shi malitia kill people and loot homes and sunni and the malitia are just like isil and they won't fightss they fear they can protect themselves against the malitias. >> reporter: many in the opposition say isil is their enemy but will not fight the radical group only to replace it with a shia force they fear even more, erbil. >> reporter: we will talk to a research fellow at the middle east at the university of singapore and is live from london. how much does the iraqi government and the united states need to convince sunni armed groups and sunni tribes to fight isil, how difficult is that persuasion going to be? >> it certainly won't be easy. there is a risk that is perhaps rooted in 2003 iraqi history that formed in 2003 and it's a risk that is deepening ever since. there is a fundamental absence of trust in iraq forces and as your report mentioned given the iraqi forces are aided by shia malitias and they have a right to fear them but if we are talking about armed groups it does need to be pointed out no matter how legitimate the sunni grievances are at the street level or suffering

these malitias make many nervous. they are afraid there could be a return to the kind of sectarian blood shed that nearly drove iraq to civil war a few years ago. >> the car bombs are on an almost daily basis here sectarian issues, and dealing with that is the only way to build a lasting peace. dealing with that will be crucial. however, there is a more pressing concern. isil fighters are now on three sides of this city. >> and they showed no signs of slowing down. the camtol has always been in their sight. with each village and town they take, they get closer, making people here even more nervous. em iran khan, not exactly helping government efforts to convince people the capitol is safe, imran. >> reporter: exactly right. >> all right. we apologize. we are having a little difficulties hearing imran. >> allies are calling for a end to the fighting in libya. they say they are ready to impose sanctions against individuals. forces loyal to renegade general halifa hafta are fighting in benghazi and kikla. thousands of ci

our house is destroyed and now there are malitias there. >> reporter: people who live there found refugeer north in the city of kurkook but do not feel safe and they are looked upon with suspicion and some accused of cooperating with isil and at the same time say they are targets of sierra armed groups. >> translator: malitia men would not allow us to return to our village's and looting and burning our homes and we are scared to go back. >> reporter: iraqi government doesn't call these fighters malitia men instead it considers them volume tires on isil or part of the sierra dominated iraqi army and government officials insist the so called volunteers will continue to support the army and police until they are ready to secure areas on their own. but for many sunnis, their presence is tearing their country apart and explained the government should allow the 700 policemen from his town to return to work now that isil has left. >> translator: the people are the victims of all these groups. e want a force that can protect us and ask the government to send an official force. >> reporter: in a

opposition fighters are backed by the dawn of libya and alliance of conservative malitia.re waiting for reenforcements and until they arrive with rocket launchers from all rockets and say they have been able to stop the advance of tribes and troops with limited cash of weapons. they show us with mortar and tank shells and hitting residential areas and civilians and hospitals. yes, we are on the dawn of libya. >> reporter: as the fighting rages on supplies are running low. the u.n. put an end to the violence to ally in humanitarian aid has gone unheard and political deadlock continues for rieb ri riebel rebel dawn of libya appears to have an upper hand but not recognized by powers and the house is by the brook and has international backing. besides the western mountains there has been more fighting in benghazi and more tribesmen are believed to join the forces but the dawn coalition say he and his men are remnants of the regime and must be defeated to defeat the gains of revolution and they are confident they will win the battle but the war they are fighting appears to have

now he list in places like this former restaurant converted into a malitia camp.ures? >> these are all men who have died fighting against isis. >> the ypg or very lightly armed guerrillas. >> this is a vest to carry ammunition. >> people are running into battle without any armor? >> yes. >> and wearing sneakers half the time. >> yes. >> u.s. law enforcement officials say it's illegal for an american to join a syrian malitia but matson says being here, fighting isis alongside the kurds in a dream come true. >> all mu life i wanted to be a soldier, i guess, growing up. and i'm at peace being here. >> ivan watson doing great work for us. he's been in northern iraq for quite some time. by the way, iep watching the clock because the white house briefing is expected to get underway at any moment. we don't always go live to it but there's a lot going on here with the ebola cases here in the u.s. so we're going to bring it to you live just as soon as it gets under way. quick break. back after this. a woman who loves to share her passions. grandma! mary has atrial fibrilla

