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turkish troops on iraqi soil, tensions was risen, despite the fact baghdad has known about the troops since they arrived. writing on political affairs, this reporter said other concerns lie behind the decision to send trooops tohelp train the militia belonging to the governor of mosul, in particular the iranian role in the region. >> turkey wants to maintain good relations with kurdistan and wants to help the kurdish regional government, but baghdad and iran opposes that, so by sending in troops is just one way to maintain good relations within the region. >> those good relations angered others. speaking in baghdad, a leading shia politician issued a warning to ankara. >> in case these forces didn't leave and didn't get hit by iraqi air force, it will be followed by other forces, american, saudi, qatar and other islamic countries. therefore, it's a beginning and a test. that's why there should be a real confrontation by the parliament and i ask the parliament to hold an emergency session to take the right decision. >> many say that this is a proposal to force turkish troops out of the

despite baghdad knew about them since they arrived.writes regularly on political affairs, he says other concerns lie behind ankara's decision to send in troops to help train militia belonging to the governor of mosul, particularly ray crane vinnie role. >> iran opposes that. so by sending in troops it's just one way to maintain good relations within the region. >> reporter: but those good relations have angered others. speaking in baghdad, a leading shia politician issued a warning to ankara. >> translator: in case these forces didn't leave and didn't get hid by iraqi air force it will be followed by other forces, american, saudi, qatar, and other islamic countries. therefore it's the begin a tests and that's why there should be a real confrontation and i ask the parliament to hold an emergency session to take the right decision that backs our government. >> reporter: many say that this is a preposal to forms a turkish troops out of the country. however turkey says it was invited. >> translator: around 2,00 2,000 volunteers fighters ha

they are saying they retook the city of ramadi which is 60 miles from baghdad. >> yes, ra ra mmadi has been fl >> after days of fighting they have claimed to recapture a e key compound in the city, and raised the iraqi flag in victory. you may are recall that ramadi fell to eisis in may, and that s seen as a major fight to retain the terror group. i want to get to nima elbager. would it be isis retreating or are they defeated the group? >> well, they are retreating and a number of eisis groups are heading back towards mosul and they have been clashing with them to the right. and they acknowledge pockets of fighting, but they feel and the key word is they, they feel that they have taken enough of the city, and the structure of the city to call it liberated. the u.s.-led coalition, the pentagon in the statement was very careful to congratulate iraq on continuing successes against isis, and not quite ready, it seems to the call it fully liberated, but if they are calling it earlier than they should, it is absolutely no surprise. you mentioned the humiliation in may when ramadi fell, and t

>> baghdad does certainly need this boost.t is certainly important for them to push isis out of ramadi, which is one of the two major city-dominated cities in iraq under the control of isis -- one of the two major sunni-dominated cities in iraq under the control of isis. it would be a big blow to isis because if they lose ramadi, they would only have mosul and a handful of other towns in iraq. they have also lost a significant chunk of territory in the north -- christopher: we have to leave it there, i'm afraid. many thanks for that background. turning now to france, a country that has been under a state of emergency since november's terra attacks in france, the french cabinet has agreed to enshrine emergency powers in the constitution -- a country that has been under a state of emergency since november's terr or attacks. this means the french parliament would no longer have to approve such a move. the french president could unilaterally declare a state of emergency. another proposal would allow the government to strip dual na

we could have gone into baghdad. once you turn 101st aerosol division around, you had them north to baghdad, -- head them north to baghdad, you get to baghdad, you're all alone. one of the unique features we did was to have arab nations fighting alongside other nations. all those other forces with us, none of them ever signed up to the notion of the u.s. occupation of iraq or going all the way to baghdad. . might have had some british representation. not an easy task, even in panama countryside,d the it still took us a couple of .eeks to get to noriega then what the do? then you got yourself a country. you have to set up some kind of government. once you start to tamper with the government inside iraq, you have to worry about the territorial integrity of iraq. you've got the iranians to the east who just fought and eight-year war with iraq. they're good allies of ours, the turks. anytime iraq starts to come you can end up threatening the territorial integrity -- a couple things entered into the question. once you go

