. >> the houthis are a group of malitias that stage add coup.hey have expanded because of the backing of former president and the iranians. >> saudi-led airstrikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters who have started to retreat from the south according to local sources. sunni tribesmen are on the move to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. these are houthi fighters killed in an ambush while in the southern city of lahague. the summit in egypt has been dominated by the deteriorating security situation. the saudis are and their allies say the airstrikes will continue until the houthis disband their malitias. they also insist that president abdullah sahadi who has fled the country is yemen's legitimate leader. yemen was on the verge of collapse which prompted a response from the international community. the move after all other means to achieve a peaceful solution that includes halting the coup and restoring legitimacy. it will continue until the houthi hand over their weapons. >> hadi has sacked the general as the ambassador to the u

and now the brutality of the malitias.hey have been driven out of their homes in the thousands. what we documented in a 500 square kilometer area is that out of 35 villages have been destroyed, one in particular the village of habash and satellite images show 75% of the village has been destroyed through arson and purposeful demolition and includes us seeing heavy earth moving equipment used to destroy the houses. >> what does the iraqi army say about this are they just going to blame i.s.i.l. >> they said they carried out an investigation in the destuck shun we documented was carried out by i.s.i.l. but we know that during the time that we documented these abuses those villages that have been destroyed were very much under the sole control or majority control of the pro-government malitia and it was them who or malitia who have been responsible for the damage. we were on the ground when they were actually lighting fires in houses. >> from human rights watch we thank you for that. at least seven people killed after a car b

prime minister abadi saying they will not be targeted by the malitia but he told parliament those whoot support the government fight were supporting i.s.i.l. in this fight and previous ones iran is playing a role and who they are advising are more equipped than other units and say iran commander mani is helping coordinate the operation from the front lines. in the air it's only iraqi aircraft according to the military and united states is helping in other ways but is not backing this major offensive with u.s. air strikes, about 2000 sunni tribal fighters have joined the battle but as iraqi forces fight for tikrit the question is how many more sunnis will join them. they see the battle for tikrit as a launching point to move further north to take back mosul but as the battle moves back to sunni provinces there is deepening iranian involvement and potential to be bogged down in sectarian conflict jane with al jazeera, baghdad. >>> activists say at least four people have been killed in government air strikes in syria. they reportedly hit the town of ibta in the countryside, other regime

the conflict between the popular committees and the houthi malitias subsided.y are not in control of the airport so far. and in the outskirts of aiden they seem to be getting the upper hand especially the coalition have bombarded a column of tanks that are heading towards aiden earlier this morning and which 15 tanks were destroyed among the armored vehicles. >> okay, so thank you very much indeed for being with us and the deputy editor in chief of the newspaper in aiden. now in syria groups led by the al-qaeda linked al-nusra front have the city adlib and taken after five days of intense fighting and it's the second provincial city to be fully controlled by the rebels and al-racca is under the control of the islamic state and levante and stephanie decker is following that story for us in beirut. there had been an intense battle over the past few days for adlib, steph. >> reporter: it has and some people will tell you they are surprised at how quickly it has fallen but as you said it's led by the al-nusra front but this is a new coalition formed last week inclu

and the players are hezbollah and interior minister leader of the malitia confirmed with the one giventrol of the hezbollah brigades and combined with police, special forces and army units for the biggest event since i.s.i.l. seized it last june. backed by iraqi air strikes but slow advantage to tikrit. this is a trip wire for a roadside bomb laid by i.s.i.l. explosives team detonates this one of hundreds they found along the road. 30 kilometers they go past abandon fields. >> translator: we are still advancing, we have reached 50 kilometers through the reference terrain and desert going to tikrit and by the help of god we expelled i.s.i.l. from 15 agriculture villages behind me farmland and desert and exposed i.s.i.l. from there. >> reporter: houses and schools are empty here and civilians fled months ago and left their crops in the fields. security forces here too have detonated more than 200 roadside bombs, sometimes by shooting at them. i.s.i.l. built sand brooms to block advance by security forces. the bulldozers are dismantling them. it's been four days since the start of offensi

