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[applause] good afternoon welcome and they give you for joining us today on the topic of critical importance. I am president of the United States institute of peace with the critical moment to this serious conflict to threaten not of the regional political will security with the arrival of refugees in europe that there is 60 Million People displaced by conflict and 12 million are syrian. And estimates suggest what quarter have been killed in the civil war today. One of the pressing tragedies of our time United States has been the leading donor of humanitarian assistance over the last five years by growing more bloody and complex by the day the Global Community mr. Jett they Work Together to provide desperately n ....
36 american airstrikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highway that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq with more than a million residents. Charlie dagata is with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Reporter the battle to reclaim sinjar began in the air. U. S. Air strikes pounded suspected isis targets throughout the day. Thick smoke hung over the city as isis fighters lit banks of tires to try to block the bombers visibility. Dug in on the mountain side, Kurdish Peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u. S. Advisers. This is one of the forward fighting position wheres theyre helping to pick targets for air strikes. Soldiers here told us with aircraft overhead all the time, sometimes its just five minutes from the moment they call it in to the ti ....
36 american air strikes, moved to retake the town of sinjar, and they cut a highway that is used by isis to carry supplies from raqqa, its stronghold in syria, to mosul, the largest city that isis holds in iraq with more than a million residents. Charlie dagata is with the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Reporter the battle to reclaim sinjnj began in the air. U. S. Air strikes pounded suspected isis targets throughout the day. Thick smoke hung over the city as isis fighters lit banks of tires to try to block the bombers visibility. Dug in on the mountainside, Kurdish Peshmerga forces searched for targets, passing the coordinates to u. S. Advisers. This is one of the forward fighting position where theyre helping to pick targets for air strikes. Soldiers here told us with aircraft overhead all the time, sometimes its just five minutes from the moment they call it in, to the ti ....