Obama to Rally Coalition Against Islamic State at UN

This week, the Obama administration will continue efforts to build a broad international coalition against Islamic State militants, also known as ISIL and ISIS, that have seized territory in Iraq and Syria. President Barack Obama will address the U.N. General Assembly and lead a special session of the Security Council to rally support for the campaign against the Sunni radicals. Fighting intensified between Kurdish forces and Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, as U.S. and French...

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