The threat of radical extremists has prompted the Arab League to call for a unified force to combat the Islamic State group.<br />With more, we turn to Paul Yi at the News Center. <br />Paul, we've heard similar calls to action by Egypt's leader.<br />What would be the focus of this proposed coalition ?<br /><br />Well, this combined force among Arab nations would battle the spread of I-S militants across Iraq and Syria, as well as other radicalized splinter groups. <br />The League has stressed the need for such a coalition was urgent to the regional security. <br />This as I-S is reportedly undergoing internal discord,... amid its rapid expansion.<br />Arirang's Park Ji-won has more.<br /><br />The Arab League urged its member countries to create a unified Arab force... to counter the growing threats from extremists in the region,... including the Islamic State group.<br />The remarks came during a two-day Arab League foreign ministers' meeting... that started Monday in Cairo.<br /><br /><br />“There is an urgent need for the creation of a multi-purpose common Arab military force… able to intervene rapidly to fight terrorism and the activities of terrorist groups."<br /><br />The creation of the force will top the agenda of the Arab League's two-day annual summit... set to take place in Egypt later this month from the 28th to the 29th.<br />In the absence of a unified force,... several Arab League countries,... including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan,... have participated in U.S.-led airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria.<br />Egypt also carried out its own airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Libya,... after the militant group beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians last month.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the Islamic State group is reportedly undergoing internal strife in maintaining its unity and ideology,... amid its rapid expansion.<br />The Wall Street Journal reported,... citing interviews with Islamic State defectors,... that resentments are piling up among both the Syrian and foreign fighters inside the notorious extremist group... and the