he moved to the slums outside baghdad a few years ago. he came in the hopes of giving his wife, daughters and grandchildren a better life. it hasn't worked out that way. >> what can i tell you? our lives here are miserable. sometimes we wish we would die than have to live like this. i served as an army reservist during the iran-iraq war and in the end, the government gave us nothing for our service. >> the world bank says nearly 30% of iraqi families live below the poverty line. that's more than 10 million people without adequate access to food, water or shelter. the mass migrations from rural a urban areas as iraqis search for work which pace better. >> economists say decades of successive wars, increasing sectarian violence, the rise of isil and a fragile political situation have all led to what they describe as a crisis. there are other important issues which are driving an increasing number of iraqis into extreme poverty. >> iraq's economy is almost solely depend on revenue from oil production. international lenders have warned succes

baghdad says that turkey allows the regional government. and can't maintain the control over the whole country. that's an issue. the spat between baghdad and ankara will make matters worse. >> excite polls suggest the far right made strong gains in the regional elections. we'll speak to jacky rowland live in paris shortly. first her report. >> reporter: president francois holland was up early to cast hays vote. his ratings has been up since the attacks. it hasn't helped the socialist party. they have controlled every region of france for the past five years. it looks set to change. this was the first round of voting, but marie le pen and the national front instead significant gains, anti-muslim and anti-islam rhetoric struck a chord with voters at a time when france is on alert from recent attack. >> translation: i trust the voters, they have seen us at work, in the town halls, at the county council, at the european parliament. i think that's why more and more are turning to us. >> the other winner is the former president nicolas sarkozy. i

it is important to have the insight into real the our political military leverage into baghdad. and as opposed to the prime minister maliki gives us more opportunities to be in military ways and political international assistance so we do have leverage in baghdad. >> i appreciate the comment but are we using metrics to sit side-by-side in clear with our communication and then to show project -- progress. >> that is what i am talking about the answer is ye

baghdad fell in less than three weeks. saddam hussein and his sons disappeared. >> u.s. intelligence officials say saddam could be injured or even dead. >> there was wild celebration in the streets. it looked as though george bush's dream was going to come true. and then, all hell broke loose. just weeks after saddam was toppled, iraq was in chaos, no one was in charge. >> what happened to my country? fighting, killing, stealing. >> virtually every government building was looted. iraqi's carried off everything they could find, electricity was out all over the country. massive piles of garbage went uncollected. >> there was an opportunity to win the hearts and minds, and that was completely lost. >> children roamed the streets. >> my school is closed, and my destiny is minute by minute lost. >> schools were closed indefinitely. >> we have to study. we have to study. you invade us. >> gas lines were miles long in an oil rich country. >> there are three top priorities here, number one, water, number two, water, number three, water. >> running water had been cut off. and an

baghdad and iran opposes that. this is one way to maintain good relations within the region. >> those good relations angered others. speaking in baghdad a shia politician issued a warning. >> translation: in case the forces didn't leave or get hit by iraqi air forces it would be followed by other forces, america, saudi arabia, qatar and others. it's the beginning and a test. and why there should be a confrontation by the parliament, and i asked them to hold an emergency session to take the right decision to back the government. >> many say this is a decision to force turkish troops out of the country. turkey says it was invited. >> translation: around 2,000 volunteer fighters from mosul has been trained for the past year. the training has been launched upon the request of the governor of mosul and coordinated by the defence ministry. >> this shows that iraq is divided and the central government controls baghdad, the rest is divided between the kurdish region, territory held by i.s.i.l., kurds and arabs. >> turkey k

this comes down to baghdad wanting to keep the fight. there will be diplomatic moves and anger and public statements being issued over these troops. but they have been here for a year already in a variety of different training roles. this, however, is an escalation of that training roll >>> air strikes coordinated by the syrian regime and the russian air force have killed at least 70 people in syria. five provinces were targeted on friday. 22 people were killed in eastern guda. the area has been under siege by regime forces for three years. meanwhile the international coalition is continuing its air strikes against i.s.i.l. held territory. the military analysts say air strikes alone will not defeat i.s.i.l. in syria. troops on the ground are also needed. who are the armed groups fighting in syria is the main priority defeating i.s.i.l. and are they united enough to succeed? >> reporter: it's estimated that there's as many many as one thousand armed opposition groups in syria. they command an estimated 100,000 fighters. the british govern

