kurdish forces claim their biggest victory over isil fighters breaking the siege of sinjar mountain. ♪ ♪ welcome to the program. you are watching al jazerra live from doug doha. also coming up. three daze after a massacre at a pakistani skill the military says their ground forces have killed dozens of fighters. deep problems at u.s. secret service. a review find serious flaws at the agency that protects the president. one woman married to several brothers, find out why this

nepal-yes tradition is dieing out fast. in northern iraq kurdish fighters are trying to break isil in the sinjar mountains, peshmerga forced gained 700 square kilometers of isil held territory along the route to mt. sinjar, but nowhere near taking isil's main navel i base in that area. sue was there during some of the battle and joins us live now from erbil and how difficult is it going to be for the kurdish force to his maintain these gains? >> reporter: i think it is probably worth describing what sort of terrain we are talking about. the area from zuma, just south of the mosul damn across sinjar mountain on his the iraq-sear request border is made up of lots of pockets of villages and

towns the majority of whom are sunni. and we are now seeing that everybody though the peshmerga forces have managed to move a line all the way along that stretch of northern iraq, north of the main isil military base that they hold just to the west of mosul, they have managed to push quite a lot of what i am told is military hardware, tanks, hu humvees and a number f many thousands of peshmerga fighters but these pockets of towns in these areas are very clear places where the isil fighters can just disappear in to. and indeed, to the south of there, in to toe suggest city, even though the kurdish fighters have significantly managed to take their fighters all the way over there and we understand the main fighting going on in an enormous town which is about four-kilometers north of the sinjar mountains, that even though that fighting ongoing, whether they can hold these various areas or whether indeed this even might be a tactic that

isil those draw them in to these areas, and then they will now push on them in the days and coming week, we have no idea. it's worth saying that kurdish fighters have made significant gains, but to say that they are now holding all of this area and indeed to say that they have freed the besieged the sinjar mountain is his a little bit of an exaggeration. >> what could this mean, sue fox, a crucial and decisive push in to mosul? >> reporter: the push in to mosul is a different matter altogether. we are not seeing pockets a it's a whole city being held by isil. we are hearing that the isil fighters are digging trenches a few meters deep all around the city, so i suppose you could say their digging in there we have spoken to many people around erbil to the krg. to various groups trying form a

kind of national guard that can be trained which they decide to push down on to the mosul city area. they are saying that's a long way ahead. they are saying it's not imminent. they are watching the pub to see how the push to the sinjar mountain goes and if there is any backlash from isil. and then we'll be looking in the coming months i think everyone they even consider trying to negotiate a way of pushing in to mosul city and to that main military base to the west. >> thanks very much, sue. air strikes have been backing the kurdish forces the pentagon has confirmed the raid has killed three high-profile isil leaders one the deputy to the isil chief. u.s. defense officials see it as a significant blow to the command and control of the armed group. and in syria, government forces are also engaged in heavy fighting against isil.

in the main gas and oil hub in the east eight isil fighters were reportedly killed near the military airport. five syrian soldiers also reported dead. now, the conflict in syria has changed its territorial map. the state has lost control of large areas of the country. and it doesn't have the soldiers to win it back. but as zeina reports, it's not about how much, but what the government controls that allows it to survive. >> reporter: more often than not, this is how the government fights back. it attacks rebel-held areas from the skies. it hasn't been able to win back all of the territory it lost to the opposition. it doesn't have enough soldiers for every frontline. it chooses its battles and fights on one front at a time. >> in my opinion it doesn't take any -- opportunity present any importance to them. importance for the regime.

aleppo is important for the regime. but they didn't give it for two years the first priority. now it is focusing on it. why? he made military success on the field. >> reporter: over the years the state has managed to recapture and protect strategic areas to survive. even though estimates say it now controls a mere 30% of syria. but the amount of territory is not as important as which territory. it is still in charge of its seat of power. and damascus is not isolated from other major urban centers under state authority. it is connected to the borders of lebanon and jordan. the central city further north. and the divided city of aleppo as well as the coastal region in the west. it also has a presence in other contested provinces, apart from a strong hold of the islamic state of iraq and the levant of a group that controls

