there are isil sympathizers in jordan and people neutral toward isil. there was that idea if they killed muath al-kaseasbeh, more people in jordan would hate isil and they didn't want that to happen. as i said, there is that other camp that prevailed the camp that doesn't believe in negotiating with members of the coalition, not a number of prisoners could be enough in exchange for a high profile person like muath al-kaseasbeh, so that camp prevailed and he was executed. >> just a final brief thought. when this hits the morning papers tomorrow in jordan, how is public opinion going to be measured here? >> well, we'll have been racing questions about whether jordan should be a part of this coalition. jordan back in september became part of the coalition using its air bases in the north and carrying out airstrikes across the area and iraq. there has been more opposition from people. we are going to see these incidents happening more often. you've got a number of other people who believe that isil is in jordan's back yard and that if we and jordan do not g

-led coalition against isil because of a fear of a isil blow back? >> well, i think what happened when they had the pilot captured there was a significant amount of people in jordan who said let's get out of this war so we can get our pilot back. having done this, i think has angered jordanians, and they want to take some really really really--you know, more aggressive steps. the challenge is going to be to make sure that they're not too aggressive like sending in land forces into syria or something like that. >> how key is jordan in the u.s.-led coalition against isil? >> well, i think symbolically jordan saudi arabian and the u.a.e. are significant because you don't want to see this as a struggle between the united states and the arab or muslim world. the fact that we do have coalition partners from that part 6 world and particularly like saudi a saudi arabia is significant undermining the isil narrative. you may degrade them militarily, but to defeat them you have to undermine their narrative and the reason why people would be attracted to them. >

>> the first coalition airman to be captured and killed by isil. his f 16 plane crashed in north eastern syria on december the twenty-fourth. he was 26 yeared old. married only three months before he lost his freedom. they have called on the government to secure his release. while also voicing opposition to jordan's involvement in the fight against isil. our softens are being sent to fight outside the border. this is got our business, and the war is outside the jordanian boarders. our son was sent on a military mission in order to be killed. >> public opinion is split on the membership of the coalition. but support for the government to negotiate with the pilots captors had been overwhelming. we definitely want the government to intervene because he is a soldier, she is a jordanian citizen and he is our son. >> whole jordan has a policy not to negotiate the government made an exception. the exception has been to secure the life, in return for his release jordan offered to meet in isil demand, for handing over this woman. would be suicide bomber. sh

we want to fight isil.ut we can't provide a blank check to this or any future president, because everything that's envisioned goes beyond this president. i wanted to use your expertise to put my arms around it. following up on the chairman's questions, isn't it basically true that unless we buy into something that is about getting rid of assad turkey is not really going to engage here with us in the way that we want them to? >> the turks have not indicated that to me in our conversation. i think we share the same goal with respect to syria, that is that the solution to syria is not going to be determined by military force. that ultimately we desire a military outcome in syria that is one of the syrian people and that outcome does not include bashar al assad. but i have not had the requirement that we take concerted effort against bashar al assad as a precondition for the turks to have any greater role in the coalition to deal with isil. >> isn't it true that turdy at this point is still allowing -- that tur

led anti-isil coalition. the government vows to do all it could to secure the release including handing over an iraqi prisoner. she was that killed 60 people. she was to be handed over in return for the pilot and the japanese journalist he was killed a month ago on january the third. >> speak to al jazeera and they will start by telling us how this news has been received in the jordan. >> firstly, we have received government reaction as well as reaction from the jordanian army. in a statement by the spokesperson of the jordanian army he said that the jordanian armed forces is announcing his killing and warning that his blood will not be shed in vain and that the response will be as grave as the anger of all jordanian people. we have also had the minister of information appear on jordan's state t.v., answering questions from a presenter and giving the official government reaction which basically threatened harsh reaction. and returned the ever the killing oif pilot, and he said that those that adoubted the atr

and many other countries are isil. isil say a u.s. female hostage has been killed in a jordanian air strike. what reaction has there been to that from the u.s.? >> u.s. officials are saying that they have seen these reports, but are still trying to confirm whether or not they are accurate. they say that as of right now the u.s. government does not have any evidence to suggest that what isil is saying about this woman who was taken hostage several months ago has been killed in an air strike carried out by the jordanian military. speaking of which the jordanian interior minister said a short time ago that in response to isil's claims that this woman had been killed in one of the airstrikes that this was nothing more than isil propaganda. >> live from washington d.c., thank you. >> al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed have spent 405 days behind bars in egypt. they were accused of reporting false news and supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges that they and al jazeera deny. peter greste is back home in austr