. >>> defense secretary ash carter visits baghdad. >> we begin if baltimore. a city that is fairly calm after a judge declared omistrial in a case against a police officer charged in the death of freddy gray. jurors in officer william porter's case told the judge they were deadlocked after three days of deliberation he. john terret is in baltimore with the news. >> antonio, meant that the mainly african american, mainly femalurmainlyfemale jury could a verdict. wrestling with deputies trying to prevent them from entering the building, there were a scum of arrests, protests continue around the building until early in the evening. the mayor of baltimore says now is the time for the community to come together and respect itself. >> 12 baltimore city residents answered that very solemn call to serve, hear this case and make a decision. they did this and we have to vp respect that. if we think the process can continue in baltimore city. justice is not a verdict, justice is a process that we have to protect. >> and there were more mollifying words from billy murphy

baghdad does not trust them, the u.s. or any other force to build this force that is necessary. >> what are the turkish motives in sending these extra fighters into this into this camp in mosul. >> the reports are that they're going to be replaced. they're going in with special operators, force protection sized force to change them out. we don't know whether or not they're going to stay. we don't know if they feel that isis is an external threat and baghdad is not doing enough about it, and the safe havens in mosul, ramadi and it's a thing of the pass and it's time for the international community to do something about it. right now it looks like a force operation. special operators, tanks, he have armored vehicles. we'll have to wait and see, but i think the international community is tired of watching baghdad not do anything to defeat isis. >> what do you think the iraqi government will do about that besides say that he doesn't like it? >> well, what's funny because baghdad said that they're willing to deploy a force to

this comes down to baghdad wanting to keep control of the fight against i.s.i.l. there will be diplomatic moves and anger and public statements being issued over these troops, but they have been here for a year already in a variety of different training roles. this, however, is an escalation of that training role >>> venezuelans choose a new national assembly or parliament on sunday in a vote that is seen as a referendum on the performance of the president and his ruling socialists. a recession and searing inflation have boosted the opposition's chances of winning its first majority in 16 years. there is going concern over how fair and transparent the vote will be. >> reporter: at a community center in this area working class mothers scramble to get free baseball caps. elector alpropaganda being distributed by the ruling socialist party. just ahead of the arrival of one of its top congressional candidates. this woman assures us the voting system is tamper proof. >> translation: the system has been 100% audited and will reflect the true will of the people after goi

turkey maintains they did, baghdad maintains they did not. as an internationally recognized sovereign government, iraq has a right even though it did invite turkish troops in, to ask them to leave. common fight against i.s.i.l. >> obviously it's rake territory they have got sovereignty, they can ask whoever they want in or out. but to turn this international incident and call it a hostile act because turkey increased the number of troops by a few hundred. >> yes, i agree with the tenor of your question, not a wise thing to do, it was an unnecessary escalation to go to the united nations in my opinion. if i were still at the united nations i would have advised against it. i also however have to say that i think it points to a failure in the american team that runs u.s. policy in iraq. that it failed to detect and anticipate the problem and defuse it behind closed doors. allowing it apparently to instead come out into the open like this. that was not -- >> you would think there is some sort of coordination among allies and the turks have argued

. ♪ >>> in baghdad today, bombs go off on average every 12 hours.he awful routine that follows each bomb looks hauntingly familiar to americans who watched the iraq war play out on television. familiar, except for this. after many bombings, kareem wasby plays his cello. he is the conductor of the iraqi orchestra. sometimes he plays the iraqi national anthem. [ singing in foreign language ] my homeland, they sing, life and hope are in your air. >> i george walker bush -- >> george w. bush had a dream, a vision where saddam would fall, the people would rejoice and iraq would become a stable democracy, a beacon of hope, breaking the endless cycle of tyranny and extremism in the middle east. but if you think that this is just history, it isn't. many politicians want to send more troops back into iraq and into syria as well. look at the horror in paris, the downing of that russian jet, the terror and threats all wrought by isis. but will another american intervention be more successful than the last one? it is crucial that we understand how the iraq war

this latest spat between baghdad and ankara is only going to make matters worse. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been warning israel about the dangers of a possible collapse of the palestinian authority. he says it would lead to a situation that would threaten the security of both sides. >> if there is a risk that the p.a. could collapse, and it is in israel's interest for it to in fact survive, as the prime minister suggested, should more therefore not be done to help sustain it? the one state solution is no solution at all for a secure jewish democratic israel living in peace. it is simply not a viable option. >> in order for there to be peace, the other side needs to decide it wants peace. this is not what we see. the palestinian authority's incitement is continuing. it must stop. >> stephanie decker with more from west john mccain. >> secretary of state john kerry actively involved in trying to get both sides to the negotiating table. settlement expansion he said gave the idea of a unilateral move to annex the west bank and called into question this governme

