nusra, get out, chant these women.rotests like this serve to undermine the view that that they have an unshakeable grip over the areas they are said to control. the popular mood against the group is growing by the week. here they make an equation between the tyranny of the set and the armed religious groups chanting the syrian people are warm. >> translator: we started this to protest the gangs of nusra. we're here to support them. >> reporter: the confidence is growing. this crowd turns on nusra supporters who have tried to get inside a demonstration in support of the free syrian army. the protesters were clearly more interested in the revolution than that of nusra. what's so striking is the ideals of the fsa had effectively been shouted down by those of groups like nusra and isil across parts of northern and eastern syria. yet, now this group considered moderate in the west and which calls for all syrians to come together against the regime in damascus appears increasingly to be back in favor. things like this, trash

things like this, trashing of a nusra office seem to reflect a growing concern that nusra demands manye deeply conservative values that isil does. and many people in idlib aren't interested. the shifting alliance has also affected this group, which was fighting with nusra, but now has appeared to change its position. >> translator: the talks about setting up a civil state in area among other things are to be addressed later. this is delayed because we are now focusing on toppling the regime. this is the same objective that we share with the rest of the opposition forces on the ground and the revolutionary forces. the priority is to bring down the tyrant regime. >> reporter: with nusra front under growing pressure to release men from the fsa it is holding, it seems the message is to stop fighting other syrians. lawrence lee, al jazeera, southern turkey. >>> the kurdistan freedom fall cans or tak have claimed responsible for a car bombing in turkey on sunday. the explosion killed 37. the turkish government says it is determined to punish the perpetrators. our correspondent explains. >> r

things like this trashing of a nusra office seem to reflect a growing concern that nusra has the same deeply conservative religious values that isil does. many people in idlib aren't interested. many are affected by asham fighting with nusra, but now appears to change their position to reflect the popular demand that all focus on their real enemy. >> translator: the talks about setting up a sooifl state in syria are to be addressed later. this is delayed because we're now focusing on toppling the regime. this is the same objective that we share with the rest of the opposition forces on ground and their revolutionary forces. the priority is to bring down the tyrant regime. >> reporter: with the nusra front and growing pressure to release men from the fsa it's holding, it seems popular opinion is telling the group to stop fighting other syrians and what they stand for. it was unthinkable months ago. lauren lee, al jazeera, southern turkey. >>> syria's main kurdish group declared a federal region in areas it controls in the north of the current. it was made an a kurdish conference in syr

be hard to appreciate who is al-nusra and who is not. the second is you have alliances between within the rebel group. some are close to al-nusra and some are distant from them. they consider it a threat, they say al-nusra has links to al-qaeda. they are also not shying away from i.s.i.l. it is very difficult. my count about 70 now, i think, and the number of violations so far. probably the americans and the russians need to try and plan out who committed what violation because the fear is, and that is according to the syrian opposition, the truce has been fragile, it is going to collapse very quickly >>> thank you for that. assaulting your partner has now become a crime in china. it is hoped the new domestic violence law will encourage abused women to overcome the stigma and take their abusive spouses to court. they've been waiting 20 impreers for this. >> reporter: this woman spends a lot of time alone, but at least she is safe now. safe from her husband who thought it acceptable to regularly beat her. >> translation: he hit my face. h

things like this trashing of an al nusra office seems to reflect a growing concern that al nusra demands hold deeply conservative values like isil does, and people in idlib aren't interested. the shifting alliances among the rebel groups now appears to change its position that all fighting groups focus on their real enemy. >> the talks about setting up a civil state in syria among other things are to be addressed later. this is delayed because we're now focusing on toppling the regime. this is the same objective that we share with the rest of the opposition forces on the ground and their evolutionary forces. the priority is to bring down the tyrant regime. >> with al nusra front and the growing pressure to release men from that it is holding, it seems that popular opinion is telling the group to stop fighting other syrians, tearing down their flag. what they stand for would have been unthinkable just months ago. >> al jazeera, southern turkey. >> coming up next, troubled water, radioactive waste from a nuclear plant said to be leaking into florida's ground water. and fur tile ground land

