what daesh wants to be raised, the race, we must preserve and that requires defeating daesh but also demands the rejection of bigotry and discrimination. those things that facilitated the rise in the first place. this means as more areas are liberated residents need help not only to repair the infrastructure but also ensure that minorities can return in safety, that they are integrated into the local security forces and receive equal protection under the law. our goal after goal is not just to defeat daesh only to find that in a few years some new terrorist group with a different

we know daesh massacred hundreds of shia turk in mosul.ieged and starved the turkmen town of armily and kidnapped hundreds of shia turkmen women raping many in front much their own families. we know in areas under its control daesh made a systemic effort to destroy the cultural heritage of ancient communities, destroying armenian, syrian, orthodox and roman catholic churches, blowing up monasteries and toombs prophets. desecrating cemeteries. in paul myra even beheading 83-year-old scholar who spent a lifetime preserving antiquities there. we know daesh's actions are animated by extreme intolerant ideology that castigates yazidis as quote pagans and devil worshipers. we know that daesh has threatened christians by saying it will, quote, conquer your rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women. shia muslims meanwhile are referred to by daesh as quote, disbelievers and apostates and subjected to frequent and vicious attacks. in december, a year ago, a 14-year-old boy approached the gate of shiite mosque in baghdad, unzipped his jacket t

daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, ideology and action. in what it says comeau what it believes, and what it does. also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing directed at the same groups that in some cases also against sunni muslims, kurds, and other minorities. i say this even though the ongoing conflict and lack of access to key areas has made it impossible to develop a fully detailed and comprehensive picture of all that daesh is doing and all that it has done. we have not been able to compile a complete record. we don't have access to everywhere. over the past months we have conducted a review of the vast amount of information gathered by the state department, intelligence communities come outside groups. in august 2014 daesh killed hundreds of men and older women and trap tens of thousands on messenger without allowing access to food, water, or medical care it was clear those people would have been slaughtered. ultimately save many but not before daesh captured and enslaved thousands of women and girls. raping th

kerry: daesh is genocidal by ideology and actions. what it says, what it believes, and what it does. katty: political turmoil in brazil. former president lula's warning to be his successor's chief of staff, but is probably suspending the government. saving the art of afghanistan. one project is preserving the craft which has thrived there for centuries. katty: welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. the islamic state is committing genocide against christian and other minorities in iraq and syria, according to the u.s. secretary of state. this is only the second time the u.s. and ministries in made a designation during an ongoing conflict. it will do nothing to change american policy or actions on the ground. the bbc's gary o'donoghue has more. and: summer 14, humanitarian disaster is unfolding in sinjar in northern iraq. yazidis are the fleeing the islamic state, their men being murdered, their women being taken into sexual slavery. after pressure from congress and humanitarian groups, the state department is

this is the fight that daesh has defined. daesh has created this. daesh has targeted their victims. daesh has self defined itself as genocidal. mind thatar in the best response is a reaffirmation of the fundamental right to survive of every group targeted for destruction. to be race, wes must preserve. that requires defeating daesh and the rejection of bigotry, discrimination. those things that facilitated its rise in the first place. that means that as more areas are liberated, residents will need help to repair infrastructure and to ensure that minorities can return in safety. that they are integrated into local security forces and receive equal protection under the law. our goal is not just to defeat daesh, only to find that in a terroristsome new group with a different acronym has taken its place. our purpose is to marginalize and defeat violent extremists once and for all. that is not easy. we know that. as president obama and i have said, it will not happen overnight. today, i say to our yellow citizens and the international community, we must recognize what daesh is doing to

daesh out of the city or do you have no position on who controls the city and its ancient ruins. >> thank you for giving me another crack. a do over, right? so a couple of thoughts. first of all, as you well know and i think you have traveled to palmyra at one point? yet. it's a long-suffering place, and isil invaded the city in 2015, the assad regime respond with increased airstrikes causing many civilian casualties. it suffered from isil atrocities, that includes the gruesome murder last august of khaled assad, and the sector spoken about this, who was beheaded. its history and culture have been systematically wiped out by isil. it just looted its historical sites. so all of that under consideration, of course our priority, and i said this yesterday, is defeating and destroying daesh. that remains our priority. and yet we also recognize that replacing one or replacing their by their -- barbaric role with assad's journey is not -- tyranny is not a great trade off of a great solution. the syrian people should not have to decide between isil and assad, and that's again what i was trying to