the relations between baghdad and ankara are strained going back a decade.ith further turkish troops, tensions have risen further. gazi writes regularly on political affairs. said other things lie behind to, helping to train the militia. in particular, the iranian role in the region. turkey wants to maintain good relations with kurdistan and it wants to help the kurdish regional government but baghdad and iran opposes that. sending in troops is just one way to maintain good relations within the region. but knows good relations have angered others a leading shiia politician issued a warning. >> in case these forces didn't get hit by iraqi air force, it would be followed by air forces, american, saudi, qatar and other islamic countries. therefore, it's a beginning and that's why there should be a confrontation by the parliament. i ask the parliament to hold an emergency session to take the right decision to back our government. >> i maybe say this is a proposal to force turkey troops out of the country. turkey says it was invited around 2000 have been training

but baghdad politics, no question about it, are complicated. and his predecessor was not on that road. >> i'm out of time. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. gentlemen, thank you for being here and answering questions. i guess the first thing i'm not going to ask is, how can you reassure this body that the same administration that left in 2010, no one had the forethought to see isis coming, nobody thought it was important to stay on the iraqi/syrian border. when general dunford was writing and executing op orders on the syrian border in 2003, what's changed yes, ma'am why should we think that you guys, that the administration is on the right path now? they've had a come to jesus moment, they've changed, and they now understand the significance of the region, and they did not before. you said you lacked the capability, humint and otherwise, since 2010, which you're now regaining, but it wouldn't have been lost in the first place if this administration didn't squander the infrastructure that we had set up in 2010. why should we

and not go through the central government in baghdad. in i progress there on that front? i know that you serve ob it, and the chairman max thorn berry wa wants the arms directly to kurds? >> well, there is a customs process that we are going through with the baghdad government. but we are able to according to the briefing today, to give the arms directly to the kurds who have had a tremendous impact in terms of moving the isis back, but i think that we need to verify that, that it is occurring. >> and the kurds, you know, they are using old weapons, and feel frustrated because the good stuff stays in baghdad and they get the bad stuff. >> when you go through the baghdad government, and we were doing that, giving it to the shia-dominated baghdad government who were reluctant to give anything to the kurds as you mentioned. that is not what the briefing today said they will e expeditiously get the right equipment to the people who need it. >> and the kurds start to get the good stuff as we were calling it. we will monitor. thank you for coming in. >>> and now, the mayor of n

it's so close to baghdad, within striking distance. if they manage to take the city, to recapture it from the isis militants, it's a legitimate chance for the iraqi government to govern the entire country. and it will likely mean isis is weakening. >> thank you, robin, joining us live from london. >>> general mark hurtling joins me now from orlando, florida. thank you for being with us. i wanted to ask you how significant you think these gains being made by iraqi forces are. what could this mean in the fight against isis going forward? >> yeah. there are two things to consider, rosemary. first of all, this was a military -- or has been so far, a military victory. or at least the beginnings of one. we're seeing a resurgence of the iraqi security forces, the army. they're taking in more troops of the sunni sect and religions and also having some militias involved that are those other than the popular mobilization front, the so-called shia militias. so you're seeing some retraining of the iraqi security forces that are nationalistic in na

they are not controlled by baghdad. let let me say this, as president, i do not care if baghdad doesn't want the sunnis on the ground to be able to fight isis and help us destroy their training camps. we will supply, support, train, finance, and help them have safe areas where they can mount to their they can mount their attacks on the ground against isis. [applause]. by the way, that is not enough, we should send in american troops. send an american special operations forces, destroy, destroy their training centers, destroy their planning hubs, destroy their social media capability centers, and then get out. not so that we can stay there for ten years, but so that we can send a clear and convincing message to the world, that when we say we are going are going to destroy and a great isis overtime, overtime is not in the next century. over time is in next year. and isis will be destroyed and graded. [applause]. now, i do not want to sound like a militarist year, but i know how important this is. i also know what it is li

base force whether they are fighting isis or not because they are not controlled by baghdad.ell let me say this. as president i don't care if baghdad doesn't want the sunnis on the ground to be able to fight isis and help us destroy their training camps, we will supply, support, train, finance and help them have safe areas where they can mount their attacks on the ground against isis. [ applause ] and, by the way, if that isn't enough, we should send in american troops. send american special operation force, destroy their training centers. destroy their planning hubs. destroy their social media capability centers and then get out. not so that we can stay there for ten years but so that we can send a clear and convincing message to the world that when we say we're going to destroy and degrade isis over time, over time isn't in the next century, over time is in the next year and isis will be destroyed and degraded. [ applause ] now i don't want to sound like a militaryist but i know how important this is and i know what it's like to have loved ones in harm's way. i have two son