isil. >> people have been forced to move by isil. this time it's the christians, they were overrun by the islamic state in iraq and the levant. >> they struck our church, our social club, our houses, other areas, this is why we had to leave. we were scared. >> inin these difficult times we ask for help. >> isil has captured 70 people. their whereabouts are not known. they don't know if they're still alive or if isil plans to exchange them as part of a syrian swap. it's leaders are appealing for help from the international community against isil. >> all the political parties and the community want to issue a statement to strongly condemn these actions by isil and ask the international community and their friends here and abroad to help rescue our land which is under the control of aggressive terrorist organization. >> there were clashes in the area between kurdish forces and isil. the kurds have made advances in province. they managed to take control of several villages after defeating isil

should go when it comes to battling isil. we heard from ashton carter a clear distinction of what should be done in iraq versus syria. he said it is the same enemy isil in is both places, but we have to have the iraqi security forces take the lead and work out how rebel forces in syria can be trained and activated and what other force can be there long-material. we are getting a sense of where the republicans are coming from as well as the dems and how ashton carter will walk that line between what the administration wants what congress wants and also what those who will be working under him will want. he'll have to be the go-between the white house and defense department. that was a hard line for chuck hagel to walk. we are getting a clear signal that he will be confirmed as kelly called him soon to be secretary, then corrected herself. this does look to be smooth sailing. >> libby casey, thank you for being with us today. you've been listening to the testimony of ashton carter before the senate armed services committee. he

we want to fight isil. we can't provide a blank check to this or any future president, because everything that's envisioned goes beyond this president. i wanted to use your expertise to put my arms around it. following up on the chairman's questions, isn't it basically true that unless we buy into something that is about getting rid of assad turkey is not really going to engage here with us in the way that we want them to? >> the turks have not indicated that to me in our conversation. i think we share the same goal with respect to syria that is that the solution to syria is not going to be determined by military force. that ultimately we desire a military outcome in syria that is one of the syrian people and that outcome does not include bashar al assad. but i have not had the requirement that we take concerted effort against bashar al assad as a precondition for the turks to have any greater role in the coalition to deal with isil. >> isn't it true that turdy at this point is still allowing foreign fighte

continued presence of assad is more a problem for isil. it helps to dampen government responses to isil and groups. and al qaeda affiliate. sek taern tensions remain high isil and aligned groups foster and exploit those tensions. isil veterans travel to new fronts outside iraq and syria bringing escalation strategy and sectarianism with them. worst case scenario, this contagion effect runs risk of sectarian civil war in the muslim world, regaiting west to observer unable to take meaningful action for itself or others. in addition, every new isil front opens a new set of grievance narratives and mobilization pathways seek to go radicalize and recruit foreign fighters. three, they have incentives foray tax against the west. for isil attacks against the west can be used as form of deterrents, making foreign countries think twice or pay the price for large scale military interventions in iraq and syria. we cannot be fooled into thinking al qaeda's focus on the caliphate presents them from actively seeking capability to conduct attacks against

isil has still not made any demands, and it's not clear if isil will agree to exchange them in any prisonerp. but what we understand is that arab tribal leaders on the ground are trying to immediate some sort of deal to release these people. this is not the first time isil has captured people. they have captured hundreds if not thousands both in syria and iraq. but this was the first time they captured such a large number of christians at once. >>> the u.s. house armed services committee is hearing on ill tell against figures of proposed use of military force against isil. tom akerman joins us live from washington, d.c. tom what have you heard so far? >> reporter: well this was the annual budget hearing -- actually this is the senate armed services committee who was hearing testimony mostly from the director of national intelligence, james clapper, and foremost on the agenda was some assessment of the degree of violence in -- worldwide the threats to the united states and other communities, and this is clappers' assessment of just how serious this last year has been. >> in 2013 just over 11

they are very keen on taking the fight to isil. exactly how it's worded is going to be a discussion. congress wanted the white house to come up with a form of words first and white house wanted congress to do it. the white house have now come forward and said this is how we want to progress. there will be discussions committee hearings, a rupp largely by and large supports what congress wants to do. it is democrats that have voiced the kind of concern does this mean they are going to be signing blank checks for an operation against isil. does it mean they will be tied in to operations beyond the three years. barack obama says no. certainly democrats aware when it comes to domestic politics that voting for action that we can see the consequences further down the line could lead to problems if any of them have add operations for running for higher office. they don't want to be tie tarred with the brush. barack obama can come out and say he didn't vote for the war in iraq and that was a big thing inside election campaign first time ro

