and el nusra front have also been secluded. staffan de mistura said only one way forward. our deployment editor, has been following things in geneva, james bays is joining us. russia has announced they are starting to withdraw their military force from syria. do we have a clear idea exactly what they mean? >> reporter: well, i think it is this the statement. i think the question is: what it actually means in terms of their support for the assad regime. in the hotel behind me, the syrian government delegation. led by the syrian ambassador for new york. i think this is rather uncomfortable to him potentially because not only has the russian military involvement been a game change are it also gives them diplomatic mat might aat these s and the ambassador should be pretty pleased at the announcement coming from moscow, the announcement by president putin himself. this is what he said. >> translator: i believe that the goal set out to the ministry of defense and the armed forces has overall been fulfilled and that's why i ordered the minister of defense as of tomorrow to start

and el nusra fighters. >>> it's been a week, since the ceasefire has begun and it has been broken dozens of time but the u.n. says test hopeful. >> live scenes normal in the marketplace in the city of aleppo in the northern syria. >> people are out and buying, women are even bargaining about the price. before the produce they didn't, they used to be scared. >> reporter: but no one is under any illusion. temporary ceasefire could be shattered any minute. 150 violations by government force he on russian air force. while the russians accused the rebels as more than 30 exchanges. >> the campaign it suffered in daily. >> reporter: in some areas the war never stopped. government forces are trying to advance in different areas. in aleppo's northern and southern country side, latakia's country side as well as the province of idlib, the government is fighting el nusra front and i.s.i.l. neither is included in the ceasefire. opposition fighters fear the government's plan is to besiege the city of aleppo. russian forces were stackin wern the main road. on the humanitarian front the truce hasn't mad

while a ceasefire has significantly reduced violence the cessation of hostilities agreement exclude el nusra front and i.s.i.l. now find itself under increasing attack on two fronts as both countries commit more troops to a fight each has vowed to win. mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera. >>> an iraqi military says its troops have begun their long awaited offensive against i.s.i.l. in mosul, part of the attempt to retake the governate in nineveh. retaking be mosul which fell to i.s.i.l. forces in 2014. >>> belgian forces may be hunting not one but two suspects. belgian ministers offered their resignation over suspected failures. paul brennan be reports. >> reporter: how many attackers? cctv showed three, two known dead and one on the run. but be belgian officials believe there may be two still at large. and as the manhunt widens, serious questions are being asked about the belgian police forces. in january 2010, bakraoui was involved and in september 2010 he was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison but october of 2014 he was released on parole and subsequently absconded. the first be affi

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 demonstration. >>> the greek government is hoping to clear out a makeshift camp at the macedonian border within two weeks. people jostle for food aid. macedonia be along with other balkan states have shut its borders to refugees for now. afghan refugees make part of the influx of refugees to europe but for orphaned children, the journey can be terrifying if they are caught by officials before reaching their destinations. hoda abdel hamid has been speaking to some of them. >> reporter: it is a moment of spite otherwise filled with hardship. teenagers who dream of a fresh start far away in europe. like 17-year-old haasim. >> the smugglers told me to bury my hands for five hours in snow. i don't know how to find my parents. >> he is now receiving medical care in a macedonian camp about 16-year-old yasim is in the same situation. he's an orphan who first worked in iran as a janitor. >> translator: they were trying to deport me because i did not have

how did that ceasefire, clearly there is a ceasefire but excluded from the ceasefire is the el nusra i.s.i.l. how is the ceasefire holding in the rest of the country? >> other than the areas that have been held out of the ceasefire, we have be seen the knowledge ceasing of the barrel bombs, from the syrian government and access for humanitarian assistance, including to some of the areas that have been under siege for very, very long periods of time. but there are some significant gaps of coverage even in some areas where the ceasefire is supposed to be holding and where humanitarian aid is supposed to be arriving. we know there are significant lags and delays of access. we know that civilians are being rerouted by the regime for its own purposes. while we see progress i think we have to be very modest on how we assess that progress. it is the case that the scope of compliance with the ceasefire i think exceeds some initial very low expectations. but we need to be aware that there are still some problems that need very, very urgent attention. >> you know there's another diplomatic ini

more organized groups like el nusra front and others were able to take large parts from government forcesens of other groups have also sprung up including some that are terrorist organizations. those who left syria joined others in exile for a democratic front for a democratic opposition and at first the coordination committee started documenting the fight and casualties to join a group of leaders in exile who formed a council and faced with criticism of not being inclusive enough another body called the syrian national coalition was formed under the western countries and gulf but the umbrella groups had no sway for escalating fighting on the ground and last year high commissions committee was formed in saudi arabia with hopes of representing opposition groups. but even that did not manage to bring together all the fighting groups, opposition says while their friends help meetings the syrian regime friends iran, hezbollah was there and couldn't stop the killing of hundreds of thousands or displacement of millions. but as soon as partial truce gave syrians a chance to come out they used it

