matt bradley joins us from baghdad. what is going on with these people who, obviously they've been fleeing, but how bad is it? >> reporter: the circumstances right now have been changing quite rapidly. there's been a couple of new gains by the iraqi security forces outside the city of ramadi. but the problem for most of these people is that they're not allowed to get into baghdad, because they're treated as suspect, thought to be colluding with islamic state. >> i've seen refugees from syria into ikeraq when i was there. they come in droves. they leave everything behind. they come with nothing. and they're absolutely desperate. i assume this is the same situation for these refugees fleeing isis. >> reporter: that's right. and part of the problem here in baghdad is that these people are not allowed to come into baghdad because, with their cars, because the iraqi government is worried they're going to detonate bombing. they're being asked to remove all their belongings from the cars they drove into anbar and told to walk

and in baghdad 27 people have been killed in bomb attacks. several shops and cars have been burnt in downtown johannesburg as fighting continues between i am brands and locals in south africa. and the u.n. said that it needs $275 million to meet humanitarian needs in yemen over the next three months. well in other news ukraine wants the international criminal court to investigate alleged war crimes in crimea and. the u.n. says over the past year fighting in the country has killed more than 6,000 people. rory challands has more on the reaction to the u.s. deployment to u.k. >> you can assume that kremlin is more worried about this than they're letting on. they'll see this as part of a nato encroachment on russia, and they have always been against the joining of ukraine into the nato security umbrella. obviously this isn't going that far, but they won't look kind kindly on this at all. another thing they'll watch closely for is who is training. included in ukraine's national guard are various irregular units fighting against the pro-russian ope

they live in tough conditions in areas of baghdad on the outskirts of baghdad.nwhile there has been a car bomb in baghdad, and also a roadside bomb in the area to the east of baghdad. there were a number of people killed and dozen injured; >>> thousands of ethiopians have protested against the treatment of ethiopian christians by isil. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: people's grief and anger turned into violence on the streets. people began gathering at dawn on wednesday. it's the second day of a three-day national mourning period for isil's victims. a video was posted on line on sunday that appears to show the armed group shooting and beheading nearly 30 ethiopian christians in libya. two-thirds are christians many others are muslims in ethiopia. >> i want to say that they are not with us. and they do not represent us. and they are not real muslims. so stop what you are doing. stop. stop. >> reporter: relatives say two of the victims were friends who traveled to libya together to get an illegal boat to europe. they wanted to find work. to them isil and

signed baghdad agreement. that essentially renewed the distribution of funds from the central government to the krg. there's a 17% payout of national income that goes to iraqi kurdistan. that was suspended in january of 2014. because the kurds were moving to develop and export their oil without a revenue and royalty-sharing agreement with the central government. the baghdad agreement essentially was a revenue-generating agreement but it's a temporary deal. for just a year. it allows a 17% payout to resume. and it establishes an important precedent of the kurds and baghdad negotiating their differences. meanwhile, iraqi kurdistan needs to start acting more like a sovereign state rather than like a tribe or a militia. they need to establish greater transparency over the oil revenues. there are an estimated 45 billion barrel of reserves in iraqi kurdistan. they need to have a crackdown on corruption. you know more inclusive and participatory politics. operation northern watch that was launched in 1991 the kurds h

they live in tough conditions in areas in baghdad on the outskirts of baghdad. meanwhile there has been a car bomb in baghdad and also a roadside bomb in areas to the east of baghdad. there were a number of people killed and dozens injured. >> world trade why the london worker in this van has been charged with a multi dollar fraud in the u.s. >>> and the hong kong government fails to bring about vital reforms. we'll be back in a bit. am am just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. >> welcome back. a reminder of those top stories here in al jazeera. battles are taking place on the ground in the yemenis border of. the saudi-led airstrikes have

