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The egyptian state news agency on thursday said egypt would also provide ground forces if asked. cnn correspondent ian lee joins us live now in cairo with the latest. so we understand that egypt could send ground troops, and we're hearing the same thing, ian, we're hearing the same thing from saudi arabia. so what do you see staging? what do you see happening there in yemen? >> reporter: well, george, this is unprecedented. we haven't seen this sort of large-scale arab coalition in decades, and last night we saw a continuation of air strikes, 15 in total, targeting different sites including we...

Long been known for getting washington to fight its battles. not this time. these saudi fighter jets are on their way to attack rebel positions in yemen, targeting weapons depots, a command center, and aircraft used by the rebels who have been trying to overthrow the government. the rebels called houthis now control large parts of yemen. they're backed by iran. to fight them saudi arabia says it's bombing with 100 jets imposing a no-fly zone and mobilizing 150,000 ground troops. no invasion yet, but that's clearly an option. the saudi coalition of ten muslim nations includes jordan and egypt, ...

In yemen the u.s. helped saudi arabia launch air strikes against iran-backed rebels all in a single day. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports. >> reporter: saudi arabia has long been known forgetting washington to fight its battles. not this time. these saudi fighter jets are on their way to attack rebel positions in yemen, targeting weapons depots, a command center, and aircraft used by the rebels who have been trying to overthrow the government. the rebels called houthis now control large parts of yemen. they're backed by iran. to fight them saudi arabia says it's bombi...

Headquarters and blocked another major road. at least 40 people have been arrested. u.s. president obama has a series of meetings planned monday to discuss ferguson, missouri. he's scheduled to speak with his cabinet to review programs that fund police departments. he's also set to meet with civil rights leaders and community leaders for ways to rebuild trust with police. in syria, the u.s.-led coalition has stepped up air strikes against the city of raqqah. observers say at least 30 air strikes targeted the city saturday night. isis uses raqqah for training, weapons depots and barracks fo...

The united states and israel. because if the united states hesitates or walks away from israel, then israel is really all on its own in the most dangerous neighborhood in the world. >> and what they said, the israeli ambassador to the u.n. claims hamas is using ambulances filled with children to move their terrorists around gaza. they're putting their terrorists right in the middle of children inside ambulances. that is who israel is dealing with over there. kt, i got to ask you, how do you see this ending? >> well, the longer this goes on -- time is not israel's friend. the longer it goes on,...