approximately 35% of syria. the remaining areas are under the control of other opposition groups, but a lot of it is desert and countrysides. and now the conflict is more complicated because rebels are at war with each other. al-nusra has taken over government bases in the southern outskirts of idlib, this has consolidated its grip on the northwestern province after it pushed the moderate rebels out last month. >> translator: neither side is winning because of the presence of isil and nusra, those groups have a different agenda from the syrian opposition. there are only losers in this war, the people. >> reporter: battle lines continue to shift and neither side is likely to win in out right victory. but the goff is likely to stay in power if it is able to hold on to the one-third of syria it currently controls. zeina holder, al jazerra, bay drew. the u.s. says it will not support a draft resolution on

the palestinian statehood opposed to the u.n. security council. it sets a time frame to israel to end it's occupation of palestinian land. >> we have seen the draft. it is not something that we would support and we think others feel the same and are calling for further consultations. the palestinians understand that. you may have also seen president abbas speak to this earlier today. and they support continue consultations and are not pushing for a vote on it now. ray new development plan by the israeli government is threatening a distinct way of live for pal tip generals in the desert. though they are israeli citizens they are asked to be vettel elsewhere and it's not the first time. andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: in every direction you look you see bed within communities, a way of life that dates back longer than the state of israel. but palestinian bed wins who are israeli citizens believe the

latest development plan the government is working on once again threatens their ancestral homelands. this is what happened with the last plan. mass protest that his turned violent. moves to vettel thousands were dropped. but now campaigners fear they could be faced with a similar situation again. >> we want to maintain our life. we want to live in peace here. we want to be integrateed in to the state and in this state. we want to be part of it. we want to contribute to its community. but in our way. >> reporter: this is one of the unrecognized villages where a few homes have already been demolished. the people manage without any main services of power, water, or sewage. all they want is to stay put with better facilities. the people living here say that they are not asking for much. and they also say that they have longstanding rights that go back more than seven generations. it's is says the size of this

village dates back to the days of the on the man empire. >> translator: it's normal for any person to hang onto their land, our rights are nonnegotiable. we didn't give it to the on the mans or the british ask we won't give it to israel. we are here and staying here. >> reporter: there is a deep distrust of the israeli government. the people believe it was always intend today cut the historic link between palestinians and their land to allow more jewish sesettlement. a man suspected of plotting the attacks on mumbai in 2008 has been detained less than 24 hours after being released on bail in pakistan. mohamed joins us now with all the latest. so why has he been rearrested? >> reporter: yes, the name of this man is. [ inaudible ] and he is one of

seven -- one of eight men who were arrested less than two weeks after the attacks on mumbai in 2008. and that attacked was blamed by india on pakistani controlled kashmir. and they named those men and particularly wanted them to be leased to be detained and be handed over to india. but pakistan, according to its laws refused hand them, but instead put them in jail. now an anti terrorism court decided to release the top man in that group, because they said they did not -- india did not produce any evidence against him. but there was a reaction in india, very strong reaction, a lot of criticism inside india itself because of this decision and particularly they described it as unfortunately timed happening only a couple of days after the huge attack on a school here and the killing of more than 130 people mainly

children, school children, so they criticized this and pakistan also because they are facing this war with the pakistan taliban, they did not want to open a new front with india or at least to increase the tension with india, a part of the decision to release him was a political decision. and the government decided to put him back in jail to avoid more conflict with india. only one child, he is now in a hospital bed fighting for his life. with whispered prayers and suppressed tears she is trying to combat her worst fear. >> translator: when i heard that my son was shot, i ran toward the school in a panic, but luckily when he answered his fine he tried to calm me down and told me, mom, don't cry, i am okay. even though he was bleeding. i am proud of my son, he is such a brave boy.

>> reporter: he is in ninth grade and was in the school auditorium with dozens of other students when the attack began. shot in the chest he fell down and was bleeding. but his father tells me, he was brave enough to crawl away and call his family by phone. in the same war is a 12th grader who has shot in the groins and had his left ear chopped. eighth greater was shot in the back. and mohamed in ninth grade has a gunshot wound in the arm. he still has fresh memories of the attackers. >> they looked just like animals. animals, long hair, long beard, and cap on the head and. [ inaudible ] in hands and. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: mohamed and the others students in this ward are now in a stable condition. unlike a few others with more serious wounds. we are now inside the intensive care unit. out of the 121 students wounded

in the attack, 10 were brought here. one of them died on the first day and three are still on life support. the families of these young victims aren't even allowed to see them. we are told it's meant to prevent shaka wrong the parents. outside the wards, families of the wounded students gathered to show their anger at the authorities. they blame the army and the government for having failed to maintain security in public places. no amount of visits by high-ranking politicians could calm the parents. >> unfortunately i can't see any future of our children in pakistan, we can't send them to the mosques, to the school, even second them to the parks sun thinkable. >> reporter: his father says he is brave and will certainly go back to the same school. we can't afford to surrender, he tells me.

