. >> zeina khodr has an update. >> suicide bombers were involved. approached the area on a motorcycle. got off their motorcycles. the first one deb detonated abot 500 meters from where we are standing. then debt necessitated right outside this shia shrine. people are picking up human remains on electricity poles. there's a scene of carnage, wherever you look you see blood on the side of the street. as you mentioned this is a crowded area, are popular marketplace. beirut may be considered a stronghold of hezbollah, in fact it is a stronghold of hezbollah but the clear targets were civilians. there is a lot of anger but at the same time there is a lot of people here say if they were sending a message to us we received that message but we remain defiant. our stance is not going to change. we will continue to support the group. >> more support when and if we get it. captured several villages from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. after capturing sinjar, the town is of strategic importance to control i.s.i.l. raqqa and sinjar, crucial to the area

al jazeera, zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: this is a significant break through and a strategic gain, the siege of queris military airport last now been broken. i.s.i.l. has been pushed back. the syrian government and its allies have an air base in the north of the country after losing control of others over the years. if the mill tri is abl militaryn ground, they have won this battle but the war has many fronts and the government and its allies have mounted multiple offenses across northern syria mainly against the rebels and not i.s.i.l. again i.s.i.l. there has been little success. the u.n. special envoy to syria says there is a momentum that shouldn't be missed. world leaders are scheduled to hold another round of talks on saturday but even before a u.n. led peace process can begin, the players should agree on a list of participants. the syrian government has long called its opponents terrorists, now it must recognize an opposition. it is not just those friendly with russia but finding common ground won't be easy. >> going to be very difficult for different parties to agree on re

zeina khodr, al jazeera, beirut. >> barrel bombs on civilians. the attack reportedly happened in the suburb of dara impleta. al jazeerdaraia. al jazeera is unable to independently verify this video. >>> southern province shabwa? forcers loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh were targeted. and while a rare tropical storm is heading for the yemeni mainland, cyclone shapalla, more than 100 homes were destroyed. it's expected to make landfall in the al qaeda controlled town. the most powerful storm yemen has seen in decades. you're watching al jazeera. still to come. scar crisis, vw has told audi models will also be tested for emissions. >> i'men stei'm step vaessen, c, a story on meat. >> welcome back, a quick reminder of those top stories here on al jazeera. the turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said the world should respect his country's election results, the first bodies recovered from the wreckage of saturday's plane crash in egypt have been repatriated to st. petersburg. >>> and rebels are putting people in cages to try to resist ai

. >> zeina khodr is at the scene of one of those blasts. a twin bomb attack which i.s.i.l.s claiming responsibility for. >> well, yes, behind me the site of the double suicide bombing. a few hours ago when we arrived, there was chaos, ambulances, rushing the injured and wounded to hospitals, people searching for loved ones. the lebanese army sealed off the area. the forensics teams - they arrived. they are sifting through whatever evidence they can find. what we understand from the authorities is that there were two suicide bombers detonated their explosions in this narrow street, just a few meters apart, and just a few minutes apart. one of the suicide bombers, an eyewitness, saw him arriving on motorcycles. they were able to enter the area, blow tems up during a -- themselves up during a time when there was a lot of people. this is a commercial area. yes, this is considered a hezbollah stronghold. this is a more accurate description would be - where hezbollah supporters live. the mainly shia community, if you talk to anyone here, they'll tell you that we were targeted. an

zeina khodr has more on the agreeing problem of children who fine themselves without any nationality.: these children are among a new generation of stateless people. two-year-old mohamed, one-year-old, her cousin, they were all born in lebanon. syrians who escape from the war but are now faced with another crisis. she says she sees no future for her children. they don't have proper identification papers because she first has to renew her own residency and she doesn't some the money to do that. >> translator: living in lebanon is very difficult. i can't go out with the children because they haven't been registered and we can't go back to syria because i have no proof that never mine. >> reporter: for this family and many like them whatever money they make is spent to survive. but with no i.d.s these children cannot enroll in schools and access to healthcare is hard. syrian refugees are able to register their newborn children with the u.n., but the children risk becoming stateless if their parents don't complete the process by registering them with the lebanese government and for some t