the momentum of isil has been, has been halted. they're no longer able to advance, they suffered a serious defeat in kobani thanks to coalition air power, and they've now seen a significant reversal in the eyes of arab public opinion after the brutal murder of a your dane ya pilot -- jordanian pilot. and momentum matter for them because their appeal was rooted in the idea that they were a winner, and now people aren't so sure. and i think we might actually see people jumping off the bandwagon faster than we think. >> i appreciate it. i, obviously, hope the optimistic scenarios prove of right. i worry that we see momentum through our eyes not necessarily through their eyes. but at this time i'd yield to mr. smith. >> thank you, mr. chairman. just following up on that rather key point, problems all over the world. yes, ma'am ironically, is a -- yemen, ironically is a shiite uprising that has overturned the government there which gets us into the whole issue that decent governments in that area is going to fend upon saudi arabia and i

it hamasive propaganda value for isil or isis. remember, you have a fierce regional war by performy takes place in yemen and syria. iran is seen as a major supporter of the sectarian based regimes in damascus. an attack against the iranian residence, the iranian ambassador's resident basically is designed to appeal to the social base of isis. that isil is the defender of the persecuted and marginalized sunni community. this particular attack is designed to really gain a great deal of publicity within the sunni arab world. >> you talk about the marginalized sunni community. where is that community? who is it that they're appealing to? >> well, they are appealing to sunni communities in iraq, that feel that the central government has not really basically taken their grievances into account. they appeal to the community in syria that has been under tremendous pressure and attacked by the assad regime in damascus. they appeal to sunni's in yemen who believe that iran is supporting the houthi group that has taken over power in sanna. i

strategy in fighting isil. the en at armed services committee defeating isil was his top priority. he replaces chuck hagel who resigned in november. >>> well the u.n. security council is trying to stop isil by hitting it where it hurts in the wallet. kristen saloomey has more. >> reporter: the international community has a new weapon in the fight against isil. resolution 2199. that's a legal obligation put on u.n. member states to cut off isil's primary funding sources. oil, ransoms and an increasing concern the looting of cultural antiquities. >> translator: we took yet another very important step in expressing the suppressing the funding of terrorists first the funding of illegal oil. >> reporter: the united states says the restless likes doesn't go far enough. >> important we applaud this, we los angeles think the counsel sim's persistent fair alls to a address one of the main take tours that led to the group's rise there is no better recruiting tool than the atrocities of the assad regime. >> reporter: iraq

i demand that isil be annihilated. this organization are acting in barbaric manners violating all the international laws, codes of ethics and prisoners conventions. that's why i strongly demand the government to swiftly take revenge for the blood of my son and the dignity of our country. >> there were riots in the pilot's home province. people say they feel isil is trying to stir up violence and unrest in the country. the family and tribal members of devastated at the news. those questioning jordans role in the international coalition now seem to have answers. >> i absolutely support jordan's role in the coalition against isil. before, i didn't encourage it. now isil has become our problem and it's imperative for jordan to stay in the coalition in order to prove his blood was not shed in vain. >> people are outraged at the way the pilot was killed. >> jordanians are angry not only because was murdered, but because they feel manipulated by isil. the group had demanded the release of iraqi prisoner sajida al-rishawi and

they are as opposed to isil as everybody else. >> this is one of the interesting things about isil. there are no responsible states that claim them. or even irresponsible states. that claim them as their own. that have provided them with sanctuary or safe haven. iran's role, as a neighbor of iraq and a government with a close relationship with the government of iraq, which as you know is a multi-sectarian but shia-led government, they have responded to an iraqi request for support. they are providing advice and equipment and engaged in the fight. to the iraqi government and shia militia fighting isil inside iraq. >> is that ok with the u.s.? the iranians are supporting the militia? >> our concern is often the militia are acting in a sectarian fashion. are engaged in the kind of violence against civilians that we think is not only reprehensible but counterproductive. that is a problem. it is a problem we have very clearly signaled to the iraqis and iranians. >> are you ok they are doing it? >> we are not ok with support to militia we think are fueling conflict. >> whatever they are d

isil.e're going to go to the u.s. now where the president, barack obama is asking congress for authorization to use military force against isil. let's go to alan fisher on the lawn in front of the white house. alan he is already using force against isil isn't he? >> this just gives him the legal framework to do it. he has been bombing isil for the last six months. he has been doing so under measures passed in 2001 and 2002 which aloued the use of military force against anyone who is involved in helping to coordinate the attacks on 9/11. isil didn't even exist in 2001 and 2002 so you can see why there is some legal ambiguity. will this change anything on the ground? not immediately. and congress will take some time to give their formal approval. there will be hearings and committees and lots of people will have their say. barack obama would like this sorted sooner more than later, but it won't change what is happening on the ground and air strikes against isil will continue. >> alan i wonder

will they be taking isil's claim seriously? >> well there is a lot of private skepticism here in washington and in amman about whether isil's claims of the woman we just showed on our air was absolutely killed during the stepped up air raid carrying out, excuse me by jordanian fighter pilots. this, of course is the response to the killing of the fighter pilot and then the video was shown on the website around the world. this is a case though where officials both here in washington and amman think that what is ill is trying to is -- isil is trying to do is dissuade georgia from the stepped-up air campaign against isil targets. they don't know whether this woman is still alive or not. they are doing alternates of work right now to try to determine if that is indeed the case. >> the u.s. was believed having trouble getting more traction in its fight against isil. has that changed with the political killing of that jordanian pilot? >> certainly one of the factors that the u.s. knew it was going to have to contends with was the air