from baghdad, we have this report. >> a sea of people on the run. escaping isil, which is about to fully control the city, they've been walking and driving for the last two days, taking whatever they can. men, women young and old. this is a terrified population with no place to stay. some have been stuck near this bridge in southern baghdad angry with their politicians and tribal leaders. >> they don't care about us. look at our conditions. they sold us. >> we slept on the streets in the open in miserable conditions. we left everything behind. >> where are the politicians? the sheiks? they are sitting in homes. >> some say bodies are scattered in ramadi. isil is closing in on the city center. more than 75% of anbar is under isil's control. the government has sent reinforcements, but this is going to be a long battle. mosques across baghdad opened their doors to shelter the displaced. this is their new home. everyone here was allowed to enter only by pinkston cored by the highest religious body. >> people are scattered all over this compound. there a

some have been struck on this bridge in southern baghdad. they are angry with their politicians and tribal leaders. >> they don't care about us. look at what happened to us. look at our conditions. >> they sold us. they are coward and traitors. >> we slept on the streets in the open in ms. recalliserables. in miserable conditions. >> they are the sheiks. they fled to jordan and turkey sitting in hotels and homes. >> people who have fled speak of fierce battles. some say battles are scattered in ram javadi. isil fighters are making gains, closing in on the center. more than 75% is under isil's control. the government has sent reinforcements but this is going to be a long battle. mosques across baghdad have opened their doors to shelter the displaced. this is their new home. but everyone here was allowed to enter baghdad only after being sponsored by the highest religious body. >> more than 250 people live in this building. they are scattered in rooms like this. we are not allowed to film them for privacy but they are scattered all over this c

they live in tough conditions in areas in baghdad on the outskirts of baghdad. meanwhile, there's been a car bomb in baghdad and also a roadside bomb in an area to the east of baghdad. there were a number of people killed and dozens injured. >>> the trial against al jazeera journalists in egypt has been adjourned. they are being retried for allegedly harming national security and aiding the banned muslim brotherhood. proceedings will resume april 28th. >>> still to come this half hour protests against isil's killing of either adequate and appropriate yaps in libya turns violent. violent. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. >>> fierce ba

they are living in bad conditions in baghdad and outside baghdad. >> we are hearing just now of more violence in baghdad and in baiji. >> that's right. in baghdad a car bomb outside a fast food market killed at least seven and wounded 15. there was another car bomb in the east of baghdad also killed at least three people. the violence in iraq seems to be taking the same pattern of last month. last month death casualty is less than 1,000 people. now with rewards to baiji refinery sources in the saleh operation told al jazeera there was an attack on the southern gates of that refinery and that a number of isil managed to infiltrate that southern gate. the battle for baiji's far from over. the government said it is in full control of that refinery, however, we've seen a number of attacks by isil in which they breached all the security arrangements and reinforcements in that refinery. >> thank you for that update live from baghdad. >> syrian government planes bombed areas in and around damascus killing 17. these pictures show the aftermath of shelling in residential areas of the suburb o

they are trying to get into baghdad. many are not allowed in. we are joined live from baghdad. tell us about the fighting and why people are fleeing. >> well i was speaking to a senior officer at the iraqi ministry of defense, and he says that the army air jets have been hitting targets in ramadi for the last 24 hours, and said there was several u.s.-led coalition air tricks on a number of targets in the north and the north-east of the city. the spokesman payments a bleak picture, saying the situation is coming and they are making a slow advance because i.s.i.l. littered the streets with roadside bombs. sources from ramadi paints an opposite picture saying most of the city lies under the control of i.s.i.l. and the city is largely deserted there's no water, electricity and thousands of people and families fled to neighbouring ors, including entering bag today. als we know some have not been allowed to enter. what is going on there. >> tens of thousands left. not everywhere was welcome. hundreds were allowed in, only after getting a sponsor. now the security forces say they are

