Bashar Assad and Barack Obama

Barack Obama: With the Islamic State militants spreading across eastern Syria and northern and western Iraq, President Barack Obama noted that the moderate Syrian rebels fighting both the group and the government of Bashar Assad are "outgunned and outmanned." In addition to the action pledged by fellow leaders, he pressed Arab allies to reject the "nihilism" projected by the group., according to CTV. "I did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of members," Obama said at the summit conclusion. "So there great conviction that we have to act, as part of the international community, to degrade and ultimately destroy and that was extremely encouraging." - The U.S. and nine key allies agreed Friday that the Islamic State group is a significant threat to countries and that they will take on the militants by squeezing their financial resources and going after them with military might. The new coalition will be able to mount a sustained effort to push back the militants, Obama said. The U.S. secretaries of State and Defence, meeting with their counterparts at the international gathering, insisted the Western nations build a plan by the time the U.N. General Assembly meets this month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.