headquarters in doha and also coming up, in the next 30 minutes we are in misrata to meet a powerful malitiaused of tearing the country apart. head to head but do they see eye to eye, greek and german leaders give clues on how to prevent athens from going bust. get out of facebook india supreme court strikes down a law for police to arrest people for comments online. ♪ the u.n. special envoy to yemen says warring parties will meet in qatar for peace talks later this week to dampen an increasing conflict between houthi rebels and the president hadi. [chanting] people in yemen's third largest city have been rallying against houthis after they took over much of the city on thursday. the houthis are said to have opened fire on the crowd killing one person injuring 11 and hadi foreign minister appealed for international help to help the houthis advance and charlie has more. >> reporter: this is a country on the brink of civil war. but residents are not going quietly as thousands protest against the advance of shia houthi fighters in return they are fired on and tear gassed. the city yemen's third

the military and malitias won't disclose how many have died in battle.raqi human rights and health ministry workers on saturday found some of those believed killed near camp spiker last august. >> we have come today to open up the graves and lift the remains and then transfer them to baghdad. there, we will take them to the forensic lans to give their dnas. and the victim's families. >> the malitias who took back this town 13 kilometers from camp spiker say there are 400 bodies spread across four grave sites. they are believed to be some of more than 1,000 unarmed military recruits left undefended who were killed by isil making it not only a tragedy but a huge political issue in baghdad. unlike the iraqi army collapse when isil rolled into iraq last june, stoone is run from this fight. members of the peace brig aides have been sent to reinforce fighters in tikrit. camp spiker is a rallying call. these fighters say we are going toage our brothers four-phoned. they are just setting off. they haven't seen the fighting yet. >> iraqi military leaders are conf

also, coming up ukrainian-backed malitias join the offensive against isil in tikrit tikrit. 14 killednd dozened injury when talibani bombers target two churches. devastation where cyclone power may have left 60,000 children needing immediate help. hello. it's four years to the day since the incident which triggered syria's civil war. on march the 15th 2011, the syrian government began cracking down on demonstrations. >> month, five protesters in the town of dara became the first victims of the conflict. in july, a group of army defectors turned weapons against the government and announced the formation of the free syrian army. the next month, hundreds of people were killed by government forces in the town of hama. they formed a syrian national council. and then by the following summer, the islamic state of iraq in the levant had taken territory in the north and declared when it called a caliphate. the u.s. formed a coalition and commenced airstrikes among the armed group. a group of people in rebel-held areas of douma. the town just outside damascus. dozens more have been record kille

along the battle lines iraqi soldiers and shia malitia partners replacing i.s.i.l. with their own. but winning the military battle is just the first step in helping the growing number of iraqis displaced from their homes, jane with al jazeera, baghdad. >>> students in myanmar's biggest city say police are preventing them joining protests against a new education law and students say the legislation restricts academic freedoms and we report about the response of semi sif yanukovich government is a test of the democratic principles. >> reporter: this is attracting more on lookers than demonstrators and the sit in protest for amendments for the recently passed education law and fearful of being arrested without a permit they disburse after ten minutes. >> translator: education is not just related to students. it concerns the younger generation. 50 million people in the new generations to come are subject to the education system. so it needs to be better and more democratic. this is why we support the protest. >> reporter: for the past few days activists trying to evade

. >> attacking some concentration of force for malitia but there is no let's say major land operationtion. >> reporter: the saudi-led air strikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters restreeting in the south according to forces and trying to recapture areas they lost in the last few weeks. >> translator: if the military operation would not have happened the price would be higher and came at a suitable time with expert military men. >> reporter: the arab league summit in egypt has been dominated by yemen security situation and saudis and allies say the air strikes will continue until the houthis and deposed president disband malitias and also insist that president haidi who fled the country is yemen's leader and victoria with al jazeera. >>> we can talk to our correspondent who reported extensively from yemen and do we know how far the saudi-led coalition succeeded in attaining its objective? >> they say they have managed to destroy most of the houthis communication centers fighter jets and artillery they still think there are air jets in different bases and they would like to destroy

and the other two thirds are see quite malitia.they perform in a credible way, rid the city of takrit turn it back over to its inhabitants, then it will have been a positive thing in terms of the counter isil campaign. at this point, as the secretary mentioned, it's supported by the sunni members of parliament and the local leaders but that's dependent on the behavior of the malitia. by the way, we're watching. >> i'm sure like you my concern is that the sunni tribal leaders look up and go these are the same people who have been working us over for years. at what point do they say, you know where's the good option here of these sides? >> well, that's exactly the concern. they did, as we understand it, make a statement today, the tribal leaders in the area that they supported, the offensive. i hope that's true because what's very important is that we all be behind defeating isil. and that sectarianism not raise its ugly head again because that's what's brought us to this place in the first place. >> let me ask one last question, bec