. >> there is a real fight in isil isil. it controls 30% of the province. >> hasaka has been involved in the fighting of the islamic state in iraq and the levant. it is connected by sinjar. it seems that the offensive against the group has been part of a broader military plan. if isil is defeated in hasaka and sinjar, it would significantly restrict movement. they need to cut the group's supply lines before any major military assault. haska asaka is important and weakening them here would weaken them there. >> supporting a fighting freeze in aleppo but the fighting does continue there. rebel fighters have managed to recapture parts of the province. individual has been put up online showing the bodies of 70 government soldiers. >> reporter: some of the casualties. these are the bodies of regime soldiers killed by rebels while fighting in aleppo province. >> the head of forensics started to receive the bodies of those killed in the north countryside since wednesday. >> there have been many casualties here. many want to take co

. >> jordan condemns the killing of the journalist by isil. as concerns grow a jordanian pilot taken captive by the group. >> 400 days since our three journalists were jailed in egypt. al jazeera demands their release. >> the nigerian army alongside civilians and vigilantes have driven out boko haram from the capitol in northeastern nigeria. sunday the armed group launched an attack on the outskirts of the city that lasted several hours. the battle has moved on to the town of maffa. we have more from the capitol. >> the guns are silent after the military in collaboration with civilians repelled an attack from four different locations on the city. a security source told al jazeera that the fighters from boko haram have been chased away and now there is as raging battle currently going on in the town of maffa after the failure failure. this is coming at a time boko haram has suffered defeat in the hands of the nigerian mill at her, the chadian military, following the launch of attacks on several positions of boko haram in northeastern nigeria. t

but their arrests only underscore the growing psychological reach of isil. >> isil is putting out a sirenong through their slick propaganda that goes like this. troubled soul come to the caliphate. right? you will live a life of glory. these are the end times. you will find a life of meaning here fighting for our so-called caliphate. and if you can't come kill somebody where you are. >> reporter: around the world it is estimated some 25,000 people have travelled to become isil foreign fighters. many of them analysts say, young and naive. >> they just want to go. they are not talking about coming back. they are not that sophisticated in their thinking. they buy this idea of a caliphate. >> reporter: an idea inspiring even the unsophisticated to want to wage holy war. a lawyer for the youngest member of the brooklyn three calls the government tactics in this case ham fisted. he said a paid government inform worked over his client and even helped him get papers. >> paul thank you. >>> joining me now is a former deputy under secretary for intelligence and analysis operations at the department

that we need to increase attacks on isil and people are more determined than ever to fight isil when before they felt that this was not their war and jordan should not be part of the coalition led by the united states. then you have the other people who are holding the government responsible. had jordan not participated in this coalition then al kassasbeh never would have flown over isil. there is a lot of mixed reaction and feelings at this point felicity. >> also, we've heard reports there are plans to execute the iraqi prisoner, who herself was due to be handed over if the deal had been agreed. what do you know about that? >> well, we know that there are a number of credible channels who are quoting that iraqi prisoners in jordan convicted of killing a jordanian truck driver in iraq and belonging to an outlawed organization as well as four others may be executed in the coming hours. bev not been able to confirm that ourselves. what we've been able to confirm is that the families of two of these prisoners one in iraq and one in jordan, have confirmed to us today that their sons hav

isil is not far from aleppo. opposition fighters say this war cannot end unless you deal with the syrian government and not just isil. the coalition is targeting isil from the air but doesn't have partners on the ground. it's a very complicated process. right now isil is engaged in fierce battle with the kurds in the northeastern province. it's not just a question of taking over villages, for isil, it is important because of its strategic location. it borders the territory it holds in neighboring iraq. fit loses the border crossing, it means it loses a main supply route between syria and iraq, so the fighting is on going. he has said that we need to find some sort of truce in aleppo to make sure that it doesn't fall in the hands of isil, but what he's actually asking is the government and the rebel to say work together against isil and both sides have rejected that. >> despite hopes however slim of some kind of temporary ceasefire in syria the fighting continues for the moment. rebel groups have made some progres

