human rights says the coalition targ targeted grain storage areas in the isil strong held east of aleppo city killing workers and not fighters. we cannot independently confirm this, but there is no doubt the grain provided food for people. >> it has been a week since the start of the military campaign against isil. it has stopped a group from making mortar toral advances but it's not clear what the coalition will do next. there is a consensus that a ground war will be needed to defeat the group. >> what will fight the coalition on the ground? they have declared war on the member states to the coalition. it feels it will almost a target. many in the opposition saw it as an attack against one of the most powerful rebel groups. they enjoy support on the ground and are warning other rebels no to become u.s. proxies. >> they take advantage of the oppression that isil has carried out against you. as an excuse to join the ethical coalition because they want to enjoy the region. >> many syrians of the rebel-held territories have agreed with. not targeting government forces instead. anti-western senti

. >> the coalition targeted grain storage east of the aleppo city killing workers and not fighters. we cannot independently confirm this but there is no doubt that the grain provided food for the people. it has been a week since the start of the military campaign against isil. it has stopped a group from making mortar toral advances, but it is not clear what the coalition will do next. there is a consensus that a ground war will be needed to defeat the group. >> who will fight on the ground. the u.s. said it hit a group affiliated with news are nusra. it does enjoy support on the ground, and it is now warning other rebels not to become u.s. proxies. >> don't let the west take advantage of the oppression as an excuse to join the coalition because they want to destroy the jihadists in the region. they did not come oh to syria to help you get rid of the tyranny. >> an many in the area agree with that. they've been taking to the streets. criticizing for not targeting government forces instead. anti-western sentiment is growing because of civilian casualties. activists say people have be

aleppo is growing. syria's second largest city is close to the border with turkey. it's not just forces loyal to bashar al-assad who are eyeing the strategic advantage of holding aleppo. in the last few months rebels have had to confront a new foe. the islamic state group. once their ally i.s. fighters are now pointing their guns to rebel positions. rebels are being squeezed between government and islamic state fighters and aleppo's people are trapped and suffering in the middle. al jazeera. kurdish peshmerga forces in iraq has taken control year erbil. it follows the advancing of islamic state fighters who have pushed inside territory in the country's north. fighters in the group are still in nearby villages which are as close to a kilometer to the kurdish position. >>> well, camps have been set up in turkey to shelter yazidis from iraq. they say the threat means they never will return home. >> reporter: this is a traditional kurdish chant for those left behind. these yazidis are safe in a turkish refugee camp but many have relatives threatened by the murderous adva

that is an al- qaida cell, based west of the syrian city of aleppo. that group was said to be plotting imminent attacks on american and western interests. president obama is scheduled to address the united nations general assembly on wednesday and the battle against isis is expected to be among the topics of his address. still ahead. suspicious meatballs discovered in santa rosa-- similar to those found in san francisco. what police are saying about the case. plus -- luxury cars stolen from several bay area dealerships. how the thieves got into the vehicles. next coming up the giants and the dodgers. the playoff implications are of next. three high- end bay area car dealerships in san jose, santa clara and belmont. all hit by organzied thieves. making off with more 20 - luxury vehicles over the past week. tonight -- we have surveillance video from one of the dealerships burglarized. kron 4's charles clifford shows us how they worked... this is video from one of the dealerships that was stolen from. after looking around he kicks in the blast of the fro

those strikes occurred near the syrian city of aleppo. through it all, isis kept up the propaganda war with a brand-new video of british hostage john cantlie warning the west that fighting isis will lead to a mess not seen since vietnam. we knew the united states would somehow sometime hit isis in syria. but the strikes against the khorasan group whose existence the u.s. only really publicly acknowledged last week came as a surprise. pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins me live with that. the khorasan group, why now and why alongside these strikes? >> reporter: well, this is a group in western syria near aleppo clear on the other side of the country from where they struck isis. they had been watching them for some time by all accounts and believe those al qaeda operatives were in the final stages of executing a plan to attack u.s. and/or western targets. not a lot of specificity about what that target was. but the intelligence was showing that they were in the stages of the ability to make non-detectable explosives and put them in v

