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Theres a lot of concern. >> thank you very much. now to the war in syria where russia said it launched a new round of air strikes last night. some of the videos were getting in this morning the russian defense ministry said its planes have hit about a dozen targets, all purportedly seeing. >> it does appear that they were in areas that probably were not ice el forces and thats one of the parole athis is obviously a very tense time, a volatile situation and we dont really know what the situation ...

Are in support of assad? >> i think it would be a reach for russia to target isis forces in iraq. they dont have good intelligence there. there is plenty of u.s. air power that can be applied there. and again, russias interest here is in propping up bashar al assad and not necessarily in destroying isis. i think hater al-abadi is welcoming anybody there. they are in a serious fight and need all the help they can get. >> still to come here critics were concerned about hillary clintons private e-m...

Have communications with people there. >> nbcs ayman mohyeldin is live at the united nations. great seeing you. what is going on? >> reporter: good to see you, jose. yeah, the situation in syria now is just becoming even more implicated. i mean, for some of our viewers, theres essentially two types of groups fighting against syria. to be clear on one side you have isis and al qaeda, considered obviously terrorist groups. the others which the united states and some of the arab allies consider to ...

Russian airstrikes and that russia is, nachin fact, not goi after any isis strongholds. >> ayman mohyeldin, thank you very much. joining me, former adviser with the u.s. ministry of defense, mikey, good to see you. now the russians are using the sa-15s, sa-22s, this is not pinpoint targeting of isis groups, right? >> yeah, i mean, the capability of the russians have just brought to the party, the su-30sm, it can do air to air and air to ground, two capabilities there which the russians now hav...

More distressing that they seem to be bombing non-isil targets. it may explain one thing, and that is why theyre not working with us to deconflict, because you can imagine if they sat down with our forces and said heres where were going to be bombing and we point out theres no isil in that area, they would have to come clean and say, well, were not really after isil. all were there to do is prop up assad. >> congressman, imagine if theyre going after those forces that are considered to be less r...

Specifically those moderate rebels that the u.s. has spent hundreds of millions of dollars training and trying to equip with the backing of arab allies. it is now at this stage the ball is really in the u.s. court. we know in the past that the united states has tried to protect some of those moderate rebels. theyve certainly taken out isis targets as theyve moved towards those moderate rebels. the question now becomes what will the united states and the arab allies do? and that has been the focu...

Homs is it lies right on the line of communication between damascus and latakia. thats why its essential. i went out to lebanon on assignment for 30 days at the end of 2013. i ended up crossing just over into the border. calamun region is right in between damascus and homs. that is fiercely contested. its fiercely contested by the free syrian army against hezbollah and against assads forces. and the reason for that is a line of communication. so that is whats going on at the moment is theyre pro...

Syria, bashar al assad. let me be precise. in his language, he was asked to clarify eshgs said, quote, it does appear that they, russia, were in areas where there probably were not isis forces which is precisely what the problem is with this approach. he went on, russia, his word, is acting unprofessionally. i have christiane amanpour first up to react to the secretary of defenses words here from the united nations. kriflt yawn, you and i were talking about this before, i mean, the fact that joh...

Worrisome news for both the united states and nato. a third straight day, the afghan forces are struggling to re-take kunduz, and it is part of the agricultural town which is near the border of afghanistan and tajikistan, and they are getting out by rickshaw, horse, and some by foot, and afghan officials say they are suffering from the shortage of troops, and some are stuck in a small province, and while a small group of soldiers are there, u.s. officials say that the afghan soldiers have to lea...

Emergency war funds does not provide for the long term support of the forces. and senator reid said that i cannot sign this conference report, because it does not fix the sequester, and provide the troops with the support they deserve -- all right. we will continue to monitor this white house briefing, and josh earnest making statements on the breaking news unfolding in syria, and in the war against isis. we want to welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer...