we're going to speak about this in erbil. i want to ask you with all the various concurrent crisis going on bull at displace on? all the displaced people. >> i would like to talk about how concerned unicef is over the children in iraq. iraq is particularly very unique situation that we're facing in. we're calling it a forgotten crisis because we're surrounded by other countries with much higher profiles, but let me say that we have 32 million displaced people, on top that have we have thousands of refugees who are also in iraq. and of the 152 million, many are children. and those children are going through difficult situations, getting them to school is hard, and the majority of them 700,000 of them miss one year of schooling. there is no proper hygiene. there is no water, there is n no--their future is crushing on their head, and we're actually watching a situation that we will see quite a large number of children that lost their future. so we're dealing in a situation that is so dire, that getting resources to support child

on the outs skirts from erbil mohammed jamjun reports. >> whether escaping war or bracing for winter they have become accustomed to one catastrophe after another. >> in this camp, supplies are too few and aid distributions too far between. it's why some children walk around in slippers despite the freezing cold. >> our condition here is so difficult. the tents are soaking wet. the rain is always leaking in. >> as if on cue while we were talking, a deluge begins. the nightmare russia had just described becomes real once more. >> to give you an idea of how bad the weather conditions are right now, it was raining a few minutes ago. now, now it is hailing and this hail and this rain is coming in to this tent. that's why so many are worried about what the worsening winter weather will bring in the weeks and months to come. >> concern for the welfare of her children, thshe took what precautions she could as early as possible. we paid for a makeshift room but sometimes these tents fly away. one time the wind carried the top away. we had to bring it back here. >> after three months of saving

al jazeera, on the outskirts of erbil, iraq. >> police in the german city of cologne has dispersed an anti anti-immigration movement pegida movement. it comes after claims of arab or northern african men were behind the assault of women on new year's eve. another demonstration against the anti-immigration group, in sons to the violence on new year's eve the chancellor has called for stricter laws on those who commit crime making it easier for them to be deported. >> serial offenders who repeatedly rob or repeatedly affront women must feel the full force of the law. that must be clear not only through words. otherwise people would ask us to back them up with action. we'll be discussing what needs to be changed with our coalition partners in the government. >> fire broke out at kosovo's government headquarters after opposition protesters threw petrol bombs at the building. the fire, which has now been put out, started as several thousand demonstrators announced to denounce the deal brokered by the european union. that deal gives the serbian minority greater power and kosovo, the majorit

more on that from osama ben javad in erbil. >> the regional government in northern iraq exports over half a million barrels of oil a day but its problems with the government in central baghdad are hurting the economy. it owes builts to oil firms and financial institutions and has stopped 600 public projects including schools hospitals and roads. in addition to helping 2 million displaced people, it also needs to find money for its fight against i.s.i.l. >> the biggest problem is the oil oil prices and that's wreaked havoc. both sides would be having trouble sort of paying the bills. >> reporter: the kurdish region's economy is almost exclusively dependent on the energy sector. the krg estimate that it has nearly 3% of the world's oil and gas reserves. but many politicians see it as more of a challenge than an opportunity. infrastructure to export gas is still being built. the kurdish region's gas exporting segment is said to come in 2016. on top of the financial and regional issues, there is corruption. >> translator: yes, it's true that we have a problem of corruption. we don't have

took control of the city are settled in erbil. they hope to return home. >> reporter: this man's holidays have not been the same for the last two years, since he lost his arms in a car bomb explosion. it's hard to write with one hand. he goes to a class with younger student. >> i.s.i.l. had arrived telling them to pay a tax. they left. when they came to that town, they left again. it's the cheerful time at the end of the year. >> translation: my family and i can't celebrate. my son lost his amp, my brosser is missing. i.s.i.l. took him as a prisoner. it's hard. >> more than 50,000 families are from mosul. although they have been wild in. they miss their holes. they were so close to the front lines of i.s.i.l., known as d.a.e.s.h. >> this man was a priest. >> we like to give our people hope. i.s.i.l. is close to where we are, a threat to the christians. every year the congregation at this church grows with more displaced christians, and many that lost everything hold on to the one thing they can - hope. >> i and everybody hope to s