al-nusra is approaching another position. they have been weakened by the syrian government and now you have the opposition being weakened by al-nusra. the questioning is if a political deal is reached in geneva, then we're going to see more war between al-nusra and the rebel groups as well as the government on the ground >>> for the west they had to negotiate with the key makers, with the kremlin, they changed their language in some of the communiques to bring it into line with what lavrov was saying. mr putin gets a seat at the big table. how does that need into the peace process? >> at the end of the day there is cooperation. there is russian-american cooperation on the ground. we were both on air on that day when it was announced the cessation of hostilities. he was announcing it from jordan, a country which was supposed to put the list of terrorist groups in syria. there is some sort of agreement between the russians and the americans. you talk to anyone in the open silgs and they will tell you they are worried and that t

nusra. the al nusra front and isil. without them, can the agreement hold? >> well, it was never intended for those two groups to be part of the ceasefire. everybody sees them as legitimate. in any case they would never have participated in a ceasefire agreement because they don't see anyone else as legitimate actors other than themselves. if you have a ceasefire, you have to exclude them from the beginning. and the fact that they are not part of the ceasefire, doesn't nine that other parts would not work. and, in fact, we are seeing that there is some success. it's early to say definitively, but it's been much better than most protected. >> better than people protected. also there's something to follow, they don't tend to hold for anning long time. >> -- for a long time. >> true. you have two things working against you. one is time, that people will be fed up with a ceasefire, and two you have violations and someone are engage in a terrible attack undermining the whole thing. timing is the enemy. they need to produce a political out come. >> let's talk abou

and el nusra front have also been secluded. staffan de mistura said only one way forward. our deployment editor, has been following things in geneva, james bays is joining us. russia has announced they are starting to withdraw their military force from syria. do we have a clear idea exactly what they mean? >> reporter: well, i think it is this the statement. i think the question is: what it actually means in terms of their support for the assad regime. in the hotel behind me, the syrian government delegation. led by the syrian ambassador for new york. i think this is rather uncomfortable to him potentially because not only has the russian military involvement been a game change are it also gives them diplomatic mat might aat these s and the ambassador should be pretty pleased at the announcement coming from moscow, the announcement by president putin himself. this is what he said. >> translator: i believe that the goal set out to the ministry of defense and the armed forces has overall been fulfilled and that's why i ordered the minister of defense as of tomorrow to start

the only initiatives would be against isil and al-nusra. we saw that was our common intent and in the field, that was what was generally observed. >> it was important that the four heads of state and european head speak by telephone with the russian president vladimir putin. i want to emphasize that the commitment to respect the ceasefire is an important message that was confirmed by the russian president today. it's aim to go restrict everybody to attacks against isil and al-nusra front. we have asked russia to use its i influence on the assad regime and we drew attention to the situation in aleppo. >> paul brennan joins us live from paris. the fact that the two leaders emphasized for the ceasefire to be comprehensively observed, does that mean it hasn't been particularly well observed up until now? >> it certainly does, peter. in advance of the leaders meeting and having that telephone conversation with vladimir putin here, the foreign ministers also got together here in paris earlier on friday morning. they said quite exapplication sitly

these women chant "al nusra, get out." protests have an unshakeable grip. it is an area said to control. the popular mood against the group is said to be growing. here they make equations between the tyranny chanting the syrian people are one. we started the demonstration for the people attacked. we are here to support them. the confidence is growing. this crowd turns on supporters trying to get inside the demonstration. the question was interested in the flag of revolution. what is so striking is the i goals of the f.s.a. have been shounted down by groups like nusra, across northern and western syria. now this group, moderate in the west calls for all syrians to come together against the regime in damascus to be back in favour. things like this trashing of an al nusra office. seem to reflect the growing concern. many people in idlib are not interested. the shifting alliances among the rebel groups affected those that had been fighting with new zealand, and appears to have changed the position to reflect the demand that all fighting groups focussed on the r