war planes have bombed suspected malitia positions and people supporting the rent grade general forcesmantled checkpoints with fighters set up with al--shareer and libya under control of two governments and groups engaged in daily fighting. south of tripoli these are some of the families who left their homes to escape the fighting. >> translator: they shelled our house in the middle of the night. my son was injured but when we got him to hospital the doctors said they couldn't do anything for him and he died. >> reporter: the town's university has been turned into a temporary shelter but there is no school here so the children make the most of what little they have. >> our country is in a state of war and the schools are closed. we had to leave our homes and come live here. >> because of the fighting we lost lots of lessons which is sad. >> the nonstop fighting in the area killed hundreds of people and forced hundreds more to leave their homes. it's a pattern repeated across the country. violence and rivalries deeply split libya following the up rising and the former leader gaddafi and

are ready to impose sanctions against individuals, forces loyal to former general halifa fighting malitiasthe city of benghazi and klikla in the west of the country. dozens of people have been killed. thousands of civilians have fled the violence. let's go now live to tripoli, al jazeera's narsala bed ri joins us. first of all, give us an assessment, an idea of what civilians are facing. we have had pleas from humanitarian organizations the western side, the western mountain side of tripoli about 120, 150 kilometers from the capitol, tripoli in really, really they are facing anonslaught. two cities have come under chef shelling from the forces allied to the city over the last few days. the number of casualties has been increasing. so far, we are talking about over 100 dead and over 200 people actually have been injured. many of them actually have vacated their homes and moved in to the areas surrounding garian and many individuals surrounding the early on the eastern side of libya, particularly in the city of benjamghazi. many of the districts which have seen the forces loyal to the renega

group last year. >> translator: it's a big problem for arab sunnis and suffer attacks by malitia andil and there is general invest 'tis from the government and sometimes we suffer at the hands of our brothers the kurds, the big plan and agenda is to erase the arab sunnis from iraq and syria. >> reporter: car bombs in recent weeks and the city is around 30 kilometers from the border of iraqi kurdish stan by the government and the threat from isil is so great that pershmerga is helping defend it and both the k.r.g. and baghdad have a role in running kur cook. this office was set up here about a month ago and rivalryings between turkmen and sunni and kurds are deep, deep rooted and seriously jeopardizing their ability to defend the city against isil. >>> try and clear up the problems between the different ethnic groups. >> translator: everyone threatened by isil in iraq and we are trying to bring people from all groups together and now are becoming enemies to each other and before it wasn't like that, marriage between ethnic groups and understand and now it's different. >> reporter: pol

these protesters oppose any foreign intervention and support libya's dawn in the reliance of malitiaols the country including the country tripoli and gather in the freedom square of benghazi, a battleground for months and this is the latest car bomb that went off in front of a local hotel and it was not clear who was the target. like other parts of libya no one single group is in charge here and he is declared a terrorist group by the united states says it's making gains in the city. but it denies aims to expand beyond benghazi. >> translator: we regret this internal strife that our people in libya are dealing with. the treacherous has dragged them into this and cost loss and tragedy. my god, if this will drag on they will lose more and more and pray it will end soon. >> reporter: but increasing numbers of radical fighters is becoming a serious concern. this video posted on the internet appears to show a convow in support of the islamic state in iraq and lavonte and the area is considered a stronghold of the group and fighters have been pledging support for isil. >> translator: in th

since the forces launched offensive to take the camp last week and part of efforts to drive rival malitiae city. they have retaken the strategic town and this is the biggest gain for iraqis in months and i.s.i.l. was using the town as a base for a planned assault on sites further south and we report from baghdad and control vo surrounds the group who pushed i.s.i.l. out of the area. >> reporter: hit i.s.i.l. positions in a rare success story for an army described recently as dysfunctional but in this battle the fighters are from the brigade, a sheer malitia force and 72 hours took the village's and main roads surrounding here. fighting alongside regular iraqi units and the brigade is battle hardened and also controversial. during the height of sectarian violence in 2006, 7 and 8 group accused of operating death squads and war crimes against the sunni population and now it takes orders from the iraqi government, member of the organization is the minister of interior, the latest offensive shows that it remains a highly disciplined and regulated fighting force. >> translator: we have substan

fighting between forces loyal to a rent grade general a fighters from benghazi council and battling malitiam mizarati across libya. runoff will be held later this month to choose brazil's next president and in sunday's election the current president failed to win an outright majority securing around 41% of the vote. she will face center right candidate in the second around. he got nearly 34%. in third place was the socialist parties silver and she was leading the polls in august when she entered the race following the sudden death of campos and this is from south palo. >> reporter: she was up beat but not reelected and she did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff. >> translator: this is a simple message i have to move forward and continue in this fight together with each one of these borders to change brazil. >> reporter: the story of the night was this person who made a dramatic late surge to finish a strong second. his message to get the economy growing with traction and coupled with a strong last debate the candidate from the center right social democratic party finds himself on the cu