in that follows a series of explosions in baghdad. at least 27 people very killed.o group has claimed responsibility for the attacks in the capitol. let's get more from kim vinnell who is in erbil. >> reporter: the car bomb went off at about 5:45 local time near the u.s. consulate. we were very close to the explosion when it happened. at least three were killed possibly more at least eight people have been injured including two americans and one turkish national. this is very unusual for erbil. meanwhile in baghdad at least 27 people were killed on friday in a wave of bomb blasts. u.s. officials and kurdish officials and iraqi officials have in recent days applauded the gains that have been made against the islamic state of iraq and the levant here in iraq but i think it's clear to say that with these latest attacks, it's too early to say that the today has been turned. >> reporter: iraq's outlawed party is denying reports that one of its high profile members has been killed. he is the former deputy of saddam hussein. on friday afternoon, an iraqi governor told repo

compounding matters, money from baghdad is coming in fits and starts. the deputy head of the peshmerga says it's having a follow-on effect for the fighters on the front line. >> because of the economic crisis in the region, because of the issue of oil. we are in april. we received the money for february. there's 2-3 months we haven't received money. >> international oil companies have waited for their money. they owe the biggest investor more than $230 million in export payments. analysts say investors will not hang around forever. >> the regional government has to pay them, and when they get the returns, they sell the oil and will be part of it. if things are going the same way, and the regional government cannot provide it for the international companies, they will not be able to proceed. >> kurdish authorities, they say, will have to face the music and prove to investors it's safe to keep digging in northern iraq. . >> turkey recalled its ambassador to austria over a diplomatic row, coming after the austrian signed a declaration recognising the killi

if baghdad can't form links to the sunnis it ain't going to work for anybody. and that's really a bit of what's going on behind the scenes. >> you're absolutely right. if the iraqi military is m.i.a. in ramadi where there are so many sunnis and they don't see the iraqi military going in to protect their own people those sunnis, they don't have much confidence in shiite-led government now. it will be worse. stand by. more to discuss including the killing of a top saddam hussein loyalist apparently working with isis. much more on that and a lot more coming up. at mfs, we believe in the power of active management. our teams collaborate around the world, which leads to better decisions for our clients. put our global active management expertise to work for you. mfs. there is no expertise without collaboration. all these networks keep making different claims. it gets confusing. fastest, the strongest the most in-your-face-est. it sounds like some weird multiple choice test. yea, but do i pick a, b, or c. for me it's all of the above. i pick, like the best of everyth

advance on ramadi but not allowed through to baghdad. i have the sport including all the details of a historic defeat for serena williams in the third cup. ♪ italy prime minister says he is determined to find the people trafficics for the deadly crossing on the mediterranean, as many as 700 migrants feared dead in what could prove the worst disaster yet with people smuggled in europe a packed fishing boat went down on the coast a few kilometers and search and rescue operation underway and 28 survivors have been found and one said 700 people if not more were traveling on the boat. 24 bodies have been recovered so far and they have been taking to malta, the latest disaster is fueling cause for a stronger response. italian government held a crisis meeting after it italian prime minister called for an emergency summit of european leaders to deal with the program and we will go to paul brennan and tell us the latest on the rescue operation, paul. >> reporter: yeah the rescue operation is ongoing. i have to say that the coast guard has not bee

consulate in erbil killing three people. 27 more have died in attacks in baghdad.ello, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, foreigners arm themselves in south africa after shops are torched overnight in johannesburg. >>> the u.n. abeals appeals for millions of dollars

fighting there has forced thousands of people to flee to the capital of baghdad. but in reports many don't feel safe there either. >> from the outside it looks like a makeshift prison camp rather than a refugee for those fleeing anbar province. the authorities in baghdad have set up several camps like these to house who are officially known as idps or internally displaced person. effectively the refugees are within their own country and some of them here are scared. they've heard reports of anbar residents who are predominantly sunni being killed in baghdad. eight in the last few days alone. it's unclear if the they were criminal acts or hate crime. >> after leavingry mad di two weeks ago we found our way to a shia neighborhood. we found a house, but we were harassed by young men who kept coming in to search the house. hour neighborhoods told us to believe for safety. now we live in this camp with nothing and we are scared. >> they say security is paramount. >> we spoke to the authorities after hearing about such incidents and we raise the security by building a f

