>> celebrating victory against isil a powerful shia militia is now ready to attack them in their iraqi strongholds. >> hello you're with al jazeera, we're live from doha. also to come on the program the u.n.'s rules neither croatia nor serbia committed genocide during the war. >> stepping up the offensive against boko haram. >> find out why casino operators

are betting on a great year. >> first the iraqi government and a powerful shia militia declare victory over isil. the fight has been led by the badr core. the group held a victory rally and is now saying it's ready to move north into isil strongholds. we have this report from baghdad. jane. >> the celebration illustrate the growing power of sheena groups here, including the badr corps. they are in control of their own operations. they're working with the iraqi good afternoon and with those forces have now taken over according to the militia members, militia leaders and

iraqi government officials pretty much all of the province, a major stronghold of isil. it hasn't been without a cost, as they drove us through part of the territory, you could see abandoned villages, houses destroyed, even mosques destroyed in some areas, we were told. what we saw really indicated a region the formerly rich region that had been abandoned to the fighting. they are also investigating an alleged massacre in an area of the province where villagers say dozens of unarmed men were shot dead. this celebration was really to congratulate the fighters, religious leaders and they said all of iraq over the victory. the head of the badr corps told them they would move on to sunni areas. they've already in fact started fighting there, he said. >> there is no other area most of complicated than these areas.

these five areas are considered the most complicated areas in iraq. we have nothing else, the rest of just desert landscapes and in the desert, they cannot fight. that is why i'm optimistic and by the help of god, we will defeat isil. >> he also said that no foreign troops would be tolerated in iraq. that actually means he clarified later with us, boots on the ground if you will. he said advisors were fine. iranian advisers, even american, as long as it was iraqis at the fore front of the fight against isil. >> the united nations highest court ruled the crimes committed by serb and croatian forces in the early 1990's did not amount to genocide. around 20,000 people were killed during the four year croatian war of independence. we have a report. >> the battle for the croatian town was relentless.

the certain forces were well equipped. by november, 1991, their tanks rolled in. the town felt the series and as bodies mounted in the streets croats surrendered. they said the series had ethnic cleansing in mine. >> that year, many were taken outside the town and murdered. >> series say it is genocide. >> an entire town was destroyed cultural and natural sites to people everything destroyed. if that is not genocide? >> croatia wanted yugoslavia held responsible. 16 years later, with the republic consigned to history and serbia its legal successor the hearing finally began. serbia said croatia had a case

to answer, too. in 2010, it launch add counter lawsuit, accusing croatia of seek to go ethnically cleanse series in the area during operation storm. that's where croatian forces advanced to take back territory under serb control. it's not known exactly how many were killed, but 200,000 series were forced to flee their homes. >> they expelled us series and now claim they are not criminals and we are. we ran away. give me a break. >> after a long legal process the international court of justice ruled that even though both sides committed many crimes, neither case amounted to genocide. 20,000 people were killed during the croatian war of independence. no ruling, both countries say could wipe the stain of those four brutal years. al jazeera.

>> we have more now from the hague. >> this ruling now is final. there is no appeal possible. there is a certain legal possibility of revision of the proceedings, however new findings, new proofs should be found for that, and both legal teams, both croatian and serbian said that there is no real possibility at this point for that. the both legal teams led by minister of justice from both countries raised dissatisfaction, as well as satisfaction. the latter mostly due to the fact that the court did define and state a certain crimes as crimes with elements of genocide, although additional satisfaction due to the fact that neither croatian or serbia could have proven their claims, so a croatian claims and counterclaim has been rejected

in their entirety. the court at the end did encourage both croatia and serbia to cooperate on the missing persons issues. that's one of the questions that still remains to be solved. however, the implementation and the follow up on that solely relies on two countries. in their first reactions abbot croatian and serbian teams said that they will commit to this cooperation on solving the issue of missing persons however the court is encouraging them also to work on the peace and stability in the region, so the significance of this whole judgment basically can be summarized in the way that it is kind of of closure but mostly, allegations expressed it is something that will remain written in the history. >> israel's prime minister has called on the u.n. to scrap its

inquiry into alleged war crimes during the conflict in gaza in 2014. benjamin netanyahu made the call following the resignation of that inquiry monday. he was accused of israel by bias because of consulting work he carried out for the palestinian liberation organization in 2012. we have more now from west jerusalem. >> the israeli government is no doubt very please that had he has resigned as head of the u.n. inquiry into whether war crimes were committed during israel's 50 day bombardment of the gaza strip. we understand that for months now, they have been campaigning against him. in fact, in his statement released by that the prime minister's office today on tuesday, benjamin netanyahu said that he was "biased against israel" and went on to say that the united nations should scrap the investigation altogether. this investigation began in august shortly after that

