in idlib the rebels face hezbollah and assad forces that are backed by iran. isil has captured villages and increased its influence. and around aleppo the syrian and isil forces are attacking rebel held areas together. the u.s. says it has heard reports of the two working together. >> they are aiding the extremists on their attacks on the area population. beyond that we have long see the regime avoids isil lines in contradiction to the claims publicly to be fighting isil. >>> the syrian observatory for human rights says isil controls half of syria. battle hardened and well equipped fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant storm an army base. isil has recently seized the ancient ruins of palmyra, raising fears they might destroy the site. in april, isil blew up artifacts of the ancient capitol in iraq. as the rebels gain more ground government helicopters drop more barrel bombs, killing dozens of civilians in aleppo. rescuers search for survivors. despite wide-spread condemnations, assad denies his army is using barrel bombs. four years since the

in idlib the rebels face hezbollah and assad forces backed by iran and here i.s.i.l.aptured villages and expanded its influence. and in and around aleppo the syrian government and i.s.i.l. fighters are attacking rebels together. in areas like mara the u.s. government says it has heard reports of what appears to be joint strategy by i.s.i.l. and assad government. >> the regime is making air strike in support of i.s.i.l. advance on aleppo leading attacks on the syrian population. beyond that we have long seen they avoid i.s.i.l. lines in complete contradiction to claims publically to be fighting i.s.i.l. >> reporter: the syrian human rights says i.s.i.l. controls half of syria. battle hard earned and well equipped fighters from islamic state of iraq and levante storm an army base. i.s.i.l. has recently seized the ancient ruins of palmyra raising fears they might destroy the site. in april i.s.i.l. blew up artifacts of the ancient syrian capitol in iraq. as the rebels gain more ground government helicopters drop more barrel bombs killing dozens of civilians in aleppo and

in idlib the rebels face hezbollah and assad forces backed by iran.other area isil has expanded its influence, and in and around aleppo the syria government and isil fighters are attacking rebels together. in areas like maria, the u.s. government says it has heard reports of what appears to be joint strategy by isil and the assad government. >> the regime is aiding isil on their attacks. >> reporter: the syrian observe store for human rights says isil controls half of syria. battle hardened and well equipped fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant storm an army base. isil has recently seized the ancient ruins of palmyra, raising fears they might destroy the sight. in april, isil blew up artifacts of the ancient ahere is -- asyrian capitol in iraq. government helicopters drop more barrel bombs. rescuers search for survivors. despite wide-spread condemnation assad denies his army is using barrel bombs. more than 200,000 people have been killed and last areas destroyed since the uprising and there is no sign of an end to any of it. >>> it

we have seen massacres recently happen in idlib province. >> they have made very clear that they are welcome to come to israel even though basically they do not want a exacerbate, aggravate the predicament of the druze community inside syria itself. the community is caught between al-nusra front on the one hand which has an extreme interpretation of islam and the also the major war that is taking place. they do not want to come across as supporting the syrian government. the druze community in syria has tried to be neutral not take sides but now find themselves in the eye of the storm because the opposition the syrian opposition led by the elements, particular al-nusra front have taken over idlib. they are attacking that another area and now hodor. >> fighters from islamic state of iraq and the levant planted land mines and explosives around palmyra in syria. it's not clear whether the group plans to destroy the site or to deter government forces from advancing towards the city. isil captured palmyra last month and has a history of destroying ancient monuments. >> for years mali has

the latest rebels games consolidates their power in idlib. the capital fell in march. the syrian regime lost control of another key city last month. meanwhile, rebel groups, regime forces and i.s.i.l. fight each other in neighbouring aleppo. the province is divided. the syrian regime is on the back foot here. it will not give up the coastal province of latakia without a fight. the survival of the bashar al-assad regime and the allowite sect to which he belongs is at stake >>> stay with us violence ahead of the mexican elections >>> a religious festival in the south of pakistan. >>> now, the top stories on al jazeera. the polls opened in turkey parliamentary elections there, and almost 56.5 million are eligible to vote. they are choosing candidates for 550 seats in parliament. a british ship launched a mission to rescue 500 migrants stranded in the mediterranean sea, after 15 rescue missions by a multilateral force on saturday alone, 3,500 were taken to southern italy >>> leaders of the world's seven richest nation are gathering in the south of germany for a 2-day g7 su

the latest rebels games consolidates their power in idlib. the capital fell in march. the syrian regime lost control of another key city last month. meanwhile, rebel groups, regime forces and i.s.i.l. fight each other in neighbouring aleppo. the province is divided. the syrian regime is on the back foot here. it will not give up the coastal province of latakia without a fight. the survival of the bashar al-assad regime and the alawite sect to which he belongs is at stake >>> there has been violent anti-government demonstrations in mexico ahead of midterm elections. protesters and riot police fought in the south, two officers carried off by the mob >>> midterms provide a test on what people think of the president's rule. peno nieto came to pafr came to power. as adam raney reports there's a lot at stake for mexico's president. >> president enrique peno nieto. won office promising to reform moex ka. so far, people have seen lit of either. despite reforms, poverty is deep rooted. massacres involving security forces and corruption scandals made peno nieto the most unpopula

