but the government has lost ground on another key supply line in northern hama.here have been weeks of fighting since the government and its allies pushed into the region. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: this is just one battle in a war that is focusing on syria's highways, the opposition has advanced in the hama countryside, taking control of most of morrick, a town on the main road in the west of the country. there have been weeks of fighting since the government pushed into this region, but the rebels managed to make background in this region. morrick is close to a main highway. the government wants to take full control of the hama countryside to be able to protect itself strong holds and push further north. >> translator: the regime pushed into northern hama and southern idlib to remain the highways. they need land routes. they cannot air drop supplies to their forces. but the opposition has turned the tables and took the road. the government is in a difficult position now. >> reporter: but it has regained ground on another front. when isil captured this road

but it has lost ground in another key supply line in northern hama.hoda has more on the battle for vital territory. >> reporter: this is just one battle in a war that is focusing on syria's highways. the opposition has advanced, taking control of most of the town on the main road in the west of the country. there has been weeks of fighting since the government and its allies pushed into this region. but the rebels have managed to take background in this region. it is north of government-controlled hama city, it is close to a main highway that run through syria's major cities. the government wants to be able to protect its strong holds and push further north. >> translator: the regime pushed into northern hama and they need land routes. the opposition has now turned the tables and cut the road. the government is in a difficult position now. >> reporter: but it has regained ground on another front. its forces have recaptured an important supply route. when isil captured the road over a seek ago, it was seen as a setback for the government. this road is

the regime pushed into northern hamas, and southern to regain the highways.hey need land routs they cannot air drop supplies to their fors. be uh the opposition has now turned the tables and took the road, the government is in a difficult position now. >> but it has regained ground on another front, it's forces have recaptures an important supply rout. when isil captures the road over a week ago, it was seen as a set back for the government. this road is a lifeline for the military and the people who live in western controlled districts in the divided city of aleppo. but the main highway between aleppo and the capitol further south, has been blocked by the opposition for years. >> this new battle is about securing highways. it always has been, the army has had man power problems. even with the support of allies like lebanon movement, it has had to choose battles. two goal of the government and the supporters no uh is to secure movement between the cities and maintain control of what it calls territories. this also has political goals each side is hoping to ch

off by isil fighters last month, but the government lost ground on another key supply line in northern hama. we report on the battle from control in beirut from neighboring lebanon. >> reporter: this is one battle in a war focusing on syria's highways. the opposition has advanced in the countryside taking control of most of morik in the western part of the country. there have been weeks of fighting since the government in syria pushed into the rye john. they have been backed by russian air strikes, but the rebels have managed to take background in this region. it's north of government controlled hama city, and it's close to a main highway that runs through syria's major cities. the government wants to take full control of the countryside to protect its strongholds and push further north. >> translator: the regime pushed to no regain highways. they need land routes. the opposition has now turned tables and cut the road. the government is in a difficult position now. >> reporter: it has regain grounds on another front. the forces recaptured an important supply route. when isil captured et roa

the government has not been making much gains on other front lines, for example in the northern countryside of hamamentioned the mortar strike that was a blow. mortars have landed in lack teeia in the past, but this was the first time since russia intervened in the fight. the fact that they were able to launch rockets into the area means that little has been done on the ground, so a war with many fronts that right now, the syrian government celebrating what it is calling a victory by lifting the siege of the air base which would give it a launching pad if it wants to launch offensives in the aleppo province. >> zana hoda thank you very much indeed. >>> israeli police say two palestinian boys have attacked a security guard in east jerusalem. the boys are accused of stabbing an israeli railway guard. one of the boys was shot and injured by the guard, while the other was overpowered by passengers. a 37-year-old palestinian was shot dead after allegedly trying to stab a guard near jerusalem walled city. >>> slovenia is to build a fence on the border with croatia in an attempt to stem the flow of refuge

result of the regime's attacks aided by russian air strikes. 52,800 people were displaced from northern hama alone. these numbers validate what we already know and what you yourself, chairman, pointed out, while moscow asserts its actions are directed at isil, the vast majority of russian air strikes are targeted in areas where the assad regime has lost territory to forces led bit moderate opposition. now russia's fielding its own artillery and other ground assets. greatly increasing russia's own soldiers vulnerability to counterattack. moscow failed as you said and as assistant secretary patterson said to exact any humanitarian concessions from the assad regime as the price for russian support. the regime continues to barrel bomb its own citizens with impunity, perhaps even emboldened by moscow's help. none of this has been cost free for russia itself. in pure economic terms, the price is estimated at 2 to $4 million per day. this at a time when average russians are feeling the pinch of recession brought on by economic mismanagement, low oil prices and sanctions applied for the kremlin's la

the situation here is similar to that scene in the northern countryside of hama when the regime forces tried to storm the area proceeded by aircraft raids and heavy bombardment and shelling. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and head to the mountainous area facing severe cold and bad situation. >> coming up on the news hour, the latest on the heavy flooding that has hit the saudi capital. plus. >> i'm john hedron in chicago where pantries all over the city crowds like this made up of elderly people line up daily for donated food. >> in sport the golden state warriors make nba history. we have details later this hour. >> jennifer grass is in kabul. from there we have this report. >> eyewitnesses say it was a terrifying attack. in the early morning hours of october 3rd, an u.s. plane rained bombs and bullets on a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz. patients burned to death. staff were decapitated and three children were killed in the attack. >> the report in afghanistan was the direct result of human error, compounded by symptoms and procedural fai

