damascus, aleppo, also hitting the isis strongholds of rocka, but the russians have been accused of going after anti-regime fighters, nonisis fighters. at times isis has been able to take advantage of the strikes against anti-regime fighters and gain ground. the united states saying that it has they have helped but the russians have a clear objective. their man on the ground is the regime leader of bashar al assad. they want to see that he remains in power. so some of their strikes have been against anti-regime fighters that have posed a real threat to the regime and while they say their main target is going after isis, the united states has disputed that. saying that really their goal is to prop up that regime. it is a complicated situation there. cnn s ian lee covering it for us in cairo, egypt. ian, thank you so much for your
heartland of the anbar province isis launched a major attack. this is one of the fiercest attacks from many fronts over 150 mortars and rockets fired in the attack. 17 vehicles laden with explosives used. they are in desperate need of air strikes to push back the isis offensive. we also know in syria and the neighboring syria, isis also launched another offensive on a border crossing with turkey. this is a group that is not down and out yet. although they are losing ground in tikrit. ian lee covering that for us. in money news, stocks sliding and erasing the gains of the year. what you can expect in the opening bell. an early start on your money is
will they be abe to return back or won t they? that is one issue they ll have to deal with. the final borders. what will make up the borders of israel and the palestinian state as well as will the palestinians acknowledge israel as a jewish state. now secretary kerry has a long day of meetings ahead of him. right now he s meeting with the israeli foreign minister. later he ll meet with the prime minister netanyahu again. and then tonight he has a meeting with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. now, he s trying to get everyone to agree on a framework so that final negotiations can begin, but the clock is ticking. there have already been five months. he has four months to go before this framework can be agreed upon, natalie. all right. we ll wait and see how his next meetings go. ian lee covering for us live in jerusalem. ian, thank you. peace talks are set to begin between south sudan and rebels battling to bring down that new nation s government. while we wait for those negot