al jazerra continues to demands the release of our three journalist who his have been in prison in egypt in 356 days. peter greste, and the others were jled on false charges of helpg the outlawed muslim brotherhood and appealing against their connecticut visions. an independent report says the u.s. secret service needs a top to bot reassess think. they need more agents and better training. the agency is tasked with protecting the president and other high-ranking government officials, but there have been several embarrassing security breaches over the past few years, in september an iraq war veteran jumped the white house fence overpowered an officer and got inside the building before being stopped. in 2012, several agents accompanying the president to klum colombia were accused of hiring prostitutes, a government only fired on the white house break window, secret service realized only four days later that the bullets were fired. in thousand nine an uninvited couple sneaked in to a state

stkpeufrpb managed to get their picture taken with president obama. more now from patty culhane in washington, d.c. >> reporter: it was omar gonzales who was able to jump the fence here at the white house. not uncommon, a lot of people do it. normally dogs stop those people. but in this case, reportedly the dog handler was on a percentage call inside his car and he didn't have his radio on. so then gonzales was able to make it all the what i across the lawn, up the steps in the front door which wasn't locked he was strong enough to tackle an officer at the door and, wasn't stopped until he made it all the way in to the east room with a knife in his pocket by an off duty officer who just happened to be there. so now the secret service review executive summary is out. basically they are saying one thing, they need a taller fence, they are already start today do that here at the white house and also need new leadership saying there is an organization starve today leadership. recommend that this new director come from outside the agency. they need a shake up. they also need more people. about 85 special agents and 200

uniformed officers who work the perimeter here at the white house and say it's just a start and it has affected training because they are short staffed the uniformed officers that are supposed to get constants training got about 25 minutes each. still ahead. eight children have been fountained stabbed to death in a house in northern australia. and u.s. celebrities accuse sony of coward he is for canceling the release of its comedy the interview. but was it the right thing do? i'll have that story and more after the break.

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welcome back. let's take you through our top stories at this hour. al jazerra has spoken to iraqi kurdish forces who are fighting isil in the northern sinjar mountains. they have made significant gains after battle. but fighting ongoing to secure the area. the united states says it will not support a draft resolution on palestinian statehood propose today the u.n. security council. jordan introductions the motion at the security council on we understand calling for an end to the israeli occupation of palestinian lands. and park stan has detained the main suspect in the mumbai attacks of 2008, he was -- he has now been rearrested. protests have turned violent again on the streets of haiti. police blocks protesters from march on this presidential

palace but they say they will not stay off the streets until the president steps down. >> reporter: riot police lead the escape after unidentified gunmen opened fire at the start of a protest in port-au-prince. demonstrators quickly follow before security reinforcements arrive. undeterred by the violence, anti-government protesters regroup and march through the capital. the song sounded upbeat but carries a serious mess points mr the country besieged president. >> translator: president martel is a defending the rich interests and they are very corrupt. they don't care about the poor haitians, that's why we are asking for his did he a par true and for his prosecution. >> reporter: opposition leaders having met with the president to try and agree on a new prime minister say the time for talk is over.

>> translator: we are not going to enter in to negotiations with the president, we want his resignation, today we have the rope. and if we find him we will tie him up. >> reporter: protesters have held near daily rallies in neare capital angry over government corruption and that there hasn't been an election in haiti for three years. they tried to take that message to the presidential palace, they are called for the most part falling on deaf ears. the president blames legislators for the delayed elections accusing them of blocking the vote to approve electoral law. critics say the president is trying to hold onto power as without new elections come january, parliament will be dissolved and he could rule by decree. the protesters say he cannot ignore their demands and say the writing is already on the wall. and say his regular us nation

will stable eight this country. the bodies of eight children have been found in a home in the australian city of cans. police say the children aged between 18 months and 15 years old were found with stab wounds on friday morning. the mother of seven of the children is in hospital with stab wouldn't. andrew thomas has more for us now from sydney. >> reporter: police have said that seven of the eight children killed in this horrific attack were all siblings, all members of the same family and that the 34-year-old woman found at the scene with stab wound was their mother. she's now in hospital in a stable condition. police say she's helping them with their inning dwyer is but haven't said she's a suspect nor that anybody else is for that matter. but they have said they regard this as a horrific, but an isolated incident. they are not concerned that this could be the first of a number of attacks. australia's prime minister tony abbott said the news is heartbreaking and all parents would feel a gut wrenching

