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President Obama on Wednesday called on world leaders meeting at the United Nations to "choose hope over fear" by fighting sectarian conflict and extremism, beginning with the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and Iraq but branching out beyond the Middle East.

In an address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Obama urged leaders to support Iraqis and Syrians as they fight to reclaim their communities, as he also argued the merits of the new military campaign he is running against Islamic State as well as Al Qaeda and its offshoots.

"No God condones this terror," Obama said. "No grievance justifies these actions. There can be no reasoning no negotiation with this brand of evil. The only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. So the United States of America will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death."

Obama also called out a range of aggressive acts around the world singling out Russian aggression in Ukraine for special derision as part of a sweeping summons to cooperation over conquest.

He pledged to back Ukraine and its democratic development and to uphold the U.S. commitment to the collective defense of North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. He promised to help stop the outbreak of the Ebola virus ravaging West Africa.

But mainly the presidents remarks were his first chance to put the dramatic events of the previous 48 hours, not to mention a summer of global turmoil, in context. They followed a second night of bombing against Islamic State targets in Syria.

Videos posted on social media Wednesday showed Syrian civilians picking through the rubble of destroyed homes, and Syrian activists reported civilian casualties.

The Pentagon said that in Iraq, it hit and damaged eight Islamic State vehicles northwest of Qaim, while bombers and aircraft conducted four strikes on targets near Baghdad and Irbil.

The world, Obama said, must take concrete steps to address the danger of religiously motivated fanatics and the trends that fuel their recruitment.

Rather than portraying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the principal source of broader Middle East problems, as he has in the past, Obama emphasized the need for leaders in Muslim communities to fight the ideology of Al Qaeda and Islamic State.

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Obama calls on world leaders to help fight violent extremism