opposed to the islamic state group have made significant advances against strongholds in both syria and iraqops supported by the us have the city of raqqa completely surrounded. raqqa was captured by is militants over three years ago. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse, who is north of raqqa, sent this report. the battle for raqqa is still farfrom won, but already they are looking to a future post—caliphate. here to meet local leaders in waiting, the us envoy. the american presence here has been growing, quietly. there is tremendous challenges ahead. look, the united states is committed to defeating daesh. that's why we're here. we're going to defeat daesh. and we want to make sure whatever comes after daesh is stable. and, if you look at the record to date, we have now coalition—backed operations in iraq and syria, have cleared out about 60,000 square kilometres of territory. we've liberated over 4 million people. as the coalition advances into raqqa, families are fleeing. many end up in this camp. all lived under the harsh rule of the group that calls itself islamic state, not all against

opposed to the islamic state group have made significant advances against strongholds in both syria and iraqy surrounded. raqqa was captured by is militants over three years ago. the united states has urged china to respect freedom and civil liberties in hong kong, as president xi makes his highly symbolic visit marking 20 years of reunification. 0fficial celebrations are planned this weekend, as well as protests from pro—democracy activists. now on bbc news, it's time for thursday in parliament.

group that calls itself islamic state have made significant advances against strongholds in both syria and iraq. in syria, kurdish and arab troops supported by the us have the city of raqqa surrounded. germany's parliament will vote later on a bill to legalise same—sex marriage. the measure is likely to be approved after the german chancellor, angela merkel, changed her mind to allow a free vote. the chinese president, xijinping, has praised the authorities in hong kong for curbing the territory's independence movement. mr xi made his remarks during a visit to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the city's handover from the uk to china. now it's time for world business report. more trouble on the radar for ba as cabin crew prepare to strike, just weeks after an it crash that stranded thousands. are cost cuts taking their toll on the airline's image? plus, from the sick man of asia to one of the region's fastest growing economies. we report from the philippines, 20 years on from the asian financial crisis. welcome to world business report. i'm rachel horne. we start with more problems for british

hundred civilians have been killed throughout the entire campaign over the last three years in iraq and syria however the united nations points out that three hundred civilians have been killed in the last four months in iraq alone and the situation in mosul is even worse this is just one example one of these strikes in the area that somewhere between fifty and. civilians may have been killed here planes hit our street and we went to rescue people under the rubble we risk you don't we could see and then we left the area on top of that the u.s. led coalition is being accused of using white phosphorous. u.s. leaders won't confirm whether or not they're using the lethal chemical munition however they say that if they are they're doing it in a manner that's consistent with international law but human rights watch points out that this chemical put civilians in great danger burning their flesh down to the bone even a minor burn from this toxic powder can be fatal white phosphorus has been used in syria in iraq previous occasions but since a dental effects can can cause terrible injuries to a questi

us later strikes have killed hundreds of civilians in the area surrounding iraq in syria according to a u.n. panel the islamic state stronghold is under siege by us by local forces with the support of western warplanes across the border in iraq. also rising in mosul which being under a similar seats for months not rights groups queues the u.s. coalition of using incendiary weapons near civilians in boats in what could potentially a month to war crimes kill it mocked in our reports the u.s. coalition is more than willing to update the world on its activities against the islamic state in iraq and syria who have successfully been able to take ground from isis already in rocca i recently walked the streets of east and west mosul i saw for myself that markets and their businesses are reopening so things are moving around the city and living their lives however u.n. investigators paint a very different picture of rock intensification of the strikes we each have believe that the ground for the advances in iraq has resulted not only staggering loss of see if you don't live but because also le

a police lieutenant was stabbed in the neck by a man ranting about people being killed in syria, iraqand afghanistan. t marco morgan is in flint. >> reporter: it was just past 9:30 a.m. this morning inside the airport's main terminal when a man reportedly shouting "god g great" in arabic stabbed airport police lieutenant jeff neville in the neck. david gelius was the f.b.i. geecial agent in charge. rg he made a statement something to the effect of, "you have killed people in syria, iraq, and afghanistan, and we are all going to die." e> reporter: police identified the attacker as 50-year-old amor ftouhi from quebec, who is now or custody. ea we don't believe that anyone was involved with this individual. we have no information to suggest a wider plot, but it certainly is very, very early in the investigation. at this time we view him as a lone wolf attacker. >> reporter: the man was wrestled to the ground. ute airport was immediately shut down and evacuated. >> i saw a cop. he was down d there was a whole bunch of blood everywhere. it was everywhere. >> reporter: f.b.i. officials say