. >> since march 16th of this year we have documented 31 attacks using poisonous gas in idlib province. where more than 380 syrian civilians were injured by it. 10 of them died of suffocation. >>> providing additional video evidence, the doctors told lawmakers the attacks intensified 10 days after a u.n. security council resolution condemned weaponization of chlorine and threatened action if the resolution was breached. >> i'm a doctor and very familiar with death. i have never seen a more obscene way to kill children. i have never watched so many suffer in an obscene manner. >> the doctors say only the syrian government has access to the helicopters responsible for dropping the chlorine-filled barrels on to civilian areas it believes are supportive of the syrian opposition. >> bashar al-assad has always maintained his government is not behind the chlorine gas attack. last month in a u.s. tv network interview view he argued that chlorine is available, and has been weaponized in the past by other groups. >> including islamic state of iraq and levant or i.s.i.l. u.s. secretary of state s

the latest rebels games consolidates their power in idlib. the capital fell in march. the syrian regime lost control of a city last month. meanwhile, rebel groups regime forces and i.s.i.l. fight each other in neighbouring aleppo. the province is divided. the syrian regime is on the back foot here. it will not give up the coastal province of latakia without a fight. the survival of the bashar al-assad regime and the allo wight sent to which he belongs is at stake >>> there are reports of new air strikes targetting houthi rebels in yemen and the city of tiaz. al jazeera learns that 17 houthis have been killed in violence in the southern port city of aden. the rebels died fighting against forces loyal to yemeni president >>> a palestinian group says it has carried out a rocket attack on ash call some. the military said the rockets landed in an open area and has not reported injuries much the air force said it struck a tart in the northern gaza strip in response to the attack. >> to mexico up to 40,000 security forces have been deployed ahead of elections on sunday. there

the latest rebel games consolidate their power in idlib. the capital fell in march and the syrian regime lost another key piece last month. meanwhile, rebel groups, regime forces and isil continue to fight each other in neighboring aleppo. that province remains divided. the syrian regime is on the back foot here. it will not give up the coastal province of latakia without a fight. a survival of the assad regime and the alawite sect to which he belongs is at stake. al jazeera. >> saudi arabia said it has shot down a missile fighter across the border from yes ma'am. it was fired by houthi rebels. earlier throw saudi soldiers and board guard were attacked by houthis on the border. meanwhile, the united nations has said that it would hold peace talks between yemen's warring factions in geneva on june 14th. the talks were postponed because of objections by houthi government. the houthies meanwhile want a cease-fire as a pre-condition for talks. >>> much more still ahead for you on al jazeera during half hour. turkey's elections for ruling party.

government troops have faced setbacks in idlib province.elbarra reports. >> reporter: the commander belonging to al-nusra front urges his fighters to stand ready for their next battle. he says defeats syrian president bashar al-assad is just a matter of time. these are fighters from the army of conquest. a coalition that includes nusra, and other opposition groups. and they are on the offensive. [ explosion ] >> reporter: they recently captured most of idlib province and are now focused on the coastal city the heartland of president assad's support. the army of conquest has made gains in the last few months forcing government troops to withdraw. fighting has intensified on several fronts. in idlib, the rebels phases hezbollah and assad forces backed by iran. elsewhere they have captured villages and expanded their influence, and the syrian government and isil fighters are attacking rebels together in another area. the u.s. government says it has heard reports of what appears to be joint strategy by isil and the assad government. >> they are

in idlib the rebels face hezbollah and assad forces that are backed by iran. villages have been captured and isil's influence expanded. around aleppo, the syrian government and isil fighters are attacking rebels together. in areas like myria there appears to be joint fighting by eisel and assad government. >> aiding the extremists in their attacks on the civilian population. the regime avoids isil lines in complete contributions to the regime claiming to be fighting isil. >> isil controls half of syria. bottle hardened and well equipped fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant storm an army base. isil has recently seized the ancient ruins of pal mira. as the rebels gain more ground, government helicopters drop more barrel bombs killing dozens of civilians in aleppo. rescuers search for survivors. despite widespread condemnations, assad uses barrel bombs. four years since the start of the uprising, more than 200,000 people have been killed and vast areas destroyed. there are no signs of an end to any of it. al jazeera. >> coming up here on the pro