that civil war in syria fuels daesh.ng what we are doing now, we are working to further isolate, to weekend, and to ultimately defeat them. we are working intensively to stop the spread of daesh and its affiliates within and beyond is -- beyond the region. my purpose in appearing before you today is to research -- to assert that, in my judgment, daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including and shia christians, muslims. i say this, even though the ongoing conflict and the lack of access to key areas has made it impossible to have a detailed encumbrance of picture of all the daesh is doing and all that it has done. we have not been able to compile a complete record. we don't have access to everywhere. but over the past months, we have conducted the review of the vast amount of information gathered by the state department, by our intelligence community, by outside groups. my conclusion is based on that information and on the nature of the acts reported. we know that in august 2013,

. >>> daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, ideology and actions. >> secretary of state john kerrylasts isil for committing genocide against minorities. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm richelle carey. judge merrick garland today begins the battle of his professional life trying to convince republican senators to even consider his nomination to the supreme court. the judge is meeting later today with democrats on capitol hill. but even republicans who admit he is qualified say garland is not going to get a hearing. john terrett live for us in washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: hello, good morning. >> so the judge spoke on the phone with senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell wednesday. fell -- tell us what else is on the agenda. >> reporter: i understand that mitch mcconnell said i'm speaking to you on the telephone because i don't want to be rude, but we have no intention for a hearing. so the detail today is he is going to meet with patrick leahy at 2:30. and the republicans are determined to reject the nomination. nothing personal, it's ju

also in this program -- >> daesh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its controlincluding asighdyes, christians and shiite muslims. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says isil is responsible for crimes against humanity. >>> the south african president is shouted down in parliament while answering questions about his links to a local powerful family. ♪ >>> and closing the gap campaign. australia's efforts to improve the lyes and health of its indigenous people. muse ♪ >>> our top story. the u.n.'s humanitarian advisor says they are still unable to deliver aid to six regions in syria where people are starving. >> it turns out that it was more tick nickly difficult than we had thought. this has been from a great height since it is the i.s. that is controlling the ground. they may have surface to air missiles. so it has to be at great height, great speed, and the parachutes have to sustain this enormous jolt of the palettes leaving. >> our diplomatic editor james bayes tracking all of the developments for us as ever. james your reading of those comments? >> re

threats from daesh, from pkk and from y pg all groups he describes as terrorists. and that the russian attacks were more against civilians according to this man than against terrorist groups. shoulder to shoulder we stand with nato said the turkish prime minister. nato echoing those sentiments. now the deadlines expire for relatives on board the missing flight 370 to file any claims of compensation. the plane which had 239 on board disappeared two years ago, having taken off from kuala lumpur on its way to beijing where it nery arrived. most of the passengers were chinese and the wait for what happened has taken its toll, as you can understand, on some. we'll report more on that a little bit later. okay, to zimbabwe. remote communities are struggling to keep languages alive. 16 different languages are recognized in the country's constitution. most are not widely spoken, written or taught in schools. the last of our series on disappearing languages they have been finding out how th one dialect is in danger of dying out. >> these men are in their 70s. they're speakin

daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, ideology, and by actions.n what it says, what it believes, and what it does. daesh is also responsible for crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing, directed at these same groups and in this some cases also against sunni muslims, kurds, and owe minorities. i say this even though the ongoing conflict and lack of access to key areas has made it impossible to develop a fully detailed and comprehensive picture of all that daesh is doing. >> reporter: the head of the u.n.'s humanitarian task force has outlied some of the challenges aid sees are facing trying to deliver supplies to besieged areas of syria. six of the 18 regions that were isolated still haven't been reached. it is thought that isil may target air drops to some of those besieged towns. >> it turns out it was more technically difficult than we thought. it has to be from a great height since it is the i.s. that is controlling the area on the ground. they may have surface to air missiles. so it has to be at a great height, at great speed, and the pa

