i say, at the moment, she s now this alert has been put out by interpol. it s not been specifically linked to the events in nairobi. she has some of the history that your earlier piece described but the key thing now is to let interpol get on with its work. see if they can find her, if she s still alive, where she is. let s talk a little about syria. you may have heard the breaking news this hour. it looks like there s a resolution now going to be on the table at the u.n. security council worked out by the u.s. and russia. i assume if that s true, britain, a permanent member of the u.n. security council, is on board. dealing with chemical weapons and their eventual destruction in syria. what can you tell us about this? i think we re close to getting a u.n. resolution on this. we ve certainly been very, very supportive as one of the permanent members of the u.n. security council of translating the american/russian agreement into something which is binding
malls have been susceptible for the last 11 years. people are concerned about al shabab having americans involved. the fact is we ve known this for several years, but too many people wanted to ignore it. if anything, if anything positive i hate to even say that that can come out of the attack, it s to wake americans up and make them realize how serious this threat continues to be. quickly on syria, now these reports that some of the rebels who were once aligned with the u.s. and others, they re losing heart and moving toward al muss ra, a terrorist organization and other militants. how concerned are you about it? we have to be concerned. this is part of the this is a partial result of the fact that our government is not taken action for the last two years. if they had taken action two years ago we would not be in this position now. i still believe, however, from the meetings i ve been involved in, the briefings i have received, that the predominant
along with a dozen other mill tan groan representing thousands of fighters have just strengthened their hand, joining forces and rejecting any alliance with western-backed opposition. in a video statement, one of the rebel leaders made clear they are going for a new hard line. translator: the fighting groups and factions called on all military and civilian organization to unify through a clear islamic framework. what is the statement indicates that the insurgency in syria has taken a turn toward much more significant radicalization. reporter: the problem the u.s. has been trying to support select opposition groups. there is a real moderate opposition that exists. reporter: now there may be fewer moderates inside syria to get that support through a covert cia program to supply them with weapons. is it too late for the u.s. strategy to work?
i think there s no question at this point that the u.s. should have probably gotten involved earlier. the extremist elements, particularly jabad al anisra, they re very well organized, we very well financed, and it s late in the game. reporter: defense department officials openly acknowledge it will be tough to keep finding the moderates to work with, but at the same time here at the pentagon, they re looking at a plan to actually use u.s. troops to train and equip moderates somewhere in the middle east, not inside syria, but in a nearby country and then send them back into syria. wolf? barb bra, thank you. up next, the highest-level meeting between the united states and iran in decades. we have details of nuclear talks with the secretary of state john kerry and iran s foreign minister. plus hillary clinton s direct warning about elephant ivory and terrorism.
by the way, later this hour, i will speak with congressman peter king. stand by for that. in syria, meanwhile, a civil war within the civil war. some of the country s biggest rebel groups are turning away from the modest opposition, vowing a more radical path. very, very troubling development for the obama administration. u.s. officials, let s bring in barbara starr, what are you seeing and hearing? wolf, you know, in new york the united nations is trying to get an agreement together on syria giving up its chemical weapons. just as that is happening, the opposition has taken the step making the civil war much more complicated. in syria, 30 miles northeast of damascus jihadist fighters known as the al nasr front shoot their way into this christian enclave. the fighters linked to al qaeda