Insurgents who grabbed territory in iraq and syria, wreaking havoc in both countries. President obama has vowed to degrade isil, and in six weeks of fighting isil has sized almost half the town within eye shot of turkish troops from their side of the border. In a new Development Turkey opened up its territory to 150 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who began crossing into kobane with heavy weapons. Theyre being joined by 50 arab fighters from the free syrian army, the rebel group. While Media Attention is on kobane, forces continue to make gains hundreds of miles of iraq. What makes isil so successful is a question that many are asking. It has a bureaucracy that regulates trade and revenue in the territories its conquer. That poise as daunting challenge for the obama administration. Its a principal that sets isil apart from other armed militant groups. A void outside funding. Its been very resistant to receiving funding from foreign patrons by the states or private dinars, partly because it
Isil. They are the sunni muslim insurgents who grabbed territory in iraq and syria, wreaking havoc in both countries. President obama has vowed to degrade isil, and in six weeks of fighting isil has sized almost half the town within eye shot of turkish troops from their side of the border. In a new Development Turkey opened up its territory to 150 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who began crossing into kobane with heavy weapons. Theyre being joined by 50 arab fighters from the free syrian army, the rebel group. While Media Attention is on kobane, forces continue to make gains hundreds of miles of iraq. What makes isil so successful is a question that many are asking. It has a bureaucracy that regulates trade and revenue in the territories its conquer. That poise as daunting challenge for the obama administration. Its a principal that sets isil apart from other armed militant groups. A void outside funding. Its been very resistant to receiving funding from foreign patrons by the states or pr
They are the sunni muslim insurgents who grabbed territory in iraq and syria, wreaking havoc in both countries. President obama has vowed to degrade isil, and in six weeks of fighting isil has sized almost half the town within eye shot of turkish troops from their side of the border. In a new Development Turkey opened up its territory to 150 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who began crossing into kobane with heavy weapons. Theyre being joined by 50 arab fighters from the free syrian army, the rebel group. While Media Attention is on kobane, forces continue to make gains hundreds of miles of iraq. What makes isil so successful is a question that many are asking. It has a bureaucracy that regulates trade and revenue in the territories its conquer. That poise as daunting challenge for the obama administration. Its a principal that sets isil apart from other armed militant groups. A void outside funding. Its been very resistant to receiving funding from foreign patrons by the states or private
Lifted lida Gustavo Petro promises to an to decades of conflict. But he also faces a long list of social and economic challenges. Ah, im jarrett read welcome to the shore. A ceasefire, broken by egypt has gone into effect following 3 days of deadly violence between israel and the Palestinian Islamic jihad militant Group Authorities in gaza. Say at least 43. 00 people including children, were killed in is riley as strikes since friday. Hundreds more people have been injured. Palestinian militants logged a barrage of rockets towards eas, routing response. Its the biggest escalation in violence in the region thats been seen in more than a year. Im joined now by stephen cook. Hes the middle east analyst with the council on Foreign Relations in washington. Welcome to d, w. This egypt broke and si, fi is now in effects between israel and islam. Mac jihad militants, in gaza. How optimistic argued that the sci fi is going to hold . Well lets get through the night 1st and then we can think more
Real money. This is real money, you are the most important part of the show. Tell me what is on your mind americas focus is on the middle east and what the United States and its allies will do to stop socalled Islamic State insurgents wreaking havoc in iraq and syria. Part of the answer will rely on cutting off the groups financing. In all the violence sweeping the region, one of the biggest weapons is money. Some of the funds are provided to groups fighting on the ground by governments in the region. Saudi arabia, turkey and qatar have been accused of funding terrorism. Al jazeeras Terror Company is based in qatar, and is funded in part by the government. Over the next few weeks well children how governments whel examine how governments in the region funnel funding to groups in the middle east. Tonight we focus on qatar. At first clans, qatar hardly seems a place that would be a big player. Its a small country, population 2 million. A quarter are civilians. They export more than 100 b