>> well, isil needs funding. denying isil of its funding. that means the oil smuggling, figuring out who those people are who are ultimately purchasing this oil, and cutting off the transactions that way. it means denying isil they're very much focused on working with our partners in the gulf ensuring what they're getting is stopped, and it does not turn into a more lucrative source of isil. we're focused on denying isil ransom payments. one of the ways they've been funding themselves is through taking innocent civilians hostage, ransoming these people for their freedom. they have taken over $20 million this year in ransoms. so we're working to insure that they no longer have access to ransom payments. so there are--and then the final piece of this is the extortion networks in iraq, where they're forcing people to pay up. the way really--the best way to counter act that is not with treasury tools, but tools with our counterparts in the iraqi security forces, in the coalition military to push back isil from the territory where they're current

-led coalition against isil is to get rid of isil, and to defeat isil. the interest and agenda of turkey is obviously to under mind gains. it doesn't converge with the interest of international community, the coalition led by the u.s. against isil. >> first, do you agree with that analysis, and second, can turkey do both of those things. both move against syria, and keep an eye on surging kurdish nationalisms. >> i agree on the divergence in aims between washington and anakra. turkey has committed itself to fighting isis, but said it also wants to fight other terrorist groups. including the pkk, which turkey has been fighting for 30 years, and which did has designated as a terrorist organization. beyond that the ouster of assad from damascus, which clearly is not the main priority for washington or other members as well. frankly, i' i'm not optimistic that they'll be able to agree on the aims and means of the methods and means of fighting against isis. >> which means what, over the long haul turkey, one of the biggest powers in the region remains sidelin

it is deeply in our interest to confront isil, combat isil, defeat isil. but it is not our fight alone. the size of the anti-isil coalition, 60 countries and organizations coming together to combat isil, 10 of which are involved in military strikes, i think demonstrates that this is viewed quite properly as a threat to many countries around the world. and then, as to how we will judge success of our particular efforts to address isil financing -- as i said, this is going to be a long-term effort. it is going to involve work that the treasury department does in designations, in exposing the networks. it will involve work of partners in other countries, turkey, elsewhere, where we are very much engaged. my deputy was in turkey a couple of weeks ago. general allen was there last week. we are continuing very close communication with the turks on these issues. and it will require an enhanced understanding of the funding networks that were combating -- that we are combating. whether it is external donation networks -- i should note that we are very proud of the

a lot of arguing online about who to blame over isil's expansion. >> how did isil rise? are we taking appropriate counter actions against isil, and sal said this is obama's fault. blame him for the isil mess. however it's been 3.5 years in syria and blames all world leaders and the war has lingered, created a bigger problem and now has a name of operation inherit resolve. >> we look at the spread of the group islamic state in iraq and the levant known as isil. nearly 60 countries are trying to stop the group. critics say the u.s. airstrikes campaign against isil has not stopped their advance. isil has maintained control of most of the territory it seized in the past several months stretching across syria, iraq, and is poised to capture the syrian town of kobane on the turkish border. and it could destabilize key u.s. allies leaving many to question the commitment by the u.s. is enough. joining me is rick brennan, former senior adviser to the u.s. military in iraq. also with us, former senior adviser at the u.s. department of state. gentleman, thank you so much for being

, combat isil, to degrade and defeat isil. but it's not our fight alone. the size of the antiisil coalition, 60 countries and organizations coming together to combat isil, ten of which are involved in military strikes, and i think demonstrates that this is viewed quite properly as a threat to really many, many countries around the world. and then as to how we will judge success of our particular efforts to address isil financing, this is going to be a long-term effort and going to involve work the treasury department does in designations and exposing the networks to involve work of partners in other countries, in turkey, and elsewhere, and we're very much engaged mitchell deputy was in turkie a couple of weeks ago. general allen was there last week. we're continuing very close communication with the turks on these issues. and it will require an enhanced understanding of the funding networks that we're combating. whether it's the oil network, other smuggling networks, external donation network. i should note that we're very pro

