bringing in french fighters. meet the senegalese man cards the number one recruiter. >> translator: his videos are very basic, but they have had a big impact on young people in france. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to al jazerra live from doha. i am veronica pedroza. also coming up on the program. large protests in egypt after a court throws out murder charges against former president hosni mubarak.

quitting the force, the officer who shot dead a black teenager provoking rioting in the u.s. resigns from the police. and healing a thousand year religious schism. the catholic pope on his last day on his trip to turkey. so the unites nations is warning that the fighting in syria and iraq is attracting foreigners on an unprecedented scale. most of the recruiting is now done by the islamic state of iraq and the levants. the cia says there could be anywhere between 20,031 1/2 thousand fighters in iraq and syria. as many as half of them are foreigforeigners. they went to iraq and syria from over 80 countries in north

america, middle east, asia, australia and europe. but over 400 fighters are said to have traveled from france. omar, better known as omar onsen is said to be the number one recruiter of french fighters, al jazerra has obtained an exclusive interview with him. zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: it was an early 2012 when foreigners start today join the fight against the syrian government. others came when the war took a sectarian turn. for others it was a religious duty. >> reporter: omar is according to french government authorities the number one recruiter of french fighters.

this senegalese born french national has given interviews before. but this is the first time he revealed his face, al jazerra received a tape where he tells people travel to sear yeas is migrating to the hands of islam. >> reporter: he used the internet to reach out to potential recruits. it's not clear how a man who is not a cleric and spent time in a french jail on criminal charges was able to come to this points. he is now based on the

syrian-controlled country side. but today some experts believe he has little influence online and on the ground. >> translator: his videos are very basic with old archives from films of news reels in france that call for jihad a are abroad but have had a big impact on young people in france. many getting them to syria. that has given him his legit nas legitimacy. his group attracts far less militants, they are less presence online and are isolated with very young followers and fight very little. >> reporter: today most of the recruiting is done by isil and french nationals have appeared in the group's propaganda videos according to the friend the government. fran ofrance is the biggest supr of foreign fighters. 1,000 of its citizens have left or plan to join isil. their videos may not be any

different than from omar uses but he didn't recruit them to joint a group but rather a cau cause. >> reporter: but getting rid of the assad government is clearly not his only goal. there is no going back he says, for those who have chosen this

path. >> reporter: it is also a message that is well understood and conveyed by isil, a he is in i think that those who join the fight seem to clearly understand. zeina khodr, al jazerra. al qaeda-linked fighters have carried out a suicide attack targeting pro-government support in other words a hleb owe and syria. they seized two entrances to the towns, home for more than 40,000 people who are mostly shia muslims. opposition activists say the syrian government has been recruiting fighters from the town and launching attacks from there.

in the syrian town of kobane, isil says it detonate aid car bomb at a border point on saturday. the group also said a separate attack targeted a building across from the border. saying the sueed by bombers crossed from turkey but turkey denied the acquisition, meanwhile ticker i's president edwar heavily criticized president assad saying it's time for him to go. >> translator: is it possible to prefer assad over others in syria? if he was a successful president syria wouldn't have turned to the current status. assad has sacrificed syria unfortunately because of second tear vinnie conflict. we have to get rid of assad quickly. and he must be replaced by i an elected person in really lexes and by democratic ways. >> syria less afore en minister says turkey has to tighten its

borders. and also chris sized the u.s. led air strikes. saying they are not effective. this video is says to show the aftermath of a syrian air strike in isil's self declared capital. fires fighting between government forces and isil fighters in iraq. they have been defending government held areas of romadi city, one of the last areas in anbar still under baghdad's control. security forces have used tear gas and water cannon to clear thousands of protesters from the streets of the egyptian capital. two people died in the violence on saturday night. that was sparked when i court threw out the murder case against former president hosni mubarak being he was also acquitted of corruption charges. gerald tan reports. >> reporter: cairo's square, the genesis of the 2011 revolution that brought down hosni mubarak. on saturday, a sight of

confrontation once again. protesters chant slogans calling for a new revolution. security forces fire tear gas and water cannon to disperse them, several are arrested. the demonstrations are a whip lack to what's be called the trial of the censure any he just a minute. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: one with a controversial verdict. three years after being forced from office and one retrial later the murder case against mubarak has been thrown out. the long-time leader had been charged with conspiring to kill protesters back in january 2011. more than 800 people were killed. >> translator: it is not suitable for a former president to be taken to a criminal court, upholding to the terms and conditions of the criminal law or to consider the things he did wrong within his political

responsibilities. even those crimes mentioned in the accusation list. >> reporter: the court also cleared mubarak's much-feared interior minister along with six of his senior aides. outside the court, the verdict drew a divided response from the victims' families and mubarak supporters. the verdict is wrong. we don't deserve this from the egyptian judiciary. >> translator: thanks god now president mubarak got his rights back. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the court also cleared mubarak, close aides and two sons of corruption charges. mubarak is currently under house arrest serving time for a separate embezzlement conviction. he's long denied responsibility for the protesters' deaths and repeated his position to local media after the hearing. >> translator: i felt i did nothing wrong at all. i was waiting to find out what they will come up with this