conflict between israel and hamas ended, and is only a month away from being released. now it's very unlikely that the united nations will scrap the research and investigations that they have put into this report at this stage even though israel is demanding it. however in the background of all of this is israel's own parallel investigation into those allegations of war crimes. we understand that the israeli government wants to release theirs before any u.n. inquiry results are released, but again at this stage, it's very unlikely that the u.n. will scrap the information and indeed the investigation that they have so far and that they will release it as planned in march. >> al jazeera's journalist peter greste says he'll be heading back to australia later on tuesday with his brother. speaking following his release from an egyptian prison on sunday, he said he had mixed

feelings about his new found freedom. peter, who remained behind bars for 400 days said he feels incredibling a the at leaving two colleagues behind. he'll continue to fight for the release of baher mohammed and mohamed fahmy who remain in jail. >> meanwhile, mohamed fahmy has renounced his egyptian citizenship. he had dual citizenship canadian and egyptian. foreign nationals convict of crimes in egypt can be deported, so canada's foreign minister john baird has indicated that the release of mohamed is imminent. he said that diplomatic efforts were going well, but didn't say exactly when we could expect his release. we've heard nothing from the egyptian government. >> al jazeera is still continue to go call for the immediate release of its two staff members who remain in prison.

in a statement the network said: >> nigeria is getting more help from its neighbors chad and cameroon to fight boko haram. al jazeera has more from the capitol of chad. >> chadian forces are stepping up their offensive against boko haram targets inside nigeria using helicopters and jet bombers, they have been targeting towns and villages inside nigeria under the control of boko haram. the last few days, their target has been a town not far from the border nigeria shares with

cameroon. they have been targets positions off the boko haram fighters from the ground and other town. inside cameroon, chadian ground forces of carrying out strikes against positions of the boko haram fighters. there's been no independent verification of a death toll, however the chadian forces claiming to have killed more than 100 boko haram fighters in the bombings they have been carrying out on the positions held by boko haram. the offensive by the chad forces are coming at a time boko haram has been growing in strength and has been holding towns and villages from where they have been carrying out cross border raised inside cameroon. >> still to come on the program lebanese fisherman find themselves entangled in syria's war. >> where are all the tourists? find out why businesses in indian administered kashmir are going through a bad patch.

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can't committed genocide. the claims by both countries claimed ethnic cleansing during the 1990's conflict. >> israel's prime minister has called on the u.n. to scrap its inquiry into alleged war crimes during the conflict in gaza in 2014. benjamin netanyahu made the comments following the resignation of the head of the inquiry after he was accused of being biased. >> the remains of 30 people from the yazidi ethnic community have been discovered in a mass grave in northwestern iraq. kurdish forces found the bodies of men women and children. we have more frow from erbil. >> yet another mass grave was found in the sinjar area in the northwest of iraq along the syrian border. peshmerga fighters were clearing

the area from explosives, booby-trapped explosives and they discovered this grave and they are believed to be from the yazidi community men women and children. according to officials, some of the bodies had gunshot wounds, other people were slaughtered. we have to remember that isil, the islamic state of iraq and the levant took over the sinjar area last august. they were accused of killing hundreds of yazidis and as i had napping scores of yazidi men and women and children and fate of those people are still unknown. the peshmerga forces with the help of u.s. coalition airstrikes managed to push into the sinjar mountains clear the area but unable to take sinjar city where isil is holed up and putting up a fierce battle, because it's such an important area for isil. a main supply line between iraq

and syria cross the sinjar city, so yet another mass grave the conflict continues in northern iraq. the yazidi community did pay a heavy price over recent months. >> the war in syria has had a devastating effect on the fishing industry in lebanon. fishinger man used to cross into syrian waters where the catch was better. as we report now on the lebanese-syrian border, that all stopped when the conflict began. >> it's a cold morning on the sea in northern lebanon. these fisherman have more serious things to worry about their camp down 70%. they've always relied on syrian borders for catching big fish, they say the coast is less polluted and unlike lebanon the sea hasn't been overfished. >> when we used to go into syria, there were more fish and we could make a living.

since the crisis, the syrian navy stopped us. sometimes we go in 200 meters and they shoot at us, not to kill us, but to make us go back. >> they used to catch $500 worth of fish a day now lucky to get $100. >> this is as far as lebanese fishermen can go, 300 meters from the syrian border. before the war, they were able to sale north sue syria around 20 nautical miles and work near the port city. >> back onshore the lebanese village is a few hundred meters away from the syria. the border is this river. people in the village say sometimes armed groups from lebanon fire towards syria from here and the syrian army fires back hitting houses, and the mosque. syria has caught some fishermen placing explosives in the sea to try to blow up their naval ships. >> all of our years the syrians

used to help us. they were decent, now with the war, they don't allow anyone to cross the waters. they worry that people will smuggle weapons or terrorists. >> two years ago this fisherman's nephew was out at sea when he was shot by the syrian army and killed. >> once i see us getting close they fired towards us. it happened yesterday. i went under the bridge into the river, and asked the officer why they did this. he said it's routine and started laughing. >> it's no joke at the local fish market where there's not a lot on offer. without fish from syria business has slowed down. instead of selling one ton of fish a day they sell about 100-kilos. at sea muhammed wants the old days back, when syrian and lebanese fishermen used to work together. now it's lonely and not very profitable. nicole johnson, al jazeera at

