time now, they are saying that isis is far from defeated. it still possesses that ability to carry out these devastating attacks. some feel that perhaps the timing, this coming just a few weeks after president trump announcing a victory over isis and that decision to pull u.s. troops may have perhaps been a message from the group that they are still there and they are still able to carry out these attacks. message received. jomana karedsheh, thank you. a leading advocacy group for the lgbt group very angry with karen pence. the second lady is back at a classroom at a school that does not allow gay students. and unlimited is better with a phone included. it s true. forty bucks with the other guys, doesn t include a phone.
i saw this in iraq. and you aim now si m now seeing. some of the video may be disturbing here. jomana karedsheh is live in istanbul with the very latest. and it takes the military maybe 24 hours at least to notify next of kin, this story is just terrib terrible. reporter: truly devastating attack, christine, in downtown busy commercial area. you had a total of at least 19 people killed according to a monitoring group that includes civilians, kurdish fighters that are backed by the united states. and as you mentioned, four americans, two u.s. service members, a d.o.d. contractor and a d.o.d. civilian and three other americans wounded in this attack. isis claiming responsibility saying that it was one of their suicide bombers who targeted coalition forces. the timing of this coming at the
i saw this in iraq. and i m now seeing it in syria. ten days ago graham oig appld the president for slowing things down. a / now some of the video you re about to see may be disturbing, i don t man nin jomana karedshe the latest. reporter: this town in northern syria the blast killing at leeast 90 people, including civilians, kurdish fighters and u.s. troops according to the department of defense, two service members were killed. we re having difficulty there with jomana karedsheh s signal.
bargained for. and you know, becky, all indications so far is that turkey does not want to escalate. so everyone is waiting to see how they will move forward with this investigation, how credible, how transparent this investigation is going to be especially after the establishment of that joint working group with saudi arabia. jomana karedsheh is outside the consulate. and sam kiley is in riyadh for you. both with the very latest. thank you, guys. let me bring up for you exactly what that statement from saudi arabia is. sam rightly pointing out that he was paraphrasinparaphrasing. saudi arabia minister of interior affirmed the kingdom of saudi arabia s condemnation and denunciation of the false accusation circulated in some media on the saudi government and people against the background of the disappearance of the saudi citizen jamal
with american and jordanian forces there on the ground. so as you point out, this is a very important distinction for russia in this agreement. but let s talk about the humanitarian situation there. i just spoke with jomana karedsheh about this and we ve been covering it for so long now. and we just talk about the many lives and many people caught in the middle of this. what is the humanitarian situation like right now for people there? the humanitarian situation in large parts of syria is almost unrecognizable in terms of its desperate nature compared to almost anywhere else in the world even iraq for example where there is a large amount of fighting in various parts. you don t see anything like the same destruction in terms of infrastructure, roads, hospitals, schools, all of this. so any opportunity to get more aid into those affected communities in southwestern syria will have a huge impact on