are angry about pro-houthi forces arriving in their city: we refused, reject and denounce these malitiaswill surround the police barracks with our bodies until they leave. >> first the houthis overtook the camtal of sanaa, forcing the president to flee to addeng. now they have moving toward the president. aden is a short distance away from taiz. the president has been trying to hold on to power. >> i stress the following: firstly, evacuation of all armed malitias from the industry. secondly withdrawal from other cities. >> that sdifsh seem likely. the united states seems to agree. it should down its embassy and pulled troops from an air force base in the south of the country. now, the u.n. will try to see if it can find a solution before things did the ear ate into a full-blown war in yemen. natasha gname, al jazeera. >> houthi leader has viewed to pursue isil fighters who claimed responsibility for the sanaa suicide attacks. he said yemen was dessending into libya-style strife and he mobilized forces against isil and al-qaeda. >> they have crossed the red lines, violated everything ever

houthi are malitias. what we see now is airplanes, air force, battalions of takes and so on which are regular form of army and, you know, the former dictator his strength is the strength of the former register e-mail and dictator trying tostage a comeback and rule the country again thank you very much for talking to us. the envoys are insisting talks between the warring governments will continue despite fierce fighting in and around tripoli. the u.n.-recognized government carried out airstrikes on saturday killing a senior commander loyal to the rival assembly. a leader of the libya dawn militia which has controlled tripoli since august sending the u.n.-backed government to tibruk in the east. any prospects of these talks actually surviving all of this pressure? as far as the united in case envoy, they will sur vie and continue for the next week. says he is now confident that the truedellgations from the recognized government and tripoli based gnc will not leave the moroccan capital. they will say they wi

the iraqi army backed by sierra malitia and tribesmen have been advancing on several fronts and wednesdaycaptured some western neighborhoods and it focuses on the presidential palace and pockets of the city center and we report. >> reporter: pounding enemy targets on the outskirts of tikrit on the fourth day of a huge offensive. about 3,000 iraqi soldiers and police have been attacking positions held by i.s.i.l. as they try to reach the city center and backed by 20,000 malitia men known as the popular mobilization forces and sunni tribesmen and not lacking military hardware they have been slowed down by snipers, suicide bombers and boobie trapped buildings and this shows stopping i.s.i.l. suicide bombers in a vehicle from reaching the barocks and that are in the western am ambar province. >> translator: i.s.i.l. tried to enter the city from all four sides and thank god the local police force and tribal fighters helped and we detonated the car bombs. >> reporter: in baghdad they have been cueing for people injured in the northern offensive, it's organized by the army of iraqi artists. >> t

the military and malitias won't disclose how many have died in battle. to out is isil gunmen the troops set fire to the field. as isil retreats from around tikrit, new evidence of a massacre emerged. near the village, iraqi human rights and health ministry workers on saturday found some of those believed killed near camp spiker last august. >> can he have we have come today to open up the graves appear left remains and therefore them to baghdad. we will take them to the forensic labs to get dnas and match them with the virg i see' families. >> the malitias who took back this down saw there are 400 bodies spread across four grave site did. they are believed to be some of more than 1,000 unarmed military recruits left undefended killed by isil. making it not only a tragedy but a huge political issue in baghdad. unlike the iraqi army collapse when isil rolled into iraq last june no one is running from this fight. in the past two days, shia cleric alsadr has sent members of the peace brigades to reinforce fighters in tech crete. camp spiker is a rallying cal

. ♪ iraqi government is now confident victory in tikrit is days away iraqi army backed by shia malitia tribesmen on the front and recaptured some of the western neighborhoods and it focuses on the presidential complex and city center and we are live here in the studio and covered iraq for many years, is this battle in tikrit going as quickly as officials tell us? >> it's certainly going quickly whether it's as quickly as the officials are saying earlier in the week they said they would be in charge of the city of tikrit and would have taken it by about wednesday and it has not happened and they are rolling back on that slightly but going quickly for a few reasons, the fact they have a unified iraqi security force which is shia malitia and sunni tribes can go in for places under i.s.i.l. control and the palace and governor building where they have most of their fighting force and this is sadam's hometown and people that are loyal in the hometown and the army who are very much part and parcel of the fabric of tikrit itself, so they know this very well and know how to fight back and they

