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targets were also hit in and around the targets of dei deir ezzor al hasakah and abu kamal. with the u.s. going it alone to strike targets near aleppo. >> now let's check regional reaction. becky anderson joins us live in abu dhabi for that part of the story. and becky, of course in the course of these 24 hours we have learned a little bit more about what the leaders of these countries involved in these five arab nations that took part in this broad coalition, and also what people in those nations have been talking about. share that with us. >> reporter: that's right. let's start with the governments here because it is very unusual that you hear from the gulf region speaking out loud about their participation in what is a u.s.-led coalition. but we've learned over the past 24 hours from the president of the u.s. and others that it's absolutely crucial these five arab nations got on board. not just in a support role as qatar did but four others in full-on participation role. the uae, for example, the foreign minister is in new york for the u.n. general assembly, where many of
targets were also hit in and around the targets of dei deir ezzor al hasakah and abu kamal. with the u.s. going it alone to strike targets near aleppo. >> now let's check regional reaction. becky anderson joins us live in abu dhabi for that part of the story. and becky, of course in the course of these 24 hours we have learned a little bit more about what the leaders of these countries involved in these five arab nations that took part in this broad coalition, and also what people in...
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states and its arab partners targeted islamic state assets in eastern syria, right about here, in abu kamal. the officials say the bombing took out eight islamic state vehicles. this is in syria's oil rich region, of course, where the terror group reportedly rakes in millions of dollars each day selling crude. before the united nations terrorism meeting about to get started, president obama addressed all u.n. members or member nations at least at the general assembly. and the president is gaveling things in right now. let's listen. >> the second meeting of the security council called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is, threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, foreign terrorist fighters. the agenda is adopted. i wish to warmly welcome the distinguished heads of state and government, secretary general, ministers and other distinguished representatives present in the security council chamber. your presence today underscores the importance of this subject matter under discussion. before each of you is a list of speakers who have requested to partic
states and its arab partners targeted islamic state assets in eastern syria, right about here, in abu kamal. the officials say the bombing took out eight islamic state vehicles. this is in syria's oil rich region, of course, where the terror group reportedly rakes in millions of dollars each day selling crude. before the united nations terrorism meeting about to get started, president obama addressed all u.n. members or member nations at least at the general assembly. and the president is...
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on wednesday they hit 12 oil refineries controlled by the islamic state, including facilities in abu kamal>>> government leaders in turkey are struggling to stop foreign fighters from joining the islamic state. they're seeing many of them slip past their border and into syria. nhk world saw firsthand what they're up against. >> reporter: there is a checkpoint on the border between turkey and syria. the turkish government now tightened the security for preventing foreign fighters going in to syria. local authorities here say some foreigners are still coming through. ankara is a city near the border in southern turkey. >> translator: i think people from belgium, sweden and germany. >> reporter: people here say the civil war has had a great impact on the number of tourists visiting the region. in the city, local shops sell tops and caps marked with symbols of extremist groups. many foreign fighters go to syria and join the islamic state. they call the area a gateway to jihad. our crew succeeded in interviewing a person involved in smuggling of foreign fighters. he said his name was hassan. he
on wednesday they hit 12 oil refineries controlled by the islamic state, including facilities in abu kamal>>> government leaders in turkey are struggling to stop foreign fighters from joining the islamic state. they're seeing many of them slip past their border and into syria. nhk world saw firsthand what they're up against. >> reporter: there is a checkpoint on the border between turkey and syria. the turkish government now tightened the security for preventing foreign fighters...
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wednesday they hit 12 oil refineries controlled by islamic state including those in hasakah, mayadi, and abu kamalu.s. military officials say the militants have earned more than $2 million per day smuggling oil to fund their operation. >> we will work to cut out their financing and to stop the flow of fighters into and out of the region. >> a syrian anti-government group says an air campaign killed at least 14 islamic state fighters but an opposition activist, in eastern syria says an air strike on a village killed nine civilians. he said the residents there are angry. >>> a pentagon spokesperson says arab nations played a major role in the air strikes on oil refineries held by the islamic state militant group. press secretary john kirby said 10 of the 16 fighter jets that conducted the attacks were from u.s. allies saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. >> there are other refineries that they have, and of course as i said, i'm not announcing future operations here, but we're going to continue to look at future strategic-level targets against isil in syria. and on the civilian casualty issue,
wednesday they hit 12 oil refineries controlled by islamic state including those in hasakah, mayadi, and abu kamalu.s. military officials say the militants have earned more than $2 million per day smuggling oil to fund their operation. >> we will work to cut out their financing and to stop the flow of fighters into and out of the region. >> a syrian anti-government group says an air campaign killed at least 14 islamic state fighters but an opposition activist, in eastern syria says...