they are trying to get into baghdad. many are not allowed in. talk us though the fighting omar salah. >> sources in ramadi say the u.s.-led coalition is carrying out air strikes on a number of i.s.i.l. positions to the north and north-east of ramadi sources. inside they say the city is almost deserted. the g.s.t. has sent two regiments backed by iraqi police forces. they say the humanitarian situation is deteriorating. people are fleeing in masses. there's no water, no electricity. the u.n. says the situation is dramatics, and they are concerned about the safety of the people there. >> why some of them stopped from entering baghdad? well we have been hearing that for the last couple of days. then we find out that checkpoints run by iraqi army and intelligence for the police and for the military say they demand any incoming family to bring a sponsor from baghdad. and that's why we have seen a lot of long queues and people waiting in the open. what happened is that the parliament called on the government to lift those restrictions. now the securit

many of those fleeing are trying to get in to baghdad. the government imposed restrictions on who can enter the capital. chinese president is due to make his first official visit to pakistan. it's expected to sign billions of dollars worth of deals between the countries including a trade route stretching more than 3,000 kilometers. more from islambad. >> hi in the carakor mountans close to china and pakistan china is expanding the world's highest international paved road. the carakorum highway and expanding its influence. this is part of a $43 billion project called the china/pakistan economic corridor. it will stretch from kaska all the way south through pakistan to the port city of guaga. >> when the corridor becomes operational, china would be directed connected to the middle east the gulf states and to africa and this would be a big dividend accruing from the corridor. >> construction started on the chinese-funded deep seaport in gwada. it will takecut the time it takes from goods and oil to reach china from 12 days to 36 hours. there

they live in tough conditions in baghdad on the outskirts of baghdad.here has been a car bomb in baghdad and a roadside bomb to the east of baghdad. there were a number of people killed and dozens injured. >> at least 17 people have been killed in bombings by syrian government planes. activists say that seven of those killed and dozens more injured. northeast of the capital in the rebel held area, ten people have been killed in six attacks. opposition activists have accused president assad's forces being behind 1700 strikes across syria in the past three weeks. >>> around 100,000 people have been displaced by fighting in the country. alexi bryant reports on the families fleeing the violence. >> this abandoned mosque is damaged and cold, but it's a safe haven for this family. >> i don't have money to pay rent so hopefully i can find a job. but i look and i look and i can't find anything. >> even though it's roof could collapse at any moment, and the windows have no glass abo youssiff knows he's lucky because he and other families like his flee the syrian

compounding matters money from baghdad is coming only in fits and starts.uty here of the peshmerga says that's having a follow on effect for fighters on the groundfrontline. >> because of the economic crisis in the region, especially because of the issue of oil. for example, we are in april. we have only received the money for february. and there are two or three months that we haven't received the money. >> reporter: international oil companies are waiting for their money too. the kurdish regional government owes the region's biggest investor more than $230 million in export payments. analysts say up vice tours won't hang around forever. >> the regional government has to pay them for their. [ inaudible ] excavating and when they get the returns they sell the oil and will be part of it. but if things are going the same way and the regional government cannot provide the payments for these international companies they won't be able to proceed anymore. >> reporter: dish authorities say will have to face the music and prove to investors it's safe to keep diggin

as they prepare to capture the capital of the anbar province 0 miles from baghdad.ior international correspondent and joining us live from baghdad. how close is ramadi based on everything you're hearing right now to falling and how devastating would that be for the iraqi military and the iraqi government a huge embarrassment as haider al abadi, the prime minister happens to be in washington this week? >> a huge embarrassment perhaps, yes, wolf but at the same time it underscores what it is that he is asking the united states for and that is more military support, more coalition a air strikes, and much more assistance. we were out in anbar province today, we were actually trying to reach ramadi. we coordinated our trip with the deputy head of the provenÇal council. we were unable to reach the city because in the morning isis had assaulted from the east. speaking to the deputy provincial council, he was begging for help. he was saying that the city was going to fall within hours and we came across a mass of refugees wolf i don't know how to put it into accurate words,