isil is present there is isil in syria which borders for jordan. there is a big risk, but they're defiant that they will go after isil despite this killing. >> thank you. >> fighting between ukrainian forces and pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine has claimed more lives in the separatist held city of dontesk two were killed when shells hit near a hospital. more than 5,000 people have been killed in ukraine's nine-month nine-month-long conflict. there has been an escalation of fighting and indiscriminate of fighting have killed 224 civilians in the past three weeks. the rebels hold a big sway in the regions including the cities of donetsk and luhansk. they have been fighting for the airport. rebels main offense has settled on the key railway junction between the cities of luhansk and donetsk. from debaltseve charles stratford reports. . >> ukrainian army fire rockets near the front line. they say they have surrounded debaltseve, a town under siege. they've been trying to drive civilians to safety. you can hear shelling and shooting. at night it's

and they'll try to out of out isil fatters.n is describing mosul as a pivotal battle in iraq, now the latest from washington d.c. >> reporter: up to 25,000 iraqi troops are supposed to launch this so-called spring offensive in order to retake mowsal in april or may. but the bick question, are they ready? since last september u.s. military advisers have been working with iraqi military to try to expand their capacity and to basically make them willing to stay in the fight. the targeting of mosul which is currently being controlled by isil fighters could be a very decisive fight. and of course then the next question would be, would u.s. troops be needed to help the iraq military. the u.s. president says he doesn't want to sent soldiers back there. the but if that's the only way they can succeed they would make the recommendation. it's still too early to tell whether or not this mission could actually succeed given the critical importance of mo soul both the iraqi -- mosul to both the iraqi government and the fighters. >> let's cr

we're not going to eradicate or annihilate isil. most of these organizations, they're will be some residue for a long time to come but we do not want it to have operational capabilities that created the opportunity for it to threaten the existence of iraq or other states in the region. we want to diminish its capacity to generate funding its limits dramatically its operational decision-making and capabilities to affect discretion with respect to its recruiting as battlefield capabilities. we want to compete with it and ultimately overcome or defeat its message and the information sphere where it has achieved significant capability and recruiting prowess. across the many different measures of our lines of effort we have a sense of what we want to do in the physical sphere, how we want to deal with them in the financial sphere and ultimately in the information sphere. all of those together we will constitute the defeat of isil. >> you mentioned the caliphate. the article in the atlantic spelled spelled-out that establishes a benchmark

isil attacked a nearby u.s. base on friday. >> suspected al shabab fighters ambushed and african union forces convoy in southwestern sow mail i can't leaving 10 people dead. according to local reports a number of ethiopian troops were killed. witnesses say that the remaining soldiers went into nearby villages and launched revenge attacks on civilians. joining us now to discuss the situation in somalia is the u.n. special representative for somalia, nicholas kay. it's good to have you with us. operations by al shabab have driven the group out of cities and ports but regions in the north in the south, in the center of somalia are still firmly under their control. can we talk about a real success for the african union mission there when al shabab is still capable of launching attacks as seen recently? >> absolutely. the progress is good, and it's in the right direction but al shabab are still posing a threat it's true, and they still have significant pockets of presence in the country. we really need to give credit

in a video posted sunday by isil in which they showed the beheading of 21 christians from egypt, isil fighters said they were just south of rome, something italy saw as a direct threat to them. the interior minister said there was no time to waste and that nato with the backing of italy should intervene militarily in the country. now the fear is that isil will continue to advance all the way to the coast of libya where they could take control of the human trafficking business there and infiltrate isil fighters among the hundreds of thousands of migrants that reach the coast of italy every year. the interior minister said until now, the situation is under control, but there was an episode sunday that showed the escalation there is growing, as well. it's raising, as well. one of the boats carrying the may go grants was cited by a speed boat where men with kalashnikovs told them to take the playing grants but leave the boat behind. it is pushing italy to call out for military intervention led by nato as soon as possible. >> while italy is calling for nato at a take action, egypt and fran

isil fighters were defeat in ka banny.y have recaptured some territory, but lost several villages. it's not an easy fight. aircraft have been helping the kurds by targeting isil positions from the air. it's a province in northeastern syria, where isil controls pockets of territory. it's strategic for isil and the fight against the armed group. it borders territory controlled by the group across the border in northwestern iraq. and there is an important supply line that isil uses to move from its capitol, to the iraqi city of mosul. >> translator: what is happening now is that there is a real fight against isil. it controls about 30% of the province. kurds are fighting on one front, and regime soldiers based in the province are also attacking them from another front. isil cannot afford to lose her because it needs to keep its supply lines open. >> reporter: it also borders the iraqi city of sinjar. the crossing is in sinjar. it connects syria to iraq and it is being used by isil fighter fighters. it seems the offense is par