they fight at the front to keep kobane from falling to isil. >> four isil fighters attacked us. we managed to kill three of them, but i got injured during the fight. >> reporter: he shows me his injury. he considers himself lucky to be alive. as notorious as isil have become there are conflicting reports about their numbers, weaponry and where their fighters come from. after he described to me who and what his comrades were up against. >> isil has so many fighters from different countries. mostly from north africa and algeria and morocco. one of those we capture are fr is moroccan and they have heavy tanks and artillery. >> reporter: they refused to tell us who is paying for their treatment, but local forces tell us it is most likely the bkk. another one of those injured in the battle for kobane. >> isil fighters were ten meters away from us, suddenly i got shot at that moment. i was alone. my friends were not near me. as they got closer to me i was ready to blow myself. 1234 i asked him if he was scared. >> yes, to be hadn't i was scared when i was shot, but my belief in the re

though its power and influence expanded in syria, it's here where isil was born. during the nearly nine-year long u.s. occupation. fault lines travelled 600 miles across iraq to look at the consequences of the fight against isil -- and how u.s. allies are also helping to divide iraq more than ever. >> when isil advanced this summer, people across the country's northern provinces fled, some of them to neighboring syria. >> we're on a floating bridge between syria and iraq, and this is the bridge refugees are flooding through every day into the country. how long have you been coming? how many days? >> the u-s began bombing isil in part to rescue stranded yazidis on a mountaintop. but as refugees continued to leave the area two weeks later, they said the help was not enough. >> there were so many allegations about what went on on mount sinjar, president obama called it an impending act of genocide others called it a humanitarian crisis. unfortunately it seems the entire incident was used as a sound bite in a presidential speech to justify us intervention, once that s

is the controlled by isil, we know that isil fighters have joined this fight since yesterday they includebers of the fighters. also we can see -- we cannot understand from the clashes and situations from inside, yeah. >> all right. thank you very much. joining us from orfa in turkey. >>> turkish police have used tear gas against kurdish demonstrators near the syrian border. they want force help trying to defend the border. there have been ongoing protests since the isil advance began. bernard smith joins now. let me ask you about the turkish government. how far is turkey willing to go to protect kobani, protect the civilians in kobani? >> reporter: well, again, we already know and turkish prime minister has said this last week that they will do everything they can to try to stop ka banny -- kobani. but erdwan says he believes kobani is going to fall to isil forces. and he has always seen a general terrorist threat. he also believes the regime of bashar al-assad is a threat. so although turkey wants to see some sort of offensive in syria, it's not going to go it alone. and the prime minist

why has there been such a quick international action focused on isil and airstrikes on isil but not onling with intervention which has killed far more civil yajz than any of the armed groups operating out of syria? >> spa. >> the main reason behind this, the reluctance of intervening into syrian regime as we all know to trigger such an intervention on the assad regime. the region, the supporters of the syrian regime have played a significant factor in the reluctance of a u.s. led coalition for intervening syrian regime. against its own people russia's con cents was given to not rise on they tried to go ahead with the civil war, which entered the on the first year now. plants are particularly those in the region have failed to really realize that this has gained strength in iraq and syria because we have been hearing about the organization, terrorist organization, called isil for a long period of time newer question is why now on isil? it may be a double standard. isil is different from other terrorist organizations like al-qaeda. isil has really been occupying lands and declared the so

and last 23 days, i saw isil using really heavy weapons.can see tanks, and all of the shells landing in the city center. we can see how it's like damaging. but when we see the response. we see the response is not to fast, not to massive like isil. because these people only have anti-craft -- anti-craft weapons, that's why it's like there was a huge unbalanced situation going on about the weapons situation here. >> thank you very much indeed. that eyewitness report just back from inside kobani. take a look now at this. it's all happening in turkey's backyard. turkey has these tanks, these are just a few of them, which are pointing towards kobani. they have yet to intervene. in fact the turkish authorities say it's routine that they are there. we're going to hear now from bernard smith on the turkish side of the border with syria. >> reporter: from across the border in turkey, it's clear that the battle for kobani is more intense than it has ever been. fight fighters from islamic state breached defenses from the east and south of the town. si