the situation is not any better in iraq or in syria.ost: that would be a whole another program at least. let's get one more call. matt: good morning. my question is, he says there is no real answer for this civil title iv, then why are we even fighting it? i understand we are trying to combat terrorism, but how is that going to stop terrorism? anthony: i think first, i did not say there was no answer. i think we have not organize properly for these wars. i think you would find many of the including several senior appointments in the department of defense and state department would agree with that as well as many outside experts. the fact is we need to do better in integrating our civil military efforts. we need to understand that there are limits to what we can do. if those limits reach the point where the effort is not productive, then you should stop. what it does not mean when you have real options that you should not explore them because quite frankly this is an unstable world. it is a world where extremism .as steadily increased th

, sorry went to syria, the affiliates in iraq went to syria. what is now isis, the islamic state in iraq at the time, sent commanders to setup an affiliate in syria and then they decided those guys in syria that the syria jihad is different than iran jihad. two different things. we need our own affiliates. al-qaeda and iraq said you are under our own control. they said well, let's go to the leader and ask him. they went to the leaders and said, yeah, syria and iraq are different. oh, you trader. you believe in divisions between iraq and syria? no, no, no. by the way, we established a state and we are going to raise you a caliphate and you have to give us we will not give you. we are the two followers of bin laden. you are a trader. the reason i am telling you this story is because now we see that it is a message. it is more and more message. if you hear isis or al-qaeda does it really matter? it is the same ideology that was planted in the heads of many of these people by bin laden. right? so what we have today is a message that directly, direct

we also saw at the time that they targeted anyone unlucky enough to cross their path across syria and iraq, and yet oddly enough, the regime in syria did not target isis. they were too busy carrying out their campaign against the people of syria and against the protesters and then against the free syrian army and others who were pushing back against the regime. but here, alongside the nightmare that assad created came this new nightmare of isis, and these two evils, as i would call them, isis and assad exist side by side perpetrating extreme violence on anyone who would oppose their grip on power. isis is committing genocidal violence, genocidal violence against yazidis and christians in syria and in iraq, seeking to destroy their entire communities, seeking to erase their shared histories. assad is committing massive crimes against humanity, targeting men, women, children from all sects, from all religions, from all groups as documented by the photographer caesar, who was a military photographer who snuck out those photos of what goes on inside assad's prisons documenting the torture, the

opposed to the islamic state group have made significant advances against strongholds in both syria and iraq troops have the city of raqqa completely surrounded. scientists have released the findings of a major new study into the effects of pesticides on bees. the investigation focused on the impact of chemicals used all around the world and found they were harmful to bee colonies. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more. 0ur bees are in trouble. around the world, these vital pollinators are vanishing. now a major new study has revealed the role of pesticides called neonicotinoids. the chemicals were used extensively for oilseed rape until a temporary ban in europe in 2013. neonicotinoids really change the way we use pesticides. instead of spraying fields, seeds are coated with the chemicals and this protects the crops as they grow from insects. but now an experiment on a vast scale spanning 2000 hectares, an area the size of 3000 football pitches, has revealed that neonicotinoids are harming bees. the scientists were given special permission to use the banned chemicals at sites i

but phosphorus has been used in syria in iraq previous occasions but on this this time we decided it was time to put out a statement of our own warning against the use using white phosphorous to attack posts and now people on the ground or material objects are not clear rules in terms of using. white phosphorous as a weapon it is not covered by international law or it's not primarily designed as an incendiary weapon but it's incidental effects can cause terrible injuries smoke inhalation so our question is what is it hitting on the ground and adequate provisions being taken to ensure that civilians and not falling victim to white phosphorous. now in other news a local official in afghanistan has told us he that u.s. forces killed three civilians including two children on monday. to do with u.s. troops as a result they killed. u.s. troops reportedly opened fire after their vehicle was struck by roadside bomb our crew went to speak with witnesses and the families of the victims. takes up the story. they're too young yet to fully understand what has happened or grasp the depth of their

to the iraqi counterterrorism service, 300 members of the task group conducting air strikes in iraq and syria, and 55 members imbedded in coalition positions in iraq. since october, 2014, there have een more than 2,300 a.d.f. air strikes over iraq, delivering 1,900 weapons into iraq and syria. let's not forget, mr. speaker, that it was this prime minister who altered our approach to targeting enemy combatants in syria and iraq, so that our forces are empowered to act against isis in iraq and syria, no matter where they are or where what they are doing. so long as they belong to the group of terrorists that we seek to eliminate. in response to a nato request, the australian government has agreed to increase the australian defense force's mission to afghanistan by 30 personnel for around 270 do around 300. these additional personnel will further development the long-term capabilities of the afghan security forces as part of our current train, advise and assist mission. they will not be in combat roles and we remain in discussion request nato officials -- with nato officials. an increase of cont