saudis and their allies say air strikes will continue until houthis and deposed president disband malitiasnsist the president haidi who has fled the country is yemen's legitimate leader victoria with al jazeera. >>> crossing to sanaa and we will speak to a political analyst and can you tell us what has been the affect of these air strikes on sanaa overnight? >> well, they have been doing a lot of damage. you have to remember there are more than seven bases in sanaa alone and have most of the equipment that houthis and forces have and they have been bombarding it and the air base they were not satisfied with only bombarding the air fields they targeted the planes. even after destroying the airport this was over four nights and yesterday only they destroyed eight fighter jets we have and so far it has been quite effective. >> and how are civilians coping with this -- targeting and what has been happening overnight? >> well you have to remember in yemen we don't have bomb shelters and no safe havens so a let of people are moving away from the concentrations of houthis around the city from aro

the military and malitias won't disclose how many have died in battle.o out isil gunmen the troops set fire to the fields. as isil retreats from around tikrit new evidence of a massacre has emerged. near the village of abujuil, health workers found some of those believed killed near camp spiker last august. >> we have come today to open up the graves and lift the remains and transfer them to baghdad. there, we will take them to the forensic labs to give their dnas and match them with the victims' families. >> the malitias who took back this town said there are 400 bodies spread across four grave sites. they are believed to be some of more than 1,000 unarmed military recruits left undefended who were killed by isil making it not only tragedy but a huge political issue in baghdad. unlike the iraqi army collapse when isil rolled into iraq last june no one is running from this fight. in the past two days, shia cleric muqtar asadr, sending the former army to reinforce fighters in tikrit. camp spiker is a rallying call. these fighters chant, we are going to av

and prime minister haidi are trying to say they will not be targeted by malitias but those who did notport the government fight are supporting i.s.i.l. in this fight and previous ones iran is playing a role and the malitia is clipping and advising are considered more effective than most iraqi army units. sources on the ground says the commander is helping coordinate the operation from the front lines. in the air it's only iraqi aircraft according to the military. the united states is helping in other ways but is not backing this major offensive with the u.s. air strikes, about 2000 sunni tribal fighters have joined the battle but as iraqi forces fight for tikrit the major question is how many more sunnis will join them. that was al jazeera jane reporting there. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his speech to the u.s. congress which he will deliver in the coming hours is not intended as a show of disrespect to barack obama, there are sharp policy differences between israel and the white house. netanyahu is using his trip to argue against new nuclear deal with iran and tom

a powerful malitia accused of tearing the country apart and greece's bail out as he meets the germanncellor and we meet the cartoonist who gives a voice to the powerless. ♪ but first the u.n. special envoy to yemen says they will meet in qatar for peace talks possibly later this week to dampen an increasingly volatile conflict for forces loyal to the president hadi. people in yemen's third largest city have been rallying against the houthis after they took over much of the city. the houthis are said to have opened fire on the crowd killing four people and injuring 11 others. hadi's foreign minister appealed for help to launch the houthi advance and charlie has more. >> reporter: this is a country on the brink of civil war. for the residents here they are not going quietly as thousands protest against the advance of shia houthi fighters and in return they are tear gassed and the third largest was taken on sunday with buildings and airport under houthi control. yemen is increasingly di vitaled by iran and the south of supporters of hadi now the country foreign minister is appealing for

. >>> in iraq today, fierce fighting outside the city of tikrit. 2/3 of the fighting force are malitiahe others iraqi forces. general martin dempsey the chairman of the joint chief of staff expressed concern that when the military operation is over malitias must include the sunni in their efforts. >>> a toddler survived an accident that left her trapped in her car seat and under water. a fisherman found the car yesterday afternoon. the mother was found dead. but the little girl was strapped in the car seat and in a part of the car that remained over water. the temperatures dipped in the 20s. and the water was so cold that seven firefighters had to be treated for hypothermia. >>> and people were busy at the white elephant sale. today was the final day of this two day sale at a 96,000 square foot warehouse in the fruitvale district. all of the items you see were donated to help raise money for the oakland museum. organizers say it takes about a year to get ready for this huge sale. and that includes the sometimes difficult task of pricing. >> these women have a lot of experience and they

