NATO countries join forces to form coalition against Islamic State

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NATO SummitUS President Barack Obama gestures during a press conference on the second day of the NATO 2014 Summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, South Wales, on September 5, 2014. The United States urged Western allies at a NATO summit Friday to unite in a coalition that could “destroy” Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB

At the NATO summit, 10 countries agreed to form a “core coalition” to fight the Islamic State. They’ll focus on helping strengthen Iraqi forces to combat the Sunni terror group, though no ground troops will be involved. CCTV America’s Nathan King reports.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to the region next week to garner support from Arab countries.

For more on efforts to battle the Islamic State, CCTV America was joined by Mike Lyons. He’s a senior fellow at the Truman National Security Project.

Our panel:
From London, Alexander Nekrassov is a former advisor to the Kremlin.
Kurt Volker is here with me in the studio. He’s a former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and heads the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University.