peacekeepers in the area. >> the ancient city of aleppo has seen some of the fierce fighting of syrian war. the government's used barrel bombs on rebel-held areas with devastating effect, the latest drop killing 11. locals say there was not a single rebel fighter in the area. >> it's difficult to pick out anything that would indicate that was a popular taxi stand. people had been lining up on friday, hoping to catch what little public transport was available in the city of aleppo. two barrel bombs reportedly fell. when rescuers scrambled to found survivors, they mostly found the dead. a trial among them. >> translation: all the people here are civilian workers and passengers. people killed, dozens injured. this is a residential area. there's not a single militant here. >> this is the difficulty for the few people trying to scrape out an existence in the besieged city. >>> according to human rites watch, the weapon of choice, the barrel bomb is ipp discrime fate. they have hit and -- ipp discrime nate. they have hit and killed hundreds. the second-largest city is close to the border, wi

ththey would bomb training camps and command centers in the city of aleppo. >> we've been watching this group closely for some time. we believe the khoreason group were nearing attacking . >> the morning after the first round of strikes in syria president obama said he felt the u.s. plan to destroy isil was heading in the right direction. >> i want to say thank you to all of you. this is obviously not the end of an effort but rather a beginning. but i'm confident we've got a partnership that is representative and will be successful. >> the u.s.-arab coalition against sunni extremists is unprecedented. the five arab countries helping in the airstrikes are each led by sunni muslims. >> my friends, the terrorist and criminals targeting syria, iraq, and other countries today are extreme reflections of a great global threat. qatar's president . >> terrorism seeks to deprive of humanitarian, di stress effort diversity, therefore, we double our efforts to fight this phenomenon whatever its form, targets or source. >> hundreds of thousands of syrians have fled to turkey. turkey, a nato member,

he was traveling with opposition fighters near the northern city of aleppo when he was taken captive. one opposition fighter said the two groups restarted negotiations on monday. he says they were communicating through mediators. now he says they're holding direct tal. he quoted the islamic state representative as saying he's in good health. the man said his group is demanding his release in exchange for a leading member of the islamic state. officials of the japanese embassy in jordan say they have no new information about. >>> it looks like a close call for thursday's referendum in scotland on whether to break away from the united kingdom. the latest polls suggest a tight race between pro-independence and pro-union votes. turnout is expected to be high. 97% of scots aged 16 and above have registered to vote. that's nearly 4.3 million people. the results of the referendum will likely depend on the undecided. they account for 4% to 9% of voters. david cameron said he's alarmed by the momentum of pro-independence forces. he visited scotland on monday to appeal for a no vote. >> please

city. according to human rights watch, the government's weapon of choice, the barely bomb, is indiscriminalnant and wildly inaccurate but the bombs have hit and killed hundreds of civilians. the number of dead in aleppogrowing. the area's second largest city is close to the border with turkey with access to crucial supply routes. it's not just forces eyeing the strategic advantage of holding aleppo. rebels have had to confront a new foe, the islamic state group. rebel are being squeezed between government and islamic state fighters. aleppo's people are trapped and suffering in the middle. al jazeera. >>ler monsoon rains and floods killed more than 120 people in pakistan. the floods are dataerred across eastern pakistan, over 100 others died east in india. indian administered cashmere. some areas are facing the worst flooding in two decades. pakistan's disaster management authority said it's dispatching tents relief items and helicopters to evacuate people. more rain is forecast in the coming days. more than 2000 people have died in the latest wet african outbreak. the world health organization says they are not sure that number won't be much higher. 4,000 people are infected with ebola. a quartantine

they're fighting in aleppo, which is this crucial strategic city which everybody is fight over. ver controls aleppo, it's a massive, massive site, strategic support for the area. >> he lobbed a grenade of and the regime is firing back along the wall. >> this group has been fighting them in aleppo. they're very poorly equipped. the fighting is tragic. you see the equipment they fightering with. i think it's quite difficult for, i think, the americans to look at groups such as the islamic groups and in any way contemplate arming them. i think that that would seem to be one of the hardest decisions they could possibly make. they're pained to say how moderate they are. at this moment they sense there might be an opportunity for weapons and arms to fight their fight. for them, the problem with picking a moderate group or picking moderate groups to arm is what happens next. where do those weapons go, to what purpose are they used, and how do you control them. >> the new documentary continues to be released this week. advicenews.com. >>> it is day 12 of the manhunt for cop killer eric f

