Operatives known as the Khorasan Group. It must be clear to anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people. The latest developments on the air strikes in syria and iraq, the air strikes in syria were focused on the city of raqqa. Isis considers it to be the capital of its selfdeclared islamic state. But other areas were hit as well. A u. S. Official says four dozen aircraft took part in the strikes. Bahrain, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan and qatar all joined in carrying out the operation. The u. S. Fired 47 tomahawk Cruise Missiles. Several of them took direct aim at whats called the Khorasan Group. Thats the al qaeda franchise ] that Officials Say was plotting to attack the United States. There are indications the militants were working on new hardtodetect explosives. We expect to hear directly from president obama shortly. Hell be speaking at the United Nations summit on
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. As the moon moves into a new phase, so does the war against isis. The United States and five arab allies took advantage of a dark, moonless night to expand attacks against the Sunni Terrorist Group into syria. President obama stressed this is just the beginning of a Long Campaign to destroy isis. The allied attacks overnight involved the u. S. , bahrain, jordan, saudi arabia, qatar, and the united arab emirates. 14 isis targets were hit. The u. S. , acting alone, launched eight strikes against another terror group, an al qaeda offshoot called khorasan. We have a team of correspondents on the story. First, well go to david martin first at the pentagon. Reporter the desert bloomed with fireballs as Cruise Missiles and precisionguided weapons, some of them launched by arab aircraft, hit an isis Training Area in eastern syria. That strike took place near the end of a fourhour aerial assault wh
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