shia malitias will be important for the defense of baghdad.y have held rallies like this one to show how ready they are to fight but they make many sunni muslims nervous. they are afraid there could be a return to the kind of sectarian blood shed that nearly drove iraq to civil war a fuse years ago. >> car bombs on an almost daily basis here, sectarian tension is a real issue. dealing with that is the only way that you will be able to build a lasting peace in this country treat. sectarianism is one of the reasons for the rise of isil. and dealing with that will be crucial. however, there is a more pressing concern. isil fighters are now on three sides of this city. >> and they show no signs of slowing down. the capitol has always been in their sites and with each village and town they take, they get even closer, shaking people here even more nervous imran khan, al jazeera, baghdad. sglush. >> to the vatican where pr prop-francis resided over the beatfication of pope paul xi. it's a step shy of sainthood for the pontiff who led between 1963 and

although this is being seen as a very big successful operation for the iraqi security forces and shia malitiaong way to go and still on offensive. >> thanks for joining us this morning. meanwhile i.s.i.l. released a new propaganda video featuring a british hostage and appears to show journalist john kantley reading a scripted message and criticizes how they deal with hose adjust negotiations and how i.s.i.l. prisoners are water boarded if they try to escape and he was kidnapped in syria back in 2012. the u.s. has now identified a marine who died in iraq. lance corporal shaun neil killed in a noncombat incident in baghdad and 19-year-old from southern california is the second american to die as part of the fight against i.s.i.l., the pentagon is investigating. police say the washington state shooter targeted two of his cousins and today the family of fryburg is coming to grips with the deadly attack and one girl was killed and four other freshman students are in serious condition. another cousin who witnessed that attack says he still can't believe fryburg went on this rampage. >> i can't beli

seems that the iraqi security forces, which is the iraqi army, the peshmerga and, indeed, many shia malitiasre moving very slowly and deliberately. they are not taking add vaventsage of the airstrikes. if they don't do that, it becomes a slow and laborious war. >> to somalia where the national army and african union troops are making advances against the armed group al shabaab. joining us live from the outskirts to tell us how close the forces are to the town. >> we are right at the edge of the africa union forces together with somalia national army troops preparing to get in. they tell us in a matter of hours we will, we are being told al shabaab has been retreating, running, going in boats. we are being told some of them melting into the civilian population. joining me brigadier general di kamun leading the ugandan forces. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> we are hearing reports that your troops have taken baro. please tell us the true pog. >> as actually, this is different as the commander of sector one, the authority over this mission. i would like to assure you that,

many people are reminded of those days, of those battle days that they say where shia malitias ran wild through the streets of baghdad and other parts of the country. the organization now say they are a disciplined fighting force and they are fighting now alongside the iraqi army and, indeed, report to the ministry of defense and, indeed, one of the members of the brother organization, which is also a parliamentary block as well as a fighting force is now the minister of the interior. they say they have fully integrated inside the iraqi security establishment but they are very controversial. lots of those leaders back from back in 2006, '7 and '8 hold it key positions within the organization. >> imran, thank you for that. that's our corresponden, imran chan joining us from baghdad there. now, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations is due to arrive at ebola stricken west africa. she is said to visit guineaa, liberia and sierra leone in a further effort to stop the virus, british military forces and health workers are helping train local volunteers to treat patients. there are now more

the opposition fighters are backed by the dawn of libya and alliance of conservative malitias. waiting for reenforcement and until they arrive making improvised rocket launchers from all rockets and say they have stopped the advance of tribesmen and troops with limited weapons >> show us with tank shells and mortar and hitting civ yeahens in hospitals and, yes, with are the dawn of libya. >> reporter: as the fighting rages on supplies are running low. the u.n. want an end to the violence and humanitarian aid has gone unheard and deadlock continues with two parliaments and no government. this is supported by dawn of libya fighters appears to have an upper hand at the moment but not recognized by powers and the house of representatives influence is limited to the eastern city but has international recognition and regional backing. besides the western mountains more fighting in benghazi and more troops have joined the forces and libya dawn coalition say her and his men are representing parts of the old regime. the fighters seem confident they will win the battle but the war they a

