p >> hello, everyone, eric bowling, dana perina. this is "the five." last night the u.s. military began air strikes against isis in syria. this morning the president outlined his strategy before he headed to new york for u.n. meetings. >> last night on my orders, america's armed forces began strikes against isil targets in syria. the overall effort will take time, there will be challenges ahead. but we're going to do what's necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group. for the security of the country and the region and for the entire world. >> he also noted a coalition of five arab nations assisted in the strikes. >> we were joined in this action by our friends and partners, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan, bahrain and qatar, america's proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations on behalf of our common security. the strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not america's fight alone. >> one country that didn't take part was turkey, our only nato ally in the region. and what about europe? well on fox and friends th