reports from karbala about skirmishes between the army and the guards of shia cleric. several people will note this situation in the south is also tense. there might be the so-called dormant cells in the sunni areas which could be exploited by the rebels in groups be isis or others they could exploit them whenever they want. us. to think acis have any chance of taking over iraq. i don't think so. isis is not that strong but at least the way we see it that isis acts like a shock force they can capture territory and then hand it over to other groups take mosul for. this is no longer there they took the city and handed it over to the local tribes to its supporters and some former officers who back and. according to the dot i have biases accounts for no more than five percent of the total force acting in a sunni. so there are other groups that cooperate with them. i don't think isis has the capacity to take control of the whole of iraq that's not possible. all right talk a bit about the leader. now he was a u.s. prison there but that he was set free for good behavior sayin

karbala's governor says reports of 35,000 have come forward.n karbala that can train 3 to 4,000 at a time and their training is unconventional urban warfare, he says. we arrive at one of those camps in the desert. volunteers on a midday break from the searing sun. we are trying to create a special force, a computer engineer and volunteer himself, says. an offensive force. among those advising them are former members of the butter brigades. trained in iraq to fight saddam's regime. this terrain border's land isis declares as its own. just on the other side of the lake is iraq sunni heartland. isis just renamed itself the islamic state and claimed anbar as part of it. it enraged many muslims. for the last decade, 28-year-old majid had his money exchange stand just outside the karbala shrines. this place, even though we have security, we have good people. we don't feel safe, he tells us. everyone is on edge. people can't relax. iraq doesn't deserve this. if isis succeeds in destroying the sacred shrines, it could unleash a sectarian war, bloodier

being sheltered in houses that line this entire stretch of highway between the two holy cities of karbalaah, normally used by the millions of pilgrims that come here during a shore up. >> sadness etched in the elders' faces, a mother lost in thought as she stares at her youngest, while other children play around with donated pillows and mattresses. the twins' cousin lying next to them was born a refugee. the baby's eyes are all lined with -- a tradition believed to strengthen their sight and protect them from evil, evil they have already seen. >>> ahead on cnn, remembering one dutch chemistry student who was heading on vacation with her boyfriend ahead on malaysia flight mh-17. >>> let's take a closer look at the fighting in eastern ukraine right now. the map highlights the area of prorebel territory in ukraine, and it includes the cities of donetsk and the plane crash. in the weeks leading up to the downing of that flight, several ukrainian aircraft were shot down over eastern ukraine. that has many questioning why commercial aviation flights were allowed to fly over the zone. >> the sig

in iraq has killed dozens, including 25 today in clashes between shiite and police in the city of karbala. on tuesday, the united nations confirmed june was iraq's deadliest month since 2008 with over 20 400 killed. a spokesperson for the you and human rights office spoke in geneva. >> in june, total of at least 1531 civilians were killed. the last time such a high number was killed was in 2007, and a simple month. an additional 886 members of the iraqi security forces were killed. inther 1763 were injured june. her consistently receiving reports of civilians been targeted, kidnapped, harassed and killed by isil forces and indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas. we've also received reports that isil forces have been going try to-door in mosul, forcibly recruit men to fight against isi has. >> at least eight people have been killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack in the afghan capital of kabul. the attack targeted a bus carrying afghan military personnel. right-wing activists have blocked a caravan of buses caring undocumented immigrants to a detention center in california. been flow

militias, they have to decide, do they protect just -- or do they go back to protect some other in karbala. the news is not necessarily good for assad. but all these are medium to long-term considerations. in the short term, the regime is on solid ground. let me end here. i've spoken for much longer than i should have. sorry, bryce. thanks for your attention. >> thank you, emile. that was fantastic. i'm sure there are a number of questions in the audience. we'll do them one at a time. please wait for the microphone to come your way. and please be sure to identify yourself and your organization. we'll start right here in the middle. the woman. >> i'm a member of new york -- prez beteern church. my question, i want to get some specifics on syria and the amount of movement of -- of the people who've been kicked out. in terms of the total population, how many are out? i mean, just to kind of get a sense of the specifics on it. that's my question. >> sure. well, the numbers are quite frightening. we're talking about 3 million refugees, 3.5 million refugees, and around 7 million idps. internally