without a government in rocontr and with the capitol in the hands of armed malitias, it is facing thespect of becoming a failed state. >> coming up on "al jazeera america," recruiting for isil. how the group is attracting new members, other than will. thousands march worldwide to save from the brink of extinction. two candidates in a race too close to call. we are live in sao paolo. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top story. doctors in dallas have downgraded the condition of ebola patient thomas duncan to critical. the septembers for disease control and prevention say they have narrowed their focus to nine people who have had contact with him. so far action none have shown signs of perfection. an unexpected opposition from supporters of the government. some residents want demonstrations to a couple of down and others say the police aren't going enough to ends the unrest. isil forces attacked the syrian town of kobane four times overnight. kurdish forces managed to push them back with the help of coalition airstrikes. today is the fine day of campaigning a

baby dock accused of using his fear on the malitia to torture and kill people during his rule and hundredss of others fled the country risking everything for a better life. he was forced in exile in 1986 but to the surprise of many he returned 25 years later and his trial halted and he lived a free man in porta prince. >> his death brought mixed reactions among people with an average age of 27 many are simply too young to remember his rule and other want to show respects to a former leader who still has family here and surprisingly there is nestalgia. >> if you are crossed up and in trouble with them you lived a peaceful life and the streets were clean and people cannot liter as people do now. >> reporter: from the current president a tweet that reads on behalf of the entire government and people of haiti i take this sad occasion to extend this to the relatives and supporters across the country. no mention here of right rites abuses and point to more of the former associates including his son work in the current government. and george is known for his friends as prince say his father was t

forces loyal to a man described in the renagade have battled malitia and half have died since they launchedernment backed defensive two weeks ago. the mosque has been reopened in jerusalem, the site revered by muslims and jews was closed after the killing of a palestinian suspected of shooting and wounding a right winged rabbi and this was held on thursday night and killed by israeli police after a raid on his house and we will go live in east jerusalem and specifically at the damascus gates, an entrance to the old city and it's open the compound but only to a limited section of the population, what kind of checks are going on where you are? >> well, david, since the last we spoke the security presence here just sets out the old city and has increased dramatically. in fact, i'm just going to step out of the frame and show you those men in the green uniforms there, those are riot police and just beyond them you can probably see a large crowd of people, now obviously some of those people are security forces but beyond that is mostly palestinians who are hoping, wanting to cross over to get to

inside iraq government forces backed by malitia recaptured village's from isil east of baghdad, iraqistry of defense says it took control of 30 village's in the province and iraqi and militia fought sunni fighters and other armed factions in the area for nearly four months. in iraq cherokee town kurdish forces have driven isil out with the help of coalition air strikes and this is near iraq's border with syria. and in syria coalition forces have struck a number of targets over the past 24 hours, activists say isil targets were hit in the suburbs and also report air strikes in the town of mom beach and as well to the north and also in the north this man in the video says he is standing on the site of an air strike in the province of raqqa and it's a skill and al jazeera cannot verify the authenticity of the video. in other world news britain prime minister made a surprise visit to afghanistan to meet the new unity government. and david cameron gave a press conference with ghani at the presidential palace in kabul and due to meet british troops in afghanistan and jennifer glasse is in

why should we help the government get rid of isil, when they leave, all who replace them are shiia malitiasn according to the sunnis, they fear the shiia militia more. >> they are dealing with suicide attacks. more than 50 people were killed saturday across baghdad. the attacks are most nrc shiia neighborhoods. they happened in many public areas. one car bomb detonated near an ice cream shop. another near a market. they are calling it the weekend of resistentions. people are marching in st. louis missouri protesting what they asay is racial bias within the local government and law en fossaments. done operations? st. louis a, clayton and ferguson where they began. in august, a white policeman shot and killed a black teenager michael brown proing demonstrations. this week, another shot and killed by a white police officer. ashar quereshi filed this report. >> reporter: shining a light through mass demonstration. with a brought hundreds of protesters to st. louis to marriott arch. ander built graduate student ashar coolboy has been coming back to hoiz his hometown every other weekend since aug

. >> one of the main cities along the way, the army is held by shi malitias who have held positions inhe north of the holy city of samara until the ramieing army arrived. >> when the main shrine was hit in 2006 t sparked years of sectarian violence. we support the army and the police forces. they are the ones responsible for taking up the execute file across these areas. they are secured. specially perimeter of all of samara city toward tikrit. our main goal is to protect the holy sideline. >> it went on to balad, samara and will reach tikrit. the idea is that they take control of towns and villages on either side of that road in order to be able to deny isil ground. once they have taken ditikrit, they will move and draw an im e imagenary line from here to here. what that will do is it will cut ice i will fighters off. they won't be able to communicate with each other. they won't be able to resupply each other. now, isil still control huge parts of iraqi territory. parts of anbar province and mosul up here in the north. but, taking control of this key highways may gives the upper hand.