and isil alone is the reason kayla is gone.re were reports last year that even though her name was not in the public media, and her family did not wish her name -- her case to be publicized that she was among the hostages that u.s. special forces had tried to free last summer but the -- what they thought to be the place where she was being held along with other hostages they simply had been moved. also the other reports that isil had last year given a laundry list of demands for the freedom of hostages in exchange for a pakistani woman who has been convicted of terrorism in attacking u.s. soldiers in afghanistan, who is being held in a u.s. prison after being convicted and sentenced to an 80-year prison term that also -- it was no indication as to whether that again, was a kind of a term that was issued by isis one of the conditions for her release. right now we do expect some further announcements or further comments about the case from the white house, and we'll bring you those as they -- as they development. darren. >> tom,

their mission is to take on isil.hters from here were instrumental in the 2011 push by rebels to depose libyan leader gadhafi. >> translator: we should secure all of libya. we should not keep silent after we have made sacrifices. >> reporter: a tough task ahead. as soon as this convoy reaches surt, they will have to launch offensives. while they do that the coast guard patrols a coastline that stretches stretches. it's somewhere in this area that isil recently killed 21 egyptian coptic christians. egypt then launched air strikes. the egyptian military said it carried out raids against isil camps, training centers, and weapon depots. there are thousands of egyptian workers in libya. these people arrive interested in the country illegally. caught by the authorities they are about to be deported. >> translator: regarding the seven fishermen who are with us from the immigration department they came by sea. they do not have any documents. we transferred them to tripoli, in preparation to their deportation. >> reporter: the

next month isil would begin executing americans. kayla's death now removes the last known american from isil's grasp. her family hopes their pain is one that no other will have to feel. >> she had an incredible 26 years, than most people can ever imagine doing in their lifetime. my daughter said to me, things that were important to kayla are finally getting the attention they deserve. >> the white house said that it will review its hostage policy to better communicate with families, and the u.s. will not change its ban. >> planes from the united arab emeritas today carried out strikes against isil and syria and returned safely to an air base in jordan. they started conducting airstrikes after a jordanian's plane crashed and he was later captured by isil and later burned to death. president obama talked on the phone today with valid vad, and he warned him to take peace talks seriously or face the cost. delegations from ukraine and france and were germany have arrived finish the talks and separatists are taking talk too. but on the gr

undermining progress against isil. prime minister has begin -- resistance from his shia allies will limit progress for a stable inclusive political environment. isil's ability to conduct operations in iraq has been debated by coalition airstrikes by the u.s. and other allies. shia militants and tribal allies. not to mention the irradiance. i still remains a formidable and brutal threat. moving to syria and parts of western syria, the regime made consistent gains in 2014. it will require years to reassert control of the country as a whole. the regime has it clear advantage. firepower, manpower, and logistical shortfalls. assad is confident. he thinks the war is winnable. the conflict with over 250,000 people killed will threaten them stability of its neighbors. rise of sectarianism and extremism. it will strain the region's fragile economic balance as millions of refugees continue to flee. over 52% of serious population has been displaced. -- 52% of syria's population has been displaced. to ron has provided robust suppo

isil made two offensives. the last one was the fiercest. they tried to attack a holy shrine in the town tough battle. isil are well equipped but we fought back with the help of god, we fought into our last bullet. we succeeded, thanks to god. >> these militia fighters regular afighting exercises. they are confident they will prevail. they say they don't need any international help. >> despite that, isil controls huge swaths much territory and are proving difficult to push back. >> i want to bring you some breaking news we just received on the wire because it's reported that the islamic state of iraq in the levan has released a video that has said to show the killing of 21 egyptian christians in libya. you might remember 21 christian copts were kidnapped back in december and the latest we are hearing something that isil has purported lee released a video showing the kill of those 21 egyptian christians. we will bring you more on that breaking news just as soon as we get it. >>> just over a week until the retrial of two al jazeera journalists

isil has still not made any demands, and it's not clear if isil will agree to exchange them in any prisonerp. but from what we understand is that arab tribal leaders on the ground are trying to immediate some sort of deal to release these people. this is not the first time isil has captured people. they have captured hundreds if not thousands both in syria and iraq, but this was the first time they captured such a large number of christians at once. >>> meanwhile a new video posted online by isil shows gunmen smashing air artifacts in the city of mosul. the director of the mosul museum confirmed the video is real although some of the pieces smashed were copies. four of the statues were originals but others are plastic copies. isil makes some of his income by selling looted items. >>> gulf countries are sending their ambassadors to aden to be closer to the president. mohamed vall has more from aden. >> reporter: popular support for the president is growing by the day across yemen. people once again took to the streets in the city of ta'izz to show their support. yesterday he received the gcc