. >>> daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, ideology and actions. >> secretary of state john kerry blasts isil for committing genocide against minorities. >>> and tens of thousands protest in brazil over claims of government corruption. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm richelle carey. accusations are flying on capitol hill right now over flint's water crisis. michigan's governor and the epa chief are trading blame. several house members have accused rick snyder of knowing about the crisis months before he did anything about it. >> this was a -- failure of government at all levels. we all failed the families of flint. this isn't about politics nor partisanship. i'm not going to point fingers or shift blame. there is plenty to share, and neither will help the people of flint. not a day or night goes by that this tragedy doesn't weigh on my mind. the questions i should have asked, the answers i should have demanded, how i could have prevented this. >> democrats are focusing their attacks on governor snyder. many house republicans blame the epa. >> we condu

and this is in the fight against daesh. let me emphasize. as part of our effort, part of the president's effort to explore every possibility that is reasonable of ways in which to have an impact on ending the scourge of daesh, that is being evaluated. >> what about other countries in the region -- pakistan, turkey, egypt, algeria, morocco? have you had discussions of their potential to send ground troops to fight isis? >> there have been broad discussions with various -- mill -- mil to mil discussions and intel discussions regarding the possibility. >> chairman, can i ask unanimous consent request? >> yes. >> i ask unanimous consent the letter dated dice 13, 2012 addressed to then secretary hillary rodham clinton be placed in the record. >> without objection. >> i would further ask that the response from the state department dated march 27, 2013 to then-chairman darrel issa be placed in the record. >> without objection. >> lastly, i would ask that the news articles from the daily caller dated january 30, 2016 and "the hill" dated 2/2/2016 be

daesh is isolated.hat's why i can say to you with such confidence we will destroy it. >> secretary kerry, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> outfront next, an amazing story of survival here in brussels. you're going to meet a woman. she was separated from her husband as she tried to protect her four children during the airport attack. that woman will be my guest tonight. the fight between ted cruz and donald trump got even uglier tonight. this time over a salacious tabloid story. try nexium 24hr, now the #1 selling brand for frequent heartburn. get complete protection with the new leader in frequent heartburn. that's nexium level protection. testing, testing... 1, 2, 3, 4... ♪ ♪look out honey... ♪because i'm using technology...♪ ♪ ♪ain't got time to make no apologies...♪ ♪ ♪soul radiation in the dead of night...♪ ♪love in the middle of a fire fight...♪ ♪ ♪honey gotta strike me blind... ♪somebody gotta save my soul... ♪baby penetrates my mind... ♪ ♪ [cheering] ♪and i'm the world's forgotten boy...♪ ♪

many people have left daesh, recognizing it was a lie. that all the things they had been told were lies. some of those people were executed. others managed to get away. they've come back to tell the story of the lie. so, we don't know how many people precisely there are who have filtered their way back in. but, i believe very deeply that as we put additional pressure on daesh in syria, and iraq, it is entirely possible that in some other part of the world, people will lash out out of desperation. >> are you concerned about attacks on american airports? american metro stations? attacks like the ones we have seen here. which intelligence says are linked to isis head quarters? a different profile than san bernardino. >> let me put it to you this way. law enforcement and intelligence community, people have to get it right to prevent an take. every minute of every day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. if somebody wakes up one morning in their apartment and decides to kill themselves and take people with them, they can most l

libya, in general, and libyan society is not hospitable to daesh. libyan culture and -- despises extremism. throughout our history, the libyan people are moderate in nature, and that applies to the islamic institutions as well. however, the deteriorating economic situation in my country makes an increasing number of desperate libya can you vulnerable to recruitment, to these radical groups. the lack of social economical opportunities and the marginalization in addition to the failed state and poor government that we had during the past couple of years since our revolution pose a real challenge for any future, good governance in libya. again, it's critical to recognize that violent extremism tends to strive in environment characterized by violent, democracy deficit and corruption. and, unfortunately, we have all of these diseases in libya today. in addition to that, the prologue and political conflict in the country makes it difficult to counter isis and come up with an effective strategy. i must also mention that it's not only isis that we have in l

daesh is genocidal by self proclamation, ideology, and actions?says, what it believes, and what it does. daesh is also responsible for crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing, directed at the same groups, and in some cases also against sunni muslims, kurds, and other minorities. i say this even though the ongoing conflict and lack of access to key areas has made it impossible to develop a fully detailed and comprehensive picture of all that daesh is doing. >> the united nations humanitarian advisor says they are still unable to deliver aid to six regions in syria where people are starving. the task force leader has revealed his fears that isil may target the air drops. >> it turns out that it was more technically difficult than we thought. this has to be from great heights since the i.s. may have surface to air missiles. so it has to be from a great height. it has to be at great speed, and the parachutes have to sustain this enormous jolt of the palettes leaving. >> let's take you live to geneva and james bayes. it was sounded as secretary k

