An opportunity for transition to a Coalition Government to represent guarantees key constituencies, all of the kurds and moderate sections of Syrian Opposition. For now the u. S. Russian cooperation can be limited to fighting isil in iraq and that could include a joint operation which is something u. S. And Russian Special forces have done on a very low scale in afghanistan. They could include providing more arms and more training to the Iraqi Armed Forces and the kurds fighting isil come at it could of course include disrupting financing which is not a counterterrorism tactic per se but it is an important comment is important element of countering such organizations. But looking beyond that, countering terrorism with force alone would not suffice. Are certain of root causes can contribute back to the i want now the other in the statement that both russia and the United States need to address as they think how to defeat terrorists, not only in the middle east, but also in their own cou
Allegiance once again to alqaeda rejoining the groups north African Branch. The German Parliament is set to approve the governments plan to send 1200 soldiers to support the fight against i. S. I. L. In a noncombat role and politicians have been debating the bill over the past couple hours and a war ship and six aircraft are also part of chancellor Angela Merkels proposal and appealed for help after last months paris attacks and antiwar activists have been protesting against this plan. Now if the plan is approved germany will be the latest addition to the international antii. S. I. L. Coalition which includes dozens of countries however not everyone has played a military role and not all at the same time so here is a break down. These are the countries that have been involved in fighting i. S. I. L. , there is 18 of them in all. These are the ones that are carrying out or supporting air strikes in syria and these are the countries that are striking i. S. I. L. Targets in iraq, now ther
Two on f. I. F. A. In Switzerland Police have searched the home of the couple suspected of killing 14 people and a shoot in a shooting attack in an office party in San Bernardino. Thousands of rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe bombs in the house shared by syed farook and tashfeen malik. Theyre still investigating the scene. The first officer on the scene of the shooting describes what he saw as we entered into the conference room, the situation was surreal. It was something that i dont think you can be prepared for. They just throw everything at you to prepare you for dealing with this situation, but what youre seeing and what youre hearing and smelling, and it was all of that and more. It was unspeakable, the carnage that we were seeing, the number of people who were injured and unfortunately already dead. The pure panic on the face of those individuals that were still in need also and needing to be safe meanwhile the victims of that shooting are being remembered. A candle light v
World is getting sweeter with sugar contributing to a Global Health crisis. Hello, the british Prime Minister laid out its case against what he calls the medieval monsters of the Islamic State in iraq and the levant. After a daylong debate will to authorize military action they will be due to vote. Theyll take on isil in its syrian stronghold or sit back and wait for attack on british soil. Emma hayward is live for us. Very strongly held views in this debate so far. How has the debate been going . Were now seven hours in. More than halfway. 157 mps wanted to pose a question. So were more than halfway, three hours to go until we know about the results. There has been a sense of unity in mps saying they want to battle isil for divisions on how they should do it. It is perhaps the toughest political decision whether to vote for military action or not. No surprise then that the chamber was packed. Mps waiting to hear the british Prime Ministers argument in fighting isil. Theyll attack us b
Recovery for palestinians left injured by violence in the occupied territories. France has secured the support of russia to tackle the Islamic State in iraq and the levant as part of a grand coalition over syria. The two countries will share military information about their air bombardments over syria after both stepped up their campaigns recently. France is lobbying countries to back its campaign after many were killed in the attacks in paris. Both have agreed to coordinate strikes on Oil Infrastructure that i. S. I. L. Is using to fund its fighters. Putin has also indicated that he is ready to support groups in syria who are fighting i. S. I. L. Reporter we agreed today to reinforce our Anti Terrorist work, improve exchange of operational information, fighting terrorism, set up a constructive relationship between our military specialists in order to avoid duplication and incidents but instead concentrate our efforts toward a more effective fight against terrorists and try to avoid st