at the concrete actions right and if there is a connection to al qaeda if there's a connection to eisele it is up to any member states of the international community to suggest that for sanctioning un security council regime going to be put on that least i mean if one is i mean it requires of course the full consensus of all fifteen members of the security council suggestions can come from only sticks in your experience if one member state comes up and says i think that this group in syria is looks very much like what are the chances of it being put on the list equal as in any other region to be talking as it always is a oc act of long negotiations to get any group on the time much politics figure in those negotiations is it only about security or is it primarily politics i would not be able to tell you what the of course the security council is a inherently political body right but me as the head of the advisory team i'm not the decision maker and i'm not particularly involved in who gets on the list and it's not on the list that's the negotiations between those who suggest to groups an

backing separate forces against eisel and all of them are currently advancing on darrow's or which many consider to be i sold the last foothold in syria now russia is of course backing the syrian arab army and they were and fired into the country by the government and then we have washington who was of course never invited in working with the so-called moderate opposition the syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. and what we have today is on early on monday we have we're publishing an article claiming that russian airstrikes actually hit those u.s. backed rebels in there as our province the s.c.f. allege that one of its fighters were killed and two were injured in the strikes adding that they will not stand by idly and reserve the right to hit back i would assume russia has responded to these accusations of course russia has refuted the report saying that all of their strikes took place on locations that were current confirmed to be terrorist locations as part of the syrian army's operation to destroy foothold in the russian air force has been carrying out high precision strikes against te

control and using those munitions we fought eisel and won they weren't able to break any of our lines hundreds of them were killed all their attacks against the airport failed even when using car bombs and suicide attacks we faced them down bravely. well our documentary team has been to the very heart of the battle to rid syria of islamic state a creature leveled to the scene of fierce clashes to film those fighting to banish the terror group from the country. graco is now is surrounded by u.s. backed syrian democratic forces consisting mainly of kurdish militia clashes are ongoing as the terrorists are still in control of several blocks of the city we spoke to the director of the documentary about what the team experienced. when we went to make this film we had no idea what we're going to come across we had literally no idea we started to build our story. three points are on the road to rock and the first point was the medical point the second point was the women's point and the foreign volunteers point. was. the one quality that you know it's all of them is the very altruistic they'

syrian government forces target eisel fighters on the east side of the euphrates river commanders say place too in circling the enemy in. their fate as hell and the. operation step by step toward any. good news for the situation and arizona highlights the complexity of the battlefield in syria as russian backed government forces advance on i so say moving closer to territory held by u.s. backed kurdish fighters they say they've been able to make rapid progress against eisel and take in large parts of the countryside. province regime forces continue to hit their targets from the and on the ground several civilians have been killed in the area over the last few days and the russian submarine has fired cruise missiles at fighters from the former al nusra front now calling itself jabot fattah. unexpected striking province has destroyed important control points training bases and deposits of the terrorists who took part in the attempt to capture twenty nine russian servicemen to the north of hama province. the syrian government is making gains on the battlefield while at the same time infl

strongholds here we see that on september the seventh eisel was in these dark gray areas had taken over but just days later here we have the twelfth of september we seeing see things like armored hummers and construction equipment all of which belongs to the u.s. led coalition and the problem is there was no fighting no visible signs of fighting in the area to suggest that in a fight had taken place in order for the u.s. led coalition forces to take over those areas and there's also a worrying lack of patrols being conducted in the area in the event that i sold militants would come back in an effort to take back those locations so it's kind of looking like there may have been some sort of handover instead of a fight to take those positions the russian defense ministry has demanded an explanation for these anomalies but so far has only been met with silence and in the same vein we have the russian the deputy foreign minister calling for the u.s. to prove their commitment to fighting terrorism in syria with deeds and not words as moscow has ok with the details thank you very much well let