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over the weekend the shiite malitia that overran the capital pushed into another major city in that sunni majority country. our coverage begins with nic robertson. . >> reporter: shiite rebels now in control of the international airport in the south western city of taiz. the un envoy warning that yemen is at quote, the edge of civil war. this sectarian violence spreading across the country. whe where they're now advances south into taiz, the country's third largest city. the mounting unrest pushing the u.s. military to pull out over the weekend. following the u.s. embassy evacuation last month. isis claiming responsibility for this suicide attack on two mosques on friday. more than 130 killed. hundreds more injured. >> as we're seeing extremists try to capitalize on the kei yos and instability inside of yemen to carry out these acts of violence. >> reporter: the nation now in an especially perilest position, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. but now growing concern. u.s. withdrawal is a serious blow to the anti-terror. >> without the intelligence can cannot stop it. >> this region home t

the popular committee malitia patrolling the city for months.ow they have replaced all regular security personnel. >> translator: i think the popular committees have become a key factor of security and stblt and were able to defeat terrorists more efficiently than entire countries and governments. >> reporter: on president hadi orders they got the presidential compounds, airport and all public institutions. >> translator: we we come committees among us because they are useful. we had a lot of weaknesses and they helped tremendously especially matters of crime and illegal weapons. >> reporter: popular committees started in 2012 by haidi to fight al-qaeda and shown efficiency and made some success and that is why president haidi relies on them now for his own protection and keep security in the city of aiden. >> translator: we saw the illusion and aggression that took place in sanaa and libya and northern provinces and we cannot let the same thing happen in aiden. >> reporter: regarding security in the north the commanders appear divided and some

is trying to relaunch peace talks with taliban and worried about the threat of al-qaeda and local malitiasery worried that i.s.i.l. might be trying to move in. >> we believe presence of i.s.i.l. in afghanistan is rebranding of a few taliban and taking this threat with dangerous rhetoric seriously. >> reporter: right now about 9800 u.s. forces are in afghanistan to train and support the afghan military, president obama had planned to cut that number to 5600 by the end of this year then withdraw the rest by the end of 2016 leaving behind a small number of troops to protect the u.s. embassy and think the military will crumble and something the u.s. secretary acknowledged on a resent trip. >> president obama has options to reenforce support for president ghani's strategy including possible changes to the timeline for our draw down of u.s. troops. >> reporter: some analysts say the obama administration has to think long-term and cannot ignore the need to improve afghanistan's economy. >> at any point you can see security collapse but if the economy is able to be sustained then you will be able

the iraqi army backed by shia malitia and sunni tribesmen have been advancing on several fronts and onsday they recapture some western neighborhoods and fighting focuses on the presidential complex and city center and we report. >> reporter: pounding enemy targets on the outskirts of tikrit on the huge offensive and 3,000 soldiers and police have been attacking positions held by i.s.i.l. as they try to reach the city center. they are backed by 20,000 malitiamen known as the popular mobilization forces and a vast smaller number of sunni tribesmen and they are not lacking in military hardware they reportedly had been slowed down by snipers, suicide bombers and boobie trapped buildings and this shows iraqi forces stopping i.s.i.l. suicide bombers from reaching a military barocks in the western providence and in the city center the commanders are triumph. >> they tried to enter but they prevented them and we detonated their car bombs. >> reporter: in baghdad volunteers have been cueing up to donate blood for servicemen injured in the offensive and it has been organized by artists. >> trans

i think it's very different because we have been trying for the malitias to support him. you are looking at the issue of the success and last night and today, they were fighting and so more elements in this conflict. >> how significant is the presence of isil? because they claimed responsibility for those attacks on friday but it's not clear what was behind them? what do you make of their presence there? >> certainly, the fact that they did carry that out is certainly al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula saying they were not responsible. but i think there is a large amount of men or those embed he had in five men that were involved as suicide bombers. so there isn't really any -- any information that indicates that they have taken a foothold in yemen at all at this stage. it's timingwise, very convenient as there are many opponents of the houthis and political faxes who would benefit from such an attack. >> hoping it would not get worse? >> as you mentioned in your package, jamal benimar has been trying to negotiate a deal 2010 the twosized. deals have been reached before bu

human rights watch accuses malitia in iraq of destroying homes of the very people they are supposed totect. also anticapitalist protesters set fire to police cars in frankfurt, all that plus. >> i'm in kenya, today we are

