( CNN ) -- The head of a Syrian opposition group warns that military operations alone wo n't be enough to defeat terrorist groups like ISIS -- the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria . `` They can not eliminate terrorism by only military operations . It has to be much , much more than military operations , '' Hadi al-Bahra , the president of the Syrian National Coalition , said on 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart . '' You have to have a social , political program . You have to provide a vision for the political life in all the Middle East . '' A U.S.-led coalition , including nations from the Middle East , have been pounding ISIS and other terror targets since last week . What 's unclear is whether airstrikes alone , without troops on the ground , will be enough to stop advancing ISIS fighters . The United States has pledged to provide weapons and military training to moderate opposition forces in Syria . Still , al-Bahra said those groups are already battered from a dual-front battle against ISIS and the Syrian government forces of President Bashar al-Assad . `` We have been fighting ISIS and the Assad regime at the same time with very little help from the world , '' al-Bahra said . `` We can not continue on the fight on two-fronts without the assistance of our friends in the U.S. and our other friends in the free world . '' Still , al-Bahra said the moderate opposition will eventually win their freedom . `` This is the future of our kids , of our granddaughters and sons . We have been fighting them since four years and the world had kept silent , '' he said . `` But we , the people of Syria , will continue on our fight and we 'll fight to win back our freedom and we 'll achieve our quest for a democratic society . ''
Syrian opposition forces are fighting a two-front war . They are caught between ISIS and Syrian government troops . The U.S. has pledged to provide weapons and military training to moderate opposition forces .