we going to see the restoration of the readouts on the calls between the president and other world leaders? that was term natd on the day after terminated on the day after president erdogan s election. all tow we know he, the president made a congratulatetory call to him. there has been no readout since. is that going to be restored? certainly, we will keep you posted not just on calls with turkey but other state of head calls and provide readouts when we have them. the taliban has been on a surprise offensive. they ve killed about 100 afghan security forces, a couple dozen civilians, as far as we know. the president was visited with the tenth mountain division fort drum. they served in afghanistan. does this new offensive, is he still committed to his strategy
on calls between the president and other world leaders? that was terminated on the day after president erdogan s election. although we know that he is the president made a congr congratulatory call to him we ll provide read outs when we get them. and the taliban has been on a surprise offensive that killed 100 afghan security forces and a couple civilians. the president was visited with the tenth mountain division in ft. drum yesterday. does this new offensive is he still committed to his strategy that he outlined a year ago for afghanistan or does this new offensive give him an idea that
surprise offensive. the syrian government says it is trying to muster a force to launch a counter attack. john and alison. fred, thank you. two days of mourning now observed in nigeria after the collapse of a church killed 50 parishioners in the southern city over the weekend. it happened during the dedication ceremony for the church which was still under construction when the building fell apart without warning. the steel girders gave way before the roof pancaked on the pews. the governor was inside the church at the time and ordered the immediate arrest of the contractor. in cairo, 25 people dead and dozens more after a bomb blast at the coptic church. this tore through the coptic
flee that area. all this was happening while fierce fighting going on. there were children who were too weak to walk. there were some almost falling asleep while walking because they were so tired. people we saw malnourished. we saw others walking while wounded. all trying to just escape that fighting that was going on. the syrian military now says it controls 90% of aleppo s city pushing the rebels further back. syrian army losing here in syria and isis is back on the scene. isis militants over the weekend managing to take back the ancient city of palmyra with the ancient roman ruins. that is of grave concern because isis is known to destroy archaeological sites. they attack under cloud and fog cover with a huge surprise offensive. syrian military pushed back. syrian government now says it is trying to muster a force to launch a counter attack.
on the heels of a chilling audio message from its leader isis launching a surprise offensive since a city 70 miles from baghdad. the terror group may be on the verge of recaptures ramadi. raising a black flag. iraqi forces fighting back with air strikes. live to barbara starr. what are you learning? reporter: ramadi is the second largest city in western iraq. it is critical for the iraqis to hold on to. right now a u.s. official telling me it may be down to 50/50 between isis and the iraqi forces as to who controls the city. they ve launched this offensive today from isis fighters sending car bombs through the city breaches trying to take back a building raising their flag. officially the pentagon says it s an ebb and flow of the fight. ramadi has been contested for months between the two sides,