> isil has been gaining grown in anbar.he fighting there is causing a humanitarian crisis. the united nations saying that as many as half a million people are displaced. many of the refugees have moved north, and zana met some of them. >> reporter: it has been almost a year since this family has been living in exile. yet again they have been caught up in violence. some of these children were not even born when the majority of their province was a battle ground between al-qaeda and u.s. forces backed by local tribes. their grandmother does remember that fight. but she describes the latest violence as the worst she has ever seen. >> translator: isil and the iraqi army have destroyed our town. we have no home to return to. what is the reason for all of this. never before has it been this bad. >> reporter: the iraqi security forces are at war with the islamic state of iraq and the levant which took control of much of the sunni hartland in june. but months before, isil had already seized parts of two cities. according to the uni

for sunnis those militias are just like isil.they won't fight isil unless they feel that they can protect themselves from these militias. >> reporter: many in the opposition say isil is their enemy. but they won't fight the radical group only to replace it with a shia force that they fear even more. zena erbil. >> now the thoughts of mohamed, shia alliance mp who says a political solution with the sunnies in iraq say possibility. >>> wel >> translator: the sunnis in iraq are an integral point of the political process in the country and are also facing the dangers of isil, they are our equal partners in our war against isil, but they request a setup of provincial national guards who need to go through the parliament for vote first and this will take time. >>> two explosions in iraq have killed at least 22 in eastern baghdad at least five died when a car bomb exploded near a bus terminal. and in 17 others were killed when a person driving a driving loaded with explores itches detonated the vehicle. they all may or may not be linked

four isil attackers attacked us. we managed to kill three of them, but i got injured during the fight. >> he shows me his injury. he considers himself lucky to still be alive. at notorious as isil has become, there are conflicting about their numbers, weaponry and where the fighters come from. he described to me who and what his com address were up against. >> isil has so many fighters from different countries, mostly from north africa, nigeria and morocco. one we captured was maroc cohen. they have weapons like tanks and artillery. >> fighters are being treated. they refuse to tell us who was paying for their treatment. local sources tell us it was most likely the p.k.k. barely old enough to graduate high school, this 7-year-old is another injured in the battle for kobane. >> isil fighters were 10 meters away from us. suddenly, i got shot at that molt. i was alone with be my friends were not near me. i promised not to let them capture me. if they got close to me, i was ready to blow myself up. >> i asked him if he w

this is typical of isil. take control of the town orvilleage or retreat to save heaviens when overwhelmed. surrender is not an option. isil fighters are both focused and determined. now in this case the iraqi army were able to push them back but that has not been the case in anbar province in the last 72 hours where the group has taken mortar tore. the coalition airstrikes do not seem to be make a dent in the group's ambition, and leave many wonder going to a ground assault is needed. but the stated position is that no boots on the ground will be here to try to fight isil. imrahn khan, isil. >> isil's progress against kobane has been slowed as a result of u.s. airstrikes tha. they've been battling isil on this board for weeks now. and just weeks ago john kerry says preventing the full of kobane is not part of the definitive part of the long term goal. and prime minister's partner is also talking about the fate of kobane. >> the fall of kobane would make us very sad, and we do whatever we can to prevent it. bu

they say obama hasn't done enough to stop isil. administration says the president's plan will take time, and they are betting they have enough time to accomplish their mission before isil accomplishes theirs. >>> let's talk to the former assistant of u.s. secretary of defense. he joins us live now from washington. there's a clear distinction between those who joined the coalition to operate against isil in iraq, and those who join joined to operate against isil in syria. >> well, there is, and that's one of the reasons why they are trying to get them together. they need to coordinate their tactics because when you have these jets that fly, you know, hundreds of miles an hour, you have to be very, very care. that they have common frequencies, and make sure that they hit the right targets and what they should do if we have to step up the campaign, or what they should do if there's a particular emergency they have to respond to. >> and there seems to be a clear need and everyone seems to be on the same page with regard to the next sta

gains against isil. here, the sunni troops show off captured isil equipment, including mobile phones and fortune currency, which they say is hard evidence that many isil fighters aren't iraqi. >> tribal leaders have claimed isil fighters are local iraqi revolutionaries, but they are not, they came from outside the borders to establish a so called caliphate on our land. we will fight them until the last drop of blood. >> the army seems to have been given a morale boost and tactical at vantage by airstrikes, however there are significant numbers of isil fighters in the area. the fight is by no means over. >> for now, they are cast that the battle is going their way, but other smaller towns are easier to take back. with large numbers of isil fighters in control of the two largest cities, fallujah and are rimadi, taking those back is a challenge. >> anbar province is strategically crucial, isn't it? >> that's absolutely right. it borders saudi arabia, jordan and syria. the saudis have brought up troops to tr

