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To americanize the conflicts in iraq and syria, we could well turn those fighting isil who are inclined to resist their rule into fighting us instead. as chairman dunford testified last week, "isil would love nothing more than a large presence of u.s. forces on the ground in iraq and syria so that they could have a call to jihad." and lastly, in the long term, there would still remain the problem of securing and governing the territory. these must be done by local forces. so in the end, while we...

Paris attacks but was somewhat modified. >> pete williams, thank you very much. lets go now to paris where french president francois hollande met with british prime minister david cameron one day before heading to washington for talks with president obama. chris jansing joins me in paris. first, chris, let me ask you about the meeting between hollande and cameron. >> reporter: i think they hope this is a sign that the global support for the fight against isis is picking up momentum. we already...

Dogs was killed in the raid in saint-denis on wednesday. the puppy may be the cutest diplomatic gesture ever, maybe a metaforefor a notable policy shift that seems to have taken in the wake of the terrorist attacks. russian interests, western interests now starting to at least look like theyre aligning, when it comes to syria. russias defense minister releasing a photo of someone writes the words "for paris" on a bomb at a russian airbase near syria. russia intensified its air strikes on syrian ...

Might be eight grave sites in remote forest areas in the southern mexico town where the students went missing. they had taken a break in the last few months during the rainy season. the 43 students from a teachers college disappeared. the u.s. coast guard says there is no truth to venezuelas claim that a u.s. coast guard plane violated its airspace. the companys defense minister made the claim on government tv. venezuela claims the plane took off from the airbase in curacao. finally to the w...

The airspace of turkey. the first act that caught the attention of the alliance is, happened on saturday. then a second on sunday. they both involved russian fighter jets straying over the northern border of syria with turkey. this is all near the airbase being used by russians for strikes what they claim to be isis targets in syria. now in both cases turkish jets were scrambled. at least in one space, russian aircraft locked radar on turkish jet and that could be a set-up for shootdown. russia ...

>> former soviet union has very strong relationship with syria of course. it is a very important sort of beachhead for them in the middle east. and they share a lot of resources and now it appears that vladmir putin has decided that since nobody is showing any signs of stopping him, he might as well go ahead and put a lot of militaryware on the ground in syria. weve seen crimea and ukraine. is syria next. >> you put the finger right on it. this is a 60-year relationship means a lot to the russia...

Seven minutes past the hour. >> the so the countries of turkey and the united states reportedly agreeing on a plan to create a safe zone against isis along the turkey-syria border. details for the deal are being worked out. fox news confirmed that turkey is allowing the united states to use a turkish airbase that is pivotal, could be, in this fight. this comes after defense secretary ash carter visited iraq where he met with kurdish government officials and military officials as well. a lot of m...

Incredibly steep. it used to be an area that was much more populated when, when shepherds and agriculture were more prevalent. now it is really desolate. you cant reach it except for by helicopter. there was talk of opening up some sort of a roadway. that has been ruled out now of the so it will be weeks before this is wrapped up, we believe jenna. >> wow important context for us amy as we hear helicopters behind you. back to you on the ground there as news warrants. certainly much more on the b...

Reuters is told hes still in the city. the ap reports the rebels have taken over the local airport in aida aden right on the sea. they launched air strikes targeting the presidential palace and its guards. the rebels claimed they seized yemens largest airbase about 35 miles to the north of that city. that base was a crucial part of u.s. drone campaigns against al qaedas yemen affiliate. american officials called the terror organizations most dangerous splinter group the one thats right there. lo...

Control of a key airbase, they were stationed there and evacuated last week. there are growing fears yemen is on the verge of civil war, including taking control of the countrys capital complete and utter chaos. meanwhile, yesterday, in washington, president obama announced plans to delay a withdrawal of u.s. troops in afghanistan. appearing alongside the afghan president, president obama said the u.s. will instead, maintain its troop forces in afghanistan through the end of 2015. >> afghanistan...