al nusra front killed 20 jew from the northern province of idlib. who are they why are they in danger. there's about a million jews. most syrian and israelis. their religion is an offshoot of islam, and they are viewed as heretics by al qaeda and i.s.i.l. many are fighting against the rebels. they are waiting for the army to intervene in syria. a chair of contempty middle east studies joins us live. this situation is one the ethnic yazidi targeted by i.s.i.l. in iraq. explain why would al qaeda view the jews as heretics? >> well aric almirdu views any of them, the jews and the sunnis who do not accept the dream, as an infidel, as an upstate. a big point is to realise that the predicament of the jews is basically reflecting the predicament of the people particularly minorities that are in front and so-called, and would like to convert the syrian society into their own slum. and what happened after nusra took over or a massacre was committed, you have major battles taking place on the israeli border and in an area a sizeable community. and the communi

elsewhere there are reports at a 16 people died in government shelling in the northern city of idlib. in northeastern syria another 25 civilians died, gas slender burst, ignited an oxygen slender and gas tank. observers saying the death toll could top 50. >>> more than 200,000 people have died in syria's four year civil war so far humanitarian toll even higher. the u.n. estimating 10 million syrians are going to go hungry. caroline malone reports a new program trying to help feed themselves. >> reporter: this program providing food for a number of hungry people in syria. around 30 families get a regular supply of eggs, buying into a cooperative that makes a living off of a farm. they provide what they call smart aid finding the most effective and impactful way to help syrians based on their requests. >> of course it creates food security for syrians. food security and general life security for the people we serve and that is why we are so passionate about giving this kind of smart aid. >> people in war zones are vulnerable not only to malnutrition but to exploitation. part of the camp

in idlib, the rebels face hezbollah, and bashar al-assad forces that are backed by iran. in haas abbingar i.s.i.l. captured villages and expanded influence, and in and around aleppo the syrian government and fighters are attacking rebels together. in areas like this the u.s. government said it heard reports about a joint strategy any i.s.i.l. and the bashar al-assad government. >> the regime is making air strike in support of i.s.i.l. aiding extremists in their attacks on the extremist population beyond that we have seen the extreme avoids i.s.i.l. lines in contradiction to claims to publicly be fighting i.s.i.l. >>> the syrian observatory for human rights says i.s.i.l. controls half of syria. battle hardened and well equipped fighters from the islamic state of iraq and levant storm an army base. i.s.i.l. has recently seized ancient ruins raising fears that they may destroy the site. in april i.s.i.l. blew up artefacts of the ancient syrian capital in iraq. as the rebels gained more ground government helicopters dropped more barrel bombs, killing dozens of civilians in al

the city in idlib problems of struggled to release an injured child after she was trapped under rubble. >>> launching air strikes in various part of anbar province to try and retake it from i.s.i.l. in the city of samara, five i.s.i.l. destroyed and killed more than 65 members of the group. >>> u.s. state department spokesman john kirby despite the recent advances by the armed group. >> we know that the most important boots on the ground in iraq are going to be iraqi boots on the ground and prime minister abadi has also made that clear that is army which he wants to fight i.s.i.l. our president our commander in chief has made clear that there's not going to be u.s. troops on the ground in a combat role. that doesn't mean we don't have troops there as you well no, 3,000 there as advisors and trainers trying to help the iraqi security forces go after this enemy. i do not see that change but we're going to be monitoring that as we execute it every single day but i see no change in that for us at all from our perspective. i think it's important that we don't confuse tactical purpose with a

while opposition fighters are consolidating their gains in the nearby idlib province.as people return to where isil used to carry out isil excuse there is are lingering experience of ethnic biases. but they go home hoping that the worst is over. >> well, staying in syria 36 if have been killed in the past few hours during government barely bomb attacks. a number of residential districts were tarted. 19 were killed during evening prayers at a mosque being held. >>> meanwhile, an u.n. report says that all sides involved in the syrian war are hurting civilians. >> there is no doubt that millions of people have been affected by the war in syria. some of them hit by barely bomb attacks launched by the government. a recent u.n. report said that there was such an attack on aleppo nearly every day this year. they have used the wednesday in residential areas and have killed people indiscriminately. the report says that the military and rebel groups have put people under siege by blocking off access to food suppliesfood and supplies. >> we do advocate that they stop the use of w

hama idlib and aleppo. some are so desperate to find food they resort to eating whatever is visible. like in the refugee camp a place blocked off from supplies and aid. in syria we see two types of tactics using food as a weapon of war. the first is parties are confiscating food production and distribution services. farms and markets. the second is that they are impeding access to humanitarian aid. >> formers in aleppo with the help of donors created something more sustainable. there are 4,000 people that need food in this neighbourhood alone. with this pont a growing number of people know where their next few meals are coming from. >> officials are holding peace talks with the fighters and they are meeting in oman according to the government which is operating in exile out of saudi arabia. houthi rebels are holding at least four american citizens captive. the state department says it's doing everything it can to get them out, but will not identify who they are. they are believed to be in yemen's capital ci

