air strikes in southeastern syria, targeting important assets held by the isis terror groups. here with breaking news from the pentagon ask jennifer griffin. >> the u.s. and arab coalition allies just completed this latest round of air strikes in southeastern syria. i'm told the targets include about a dozen modular oil refinements used by isis in their refining activities. that is the equivalent of 300 to 500 barrels of oil according to u.s. officials, the goal of the mission was to leave the refineries intact. the operation is over for now and all allied planes left the area safely. >> reporter: this is the face of the arab coalition pilots who are dropping bombs on isis targets inside syria. major miriam al monsori is the first female fighter pilot in the united arab mem lets. one of eight saudi pilots running f-15 bombing runs against isis. they have received death threats on twitter. today jordanian fighter pilots -- this time in the abu kumal area. this area in eastern syria has been a staging area for foreign fighters and a base for isis for some time. >> is strikes had

air strikes in southeastern syria, targeting important assets held by the isis terror groups.aking news from the pentagon ask jennifer griffin. >> the u.s. and arab coalition allies just completed this latest round of air strikes in southeastern syria. i'm told the targets include about a dozen modular oil refinements used by isis in their refining activities. that is the equivalent of 300 to 500 barrels of oil according to u.s.

qaeda's affiliate has engaged in active combat with isis in various parts, particularly of southeastern syria. but i would say, you know, the bigger issue here though is they are increasingly in some competition for for now striking targets in the region and overseas. that makes isis a growing concern. >> seth, good to see you. >> thanks, megyn. >>> as we track these new terror concerns at home and overseas, we are reminded of warnings we heard back in 2007. america was fighting the iraq war, president bush had just ordered u.s. troops to surge in iraq. and critics were demanding that the u.s. withdraw the troops. when president bush issued this frighteningly accurate as it turns out assessment of what would happen if we did that. >> i know some in washington would like us to start leaving iraq now. to begin withdrawing before our commanders tell us we're ready would be dangerous for iraq, for the region and for the united states. it would mean surrendering the future of iraq to al qaeda. it'd mean that we'd be risking mass killings on a horrific scale. it would mean we allowed a terrorist to

syria and fight. already there is a large kurdish population inside turkey in the southeastern part. is worried syria's kurds will further inspire turkey's kurds to break away. john. >>> law enforcement officials are investigating isil recruiting here in the us. kimberley reports from minnesota. >> reporter: growing up in this minnesota community, 1 -- 100,000 somalians have not been easy. lack of jobs make them easy targets for groups like isil. >> you hear an individual has gone, comes back, and unfortunately has joined such organizations. >> reporter: u.s. officials estimate more than 100 americans, including roughly a dozen from this northern u.s. state have left to join isil. the fbi says efforts to recruit young muslims is sophisticated. >> we have been privy to some videos which have directly targeted youths here in minneapolis. >> reporter: in recent weeks two men have died. many in the muslim community say this man was shot while fighting alongside another american, douglas mccain. the u.s. state department says he was killed in syria while fighting with isil. it's not the f

. >> the war in syria waging along the southeastern border may have to take on a more active role. azeera. >> meanwhile, 45,000 syrian kurds fled into southeast turkey to escape isil. a stretch of land was opened. isil has seized several syringes in syria. officials estimate thousands more are still waiting to cross. turkey has so far been reluctant to offer military support for the u.s. coalition against isil. it's unclear if the release of the hostages will actually change that stance. randall pinkston has more from washington, d.c. >> the release of the hostages, obviously a very significant development but so far, officially, the u.s. is not saying a lot about it. we have a written statement from national security spokeswoman caitlin hayden who told al jazeera america, we welcome their release and are pleased that they will soon be reunited with their families. now,tie is on a list of 57 coalition countries, a list put out by the u.s. department of state last night. turkey is a member of nato but has pledged to provide humanitarian and logistical assistance to the coalition, and

. >> with the war in syria raging along turkey's southeastern border, they may have to take on a more active role in the fight against isil. al jazeera. >> well, 45,000 syrian scrod's crossed into turkey in just one day to escape isil. turkey is already nearly home to 850,000 syrian refugees. >>> no. iraq thousands of supporters have taken to the streets in baghdad. we'll get more from the iraqi capitol. what in particular are they demonstrating about? >> reporter: well, david, was a show of strength. what they wanted to do was to say that baghdad is under their control. they're able and willing to defend baghdad if the need is there. this is what they call defensive peace platoons. they're not there on an offensive capacity. they're not there to fight anybody but there to defend. it was really a rally of support. iwe have heard in the past that he said he's opposed to any u.s. presence in iraq. saying that he'll resist them and fight with the americans on the ground. this time around he issued a statement saying the territory sovereignty, and is against the u.s. in iraq. it plays wel

