Judy Woodruff:
The president responded, saying, “Sooner or later, I’ll struggle again, and it received’t be fairly.”
In flip, McCain stated: “I’ve confronted more durable opponents.”
In Afghanistan, bombings and shootings by the Taliban killed a minimum of 74 individuals at this time. The worst was Paktika province within the east, the place two automobile bomb explosions killed dozens, together with the provincial police chief, and injured greater than 100 others. Taliban militants additionally launched assaults within the south and west of the nation.
In Syria, US-backed militia forces say they’ve regained management of the Islamic State’s de facto capital. Raqqa metropolis has been below ISIS management since 2014. The battle to retake it started in June. In the present day, Kurdish-led fighters celebrated as they moved into the town centre. The US navy stated that 90 % of the town of Raqqa had been managed, with pockets of militants remaining.
There are experiences that dozens of ISIS fighters have been killed in US air strikes in Yemen on Monday. It seems that the strikes have been carried out by drones. The Pentagon says the targets have been coaching camps for recruits.
In northern Iraq, Kurdish forces withdrew from extra territory at this time, as Iraqi authorities forces superior. This got here within the wake of the Kurds’ vote in favor of independence. Federal forces and allied militias had already pressured the Kurds to depart the realm in and round Kirkuk and its oil fields.
The Iraqi Prime Minister stated this paves the way in which for talks.