it suggests egypt provided weapons to malitias fighting forces loyal to the gnc.t would have broken a u.n. arms embargo after the fall of my marched gadaffi. he is alleged to have held secret meetings. the leaks also suggest that the uae backed egypt's actions in libya. sisi's office >>> about the islamists gaining power any place in the region and, of course there have been you know, there have been indications that the gnc government is teaming up with some of the so-called islamist groups. >> bangladeshi authorities are searching for survivors after a factory collapsed killing at least 7 people. about 150 were working on the building kwht roof caved in. the cement factory was under construction at the time of the accident. >>> after 30 people are feared dead after a fire in russia. the building in the city of kaz kazan collapsed. rescuers are searching for survivors. >> reporter: for several hours they not to control the flames. about 4,000 square meters of a shopping center an area almost as big as a ball pitch is burning. rescuers pulled carpets, anything tha

pesh peshmerga and other pro-government malitias died but the u.n.d the actual death toll is probably much higher because the fighters exclude the casualties in anbar province held by fighters from isil. >>> the iraqi prime minister says there will be a renewed push against isil. >> i think we are now discussing the whole operation, taking dash out of iraq. the time tables, we are working within this year's to -- with the people of these places people of anbar and other areas. they will be with us. and i think there is mows -- seeing the operation did he have have. it has to safeguard the people and look after the wellbeing of the people after liberation. >> more to come here on al jazeera, including: why some people in china don't want a second baby even though the one child policy has been relaxed. plus... >> on the high plains of texas where we will be showing you how the falling price of cotton is threatening an entire way of life. rica to see how one rainforest is fighting back. >> wow! some of these are amazing. >> "techknow's" team of experts

. >> translator: we refuse we reject and denounce these malitias and we will surround the police barracksour bodies until they leave. >> reporter: first the houthis over took the capitol of sanaa and now are closing in on president haidi and his stronghold in aiden. on sunday they called on a houthi to halt their advance. >> translator: the security council condemns the ongoing elections taken by houthis which undermine the political transition process in yemen jeopardize security stability, sovereignty and unity of yemen and express deep concern by the insufficient implementation of resolution 2201. >> reporter: the u.n. both cooperation council led by saudi arabia as well as the u.s. are trying to broker a peace deal but a houthi leader on sunday seemed to reject those efforts. >> translator: the security council usually supports the offender against the victim. it meets only when it sees that the evil conspiring and criminals are in a dangerous situation. >> reporter: security council did leave the door open to take further measures in case of non-implementations of resolutions on yeme

. >> we refuse reject and announce these malitias.will surround the police barracks with our bodies in the they leave. >> first the houthis overtook sanaaa forcing the president to flee to aden. now they are moving toward the president. aden is a short distance away from taiz. the president has been trying to hold on to power. >> i stress the following: firstly, the evacuation of all armed malinc. as. secondly, withdrawal of all gunmen from sanaa. >> the united states seams to agree it shut down its embassy and pooled troops from the air portion base in the south of the country. the u.n. will try to see if it can find a solution before things deteriorate i don't a full-blown war in yemen. natasha gname, al jazeera. >> the former advisor to the last three indian ministers joins me now. thank you for coming in. sir, if the houthis were able to take taiz so easily are they close to moving on to aden? >> no. it would be a different game completely but it's worrying. they have bridged the former line between north and south yemen. it looks

they have agreed in principal on implementing a cease-fire pulling out malitias from the cities and forming a national unity government the two librations need to travel to libya to consult with their governments. if things go well they will return to the moroccan capital for a final deal ceremony. >> there are signs of a deal. we have now moved to a new phase. with the u.n., we are starting to talk about guarantees that once there is a deal we will have a government that has a clear mandate. we will submit a draft to the united nations on a comp prehencei deal that all of the guarantees in the form of government as soon as possible. >> a deal was almost unthinkable a few days ago. the bitterly divided government of east and west libya don't cross each other. the government is the recognized by the international government while the tripoli-based government is considered a legitimate one by the country's constitutional court. it is this man, the united nations envoy who has been trying hard to convince libya's warring faxes to give diplomacy acha chance. >> it makes no sense to go back to f