it has been the gateway for jihadis going from syria to iraq and vice versa for over 10 years.eff: many interesting parts of this. whether he is dead or not, you talk about the isis propaganda and part of it is the russia propaganda. their involvement and their willingness to be involved here is big. michael: yes, a part of the russian military doctrine is they lie and they live very well. well sometimes not so well. , this would be what has been the russian strategy at the moment, particular with the donald trump presidency, which is to bring the united states into the russian orbit and the -- in their definition of the so-called war on terror. in other words america stop with production and promotion, stop with regime change and let's link arms and go after the terrorists, namely islamic terrorists. for them to take credit for this and pound their chest is of a piece of that. you already mentioned they are , already walking back the road assessment. we may havead, to killed him. there was an actual russian airstrike in the area, but what they were hitting and who they were hi

home. >> glor: so you lose mosul and iraq, it's a shifting battlefield. >> i have a map here and if we could zoom out i could show you the enormous badland area in syria and iraq where people don't live. you have bed owen treebs. these guys can hold up much like al quaida in the mountains of afghanistan and pakistan. >> glor: the u.s. is putting focus on southwestern syria. >> yeah. >> glor: why is that? this is an interesting state of affairs and marks a bit of departure in the way america is now involved itself in syria. senior white house official stated it as such. we are now at a point in the war where our anti-i.s.i.s. strategy is colliding with iran's expansionist strategy. what do i mean by that? it's been reported in the guardian, elsewhere, the israelis certainly believe it, the brits i know for sure believe it and the americans are coming around to the idea that it's true, iran is looking to construct a land bridge or a direct line of communication so that they can literally drive men and material from tehran to the mediterranean coast, assad's original. they moved southward because the americans are too chock-a-bloc in the north. the ameri

agents say the suspect said something like you have killed people in syria, iraq and afghanistan. we are all going to die. the wounded officer is reportedly in stable condition tonight. >>> on capitol hill current and former intelligence officials detailed just how far russia went to meddle in the 2016 presidential election. joe tells us some details we have not heard until now. >> reporter: tonight we are learning russian hackers not only targeted the democratic national committee's e-mail server but half of the country's voter services. >> in 2016 putin orchestrated cyber attacks on our nation for the purpose of influencing our election. that is a fact plain and simple. >> reporter: in front of the house intelligence committee former homeland security secretary jeh johnson saying russia attacked american democracy when it meddled in the 2016 presidential election. adding it failed to change the outcome. >> i know of no evidence that, through cyber intrusions, votes were altered or suppressed in some way. >> reporter: in a separate senate hearing dhs officials confirming russian

they made a reference to people being killed in syria, iraq and afghanistan.harge of committing violence at an airport in his a bond hearing next week. officer neville is listed in satisfactory condition and we wish him well. train to more changes at google are following the resignation of ceo travis kalanick. lauren: tracee carrascas joining us. it seems like we it seems a quaint new headlines every day. reporter: venture-capital still one of the earliest investors is stepping down from the right ailing company's race. his departure comes one day after the resignation of ceo travis kalanick. one of the five investors that five investors that lead to results and him to step down. on tuesday, gurley said there'll be some@travis k. with several entrepreneurs at the lasting impact on the world. a alerts taken over since first leading sander levin lien dollars fine in being in birth in 2011. gurley is being replaced by matt kohler. he could be helpful in the topic for kalanick's replacement. sheryl sandberg, the current ceo of facebook. she's reportedly taking her

there's 40 million kurds without iran, iraq, syria and all the way down into the heartland of turkey.n the end of it, that they want. helping the kurds is a good thing. they've suffered more than any other group except perhaps christians which is a much smaller numbers out there. as a group of people, as in ethnic people, they deserve to have a homeland. i'm encouraged to do is not happy in turkey. we ought not to be happy about erdogan. he allowed isis to use his territory to form back in the early 2000's. he allowed them to move back and forth across the borders, he allowed thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of foreigners to come to turkey to get into syria to allow isis to enormous volumes starting in 2012. he's paying a price for it as well. shannon: colonel, you've given us much thought. thank you for your service ever be with us today bill. bill: shannon, as you know, many are an edge in the uk really from another act of terrorism. there's a significant concert scheduled for manchester to begin within hours. how will the security go for that event is this the work last night o

