault allegations threaten to derail the confirmation of president trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. rescuers keep searching for dozens of people feared buried by a huge landslide after typhoon monkhood hit the philippines. syrian state media says it's a defense forces of intercepted a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were fired from the sea in an attack which lasted for nearly half an hour the missiles were targeting a state run technical industry company in the eastern outskirts syrian state t.v. blamed the strikes on israel which has launched frequent attacks in syria stephanie decker has the latest on this from untac india turkey's border with syria a lot of mixed reports soon after are the reports of these explosions multiple

happened to syrian air defense forces and just kept at a number of missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia the missiles were targeting a state run industrial compound it's not clear who launched the strikes but israel is suspected is thought to have been behind a series of earlier strikes targeting iranian and hezbollah forces who are fighting alongside the government stephanie decker has the latest from here near turkey's border with syria. a lot of mixed reports soon after the reports of these explosions multiple explosions but soon after the syrian official state news agency sana'a putting out a statement saying that its air defense systems had intercepted multiple missiles quoting a military source saying that they were missiles that came from the sea so that will rule out reading between the lines the rebel forces putting it more on to a state actor because it was in the mediterranean you had various the presence of u.s. naval vessels the brits the turks and also israeli submarines believed to have to be placed there israel has been accused in the possibly using it submarines of targe

the turkey syria border pretty significant battle was taking place here in this particular area in latakiawhat was being targeted and by whom. well it was a confusing picture this went on for about half an hour last night very soon after there was announcement of a deal on a glib so first people were questioning whether this was coming from the rebel forces what we do understand according to the official syrian news agency is that a technical institute was targeted it seems that this is some kind of installation used by the syrian government of course if israel is now involved. of israeli involvement of course the israelis will never confirm it the question is were there some kind of iranian allied on the ground weapon shipments because this is usually what israel will target i think it's interesting how this is going to move forward because a it sounds like seems out of top gun having the israeli fighter pilots use the russian plane as a base of maneuvers as a protective shield against those anti aircraft missiles but russia and israel have an understanding when it comes to syria israel a

syrian state media says its defense forces intercepted missiles fired at the coastal city of latakia they were targeting state run industrial buildings on the eastern outskirts israel is suspected also a russian reconnaissance plane returning to an airbase in letter kira's gone missing over the mediterranean sea. south korea's president is on his way to pyongyang for his third summit with kim jong un the first time a south korean leader is traveling to the north in over a decade and talks of a denuclearization are high on the agenda. argentina's former president cristina kirchner has been charged in a corruption scandal the judges are asked for parliamentary immunity to be lifted so she can be detained who is accused of taking millions of dollars in bribes when she was in office last month the senate partially lifted her immunity so she could be investigated. a u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his accuser will be called to testify before the senate judiciary committee next monday kimberly how has that. u.s. president donald trump's nominee to the highest court in the co

syrian state media said its defense forces and intercepted a number of missiles fired at the city of latakia. sexual misconduct allegations of threatening the confirmation of the u.s. president's pick for the supreme court the woman behind the claims says she's willing to testify publicly but donald trump says brett kavanaugh his nomination is still on track. and rescuers in the philippines is searching for survivors buried under a. landslides caused by typhoon more than fifty people have already been confirmed dead but that number is expected to rise. now protests against the deadly ethnic violence in ethiopia erroneous state have taken place in the capital addis ababa at least twenty three people were killed on saturday during clashes between iran the use and ethnic minorities police say two hundred people have been detained the on rest escalated after the once exiled leaders of the liberation front or welcome back to ethiopia over the weekend. people make up about a third of ethiopia's population they've long complained of being marginalized by the government prime minister ahmed is ethio

syrian state media said its ad defense forces intercepted a number of missiles fired at the city of latakia. sexual misconduct allegations of threatening the confirmation of the u.s. president's pick for the supremes court the woman behind the claim says she's willing to testify publicly. but donald trump says nomination is still on track. and rescuers in the philippines are searching for survivors buried under landslides caused by thai food more than fifty people have already been confirmed dead but that number is expected to rise. meanwhile on the u.s. east coast heavy rains are still disrupting rescue efforts in the carolinas despite authorities downgrading storm florence to a tropical depression flash floods along the border between north and south carolina threatening more damage at least seventeen people have been killed and power was knocked out for hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses but a major route has now been opened in the into the city of wilmington which was previously cutoff christensen in me sent us this update from riegelwood in north carolina. more than twelve h

sixteen s on the syrian province of latakia not at this stage that information is being received by the russian defense ministry what we understand is that the air force base the controlled as they say that they lost contact with the aircraft when it was some thirty five kilometers off the coast of the mediterranean sea now a search and rescue operation is currently underway and it happened as i say during an attack that according to the russian foreign ministry was carried out by israeli warplanes on a power station and on two facilities that are controlled by the syrian army and we understand that at least seven people have been injured we have been trying to get reaction from the israeli side at this stage no confirmation or denial there's simply no comment from from the side of his role syrian officials have confirmed to quote that there were foreign there was a foreign attack again that it came from the sea that is also a quote but it hasn't yet confirmed that israel was in fact behind it now the situation is extremely alarming it's five hours that have passed since that vehicle we