they are also advancing in idlib, closer to president bashar al-assad's ancestral home. correspondent has more from jordan. >> reporter: even after five years of war, it takes time for those hit by a bomb to make sense of what has happened. this is close to the jordan boarder with syria. the area has been bombarded by government air strikes as rebels made recent gains. rebel fight rs are calling their latest offensive southern storm. an alliance of many groups in the south has been formed. they say they successfully resisted the air and ground offensive, now they want to capture more ground. >> translator: we the central military operation center announce the beginning of the southern storm offensive to return people's rights and sovereign sovereignty. >> reporter: the syrian military has been hitting the area for months now. rebels say the jets are backed by allies on the ground. they say the strategy is to bomb rebel-held areas, and soldiers mostly hezbollah fighters then try to capture them. the offense if followed gains by an alliance of fighters in idlib, where rebe

opposition fighters are consolidating their gain theres the nearby idlib province.ople returns to the round abouts and streets where isil used to carry out public executions there are lingering concerns of ethnic biases but they go back home hoping the worst is over. >> so who are the men and women who make up ypg. also known as the people's protection units, it wants autonomous rule of the area. the ypg is also closely linked to the pkk which is fighting from kurdish independence from turkey. the yazidis people who fled isil's advance back in august were helped by ypg units, but the ypg has been accused of ethnic cleansing in some of the areas it has liberated from isil. let's go to retired brigadier general from the turkish army. okay. they were backed by u.s. air strikes in this instance nonetheless it was an impressive military operation. what is it that makes the ypg such a potent fighting force? >> actually you -- you have already given the answer. i mean in -- in such a situation, run by, you know more or less paramilitary forces domination of the air, and a

regime has already lost control over parts of aleppo and now rebels control the motor way linking idlib with latakia, the ancestral home of bashar al-assad family and his alawite sect. >> the latest rebel gains consolidates their power in idlib. the provincialal capital fell in march. the regime lost control of another key city last month. meanwhile, rebel groups regime forces and isil continue to fight each other in neighboring aleppo. that province remains divided. the syrian regime is on the back foot here. it will not give up the coastal province of latakia without a fight. the vival of the assad regime and the alawite sect to which he belongs is at stake. >> still ahead why a new report is painting a worrying picture about the consequences of violence in the west bank. taking matters into their own hands, why people are speaking out and taking action ahead of mexico's elections. and world number one djokovic takes another step towards open title. action coming up. >> now thousands of people are protesting lady of sunday's g 7 summit. demonstrators demanding action and climate chang

the latest rebels games consolidates their power in idlib. the capital fell in march. the syrian regime lost control of another key city last month. meanwhile, rebel groups, regime forces and i.s.i.l. fight each other in neighbouring aleppo. the province is divided. the syrian regime is on the back foot here. it will not give up the coastal province of latakia without a fight. the survival of the bashar al-assad regime and the alawite sect to which he belongs is at stake >>> south korea says it will track the mobile phones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of m.e.r.s. five died from the disease, and 14 cases reported since may. bringing the total numbers to 64. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: the outbreak in south korea is the largest outside the middle east. people are worried, many are wearing masks. >> translation: we should not go near areas where m.e.r.s. patients have been, isn't the virus airborne and isn't it contractible with contact. >> reporter: there's no evidence it can be transferred through the air, but can be transmit by

at least 20 were killed in idlib. there are 1.5 million cruise. they are viewed at her particulars by al-qaeda and isil. let's speak to a researcher specializing in religious minorities and author of the book druze in israeli. you've written of the extremely worrying development. sum up for us how you view their current predicament right now. >> well, the jews in sir are a are in a very critical situation under pressure from many sides. we have seen massacres recently happen in idlib province. that in the province. there is a very critical situation which you already mentioned, which means on the syrian controlled side. >> it's a very difficult position they're currently in. there are suggestions that israel is collaborating with al-nusra. can you explain how that would be given that zeal said they will come to the rescue of the druze. >> i would say that there is no proof of israel directly cooperating. there is -- there are credible rebels of israel with rebel forces, but they don't know if they are with nusra. given that, it's very hard to imag

last month, 20 druze were killed in idlib. >> there are 1.5 million druze spread across israel, jordannd viewed as her particulars by al-qaeda and isil. in syria many fought for president assad's regime against the rebels. israel are calling for the army to intervene to protect their fellow druze. chair contemporary of middle east studies in the school of economic and political science says they are caught between two sides. >> one point must be made very clear is that israel is niche laying. they say look, we are the protectors of the druze community inside syria. the military establishment in israel has made it very clear that they would not allow any massacre against the druze community on the syrian israeli side. they have made very clear that they are welcome to come to israel even though they are basically, they do not really want to exacerbate, aggravate the situation inside syria itself, but the reality is the druze community in syria now is caught between al-nusra on the one hand which has an extreme interpretation of islam and the major war taking place. they do not want to c