it's not really coming out of baghdad. what we're able to do during the surge some seven, eight years ago, was to get the sunni tribes to turn on al qaeda at the time. that's the kind of thing we're going to need to do again, is to reach out to those tribes, take advantage of overactions by isis groups with baghdad. i'm not getting a clear picture here other than what we've heard, we hope that at some point the baghdad government stops persecuting sunnis and starting including them. there doesn't seem to be any possible of that and hope is not a strategy. what is our strategy of getting sunnis in iraq to be willing to fight isis? >> the concrete, clear plan has four streams by which we're trying to get sunnis included in the fight there. the first is through the iraqi security forces themselves which are now in sectarian terms about 20% sunni. that's one of the seeds of this whole problem from the beginning in the collapse of the iraqi security forces. at our training sites, we have trained iraqi security forces including

so we continue to support baghdad in that regard. therefore, when we arm the kurds, as i indicated in my testimony, the baghdad government gets to look at the shipments, it doesn't delay them materially, so it's not a problem from a battlefield point of view. >> isn't it true that cjcs has been arming the kurds and helping them directly? >> i'm sorry. i don't recognize the acronym -- i mean, i recognize the acronym, but it's for the chairman. >> when you say cjcs -- >> i understand the kurds have been armed directly by this group. so i'm just wondering, i hear you saying two different things. i hear you saying that we should support the amendment that we had here that called for arming the kurds directly, but that we're still letting the government of iraq be sort of the referee of it all to make sure that we don't upset them. >> what i'm saying is that we do arm the kurds. by the way, others do as well. i don't know what organization you're referring to, but other countries are arming the kurds also. we do that with -- through, in t

it's about is 110 kilometers away from baghdad.re joined live from london, nicklas, thank you for taking the time to talk to us. how important is ramadi, then or the battle for ramadi for the credibility of the baghdad government? >> i -- it's absolutely critical. they have been saying for months that ramadi is next in line for recapture. there have been repeated promises ever since isil took ramadi in may that they would regain control and time after time, that has been delayed. they are only being held back by a few hundred isil fighters and they have committed thousands if not tens of thousands of their own forces, government forces to retake ramadi and so far they haven't had success. >> so as you point out, nicklas, on the face of it, this should be a straight-forward battle which should have shown victory to the iraqi forces, given that they are dealing with only 300 isil fighters. >> absolutely. you have got the regular army, you have the shia militias who in many instances are more powerful than the iraqi army. you have pol

. >>> after protests in baghdad protests in baghdad where turkey move its troops, based in iraq. >>> outside of a courthouse a well-known rights lawyer stands trial over online posts. >>> south africa's president appoints a third finance minister in less than a week. >> after five years of fighting and bloodshed and still the war in syria seems to have no anyone site. the humanitarian chief concluded his visit to syria calling the situation there a blight on our collectsive conference but a diplomatic push to put an end to the cries. they discuss the conflict and prepare for a third round of talks in new york. we have reports of the latest developments from inside syria. >> winter has arrived in syria bringing with it a new set of challenges for people who have been displaced from their homes. >> these heaters are dangerous. children can suffocate. >> 35,000 syrians live in this camp on the northern outskirts of aleppo. while fighting in the area continues, and this is the most intense anywhere in syria in the central city of homsa u.n. u.n.-negotiated cease-fire is holding. u.n. chi

the deployment had led to a diplomatic row between baghdad and ankara. protesters were demanding that the troops lead. some soldiers were pulled out because of military necessity. >>> we have the latest from erbil. >> after weeks of a war of words between turkey and iraq, the turkish troops stationed in northern iraq are finally on their way out. from the peshmerga forces we know more than a thousand troops according to these kurdish forces are on their way out. the kurds say there are trucks carrying not just tanks but heavy military government back to turkey. the prime minister of iraq wrote to the united nations asking to use its influence on turkey to try and get these troops out of his territory. they insist these troops are important in the fight against isil, also to take on the isil stronghold of mosul. kurdish forces told us this happened after intense negotiations between baghdad and ankara and also pressure from the u.n. now we know that these troops are on their way out, and turkey insisting that this was just a regular redeployment of troops

it's not really coming out of baghdad. what we are doing during the sunniwas to get the tribes to turn on al qaeda at the time. it seems to me that's the kind of thing we will need to do again is to reach out to those tribes and take advantage of over actions by isis groups. i'm not getting a clear picture here other than what we've heard over and over which is we'll get some point the baghdad government stops persecuting sunnis and starts including them. that doesn't seem to be a possibility. hope is not a strategy. what is our strategy for getting sunnis in iraq to be willing to fight isis? what is the concrete plan? >> the concrete plan has four streams by which we are trying to get sunnis included in the fight there. the first is through the iraqi security forces themselves, which are now in secretary in terms of 20%. at our training sites, we have forces iraqi security including sunnis and they are joining the fight notably in the area of ramadi. we would like more. our training sites are turning them out every month.