they chant, god is great, and isil remains isil expands, and unofficial slogan of the group. but as the iraqi army pushed closer they changed tactics from offensive to defensive. using captured iraqi army humvees as cover they stand their ground. they are in effect using u.s.-made weaponry and armor against iraqi forces. isil is well equipped and using tactics used by armies world over, including making full use of the terrain. as it gets darker the iraqi army seems to bet back the group and retreats the scrimmages that it controls. this is typical of isil. take over the town or village, or retreat. to save havens, surrender is not an option. >> what have we learned about isil and the way it operates? of first of all the they are flexible. they're highly structured. they can command, control, really use logistics very well. and they are what we call--they have the act tic tactic tactic for their surroundings. and so this give them more using the element of surprise, more over the speed and then what we have--what they have captured from the iraqi army lately gave them more mo

keep isil from getting money in the first place, make it impossible for isil to use banks around thearget its top leaders and facilitators with sanctions. >> with time, patience and close international cooperation the steps i have outlined today helped under mine isil's foundation and i must stress again however that the campaign against isil's finances will require more than just financial tools. cutting off one key source of funds will require dislorning it from territory in which it operates. >> koen and other officials say it has been a challenge to get other countries to engage in similar crack downs to not pay ransome for hostages and so far isil brought in $20 million for hostage taking and koen says cutter and kuwait need to be much more aggressive in enforcing their antiterrorism funding laws. >> we are going to continue to work with both those jurisdictions so that they employ those tools as effectively as possible. >> reporter: one of the points he kept making during remarks is just how long it's going to take to disrupt isil's funding and says it's not just a matter of in

they are going to talk about how to cam bat isil.s is the first time that such high rainen k officials are gathering together since the coalition was formed last month. let's go to our correspondent patty culhane. and there is quite a distinct difference isn't there, between those joining the united states in air strike against isil operations in syria, and those joining the operations against isil in iraq? >> reporter: and we believe that those are going to be part of the discussions, the disparity between all of these different coalition partners, but quite frankly we don't know much about this meeting. this is about as close as the media has been able to get. somewhere in the gigantic base the meeting is being held. the department of defense is trying to down play expectations. that doesn't mean they aren't going to make news. sometimes they have announcements, but they can't be sure going into the meeting that they will come to an agreement. all of this on the backdrop of the pressure being put on president obama to show some sig

airstrikes on friday evening hit isil positions. but the isil offensive continues as has there has been artillery and gunfire all day. those refugees are not going home soon. bernard smith, al jazeera. turkey-syrian border. >> inside iraq forces in the north are continuing to fight isil. thousands of people have had to leave their villages and they're pooing into the city of erbil. bernard's package has outlying how they're coping in turkey. how are they doing in erbil? >> reporter: well, i mean, the situation is very difficult much like bernard mentioned. a lot of people are starting to realize that their situation perhaps is going to be permanent. the people we saw are internally displaced people. they've come from not far away, but they fled when isil took over their town. the city of mosul, which is a major stronghold of isil here in iraq. they felt that this was going to be temporary, and then they would be able to go back, but now they're realizing that they're not. aid, a celebration for children to be happy, where new clothe

they have already made significant gains against isil. here, the sunni troops show off the captured isil equipment, including mobile phones and currency, which says that many of them are iraqy. >> some tribal leaders claim that isil fighters are iraqi revolutionaries, but they're not. they are foreign fighters who come from without the borders who are trying to establish on our land. and we will fight them until the last drop of blood. >> they steam to have been given a morale boost, with the coalition against the isil bases, but there are significant numbers of isil fighters in the area, so the fight is by no means over. >> for now, they're confident that the battle for anbar province is going their way, but some of the smaller towns are easier to take back. but with isil fighters in control of the two largest cities, taking back those is a challenge. >> and isil remains in control of iraqis second biggest city, mosul. but kurdish fighters are keeping up the pressure on the hilltops. >> reporter: this is the closest kurdish outpost to is

isil, of course, know that as well. and isil know everybody is watching kobane as well. that is why they also want to take that town. that is a lot of reason that they poored fighters into it. there is this symbolic battle going on for kobane, more than a strategic one. >> ber hard. thank you. bernard smith reporting from the turkey-syria border. well, let's stay with syria on the civil war. there is continuing unabated the all-diedathe al nusra front. >> the syrian government is bombarding rebel-held positions around the city of idlib. activists are reporting multiple airstrikes including the use of barrel bombs. it follows a coordinated attacks on monday led by al-qaed al-qaeda-affiliated al nusra front. >> they held check points on three sides. some managed to sneak inside the city and control the government building before they withdrew. they managed to kill a number of snipers. >> reporter: syrian army units managed to kill a number of fighters and the city is now secure. >> in the early morning the fighting happened around check points surrounding the town. the ter