tomorrow because of the opposition led by the elements, and al nusra front pushing hard taking hold of idlib, and other areas. and now hoda >>> israeli police say a palestinian stabbed a border policeman in the neck. the officer shot his attacker and is now in serious condition in hospital. we have this report from west jerz. jerz. jerusalem >>> according to the police a man stabbed israeli border police, he was stabbed in the net, but fired at the attacker after he was stabbed. critically wounding. the israeli police say that it is a senior role for palestinians from the west bank. the attack in jerusalem happened two days after a settlement was shot dead by palestinian man in the occupied west bank and the legal settlement according to the police the israeli settler was shot at point blank range and is at large. in the last year following the incident when a palestinian teenager. following the kidnap-murder of a settler in the occupied west bank, the violence continues to erupt after the 50 day war >>> french foreign minister say it's a stalemate in peace talks risk setting the middle east

the syrian regime has lost parts of aleppo, and linking idlib with latakia on the syrian coast. the city is the be family home of the l are assad assad family. province of aleppo remains divided. the syrian regime is on the back foot here. it will not give up the northern province of latakia and the aloite sect to which he is a member. kim vanel, al jazeera. >> two officers carried off by demonstrators in the southern city of oaxaca. several troubled areas in the south to try to keep the peace. the mid terms will provide a test on what they think of the president's rule. enrique pena nieto came to office promising economic development. adam rainey reports from the town of nuevo leone people have seen little of either. despite reforms in education and sectors of oil and telecommunications the poverty remains deep rooted. massacres involving security forces and corruption scandals have made pena nieto the most unpopular president in 20 years. against this backdrop, mid term elections a referendum of sorts on the president the first time independent candidates have been allowed to

activists say syrian army helicopters dropped barrel bombs and people in the city of sermin in idlib province failed to free a child when she was trabd in trapped in be rubble. >>> jets have been attacking i.s.i.l. positions in parts of anbar province to retake it from i.s.i.l. five sites were reportedly destroyed. the coalition says it killed more than 65 members of the group. >>> u.s. statement state department spokeman john kirby,. >> we know that the most important boots on the ground in iraq are going to be iraqi boots on the ground. and prime minister abaddics has alsobaddist hasmade that clear that's the force he wants to fight i.s.i.l. our commander has made it clear there's not going to be boots on the ground. 3,000 troops are there as advisors and trainers trying ohelp the iraqi security forces go after this i do not forsee that changing but we are going to be monitoring this strategy as we execute it every single day. but i see no change in that at all for us from our perspective. i think it's really important that we don't qualify confuse tactical issues with a strategic

only one scale route is open and al nusra front killed 20 jews in the northern syrian province of idlibthey are spread between syria, lebanon, israel and jordan. they are viewed as hera ticks by i.s.i.l. and al qaeda. >>> two sides fought a month-long battle. although i.s.i.l. fighters were forced out, much of the state is in ruins. jane arraf reports. >> for these iraqi occasions, this is a reason to celebrate. this trip home is one of them. 200 families found them last week, the first that local leaders hope. >> my children heard we are going, we don't want anything from the government except stability, and peace of mind. >> tikrit is less than 50km but a journey that families have not been able to make for a year. iraqi forces and fighters recapture the city from i.s.i.l. there has been such destruction that some people don't have homes to return to. for the rest there's not much except a roof over their heads. there's no shops, no bakeries. the family is the only one on their block to return so far. they admit that it's difficult. >> we couldn't stay on the move forever. we spent a

in addition to the government's bombing in certain areas opposition held areas north of aleppo and idlib. across syria only shells remain of what were once busy town. this is near the capital damascus. it's been bombed for months. out of the hundreds of thousands of people here just a few dozen families are left. and they haven't left because they have nowhere else to go. >> this building was targeted twice by resistance. all of jabba has been targeted not just this. >> similar scenes all across syria. what syrian government governs has been mostly turned to ruins. osama ben javid, al jazeera. >> yemen's president hadi says he won't be talking about reconciliation with houthi rebels at u.n. brokered meetings on sunday. instead head says they will be calling onabd rabbu mansour hadisays they will be calling on houthi forces for cessation of violence. >>> almost 5900 migrants were rescued from the mediterranean sea over the weekend as they traveled from north africa to europe. 60 children traveling without a parent. there have been similar scenes at italian ports as the rescue ships come t

while opposition fighters are consolidating their gains in the nearby idlib province.people current where isil used to carry out public executions there are lingering concerns of ethnic biases but they go back home hoping the worst is over. >>> a federal appeals court is letting a lawsuit on behalf of immigrants swept up in post 9/11 investigations go ahead, and the judges say high-level government officials can be held to account. the lawsuit details alleged abuses carried out against hundreds of muslims. lawyers say they want to show how frightening it was for the men who say they were detained and abused. 762 people were detained nationwide after september 11th, 2001, including 491 in the new york area. many were held for three to eight months. among the government officials named former attorney general john ashcroft and former fbi director robert mueller. earlier i spoke with the co-director of the liberty and national security program at nyu's brennan center for justice. >> this is one of the first lawsuits that is actually moving forward, it hasn't been blocked