thousands of members came out in the capital of baghdad. they're calling on the government to do more to push troops from the north. >> today they were saying they will end the turkish in the region by military means. so today we're watching these people who say they want to fight turkey. if they don't do their duty we'll take action after a while. >> iraq's government has filed a former complaint with the u.s. >> sending turkey armed forces without permission of the iraqi government is not considered a help against terrorism. it is blatant violation of iraq sovereignty. there is no other foreign military on iraqi land. it is without our permission or knowledge, and all that was said otherwise is pure fabrication. >> but others believe that regional powers are influencing iraqi rhetoric. and since turkey recently shot down the russian warplane, russia is telling them that relations are no longer friendly. >> they've been here for years. there is an agreement between peshmerga, iraqi troops, and the u.s. the turkish troops did not parachute

the support of baghdad in that regard.therefore, when we arm the kurds , as i indicated in my testimony, the baghdad government gets to look at the shipments and so it does not delay them materially. true they have been arming the kurds and helping them directly? recognizer: i do not -- i recognize the acronym but it's from the chairman. understand the kurds have been armed directly by this group, so i'm wondering -- i hear you saying two different things. i hear you saying we should support the amendment that called for arming the kurds directly, but we are letting the government of iraq be the referee of it all, to make sure we do not upset them. we do armed the kurds, others do as well. other countries are arming the kurds also. in this nominal nominal manner for the reason we support multi-sectarian governments in iraq. that is simply the reason why we do it. to belabor the point, but there is consensus that the administration is on board with the provisions we had to step up our support of the kurds. i don't think it'

because i'm hearing reports that, in fact, although the iraqi government in baghdad promised us there would be no shi'a malishes did what they did was dress up. so the key question is will they try to press sunnis or will they give them a share shake? if they won't, it's back to square one eventually and just endless fighting. deirdre: so, colonel, i want to bring back something you said as well about this idea that terrorists did leave behind ieds, they left behind other forms of booby traps. i mean we have to assume that these terrorists will not give up territory quietly. if you were planning the response or a preresponse, what is the most important step right now for the u.s. military to consider? >> well, the most important step is resolve on the part of the american president because ultimately no matter how well our forces are quipped and trained. if the nation's ceo doesn't show resolve and and the willingness to support our troupes, ultimately you don't get there. so right now this is a nice return on a small investment to put it in wall street terms. but ultimately it's goin

but baghdad and iran oppose that.endsing in troops it's one way to maintain good relations within the region. >> reporter: but those good relations have angered others. speaking in baghdad a leading shia politician issued a warn to go ankara. >> translator: in case these forces didn't leave and didn't get hit by iraqi air force it would be followed by other forces, american, saudi, qatar and other islamic countries. therefore it's a beginning and a test that's why they should be a real confrontation by the parliament and i ask the parliament to hold an emergency session to take the right decision to back our government. >> reporter: many say this is a proposal to force a turkish troops out of the country. however, turkey says it was invited. >> translator: around 2,000 volunteer fighters from mosul have been train there had for the past year, supporting them in their fight against daesh this, training has been lounge offed upon the request of the governor of mosul and it has been coordinated by the iraqi defense minis