city. >> according to human rites watch, the government's weapon of choice, the barrel bomb is indiscriminate and inaccurate. they have hit and killed hundreds of civilians. >> the number dead in aleppogrowing. government barrel bombs terrorized the people here. reigning on rebel-held areas within and outside the city. the city is close to the border with turkey, with access to usual routes. it's not just forces loyal to bashar al-assad eyeing the advantage of holding aleppo. rebels had to confront a new foe, the islamic state group. runs their ally, is fighter pointing their gun towards rebel positions. aleppo's people are trapped and suffering in the middle. >>> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalist detained in egypt for 252 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, were given long sentences after a trial seen by observers as politically motivated. there's an appeal against their convictions right now. the case has been raised by the u.s. secretary-general in a conversation with the egyptian president. you can join the campaign to get al jazeera journalists free by using the hashtag free aj's staff, and find out more by going to the web

this is aleppo, the city we've talked about all throughout that isis has come in and in large parts takener. you go just to the north and east, this is al bob. this is a training camp where most -- before 2013 this was part of the free syrian army's spot. and they were trying to fight this government in syria as the civil war raged. well, isis came in and took this over. and beginning in the last six months isis has been training according to a world health report and the united states government 14-year-old and 15-year-old boys to join in this fight. they have a training camp there. there's a lot of weapons that are stored there. and it was widely believed this would be one of the spots we would be targeting. according to a recent u.n. report. u.s. air strikes also likely a target -- we can back out. chris, can you zoom this map -- ride this map out a little bit. here we are aleppo again, come all the way to the border with iraq. isis has taken down the entire border there in a large berm. and the thinking was since isis hasarea that now that would be another area to strike because the f

dedicated eight of the 22 airstrikes against the syrian base of the khorasan group outside of the city of aleppo. >> we believe this group was nearing the execution phase of an attack either in europe or the homeland. >> reporter: three key factors emerged today about why the khorasan group is considered so dangerous. it's made up of 50 seasoned al qaeda fighters. many of whom who were close to osama bin laden. they were building bombs undetectable by the latest airsport screening machines. and among their targets were passenger jets bound for the u.s., using recruits posing as tourists to carry the bombs on board. >> we know that the khorasan group has attempted to recruit westerners to serve as operatives or to infiltrate back into their homelands. >> reporter: today, a dutch jihadist in the aleppo area posted a video of the aftermath of what he said was a usairstrike against an al qaeda headquarters. >> many brothers died. many brothers got wounded. >> reporter: the u.s. had developed unusually good intelligence on the syrian safe haven of the hard core al qaeda unit. and the white house trea

ahmed sadiq is a syrian refugee who fled the city of aleppo two years ago. after syrian government forces began indiscriminate attacks on its residential neighborhoods. "why didn't the americans target the regime, "asked ahmed. "if they bombed the regime three years ago, isis wouldn't even exist now." but instead, isis has thrived on the deadly chaos of syria's civil war. last week, they launched another violent offensive, seizing scores of villages and forcing more than 100,000 syrians to flee their homes for the safety of turkey. mahdena wasu told us she came to this makeshift refugee camp three days ago after isis besieged her town and killed two of her cousins. "we've been hoping for a year that the americans would attack them," she said. "they slaughter people, and we were living in fear." the syrian civil war began as an uprising against the country's government and, scott, now the fear is that these u.s.-led airstrikes could strengthen the position of the syrian regime, which continues to kill its own people. >> pelley: holly williams on turkey's bord

. >>> now the aged city of aleppo has seen some of the fiercest fighting. barrel bombs have been dropped with devastating effects. it has killed 50 local people. here is marianne hand. >> reporter: it's difficult to pick out anything here that might indicate that this was once a popular taxi stand. people had been lining up on friday hoping to catch whatever public transport was available in aleppo. two barrel bombs reportedly fell. when rescuers scrambled to find survivors they mostly found the dead, a child among them. >> all the people here are civilian workers and passengers, people who were killed and dozens injured from the bombs. there is not a single militant here. >> reporter: and this is the difficulty for the future people who were trying to scrape out an existence in this besieged city. according to human rights watch the government's weapon of choice the barrel bombs are indiscriminate and wildly inaccurate. but the bombs have hit and killed hundreds of civilians. the number of dead in aleppo is growing. syria's second largest citiest to the bo