as you heard there have been a number of coalition air strikes against isil targets in syria and isil iran and the countries are assisting in the international effort against the armed group and six countries including jordan and bahrain are assisting in weapons and taking part in air strikes and 13 countries including turkey giving aid to displaced people and 16 countries helping to provide both include the united states, the uk and the gulf countries of saudi arabia, uae and katar and iraqi ground troops pressed into isil held territory but it's not having the effect people thought it would, residents have gone and with isil being pushed back the towns are being left deserted and we report from one such ghost town. >> reporter: battle damaged and brittle. this is the town of south of kakook city and ten days ago it was in the hands of isil fighters but then pershmerga forces moved in and isil was defeated leaving likely armed residents to protect the little that is left and so now it's a ghost town and uninhabitable of boobie trapping buildings and that is posing a challenge. >> tra

, isil be under siege from the iraqis. as we are doing is we're at working the lines of effort i mentioned before, internationally around the world to stem the flow of foreign fighters come to the financing, to undermine the legitimacy and to deal with the humanitarian challenge. so having reviewed with the strategy is let me conclude with a brief word about what it is not. it is not iraq or afghanistan redux. it will not involve deploying tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of american troops. it will not involve the expenditure of trillions of american dollars. it will not require the united states to go into virtually alone. the iraqis don't need and, indeed, they don't want foreign forces in combat in iraq. as the prime minister z. on national television just last by, that would be divisive, destructive the nation and, indeed, it would also probably endanger our own forces. and more to the point, we will not fall into the trap that isil would want to set of dryness in in large numbers, bogging us down and bleedi

turkey's role in this current fight against isil.d that he is confident there has been some confusion as to whether they have allowed for the use of it's territory for air strikes to be launched from there. they have agreed to host, train, and equip people and they say there was an agreement on the use of certain facilities. that's what he said regarding how turkey will contribute to this battle. let's hear what he said earlier about iraq. we both reck are nice the need to destroy and defeat isil, to degrade their efforts and ultimately to defeat them. and also to counter the violent approach of isil they acknowledged as we did, both of us, have people from our countries who are are fighting in isil. let's go live now to our correspondent, and has been listening to everything that the secretary of state john derre are has had to say. was he saying there was some degree of agreement between the russian foreign minister? well, he was saying that since the beginning of the syrian crisis, rush are sha and the u.s. have are been on the op

this would be a victory for isil fighters. we're in southern turkey. >> from across the border in turkey, it's clear that the battle for kobane is more intense. fighters from the islamic state of iraq and lavant, reached defenses from the town on monday. and since then, kurdish fighters have been going street by street, building by building. the kurds are determined. and isil is more determined sweeping through soldiers with little appetite to fight. and kobane is different. u.s. has hit positions but the kurds say that the strikes are not on their own. they want turkey to provide more weapons. turkey's president, visiting a refugee camp, says that he thinks that kobane will fall to isil. a ground operation is needed to defend the town, but turkey won't go it alone. >> the problem of isil cannot be solved with airstrikes alone. no-fly zone, a secure zone parallel to that, and the training of moderate syrian rebels. >> reporter: there are some free syrian army groups fighting alongside of the kurds. this video was posted. and t

strategy against isil. stephanie. >> so could today's pentagon session result in big changes to the u.s. military strategy in iraq and syria? >> >> he will get a briefing. the president at the pentagon today about how the military strategy is working. the president has repeatedly said that we will carry out airstrikes in iraq and syria but there will be no ground troops. he's indicated the u.s. is in it for the long haul, this will not be a short campaign. as isil makes gains, the chorus is growing louder for the u.s. to take another look at what needs to be done in the region. >> lisa, thank you. >> in iraq, isil fighters have sean a downed military helicopter near one of iraq's oil facilities. >> wednesday morning in turkey, on the other side of the border in syria and kobane, syrian kurdish fighterrers tell aljazeera that they have managed to push isil fighters back towards the town boundary, boundaries that were approached on monday night by isil fighters. the syrian kurds have seen increased airstrikes