it is true, terrorism and what we mean by terrorism is daesh, it is our priority. and of the priorities is that you win the terrorism you have to find a political solution in syria. what about all of you helping us. you will see suddenly we will be able to focus on daesh, and by doing so, helping both syria and europe. that's why your message today was very helpful to bring it back to the issues, which is trying to find a solution in syria, and urgently just because yesterday we were reminded that it is urgent. thank you. the questions are open,nly on syria, and only on this occasion. not about the negotiations, which we'll be talking about tomorrow. [ inaudible question ] >> good evening, what was the main message the negotiations gave to you? what can you tell us? and apparently one of the main issues that this delegation was about the european sanctions. can you confirm this? >> this issue was not discussed. our talks were only focused on the support to the u.n.-led process on the negotiations. and that stephen underlined, rightly so, that the meeting of that de

. >>> daesh is genocidal by self-proclamation and by ideology and actions. >> the u.s. said they committed genocide again the jazzdyes and others. how drought is threatening west africa's last giraffes. brazil is facing a political crisis after a judge blocked the appointment of former president lula da ville va. as chief the staff to his successor dilma rousseff. the federal judge issued an injunction on the grounds of the appointment could derail legal proceedings against lula. the prosecutors have charged the former president with money laundering and fraud as part of an investigation into corruption at the state oil company petrobras. opposition politicians accused rousseff of bringing lula into the government to protect him but also to secure his support in blocking impeachment procedures against rousseff herself for alleged financial mismanagement. thousands of protestors back out on the streets expressing their opposition to rousseff's attempt to put lul la to the cabinet. it's the second day of demonstrations with protests late into the night on wednesday. dilma

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we know daesh massacred hundreds of shia turkmen at mosul. besieged and starved a town ask kidnapped hundreds of women, raping many in front of their own families. we know that in areas under its control daesh has made a systemic effort to destroy the cultural heritage of ancient roman catholic churches, blowing up monasteries and tombs of prophets, desecrating cemeteries and beheading an 83-year-old scholar who spent a lifetime preserving antiquities there. >> every weekend on "american history tv" on c-span 3, feature programs that tell the american story. some of the highlights for this weekend include saturday evening at 8:00 p.m. eastern on lectures in history. david o'connell discusses presidential legacies and the factors that contribute to a successful presidential term. then at 10:00 p.m. on real america in september of 1963 two months prior to his death president kennedy traveled across the united states to promote conservation of natural resources for future generati generations. sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the white house r

we can see we have shrunk amount of territory daesh have in iraq by about 40%. we're seeing also some progress in syria as well but this is going to take time and we must show patience and persistence to make sure we rid the world of this evil death cult. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the prime minister's energy policy is complete shambles. wholly dependent upon the troubled and eye watering expensive nuclear plant at hinckley. there is barely a plan a let alone a plan b. is the prime minister speaking to build the world's most expensive power station or the world's biggest white elephant. >> we're planning to continue successful energy policy seeing cheaper energy and lower carbon at the same time. now the whole strength of the hinckley deal is that there is no payment unless this power station goes ahead and built efficiently by edf. and i think that will be good for our energy supplies because if you want to have energy at low cost and low carbon you need to have strong nuclear energy at the harte of your system. >> kevin olenrich. >> thank you, mr. speaker. res

libya in general and libyan society is not hospitable to daesh.libyan culture and religious despised extremism.throughout our history the libyan people are moderate in nature and that applies to the islamic constitutions as well. however, the proliferating economic situation in my country may send increasing number of desperate libyan youth vulnerable to the recruitment to these radical groups. the lack of social economic opportunities and marginalization gives addition to the failed state and poor governance we had during the past couple of years since our revolution those real challenges for any future good governance in libya. again, it's critical to recognize that violent extremism tends to thrive in an environment that is characterized by complex poor governance, democracy deficits and corruption and unfortunately we have all of these diseases in libya today and in addition to that, the prolonged end result of political conflict in the country makes it difficult to counter crisis and, with an effective strategy. i must also mention that it's

i will tell you, though, that one thing, i think, is important to remember is that this group, daesh, again, not saying that they are responsible for this, but they are under increasing pressure in iraq and syria, and we are seeing them resort to more traditional terrorist tactics, like suicide bombings and car bombs and those kind of things, because they are able to hold and grab the territory they once were. because they are suffering a lot of hits to their resources. they're having trouble recruiting, they're losing lots of defectors now in ways they weren't before. they're even higher now child soldiers to go into the field with their, you know, adult male fighters. so this is a group that is not operating at all the way it used to. and we think that one of the reasons why you're starting to see more of these kinds of attacks, even in baghdad, is because this group is under some pressure. >> yes, but it's terrorism. >> right. >> we have nypd with automatic weapons outside this building in new york city and outside subway stations and train stations and airports and city upon city