an eye on victory iraqi forces prepare for what they hope is the last phase of their war against eisel. me and my son suchi has canceled her plans to attend the un general assembly meeting later this month she has been widely condemned since the violence against muslim or hindu in rakhine state escalated late last month after visiting makeshift camps on tuesday the bangladeshi prime minister sheikh hasina promise you'll speak out about the crisis at the u.n. meeting in new york a closed door u.n. security council meeting is also expected on weapons day florence louis has more from the city of yangon. a foreign ministry spokesman has told al jazeera that aung san suu kyi the country's leader will not be attending the united nations general assembly in new york later this week because she has to stay back in the country while the president is abroad for medical treatment and she staying behind to deal with the situation in rakhine state there have been suggestions that she may not be attending the meeting even though she attended the one last year because she doesn't want to face critici

special representative to the anti eisel coalition said that the u.s. would not support any referendum and in fact said that the iraqis should get together and concentrate on the fight against and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is. the fevered pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as they might want a charge for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for the navy a century however some party saying time is not now but they may back the popular movement that seems to be on track to hold the referendum despite the objections of iraq the united states and opposition across the region imran khan how does it appear. now at least ten iraqi soldiers have been killed in the attack by eisel finances in the west of the country and it happened in the province of anbar near the border with jordan two car bombs exploded at a military barracks near the city of birth before gunmen attac

of trying to take credit for the operation to retake the city of bears or from eisel. the u.s. coalition and rebel militias they support halted their operation in iraq which was a stronghold of eisel and through their forces behind trying to push the syrian army out of the areas or as if the americans were competing with the syrian government over control of the areas or instead of fighting ice and rock. the remaining terrorists and areas or are now surrounded by both the syrian army and u.s. backed kurdish forces our correspondent ryan goes they have is in the city. the siege may have been lifted but it's not over yet isis holds out in parts of that as sort of not for a long. day and night battles rage around the city the jihad ists the throwing everything they have into the fight. every day there is combat they'll use heavy weapons from range although trying to infiltrate in the middle of the night. attack with suicide vests and car bombs the battle goes on every day but the tables have turned it is isis now that is surrounded and slowly being squeezed out. we're it's a syria

a motion to resume this is not the case i thought first of all they were meant to be anti eisel forces we have very little to do with syria other than killing isis many times in the studio of explain the great strategic importance of controlling their resort and the state islamic state will find itself and if they lose it a different perspective there's still plenty of oil around this area once. you get it but even before islamic state gets fully erased from the map of syria government troops may well come across coalition forces or vice versa trust me this potential proxy conflict would be formidable to say the least earlier this year the pro-government forces were hit by u.s. airstrike at least five times in the deserts of southeast syria just because they happened to turn up in the wrong place at the wrong time the united states conducted strikes against two technical vehicles later this morning after the. first incident the united states also shot down a suspected pro regime drone speaking of sudden clashes breaking out as various and forces come together just recently and north am

airpower targeting eisel from a different directions. japan's prime minister has called a snap general election next month opinion poll shows strong support for shinzo our base conservative l.d.p. party and its strong stance against the threat from north korea pyongyang has threatened to quote sink japan into the sea it has fired two missiles over the northern island of hokkaido within the past month rob mcbride reports from tokyo. shinzo are be calling this napa election more than a year before he had to do so it seems trying to capitalize on his unexpected boost in the opinion polls largely or as the result of the standoff with north korea a couple of months ago his approval rating was languishing at about thirty percent and now he has an approval rating of around fifty percent it seems that people are rallying around him they see him as a strong leader standing up for japanese interests in the face of this north korean threat he also is capitalizing at the moment on a weakness in the opposition there does seem to be a disarray amongst

in control and ready to fight the shared militias are surrounding the last remaining eisel stronghold of whole region p m f command is a confident the next battle will be swift and decisive. we shall retake how we judge just like we took mosul in tal afar we are now waiting for the orders to advance to who we are in the process of reinforcing our positions and fortifying our defense lines and i feel rats will be squashed soon by how. well confidence is high the military operation to recapture who ija is expected to be a complicated one there are two main front lines for the region here at west of the town and a at southwest. battle fronts are linked by series of watchtowers and trenches. soldiers are clearing the surrounding desert by burning bush is to make it easier for them to move in their armored vehicles the battle won't just be fought by militias providing support will be the iraqi army counterterrorism forces and the federal police the kurdish peshmerga will also be involved but given tensions in nearby kirkuk which the kurds claim the government leaders and bag. that's a is f

