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Rift inside and outside of the school. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. U. S. Commandos are heading to syria. Officials say a small number of special Operations Forces will be deployed to the north of the country. Fewer than 50 troops will work with local Ground Forces in the fight against isil. Mike viqueira is live at the white house. Good afternoon. This appears to be a shift from what president obama kept saying that he would never put boots on the ground in syria. Reporter its clearly a shift, although the white house is going out of its way to down play that aspect of it. You are right, the president , this proposes a problem for him political and if you look at what is happening on the ground in syria, and you can see why they are making this move. The white house is going ....
First loss in 15 years as the emissions cheating scandal takes its toll. First to the diplomatic efforts underway to end the war in syria. Iran has accepted an invitation to attend talks in vienna on friday. Meeting will involve the u. S. , russia, turkey, and saudi arabia, and it comes at a time of heightened iranian involvement in syrias war. Our correspondent has the story. Reporter this is one of the funerals for iranian soldiers killed in syria. Hes among the two dozen soldiers and generals who have died fighting there. The u. S. Says nearly 2,000 Iranian Special forces are in syria fighting in support of the government. Iranian generals have been assuring people that Foreign Military involvement is important. A commander had this to say but more countries getting involved in the conflict has not stopped the killing of civilians, and unlike previous years, many feel i ....
Exist and metastasize in africa and that is why we are working in International Community to find back groups like this. Nbc news cant verify the claim but the group has attacked werners in mali before and fought the frenchbacked government of mali, a former french colony. This might not have been isis but now Islamic Militant groups are flying the flag of global jihad. Reporter u. S. Officials say the american killed worked for a nongovernmental organization. Lester, a peace conference was about to begin at the hotel which is why diplomats and military personnel was in the area. That highprofile event could have been the target and would explain the timing. All right, richard. It was one week ago tonight we came on the air with news of a series of Violent Attacks in paris. What we didnt know is the full exte ....
The deafening drum beat of terror struck in mali, in west africa today, and the state department has confirmed an american is is a mong the dead. 20 people were killed after a gunman burst into a hotel firing at all directions. At one point more than 100 people were held hostage, freed after a assault by government forces. It comes on the heels of several major terror attacks blames on isis, from the plane bombing in egypt to the attacks in paris. But this may bare the marks of an older foe. Richard engel has the latest. Reporter just a week after paris, another terrorist attack. In mali, targeting the capitals most luxurious hotel. An Al Qaeda Linked group, not isis, claiming responsibility. Mali swat teams cautiously approach the hotel. Inside, at least three gunman armed with grenades and assault rifles holding some 170 hostages, including about a dozen americans. The terrorists released those who could reprove prove they were ....
Walked out of prison amid a heating debate over the damage hes done. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. The deafening drum beat of terror struck in mali, in west africa today, and the state department has confirmed an american is is a mong the dead. 20 people were killed after a gunman burst into a hotel firing at all directions. At one point more than 100 people were held hostage, freed after a assault by government forces. It comes on the heels of several major terror attacks blames on isis, from the plane bombing in egypt to the attacks in paris. But this may bare the marks of an older foe. Richard engel has the latest. Reporter just a week after paris, another terrorist attack. In mali, targeting the capitals most luxurious hotel. An Al Qaeda Linked group, not isis, claiming responsibility. Mali swat teams cautiously approach the hotel. Inside, at least three gunman armed with grenades and assault rifles holding som ....