seeing the world through isil's eyes, al jazeera's exclusive report. >>> meanwhile in kobani, isil fightersre being pounded from the air and their advance into the syrian town is now said to be slowing. >>> police in hong kong are investigating claims its officers used excessive force against protesters. >>> and just a few hundred protesters remain on the streets. >>> nuns on a bus, the american sisters taking on big money in politics. ♪ >>> al jazeera has gained rare access to isil fighters as they battle iraqi forces. the group has killed a number of journalists over the past few months, but does occasionally allow a select number to join them and film their activities. the video you are about to see was filmed in the north of iraq, and provides an incite into their tactics and to how well they are equipped as imran khan reports. >> reporter: this is a previously unseen look inside an isil assault. on sunday the group hoisted their bullet ridden flag above a village in northern iraq. the iraqi army sent in helicopters that dropped bombs on the group. isil fight back using anti-aircraft gu

if that town falls and is taken over by isil, it gives isil a base to be able to attack baghdad. of particular concern are the abu ghraib area. the attack will have a massive impact on commercial traffic coming into the country, and it will have the affect of really scaring the residents. what the iraqis are doing, they say they're in control and they have the baghdad belt reinforced and that's the area that surrounds it. it won't be able to be breached by isil fighters, but however, because of these airstrikes in syria and not in iraq, many people are wondering when the coalition will take seriously the iraqi demands for aid, having much closer support for troops into isil fighters, and also sunni politicians are saying that the only way we're going to win against isil is if there are international boots on the ground in places like anbar province helping the iraqis fight. >> in iraq, four car bomb attacks in the capital have killed 38 people. the attacks hit in and around the shiite area in northern iraq. and the attacks killed 23 people, including politicians. >>> well, offici

for days the troops have been fighting against isil.icopters fly overhead, launching attacks and providing much-needed air cover. the pro-governed forces are inching ever closer, and are confident of victory. >> translator: we are supporting the security forces and we will ready to defend our city with our lives. we challenge isil. the tribe alone has 9,000 fighters. i call on all of the other honorable tribes. enough silence and wake up. rise up and join us in the fight against isil. >> they have already made significant gains against al jazeera america. here the sunni troops show off captured isil equipment including mobile phones and foreign currency, which they say is hard evidence that many isil fighters are not iraqi. >> translator: they are foreign fighters who came outside of the iraqi borders. we will continue fighting them until the last drop of blood. >> reporter: the sunni troops and the iraqi army seem to be given an army boost by the coalition air strikes. however, there are significant numbers of isil fighters in the area

it has already, and it can not overturn the tide against isil. that is true, but it can certainly hold grounds. and i don't think isil can be defeated simply by having a strong iraqi army or a strong air bombing campaign, or even foreign troops in the country. this is a phenomenon that needs to be looked at from a different perspective, and i don't think short-term reactions by governments, including the iraqi government, can change the balance and defeat isis as simply as a lot of people think. interpreter with greater focus on syria in recent weeks, more airstrikes in northern syria, a lot of focus on kobane, have people taken their eyes off of what isil is doing in western iraq? interpreter well, i don't think people have taken their eyes off of what's happening inside of iraq, but again, paying attention to it and sending more bombs there will not tip the balance. as i said, everybody acknowledges this is getting to be incremental and long-term, and it needs to be understood better. isil took the whole world by surprise within a period of a f

they have not been able to help push back isil from their position. >> in iraq the big fear is that isil could take complete control of anbar province. allowing it to establish a supply route from syria. >> iraqi officials are appealing for military assistance in order to prevent isil from taking control over the province of anbar. a very strategic province in the western iraq. isil is able to take control of anbar it will have an open supply line between two strongholds in syria and in iraq. it will be at the door steps of the iraqi capitol. that has been their target to get into baghdad. anbar is also strategic because there are a lot of army installations. as of late there have been a number of u.s.-led coalitions targeting the group, but those airstrikes have not reversed the momentum on the ground. isil has been making gains, but air power as well as the iraqi army, they won't--they will not be able to stop the group here. they're going to need the support of the population. this is a sunni province, and people have so far, yes, there are those fighting along side of the government,

isil, take that already isil fighters are within site of us from when we are close to that vantage point, well within site of the turkish military. take control of that area of that town and the area around it. it gives isil control of 150 kilometers, uninterrupted control of 150 kilometers along the turkey, syria border. if they take kolbane, they can move down the western border into much more less depositionly operated areas and easier areas for isil to take control of. >> that's why strategically, this town is important, david. >> we have the new turkish prime minister saying he will do everything to stop isil taking kolbane. a, what could he do? and secondly n terms of the tanks that we have -- the turkish tanks we have seen near the border, he says there are simply as a matter of routine. the turkib pavrl parlor has voted in legislation that will allow its military should it see fit to enter syria and iraq with foreign troops into international action taken in those countries. it's very unlikely that wir going to see the turkish border going in to those countries. there are other t