and here's a map for you which shows just how much territory eisel has lost in syria since the start of the campaign most of the to do strongholds they've fallen to president assad's army according to the russian defense ministry eighty seven percent of syria is now islamic state free. an. but the most significant came at the beginning in kind that october twenty fifth in the syrian government forces who that point really on the rope i foods were at the gate of damascus. russia coming in leveled the playing field and favored the day for the syrian government you have to remember that before that point the west and countries in the gulf countries had been fending off we've been who is land this fourth fifth. regardless of consequences for all whether that actually helped i feel the west power through it and saudi arabia but continuing to pour in fifty and to the jihadi for food but russia going to venture and particularly with air strikes turned the tide. the g. seven summit in the italian city of turin has received a less than warm welcome after hundreds of angry protesters surrounde

iraqi government forces are preparing for what they hope is the final phase of the war against eisel in their country the armed group is now surrounded in its last remaining urban stronghold the northern town of how we get morale in the iraqi army is high after recent victories as iran car reports there are fears that isis ideology will survive any military defeat. this is the image the popular mobilization of forces in iraq want you to see. in control and ready to fight the shell and militias are surrounding the last remaining eisel stronghold of who egypt command is a confident the next battle will be swift and decisive. we shall retake how we judge just like we took mosul and we are now waiting for the orders to advance to who we are in the process of reinforcing our positions and fortifying our defense lines and i feel rats will be squashed soon by how should. what confidence is high the military operation to recapture who ija is expected to be a complicated one there are two main front lines for the region here at the west of the town and here at southwest. both battle fronts ar

control and using those munitions we fought eisel and won they weren't able to break any of our lines hundreds of them were killed all their attacks against the airport failed even when using car bombs suicide attacks we faced them down bravely. another front of the efforts to rid syria of terrorism is rock where i soul is also on the back foot documentary traveled to the scene of fierce clashes to film those who are battling islamic state. you know. every time a terrorist attack happens. there screaming i says so bad someone needs to do something against them and for me. why don't we do something against them because it's our problem. is now surrounded by us by syrian democratic forces consisting mainly of kodesh militias clashes all wrong going as the terrorists are still in control of several blocks of the city he spoke with the director of the documentary about what went through during the filming when we went to make this film we had no idea what we're going to come across we had literally no idea we started to build our story. three points are on the road to rock and the first p

i don't believe a member of the calling of eisel. and the joint operation by russia and syria we have dramatic video coming up after the break. can be taken into the afterlife that's a lot of people from the future are now arriving in the present like he is able to pay for it very into the present using but he doesn't talk about it much because he's already considered to be quite a strange man but that's the truth. welcome back the russian foreign ministry has released new video of airstrikes destroying eisel vehicles need their resort in syria and the strikes were conducted as part of a joint operation carried out by the russian and syrian army's the ultimate goal was to liberate the city of dare resort from eisel since the beginning of august the syrian army has made significant gains. there is or has been completely surrounded by ourself for three years now only a tiny portion of the cities occupied by the syrian army and almost one hundred thousand people trapped by isis. as you monitor very late in the navy as isis terrorists ra

anything to take their resort it's all over now but nearly nine months ago a sea of eisel all around the city and beyond the country and black as you can see on this map since that point it's only been shrinking two thousand and seventeen so far and nightmare for islamic state in syria i'll break down the milestones for you number one palmira. the city with more than three thousand years of history had really been caught in a tug of war before march when the syrian army with russian air support took full control number two the city of rock the one known as the capital of the self-proclaimed caliphate. no more capital in iraq looks like the terrorist commanders ran from there and thanks to the efforts of the kurdish units and other u.s. led coalition fighters the hottest in the city are fully surrounded number three breaking the siege of the errors or. this was one last chance all the remaining war might be had to offer off it went to dare resort according to russian army intelligence crossing islamic state in this area is the next step time to check up on the map now that's progress