it is about an hour's drive west of baghdad, the iraqi capital. if you can drive freely on the highway. isis does control towns before you reach the town of ramadi. surprising to iraqis the senior u.s. commander chief of staff chairman martin dempsey was quoted that i rather ramadi not fall but it is not the end of the campaign should it fall to isis. that is a surprise to iraqis. it is so close to baghdad. the fall of the city like this after some nine months of u.s.-led air strikes would be a moral setback for the iraqi government and it has displaced according to iraqi government officials 150,000 civilians forced to flee and having to take a roundabout route traveling over a importantly protected pontoon bridge over the euphrates river to escape. it gives you a sense that isis despite some setbacks is able to carry out offensives just an hour's drive west. >> ivan watson, thank you. >>> crisis in yemen. on thursday al qaeda fighters overran an airport and oil export terminal in yemen after seizing the city of alqa. in washington the officials

just 35 miles from baghdad is fallujah, where u.s. soldiers and marines in 2004 faced the fiercest urban fighting since vietnam. the enemy then was al-qaeda. now it's a group even more difficult to fight. isis fighters have re-emerged near garma, between fallujah and the iraqi capitol. >> now we achieved the first goal which prevented the enemy to target our people in baghdad. the second step is to go forward to liberate the center of al- garma. >> reporter: but the day after iraqi forces launched that offensive they were pushed back by isis fighters. >> the u.s. is wary of getting involved into a complicated process. after surviving an assassination it's too dangerous even for the provincial governor to stay in anbar. after surviving an assassination attempt in ramadi, suhaib al rawi spoke to us from an emergency office set up in baghdad. >> ( translated ): the situation is critical, after the operations that took place in tikrit isis is focusing hugely on anbar and ramadi to create a morale boost with a victory there, the security f

in the capitol of baghdad at least 27 people were killed. deadliest was outside of a car dealership in the east of the city. and a car bomb has gone off outside the u.s. consulate in erbil. security sources say the blast killed three people and wounded five. islamic state of iraq and the levant has claimed responsibility for the attack. let's get more from kim vinnell who is in erbil. tell us about the attack and the claim of responsibility there. >> reporter: well we were very close to where this bomb blast happened. it .had at about 5:45 this evening, rush hour traffic, of course although it is a friday. we understand the car t got right up to the u.s. consulate, in fact to one of the main gates on the western part of the complex. isil has claimed responsibility for this attack. this is unusual in erbil. it's very rare that we see these sorts of attacks here. the last attack of this kind was in november last year four people were killed in that attack, and isil claimed responsible for that as well. but before that it had been a year before

so important, 70 miles west from the capital of baghdad.n air strikes are pounding isis positions, but that may not be enough to keep iraq securesy forces from perhaps fleeing, and isis from gaining another stronghold. let's get right to cnn's chief national correspondent live from the pentagon where the secretary of defense ash carter completed his first news conference. what was his assessment of the situation on the ground there? >> he and general dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs say the general lines are positive situation on the ground capability of the iraqi security forces you at the same time grant that the city ramadi you said largest in western iraq may well fall to isis and general dempsey made the case it's not strategically important, bricks and mortar hard to see how it isn't major foreices and 60 miles from the capital bag dads. baghdad. this is ramadi under a punishing assault by isis. iraqi officials inside western iraq's largest city tell cnn it is on the brink of falling to the terror group. adding decembersperate ca