forces and rebel factions has significantly reduced violence the cessation of hostilities excludes el nusra i.s.i.l., i.s.i.s. which has taken territory in neighboring iraq and syria has increasing on two fronts as they commit more troops to a fight each has vowed to win. mohamed with al jazeera. >>> update for you on the belgium attacks, belgium public broadcast vrt said the paris attacks that salah abdeslam planned the attack in brussels and this is the source of the vrt saying he was behind the attacks in brussels. you remember salah abdeslam one of the suspects who survived and was part of the attacks in paris and escaped on the run for four months before being captured in brussels a few days before the bombs went off and now asked to be extradited to france and belgium police say they are hunting not one but to fugitives they believe is connected to the bomb attacks in brussels and comes as senior ministers offered resignations over failings of the country's intelligence services. from brussels paul brennan reports. >> reporter: how many attackers were involved in the brussels bombings

and the front el nusra front have also been excluded and we are joined on set by senior political analyste are expected aren't we to hear from the envoy sef -- staffan de mistura and he is collar of his agenda but the other sides are not so much so. >> after the destructive civil war we are all just happy they can be in the same building, right, but there are conflicting interests and not just conflicting positions if you will. there are more now forces that are effecting the negotiations in geneva as everyone in the world knows the russians and americans are heavily involved and almost like super power politics and regional politics and players if it's ankara, riyadh and the i.s.i.l. and da'esh in raqqa and mosul so all of these factors tend to play into what is happening in geneva and what staffan de mistura can or did and approval over the last several months to be a diplomate who continues unredent lentingly to hold the threads and they are thin and hard to let go when people pull when people let go. >> representative of the syrian government, syrian ambassador to the u.n. at talks as

supply root and ceasefire between rebel factions significantly reduced violence but it excludes el nusra.s.i.l. considered terrorist groups by the syrian government and they withdrew most fores from syria after area strikes after six months. but this is evidence that the government of syrian president bashar al-assad is still making advanc advances, al jazeera. >>> ending the fighting in syria ended in geneva and the special envoy to the u.n. staffan de mistura wrapped up indirect talks with the syrian government and the opposition but both sides are still in disagreement over the transition of power. staffan de mistura is pushing for a political solution and says there will be further talks in two weeks. >> the next round of talks will be not focusing on principles again. we have had enough of that and i think many valid common points there but to start focusing on the political process and to us political process based on the security council resolution adopted by everyone is political resolution. >> u.n. estimates almost 3,000 lives have been saved since the pause in fighting in syria

neither group is included in the ceasefire, el nusra or i.s.i.l. plans to besiege the city of aleppo. russian air strikes and government forces were targeting rebel forces on the highway between latakia and idlib. not far from the rebel held town which is the government's target. on the humanitarian front the truce hasn't made any huge differential. the u.n. wants unrestricted access to half a million people in besieged areas. so far eight convoice have reace reached areas, as part of a plan agreed on before the truce started. the world health organization said it delivered a struck of medicine to the town of azaz north of aleppo. u.n. says it's too early to say what impact it has had on the delivery urgent aid. the syrian army and its allies are continuing with their military campaigns while rebel groups are accusing rebel forces of mobilizing groups. the truce is fragile and success is not guaranteed but so far it has led to a drop of violence and that is good news for many syrians. omar al saleh, al jazeera. >>> two police officers have been kil

route, opposition rebel faction he have significantly reduced violence but the agreement secludes el nusra front and i.s.i.l. considered terrorist groups by the syrian government. i.s.i.l. withdrew mucevidence tf syrian president bashar al-assad is still make advances. mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera. >>> we're joined by mike lions great to see you. mike lyons, graik to see you. >> i think the group's number 2 this al fari individual he was a senior person from al qaeda in the mid '90s. pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. over the past years. he brought in a lot of recruits so i think that's a significant hit from the u.s. perspective. i also heard he was killed around tal afar, as the troops go between syria and mosul to keep control of the caliphate. >> we also heard that omar died by air strike but we keep hearing about these i.s.i.l. leaders being killed. are they easily replaced? >> it is a decapitation strategy but they are easily replaced. the second person we just talked about was a big hit, the other one, younger individual, hasn't walked the earth, doesn't have that level of influence. r