in idlib province where more than 300 and 380 civilians died from them. ten of them died from suffocation. >> the attacks intensified ten days after the u.n. security council resolution condemned the weaponnization of chlorine and threatened military action if the resolution was breached. >> i'm a doctor, and i'm very familiar with death. but i have never seen a more obscene way to kill children. i've never watched so many suffer in such an obscene manner. >> the doctors say that only the syrian government has access to the helicopters responsible for dropping the chlorine-filled barrels on to civilian areas this believes to be supportive of the syrian opposition. bashar al-assad has always maintained that his government is not behind the chlorine gas attacks. last month in an interview he argued that chlorine is widely available and has been weaponnized in the past by other groups. including the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil. [ sirens ] but u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the united states believes assad is behind the attacks

. >> the syrian regime has already lost control for parts of aleppo and now they control idlib to latakia on the mediterranean coast. latakia is home to syria president and his alawite sect. the provincial capital fell back in march. the syrian regime lost control of another key city last month. meanwhile rebel groups and isil continue to fight each other in neighboring aleppo. that province remains divided. it was "t" would not give up the coastal province without a fight. the survival to the regime and indeed the alawite secretary to which he belongs reminds at stake. >>> earlier three saudi soldiers in the border guard were killed in an attack by houthies on the border. >> thousands of people are protesting in southern germany. demonstrators want action on climate change and globalization. they're expected to try to disrupt talks between world leaders. more than 19,000 police and military are on stand by. dominic kane reports from the town. >> nestling in the mountains of bavaria seen as a retreat for germany's wealthiest. for the next several days it will be host to the world world's

increased bombings in areas north of aleppo and idlib. across syria only shells remain of what were once busy towns. this is neighborhood near the capital damascus. it's been bombed for months. out of the hundreds of thousands of people here just a few dozen families are left and they haven't left because they have nowhere left to go. >> this building was targeted twice by jeements regimes here. not just one place but all of the area. >> what they govern has been turned mostly into ruins. osama ben javid al jazeera. >>> the u.n. envoy to libya has unveiled the draft peace plan which he is going to present to libya's rival governments. one is backed by the u.n. while the other has support from libya's supreme court. militias loyal to the two governments have been fighting for control. >> this is not an agreement of winners or losers but one in which the only true victors are the people of libya. ladies and gentlemen you have before you a unique have opportunity to pull your country back from the brink of conflict and an endless cycle.viole

control and consolidating gains in idlib province and this is where i.s.i.l.to carry out public executions there are concerns about ethnic biases and go back home hoping the worst is over. al jazeera. >>> united nations investigators accused both sides of syrian conflict of targeting civilians and say the government dropped barrel bombs on aleppo nearly every day this year and rebel groups seized cities depriving people of food and medicine and commission of inquiry said they had five lists of suspected war criminals. the u.s. air strike in iraq killed a man linked to 2012 attack on the compound in benghazi in libya. and ali was an i.s.i.l. fighter and he says he was killed in a strike on mosul in iraq last week. u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans were killed in that 2012 attack. lebanon's interior minister promised a transparent investigation into the abuse of inmates at the country's main jail. the video emerged showing prison guards beating detainees facing terrorism-related charges and we have more. >> reporter: these men were shown in a vi

opposition fighters are consolidating their gains in the nearby idlib province.people return to where isil used to carry out public executions, there are lingering concerns of ethnic biases but they go back home hoping the worst is over. >>> at least 36 civilians have been killed in the past 24 hours during government barrel bomb attacks in syria. a number of residential districts were targeted in aleppo, 19 were killed during evening prayers at a mosque. >>> u.n. investigators have accused both sides of the syrian conflict of targeting civilians. they say the government has dropped barrel bombs in aleppo nearly every day this year and the rebel groups have imposed devastating sieges on towns depriving people of food and medicine. >>> syria's permanent representative to the u.n. in geneva rejects the findings. he said: >>> an air strike in iraq has killed man linked to the 2012 attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound in the libyan city of benghazi. he was an isil fighter and he pentagon said he was killed by u.s. fighter jets last week. the ambassador and three ot

twenty druze were killed in the northern syrian province of idlib. >> still ahead i'm in baku where pressure on women to have sons could have great consequences for society. >> i can't allow you not to go into that because >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to the top stories here. worshipers are back in the historic african church of south carolina. it is the first time the church reopened its doors since a gunman killed the pastor and eight others. >> al jazeera is calling for the immediate release of its journalist mansour. >> pressure gross to secure a debt deal between greece and its creditors. monday is seen as one of the last chances to keep greece defaulting on its loans and possibly leaving the euro zone. the afghan taliban seized control outside of the regional capitol. the taliban mount a major offensive over the summer. we have more now. >> this is the fro