isil is on the defensive, and isil is going to lose.barbaric murders of so many people, including american hostages, are desperate and revolting attempt to strike fear in the hearts of people it can never possibly win over by its ideas or ideology because it offers nothing, but misery and death and destruction. and with vile groups like this, there's only one option. with our allies and partners, we will degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group. when i announced our strategy against isil in september, i said that we are strongest as a nation when the president and congress work together. today, my administration submitted a draft resolution to congress to authorize the use of force against isil. i want to be very clear about what it does and what it does not do. this resolution reflects our core objective to destroy isil. it supports the comprehensive strategy that we've been pursuing with our allies and partners. a systemic and sustained campaign against isil in syria. support and training for forces on the ground. including

are trying to scrape away the different layers of isil.a of parody is to say they are a group of people who hold a destructive ideology same to go destroy nations and civilizations and that their understanding of islam is comical. >> there is a kurdish effort aimed at demystifying isil, inspiring laughter rather than fear. >> around the world the danger against isil isn't so much on the battlefield it's in the minds of young people and a lot of that is played out in popular culture in all forms. >> this new project uses the seouls of shoes to depict isil fighters. it's hard to manual a more serious insult in the arab world. >> i'm indeed afraid, but i won't be silenced. >> he came up with the idea after isil seized mows cull, a city famous for its art and culture. the shoes are as damaged he says as isil's ideology. >> egypt announced a retrial for al jazeera journalists mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed will begin on february 12. they're accused of supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood charges that they and al jazeera deny. fahmy's fa

in 2002 isil didn't even exist.gress will hold committee hearings, they will call people to give evidence so this may happen in the next months. barack obama has urged them to act quickly, but it really just tidies up some legal ambiguities. >>> houthi rebels have reportedly seized u.s. embassy vehicle theres yemeni capitol of sana'a. local staff say more than 20 vehicles were taken. the u.k. and france have also said they are closing their embassies there. now the u.n. envoy to yemen has warned that the country is on the brink of civil war, and shia houthi rebels consolidate their hold. jamal reports. >> translator: the current situation is the result of previous accumulations, the collapse of the state, and the breadth of violence of militias and groups in addition to the situation in the south which are all negative signs. we stress that all parties must live up to their responsibilities. >>> it has been four years since the revolution lead to the end of the former leader. here is jamal. >> reporter: i am at epic

. >>> let's stay with news on the coalition fight against isil.. is deploying aircraft and troop to his northern iraq to improve its ability to rescue pilots downed in rebel-held territories. now, it says it is repositioning some of its assets following the killing of the jordanian pilot. the move is expected to shorten response time for search and rescue teams. >>> meanwhile, syrian government air strikes have killed more than 70 people in rebel-controlled areas near damascus. the attacks follow rebel shelling and rocket attacks in which at least seven people in the syrian capital were killed. now, a rebel group calling itself the army of islam has claimed responsibility for shelling this city. now, the group was form towards years ago and is now made up of 50 smaller armed factions. its leader has declared damascus a military zone and a target. its events attack was in retaliation to government air strikes in the group's strong hold which is near damascus. >>> well still to come on the program, the collapse of crude. while falling oil prices are

he was killed by isil. demonstrators support the governments campaign against the group. >> investigators in taiwan have begun to unravel why a plane crashed into a river. they say one engine failed before the second engine appeared to be manually shut down. >> let's look at how jordan's policy toward the fight against isil is changing, the brutality in which jordanian pilot muath al-kaseasbeh was killed appears to ever transformed the kingdom's role in the coalition to a point of pride. for months now jordan has been taking part in the u.s. coalition, but strikes were limited to syria. now, though, the military extended its operation into iraq and moved its troops to the border there all part of the government's "harsh response" to the killing of the pilot. these pictures posted by jordan's military show pilots writing messages in chalk on bombs about to be dropped on isil. one says that islam has nothing to do with isil. u.s. politicians are calling to increase military assistance to the kingdom. washingt

isil took advantage.rd degree unit down, every day for 103 days they fought but neither side advanced, it was a stalemate. then just two days ago a breakthrough. reinforcements from the army were able to cut off an isil supply line, help was finally at land. >> translator: we have managed to cut the enemy's supply line. from the town considered the current central point of terrorism. we have advanced further to to the front. now the corridor is under our control. our future plans is to retake the towns completely. >> reporter: both of those towns are important for them to retake the whole of beiji but it won't be easy or happen soon. >> translator: we have separated the towns the people know how crucial these two locations are. beiji has been in control entirely since 2006. but now we have made good gains by make that go separation. and we are still pushing through. >> reporter: these holes in the road are caused by isil's improvised explosive device that his have killed many iraqi soldiers. this construc

in terms of the isil strategy that the president has laid out for our effort to degrade and defeat isil, state department has our lead for our overseas environment to counter violent extremism. the range of activities that have included a number of overseas summit meetings and other gatherings designed to coordinate inside the middle east to make sure that our partners in the coalition are doing their part to counter the narrative. here at home we have, as i described in my testimony, i think we have an effective partnership among the four agencies and departments with responsibility for countering violent extremism. dhs, the fbi, department of justice and nctc we work together almost seamlessly on a range of initiatives leveraging the capabilities that each of our departments have. and i say that because the law enforcement community that has the reach into local law enforcement. so fbi has that advantage. homeland security has the reach into a network of community organizations and other homeland security oriented populations in our major metropolitan areas that gives them reach into.