independent watchdog al wars which monitors civilian casualties from international astronauts in iraq syria and libya puts the number of civilian deaths from coalition airstrikes in iraq in syria as high as four thousand since twenty fourteen however the u.s. led coalition itself at mit's less than five hundred deaths it's reported that the coalition has seven full time investigators monitoring civilian casualties that up from two earlier this year. all artes caleb maupin took to the streets of new york to find out how much of ordinary americans know about the plight of civilians in america. if you live in america and you follow the news related to syria here's what you've probably been hearing lately you've heard that the u.s. led coalition down the syrian government jet because it was moving into the deescalation zone of al tam why they say that this syrian jet was posing a threat russia is obviously not happy now what you probably haven't heard about is all the civilians who died as u.s. led coalition forces are moving in iraq you probably haven't even heard of rocca you heard about what

stabbing jeff neville while yelling in arabic and making references to people being killed in syria, iraq, and afghanistan. the attack is being investigated as act of terrorism. authorities in montreal have been working at his home, looking into his personal life. >>> a former milwaukee police officer has been found not guilty in the shooting death of a black man. now the victim's family has file add civil lawsuit against that officer. pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: it was a deadly encounter with police over in seconds. caught on an officer's body cam. here we see dominique hagen brown pursuing seville smith. less than two seconds later, a second and fatal shot is fired. smith dies at the scene. the incident last summer sparking protests and pros securities say smith was defenseless when shot in the chest. the defense saying the officer feared for his life, making a split-second decision. a milwaukee county jury found the officer not guilty in the shooting last august. the familiar any anguish over the verdict. >> we're not animals. every time they take a shot, it's to kill you. it's

say that he allegedly shouted "god is great" in arabic and blamed the united states for deaths in syria, iraq, and afghanistan before the attack. multiple senior law enforcement officials telling nbc news that the suspect who first entered the u.s. last friday was not in any fbi databases prior to the incident. officials are saying that they believe the attack was an isolated incident. he is charged with violates at an international airport and other charges could follow. let's turn now to the weather once again. tropical storm cindy barrelling towards the gulf coast. let's get another check of the weather with bill karins. >> we found out that cindy had weakened to 40 miles per hour. it's barely a tropical storm. uneventful landfall over the last hour or two right along the texas-louisiana border. the only concern is how much rain are we going to still get from the storm and are we going to have flash flooding? yesterday we had some, but it wasn't historic. very isolated. the storm path will bring us more rain. we have feeder bands to mississippi, alabama. this is an area in the flood watch.

syria and iraq matter a lot to iran. yemen and bahrain matter quite a bit to iran but don't matter in quite the same way. whereas yemen and bahrain matter an awful lot to our partners in the gulf council and the gcc. and particularly to saudi arabia. and so even though iran has certain strategic interests in both those areas, they have ideological interests in those areas. they have certain religious interests with the shia populations in those areas that they want to outreach to and build relationships with and influence kind of missionary work as i call it. funnel fundamentally it doesn't follow the needs theys have for hezbollah and lebanon and relationship with assad and the need to protect their interests and investments they have in iraq. their investments in yemen and bahrain is based on the saudis. the saudis feel like they have to respond in those situations. and the iranians only need to invest a little bit in those places to drive very significant reactions from the saudis and to lesser degree the others. when

refers to at least five to 6,000 european whose have fought alongside isis and other groups in syria and iraq and are returning to their home countries. most devastatingly, members ofthe cell that committed attacks in paris in november 2015 killing 130 andwounding 368, had travel today syria from europe, fought and trained with isis and returned to europe to carry out an attack. this cell contained isis member whose had entered europe from syria after makingfalse asylum claims. while the majority of syrian refugees are not tied to terrorism, germany has seen a sharp up tick in the threat it faces.there was an eight fold increase in plots between 2015 and 2016. largely due to a surge of those involving refugees. in fact, germany faced more plots last year than it did in the entire 2000 to 2015 period. as the u.s. has experienced with the attacks in san bernardino and orlando, european governments also have a very significant problem with home grown radicals. to give an idea of the scale of this threat, the uk hasapproximately 23,000 terror suspects on the radar. within this, a 3,000 suspect as