. >> we refuse reject and dennous these in malitias.e will surround until they leave. >> first, the houthis overtook the capital of sanaa, forcing the president to flee to. president monsur hadi has been trying to hold on to power. i stress the following, the evacwage of all armed militia. >> doesn't seem likely. the united states seems to agree it shuts down it's forcesments. the u.n. will try to see if it can find a solution until things deteriorate in yemen. al jazeera. >> a full blown war, is that something we are edging toward? >> god forbid you know the regional powers as well, the global are, our global partners. if they don't put their foot real on the ground things could easily slide to that sort of confrontation. >> you mentioned the u.n. security council meeting about this at 1900. >> yes. >> what do you think they are going to propose to try to stabilize yemen? >> as far as we know there was, you know a draft president statement which should have came out a week ago. it was postponed. whether they are going to still continue

headquarters in doha and also coming up, in the next 30 minutes we are in misrata to meet a powerful malitiaused of tearing the country apart. head to head but do they see eye to eye, greek and german leaders give clues on how to

participation of other armed elements that are more effective than the iraqi army and includes shia malitias who are better equipped and disciplined and include sunni tribesmen and are about 2000 who are fighting in tikrit and that is an essential component but what they have done before this mobilization of 20,000 fighters are air strike shelling and everything designed to make sure when they do enter the city of tikrit which they tried to clear civilians they will need as little resistance as popular but these are i.s.i.l. fighters routinely prepared to die and it's hard to combat that. >> jane thank you. aisle freed 21 say syrian christians and the armed group still holding 200 people from the minority community in syria and they are in syria northeast and some freed were welcomed at a church in the city. now some senior democrats including vice president joe biden threatening to boycott netanyahu's peach and arrived on sunday and using the visit to argue against a nuclear deal with iran. >> reporter: [chanting] delegates to this year's conference of u.s. most powerful israeli group apac

a powerful malitia accused of tearing the country

as the fighting continues by the end of the day this is not a coalition facing an army it's our malitiasetching and spreading across the country and the potential for collateral damage will definitely stay in the coming days. >> talking about a saudi-led coalition but really so far only we have seen saudi war planes in action but there are reports that other countries are now getting involved particularly with regard to blockading yemen's ports. >> this is important to saudis because of the maritime fleet it's not really -- they don't have enough vessels from the red sea to aiden. the biggest concern as i said yesterday in the briefing of the saudi army is smuggling of weapons into yemen and particularly areas like some of the ports which are under the sea ports under the control of the houthis. this is exactly why they will need egyptian vessels and they will also ask for international support to maintain a blockade because the concern for the saudis is the following, if they continue the fight and both sides are being smuggled into yemen, this is just going to protect their military co

. >> well jane it's a huge number of troops and talking 20,000 and includes the shia malitias who areter equipped and trained than iraqi units and includes u.s. air support and significantly the sunni fighters you mentioned. this is a predominately sunni city in the heart of saladeen and an i.s.i.l. stronghold and it's a fight the military here has been gearing up for the past several days the mobilizing troops in samara and samara north of baghdad that prime minister abad di spoke to military volume treer volunteers and nations. >> translator: we will liberate the samara and kick -- tikrit and other plays and i call upon you to liberate people from the oppression and protect the citizens and their properties. >> jane, if and when the iraqi forces and those who are supporting them get into tikrit any idea what they will find there? there? >> sorry jane can you repeat that? >> just wondering what the situation is in tikrit since aisle took over how many people are left? >> well a lot of people have left in the past few days as signals have been sent this major military offensive is com

in iraq it's a different story, isis losing ground thanks to iranian backed malitias.rbara starr outfront from the pentagon. >> reporter: 23,000 troops mainly iranian backed militia gaining ground against isis. the president's top diplomat to push for authority to fight isis. >> every single thing we're doing is to the ben fitsefit of iran. we're making iraq a better place for iran. >> reporter: iraqi troops still cannot conduct large scale operations on their own opinion iran's help and influence a major worry for the president's top military advisors. >> there's ways to promote a better iraq and ways they can wield that influence to create a state where they're no longer welcome. they would welcome our bombing. they want us to destroy isis. they want to destroy isis. >> reporter: a hit today that the u.s. role could grow. the pentagon looking at a no fly zone over parts of syria to protect u.s. backed rebels from being attacked. >> it was always my advice that we had to come to some conclusion to assure them they would be protected. the scope and scale of that protec

air support, sunni tripe fighters sunni malitias and the iraqi military.y are heading toward tikrit from points north and many thousands, several thousand of those militia man have massed in samara where prime minister abadi has been speaking. this isn't expected to be an easy fight. is isil has dug in there. civilians have left but in the end, the military is hoping that they will be able to make their way through without too many casualties. how well prepared are the iraqi forces to do this job? >> well, they are as well prepared as they will ever be, i suppose, is the short answer. when you look around and you see this on the battle frond, the gains iraqi forces have made countered by is isil coming back in some areas and the destruction they continue to be able to inflict on these areas really is a case of that the remains do have to move forward. they are moving forward in this particular instance into a place that has special significance on the south skirts of tikrit t 1,000 military recruits were killed. this is a tragedy. the families of those rec