to syria, where the army says it is now in full control of the town on the road in the province of idlib. meanwhile, government planes hit the rebel controlled town in northern aleppo. at least three people were killed in the attacks. there's ongoing fighting between rebel and i.s.i.l. in the east, with the rebels saying they killed 30 i.s.i.l. fighters. >>> the laider of the world's catholics, pope francis healed a mass in sarajevo, urging bosnian serb croat and muslim communities to leave their troubled past behind. comes at the end of the bosnian war. laurence lee joins us live. from sarajevo. what else did he say. >> it's a record of reconciliation the idea that he wants peaceful reconciliation. the mass finished as you can see, and the stadium is clearing. the main events today really were this. and the meeting that the pontiff had with bosnia's three presidents remember the roet ailing presidency and the serb and the croat and bosnian muslim president sharing power. in that address the pope said that he saw what what is accomplished is sarajevo as a model for europe and the rest of

the opposition fighters are advancing in idlib, close to bashar al-assad's latakia. further south activists say rebels attacked areas in deraa where heavy fighting continues. we have the details. >> reporter: even after five years of war, it takes time for those hit by a bomb to make sense of what happened. this is deraa, close to the jordanian border, in southern syria. the birthplace of the syrian resolution has again been bombarded by air strikes as rebels made gains. rebel faces are calling the latest offensive southern storm. in the alliance of other groups of fighters in the south, it's been formed. they say they have successfully resisted the air and ground offensives by syrian government forces, and now want to capture ground. >> translation: this is the military operation center and announced at the beginning of the southern storm offensive to return people's right and soverignty, we keep our promise to god and the oppressed until we occupy the last inch of lands from the hands of repress. >>> the syrian military has been hitting deraa for months now. the go

the opposition fighters also advancing in idlib.ther south activists say rebels have attacked government-controlled areas of the city. our correspondent has more from jordan. >> reporter: even after nearly five years of war, it takes time for those hit by a bomb to make sense of what has happened. this is close to the jordanian border in southern syria, the birthplace of the syrian revolution is being bombarded by government air strikes as rebels there make more gains. rebel fighters are calling their latest offensive the southern storm. an alliance of many different groupers of fighters in the south have been formed. more than 50 groups including the al-nusra front have joined force. the city is highly contested, the eastern half is held by rebels the western by syrian troops. >> translator: we announce the beginning of the southern storm offensive to return peoples rights and sovereignty. we keep our promise to god and the oppressed people that we will continue until we liberate the last occupied land. >> reporter: the rebels say

the latest discovery was after they took this border post in the nearby town near idlib. hundreds of families have returned. turkish authorities reopened the border but despite kurdish forces pushing back isil, there are concerns over their advances. syria's main opposition group accused them of driving out soon any tribesman. the syrian coalition tried to assess the situation but were blocked. >> we were asked to communicate with the y.p.g. forces, but they refused to allow members of the fact finding committee to enter claiming that the s.n.c. has a political position toward the y.p.g. unit and is biased. >> they deny discrimination and abuse saying check points are for security. >> we share the administration of the town with all at this country is for all. y.p.g. is for arabs before it is for the kurds. >> they are alarming turkey, accusing forces of ethnic cleansing inside syria. the turkish government considers the establishment of a kurdish held area on its border a red line. >> if the kurdish forces really make major gains in raqqa you'll probably find europe and

opposition fighters are consolidating their gains from nearby idlib province. people return where isil used to carry out public executions there are concerns of ethnic biases. but they go back home hoping that the worse is over. >> well, let's take a closer look now at the men and win who make up the ypg armed group also known as the people's protection unit. they want to establish their own space and government in syria. the ypg is closely linked to the pkk, which is fighting for interferenceindependence were turkey. but ypg has been accused of ethnic cleansing in areas where they defeat of isil such as the northern syrian town of tal abyad. as much we're joined by our guest. he joins us live now from washington, d.c. sir, thank you so much for joining us here on the program. so first of all i guess it's too early to say how significant these gains will be, but i suppose they are quite impressive considering how close they are to raqqa the stronghold of isil in syria. why do you think that the ypg has been so successful? >> clearly they've had a good day and i

is simultaneously advancing towards opposition held areas north of aleppo and idlib.across syria only shells remain of what were once busy towns. this is the neighborhood near the capital damascus. it has been bombed for months. out of the thousands of families here only a few dozen left and they remain because there is nowhere tolls go. >> all of jabar has been targeted. >> similar stories are repeated all across syria. presidential assad's government has shrunk but remains. osama ben javid, al jazeera. >> more than 4 million have fled to neighboring countries 600,000 are in jordan. the government there is considering proposals to allow the syrians to work, the jordanian government has said there's not enough aid to support the rfqs. the united nations has just produced a list of countries that allegedly violate children's rights in conflict. until are just recently, the names of the israelis and palestinians were included. bus they have just been recently removed. >> in total the u.n. said 540 children were killed, yet u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon in his annua