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and five arab allies focused on raqqah, hasakah and abu kamal. they hit command centers, equipment and training camps. separately u.s. forces attacked aleppo, the stronghold of an al today linked faction known as the khorasan group. >> intelligence indicated they were in the final stages of plans to execute major attacks against western targets and potentially the u.s. homeland. >> reporter: u.s. warplanes and drones started hitting islamic state positions in iraq at the beginning of august. but president barack obama held off on attacking syria, where a civil war has been grinding on for more than three years. he's been wary of helping president bashar al assad in his fight against anti-government forces. he blames assad for carrying out chemical weapons attacks and other atrocities. but obama decided the benefits outweighed the risks, and he assembled a coalition of more than 50 nations to join the fight. >> this is not going to be something that is quick and it is not something that is going to be easy. >> reporter: u.s. officials warned the a
and five arab allies focused on raqqah, hasakah and abu kamal. they hit command centers, equipment and training camps. separately u.s. forces attacked aleppo, the stronghold of an al today linked faction known as the khorasan group. >> intelligence indicated they were in the final stages of plans to execute major attacks against western targets and potentially the u.s. homeland. >> reporter: u.s. warplanes and drones started hitting islamic state positions in iraq at the beginning...
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their leadership is sitting comfortably in eastern syria, in places likes abu kamal just like back in008 when they were sending more fighters to kill iraqis and foreign soldiers. they have to go in in neighboring countries no the in syria to train and support the army. there is has to be a three prong approach. the how do you vet them how do you know who is the moderate who is that. we don't have time to run any kind of check on these people. do we have an idea of who the moderates are? >> we have an idea who they are. the united states has been working with the moderate forces on the ground that are fighting isis in the past year. you do not strike the united states. you do not strike the west. we support the united states can support forces on the ground that don't want to expand outside of syria. >> now the assad regime said look to the united states. you come to our airspace we are going to shoot you down. you have to give the assad regime, they took 190,000 people and they are still standing. every one has been fighting with them, although we have threatened with the red line our
their leadership is sitting comfortably in eastern syria, in places likes abu kamal just like back in008 when they were sending more fighters to kill iraqis and foreign soldiers. they have to go in in neighboring countries no the in syria to train and support the army. there is has to be a three prong approach. the how do you vet them how do you know who is the moderate who is that. we don't have time to run any kind of check on these people. do we have an idea of who the moderates are?...
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but the six is abu kamal, which barely registers. the strikes where isil controls large areas. the raqqa province is the group's de facto province. isil took the oil rich area of deir az zor while sweeping through iraq. it was able to get the isil supply palestine into iraq an and anbar province. weakening isil serves the u.s. strategy but the modern opposition said that isil's defeat could pave the way for bashar al-assad to reassert it's authority. >> thank you. syria's position on the airstrikes remains unclear. earlier iran claimed the strikes were illegal. but syrian government officials have not gone that far just yet. james bays has more. >> reporter: the diplomatic spotlight is now here on the united nations world leaders here president obama now here in new york. the issue of isil on the agenda, although today they're supposed to be taking about climate change. looking particularly at the reaction at the syrian government to those airstrikes on the syrian soil. certainly from damascus they issued statements that there had been a letter received from john kerry. the u.s
but the six is abu kamal, which barely registers. the strikes where isil controls large areas. the raqqa province is the group's de facto province. isil took the oil rich area of deir az zor while sweeping through iraq. it was able to get the isil supply palestine into iraq an and anbar province. weakening isil serves the u.s. strategy but the modern opposition said that isil's defeat could pave the way for bashar al-assad to reassert it's authority. >> thank you. syria's position on the...
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it looks like they are trying to interdict that by hitting the areas around abu kamal.se out there to hit. >> appreciate you being on. thanks very much. stopping corruption of young minds, president obama calls on the world today and muslim communities to reject the ideology of al qaeda and isis. we'll have more on that ahead and former president bill clinton says isis was trying to sucker us into putting troops on the ground in iraq. his interview straight ahead. g 0 years of swedish experience in perfecting the rich, never bitter taste of gevalia. we do it all for this very experience. that's good. i know right? gevalia. sfx: ambient park noise, crane engine, music begins. we asked people a question, how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40, $53, $21, do you think the money in your pocket could make an impact on something as big as your retirement? not a chance. i don't think so. it's hard to imagine how something so small can help with something so big. but if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time,
it looks like they are trying to interdict that by hitting the areas around abu kamal.se out there to hit. >> appreciate you being on. thanks very much. stopping corruption of young minds, president obama calls on the world today and muslim communities to reject the ideology of al qaeda and isis. we'll have more on that ahead and former president bill clinton says isis was trying to sucker us into putting troops on the ground in iraq. his interview straight ahead. g 0 years of swedish...