syrian state media says its air defense forces have intercepted missiles fired of the coastal city of latakia they were allegedly targeting state run industrial buildings on in the east israel is suspected also a russian reconnaissance plane returning to an airbase in law has gone missing over the mediterranean. u.s. president donald trump said there might be a delay to get his pick for the u.s. supreme court approved after allegations of sexual assault emerged against brett kavanaugh he'll be called along with his accuser to testify board before the senate judiciary committee which is due to vote on his appointment this week. south korea's president moon j. in. is departing for pyongyang for a third summit with kim jong un these are the latest pictures from an air base just outside seoul where moon is flying out from it's the first time a south korean leader is traveling to the north in over a decade talks of a denuclearization are high on the agenda more than a hundred people have died in flooding across ten states of nigeria heavy seasonal rains caused the needs year and ben who rivers to

just as the plane was coming to land at the russian air force base of humain near the syrian city of latakia all of that happening around ten o'clock local time monday evening. the downed russian plane was an eye all twenty this patrol aircraft is known by nato as for qute it has a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers per hour and has a wingspan of around thirty seven meters we're now in for its. twenty has been in service since the soviet era. residents of the russian city of sevastopol have paid tribute to the fifteen crew members of the downed aircraft people gathered at the walls of stoppel air base where prayers and a minute's silence were held in their future and said the downing of the plane was due to a tragic chain of events. when people are dying especially in such circumstances it's always a tragedy it's a tragedy for all of us for the country and for the relatives of our killed comrades and i extend my condolences to the relatives of those killed in this situation is different from the one when a turkish jet shot down our plane back then turkey intentionally shot down

just as the plane was coming to land at the russian air force base of humain near the syrian city of latakia all of that happening around ten o'clock local time monday evening. down russian plane was in aisle twenty the patrol aircraft known by nato as the boot top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers an hour and a wingspan of around thirty seven meters renowned for your ability the aisle twenties been in service since the soviet union. marking the outline of a plane with candles that residents of the russian city of sevastopol paid tribute to the fifteen crew members of the downed aircraft people came to the walls of a sevastopol air base prayers and a minute's silence were held as a mere putin agreed with sergei showing his findings adding that the downing of the plane was the consequence of a tragic chain of events. you can. when people are dying especially in such circumstances it's always a tragedy it's a tragedy for all of us for the country and for the relatives of our killed comrades i extend my condolences to the relatives of those killed in this situation is different from

just as the plane was coming to land at the russian air force base of humain near the syrian city of latakia all of that happening around ten o'clock local time monday evening. well the russian plane was an aisle twenty this patrol aircraft known by nato as the coup was a top speed of six hundred seventy five kilometers an hour and when syria israeli actions in syria two days after that meeting another incident happened we can't forget the syrian reaction considering that these airstrikes are taking place without a u.n. london this aggressive conduct by the zionists and to do nothing but an increase in tensions in the region what we do know is that the syrian government invited russia to help during this civil war back in twenty fifteen and russia has almost turned a blind eye to these israeli air strikes have been taking place they've been feeling that they've been acting its diplomats in a very complex region mediating between the various players israel being one of them so if we look at the bigger picture and at this latest incident which took part place at ten pm local time on the sevent

has been stating that israeli jets struck a government facility near latakia russia and blamed israel for this evil as stated that if the raid the jets were targeting weapons shipments headed for lebanon that threatened israeli security and it blamed the syrian government for the incident well we call upon all parties especially when we are getting this type of positive news regarding what could have been a dramatic military escalation to reframe from military actions elsewhere there would only exacerbate an already complex situation but for now we are pleased that they read this collision in one major area. and now that we have a diff deal there is no reason not to move forward expeditiously with the political process let me turn to that process mr president take stock of where we stand. city and look today un to facilitate a political process that can help them exit this war and ending to a better future a future that they determine they determine independently and democratically that requires a real dialogue in genuine negotiation a process that is credible credible and inclusive.

yes i just mentioned these southwestern area sort of the southwestern province north of latakia is an area that you know the russians and the syrians will want to secure because eight to consolidate the areas around the russian airbase in the pocket also this is an area close to key highways of course this is all about military tactics highways that run from aleppo to damascus and also from aleppo to latakia so again at the same time you had reports yesterday from the russian military saying that the group. that's of course a group forming known as the mr front to use drones to kill three syrian soldiers yesterday we haven't been able to independently verify it but the reports were that they were coming from around this area of additional short so you can read into that what you will i think again i think it's too early to speculate it's too early to officially say whether this is started or not the rhetoric of course is this we've just heard from the kremlin saying that the syrian army is getting ready to eliminate what they call terrorists from italy province and that will be high o