but in the northern city of aleppo, other groups suffered a setback. u.s.strikes targeted the nazra front. >> translator: the americans should know we'll remain to protect the blood and honor of the people of syria until the last one of us dies. >> reporter: the second largest city is close to the border with turkey. the front is under pressure in aleppo, targeted by coalition forces and the syria regime. >>> more now on the signing of the afghan security deal with the united states. let's bring in former afghan ambassador. good to have you with us on the news hour. i'm going to start if i may by asking you a question i put to our correspondent earlier. with 12.5 thousand mostly american troops staying on in roles described as being advisory and training, is it possible for the afghan forces to take on, defeat, the taliban or any other kind of insurgency? >> definitely the combat mission that the u.s. and nato has had for all of these past years is going to end. in post 2014, the 12 to 13,000 u.s., nato forces has to do mostly as you mentioned with training

fighters are battling for control of aleppo, syria's second-largest city. >>> more than 100 world leaders, including president obama, are gathering in new york for the general assembly session. they are to discuss from i.s.i.l., to climate change. kristen saloomey has more from the united nations. >> for the united states the focus will be op building an international coalition to fight the islamic state of iraq and levant. that has been a major topic of discussion for all the meatings. secretary of state john kerry has been holding meetings on the sideline, meeting with counterparts in saudi arabia, and u.k. president obama will lay out the united states plan when he addresses the international community. there are other issues, a climate summit on tuesday is another issue. not a lot expected to come out of the meeting. but ban ki-moon, the secretary-general, called the meeting knowing the world leaders would be in town, hoping to jumpstart investigations for a binding agreement in 2015, that will limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees celsius by the year 2050. then there are countle

every time i go, the situation and the cities in aleppo is worse and worse.inally we have action led by the united states. i hope that it will have positive ramification. i have mixed feelings. we believe some of these strikes may cause more harm to the civilians and areas. civilians are trapped between i.s.i.l. and costs sending barrel bombs and chlorine gas. the air strikes are not helping. >> there's always innocent people caught in the middle. the other question is is it enough, will it be enough, can we count on making a difference here? >> quite frankly, i'm afraid it will not be enough. in a situation like this you need not only sustained air strikes and campaign, but you need the option of putting boots on the ground. doesn't mean american boots, but boots of some time on the ground. if you don't have those, if they are not trained properly, they can't be as effective as they need to be. i think it's a day late, dollar short solution, and that worries me about this. >> that is the concern. that is the weakness in the plan. no one is on the ground capa

american warplanes and missiles also targeted a little-known al qaeda-linked cell near the syrian city of aleppo. >> yeah. the u.s. says the khorasan group has been working on some alarming plans for attacks on the west. our deborah feyerick explains. >> reporter: what makes the khorasan terror cell in syria so dangerous to the united states is they have one objective -- carry out a major terror attack in europe or america. multiple sources tell cnn the group has the materials and was operational. >> intelligence reports indicated that the khorasan group was in the final stages of plans to execute major attacks against western targets and potentially the u.s. homeland. >> reporter: an intelligence source says khorasan's potential plots include clothing dipped in explosive material or explosives contained in non-metallic devices like toothpaste tubes. >> you could possibly get some of these types of devices, bombs, through airport security, and they could be quite catastrophic on an airliner. >> reporter: a u.s. official told cnn the plot could involve a bomb on a plane. terrorists could have cho

target areas included the syrian cities of aleppo and raqqa. the second wave of strikes was executed by u.s. war planes shortly after 9:00 p.m. eastern time. they include f-15 strike eagles, f-16s, b-1 bombers, drones, and the f-22 raptor. this is the first time the united states has ever used the f-22 raptor on a combat mission. their targets included isis headquarters, training camps, barracks, and combat vehicles. the third and final wave started shortly after midnight. f-18s from the uss george h.w. bush, and regionally based f-16s attacked targets near dar czar syria. isis targets were attacked near five syrian cities. earlier today, the pentagon labeled the air strikes successful. >> our initial indication is that these strikes were very successful. second, while it is not our policy to discuss future operations i can tell you last night's strikes were only the beginning. >> the syrian military was not notified of the strikes, but the syrian ambassador was informed by the united nations. the air campaign was coordinated with our arab alli