. >> defense secretary ash carter goes to baghdad to offer more military support to reluctant iraqi leaders. >>> broken truce. yemen's day old ceasefire and peace talks are in danger of collapse with both sides blaming the other. >>> rates rising. >> i think it's important not to overblow the significance of this first move. >> the federal reserve raises interest rates for the first time in almost a decade. markets around the world are reacting. >>> and back on display. why the mask of king tut needed a face lift. ogood evening i'm antonigood ev. this is al jazeera's international news hour. the fight behind the fight of i.s.i.l. defense secretary ash carter made an unexpected trip to baghdad acknowledge he said he was there to help but he received no new commitments. foreign secretary phillip hammond told parliament that russia continues to target syrian rebels with air strikes. only a quarter aimed at i.s.i.l. targets. and there are signs that i.s.i.l.'s economic engine is starting to sputter. the u.s. military says it's finally seeing a drop of i.s.i.l.'s oil revenues. jamie mcintire is

thousands of members of iraq's shia militias came out in the capital of baghdad. they're calling on the government to push out turkish troops from the north. >> translation: today turkey is at our doors. they're saying that they will end the turkish invasion by military means. we are watching these people who say they want to fight turkey. if necessity don't do their duty, then we will take action after a while. >> reporter: iraq's government has filed a formal complaint with the u.n. the prime minister want turkish forces to withdraw from iraq immediately. >> translation: sending turkey's armed forces without the permission of the iraqi government is not considered a help against terrorism. it is a blatant violation of iraq's sovereignty. there is no other military armed forces of any other country except turkey on the iraqi land. it is without our permission or knowledge. all said otherwise is pure fabrication. >> reporter: many believe other regional powers are influencing iraqi retrospect rock. since turkey recent shot down a russian war plane moscow is using

i'm a colonel steve born brief reporters for a satellite from baghdad. baghdad.s is just under one hour. >> good afternoon everyone. we are pleased today to be joined from baghdad by colonel steve warren, from operation resolve. steve we'll turn it over to. >> good

ramadi, which is located about 55 miles west of baghdad, you can see on the map there, it has been one of the most significant cities under isis control. now that iraqi officials have reclaimed it, cutting off the

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baghdad instead is saying no, that they have to come through the central government. this is a problem essentially between iran which backs the government this baghdad and turkey which not only backs the kurds in iraq, but most importantly is against president assad in neighboring syria. and iranian support assad and the increased tension has led to this recent development over the controversy of the turkish troops about northern iraq. >> baghdad has been least helpful than is even possible. items astounding the level to this which entire thing is screwed up. we seem to have almost no influence in a place where we drop $2 trillion or $3 trillion. >> that's a good point. the problem that we have is we are constrained by the fact that we have these theoretical states called iraq and syria which still exist on paper, but in reality, the central governments in baghdad and damascus have not controlled their own territory for years. and dealing with that reality means sometimes having quite high tensions with dysfunctional governments and capitals. and there isn't a solutio

in baghdad and wherever you are watching from around the world, thank you very much for joining us. happening right now, we are following three important story ares involving u.s. forces overseas. in afghanistan, the taliban are claiming responsibility for the attack that killed u.s., six u.s. service members just outside of the bagram air base. to the south in helmand province, the taliban are making a resurgence right now, and fight ing fighting to capture some key areas, and in a iraq, the u.s.-led coalition is conducting the air strikes against isis targets in the key city of ramadi, and the air strikes are supporting iraqi forces who are trying to take back the scenter of the city, and reports right now that isis fighters are using the civilians for human shields to defend themselves from advancing forces. i want to start with the journalist sunni rasmussen from kabul. the afghanistan forces are running out of weapons and is supplies and despite pleas from the aftergan government, how dire is the situation for afghan forces in the helmand province right now? >> well sh, the dis

the city is only 110 kilometers west of baghdad. an iraqi journalist and political analyst said the army is taking an inclusive approach with sunni fighters part of it. >> it's very hard to put time lines, but the expectation little a martyr of days, partly because many areas of rimadi have been cleared of daish or isil fighters. at the moment, where they're moving towards is their actual headquarters, the former government complex. whether it's by the weekend or at least a matter of five, six days, it's not clear yet. what count's is of course what happens once they are inside the town center, what happens to the civilians. there has been some air cover from coalition forces, but that is being held off. they're trying not to use too much air power simply because there are still civilians inside and it's very hard when you're fighting a war that's a guerilla war. you do have the iraqi army taking the front line battles, and you also have tribal elements who are predominantly sunni arabs who are fighting with the army. that has been

many of them live in camps around baghdad. in the central african republic, they are struggling in a climate of instability fighting between muslims and christians over the past three years have left the country dealing with social and economic challenges. many government workers haven't been paid their salaries. but that hasn't affected the christmas spirit. >> translation: in fact, the town is lively. there is a lot of traffic which means the it is hard. >> reporter: people in france are being doesed to remain voyage lint after they go through their celebrations. security is tight in the chinese capital too after the british and u.s. government issued a warning after possible threats to westerners on or around the christmas period. that didn't stop hundreds of catholics from attending christmas eve mass in this communist country. in bethlehem thousands of worshippers led a mass. in the very spot where it is believed jesus christ was baorn >>> voting in the central african republic has been delayed for a fifth time now. the e