sadness at what has happened and calls it an unspeakable crime and these are trying days for australia. totally unrelated but the siege in sydney earlier this week has already left a profound sad someones australia. that, of course, resulted in the death of two hostages. and has really shaken australians to their core. this latest tragedy coming on top of that all in all means a very bad week for australia. the united nations general assembly has voted in favor of referring north korea to the international think criminal court for crimes against humanity. coming after a u.n. report released in february at the dealing a range of human rights abuses saying civilians faced unspeakable atrocities. north korea has rejected the restless loops calling it a political plot. zone i picture is his facing a backlash in hollywood african selling the release of its new film the interview, it's a fictional comedy about a plot to a sass let north korea less a leader. sony's decision follows threats

from hackers u.s. officials believe are tied to north korea. although north korea denies the allegations, rob reynolds reports from los angeles. >> this is the secretary of commutation for north career 56789 reaction to sony picture's decision not to release the film the interview as planned later this month was swift and negative. actor rob lowe tweeted. every caved. the hackers won. an you wanter and complete victory for them. wow. sony's decision came after hackers who had previously stolen reams of confidential corporate information threatened to physically attack movie goers and theaters if the film was shown. most major cinema chains in the u.s. balked at screening the movie. popular u.s. tv talk show host jimmy kimmel blasted the studio and cinema chains on twitter for what he called an unamerican act of coward he is that validates tear orist actions and sets a terrifying press dent. unnamed federal law enforcement officials told u.s. news agencies that north korea was

involved in the sony cyber attack. that country is furious over the interview a comedy about a fictitious cia not a sass let north karena, leader kim jong you feeun. john mccain said the obama administration is at fault for not having a strategy to address the use of cyber warfare by countries hostile to the u.s. mccain called the case a troubling precedent that will only empower and embolden the bad actors to use cyber as an offensive weapon even more aggressively in the future. the obama administration was actually the first to use cyber weapons against another country. anonymous u.s. officials boasted in 2012 of using a disdeinstruction tiff program called. [ inaudible ] against iran's nuclear facilities. it was reportedly developed jointly by the u.s. and israel. the sony hack ago fair will result in subdued freedom of speech and expression scholars say. >> what this does is set a

precedent for others wish to go attack cultural items. >> reporter: white house spokesman josh earnest called the sony cyber attack a serious national security matter and said the federal government was considering a range of option on his how to respond. rob reynolds, al jazerra, los angeles. and one more note for you on that story. rather than screening the interview, several u.s. theaters had planned to show the paramount film team america but now some of the theaters are reported that paramount pictures has pulled those screenings as well. now, in a remote district of nepal families follow an age old tradition where brothers can marry the same woman. but as this reports shows, the younger generation is moving away from that controversial custom. >> reporter: she is mayor toyed three brothers, but none of them are around. they are one away working with

cattle. one a trekking guys and one. [ inaudible ] to china. in this remote district of northwestern nepal. these people of tibetan an cesc industry say that marrying brother is his the only way to insure that they have enough food. >> the produce from the land here is never enough. that's why brothers have to live together. if each one had to manage their own, it would never be enough. sometimes even living together like this there is not enough food. >> reporter: with all the brothers married to the same woman their land is intact and they can continues on as farmers and traders but the tradition is fast disappearing. >> time has changed sometimes everybody my husbands talk about getting married again, they are still young, i them, no. 56789 be increasing number of the younger generation are getting educated not only do

they not want this, most don't even wants to come back and live here. hardly any youth can be seen here in the village. old people are accompanied by low landers from neighboring villages, she and her younger husband have a charge farm to manage, her older husband and her four children are all in kathmandu. there is just too much work for the couple. and they have had to hire people to help them. and their children show no sign of coming back. >> translator: we worked hard to educate our children. now that they are educated, they don't have to go to the highland to his work and find food or go to the lelands. wherever they go, they find jobs and will buy food with that money. they will mayor and i sta marry. >> reporter: they have sold most of their cattle. land has gone to share croppers and the couple often wonder where they will end up when they can no longer manage to work. al jazerra, northwestern nepal.

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