time. it was an innocent vert. i did not wrong at all. but we cannot change destiny. when i heard the previous ruling i laughed. this time i was just waiting. i felt indifferent. it is all in the hands of god. >> reporter: those who challenged the independence of the judiciary say the trial was weak to begin with. >> the prosecutor general which was appointed by mubarak himself, he refrained from providing the body of evidence to prove such crimes. so it was obvious. it was an obvious case of trying to evade a real conviction. >> reporter: since the former military general el-sisi won the presidency in june, many egyptians have feared that mubarak and helping of his regime would walk free. the verdict on saturday brings those fears a little closer to reality. the question is what will

egyptians do about it now. gerald tan, al jazerra. al jazerra continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have now been held in prison in he just a minute for 337 days. peter greste, mohamed fahmy and bahar mohamed were jailed on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions. the policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenagers provoking rioting in the u.s. has resigned. protests were sparked last week when a grand jury chose not to en diet officer darre darren win over the death of michael brown, dan he go lak has our report. >> reporter: in his resignation letter darren wilson said that he was quitting the police department because he was worried about the safety of his fellow officers and of the community. and he also said he wanted to give the community time to heal. he mentioned he has been thinking about this for quite

sometime. he wanted to remain a police officer but wasn't tenable under the circumstances. what is interesting is what will the impact being on the protesters. and there always a peaceful protest march that will last a week, a seven-day march to the capital of missouri. it's the national association for the advancement of colored people and and my colleague reports. >> we are going to survive and get justice. amen. >> reporter: a blessing before a long march to demands change. in 1965 martin luther king, jr. led a march that led to federal legislation on eekal voting rights. in 2014, civil rights accuracy y vitts hope their march from the site of the killing of unarmed teenager in ferguson to the governor's mansion in missouri. will lead to a change in the law. >> looking to a legislation a

bill called end profile. putting body armor on police officers. >> reporter: it's an ambitious goal particularly as polls show a majority of white people in the u.s. don't know what all the fuss is about. >> don't you get the sense sometimes that actually the white communities, effluent community wants to keep black communities restricted? >> here is the question i would pose, how good has this michael brown tragedy been for business in the greater st. louis area? it cannot be reasonably argued that children losing their lives as a consequence of the most under whelmingly minor of offenses is good for anybody. >> reporter: later in the afternoon, a meeting has been convened bringing together the numerous activist groups that have come together since michael brown's death. the question that's been abled is where do we we go next?

some someone well place today map out a strategy is the referent dr. william barber. >> i just met a young lady in the hotel who said she was with green peace but she was so glad that environmental assists were able to hookup with civil rights and understand the i understand section of our issues. those who are attempting to deny healthcare, those who are attacking minimum wages, those who are attacking women's rights and lgbt rights and immigrants' rights. what you are hearing in america now with all of the different movement, is prophetic mourning. >> reporter: for barber it's the universality of the activists struggle that will make the difference. >> yesterday on the plane a lady said we are landing in st. louis, i wonder do we have to go through ferguson, with fear. i turned around and said to her, yes, because ferguson is not just in missouri, every city you go through has some element of ferguson. >> reporter: al jazerra,

st. louis. the world health organization says nearly 7,000 people have now died from the ebola outbreak in western africa. the number of deaths has leapt by 1200 in just four days since the last w.h.o. report. more than 16,000 people have been infected. the world's worst ever ebola outbreak mostly affected guinea, sierra leone and liberia where workers are going house to house to track down suspected cases, kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: when he's on patrol he gets trade strait to the point. he asks whether anyone has died here recently. >> no way. >> all right. >> never. >> reporter: or whether anyone is sick. it's a routine he will repeat every day until this entire county in liberia's north west is declared ebola free. >> translator: in my county, i am assigned to 40 households in

block "c," but there are two of us. for me i have 20 houses i visit daily, among those 20 houses, i have come across three people who were sick. >> reporter: an active case finder, one of a thousand locals recruit today find those who may have ebola and to teach people about the disease. liberian officials believe communities have the power to lower rates of infection. even by simple means. >> translator: since i started this awareness it's encouraging. people are accepting it and some are going by what we are telling them. some forgot about using buckets to wash their hands. and by my awareness going around talking to them, they are starting to use buckets. >> reporter: but the virus is still one step ahead ofest to his contain t in by liberia it's thought 23% of the people who

have ebola are being isolated and burial teams in liberia, guinea and sierra leone are still in short supply. >> no seek yet burial. because we have a traditional you play with the bodies. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the u.n. has got $250,000 towards training these ebola detectives. on the frontline battling myths that are still rampant across west africa. >> it's there for you to make the opportunity to believe that ebola is real. >> reporter: it's hoped they will prove an effective weapon. kim vinnel, al jazerra. and coming up in just a minute. why voter in mal moldova can't t m.p.s from a pro-russia party. plus how singapore is trying to make its mark worldwide.