al jazeera's zeina khodr has more. >> the siege of the military airport has been broken, i.s.i.l. has been pushed back. the syrian government and its allies now have an air base in the north of country after losing control of others over the years. if the military is able to hold ground it gives it better position to support the offensive in and around aleppo city, they have won this battle but the war has many fronts and the government and its allies have mounted multiple offenses against northern syria. and until now there has been little success. there has also been little success on the diplomatic front but the u.n. special envoy to syria says there is a momentum that shouldn't be missed. world and national leaders that met in vienna last month are scheduled to hold another round of talks on sunday. but the players need to agree on a list of opposition representatives who will take part in proposed negotiations. the syrian government has long called its opponents terrorists. now it has to recognize an opposition. moscow has presented candidates it says it talks to and unlike t

al jazeera's zeina khodr has more from beirut. >> reporter: this is how the rebels plan to fight back against syrian military air raids. they decided to put their prisoners in cages and scatter them in residential areas as a way to pressure the government to stop bombin bombing dhumea. . the prisoners are family members of alawite officers. >> these are family members of alawite sect, high ranking regime officers in cages in towns in eastern d guda so they can taste our misery, so they can be targeted by russian air strikes as our children and our women are. >> friday's attacks was one of the worst yet. the medical charity doctors without borders says that 75 were killed and 550 were wounded in what it described as a extremely hard bombing. residents were targeted, in august more than 100 people were killed in duma. the opposition's largest stronghold under siege. and a few days ago a makeshift clinic was also hit. >> translator: two bombs hit the makeshift clinic. it was the direct hit and the patients and staff were killed. we used to treat about 5,000 patients omonth. >> the fighti

zeina khodr, al jazeera, beirut. >> meanwhile, syrian activists say barrel bombs have been dropped on civilians, in the suburb of daria. al jazeera isn't able to independently verify the video. more to come on the al jazeera newshour, claims that journalists are being targeted by israeli forces. >>> we report from a national wonder in botswana under threat of mineral mining. >>> and england in a strong position against pakistan in sports. >>> now, 20 fighters from yemen's houthi forces and their allies reported to have been killed by saudi-led air strikes. it happened in the southern province of chabwa. forces loyalty to former president ali abdullah saleh were targeted. sending in reenforcements to back up progovernment forces in yemen. sent 30 military vehicles including tanks to the exiled president hadi. paul tradergian reports. >> forces loyal to ab hundreds f civilians have been killed in street by street battles in ta'izz. president hadi wants the troops to push closer to sanaa, liberating ta'izz, the united nations city council has appealed to the warring factions, yemen's for

zeina khodr has the story from beirut. >> reporter: a popular marketplace became a scene of carnage late on thursday, civilians were killed and injured, and the wons targeted. this is a mainly shia neighbourhood in the southern suburbs, it's where supporters of the movement hezbollah live. suicide bombers detonated explosives minutes and meters apart. the second blast went off outside a shia shrine. >> translation: a large number of those injured were severely wounded and a number died in hospital. i know body parts of two suicide bombers have been found. we may have escaped an extra catastrophe, because the explosive belt of a third suicide bomber did not go off. >> reporter: people here have seen themes like this before. there was a time when similar attacks were frequent in this area of the capital. >> people are angry, there's a sense of defines. this is not the first time the suburbs has been hit by an explosion. the last time it happens was over a year ago. just like the attacks in the past, the people believe that this was a message to hez , which sent troops to syria to help the