i'm a colonel steve born brief reporters for a satellite from baghdad. baghdad. this is just under one hour. >> good afternoon everyone. we are pleased today to be joined from baghdad by colonel steve warren, from operation resolve. steve we'll turn it over to. >> good afternoon. and iraq read recently conducted strikes against three leaders and isil's financial and leadership network. their removal will do great isil's ability to command and control troops, it disrupts disrupts their ability to finance their efforts. late november we killed abu salade, he was the financial minister, he was the most senior and experienced member of isil's financial network. he was a legacy al qaeda member. he was the third member of the finance network. killing him and his predecessors exhausted knowledge until it needed to correlate funding within the organization. also in late november week killed another one who is a senior leader of the extortion network. he was the third senior extortionist we killed recently. this is impairing isil's ability to extort money. another strike

their deployment of course caused diplomatic roe between baghdad and ankara and the latest from irbilrthern iraq and what more do you know? >> marteen we know the turkish troops who have been here for weeks and causing the rift between ankara and baghdad are out and we have spoken to sources in the peshmerga and forces loyal to the kurds here in northern iraq and say they saw multiple trucks, military-grade trucks arriving into iraqi territory from turkey last night and the trucks are on their way out with troops and heavy military equipment and the amount of troops are not clear and we heard numbers and turks saying 150 troops were sent and iraqis say more than a thousand troops have been stationed there but we know they are leaving after intense negotiations between ankara and baghdad and pressure coming from the u.n. after the government reached out to u.n. asking them to make turkey pull back its troops. turkey insists these troops are here for training purposes and not withdraw all of them but withdrawing most of them but the trainers will remain on the ground. >> live in irbil i

they retook the city of tikrit, 100 miles north of baghdad. in june, they drove isis out of the oil-rich city of baiji. then, last month, kurdish fighters in the north retook the town of sinjar. but the push for ramadi took seven months. and though the city center fell on monday, soldiers are still removing bombs from the rubble- filled city and searching for up to 700 militants who are believed to be hiding in the area. still, baghdad's ambassador to washington, lukman faily, told us yesterday, it's a milestone. >> retaking ramadi is symbolic, as you were just talking about, and at the same time, strategic. symbolic in the sense that we're telling the world the iraqi army is retaking initiative and that isis will be kicked out of iraq once and for all. >> warner: how long will it take them to clear the city enough so that the tens of thousands who fled, the civilians, will feel comfortable returning? >> it will not be an overnight work, because the booby traps issue. we have learned a great deal in tikrit when we cleansed it, that it took a f

deploying troops in northern iraq, and the anger that is causing in baghdad. a retired brigadier general in the iraqi army joins us from washington. >> thank you for being with us. as we were saying, the turks, turkish prime minister saying it's a routine location, and the turkish forces set up a camp in coordination with the iraqi authorities, what is your response to that? >> well, regardless of which statement is truthful, because the iraqi government is saying it's a violation to their sovereignty, or the iraq sovereignty. turks are saying they are coming with the invitation of the government. regardless of who is truthful party in this issue, i could say that this is not a healthy sign between iraq and turkey, and needs them to go through diplomatic channels to address the issue. this would be difficult efforting the main focus on fighting i.s.i.s., rather than engaging themselves in a conflict between iraq and turkey. >> how would you characterise turkey's commitment to fighting i.s.i.l. questions have been raised over that, and the perception that cher

iraqi troops say it may take a couple more days to push ice is entirely out ofs eddie just west of baghdad. -- the city just west of baghdad. >> a new full says that more americans thanver say that the terrorists are winning rate three quarters of americans are unhappy with how the fighting is going. they are more likely to say that terrorists are winning against the u.s. may have been at any point since 2011. ? government can prevent more major attacks if they wogjapan and south korea agree today to resolve the comfort women issue. this involves women who were forced to work for japanese soldiers during worla new foundation to support former korean comfort women, at about $8.3 million. they believe the issue has been resolved in a final and your reversible manner. >> back here in the u.s., the denver broncos quarterback being manning is denying using performance enhancing drugs while recovering from a neck injury in 2011. his reaction comes after a documentary on professional and waits -- professional athletes was posted online. he says he is disgusted and >> i cannot speak for any other