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those targets included oil strikes on al mayadin, al hasakah, and abu kamal. let's get the latest on the situation in iraq and syria. >> we must be inclusive. >> reporter: he may have been at the united nations, but david cameron was very much addressing a home audience. >> but we must not be so frozen with fear that we don't do anything at all. isolation and withdrawing from a problem like isil will only make matters worse. we must not allow past mistakes to become an excuse for indifference or inaction. >> reporter: he'll be making the same case on friday in parliament, asking for approval for british participation in strikes against islamic state targets in iraq. last year, parliament failed to support strikes against syria, but mr. cameron is confident he will get approval for this mission. american jets have already been targeting the islamic state in iraq since early august, and on monday, they went after the islamic state in syria. @barack obama has slowly been building a coalition. >> what brings us together today, what is new, is the unprecedented flo
those targets included oil strikes on al mayadin, al hasakah, and abu kamal. let's get the latest on the situation in iraq and syria. >> we must be inclusive. >> reporter: he may have been at the united nations, but david cameron was very much addressing a home audience. >> but we must not be so frozen with fear that we don't do anything at all. isolation and withdrawing from a problem like isil will only make matters worse. we must not allow past mistakes to become an excuse...
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the third and final picture a residence near the town of abu kamal along the border between syria and iraq. this was a residential area that had been used for a training site and logistic site for isil fighters. it was engaged with multiple gps-guided missiles, munitions fired from f-18s launched from the uss "george w. bush." as you can see the aircraft targeted locations within the boundaries, within the fence line of the residence. there's video here that shows exactly how that was done so give me a moment here to switch to video and i'll let you look at that as well, of this same target. again, you'll note the effects of the strike were contained within the boundaries of the target area. as these pictures of the video highlight the strikes involved, multiple aircraft and cruise missiles from several countries. it was through the careful planning and coordination of u.s. central command combined arms operations, combined air operations center located in the rethat these strikes were successful with minimal collateral damage. last night's strikes are the beginning of a credible and
the third and final picture a residence near the town of abu kamal along the border between syria and iraq. this was a residential area that had been used for a training site and logistic site for isil fighters. it was engaged with multiple gps-guided missiles, munitions fired from f-18s launched from the uss "george w. bush." as you can see the aircraft targeted locations within the boundaries, within the fence line of the residence. there's video here that shows exactly how that was...
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other facilities in raqqah, and also in hasakah, in deyr aw zour, and hard by the iraq border at abu kamal. as he left the white house this morning, president obama said the aerial assault made a vital point. >> we were joined in this action by our friends and partners-- saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan, bahrain, and qatar-- the strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not america's fight alone. >> woodruff: separately, on its own, the u.s. hit a group called "khorosan", an organization of veteran al qaeda operatives. eight air strikes hit near aleppo, where the khorosan militants are linked with the "al-nusra front", al qaeda's principal syria franchise. pentagon leaders said the strikes were successful. the top operations officer for the joint chiefs, lieutenant general william mayville, said the aleppo attacks aimed to disrupt an active plot. >> we've been watching this group closely for some time, and we believe the khorasan group was nearing the execution phase of an attack either in europe, or the homeland. >> woodruff: mayville also made clea
other facilities in raqqah, and also in hasakah, in deyr aw zour, and hard by the iraq border at abu kamal. as he left the white house this morning, president obama said the aerial assault made a vital point. >> we were joined in this action by our friends and partners-- saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan, bahrain, and qatar-- the strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not america's fight alone. >> woodruff: separately, on its own, the u.s....
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a group says the bombing took place near abu kamal near the iraqi border. what the administration says will be a long campaign against isis and the terror group called khorasan. >> this morning, we're getting a better idea of how successful they've been. david martin is at the pentagon with new details about the latest american action. david, good morning. >> good morning. u.s. and arab aircraft continue to fly reconnaissance mission, over syria, assessing the damage done by monday night's raid. overnight, they spotted an isis staging area near the iraqi border and launched two strikes against it. but there are still plenty of targets left. and the director of operations for the pentagon made clear that the first night's strikes would not be the last. >> you're seeing the beginnings of a sustained campaign. and strikes like this in the future can be expected. >> the u.s. and its arab partners launched a total of 168 weapons during a four-hour period. this strike was against an isis training area. almost all the weapons were precision guided. and most of the
a group says the bombing took place near abu kamal near the iraqi border. what the administration says will be a long campaign against isis and the terror group called khorasan. >> this morning, we're getting a better idea of how successful they've been. david martin is at the pentagon with new details about the latest american action. david, good morning. >> good morning. u.s. and arab aircraft continue to fly reconnaissance mission, over syria, assessing the damage done by monday...