Video getting millions of hits helping families across america. The u. S. Is pushing ahead tonight with plans to take out the Islamic State group on many fronts. More air strikes on iraq today to keep fighters from the mosul dam and the city of erbil. The pentagon said the Iraq Campaign is about to enter a more aggressive phase. In syria more planes and drones, preparing for air strikes there. Strikes could be launched from a range of bases and might start within weeks. Secretary of state john kerry working to build a coalition guess the i. S. He was in turkey today, so far turkey has resisted joining but it is perfectly positioned to play a key role in this fight. Cedric layton is a former air force colonel and a former member from the joint chiefs of staff. He joins us from washington, d. C. Welcome. Good t to be with you. Is the United States headed to war . Well, it certainly looks like theres going to be some degree of conflict here. And i know the term war has caused a degree of
Secretary of state john kerry lobbied turkey today to join the International Coalition aimed at destroying the Islamic State group in iraq and syria. Kerry pushed turkish leaders to join the fight against is. Something that theyve been reluctant to do publicly. But kerry said that turkey is committed to fighting terrorists. Turkey and the United States will stand together against ail challenges in the region including all terrorism. Within the coalition there are many ways that turkey can help in this effort, and we will continue our conversations with our military and other experts spending time to define the specific role that turkey will play. Meanwhile, the c. I. A. Believes the Islamic State group may have more than 31,000 fighters. Al jazeeras jamal al shayal looks at how the group has been able to recruit so many. Reporter theyre well armed and well financed across Northern Syria and iraq. But its their brutality that has made them notorious worldwide. Now America Intelligence A
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Well, the battle against the Islamic State group is being fought on the ground in iraq and syria. The attic focus today is in egypt. John kerrey met with and thkerr added each had a major role to play. John hendren is following the story from erbil in iraq. The coalition against the Islamic State group. Egypt has a Critical Role to play in publirenouncing the ideology that isil disi emanate this was an important feature of our discussions and today in cairo. And it is something that the egyptian religious establishments at alazar and darilifta, they both fully support and understand. Egypts foreign minister opted his help. I support the International Efforts to fight terrorism and work on supporting these efforts and support the necessary measures to put an ends to this phenomena, whether now, in libya or any part of the arab world or in africa. Its not clear egypt will play a military role but it offers critical help in the ideological battle against the Islamic State. Without broad s
Vall valley. The Homeless People taking shelter in the lapped of thest tech giants. There is supposed to be a ceasefire in ukraine. In the last few hours, the airport in donetsk, in the east, has been under attack. Ukraines Prime Minister has been saying the country is in a state of war. Arseniy yatsenyuk warned that the russian president , Vladimir Putin, wants to take over ukraine and recreate the soviet union. Lets go live now. Robyn, the airport attacked. What do you know about what is happening right now. Well, david, have been hearing the ominous and continuous rum blengs of disc and artillery fire and explosions within the vicinity of the airport, a few kilometres up the road from where im standing to the northwest of the city. The airport, a strategic location which the ukranian forces held for several months. Since the cae fire agreementry came into effect. There has been continuous attacks, shell fings, views lated rockets, and it seems as if this is a pattern that has been r