zeina khodr is in beirut. >> reporter: the recapture of the road is undoubtedly a strategic win got ihe govt in syria along with its allies. it's the only lifeline for the government to send military reinforcements to the western control part of the divided city of aleppo. it's also the only supply line if the government wants to send foot and aways i can plays to the people who live in those directs inside the city. a few weeks ago isil captured this area, there have been a fierce battles but now the government seems to be in control of this highway that really links a hleb owe to government-controlled cities further south. the cities of hama as well as homs. now, this is not the only front in aleppo and, in fact, it's not the only offensive under way in syria. when russia militarily intervened in the conflict the syrian government and its allies on the ground launch aid number of offensives in the homs country side in the hama country side. really the military objective has been to protect the province which is a government strong hold the rebels were advancing towards that province

zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: america's partners on the ground, the syrian democratic forces announced the start of an offensive hoped to end i.s.i.l.'s presence in the nearby corner. the newly formed alliance includes kurdish, arab and assyrian forces and will receive the help of u.s. special forces, planned to be deployed to syria in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> reporter: we announced the first step to liberate syria, many are participating in the effort with the coordination and support of the u.s.-led coalition: u.s. backing for the syrian-kurdish y.p.g. is not now. many areas have been cleared in recent months, it's trying to recruit more groups from the syrian-arab majority to create a unified national force. the y.p.g. is criticized by many, including turkey, for creating their own state. >> when they are using the arab slogans, saying they have arab groups joining them. trying to achieve credibility, it's clear from other rebels and factions that this is a kurdish force implementing a plan and its own agenda in northern syria. >> the y.p.g. controls most of the border, trying

zeina khodr explains. >> reporter: america's partners on the ground. the forces announced the start of an offensive in the nearby corner of the country. newly formed allegiance incluned kurdish forces and the obama plans to deploy in syria to help in the fight. >> it is the first step in the military campaign. many groups are participating in support of this. >> reporter: the protection is not knew. they have cleared many areas of i.s.i.l. it has been trying it move more. leaders say it's a unified national force. despite that, the y.p.g. is criticised by many, including turkey, for creating their own state. >> when they are using and have groups joining them. it is clear from the part of other rebels, that this is a force trig to implement a plan. the ywg controls host of the area. this is expected to be the prelude the y.p.g. is 50km north, but they refused to prep further, with algerian rebels taking the lead. a group found in the province, it's leader, an historic battle. >> the syrian force is not just to end the presence. it is a goal shared by t

. >> with a quarter of a million killed, no doubt the people want that two >>> zeina khodr joins us. while we are on the subject of diplomacy, tell us about the proposals circulated bit the russians at the u.n., what this document is all about? >> well, the deputy foreign minister, the russian deputy foreign minister said this is not a document on syria, it is inside that could be discussed. one of those ideas mentioned was an 18 month period, a constitutional reform process, which will be under way in syria, but it will not be chaired by the syrian president bashar al-assad. at the same time it says that bashar al-assad can take part in future elections. some may see it as a compromise. first of all, we need to know whether bashar al-assad's other ally iran is on board. in this proposal we have to know what bashar al-assad's opponents want. they don't want him involved in a transition process. it - he should not be involved in this. they want him to leave power, some sort of specific time frame. so is this document going to be the start of hard bargaining ahead. undoubtedly hard bar

zeina khodr explains. >> reporter: america's partners on the ground. the syrian democratic forces announced the start of an offensive had hopes will end i.s.i.l.'s presence in the north-east corner of the country. the newly formed alliance includes kurdish forces. and is expected to receive the help of u.s. forces which pt obama administration plans to deploy to syria in the help in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> we announce a first step in a campaign to liberate syria. many participate in the effort in support of the u.s.-led coalition >>> u.s. backing for the syrian kurdish y.p.g. force is not new. the people's protection unit cleared many areas of i.s.i.l. with the help of coalition air strikes in recent months. it's been trying to recruit groups from the syrian arab majority to create what kurdish leaders say is a unified national force. they continue to be criticized by many, including neighbouring turkey for creating their own state. >> when they use the arab slogans and have a lot of arab groups joining them, they try to achieve credibility. it's