Pounding Raqqa News Today

Positions in and around raqqa which is really isiss de facto capital in syria. as mentioned, russian bombe+5vjñ long-range bombers, we have seen the video released by the russian military have also been pounding raqqa, targeting positions in raqqa as well. pay back for the attack on that russian airline that went down over the sinai desert in egypt october 31st, the kremlin as mentioned confirming that it was a bomb planted on board that took that plane down killing all 224 people, mostly russi...

Ask your doctor about lyrica. 4:00 here on the east coast and there is a huge developing story in response to the terror attacks. the french have started to launch air strikes. according to the french defense ministry 20 bombs dropped by ten planes on raqqa. that is the capital of the caliphate which has increasingly been the focus of veterans of terror wars in france and the united states have increasingly looked at this central town of raqqa. now we just got a translation from zaid jabber in...

So again, we are following the breaking news essentially out of raqqa, syria, which is the capital of the caliphate formed by isis. confirmation from nbc news of what weve heard from the french defense ministry that they sent ten jet, ten fighter jets. theyve been part of the coalition, but obviously these coming just two days after those deadly attacks in paris dropping a 20-targeted bombs and hitting their targets. they have said the raid that was targeting a command center, a recruitment cent...

>> lets go to turkey now where ron allen has been traveling with president obama, and i know this just happened and its late there. im not sure what time it is in turkey and any reaction from the white house yet? any response? >> reporter: not yet, but i dont think anybody would be surprised by these reports that these attacks on raqqa. weve known for some time that the coalition of the united states has been targeting that self-proclaimed capital of the islamic state as a place. remember, was t...

52 past the hour. a couple of big developments in this hour. in the last few minutes weve been talking about the major development of the french bombing in syria in raqqa going after isis targets and well talk about that in a moment and theres another bit of breaking news from the associated press. french officials telling the a.p. police questioned, but then released the fugitive suspect just hours after the paris attacks. his name is salah abdeslam. he was pulled over in a car near the belgian...

Areas around raqqa, and quote, thank god no one was harmed and this is a translation from the islamic state outlet saying they didnt hit anything. the second part of all of this that were following is this report in the wall street journal that the united states is stepping up its help in terms of its intelligence to the french particularly in targeting where to make those strikes. colonel jack jacobs is still with me as is the vice president at the center for intelligence policy. aki, how signi...

Identified that most of the air strike have taken place in the eastern part of the city of raqqa. among the targets that they are saying that have been hit include a training site as well as what they believe to be a command center for isis in the city of raqqa. now keep in mind that raqqa is the defacto capital, if you will, of the so-called islamic state. it is where many of the major strong holds in terms of its command and control infrastructure exist and they have been tweeting out that ove...

Were dead and there was always this question about who is the eighth? this may be the person who was supposed to be driving one of the cars, did drive one of the cars and not necessarily involved in the attack, but was supposed to be as i said the getaway driver. they are searching for him and no word yet, chris, on any sort of tips or clues or any word that theyre any closer to finding him. >> kelly cobiella in paris for us. thank you very much. lets go to the latest on the french air strikes...

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