i spoke with him on thursday in washington just before he left for baghdad. mr. al-abadi thank you for doing this. you had a visit to washington your first visit as a prime minister of iraq. tell me what you hope to achieve and what you have achieved in your conversations with american officials including the president. >> well thank you very much for this interview. i'm glad to meet you again. and you know, i think there's a coalition which is headed by the u.s. it's very important to talk to them because they are doing an important job to support our military and forces on the ground. one of the important element is the aircraft is to provide help from there to our security forces on the ground. and another is to provide that armment we require on time. because we have this war and we have to finish this war in -- on time and we need back this armament. we need the air cover, the air force of the international coalition. and the third one is training. think i training is on track now. and some armament are on track. and i think we received, i received a very go

long sentences of blackwater security guards for ordinances in baghdad. >>> russia and missile systems to iran. >>> gunter grass. a nobel winning novelist dies. >>> and cyclists almost collide with a high speed train. >>> we begin in yemen where the saudi led coalition has been striking houthis in the southern part of the country. coalition has been hitting targets in shabwa. the south of the country is especially important how close it is to the red sea and the gulf of aden. key shipping ports for oil. saudi arabia says it's turning up the pressure on the houthi rebels. >> the amounts of air attacks were 120 yesterday and increasing. all the fronts are busy, we are confronting all the centers of the houthis. >>> saudis forces have been pounding houthis inside yemen as well, after intelligence that houthi fighters were aiming to move towards the border, liddy dutt has administer on the fight for yemen. >> reporter: on the ground fighting between houthis and tribes men continues in the port city of aden and in the air saudis target positions including the presidential palace. parts of s

and now these families are stranded in makeshift camps in baghdad.n senior international correspondent arwa damon live in baghdad this morning. good morning arwa. >> reporter: good morning. at this stage the iraqi government is not yet encouraging families to return. not just because isis is still holding out in small pockets of the city but also because isis booby-trapped roads and buildings that have still to be cleared of explosives. but when it comes to these families they're not just afraid of the potential threat that isis might pose or whether or not iraqi security forces can actually hold the city. they're also concerned about reprisal attacks coming from this shia volunteer army that has been instrumental in winning back tikrit but there are concerns that some individuals within this volunteer army might carry out revenge attacks against those sunni families. we also not just spoke to families from tikrit but others who are living in these makeshift buildings, half-constructed homes. and they say that even though their particular areas were

the second one is iran controls baghdad. the third is that iraq is actually broken forever now into three or four countries and cannot be put back together. because you know the challenges of persuading our policymakers to support iraq given the american's desire to withdrawal. i think you have to make a more compelling case that there is hope in iraq. just try to make your message stronger about how you are to address these key areas. >> mr. ambassador? >> i will start with the second question, or second three questions, i think. >> hope, the whole project is about hope. the -- the suffering of having car bombs in every district poor districts in shia towns and villages and suburbs of iran over the last 12 years has been about hope. that's what they have suffered. and the high proportion representation at the elections has been about hope. people talk about the marginalization of sunnis and others, but if you look at everything with the car bombs and everything else, it has been in shia towns. i think people are reading thi

we have more from baghdad. >> in the western suburb of baghdad, the football pitch has been turned into a tent camp. everyone here has escaped the fighting in ramadi and the surrounding areas. many were scared and criticized their government. this person has eight children, including a boy with leukaemia. he is unemployed and poor. he says he felt humiliated after speaking two night in the open waiting for permission from the government to let his family in. they demanded a sponsor. i said i have no one. i asked him to give me my papers and let me die in dignity back home. he and his family are in after someone they don't know sponsored them. his wife said they had to flee. >> we asked the government to give anbar weapons, so the people could defend it, not allowing strangers in. they ignored us. we urge the government to do assist so we can return home. >> more than 1,000 left since april out much the government sent reinforcements. but that battle may continue for a while. ut u.n. says it's doing -- the u.n. says it's doing what it can to help. >> what was surprising is how quickly th

there's another small town on the way from baghdad to ramadi. it is also regularly, daily coming under fire by isis. and we were there to speak to some of the wounded individuals in the hospital. >> i was out in the garden and a rocket hit and the shrapnel sliced me she says tears falling from her eyes. i felt something fall out of me and i put it back in. a few moments later while we're in the another building isis attacks. >> just a massive explosion. we're not sure. it may have been a rocket or mortar of sorts. they think there's more? >> there's more. >> the impact shattered the glass. more explosions in the distance and then another that shakes the building. they're clearing away for us to get to the cars. we are lucky. we are able to leave. and we don't have to make the impossible choice of living under bombardment and isis terror. and brooke it's not just about ultimately defeating isis. it's also about sparing families like the ones we met, like so many others in both iraq and syria, from going through that unbearable pain and suffering.