please join me to welcome julian borger daesh. [applause] >> thank-you to politics ambrose. in that publicity that is distinguished redeye when prematurely gray. they give you very much and from my publishers to take of lipa faith and realize fled they were taken and why are there so many names in the in -ic? but i was glad to see initially that at first but to take off after that but what the publisher said this says there is so much about the west with western intervention m perhaps it is all very complicated that it took four years to intervene and stop the killing. and it is my hope to break through that barrier of what is universal of internationalist humanitarian law. because those toughest problems of foreign policy then and now. co was in bosnia during the war in macaulay's you were there were astonished after the war with there were 64,000 troops and they didn't go after these people bin data point of avoiding in fact, but i kept tabs on it to see the rest gathered momentum in its in 2008 and i wrote up a thought it was striking here is the un mission and we went th

for us it is the clash with radical extremists like daesh. for the lebanese it is a very serious rob. lebanon can only function under the consensus of the religious groups in the country. they've done pretty well in the last couple of years, having the consensus of having the consensus of daesh and al qaeda on their border. by putting pressure on hezbollah you are actually putting pressure on the lebanese political system and driving a wedge between the groups. the question is will they work together or break into factions more than they have been? >> be russian air strikes, aftermath of strike, a bus in homs was hit killing at least 15 he people. a deal is in place to stop much of the fighting in syria but i.s.i.l. is not included in the truce. >>> for a second friday demonstrators in syria have taken advantage of the temporary ceasefire to protest against assad government. protests were held across the country in at least 15 cities including azaz, in a spall town to the north of idlib, el nusra front supporters disrupted the peaceful demons

ultimately the solution is to destroy daesh, but even then we stop the threat of terrorism.lity of the times we live in that these individuals are always going to be out there who want to get out these kinds of attacks. and we need to do everything we can, and that's the u.s., it's europe of its countries around the world, to try to prevent that, to tighten up the net, to try to disrupt these networks, but it's a challenge. >> can we move on? >> please. >> it's on human. >> i'm sorry, brad. obligate to you. >> do you know if iran played any help for role to achieve disagreement on a cessation of hostility's in yemen? >> i don't. obviously, excuse me. the saudis played a role in this as well as the gcc. i don't really have an assessment of what, if any, role iran deeply in debt. i just don't. -- did play in that. >> i wanted to get another crack on syria and yesterday. it seems that the syrian army backed by the russians has pushed into palmeiro now. are you hoping that they push daesh out of the city or do you have no position on who controls the city and its ancient ruins.

. >> enemy, daesh, yes. >> the smoke that's out there on the horizon?> from an air strike? >> yes. >> the coalition forces. >> do you have any friendly troops, any peshmerga forward west of that line right here? >> you see the line over there. that's the defensive trench. there are no civilians in this place anymore. >> as seen in the photos, the peshmerga have proof that isis is using chemical weapons against the kurds just as saddam hussein did when he was in power. this is one enormous refugee camp. >> nice to see you. >> thank you very much. >> leland sal is the program manager of this refugee camp sheltering thousands of syrians. how many live in this camp, just this one camp? >> yeah. the number of the families, there are about 5,500 families and the individuals around 30, 30,000 individuals, yeah. >> everything we have seen so far, there's an enormous burden on the government of kurdistan, the regional government. >> on the shoulders of the government, yeah. >> american aid, government -- >> yeah, yeah. >> -- goes to baghdad. but it doesn't get h

and we will defeat daesh. have no question about that. we just moved with troops that we support on some -- we are making enormous progress there. we together with the enormous efforts of the iraqi military now liberated 40% of the territory that was held by daesh. we're moving on heat. we will move on mosul. we have cut off the road of access to raqqah and mosul. there are many other things we can discuss in the course of the morning. we are assisting the government in baghdad as its seeks to professionalize the security forces and through the international syria support group which we formed and put together, we have helped design a plan that's resulted in the delivery of a possible cessation of hostilities to take place on saturday. we have a team that will be working in geneva and another team working in the next couple days directly with the cochairs. the russians. in an effort to try to encourage that process to take hold. i will say that for the first time in years five or six communities have received

