At the new black leaders. The Al Jazeera America have at least taken a step towards peace in syria. And its a big step. Urging talks between the assad regime and the opposition. The u. N. Wants them to work out a political transition, and it wants those negotiations to start within two weeks. Al jazeeras courtney keeley is live outside of the plaza hotel in new york city where negotiations are taking place. Courtney . [ music ] hi, tony, there were a lot of negotiations happening behind closed doors today. Before they even got to that meeting 17 world powers you had foreign minister Sergei Lavrov sit down with secretary of state john kerry. It took about an hour. They delayed the talks, they came to a resolution and it went to the u. N. Security council for that unanimous vote. We did hear from lavrov and kerry in front of the cameras, this is what the secretary of state had to. I no one is sitting here today suggesting to anyone that the road ahead is a gilded path. Its complicated. I
Going to examine multiparts of thi multiple partsof this equation. Whether america is giving away to fear and making things worse not better. But first, can more be done to combat i. S. I. L. On the ground in syria and iraq . Last night, president obama defended his approach and insisted, u. S. Air strikes are taking out i. S. I. L. Leaders, along with their heavy weapons tanks and infrastructure. Ground fighting i. S. I. L. He hinted at ceasefires and a political resolution to syrias civil war that would allow all involved including russia to focus on the common goal of destroying i. S. I. L. The president though ruled out sending in full u. S. Combat forces. Watch. The strategy that we are using now, air strikes, special forces and working with local forces, who are fighting to regain control of their own country, that is how well achieve a more sustainable victory. And it wont require us sending a new generation of americans overseas to fight and die for another decade on foreign so
Like i. S. I. L. Which direct or at least inspire such horrific acts of violence. It is a conversation that quickly turns political and passionate and tonight were going to examine multiparts of thimultiple partsof this equati. Whether america is giving away to fear and making things worse not better. But first, can more be done to combat i. S. I. L. On the ground in syria and iraq . Last night, president obama defended his approach and insisted, u. S. Air strikes are taking out i. S. I. L. Leaders, along with their heavy weapons tanks and infrastructure. Ground fighting i. S. I. L. He hinted at ceasefires and a political resolution to syrias civil war that would allow all involved including russia to focus on the common goal of destroying i. S. I. L. The president though ruled out sending in full u. S. Combat forces. Watch. The strategy that we are using now, air strikes, special forces and working with local forces, who are fighting to regain control of their own country, that is how
Between turkey and russia. It was 9 24 in the morning when a pair of turkish f16s targeted this russian fighterbomber with airtoair missiles sending it streaking to the earth in flames. The two russian pilots ejected, but a commander of turkman fighting in the area claimed his men shot the pilot as they parachuted to the ground. A possible war crime. Russia said one of its rescue helicopter came under small arms fire and had to land. A individual grow the Free Syrian Army showed the helicopter destroyed by fighters using a western antitank weapon. One russian marine was killed. After two previous russian incursions in the turkish air space, the u. S. Deployed a halfdozen f16s to the airbase to help turkey defend their border zone. No u. S. War planes were involved in the downing the russian jet, and while the u. S. Says turkey has every right to protect air space, the pentagon said an investigation would determine if the shootdown was justified. Were not able to conclude definitively r
From around the world over the republican runners calls to ban muslims entering the United States. Welcome to your world this morning. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. The front pages of the independent says ban him from britain, an online petition has tens of thousands of signatures here in the u. S. There has been condemnation from both sides. It was said trump hints that he has the support to run as an independent, and the Obama Administration warns the harsh language he sues could put america at risk. They can never, ever, ever come back. Reporter at the white house Donald Trumps antimuslim rhetoric was portrayed as tantamount to aiding and abetting the enemy. They said it would be harder to recruit allies to battle i. S. I. L. On the ground. Anything creating tension, the notion that United States is at odds with the muslim faith and islam would be counterproductive to our efforts right now. And totally contrary to our values. In iraq, donald trump called for a ban on muslims ente