over the weekend the shiite malitia that overran the capital pushed into another major city in that sunni

but it remains to be seen whether libya's national unity government would be able to rein in arms malitiasch have a huge influence. now, respecting the two delegations to consult with their governments on the details of the agreement, if they get the go-ahead they will travel back next week for what could be a final deal that many hope would end violence and blood shed in libya. al jazeera. >>> lots more ahead this hour. domestic violence in the palestinian territories. find out why many women are afraid to speak out plus a look into is ill's campaign targeting iraq's cultural heritage as a group destroys the ancient city of hatra. and in sport, real madrid get a rude shock in spain's la liga details coming up with rajoul. >>> in the united states thousands of people have gathered in selma, alabama, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. it was a landmark event in the american civil rights movement. police attacked pieces protest ors as they marched from selma to montgomery to demand voting rights for african-americans. rob reynolds joins us live from selma. hi, rob. how hav

perspective, iran and its shiite backed malitia allies could emerge as one of the big winners in iraq. one of the reasons that general martin dempsey is there. what do we know about this visit. he's meeting with top iraqi military and political leaders. >> reporter: well we understand the americans are really looking ahead, looking beyond what's going on today around takrit which they accept in a sense as operation that the iranians are going to claim some credit for. sort of their goal is to focus iraqi military minds and forces on the effort to retake mosul, which of course is way down the line at point because the entire area around moz sl controlled by isis. it's a long term planning effort. and of course the problem is given the sort of the sentiment on the ground the feeling among many iraqis at this point is that we can do it ourselves out without the help of the americans or anyone else. maybe general dempsey is here to remind them that it's a bigger task that taking takrit to isis out of mosul. >> mosul is a city of nearly 2 million people. takrit a lot smaller than that. alt

. >> the iranian interference is merely about military support, some malitias. they have never supported any country economically. the most important point here is the yemeni daily $8 million connellsumption of oil. i think iran can't afford to offer that kind of money. >> the agreement forms the recent announcement of direct flights between the two countries for the first time. the inaugural flight from tehran brought aid workers and supplies. the yemeni government fears future flights will also bring more weapons to arm the houthis. yemenis protest the power grab. a new coalition has been formed in sanaa to fight the coup called the national alliance for rescue. the president is in aden cling to go power as yemen appears to be slipping towards civil war. natasha gname, al jazeera. >> we welcome to the news hour mohammed kabasa the former ambassador to lebanon. dr. kobati thank you very much for coming. you don't believe this money has been promised or given by iran. let's assume that you are right in this case. why would the houthis say? >> i think the houthis

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minister and the security arrangements particularly when it comes to a ceasefire and banding the malitiaorming a national unity government. he still thinks this is something that could be done here in morocco. >> that is what he wants and what are the challenges to achieving that now? >> reporter: the biggest point is the trust deficit and agreeing who is going to have the ultimate say in the country, the gnc which is a tripoli based government is very skeptical of the other side and say that the general hafta is using the i.s.i.l. threat as an excuse to spread his influence in the country and to get more weapons from the international community and the war has been supported by the international community and this is going to lead to more clashes and violence in their country. on the other hand the tripoli based internationally based tobruk says what government we implement has to be under the umbrella of our parliament because it's the only legitimate parliament and this is something which is going to create further divide and why the international community wants them to forget about

iraqi troops and malitia near takrit taking down isis flags, inches closer to liberating the city from isis control. the objects, an iraqi viktly against isis backed up by help from iran. senior u.s. officials watching across iraq and syria as indications sporadically grow that isis could be in trouble. after nearly 3,000 coalition air strikes, the days of freely moving around in large formations flying black flags and taking territory may be over for the group. >> they can no longer do that. and it's principally because of the effects that we've had. it's not about just kinetic effects alone. >> signs that isis may be fracturing in some local areas over the strain of attempting to function as a state. >> we are seeing anecdotal evidence of resentment and even resistance in those areas that are controlled by isil. >> isis having trouble providing basic municipal services. >> electricity outages, shortages of food air strikes have forced them to go to a lot of individual mom and pop refining stills. >> but don't count isis out yet. the group has resorted to some conscription but fresh r