this bunker is manned during the nights because the tower across the river belongs to eisele for three long years captain he bring him squad has bled and died in the trenches along the euphrates their sacrifice not enough to break the long stalemate but now everything changed now that we need more. from there is order syria. after three years of terrorists many people under is or are in desperate need of medical help this is the only hospital in the city that's working and as you can see it's riddled with bullet holes and shrapnel for now it has just seven doctors and is overwhelmed by patients medical supplies are also in short supply mohammad is one of the patients there he was wounded in terror shelling his father was killed in the same attack. we spoke exclusively to syria's foreign minister on the sidelines of the un general assembly who shared his thoughts on the future relationship between the syrian government and u.s. backed kurdish forces he also thinks his country's crisis is now in its final chapter. iraq. over the last three months the syrian army and its allies have manag

well they latest operation is part of a larger campaign to totally force eisel fighters art of dirt or which has largely been occupied by the terror group for the past three years during that period it's become one of the largest pockets of extremist forces in syria. you're. like oh you are god. and ocean is running high here because these are pictures of two government army has renewed night after the siege on the city was finally lifted one trapped inside for all the time thirty six months. has more now on the liberation campaign. the people of duress or won't have to pray for these to appear in the skies anymore for three years air drops with their only lifeline and they prayed for what was really just a handful of syrian soldiers to never let the city fall completely to islamic state while i salute used any means absolutely anything to take their resort it's all over now but nearly nine months ago a sea of eisel all around the city and beyond how the country and black as you can see on this map since that point it's only been shrinking two thousand and seventeen so far a nightmare

the problem is not with eisel alone it is by the oppression of the sunni communities even if i still is the fee to incur cooke's how we for example the oppression of the sunni community continues by the shia led government then we may see another wave of violence maybe worse than i saw the ideology of i still would still resonate among the people combating the groups ideology is a concern for many both here and abroad many iraqis say that the root causes for the rise of a group like i still haven't been addressed and there's also the issue of what to do with the fighters and their family members after all they are some of them iraqi citizens now there's no. preplanned from the kurdish or the iraqi authorities or rehabilitation or even imprisonment leaving many to wonder if there is a concrete plan for post eisel iraq iran card al jazeera out of jail russia's defense minister is in syria's capital to discuss military cooperation in the ongoing war he held a meeting with president bashar al assad focusing on efforts to take control of the city of data zor which had been held by eyesore

the state's destruction by eisel hides another reality much harder to measure mass looting. since its founding has been suspected of part financing its activities through antiquities trafficking. poor. since now and again i guess what i should not stay. in created and that's to secure in the through so nandan executed it is like yes i thought. this was a key subject at a press conference to present the new red list published by i called the international council of museums for fifteen years i come has been publishing lists of rare objects from various countries which threatened to turn up on the international art market this time it concerned antiquities from iraq and syria suspected of financing eisel operations as proof that the subject is being taken seriously several international figures attended the meeting including richard stengel representing the us government who would launch the offensive mr we just don't go and essentially has to. be department. also why. are you going to. evening i'm delighted to be here. what we've seen over the last year is i saw as weaponizat

with shia militia have started operation to retake areas in the western part of on our province from eisel. several towns on the western border with syria since two thousand and fourteen but it's been losing ground in iraq and syria in recent months now controls less than seven percent after rock that's compared to forty percent nearly three years ago the united states wants the kurdish regional government and northern iraq to call off an independence referendum to be held later this month the kurdish parliament approved the proposal on friday despite opposition from iraq iran and turkey but the u.s. is calling on the kurds to enter into dialogue with the iraqi government warning the referendum could spark violence in the region there as are the headlines and news continues in al-jazeera after counting the cost keep it here. with documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. alarm hasn't seeker this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week i phone. will look at how apple's i phone economics made it the most profita

course fears that the ongoing instability in libya will lead to a further rise in the presence of eisel in north africa groups and individuals perhaps fostering and planning attacks on international countries from libya hence the background the purpose of this meeting and the strongest message will have been received heard and received from the new un envoy for libya her son who told the meeting that there are simply too many international plans on the table to deal with the problems in libya some six or seven different plans floating around at the moment he said simply too many cooks spoil the broth there needs to be one united plan to kick start political talks in libya to bridge the differences between the competing governments in the east and west of that country and pave the way towards elections sometime in two thousand and eighteen and in the press conference that has just taken place boris johnson the u.k. foreign secretary was asked whether that timeline was appropriate he said yes he believed elections could take place a year from now but he cautioned not to move too quickly t