the threat of what's going on today in north korea, what's going on in northern africa, libya, syria, iraq, he iran? than the threat of terrorism on the continent of europe were here, they are overwhelmed. they're very good but overwhelmed. greg: what should be done about that? >> well, you have to go after each other individually and design its own strategy according to after radicalism you have to eliminate the safe havens in libya, iraq, and syria. you need to develop a global coalition to go after these entities and absolutely destroy them. we need to get rid of political correctness. we need to identify the threat for what it is. i listen to the mayor in london talk -- this is about the same as what he said a couple months ago. i think the citizens of london and the uk are going to demand more of their politicians. they said the right thing for tonight but tomorrow or for what is now sunday in the uk, citizens will now demand for answers. greg: speaking of the safe havens which you prefer, iraq and syria for the terrorists -- are you disappointed that more nations in that region, arab

syria. gabriel clearly islamic states are losing ground both in iraq and syria but all we really coming close to the end of that so called caliphate. i think we're coming close to it how long the actual end game takes is another questions resort most so i took many many months from the start of the offensive. at to get right into the center of the city we're looking at something quite similar here in rocka i've been. on the front lines such as they are around the city of rucka and of the past we can more and what we saw was quite a rapid advance until they got into those. narrow streets near the center and then really getting bogged down with ios. fighting them house the house really with at snipers at suicide called bombs even weaponized drones said it may take sometime out for record to full but i think it is. away and not an ex when that happens it will effectively mean the end of the caliphate what it weight necessarily means the end of islamic state so cold. out or its ideology it definitely white mean the end. of the syrian war. and of course taking territory is a lot different to actua

stunning figure close to one million people of course do civilians in a is a last stronghold in syria iraq did they face a similar situation to the one in mosul. it's difficult to say and we're not privy to what is happening there but just as they removed this last bit slower we can over the next few days the plight of children and their protection has got to be. every day two of them are coming out unaccompanied trying to reunify them with their families trying to remove back into the group of families if their immediate families are more of very little but it's their protection they have the innocent victims of this conflict and their protection were good moves so must we at the top of our list of the most yanis we've seen in iraq and syria before of course when terrorists are beaten they just don't slide or slink into the shadows they leave a lot of problems and terror for the people left behind well thank you very much for giving us your take there from baghdad unicef representative in iraq peter hawkins. of the u.n. chemical weapons watch dog house confirmed that the victims of a chem

most of it happens in iraq, in afghanistan, and in syria. and if we had a fully worldwide number, it might impress us to start treating suicide bombing as we treat chemical weapons. the first terror that we dealt with internationally. and perhaps that might be a good idea for suicide bombing. >> anybody? >> okay. yes, my friend in the back. >> thank you. senior representative in the united states. just one strategic point i would like to ask the panel about and maybe a more tactical point. radicalization is not new. my partner was shot dead on the 11th of august by the i.r.a. so radicalization has been going on a long time. when i review the videos of all of the suicide bombers that carry out the attacks they have a common denominator, they are saying they're getting revenge. because the very title of this panel is islamism in the west or radicalism in the west. they all say we are now getting back at the west for what the west is doing in the islamic world. i think it is a common denominator in almost every video that comes out and somethin

launches air strikes against isis and syria in iraq from a base in qatar, the tiny gulf emirate hosts around 10,000 u.s. troops. that's one reason secretary of state rex tillerson has tried to de-escalate the crisis. >> we certainly would encourage the parties to sit down together and address these differences. >> reporter: and yesterday, u.s. ambassador dana smith praised qatar's great partnership in countering terrorist financing. smith has broken with the president before, lamenting last month on twitter that it is increasingly difficult to spend the day explaining our democracy and institutions. today, state department spokesperson heather nauert tried to soften the president's comments on qatar. >> they have made progress, but they still have work to do, more work needs to be done. >> reporter: smith is not the only frustrated long-term diplomat. but, scott, while president trump wants his own nominees in place, he's only appointed 11 ambassadors to fill 188 independent state department slots. >> pelley: margaret brennan at the state department, thanks. in paris today, a man atta

so that our forces are empowered to act against isis in iraq and syria no matter where they as long as they belong to group of terrorists we seek to eliminate. also in australia's national interest to ensure afghanistan is nor again a haven for terrorist. in spontaneity to request the australian government has agreed continue crease the special forces mission by 30 personnel to around 300. these additional personnel with develop a long-term camability of the afghan security forces ace part our advice and assist mission. they will not be in combat rolls and the chief of defense force is in discussion with the navy officials regarding the allocation for additional forces. increase in the support mission is part of australia not just bag supporter of the war on terror but being capable of taking part in it in an effective meaningful way and i thank the opposition and the defense for this continued bipartisan approach to these matters in support edf serving. >> despite labor committing, the coalition now that it's in government is keen to point out labor's failures when it was in p