the violence between the regime and syrian rebels reduced cities like aleppo to rubble.hters even launched chemical attacks against incentivize syrians. investigators say more tan a thousand men, women and children died in syrian chemical attacks there last summer. and analysts say several militant groups including the islamist state have taken advantage to take over huge parts of syria. this is along the syria/turkey border. now an enormous refugee crisis. more than 190,000 people died in the first three years of fighting there. and millions of syrians have left their homes. in fact, listen to this. turkish officials say more than 150,000 syrian refugees have come to turkey in how long? the past four days. some breaking news out of the vatican on a completely different subject. vatican's former ambassador to the dominican republic is now under house arrest at the vatican. and could face criminal charges after accusations he sexually abused young boys in that caribbean nation. this is reportedly the most senior vatican official investigated for sex abuse. the vatican's c

here are the three major cities behind me where the strikes hit the capital city damascus, raqqah and aleppoch has seen fighting for more than a year. chief white house correspondent ed henry joins me in studio at the maps. let's start out with the countries who are with the united states. >> this is what president obama was trying to hit hard before he left here for new york city was that the white house in pointing out you see

actually eject isil fighters out of that province and also the same thing happened in aleppo to the west of the city. there was also an uprising, senator, a very big uprising against isil in a province where an entire tribe rose up against them. but they didn't get any help. and that's not a criticism of us, per se, but they just -- they lost a military battle and isil killed -- i've seen estimates as many as a thousand of the tribesmen afterwards in retaliation. so there will be constant problems and fighting between the moderate armed opposition and isil. i don't see any way that that's going to end. >> syrians just in general are mediterranean people and they do not go for this kind of very heavy duty conservative salafi type state. they're just that kind of fundamentalist religiously. >> these insights are very important. i do have questions for you, but my type has run out. in deference to my colleagues, i'll come back to that. senator corcoran. >> thank you for your time and testimony. ambassador ford, i think we've all experienced or most of us, refugee camps looking into the eyes of syrians

> reporter:the u-s also hit an al qaeda affiliate called "the khorosan group" near the syrian city of aleppo. >> reporter:according to the u-s, the group was in the final stages of planning major attacks on u-s or western interests. >>"the khorasan group is working on bringing down us airliners on attack in the us homeland. >> reporter:dozens of al qaeda fighters from afghanistan have reportedly come to syria to exploit the flood of western jihadists who have joined the fight. >> reporter:those western fighters, with their valuable passports have a better chance of escaping scrutiny at airports and could place bombs on planes. >>we believe that the khorasan group was nearing the execution phase of an attack either in europe or the homeland. we know that the khorasan group has attempted to recruit westerners to serve as operatives or to infiltrate back into their homelands. >> jacqueline: 86 degrees out in fairfield and 83 degrees and livermore. change is coming for the bay area satellite reno pitcher, not much to see over the bay area right now. however, that will change. you can see the, sh

what are the significance of the cities targeted? aleppo was hit for a reason. >> that's where the goop is. command and control communications facilities. they must have good in tell. they're owl an the rivers, which is where the positions of isil are strongest at this point in time. their headquarters in raqqa is their center of gravity. >> raqqa is the center of gravity, this is the key place they were hit. >> their training camps, where in all likelihood large formation of troops could be forming. they've brought vehicles, they've captured hundred was tanks and moved them into syria. likely, they were targets. in most cases, good intelligence was able to fix on those tares. >> the president is expected to speak at about 10:00 this morning. would you expect him to describe in more detail how successful the overnight mission was as far as tares hit, fighters killed? >> i think he will. i think he'll be specific. i also think this will be an opportunity to bring the coalition out front. the fact that you had other arab nations involved is v

and the one area where the good guys are getting squeezed is aleppo, which is essentially the largest cityria and their last holdout. isis has the suburbs in the north, assad has the suburbs in the south, and if you relieve the pressure on east effort of the two bad guy's party, that means they can hit the free syrian army. >> and as senator hagel said, as this is happening, the free syrian army is engaged in u.s. forces, the isil forces will attack the assad forces, we have a situation which is three dimensional chess. >> hagel did not look as if he had prepared his answer to that. it looked entirely off the cuff and made up. i have no idea what it's real policy, but he seemed to say we will come in in support of the free syrian army. it was a proposal for the syria crisis group which is the good guy monitors who have been reporting on syria. that would save them at least in the short run from isis and from the assad government. >> julia, on the threat from isis here, a couple of tweets, kenny k., absent real leadership in the who is and in congress on both sides of the aisle, terrorists