>> translator: a coalition of more than 16 countries have tried to fight daesh. the czech republic provided a supply of ammunition as well as weapons for the iraq he army and the weapons are to the central iraqi government and provided directly to the kurdish fighters who actually gained victories in the north. i'm very happy that the czech republic allowed or made it possible for the army to fly that jet planes that increased the capacity and trained the pilots of the army. so a few days ago the government proved the presence of the military advisory team that would be directly deployed in iraq but the direct support for through the weapons and ammunition of training and we must be ready to cooperate in a number of other projects that increase the capacity of the state to fight against daesh. it demonstrates the facts dot there are weaknesses that need to be the further regime in iraq and in order to be able to defeat the daesh, we have to focus to provide military training as well as rejuvenate the economy and stability in the region. we need to be able to coun

here he is a bit earlier today, using the word daesh, another name for isis or isil. >> daesh is responsiblentrol including yazidi, christians and shia muslims. daesh is genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology and by actions. it is entire world view is based on a eliminating those who do not subscribe to its perverse ideology. bill: secretary kerry also adding that any potential criminal charges against the extremists must result from an international investigation. more on this coming up with colonel ralph peters in a moment. meanwhile defense secretary ash carter testifying right now before the senate. that hearing comes a day after the army's top general deliver ad dire warning about national security. jennifer griffin is live with that from the pentagon. jennifer, do we expect to hear, or what would we hear from the defense secretary today? reporter: well the opening statements have just begun and we expect the defense secretary ash carter and chairman of the joint chiefs, general joe dunford and the pentagon's comptroller to argue against further defense budget cuts, bill. expect fi

in iraq and syria. >> daesh has executed christians solely because of their faith. it executed 49 coptic christians in libya and has forced christian women and girls into sexual slavery. we know that daesh massacred hundreds in mozul, besieged and starved, and kidnapped hundreds of men and women, raping many in front of their own families. >> reporter: kerry said part of the response must be to destroy isis by military force. he wants to provide emergency aid and continue the coalition's efforts to choke off isis finances and slow recruitment of foreign fighters. dari: unimaginable. steve: one baseball player would rather lose $13 million than follow team rules about kids in the clubhouse. dari: see how teammates are defending his decision to retire. steve: and the amount americans patrick's day celebrations. p (vo) with thousands of qualityr pre-owned vehicles... rand exceptional customervservice, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... pflip your thinking about buying dari: well, more than 25 years aft

because they are ready to fight daesh.w them to gain hegemony in the region and this is the case so far, because i would say the shiite radical axis led by iran, hezbollah in lebanon, the houthis in yemen, shiite elements in bahrain, saudi arabia, this axis is exploiting the deal now to gain hegemony. for sure the hegemony in tehran, in a way hegemony in baghdad with the government, hegemony in beirut regarding hezbollah and now there is going to be hegemony in damascus. so to perceive iran as a central player in solving or settling, bringing about stability to the region, no way. so to leave us, talking about syria, with iran dominating syria, we can't believe it. and this is the case so far. looking to the last two years, going back to the last two years regarding terror attacks perpetrated on syrian soil, in golan heights, the ten of them, that were all of them, actually, ten terror attacks, perpetrated, operated by iran revolutionary guard. not even one attack by sunni and they did it from -- governed in the territory.

and its allies will destroy the terror group which biden referred to as daesh. a name officials say isis militants find offensive. >> we have to squeeze the heart of daesh in iraq and syria so they can't continue to pump their poison into the region and the rest of the world. and that's what we're doing with our coalition partners. we're hitting daesh fighters and leaders harder than ever. >> reporter: biden spoke at a key air base. a main launch point for coalition operations targeting isis in syria and iraq. >> i want to particularly recognize the way which the uae has stepped up and expanded their role in this campaign. you capture the images that provide us with the intelligence we need. >> reporter: the vice president's remarks come as the pentagon says coalition air strikes have destroyed an isis operations. this as the death toll is rising in hilla, iraq. an isis truck bomb exploded sunday killing more than 60 and wounding another 95. on monday more than 50 died in clashes between security forces and isis militants in tunisia near the libyan border. this