they're being prevented from entering baghdad. why is this, and is this legal? >> well, there have been some delays but many of those restrictions have eased over recent days. the latest estimate is that 140,000 people have fled remad di. generally fled east, and about the reason for the restrictions is that they have been required to have a sponsor before they're able to enter or cross the bridge to get into the baghdad government. several days ago there were peep waiting, but those restrictions have eased. that's the main requirement that people have had to have a sponsor. but more people have been able to find a place in baghdad. we know that they've moved further afield. we know that 15,000 have moved into the kurdistan region of iraq. but at least 37,000 to 38,000 people are still in anbar province itself. they've made their way further east. but many of the adjoining places are hosting idps. people who have fled previous waves of violence and they're living in rather crowded conditions. we know of one site in anbar province

ramadi is 70 miles from baghdad.whole province is the western buffer security buffer to protect baghdad. is so strategically it's very important. further out to the west not on the map is al assad air base. that's about 115 miles from baghdad. ramadi's only 70. we isolate that air base where we have u.s. forces. so it matters symbolically, it matters strategically. what's really going on here jenna, not stated in the press conference, the iranian-backed shia militia want to go to anbar province as the next offensive step. the united states wants to go to mosul -- jenna: and we've heard a lot about mosul general keane, why mosul matters why tikrit matters. why sump an emphasis on -- such an emphasis on those areas from our own people and not the emphasis on ramadi where so many u.s. soldiers were injured or died? >> well, at the crux of the problem is we -- if we were designing this campaign a military general was designing the campaign, we would have a counteroffensive going north to mosul and going all the way out t

some have been stuck near this bridge in southern baghdad. they are angry with their politicians and tribal leaders. >> they don't care about us. look at our conditions. though sold us. their cowards and traitors. >> we slept on the streets in the open in miserable conditions. we left everything behind. >> where are the politicians? they fled and are sitting in homes. >> people who fled speak of furious basses, say bodies are scattered in are ramadi. isil is closing in on the city center. 65% of anbar is under isil control. the government sent reinforcements but this is going to be a long battle. mosques across baghdad have opened their doors to shelter the displaced. this is their new home, but everyone here was allowed to enter baghdad only after being sponsored by the highest religious body. >> 250 people live here, scattered in rooms like this. we are not allowed to film them for privacy, but they are all over this compound. there are future mattresses. they are living in tougher conditions. they were allowed in after they were sponsored

they have heard reports of anbar residents being killed in baghdad. eight in the last few days alone. it's unclear if the murders were a criminal act but still it's little relief here. >> we found our way to a shia neighborhood. we came home to a young man who searched the house. our names told us to leave for our own safety. so we did and now we live in this camp with nothing and we're scared. >> they say that security is paramount. >> we spoke to the authorities after hearing about such incidents, and we raised the security. young men who fled and now live here also help with security. [ gunfire ] >> iraq for a long time has had tensions between its sunni and shia communities. since isil has taken over many say it has gotten worse particularly in anbar province. some in authority fear that it's fighters may be coming to baghdad. >> many anbar residents have not been placed in camps like these. many have been turned away for not having the right identification, and that's led to a lot of resentment. >> so far there have been no attacks but many remem