the cities of aleppo and raqqa, the place isis considers its capital. the list of targets is varied, buildings and even individual vehicles. the air forces of jordan, the uae, united arab emirates, and saudi arabia also dropped bombs on isis in syria and many of the u.s. flights started on board an aircraft carrier that's in the persian gulf. cnn's becky anderson is there. >> what you're seeing behind me is the last of the fighter jets and helicopters coming back from their armed sorties. the f-18 hit the deck at 150 knots, in what is known as an arrested landing. and those traps effectively pull them back. you can see the end of the aircraft carrier with the white lights, just below me here. this is 4 1/2 acres of vessel, just a very, very small area in which these pilots must land. it's 10:00 at night, and it feels a lot more peaceful on what is a 24/7 operation. but believe me, earlier on in the day, it was hectic out here. and by tomorrow morning, as the sun rises, they'll be doing it all again. >> remarkable precision, becky anderson, thank you. an

city. all the people killed today were displaced civilians from aleppo fearing the bombs of bashar al-assad>> we will have more on the strikes after headlines. up a leaders have wrapped one-day united nations summit on climate change with pledges but no binding commitments. on tuesday, world leaders said goals including stopping tropical deforestation by 2030, including -- include -- improving food production, yet no movement was made on how to slow global warming keep the rise in temperatures below two degrees celsius. president obama called for a global compact to fight climate change. >> five years ago i pledged america would reduce our carbon emissions by 17% below 2005 levels by the year 2020. america will meet that target, and by early next year we'll put forward our next emission targets reflecting our entrepreneursour and scientific innovators to lead the way. today i call on all major economies to do the same. i believe in the words of dr. king -- there is such a thing as sake too late, and for the of future generations, our generation must move toward a global compact to confront

actually eject isil fighters out of that province and also the same thing happened in aleppo to the west of the city. there was also an uprising, senator, a very big uprising against isil in a province where an entire tribe rose up against them. but they didn't get any help. and that's not a criticism of us, per se, but they just -- they lost a military battle and isil killed -- i've seen estimates as many as a thousand of the tribesmen afterwards in retaliation. so there will be constant problems and fighting between the moderate armed opposition and isil. i don't see any way that that's going to end. >> syrians just in general are mediterranean people and they do not go for this kind of very heavy duty conservative salafi type state. they're just that kind of fundamentalist religiously. >> these insights are very important. i do have questions for you, but my type has run out. in deference to my colleagues, i'll come back to that. senator corcoran. >> thank you for your time and testimony. ambassador ford, i think we've all experienced or most of us, refugee camps looking into the eyes of syrians

made it his mission to report on conflicts in the middle east was captured last year near the city of aleppo. >> as a mother i ask you to be merciful and not punish him other matters he has no other. behind closed doors she and the family of james foley were at odds with the u.s. government and its longstanding policy against paying ransom to terrorists. >> paying ransoms only puts other american at great risk. it's a charge the administration denied sunday. >> we didn't threaten anybody but we explained the law. >> the sotloffs dropped their efforts to raise ransom money. in july the president authorized a rescue attempt with helicopters and 70 to 80 commando troops. no evidence was found but they did find that sotloff and foley had been there. the foleys grew frustrate after france and spap spent several million dollars for the freedom of several european journalists. so they ignored the prosecution and continued their efforts to pay the ran smo. >> we couldn't do nothing. what do you do? leave your kid in jail to get beaten? no way. >> mark barfi is a long time friend of steve sotloff. he

an attack on aleppo, an al qaeda target. several other cities in syria. the u.s.rtners attacking isis and isil as the u.s. government calls it. >>> 55 minutes past the hour. the breaking coverage of the air strikes against isis continue in syria. our coverage continues after the break. "hello. you can go ahead and put your bag right here." "have a nice flight." ♪ music plays ♪ music plays traveling can feel like one big mystery. you're never quite sure what is coming your way. but when you've got an entire company who knows that the fewest cancellations and the most on-time flights are nothing if we can't get your things there, too. it's no wonder more people choose delta than any other airline. can this decadent, fruit topped pastry... ...with indulgent streusel crumble, be from... fiber one. new fiber one streusel. >>> breaking must -- the war against isis inside syria begins. a powerful display by sea and by air. pounding the terror group's home base, aiming to destroy its command and control structure. and the u.s., not doing it alone. in an historic shift, fi

