--- description: President Barack Obama addresses the launch of airstrikes against Islamist militants in Syria for the first time title: Watch Live: Obama Speaks on ISIS Strikes in Syria image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24b2221ce2f98c1a/6986a4b5cd804d7e3fccce77/barack-obama-isis-31.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Syria](/tag/syria/) ## Syria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Obama Speaks on ISIS Strikes in Syria by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 2:00 PM CUT  United States President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement following U.S. Senate approval of his plan to training and arm moderate Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State militants, Sept. 18, 2014 at the White House in Washington. United States President Barack Obama arrives to deliver a statement following U.S. Senate approval of his plan to training and arm moderate Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State militants, Sept. 18, 2014 at the White House in Washington.Olivier Douliery—Pool/Corbis by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 23, 2014 2:00 PM CUT President Barack Obama is expected to make a statement Tuesday morning, 10 a.m. ET, about the [launch of airstrikes](http://time.com/3419906/u-s-launches-airstrike-campaign-against-isis-in-syria/ "undefined") against Islamist militants in Syria for the first time. The strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria aimed for key targets like the group’s base of operations in Raqqa and were conducted in partnership with five Arab nations. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3421816/obama-isis-syria-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3421816/obama-isis-syria-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Obama Speaks on ISIS Strikes in Syria","datePublished":"2014-09-23T14:00:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:21:19.840Z","description":"Address comes before Obama leaves for the U.N. General Assembly in New York","url":"https://time.com/3421816/obama-isis-syria-watch-live/","keywords":["Syria","U.S.","ISIS","Middle East","World","Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria","airstrikes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24b2221ce2f98c1a/6986a4b5cd804d7e3fccce77/barack-obama-isis-31.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt24b2221ce2f98c1a/6986a4b5cd804d7e3fccce77/barack-obama-isis-31.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Barack Obama Statement after U.S. Senate Cast Final Vote on Arming Syrian Rebels","caption":"Barack Obama Statement after U.S. Senate Cast Final Vote on Arming Syrian Rebels","creditText":"Olivier Douliery—Pool/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/syria/","name":"Syria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3421816/obama-isis-syria-watch-live/","name":"Watch Live: Obama Speaks on ISIS Strikes in Syria"}}]}] ```