>> sir, i would say clearly the most dangerous near-term threat is isil or daesh.e will deal with that threat as a part of an international coalition. i would say the greatest mid to long-term threat to stability in the region is clearly iran. and we will need to work with our coalition -- our partners in the region to really counter the malign activity that we've seen iran conduct over time. >> the additional revenue that iran has coming now, because oil is starting to flow, revenue from that. do you see that exasperating the problem? >> it certainly adds a little fuel to the problem, sir. they were going to spend money on their military and buy weapons anyway. this gives them some capability to do more. having said that, the gcc is working together probably in ways they haven't done in the past, and they continue to buy healthy dose of our equipment and our weapons as well. they're increasing their capability as well. >> also with the change of regime there, the last election they just had showed a lot of the moderates got elected and some of the extremes got pus

we have continued the fight against daesh. we're gaining momentum. in the past year, our coalition forces have upped the ante, flying more than 55,000 sorties in support of operation inherent resolve, and that's a threefold increase of sorties as compared to 2014. so this is from strike aircraft like the f-16, the f-15, the a-10, the b-1s. they're deliberately and dynamically striking daesh every day, enabling the iraqi, kurd and syrian partners to recapture territory. and then there's the isr aircraft, like the mq-1s and 9s, that are developing targets and striking them when they expose themselves. and then we have our kc-135s and our kc-10 refueling aircraft that are supporting this incredible daily sortie rate in both iraq and syria, and, really, all around the world. there's more than 16,000 airmen deployed in the region, and they are working diligently to sustain these operations that i've described to you seven days a week. now, as you know, this persistent effort against daesh is taking a toll on our aircraft, our readiness and our airmen, and

. >> enemy, daesh, yes. >> the smoke that's out there on the horizon? >> yes. >> from an air strike? >> yes. >> the coalition forces. >> do you have any friendly troops, any peshmerga forward west of that line right here? >> you see the line over there. that's the defensive trench. there are no civilians in this place anymore. >> as seen in the photos, the peshmerga have proof that isis is using chemical weapons against the kurds just as saddam hussein did when he was in power. this is one enormous refugee camp. >> nice to see you. >> thank you very much. heland sal is program manager of the refugee camp sheltering thousands of syrians. how many live in this camp, just this one camp? >> yeah. the number of the families, there are about 5,500 families and the individuals around 30, 30,000 individuals, why. >> everything we have seen so far, there's an enormous burden on the government of kurg stan, the regional government. >> on the shoulders of the kri government, why. >> american aid, government -- >> yeah, why. >> -- goes to baghdad. but it doesn't ge

. >> enemy, daesh, yes. >> the smoke that's out there on the horizon? >> yes. >> from an air strike? >> yes. >> the coalition forces. >> do you have any friendly troops, any peshmerga forward west of that line right here? >> you see the line over there. that's the defensive trench. there are no civilians in this place anymore. >> as seen in the photos, the peshmerga have proof that isis is using chemical weapons against the kurds just as saddam hussein did when he was in power. this is one enormous refugee camp. >> nice to see you. >> thank you very much. heland sal is program manager of the refugee camp sheltering thousands of syrians. how many live in this camp, just this one camp? >> yeah. the number of the families, there are about 5,500 families and the individuals around 30, 30,000 individuals, why. >> everything we have seen so far, there's an enormous burden on the government of kurg stan, the regional government. >> on the shoulders of the kri government, why. >> american aid, government -- >> yeah, why. >> -- goes to baghdad. but it doesn't ge

i can go around a lot of countries, because what we know today, that daesh, and this is for the first time, the terrorist group had this important member of foreign fighters, and the number today surround 45,000 foreign fighters. what we observed last month, that more than 4000 are dead of syria and iraq to libya. we know also that a lot of young people from the region who have opportunity to move to syria and iraq, and now to libya, are still in. they have today the capability, they have all what they need as many, and they have weapons. so how we can face this a global enemy with only national policies. it would be very difficult, facing the global enemy. we need global responses and we need global strategies. the second element is transnational organized crime, and i think in this issue, we talk less about drug trafficki trafficking. and i remember, we had once years ago very important program about these issues. today, 185 arrived every year to the west of africa and the sahel region. it represents 25% from international markets of cocaine, and the needs of the european market fro

we have taken people who are s disaffected by daesh. many of those have been executed when they have tried to leave, but those who have made it out are a powerful testimony to the contrary. we're doing a lot of that. saudi arabia is about to open a similar communications center, malaysia, and others. the communications center is critical as anything in preventing future recruits from being created. >> we need to go to mr. jeff duncan of south carolina. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, you seem to have an affinity for iran that i don't share. they recently chant death to america. they're the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism and we just gave them billions of dollars, upwards of 150 billion which they can continue to export terrorism around the globe. will we ever learn? i hope that doesn't come at the cost of american lives through an act of terror backed by iran. i'd love to go back to something chairman mccaul was touching on earlier and that's hr-158 the visa waiver program. there were three areas that were exceptio