. >> we've documented 31 attacks using poison news gas in idlib province. ten have died of suffocation. >> providing additional video evidence, the doctors told lawmakers the attacks intensified ten days after an u.n. security council resolution throatenned military action if the resolution was breached. >> i'm a doctor, and i'm very familiar with death. but i have never seen a more obscene way to kill children. i've never worked to see so many suffer in such an obscene manner manner. >> they say that only the government has access to the helicopters dropping barrels on to civilian areas that it believes are supportive of the opposition. still bashar al-assad has maintained that his government is not behind the chlorine gas attacks. last month in an interview, he argued that chlorine is widely available and has been weaponnized in the past by other groups. u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the united states believes assad is behind the attacks and is working to hold him accountable. that's why doctors and activists are pressuring u.s. lawmakers t

since march 16th of this year we've documented 31 attacks using poisonous gas in idlib province. remember well the nights of march 16th when the first attack of poisonous gas was used. i heard helicopters over my house. i left my house to head over to the field hospital. i could smell chlorine bleach in the air. as soon as i arrived at the hospital there were many victims who had beaten me there and they had symptoms of being subjected to suffocating gas or poisonous gas. dozens of people suffered difficulties in breathing and their throats and eyes were burning. and. >> what do the doctors want from congress? >> they're pressuring u.s. lawmakers to push the obama administration to take some sort of military action, direct targeted military argues that leads to the creation of the no my zone to insure that silverns are protect: the concern is that according to the doctors that these chemical weapons or chlorine gas attacks stepped up only ten days after an u.n. security council resolution condemning chlorine gas attacks and threatening military action should there be a breach in

opposition held areas of aleppo and idlib. across syria only shells remain of what once were busy towns. out of the hundreds of thousands of people here just a few dozen families are left and they haven't left because they have nowhere left to go. >> this building was targeted not just this building all of jabar has been targeted. >> reporter: similar stories are repeated all across syria. president assad's government has shrunk but remains. what is governed last been turned mostly into ruins. osama ben javid al jazeera. >> in the mediterranean 9 pregnant women were among the migrants. 60 children were traveling without a parent and there have been similar scenes at other italian ports as rescue ships come to shore. al jazeera's hoda abdel hamid has been covering the story she's in the italian city of catania. hoda what's the latest from there? >> the ship hms bullwark has arrived about four hours from now. we have been watching people landing. the sick leave in ambulances. they were taken to hospitals for treatment. then we s

government shelling has reportedly killed 35 people across the country. 23 died in a popular market in idlibn the north. another ten were killed at another market near damascus. meanwhile, syrian opposition forces set off explosives near the border with jordan killing at least 15 government troops. >>> clashes have broken out in a strategic border town in what once the main route used by the islamic state in iraq and the levant to channel fighters across from turkey. kurdish forces recaptured tall aybad two weeks ago but more fighting has just erupt: forces ed. >> kurdish forces in syria have advanced against the islamic state in iraq and the levant and now control a 400 kilometer stretch. the banners have made turkey nervous as we have reports from the border town. >> turkey is concerned about the growing strength of its neighbor. the syrian kurdish ypg has made dramatic territorial gains in northeastern syria controlling the board in iraq to the town of kobane further west. airstrikes helped the kurds their only partner on the ground in syria capture territory. they believe the ypg which i

six months ago this man from idlib left the camp on a two-week travel permit never to return again.s now living in the northern city struggling without food vouchers or assistance. she said she would rather live on the street than go back. >> translator: it's too hot there, and my children were getting sick too often. i also didn't feel safe. i couldn't shower because there were men and women i didn't know. the camp is not suitable for humans. >> reporter: aid sees think those who fled to live in towns will eventually return. >> they will have to come back because they there is a high cost for rent and other expenses. at the same time also i believe they know there will be electricity, and they are provided here with services freely then they will come back again. >> reporter: since the beginning of this year assistance was cut for refugees living outside camps. refugees think the government's new policy is designed to force syrians to live only in official government-run camps where they are likely to be living for years to come. >>> air strikes are again targeting yemen's capitol,

the war on syria, a human rights group said al-qaeda-affiliated al nusra front executed 30 people in idlib province. they were members of a sent of rebel groups have targeted areas in north-west syria. they claimed to show them on an air base. the bashar al-assad regime claims they have stopped the assaults assaults >>> ash carter welcomed a top chinese member. the u.s. and china have been at odds over china's land reclamation project in the south china sea, and a mass of cyber attacks blamed on china. the president is due to visit in september. >> china's former domestic security chief was sentenced to life in prison. he is the most senior official to be convicted in a sweeping anticorruption campaign. he pleaded guilty to bribery charges. as adrian brown reports, they doubt that justice was served. >> reporter: deep in the lush countryside of eastern china, this is the ancestral village of a politician one of the most powerful men in china, a vast and empty compound stands on the spot of this man's home. according to state media, it was built with government funds. a charm to ward off ev