more than 4,000 people are living in a camp northwest of erbil. we have spoken to unicef's chief field officer there who said that children are most affected by displacement. >> this is an unique situation. we're calling it a forgotten crisis. let me say few facts. we have 32 million displaced population. on top of that we have nearly 250,000 refugees that are also in iraq. and out of th those refugees, many are children. those children are going through difficult situation. getting them through school is hard, and the majority, at least 700,000 of them miss at least one year of schooling. there is no proper hygiene. there is no water. there is no skepticism the entire life of the children. and their future is crashing on their head, and we're watching a situation we will see quite a number of children who have lost their future we're dealing with a situation that is so dire. put them in school. put them in protection centers. put them in life with dignity where they get proper water hygiene and it is becoming difficult. >> police in the german ci

my team and i, we were in erbil just a couple of weeks ago. we saw many from the yazidi community who have left sinjar when isil took it over last year. they're in camps for the internally displaced. they cannot return to sin center. they cannot return there because of the devastating infrastructure, and because in mosul adjacent to sinjar, isil has a stronghold. then you look at other parts of the country, in diyala province, an area where there was rising sectarian tensions many saying they're afraid to go back because they're afraid of shia militias. all the aid workers fear it is only going to get worse in the near term. >> libya's rifle has announced the make up of a new unity government. under that agreement, the presidential council was formed. it's currently based in tunis and has named in its government 32 ministers. >> the announcement of the government has seen a significant step forward because we're talking about a country that has been struggling to put an end to the political en pass. there have been marathon talks in morocco, w

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in the north, my team and i were in erbil just a couple of weeks ago.w many from the yazidis community who left sinjar when isil took it over last year, they are in camps, and cannot return to sinjar, even though sinjar has been cleared of isil. they cannot return because of the devastated infrastructure, but also because in mosul adjacent to sinjar, isil is also in control. it is a dire situation in iraq, and all of the aid workers fear that it's only going to get worse in the near term. >>> now libya's rifl political factions have announced the makeup of a new unity government. the two sides signed a u.n.-backed deal last month. under that agreement a presidential council was formed. it is currently based in tunis and named the government of 32 ministers. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> reporter: the announce of the national unity government in libya is seen as a significant step forward because we're talking about a country that has been struggling to put an end to the political impasse. there have been marathon talks in morocco, which resulted in the

. -- need in camps like erbil and beyond. >> imagine living in this tent next to us, and being a child, and when you go in, there's no heating system. we are wearing layers, and are feeling miserable. because of the weather. it goes to subzero. and children do not have warm houses, warm clothes, showers, warm school to go. they do not have a warm shelter to go. this is the peak of the winter. this kind of condition, it stay for a while. we are not doing to see the situation improving unless we get the resources we need to address the many children. u.n.i.c.e.f. is trying their best, putting their best they can to address the situation. putting kerosene heating or child friendly space, but it is small. >> it's small and very small portion of what children need. we are in this difficult situation where i would hope the world will understand it situation, this crisis that has, you know, that has been forgotten. it's a forgotten crisis from the international community >>> in the world news, gulf leaders are due to hold a meeting. riyadh's severed relations under protests over the shi'a cle

type of aid that these people desperately need right now to camps in this inner bill and beyond - erbil and beyond. >> imagine being a child going into the tent. there is no heating system. we are wearing layers and layers of clothes and we are feeling miserable. it goes to subzero and children do not have warm houses, warm water to take shower, they do not have warm clothes to wear, warm school to go, they do not have a warm shelter to go. this is the peak of the winter and it's going to stay this kind of condition for a while. and not going to see situation improving unless we get resources we need to address those many children. agencies are trying their best. unicef is putting the best we could to address the winter situation that we're dealing with, but kerosene heating in the schools, but it is small. it is a small and it's absolutely very small portion of what children need. we are in this difficult situation where i would hope the world will understand the situation of iraq is crisis that has been forgotten. it has been forgotten crisis that needs a lot of support from the inter

in the last couple of weeks we were in erbil, and we met with many yazidis internally displaced persons. they had come there after isil took over sinjar. now sinjar has been cleared of isil fighters for about three months now, and still, the yazidis idp's cannot return. there's two reasons. one because there is no infrastructure to speak of in sinjar now, and there could be booby traps left behind. but also because mosul is still overtaken by isil fighters and nobody knows when the iraqi government is going to be able to start trying to retake mosul. and in anbar province, for example, there are several parts of anbar which sunni familiar list had left trying to escape, and they are afraid to go back, because they are afraid of being targeted by shiite militias. and in another province there is a city that experienced a lot of reprisal attacks in the past week. there are sunni families that have left and come to other places. they are telling us they are afraid to go back because they are afraid of sectarian violence. you look at these numbers, they are absolutely staggering to behold.