kerry says the world view of the group, also known as daesh, is based on eliminating those who don'tts "perverse ideology." >> there's no question in my mind that if daesh succeeded in establishing a caliphate, it would seek to destroy what remains of ethnic and mosaic religions once thriving in the region. >>> russian president vladamir putin says he will continue to support the syrian government in its fight against armed groups, even if some of his forces withdraw from the country. putin says syrian president bashar al assad agreed with his decision to remove the russian troops, adding moscow could relocate back to syria within a few hours. the withdrawal of troops, they say, should be complete in two or three days. >>> partisan attacks took center stage today during a capitol hill hearing on the lead contamination crisis in flint, michigan. house democrats took aim at michigan republican governor rick snyder and republicans attacked the epa boss gina mccarthy. >> reporter: on the hotseat, the governor of michigan receiving a tongue lashing from members of congress. >> you are not

but today it is basically every country in the continent all the way for the sympathizers of daesh.o in other words, we are talking about the so-called caliphate and if you have an opportunity, try to read that report and the general will go into some details. so again, the threat is growing by day. this week as we know right here in washington, there is a summit on the nuclear security and our representatives from all over the world, africa, asia, so on have the issue of the nuclear terrorism, so it is only a matter of time. it isn't if, but when we would have to face the nuclear trigger breast incident. and we have to be concerned because even according to the reports we know that daesh had some intentions to target the nuclear facilities and so on. so with this introduction i'd like to introduce the great american general gray. [applause] it's my distinct privilege to have an opportunity to introduce a great warrior, american, and someone i just know you are going to be delighted to listen to. no matter how smart you are i predict that you're going to learn something. general kip

it's important blow against daesh in europe. there were many individuals who would show their extreme dangerness. >> abdeslam's arrest brings a four-month arrest. the network that was involved is still very much ongoing. >> another twist in the political crisis gripping brazil. and we report from the republic of cond con--congo where the president said he would cheat to make sure he stays in power after sunday's election. ((úz@ú9 >> welcome back. the top stories on al jazeera. five people have been killed in an explosion in istanbul. dozens more injured. all 62 people on board a plane that crashed in russia are confirmed dead. investigators are trying to determine what caused it to crash. >>> police arrest suspects in last november's paris attacks. >> the police strikes. brazilian judge has blocked the of luiz inacio lula da silva. it is the latest twist in the crisis that brings protesters to the streets. >> sao paolo is the heartland of the workers party. if they weren't heard here, they criticize the brazilian judiciary who

. >> in my judgment daesh is responsible for genocide including yazidi, christians, and shia muslims. daesh is genocidal by proclamation, ideology and by actions, in what it says, what it believes, and what it does. >> kerry's statement meets a march 17th deadline included last year in the government spending bill and comes three days after the house passed a non-binding resolution saying that isis is committing genocide. it was a rare unanimous vote, 393-0. the declaration does not obligate the u.s. to take additional action against isil. much like the only other time the u.s. issued a similar declaration. in 2004 secretary of state colin powell said that the atrocities in darfur's region instituted genocide but only after lawyers ruled the declaration did not obligate the u.s. to intervene in sudan to stop the killing. meanwhile, ash carter and his stop military adviser general joseph dunford said that the effort to deal a lasting defeat continues to researc ratchet up the effort and training fight tours take them on. neither could say if isil's strongholds in iraq and syria would b

key areas has made it impossible to develop a fully detailed and comprehensive picture of all that daesh is doing. >>> we go live to geneva where the syrian opposition group is currently speaking. >> the position and what they had handed in terms of documents. on our side we are comfortable with written documents, and that is what we did today. we are hoping that he can press the other side to do the same. to provide such documents. we also had a discussion about the time frame, a brief discussion really, because we are keen to move quickly. we are very keen to avoid a process that does not deliver. he reasserted that it was a six-month time frame. hopefully less, but certainly not more. that, to us, is a reassurance. the question of detainees, which we raised last time, was also an issue, an important point in the discussion. it was about detainees but also about the disappeared. the numbers are considerable. from the side of all the syrian families who have been affected because some of their family members have been kidnapped or have disappeared, have nots been reported as prisoners i