Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Archives - The Intercept

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks on during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Kerry arrived in Cairo for a short visit of less than a day to discuss how Egypt can help in the fight against the Islamic State group. He has been on a regional trip to garner support for President Barack Obama's initiative to assemble a coalition of nations to go after the militant group. Kerry heads to Paris next for a meeting on how to support Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State group, which holds large parts of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling-to-Be-Identified-By-Name

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks on during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Kerry arrived in Cairo for a short visit of less than a day to discuss how Egypt can help in the fight against the Islamic State group. He has been on a regional trip to garner support for President Barack Obama's initiative to assemble a coalition of nations to go after the militant group. Kerry heads to Paris next for a meeting on how to support Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State group, which holds large parts of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling-to-Be-Identified-By-Name

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks on during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Kerry arrived in Cairo for a short visit of less than a day to discuss how Egypt can help in the fight against the Islamic State group. He has been on a regional trip to garner support for President Barack Obama's initiative to assemble a coalition of nations to go after the militant group. Kerry heads to Paris next for a meeting on how to support Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State group, which holds large parts of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling-to-Be-Identified-By-Name

The big news out of the new “Global Coalition to Counter ISIL” meeting in Paris was that “several” Arab nations were willing to join President Obama’s latest bombing campaign. “Several Arab states have offered to conduct airstrikes against militants in Iraq,” Anne Gearan and Karla Adam write in the Washington Post: “A lot of this […]