our correspondent reports from erbil >> reporter: whether escaping war or bracing for winter, displaced people have become accustomed to one catastrophe or another. in this camp supplies are too few and aid distributions too far between. it is why some children walk around are in slippers dispute the freezing cold - dispit the freezing cold. >> translation: it difficult here. the tent is always week and leaking in >> reporter: a deluge begins as we were talking. the nightmare russian had described becomes real once more. just to give you an idea how bad it is, it was raining a few minutes ago. now it is actually hailing and this hail and this rain is coming into this tent. that's why so many of the internally displaced here are worried about what the worsening winter weather will bring in the weeks and months to come. concerned for the welfare of her children, she took what precautions she took as early as possible. >> translation: we paid for and built a separate makeshift room because sometimes this tent would fly away. one time the wind carried the top away and we had to bring it bac

a couple of examples, just in the past week, we were in erbil. we talked to members of the yazidi community. they are afraid to go back to sinjar because the town is still did he have today and because mosul which is next door is still overtaken by isil. another example, in anbar province, there are members of the sunni community that are afraid to go back to their hometowns because they will be targeted by shia militias. a very complicated situation on the ground, much more so for the civilian population, something this human report is trying to highlight. >> joining us now is the spokeswoman for the u.n. high commission for human rights. lots to talk in this report. i'd like to focus on the yazidi slaves, the women and children. what are you hearing about them and why is it so difficult to get to them? >> we are hearing that there are about 3,500 people who continue to be enslaved by isil, but predominantly women and children and predominantly from the yazidi community. we have documented really horrible violations committed by isil committed a

our correspondent reports now from a refugee camp just outside er bill - erbil >> reporter: whether escaping war or bracing for winter, the internally displaced have become accustomed to one catastrophe after another. even in this camp meant to protect them supplies are too few and aid distributions too far between. that's why some children walk around in slippers despite the freezing cold. >> translation: our condition here is so difficult. the tents are soaking wet and the rain is always leaking in >> reporter: as if on cue while we were talking a deluge begins. the nightmare russian had just described becomes real once more. to give you an idea of how bad the weather conditions right now, it was raining and now it was hailing. this hail and rain is coming into this tent. that's why so many of the internally displaced here are worried about what the worsening winter weather will bring in the weeks and months to come. concern for the welfare of her children, russian took what precautions she could as early as possible. >> translation: we paid for and built a separate makeshift room because

we were in erbill just about a week and a half ago and we were speaking to members of the aziti and wantturn to sinjar and liberated of i.s.i.l. but they can't, can't for two reasons and one of the reasons is because the area still could be boobie trapped and no infrastructure and the homes are all destroyed and another reason is in mosul right next door i.s.i.l. still has a stronghold and iraqi army has not begun trying to retake mosul and let's take a place like anbar places and there are places close to ramadi cleared of i.s.i.l. fighters in the past few months but a lot of sunni families that are afraid to go back to homes because not just of the devastation that is still there and lack of infrastructure but also they are afraid of rising sectarian tensions and afraid of being targeted by shia malitias and it's a problem that continues in the last week there was a lot of sectarian violence and sunni families that were there were blaming shia malitias for that from an attack by i.s.i.l. earlier in the week and it's a very complicated situation here on the ground, the sectarian tension

my fame and i were in erbil a couple of weeks ago. we saw many from the yazidi community that took it over. they are in a camp for the eternally displaced. they cannot return to sinjar. they can't return because of devastating infrastructure, but because in mosul, adjacent to sinjar, i.s.i.l. has a strong hold. you look at other parts of the country. take diyala province, it's an area where there was rising sectarian sanctions. many are saying they are afraid to go back because they are afraid they'll be targeted by shias. all spoke with fear. it will get worse in the near term. >> mohammed jamjoom reporting from baghdad. >> a former iraqi deputy ambassador to the united nations, the founding director of the center for study of middle east indiana university and joins us. good to see you under not so good circumstances today. the numbers are horrifying. 36,000 dead, wounded, the u.n. human rights chief said what he called obscene numbers do not reflect the suffering i.s.i.l. caused in the iraqi people. i am sure you agree. >> i do. un