rebel factions have significantly reduced violence but the talks secluded el nusra front and i.s.i.l. this is evidence that the government of syrian president bashar al-assad is still making advances. mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera. >> up next people in the u.s. illegally, who join the military. why some say this is a good thing and others say it's a security threat. and fighting violence with economics. a chicago neighborhood that is pulling siflt itself out of vioe in hopes of make itself safer. >> there is no business blow-back tonight against the north carolina line banning an anticomploimenantiemploymenten r identity or sexual orientation. apple stores say their employment is open to everyone regardless what they look like or how they love. >>> giving people a fast track to citizenship but critics call it a potential national security risk. al jazeera's duarte geraldino reports from fort benning georgia. >> dave tomlinson is imrament. he just became aen citizen. >> i decideto join the army. >> that process becoming an american citizen can take up to five years, frn being grante --g

and the armed group el nusra front has also been exclude he from thed from the t. staffan de mistura said there's own one way forward. our diplomatic editor james bays is there. hi there james. what about the imminent withdrawal of some of russia's forces? >> reporter: i think that's very, very important development julie and in fact we have come to the hotel where the syrian government delegation are based to try and get some reaction. no reaction so far. we know that president putin did inform president assad before making this announcement, an announcement he made while he was with his defense minister. he said in large part they have fulfilled their objectives in syria. they started the withdrawal from syria the main part of the russian force. and asked his foreign minister sergey lavrov to intensify the russian role in the peace process. a lot of questions b at this stage because russia has been absolutely key, the trump card in many ways for assad regime as we come very close to the fifth anniversary of the war in syria. russia played a ski role particularly

and ceasefire of forces and opposition rebel factions significantly reduced violence but excludes el nusrant and i.s.i.l. considered terrorist groups by the syrian government and withdrew forces from syria after launching air strikes for six months. but this is evidence that the government of syrian president bashar al-assad is still making advances, mohamed with al jazeera. >>> more on the situation in syria we are joined by the turkey-syria border, omar? >> reporter: yes, we heard from mohamed the continuation of fighting in parts of syria, those parts of syria are not in the truce because it involves fighting i.s.i.l. the over all level of violence has dropped dramatically on sunday, one month of truce will come into effect. now the truce idea is first to stop the level of violence and to try to decrease it and also to allow much needed aid. well now to discuss the situation the humanitarian situation in syria i'm joined now by mohamed and you are from the syrian american medical association, if i ask you one month of truce, how did it affect the flow of aid to besieged areas inside syr

support group, includes some players on the ground in syria, but obviously doesn't include groups like el nusra and isil. he expects there will be violence on the ground to try to redetail these talks and i think et cetera trying to create that expectation among the journalists because he knows how difficult this process so going to be. he was asked how he was going to bridge this divide between the government and the opposition over the key area of governance, over that key role of the assad, whether he could stay on in the transition, whether he has to leave or not. and he said he wouldn't reveal his hand. he said maybe he would get the journalists class and mediation but he wasn't going to tell them how he was going to do it at this stage. worth telling you: the timeline seems to have shrunk since he last spoke to the media. when we were here a few weeks ago, he talked about intensive talks going on six months. now, he is talking about three rounds of talks lasting no more than 10 days to two weeks each time with a recess in between. ing in my calculations, that puts the plan he has now in p

palymra would help court off a supply route and significantly reduced violence but agreement excludes el nusra and i.s.i.l. considered terrorist groups by the syrian government and they withdrew most forces from syria after launching air strikes for six months. but this is evidence that the government of syrian president bashar al-assad is still making advances, mohamed with al jazeera. >>> and u.s. marines appeared to have expanded their role in fighting i.s.i.l. inside iraq, a group of marines operating for a small out post firing rounds and help finding targets part of operation to retake mosul and officials long insisted 200 marines are there to provide security for iraqi soldiers and u.s. advisors. >>> justice department blaming iran for a cyber attack that hit the u.s. and they say they knocked dozens of webbisites of line and 46 major banks and financial institutions and hackers got in the computer system of a dam in new york state and al jazeera science and technology correspondent jacob ward reports. >> reporter: hackers are of course everywhere these days but the seven men chart in t

to because after all aleppo which is such a prize to president assad is surrounded on one side by el nusrach has been degraded but not destroyed and i.s.i.l. and degraded but not destroyed so it is not really true that russia has humanity. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> explosions going on... we're not quite sure - >> is that an i.e.d.? >>> welcome back to our coverage of a big primary night. we are waiting for hillary clinton to speak in florida. these been predicted to win in california and south carolina. we have other states - here we go, the democratic primary winner in the state of ohio is hillary clinton. so a gig night again. three states so far. melissa chan is covering the bernie sanders campaign, and she is in phoenix arizona. >> bernie sanders's campaign is looking ahead to the primary in arizona. this is clinton country, she took the primary against president obama in 2008. and her husband was the first democrat since harry truman in 1948 to take the red state in the general electi