the problem is not with eisel alone it is by the oppression of the sunni communities even if i still is the fee to incur cooke's how we for example the oppression of the sunni community continues by the shia led government then we may see another wave of violence maybe worse than i saw the ideology of i still would still resonate among the people. in the groups ideology is a concern for many both here and abroad many iraqis say that the root causes for the rise of a group like i still haven't been addressed and there's also the issue of what to do with the fighters and their family members after all they are some of them iraqi citizens now there's no concrete plan from the kurdish or the iraqi authorities for rehabilitation or even imprisonment leaving many to wonder if there is a concrete plan proposed to eisele iraq iraq on al-jazeera how to build iraq's parliament has rejected this month's referendum on independence by the semi autonomous kurdish region campaigning is already underway for the vote on september twenty fifth in iraq as well as neighboring turkey and iran oppose the

forty percent in two thousand and fourteen and the time is not now the time is to go ahead and fight eisel the greatness i know the time is right now for us to decide what our future is all right right now september twenty fifth this still on the calendar all right emraan khan live in our appeal iran thank you. police in london have made a second arrest in connection with the bomb attack on an underground train on friday the twenty one year old man was detained in the west london suburb of hunza low on saturday night earlier in the day and eighteen year old man was arrested at the port of dover the main ferry link to france the attack on the london to enter a thirty people. palestinian group hamas which controls the gaza strip has agreed to hold talks with its rival the fatah movement hamas released a statement saying it is willing to end its feud with fatah which controls the occupied west bank a mosque has pledged to dissolve its administrative committee in gaza and hold general elections the two parties have been at odds for a decade after fighting a war over gaza in two thousand and se

full stop but to particularly on syria or we've really heard from them is that they want to crush eisel now this means that there's no clarity as to what the americans see the political end game we have some idea what the russians might want or the iranians might want even the turks but unless the americans come forward with their own political blueprint it's going to be very hard to see how this will transform from what we see at the moment zones of deescalation areas of control by combination of powers across syria into various areas into some meaningful political process and it causes a certain degree of confusion because the fear of the kurdish forces is that once i salute. defeated at least in terms of controlling territory that they will actually be sold on the riddle and abandoned by the americans that they won't be the reliable partner because in the end that the americans will decide that their relationship with turkey for example is going to be more important than their relationship with the kurds i'm sure it's one of the issues that will come up at least in the bilateral meet

special representative to the anti eisel coalition said that the u.s. would not support any kurdish referendum and in fact said that the iraqis and the kurds should get together and concentrate on the fight against isis and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is the fever pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as their moment a chance for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for for navy a century however some party saying time is not now but they may back the popular movement that seems to be on track to hold the referendum despite the objections of iraq the united states and opposition across the region iran can be. the u.a.e. has carried out an air raid on the yemeni city of aden against forces loyal to the country's internationally recognized president. the fighting on saturday is the latest escalation in a rift between the u.a.e. and yemen's president. both are members o

the problem is not with eisel alone it is by the oppression of the sunni communities even if i still is the fee to incur cooks how we for example the oppression of the sunni community continues by the shia led government then we may see another wave of violence maybe worse than i saw the ideology of i still would still resonate among the people. in the groups ideology is a concern for many both here and abroad many iraqis say that the root causes for the rise of a group like i saw her. haven't been addressed and there's also the issue of what to do with the fighters and their family members after all they are some of the iraqi citizens now there's no concrete plan from the kurdish or the iraqi authorities for rehabilitation or even imprisonment leaving many to wonder if there is a concrete plan for post eisel iraq iran card how does their how to build representatives of the syrian government and opposition groups a gathered in the capital of kazakhstan for another round of discussions aimed at eventually ending the war in syria the talks brokered by russia turkey and iran are aimed a