the front line, south of the kurdistan regional capital erbil, we're told this is one of the most contested front lines. just the other side of that river there, that's where he says the isis positions are. just the other side of that broken bridge. it's from there he says that desperate children are fleeing, making their way through that river, swimming through the river, under cover of dark, risking their lives to make it here to safety. but not all manage to escape. >> translator: many times if weather we're fighting isis, we're seeing children at the front line wearing explosive vests. >> reporter: what's it like to open fire on children? >> translator: they are brainwashed. when they make it through our lines, they kill our fighters. it's an unbearably hard decision. you don't know what to do. if you don't kill them, they'll kill you. >> reporter: u.s. military sources tell cnn as isis comes under increased pressure on the battlefield, they are relying on child soldiers to fill out the ranks. this 12-year-old boy was featured in the el faro institute propaganda video. he said he was tr

al jazeera on the outskirts of erbil, iraq. >> coming up in this news hour opposition protesters throw petrol bombs at the headquarters over a deal with serbia. >>> graffiti appears around venezuela in protest of the opposition removing his picture from parliament. >>> in sport a case of stay gentleman view as the warm up events in the first grand slam to the tennis season. two rillets are set to meet in the brisbane international final. >> police in the german city of cologne has dispersed an anti-immigration protest. water canon was fired at the demonstrators after claims that asia and north african men--arab and north african men assaulted women at new year's eve events. chancellor merkel has called stricter sentences, making it easier to deport offenders. >> it must be clear not only through words, easier people will ask us to back them up with actions, and so of course we will be discussing what needs to be changed with our coalition partners in the government. >> joining us now from berlin to discuss this in more detail is a professor of political sociology whose expertise is loo

my team and i, he were in erbil just a couple of weeks ago. we saw many from the yazidi community who left sinjar when isil took over last year. they're in camps internally displaced. they cannot return to sinjar. they cannot return there because of the devastated infrastructure, and because in mosul, adjacent to sinjar, isil still has a stronghold. then you look at other parts of the country. you look at the diyala province where there was riding sectarian tensions this past week. sunni families began to flee, many saying that they are afraid to go back. because they'll be targeted by shia militias. >> libya's rival faction create a new unity government. a presidential council was formed. it's basically based in tunis. and we have more from tunis. >> the announcement of the government in libya is seen as a significant step forward because we're talking about a country that has been struggling to put an end to the political en pass. there have been marathon talks in morocco which resulted in the formation of the presidential council. now there

now in the past week we were in erbil, and while we were there, we met with yazidis who cannot go backsinjar, because not only is mosul, which is next door to sinjar, still a strong hold of isil, but also because in sinjar there is no infrastructure, because houses and buildings are still razed, because the town is still abandoned. those are some of the complaints you hear from the 3.2 million internally displaced. but in areas cleared of isil fighters there are sunnis that are afraid to go back to their town, because they are afraid of being targeted by sunny militia. and you have had sectarian reprisal attacks all week, and the sunni families fear they are going to have to flee. so it's the civilian population here in iraq that is suffering the most, and this report by the u.n. shows how dire the situation remains, how much worse it's getting. every aid worker that i have spoken with since i got here in the last couple of weeks have said they believe iraq has really been forgotten by the international community that the civilians are taking the worst hit of all, so many have been kil

the first is i had an opportunity in both erbil and in baghdad to meet with many civil society members and civil society leaders and it -- they made it clear to me that over the past decade there has been this important emergence of a strong and vibrant civil society that simply did not exist under saddam hussein. and that is an important realization and a game changer for us all to keep in mind. secondly while i was there, there were street protests in baghdad and cities across iraq by youth who were rallying day -- on a regular basis not to protest sectarian-related issues, but very much to demand more inclusive, more accountable, more effective government and this is a very hopeful sign that we all should take note of and what today's report is very much looking at in a systematic evidence-based way. so i'm delighted to have with us today dr. jacob shapiro who's an associate professor of politics and international affairs at princeton university and served as an advisor to mercy corps in this report. we have michael young, who is mercy corps's senior advisor on thought leadership an

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we have this story from erbil. >> the economy provides job and revenue.ge exports over half a million barrels of oil a day but it's problems with the central government in baghdad hurt its economy. the government hasn't paid salaries for over four months. it owes billions of dollars to oil fund and financial institutions and stopped more than 600 public projects, including schools, hospitals and roads. in addition to helping the 2 million displaced persons in the area, it needs money to fight isil. >> the biggest problem faced is the low oil prices and that's wreaked havoc on budgets. even if everything was working great, even if the deal was in place last year, both sides will be having troubles with paying the bills. >> the kurdish region's economy is almost exclusively dependent on the energy sector. besides oil, there is gas. the k.r.g. estimates that it has nearly 3% of the world's goose reserves, but given the nature of the conflict around its borders, many politics see it as more of a challenge than an opportunity. >> infrastructure to export gas i