the lebanese-syria border. >> there are new pictures of cuban leader fidel castro that have been published by the cuban media and they show the eight and he-year-old. look at him. there you see the 88-year-old reading and looking pretty alert. these pictures were apparently taken on the 23rd of january. there have been so many rumors, because he hasn't been heard from for a while and so these pictures have been reds by the cuban media. >> it's been two weeks sips the death of a prosecutor in argentina. the death has polarized people in the country just months away from a presidential election. we have the latest. >> whether the prosecutor committed suicide or was murdered is still being investigated. if he was killed, then who

killed him? someone with the government, one of the many elements of a security service in crisis, one of the the security men or the assistant he borrow add gun from just days earlier. she spoke to him days before his death. >> it's very difficult to say he was heard because i don't have evidence but i heard a very alive person thinking about the next day the day before. >> he had accused the president of argentina of conspire to go cover up iran's involvement in the 1994 bomb attack on the jewish community center in buenos aires that killed 85 people. a few days after his accusations were made public and the day before he was due to present his findings to congress, he was found dead in his baath a pistol shot to the head. that much is known. much more row mains murky.

clouded by contradictory information in a country increasingly polarized with those who believe the government version of events on one side and those who don't on the other. >> thear convenient type congress on tuesday debate a bill to reform the intelligent service making it more transparent and accountable. >> i think we are so confused as the first day, because if you think of the situation the political environment the political climate nobody thinks of the suicide. >> presidential elections are due in october. he will not be running but must be relieved to be visiting china, consolidating ties forged

last july. the media continues to dig and speculate. cabinet chief showing what he thought of these stories in this anti-government newspaper. what we do know is that a powerful bomb killed 85 people in buenos aires in 1994 and that 21 years later the prosecutor investigate that go unsolved crime was found dead in his bath. too many powerful forces may have too much to hide. al jazeera, buenos aires. >> parts of indian-administered kashmir are being evacuated because of the landslide which blocked a river leading to fierce of significant flooding. other parts of kashmir are still recovering from flooding that led to billions of dollars in damage, and that was in

september. as we report, the capitol of i understand add cash, tourism has been difficult. heavy flooding is blamed for keeping the tourists away. >> last year, we had this this month especially this month a booking of 50% or 60% now only 10 to 15% booking. >> it's the same story throughout the region. in a city that was hit hardest by the floods, much of the roads and tourist facilities have been repaired but that hasn't

helped. house boat owners are usually half to two thirds occupied. with hardly any bookings, many worry they won't survive until next season. this lake resort would normally be full of visitors, but years of violence in the region led to a sharp drop in foreign tourists which in recent years had been replaced by domestic tourism. now that has dried up. >> most of what was damaged in the flood has been fixed but while flooding was heavily covered by the media the fact that kashmir is up and running hasn't been. >> government efficient say they are working on ways to increase

tourism. >> tourism operators hope the worst of the season is coming to an end as word gets out that tourism is back in business, visitors will return and people will once again enjoy this paradise on earth if it for an emperor. >> seven people have been killed, 16 injured when a bus was attacked in bangladesh. activists are blamed for throwing fire bombs. this is the latest in a string of attacks since anti-government protests began last month. >> casino operators in china are excited about the year ahead in the world's largest gambling hub, despite falling revenue and a crackdown on corruption by the government. we have a report. >> it had all the bells and whistle it is expected for a

casino announcement as one of the largest operators planned to open two new complexes. >> these two new important projects will be officially launched this year, and at the time expanding our resort to offer 1.1 million square meters. >> that's double the sizes of its existing casino complex and comes with a $7 billion price tag. it's an investment made at a time when revenue from gambling fell for the first time in more than a decade and while china intensifies it's anti corruption campaign. >> we are sailing through some head winds here. if you look at continued trends in the market, we are going through a consolidation but are confident we can emerge a stronger market in general. >> tourist numbers were up 7.5% last year, but gaming revenue still fell, and they believe the

crackdown on the illegal flow of funds to the mainland has discouraged high rollers who account for two thirds of the city casino receipts. >> we obviously had an affect, i think specifically because very rich chinese who make up the high rollers be they the most honest businessman in the world are not going because they don't want to be scrutinized. >> monitoring the casino trade he believes that the arrest of the owners nephew this month in a suspected prostitution ring shows the government is serious. >> it is the only place citizens can bet on casinos and is a main draw to the territory. as the government steps up scrutiny on illegal activity, the city is moving to diversify

its interests some believe will be crucial to a tougher year ahead. sarah clarke, al jazeera. >> you can keep up to date with all the day's important stories on the website aljazeera.com. om. >> about the fact that human beings could heal themselves. >> offering insights about coping with fear and anxiety. >> stress is the perception. i like to think of stress like waves on the ocean. if you're a skillful surfer then