highly protected capital. leaving shattered windows and a rattled government. the regime in baghdad is very much on the defensive, because of the gains that isis has made in ramadi and anbar province and in syria, in damascus. there s been a very important shift in the last couple of weeks. reporter: isis attacks both inside and outside its bases in iraq and syria [ sirens ] a worrying sign for the u.s.-led anti-isis coalition. islamic militants have also taken over areeha syria. one of the last under control of president bashar al aside. his regime teetering. they believe that they are the true army of islam that is coming to save islam. and you know that also kind of explains their violence and brutality. anybody who stands in our way, this is what we will do to you.
rattled government. the regime in baghdad is very much on the defensive. because of the gains that isis has made in ramadi. and anbar province. in syria, in damascus. it s been a very important shift in the last couple of weeks. isis attacks both inside and outside its bases in iraq and syria are a worrying sign for the u.s.-led anti-isis coalition. islamic icic militants have also taken over a city in syria, under control of syrian president bashar al assad. his regime now teetering. they believe that they are you know the true army of islam. that is coming to save islam. and that also kind of explains their violence and their brutality. anybody who stands in our way this is what we will do to you. with iraqi forces overwhelmed, the u.s. is now
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now, there have been some strong words from the u.s. state department about recent attacks in syria. a u.s. official says the united states strongly condemned attacks against syrian civilians who continue to suffer from the assad regime. the statement went on to condemn attacks by isis in damascus. more than 100 civilians were killed this week and an estimated 30,000 people displaced after air strikes and fighting in multiple regions. here in the uk british police have arrested six people. five men and one woman were arrested in a departure zone in dover. police say the investigation is ongoing. the group didn t pose any immediate risk to public safety. in new york emonsays a two woman accused of terror attacks
beirut, in damascus, in baghdad, and now with the houthis in yemen. it s a real problem for them. you have to give the saudis credit. they perceive a threat and are acting on it. pakistan, jordan and suzanne are willing to participate in ground offenses and just go over those countries again. uae, jordan, qatar, bahrain, contributing fighter jets into the air campaign. this is a big coalition. this just didn t happen overnight. this coalition building has been going on for some time and we didn t know about it. we didn t publicly know about it. i suspect we did, because as i said, i don t think the saudis or any of those air forces have the reconnaissance capabilities to develop all of those targets. i looked at the targets that were hit. these are the targets that you would want to hit. if i was an air campaign planner, this is what i would hit, all of those military