the majority retreated with isil.his is the only resident left in this town. >> translator: some people are with isil, and others welcomed the kurdish advance into the town. >> reporter: he says he doesn't support isil but he was uneasy when he encountered the new authority. he told them some troops suspected he was a isil member or potential suicide bomber because he was an arab. the kurds are now holding their ground and deny that this push into their region is about taking over the land. >> translator: we gave them freedom from isil, once the arab tribes can take control of this region, we will leave. >> reporter: in most areas the people have shown little signs of turning against isil, but this tribe plans to do just that. its leaders plan to bring men to the front line, not just to defend their town. >> translator: we will fight isil from here and move forward. we will thank the kurds, and we will fight with them. >> reporter: this could be a turning point in the war against isil, but this is just one corner of i

continues to hit isil positions in the town.ts are warning that kurdish forces defending kobane are facing defeat and there are fears for the safety of hundreds of civilians who are trapped there. the ball of kobane would give isil control of 500-kilometers off the turkey-syria border. >>> 200,000 people meanwhile are said to have fled dough ban i and the surrounding villages, but as stefanie dekker reports, not all of those who have crossed in to turkey are being given re refer ref luge. >> reporter: they fled to seek safety in turkey but are now detain ed by the authorities. outside relatives have been waiting for days. >> translator: the turkish police arrested my husband from the border think they put them in a bus and dropped them here. it's been 11 days. i have been waiting for him with my children. i lost everything. i have no money to feed them. i am sleeping in a park just waiting for him to come out. >> reporter: the police chief here tells us that 260 people are being detained and the reason he is giving us is that th

in ramadi, 12 people were killed and nine injured in an attack by isil fighters.qi army shelling on neighborhoods held by anti-fight nurse fallujah has killed at least 14 people. at least 18 people killed in car bombings in mainly shia neighborhoods in the capital baghdad. >>> iran's president, meanwhile, has extended his report to iraq. i made the offer by the prime minister on a visit to teheran. >> reporter: on a two-day visit to iran he's in teheran at the moment. he's already met with president rouhani and likely to meet with the heads of national security council with the heads of iran's foreign policy brigades. and going to meet with other relevant other dignitaries. what the prime minister will be looking for is reassurance that his iran has the support of iraq when it comes to fighting isil and vice versa, that's very crucial. also he will be looking to find out exactly what iran is doing when it comes to helping fighting isil, they do have a small number of ground troops here on the ground. also who will be seeking reassurances about the iranian relation

isil fighters are just a few hundred meters of the road. this is less than 20 kilometers south of one of iraq's largest oil refineries in the city of beiji, an isil command center. the defensive to take beiji has lasted two weeks so far. this is what the iraqi army has gained. >> as we have advanced, after the security, we'll move to the nearby town, and the goal is to reach the city of beiji. now we're in sweep mode for the areas, and so far, we have gained control of these territories, and expelled isil fighters. >> though the fighting looks chaotic, there's a plan here. they're taking the road and pushing the isil fighters slowly out of the town. this is a pattern we see quite often here in iraq. first, the special forces going along the road and they fan out and take the villages and the towns around the main road. and then we see the iraqi army come in and consolidate the positions and plan for the offensive. this was shot on wednesday. the government said that the town is firmly in the army's control. but beiji and the city and the oi

isil controls a third of syria and iraq.qi troops have launched major offensive to try to get back the towns of tikrit and bagi in particular. imran khan reports [ explosion ] >> reporter: a controlled explosion is still quite a thing to witness. roadside bombs and booby trips kill too many people in iraq. nowhere is that more obvious than this area. with bomb disposal units stretched, they are coming up with ever-more creative solutions. one of the tactics is to shell empty villages in order to explode hidden devices. >> translator: the process of clearing the main highway is ongoing. we came for us to clear the main highway, and then clear the nearby villages close to the highway from land mines and other explosives. by this, we guarantee the safety of our units and give the enemy no chance to hold that strategic supply line anymore, as we clear it inch by lynch. >> reporter: and it can be inch by inch. any battle is being centered around the town to tikrit. one section of the army is fighting in the north. baji is home to