john huddy is live for us in our middle east bureau with the story. , john. >> heather, hi, there. these people were reportedly pulled from their homes, paraded around before being executed as you mentioned. if true this would be one of the worst, if not the worst executions and massacres since the fighting began. that is because at this point at least 300 members sunni, what is called the alnimri tribe have been killed. the bodies of 50 children were found in a well over the weekend. we're. >> reporter: s that bodies of another 36 men and were also found. they were the among the last holdouts against isis in that region. as mentioned in the an bar province that is largely been controlled by isis and is within range of baghdad. the tribesmen have had help from iraqi forces and u.s.-led coalition airstrikes but tribal bleeders say they have run out of weapons, ammunition and fuel. now in this area falls it, would be a dangerous potentially disasterous turn in the fight and all of this as isis militants now say they have taken over another gas field in s

fox's john huddy is live covering this story live in jerusalem. hi, john. >> reporter: hi, heather. you know these attacks, the rioting, the demonstrations, the stabbings, vehicle attacks as you mentioned, have been happenining with such frequencys i've been talking about, that it is getting very hard to keep track of all of the violence. and that's why these diplomatic talks are going on to try to ease tensions, to try to ease some of these issues and resolve some of these issues before it really disincident greats into a third intifada, something that some folks here, heather, believe already started. let me bring you up to speed. let's talk about the diplomatic front what has been going on. secretary of state john kerry as you mentioned has been talking throughout the day and into the evening now with palestinian president mahmoud abbas at abbas's home in amman, jordan. yesterday as we reported, abbas charged israel of leading the region into a quote, unquote, religious war. of course israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu fired back accusing of abu of inciting the ongoing vio

fox's john huddy with what the judge said in the courtroom. >> reporter: the courtroom burst into cheerslause after a judge dropped murder charges against former egyptian president whose knee mubarak. mubarak was accused of ordering the death of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 arab spree uprising that ended his nearly three decade reign. 900 protesters were killed during the 18 days of demonstrations. but the judge said the charges were politically motivated and that mubarak's 2012 conviction was flawed because of technicalities. egypt's former interior minister and his aids were also acquitted of the same charges. outside the courtroom, mubarak supporters celebrated the judge's decision by singing and dancing. others including relatives of those killed by security forces held pictures of their loved ones and screamed at mubarak should be executed. the ruling comes just a day after deadly protests and demonstrations against egypt shouldn't president as sissy a political ally of mubarak. but the 86-year-old mubarak will not walk free just yet. he's serving a three year sentence for

more than 100 people were arrested john huddy is live in jerusalem. more do we know, john, about this crackdown? >> reporter: jon, to give you an idea, one police official said his officers would deal with them endangering the public safety in the quote-unquote harshest manner and we saw that as the violence continued today. let's start with that. i'll bring you up to speed. two senior military officials in the egyptian army were killed in an attack in cairo. one of them a brigadier general in egypt's -- someone rolled up and opened fire killing those two officers, including that general. and security forces earlier today also shot to death four people during demonstrations east of cairo. thousands of people we've seen have taken to the streets both in cairo, alexandria and other cities and parts of egypt. police brought in armored vehicles and extra personnel to deal with possible clashes, rioting and the demonstrations. so far, we haven't heard of any other attacks. but again, jon, the demonstrations and protests continue tonight. >> and who is organ

joining us now, john huddy, who has the latest from the middle east bureau. >> these additional troops will basically serve in a noncombat role according to military officials. essentially training and supporting iraqi forces, rather than fighting alongside them. president obama gave the green light to double the size of u.s. troops in iraq to 3,100 over the next 2 to 3 months. they'll train nine iraqi army brigades and three iraqi kurdish peshmerga brigades. training sites will be set up outside baghdad in ner beal erb including inclu include where some of the bloodiest fighting has gone on for months now. as air strikes continue, with seven hitting isis positions near the syrian border town of kobani, a very important strategic town, as it sits along the turkish border. another six air strikes taking out isis units and facilities near fallujah and baja. baja is where iraq's largest oil refinery is. another important fight going on there. a bloody one. a tug-of-war between forces and isis militants. that again has been happening in the past couple of months. all this comes at a very h

john huddy reports. >> reporter: the courtroom burst into cheers and applause after a judge dropped murder charges against former egyptian president hosni mubarak. he was accused of ordering the death of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 arab spring uprising that ended his nearly three-decade reign. close to 900 protesters were killed during the 18 days of demonstrations. but the judge said the charges were politically motivated and that his 2012 conviction was flawed because of technicalities. egypt's former interior minister and his aides were also acquitted of the same charges. outside the courtroom, his supporters celebrated the judge's decision by singing and dancing. others, including relatives of those killed by security forces, held pictures of their loved ones and screamed that mubarak obvious executed. the ruling comes just a day after deadly protests and demonstrations against egyptian president, a political ally of mubarak. but the 86-year-old mubarak will not walk free just yet. he still is serving a three-year sentence for embezzlement. leeland. >> the more things change

john huddy is live in our mid-east bureau. >> reporter: we are hearing human rights groups that 95 people may have been killed. among then 52 civilians. the syrian observatoriy for human rights released these nate left numbers based on witness accounts on the ground in raqqa. the city has been an isis stronghold and center of heavy fighting. u.s.-led coalition airstrikes as we reported have targeted isis positions in and around raqqa. but these latest airstrikes by syria's government were particularly intense. you can see heavy, heavy cass tiewlt rates as we have been reporting. we are waiting to find out exactly the number of civilians compared to isis fighters. these could be among some of the worst airstrikes in possibly three years. heather: could the airstrikes help the u.s.-led coalition? >> reporter: if they took out isis coalition, yes. they are fighting on several fronts. not only isis. but the u.s.-backed forces trying to overthrow the bashar al-assad government. we are waiting to find out how many isis fighters were killed and how many civilians. we are hearing as many as 52. i

now we have more from john huddy. >> reporter: heather, hi. there's been both celebration and anger about this ruling. you know, the judge dismissed the charges saying that they're quote/unquote politically motivated and that there were technicalities involved. that's why he dismissed it. and of course the courtroom as we showed you earlier burst into both cheers and applause when the charges were dropped. mubarak as we know was accused of ordering the death of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 arab spring uprising that ended his nearly three decade reign. nearly 900 protesters were killed during the 18 days of demonstrations and after the ruling today mubarak said quote/unquote i did nothing wrong. now outside the courtroom mubarak supporters celebrated the judge's decision. but others, detractors including relatives of those killed by security forces held pictures of their loved ones and screamed that mubarak should be executed. the ruling as we have reported comes just a day after deadly protests and demonstrations against current egyp