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STORY: U.S. President Barack Obama laid out his administration's strategy on Saturday for combating the Islamic State organization in Iraq and Syria by forming a broad international coalition against the group.
"We're moving ahead with our strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist organization," Obama said in his weekly radio address.
Obama insisted that the conflict with the Islamic State "can't be America's fight alone."
"What's needed now is a targeted, relentless counterterrorism campaign against ISIL that combines American air power, contributions from allies and partners, and more support to forces that are fighting these terrorists on the ground. And that's exactly what we're doing," he added.
In an address to the nation on Wednesday night, Obama announced his decision to authorize U.S. air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria for the first time, and to add to targeted areas in Iraq.