they are sending their delegation to baghdad. charlie: let me turn to the war on the ground and the fight against isis. how do you see it today and what is the strategy now? prime minister al-abadi: the strategy is -- unfortunately, we have liberated it some time ago. we only opened the main road to reach the refinery. we are clearing all this area, as we have done for other areas. once we do that, we are concentrating on barr. it is important because it will open the way for us to mosul. of course, mosul was -- there was a military intervention that we should start with mosul first. my vision is that we should move . that will give us more resources. charlie: you need the support of sunnis? prime minister al-abadi: we need the support of locals. charlie: are you getting it? prime minister al-abadi: yes and an in andbar. we have many thousands that want to join us. we enlisted almost 4500. there are many more, more than this number. they want to join the iraqi security forces in fighting dash. we have to be careful because it is

in relation to iran and relationship with baghdad, control baghdad or not, well, somebody asked me today, a journalist, and he looked about the iraq-iran war and others and they said to him, by the way, iraq still has major challenges with iran in relation to 1975 algeria agreement. we still haven't come we still don't agree to sign it now after 12 years. so that i think is a clear sign that an issue if we have control of people talk about that, surely we couldn't sign that ages ago. so here it's an issue of nationalism. and we wouldn't appear we have a need with iran. we have a desire as a neighbor, as much as you have mexico and to problems with immigration, or candidate, i don't know hopefully not. >> we have that several wars with them. [laughter] >> the other issue is americans want to be canadians and canadians want to be americans. that's another issue. it's not an issue we don't want them to get involved. we do want them to get involved, but at the same time to we want them in control? no. we by the way, somebody last week our prime minister met with the leaders of congress and t

run by the iraqi army and basically they are asking people to get a sponsor from baghdad. if a family has no spon sewer they'll be denied entry. security forces are saying they fear i.s.i.l. may j infiltrated the in -- may have infiltrated the people and want to crosscheck. there's an outcry by sunni politicians and religious leaders calling on the government to ease restrictions. there were around hundreds of families allowed in only after they were sponsored by the head of the sunni endowment. the people and the parliament are calling on the government to ease restrictions and let people in. >> that report from baghdad >>> now, there has been fierce street to street fighting in the yemeni port of aden the defense ministry saying hundreds have been killed in the city since the saudi-led air strikes began, and reports that fighters loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi laid siege to an air base. there'll be more on the humanitarian situation. first we'll go to jizan, where our correspondent joins us live. what is the lates on the reports about abd-rabbu mansour hadi's fighters l

erbil is where some american diplomatic personnelle were moved away from baghdad after isis moved closero the iraqi capital. it raised serious questions about the threat level from isis inside the kurdish territory. let's go to erbil and bring in qubad talabani the deputy prime minister of the kurdistan regional government joining us live from erbil. qubad, thanks very much for joining us. the attack on the u.s. consulate, i know no americans were killed or seriously injured, but is this a wake-up call that isis is going after the heart of card stan erbil, where you are right now? >> thank you, wolf. thank you for having me on your show again. it's well known that in the last few weeks, the kurdish forces have made significant advances in our fight against isis. we've been able to defeat them in numerous battles, but also repel several attempts by isil to take back some territory that we had taken from them. but as you rightly said recently there was this attack in erbil. it was in a usually populated part of the city. very close to the u.s. consulate. it is not clear yet whether the u.s

we have more from the capital of baghdad. >> the iraqi government said its forces at making gains by pushing out isil fighters in the area surrounded the compound, they also pushed areas from areas mainly from the eastern parts, that's because much a number of reasons including reinforcements sents in from baghdad, and airstrikes from the coalition as well as well as the iraqi air force. on the other hand, the humanitarian situation is getting worse. the number of people who fledry mad di fled ramadi and the surrounding areas they live in tough conditions on the outskirts of baghdad. meanwhile there has been a car bomb in bag cad and a roadside bomb where a number of people killed and dozens injured. >> it's been a hundred years since lethal chemical weapons were used in world war i. in the u.s. engineers are working to eliminate the last supply of must tar gas something that could take four years. >> a small army of workers in protective gear assisted by pro significance row bats robots is fighting chemical weapons. >> we have agent hazards we spent a lot of time training, making su