assistance to the counterterrorism service. 300 members of the group conducted airstrikes in iraq and syria and 55 members in position in iraq. since october 14 there's been more than 3000 airstrikes over iraq delivering 1900 weapons into iraq and syria. let's not forget it was this prime minister who opened her approach so our forces are power to act against isis and iraq and syria no matter where they areri what they're doing slowing as they belong to the group of terrorists that we seek to eliminate. it's also the national interest to ensure afghanistan never again becomes a haven for terrorists. ninte in response to a request the government has agreed to increase the mission to afghanistan by 30 personnel for around 300. additional personnel will develop long-term capabilities of the afghan security forces as part of a group trade company advise and assist position. w they will not be combat roles. in increase in a sterling contribution as part of australia not just in the support of the war on terror but incapable of taking part of it. i think the opposition for their continued biparti

continued to exclaim allah and made a statement something to the effect of you have guilt people in syria, iraq, guinness dan, and we are all going to die. >> they are looking at his movements up to the attack and said he entered states legally through new york. >> we think he attempted -- we have information that he attempted to buy a firearm and was unsuccessful in that attempt in the united states. >> the fbi says he purchased a 12 inch survival knife, similar to this one and ambushed the officer outside of the tsa checkpoint. >> i put my foot in his ankle. and healthy down. -- held it down. >> cut in short death cutting short what could've been more violence. not on the radar of u.s. or canadian authorities and now believe he acted alone. cosby, a two bill spokesperson said he plans to hold a series of town for --tings to educate people town hall meetings to educate people about sexual assault and we hear from major who now says there is no need for a second money because the man has already suffered the loss of his career and earnings over the past 11 years. it is done, settled. adrianna:

. >> continued to exclaim allah and said something to the effect you have killed people in syria, iraqd afghanistan, and we're all going to die. >> reporter: the suspect is a dual citizen of canada and tunisia, has lived in montreal for ten years, and is the father of three. he is now in custody as the incident have investigated as an act spent about 47 minutes in the airport before the attack. he arrived around 8:52 a.m. with two bags. at 9:10, he went to a restaurant on the second floor, where he stayed for about 28 minutes. the documents allege he then entered a restroom, dropped off his bags, came out, and stabbed neville, less than 5 seconds later. >> lieutenant neville never stopped fighting. >> reporter: the criminal complaint says he asked the officer who subdued him why he didn't kill him. police searched what is thought to be the suspect's montreal apartment wednesday afternoon. three people at the residence have been taken in for questioning. >> we have no information to suggest a wider plot. >> reporter: he has been charged with committing an act of violence at an airport.

but phosphorus has been used in syria and iraq on previous occasions but on this this this time we decided it was time to put out a statement of our own warning against the use using white phosphorous to attack personnel people on the ground or material objects are not clear rules in terms of using. white phosphorous as a weapon it is not covered by international law or it's not primarily designed as an incendiary weapon but its incidental effects can can cause terrible injuries burns smoke inhalation so our question is what is it hitting on the ground and adequate provisions being taken to ensure that civilians are not falling victim to white phosphorus apologies a cause that was mary aware of another watchdog international says the use of white phosphorus by u.s. led forces in iraq could amount to a war crime but the pentagon is defending its right to use the weapon against isis . we won't confirm whether our we used way phosphorous we do reserve the right to use it in accordance with the laws of armed conflict we have already shifted from attrition tactics probably shove them from one p

figures released by the pentagon that we should meet scaling less than three hundred in both syria and iraq over the past three years in just a few occasions offer airstrikes we each have believe that the ground for the various raca has resulted not all the staggering loss of see if you don't live but tears also lead to two hundred hundred sixty thousand civilians fleeing their homes and becoming in devon to displace while focusing their military efforts on fighting eisel than the u.s. and its allies continue to insist on seeing the assad government out of power in syria baroness caroline cox who heads the u.k. based humanitarian aid relief trust spoke to us in the week and says the syrian people opposed such foreign meddling still. there is great concern from everyone meet in syria have been back in the region recently about u.s. and u.k. foreign policy with regard to syria and its commitment to regime change everyone we met in that area is terrified of regime change in the u.k. u.s. foreign policy if they see it would just lead to another iraq another libya and in fact one person said to