the northern branch undermines the state. have close relations with the hamas organization, and they undermine the state with the aim of replacing it with an islamic effort. the islamic movement has grown substantially over the past decades. this main slogan is that it is in danger. the organize has set up groups of young men and protect the mossing and the conflict sur rounding it. israeli leaders claim the movement is inciting and spreading rumor maz the government wants to change the status quo of the mosque compound or 10 mount as uses refer to it. as the core of the current wave of killings and the occupied west bank, is palestinian anger of what they see as continues provocation by far right groups who have recently increased the access of the compound. he does face jail time where he was found guilty of incitement. al jazeera, west jerusalem. >> the compiled president has returned back home from saudi arabia. began an offensive in march. remain loyal to him as well as oversea, and campaigns retake the third biggest city in the country. mohammad has that

russian raids intensified on the northern parts of syria on many fronts which are heavily populated residential areas, housing all those displaced from hama and aleppo. the people here medical staff of outraged by the russian strikes because they target civilian areas. their strikes did not target daish or other armed groups, but targets civilians. >> 113 bodies were found in a village 12 kilometers south of sinjar. a total of five mass graves have now been found. one of the graves was booby trapped with explosives. kurdish fighters recaptured the town from isil earlier this month. >> turkey's recovered the body of a russian pilot whose plane was shot down by the turkish military on the syrian border on tuesday. he was received at an airport and will be flown back to russia. ankara refused to apologize, saying russia violated its air space. on saturday, president putin ordered economic sanctions against turkey in response. >> in turkey, thousands attend the funeral of prominent pro kurdish lawyer, shot on saturday while making a news statement in the predominantly turkish city. there is an investigation to determine whether he was deliber

northern parts of syria on many front. which are revelry populated residential areas. housing all those displaced from aleppo and hama.ple here, civil defense and military staff are outraged by the russian strikes because they targeted civilian areas. the air strikes did not target military areas. most of the targets were civilian. >>> iraqi officials have discovered three more mass graves containing body i bodiese yazidi community in northern iraq. 113 bodies were found in a village 12-kilometers south of the town of sinjar. a total of five mass graves have now been found. one of the graves was booby trapped with explosive. kurdish fighters recaptured the town in isil fighters earlier this month. ♪ ♪ >>> turkey has recovered the body of a russian pilot whose plane was shot down by the turkish military on the syrian border on tuesday. it was received at an airport in a turkish town and will be thrown back to remark a. ankara has refuse today apologize saying russia violated its airspace. on saturday president putin ordered economic sanctions against turk any response. turkey's prime minister has joined e.u. leaders fo

russian raids have intense fire on northern parts of syria, on many fronts, like areas that are heavily populated residential areas, housing all those displaced from hama and aleppo. people here, medical staff, are outraged by russian strikes, because they targeted civilian areas. they did not target areas belonging to other opposition groups. most of the targets were civilians? >> bombings and violence in syria means more refugees, the european union wants to pay to keep them in turkey. they put 3 billion on the table in brussels. nadim baba is there, but the plan is pushed by berlin, where lawrence lee reports. >> reporter: spring turns to summer, autumn to winter, still they have not stopped. through all weather, on this miserable trip. the e.u. has been accused of doing too little to make the journeys less dangerous. they were full of sympathy when the body of a 3-year-old was washed up on the beach, the main pre-occupation was to stop the refugees. the german government in the driving streak presenting this plan as an attempt to regain control. >> it's not a fair humanitarian solution to induce people to offer their lives. we have to offer perspec

northern mountain. regime forces tried to advance towards the mountain of the kurds. the situation here is very similar to the countryside of hama. when they stride to storm the area with heavy aircraft raids, bombardment and shelling. tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and head to the mountainous area on the syrian turkish border facing severe cold and very bad humanitarian situation. >> france's parliament is in favor of extending airstrikes in syria. the french government has given the statement for the national assembly on the case for further french military operations in syria. french fighter jets intensify their raids on syria after the paris attacks. president hollande will have a meeting with the germ chancellor angela merkel in paris. >>> well, after four days of what was described as a lockdo lockdown, the underground system has reopened in the capital of brussels. sense of normalcy has returned as troops are out and about. the police have launched a serious of raids in search of a number of key witnesses linked to the paris attacks. our correspondent in paris is neave barker. >> after f

russian raids have intensed fire on the northern parts of syria on many front, which are heavily populated residential areas. housing all those did he policed from hamappo. the people here, civil defense and medical staff are outraged by the russian strikes because they target civilian areas. the air strike did not target military positions belonging to opposition groups. most of the targets were civilians. >> the syrian observatory of human rights has already accused russia of killing more than 400 civilians. it says that russia has hit 2,000 targets since it began its bombing campaign in late september. now compare to that to the u.s. coalition which has conducted nearly 3,000 strikes in syria over the entire year. but it's a syrian government that has done by far the most damage with an estimated 42,000 airstrikes in just one year. for more now on russia's campaign in syria i am joined by a senior policy fellow at the european council of foreign relations. madam, thank you so much for joining us hero al jazeera. we don't really know whether this air strike which killed 44 people was actually done by russia. that's what the accusation is. but we ar