How will Assad respond to this ? How will it take to degrade ISIS ? Would that mean boots on the ground down the road ? How many Arab countries will be willing to take part? Already we know of only Jordan, Saudi Arabia and UAE are taking part .It doesn't look like Middle East will be stable for a while. There is no question the UN General Meeting will have a lot to talk about in the next few days. With host of things going on around the world ,I hope UN doesn't put Ebola on the back burner . ISIS and Ukraine are taking the lion's share of attention . Hope and pray for peace world over Hous Sent from my iPad > On Sep 22, 2014, at 10:23 PM, Husainou A Waggeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > US launches air strikes in Syria > Last updated 5 minutes ago > > > Islamic State fighters in Syria > The US and allied nations have launched the first air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, the Pentagon has said. > > Spokesman Rear Adm John Kirby said fighter and bomber jets and Tomahawk missiles were used in the attack. > > The strikes were expected as part of President Barack Obama's pledge to "degrade and destroy" IS, which has taken huge swathes of Syria and Iraq. > > The US has already undertaken 190 air strikes in Iraq since August. > > No additional details > > But Monday's action expands the campaign against the militant group over the national border into Syria. > > The group has taken control of a vast area between Syria and Iraq, executed captive soldiers, aide workers and journalists, and threatened the mass killing of religious minorities in Iraq. > > On Monday, Rear Adm Kirby confirmed "US military and partner nation forces" were undertaking military action in Syria but did not give details. > > "Given that these operations are ongoing, we are not in a position to provide additional details at this time," he said in a statement. > > The decision to strike in Syria was made by the head of US Central Command Gen Lloyd Austin, Rear Adm Kirby said, "under authorisation granted him by the commander in chief". > > The BBC has learned that Arab nations were among those involved in the strikes in Syria. > > In a nationally televised speech outlining his strategy against IS earlier this month, Mr Obama said that any group that threatened America would "find no safe haven", including inside Syria. > > Mr Obama has said the strikes were within his power as commander in chief but has asked Congress to authorise a separate mission to train and arm Syrian rebels fighting against IS. > > Congress voted for that measure last week. > > > BBC © 2014 > > Sent from my iPad > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