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CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate break down President Obama's latest tactical maneuver to put 50 U.S. Special Forces operatives in Syria to assist in the fight against ISIS

CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues and CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate break down President Obama's latest tactical maneuver to put 50 U.S. Special Forces operatives in Syria to assist in the fight against ISIS

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A Russian passenger jet carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff

A Russian passenger jet carrying 224 people crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff. The Airbus was headed from a resort city on the Red Sea to St. Petersburg, Russia, but ended up in an area where ISIS-affiliated militants operate. Airliners are avoiding that airspace after ISIS claimed responsibility for the deadly crash even though there's no evidence the extremists were behind it. Allen Pizzey reports from Cairo.

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New video from inside Syria shows us the war's violence

The largest-ever diplomatic push for peace in Syria is underway in Vienna. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting with ministers from nearly 20 countries to try to broker a ceasefire between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the rebels battling him to end the war. New video from inside Syria shows us the war's violence, where what appears to be a Syrian military helicopter drops barrel bombs on a suburb of Damascus. Margaret Brennan reports.

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President Obama’s National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius hash out Russian military efforts in Syria. The experts explain why Russian intervention is not simply an attempt to join the fight against ISIS.

President Obama’s National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius hash out Russian military efforts in Syria. The experts explain why Russian intervention is not simply an attempt to join the fight against ISIS.

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