he said this syrian jet hunted him outside the city of aleppo. >> they came from around the corner heremost a year later he had dinner with a friend, filmmaker matthew van dyke. sotloff was about to return to syria. >> he with us a little apprehensive about going. he said the kidnappings started around that time. isis had just appeared a few months before. he knew that each time he went back it was getting more and more dangerous there. >> reporter: the 31-year-old reporter was a reporter much of his life. he was pepperspray and shot at by a sniper but even when filing dispatches from a war zone he found out a way to keep up with his favorite sports teams in yam. his last tweet one day before the kip was about the miami heat signing center greg odom. he grew up in the gated community of pine cresting the olders of two children. his mother shirley taught preschool at the family's synagogue. >> i remember him as a completely fun-loving beautiful spirit, really joyful, kind of goofy. >> reporter: as a teenager, sot love attended boarding school in new hampshire where he played rugby and fo

here are the three major cities behind me where the strikes hit the capital city damascus, raqqah and aleppo which has seen fighting for more than a year. chief white house correspondent ed henry joins me in studio at the maps. let's start out with the countries who are with the united states. >> this is what president obama was trying to hit hard before he left here for new york city was that the white house in pointing out you see jordan, saudi arabia, bahrain, qatar, united arab emirates providing military help here. these are sunni arab nations and the u.s. wants to send the signal it's not just this western country going after these islamic militants. instead, there are countries in the middle east that realize this is not the threat to the u.s. homeland, this is a threat to the future of the middle east and joining us. >> important to have the coalition built with these arab nations. i want to flip the maps. you have the nations who are not with the united states. >> not fully in at least. >> it's interesting to point out that some of these are close allies like the united kingdom and

bashar al-assad's forces in syria came close to encircling aleppo with the aim of starving the city intoubmission. a brave american journalist had his throat slit on youtube by a british jihad it, russian troops openly invaded ukraine and chinese jets harassed u.s. surveillance planes over international waters. "wall street journal" foreign affairs columnist bret stevens joins us now. despite that entire list you eloquently put together, the one thing the president reportedly got enraged about was the behavior, characterization of the israeli government. >> right. the dissing of his secretary of state john kerry, who had supported a qatari plan to try to bring a cease-fire between israel and hamas. remember the qataris are some major backers of hamas. and but he talked about general deterioration, this is martin indyk, recently top diplomat for president obama, deteriation of relations between wash and jerusalem. you have to ask yourself, jon. this is little country that pose he hadly one of our closest allies, just hit by a 50-day war from terrorist organization, thousands of rockets, 3

tuesday's targets include militant positions in and around the cities of rakka, al hasaka and aleppo. >> under the cover of night, the american war with terror groups in the middle east entered a new more aggressive phase, striking isis in its home base in syria. >> last night, america's armed forces began strikes against isil targets in syria. >> and there was another surprise target -- a little known terror organization known as the khorasan group, an al qaeda offshoot which officials say was in the final stages of planning attacks on u.s. targets including on the homeland. even more alarming, the group waswesterners to carry out attempts. the operation began with a devastating barrage of more than 40 tomahawk missiles launched from the persian gulf and red sea. those cruise missiles aimed mostly at khorasan targets. more than 40 fighter jets and bombers, including aircraft from four arab nations continued the assault through the night, taking on a broad array of isis positions, focus on the northern and eastern parts of syria. while the pentagon is still assessing the damage, it ca

aleppo. in the areas in and around the capitol of damascus, the city has struck reconciliation deals with local rebels ending months of siege, destruction and starvation. damascus appears to be more secure than three years ago when syria's war started. syria's main opposition to the syrian national coalition seems weak and divided, you providing much needed weapons to turn the tides against government fors. >> as for president bashad assad, his plans are clear. he has just started a new seven year office with a promise to end the war and defeat what he calls the terror campaign against his country. al jazeera. . >> more ahead still ahead on al jazeera. anger in afghanistan. rallies are held as the men found guilty of a gang rape are sentenced. plus: >> musicians use the power of song top warn about ebola. west african nations take extreme action. coming up ahead, mercedes make it a 1-2 at the italian grand prix. the latest in sports. >>> in a return to fuel subsidies fighting in the north of the country has also resumed. more than sent people have been killed in the last three days. now live fr