hello again, you are watching al jazerra. the top stories. the united nations is warning that the fighting in syria and iraq is attracting foreigners on an unprecedented scale. most of the recruiting is now done by the islamic state of iraq and the levant. and in egypt, two people have been killed after security forces tried to di disperse thousands of protesters that were rallying in cairo after the court threw out the murder case against former president hosni

mubarak. and he was also acquitted of corruption charges. the cheap of the resigned. the decision follows a series of attacks in kabul. the most recent was on saturday when taliban gunmen stormed a guest house killing three south africans and one afghan. a kenyan policeman has been shot debt with another critically wounded. police believe al-shabab was behind the attack. it's happened a week after the somali rebel group attacked a bus, katherine koy reports on government workers camped at a military ways baiting to be evacuated. >> he has worked in mandera as a government nurse for five years. he now wants out. a presents of his was killed on the bus that was recently ambushed by a al-shabab fighters not far from here. >> i feel like my life is in

danger. these areas are different from other areas, these are not the first incidents of people being killed here. people usually die, but nobody talks about it. >> reporter: this is mandera's main bus station and the bus that was attacked is back on the road. but many nonsomalis are now too afraid to travel this way. one of the few who has opted to take the bus. dozens of other civil servants are camping at a military airstrip waiting to he vac waited from the area. >> translator: we just came here looking for jobs, i have not decided whether will come back or not. >> reporter: the passengers have the protection of this man. police are now escorting buses. >> al shabab, you know, militia has very well i want grated with the locals, so much so that sometimes it's not very possible for us to be able to, you know, to identify very easily who is al shabab and who is not al

shabab. >> reporter: and because of that threat. numerous checkpoints are along the way. these people will pass through many security checks, the idea is to make sure that no illegal immigrants get in to the city. those fleeing the a saying the attacks are taking a sinister shape. those who were killed saturday were perceived to be nonmiss limbs, so even with government assurances they will be save. many here are not so sure. catherine soi, al jazerra, man dare, a northeastern kenya. pope francis is trying to heal a relidge us division which is almost a thousand years old. this is the scene live in u istanbul. the pope celebrating mass at the cathedral of the orthodox church. a schism led to the split of the christian church in to orthodox

and con that woul those civil i. voters in moldova are proving new members of par los angeles. par lamb. more on the political pressures facing the former soviet republic. >> reporter: mall dopmall dove t make a stark choice, parties like the social assists say now is the time to sit down with the kremlin. whebut the governorring coalitin believes moldova belongs in the family the europe. this week the campaign took a dramatic turn. the authorities carried out a raid they say on pro russian provacaterus planning revolution and banned a party on 10% in the

polls from competing. accused of taking foreign funding its leader fled to moscow fearing arrest. it's a government loss to dez credit the opposition say the social assists. the. >> polls show that these party along with us and the common assists have a majority. he could have changed the polight direction away from europe towards russia's cust you want, they are afraid throw to holds onto power they threw this party out of the election. >> reporter: moldova has a reputation for being one of the poorest countries in eastern our up. for voters the economy comes first. this year moldova sign aid really important agreement with brussels aimed at boosting trade and cooperation with the european union. but mall dove an society is divided. polls show that many see those benefits but also fear losing the ties and the trade that they already have with russia. more than half a million

maldivians are working in the russian federations and russia buys millions worth of mall vo amall dovean products. russia has already shown that they can hurt them. that's why the government says europe is the only way. and to become a part of this european union. it is our aim. and i can say that that it is our vital aim, we have no alternative. >> reporter: maldivians are split. there is a risk this election will not resolve the differences but inflame them. al jazerra. artists arm the world are taking parts in the first ever singapore art fair.

they are trying to establish themselves as a global art certainty. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: the opening of the fair of a city that wants its name written large on the international art scene. the event brings together artists and their works from north africa, the middle east and asia. celebrating their common artistic bonds. working alongside contemporaries in asia is a chance to collaborate and to challenge. >> i personally use arabic calligraphy as my main el. it's interesting see how nonarabic speakers interact with this art form. >> reporter: singapore has always been able to claim title a as a hub for business and trade claiming also to be a cultural crossroads is a far bigger stretch. yet in recent years this city state has set out to do just that. the government is investing heavily in infrastructure to port the arts.

>> to create infinite room for artists and their audiences that's what we try do but there are art spaces and then there are art spaces. away from the prestigious arts vents, smaller independent galleries have to struggle in a city of rising rents. >> independent art spaces i think the charge evening is often when you do a space for artists, it can be a lonely enterprise. >> reporter: there is funding for independent projects but it's small compared to the big artistic event. >> because the money don't come down on the artists so easily. it's only peanuts that we get. peanuts. >> reporter: performance artist lee within has won a national award for his work but public acceptance is harder to come by. >> they don't understand support for artist, he's that's? it's a waste of money for them. >> reporter: the as the city hosts artistic travel presser

abroad. it seems it's only or artis appreciation journey continues. and don't forget that you can always keep up-to-date with the news on our website at aljazerra.com. that's it there, aljazerra.com. >> hi i'm lisa fletcher and you're in "the stream." they're near retirement and living like slums, in vans and rvs. we explore their life on the road looking for seasonal employment, with no place to call home. waj is out.