led coalition against isil are now for it. everyone here chanted in support of king abdullah. >> islamic state of iraq and the levant face us at our borders. you don't remember islam. >> for the thousands of people at this rally in the capitol amman, muath al-kaseasbeh's murder revealed that jordan has always been islamic state of iraq and the levant's target. >> jordan is the next target after syria. if they occupy all of syria jordan is next. we have to strike this criminal group in their heightout. >> jordan has long been a stable country and its people fear being dragged into conflict. >> i swear we are not afraid. we are proud and stand behind the king and offer our men and women to tight terrorism. >> the queen surprised the crowds when she showed up at the rally. people have come from all over the country to honor the young pilot. >> this by all means is a rally in support of the government and its decision to step up the role in the fight against isil. the manager of muath al-kaseasbeh's murder has profoundly shocked j

isil is on the defensive. and isil is going to lose. >> the u.s.sident seeks congress' backing to step up military operation to his wipeout isil. >>> continue outrage after three students are gunned down by a neighbor in north carolina. the family of the victims call it a hate crime. >>> retrial of two al jazerra journalists accusedded of colluding with the muslim brotherhood set on adjourn in cairo after 411 days in jail for them. ♪ ♪ >>> diplomatic sources say that leaders are close to signing a peace deal to stop fighting in eastern ukraine. talks continued through the night in minsk. the leaders of ukraine russia, france and germany have been trying to thrash out i've deal in the capital of belarus. hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between ukrainian government troops and pro-russia separatists since the start of this year alone. rory challands has more from minsk. >> reporter: the leaders arrived here several hours ago, they had some photo opportunities and then they went in to the discussions to begin what is obviously a very, v

the isil beheadings highlighted the growing threat posed by isil and affiliated groups in libya. the evacuation of the embassy has reduced the effectiveness of our counterterrorism efforts. after the president attempted resignation and the unilateral dissolution of the government, the political future and stability are at best uncertain particularly with the escape and perhaps the reassertion of the presidential authorities. they are sentencing increasing the iran influence. they are achieving a lasting solution that allows them to pursue the western integration that would be difficult to say the least. moscow sees itself indirect confrontation with the west over ukraine and will be very prone to be over reacting to u.s. actions. they are to ensure the separatist control and thomas entity within ukraine. he wants to them to maintain and crimea in his view is simply not negotiable. following the oil price is ukraine related costs on the sanctions have spurred a double double-digit inflation and kept russia's economy towards recession. russia will continue to process the largest fi

now isil has become our problem. it's imperative for jordan to stay in the coalition in order to prove that muath's blood was not shed in vain. >> people are outraged at the way the pilot was killed. >> jordanians are angry not only because muath al-kaseasbeh was murder road, but because they feel manipulated by isil. the group had demanded the release of iraqi prisoner sajida al-rishawi and jordan was willing so negotiate an exchange deal. isil demanded sajida al-rishawi's release after it had already killed muath al-kaseasbeh. >> the government hopes for people will support the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> sarah lee winston from human rights watch said jordans retaliation message may not work. >> in addition to the military strategy inside iraq and in part inside syria that is designed to defeat isis militarily, which is failing, and i think people need to pause and think about that, there also needs to be a political process which is sadly absent from iraq that will make the sunni communi

their mission is to take on isil. fighters from misrata were instrumental in the 2011 push by rebels to depose libyan leader muammar gaddafi. >> we should secure all libya. we should not keep silent after we have made sacrifices. >> the and you have task ahead. as soon as this convoy reaches sirte, they will have to launch an offensive to retake government buildings occupied by fighters affiliated with isil. while they do that, the coast guard patrols a coastline that stretches from misrata to sirte. it's somewhere in this area that isil recently killed 21 egyptian christians. egypt then launched airstrikes in the northern city. the egyptian military said it carried out raised against isil camps, training centers and weapon depots. there are thousand of egyptian workers in libya. these people arrived in the country legally caught by the authorities, they are about to be deported. >> rewarding the seven fisherman with us from the legal immigration democratic, they came by sea. they do not have documents. we transferred