syria and fight. richard engel, nbc news in southeastern turkey on the syrian border. >>> the third american patient to recover from the deadly ebola virus has been released from the hospital. [ applause ] that was the applause that greeted dr. rick sacra today at the nebraska medical center, where he gave thanks to supporters and medical staff for his treatment. the 51 year old from massachusetts contracted ebola in liberia. he says he is grateful but that his recovery will continue. >> i feel great, except that i am extremely weak, like i have a little exercise bike the physical therapy people and others managed to bring into my room, and i can do -- well, now i'm up to five minutes. >> wow. today in new york, president obama gave a united nations address on the fight against ebola. he warned that a slow response may cause the virus to spread and that the world must respond more quickly. >>> somebody in the bay area may have a winning lottery ticket worth $225 million. a winning powerball ticket was bought at key market in san mateo. the owners get $1 million for selling the ticket. last night's winn

syria and fight. richard engel, nbc news, in southeastern turkey on the syrian border. >>> take you now to the presidento is delivering remarks at a special meeting of the u.n., addressing the crisis, the ebola crisis in west africa. >> it is wiping out entire families. it's turned simple acts of love and comfort and kindness, like holding a sick friend's hand, or embracing a dying child, into potentially fatal acts. if ever there were a public health emergency deserving an urgent, strong and coordinated international response, this is it. but this is also more than a health crisis, this is a growing threat to regional and global security. in liberia, sierra leone, public health systems have collapsed. economic growth is slowing dramatically. if this epidemic is not stopped, this disease could cause a humanitarian catastrophe across the region, and in an era where regionalbr crises can quickly become global threats, stopping ebola is in the interest of all of us. courageous men and women fighting on the frontlines of this disease have told us what they need, they need more beds, they need more supplies,

syria? >> there will be southeastern what they call vetted moderate opposition, vetted meaning they've been -- the background has been checked to see that we're not arming and equiping the bad guys. but they will not be americans. we will be providing training and equipment. sort of -- it's a two-front operation, if you will. it's blunting isis in iraq but also dealing with isis and assad in syria. >> there's been a resolution of a limited nature. what kind of limits would you like to see on any resolution that congress passed? >> well, i don't want to get too far out of not having fully looked at the options. but there are options where you could have an authorization that's limited in time that would have to be renewed. one of the problems i believe with the authorization for force of 2001 is it was unlimited in time, geography, and in many ways in terms of the target. it was very broad and could be interpreted as a kind of open-ended declaration. so time is one of the possible limitations as long as it's clear and can be renewed the target the mission who we're after and the means. for e

southeastern white house correspondent bill plante at the white house for us tonight. thanks very much. today the u.s. military reported more airstrikes against i.s.i.s. terrorists in syria. the attacks were carried out with arab allies. the targets included i.s.i.s. compounds fire iraqa, the i.s.i.s. capital, and the terrorist training camp. holly williams got inside syria with kurdish forces fighting i.s.i.s. on the ground. >> reporter: we crossed the river tigris into syria, and in under an hour, as the last town is under kurdish control, our convoy came under fire. we took cover in the village of a mud brick hut. our car just came under fire as we were driving along that road over there. we'd taken shelter in this village mahmoodin. i.s.i.s. positions are about a mile in that direction and they're trying to capture the village. the commander omran hussein is here and led us to safety. hussein has just 40 soldiers, 10 are women, some teenagers. "it's not enough," the commander told us, "but they're all i have." they're female soldiers. there's no difference between the men and the women, he said. some of the women are better fighters than i am. at just 19 years old, a

silent in southeastern ukraine after a cease-fire agreement between the ukrainian government and pro-russian rebels apparently is holding. the ukraine crisis and fight to take down isis in iraq and syriae nato summit in wales. david: a lot of news from overseas. rich edson is following it all. he joins from us the white house with the very latest what president obama was saying all about this at the summit. rich? >> well, david and liz, when you look what president obama had to say about all this at great britain he said ukraine's cease-fire will take some time to implement. he took a little credit saying that the sanctions the west threatened and implemented are took credit for these cease-fire negotiations and talks that we have coming up as well. so there is a bit of a positive news when it comes to the cease-fire though the president said he is still wary of russia's intentions. >> went to the cease-fire -- with respect to the cease-fire agreement we're hopeeul but based on past experience skeptical that in fact the separatist it is will follow through and the russians will stop violating ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. so it has to be tested. >> when it comes to

and equip mission for the free southeastern army that for it to work best we should probably embed special forces advisers as we train equip and send them back into syria? >> sir, in my written testimony i try to make that point. syria is not iraq, obviously, but there are similarities. we are not in a position obviously now to risk our finest special forces troops by sending them into a black hole. we don't know enough. about whom they might help and how they are organized and who they might be allied with. and we have not degraded -- begin to degrade the islamic state to the point where something may coales where we could provide that kind of assistance. but as the kind of strategy that we have all talked about evolves in syria, and this will be an evolution. it has to be. and i think the president has been clear on that when he talks about a multiyear campaign. you don't fight the same fight every day. to make significant progress, we are going to have to get to the point in my view just based on my experience in iraq where we can get advisers on the ground in syria both to assess as they did after the catastrophic defeat of iraqi forces in june and