and el nusra fighters. >>> it's been a week, since the ceasefire has begun and it has been broken dozens of time but the u.n. says test hopeful. >> live scenes normal in the marketplace in the city of aleppo in the northern syria. >> people are out and buying, women are even bargaining about the price. before the produce they didn't, they used to be scared. >> reporter: but no one is under any illusion. temporary ceasefire could be shattered any minute. 150 violations by government force he on russian air force. while the russians accused the rebels as more than 30 exchanges. >> the campaign it suffered in daily. >> reporter: in some areas the war never stopped. government forces are trying to advance in different areas. in aleppo's northern and southern country side, latakia's country side as well as the province of idlib, the government is fighting el nusra front and i.s.i.l. neither is included in the ceasefire. opposition fighters fear the government's plan is to besiege the city of aleppo. russian forces were stackin wern the main road. on the humanitarian front the truce hasn't mad

andith jabhat al-nusra isis.they are saying this is not the community that we want our children to grow up in. these are not the values that we want our children and our sisters and our mothers and our brothers and our fathers to witness. this is not us. this is no longer the syria that we once knew. yes, we love syria. i am saying this because this is what i have heard so many times from syrians who left syria. we cannot take the barbarism that we are witnessing. keeping that in mind, how human rights and good governance help prevent terrorism and extremism, the conditions that make individuals or communities vulnerable to violent extremism recruitment, often called "push factors," are often physical insecurity or the inability to provide for one's family. i think we can all agree that many syrian people feel that these are the conditions they are currently living in, and if we do not have a sustainable peace process that supports them in a realistic way, this is only going to continue. two, even where people's

but certainly al nusra's presence still is strong on the ground.sn't been decimated at all by the russian aerial campaign. actually it's really the civilian infrastructure that has taken much more of a hit. a crucial issue there, the distinction. does russia ordering its ground troops out of the country mean they will cease and desist from this aerial bombardment? certainly it is fair to say since the cessation of hostilities took hold a few weeks ago, the russians have certainly dramatically reduced the intensification of the bomb bartment. if they were to stop it altogether, you would certainly see another dramatc shift on the battlefield, particularly in the city of aleppo, where russian essentially carpet bombing had allowed assad ground forces to encircle almost completely rebel-held areas of the city. leaving up more than 300,000 people potentially under siege. it will be very interesting to see if the russians really do stop the aerial bombardment, as well as pulling out their ground troop. that is going to, again have a dramatic effect, and

al-nusra front accused the group of attacking them first. cessation of hostilities in syria which has been in place for just over two weeks does not include the he will nus are a front. returning to our top story now, the shooting at the town of grand basal in the ivory coast. i am joined on the phone now by a whitness to the attack, dorothy cooper. she was at the beach near the resort. can you tell us what you saw? >> ins the place, on the beach, so we were there. and then we saw two guys, two guys. >> reaction they then they took the person before they fired. something like that. after that, we saw people led to run away somewhere in there et french t the local police t they finally, reach after they fired one t just the hotel where they shot three guys. wearing white. i saw them. we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us about it. very difficult to recount what it is you have witnessed. my apologize if i am asking you to repeat anything. can you clarify when the attack started, were you inside the building, inside the hotel, itself?

al-qaeda affiliated al-nusra front and another group have captured the city of al eis. it has been more than a week now since a conditional ceasefire came into force but al-nusra and i.s.i.l. are not part of that deal. the main opposition coalition will decide later this week whether it will take part or not in talks shelled uld in geneva on friday. the violence continues. -- scheduled in geneva. >> reporter: the talks have significantly re-lewis-- the trees has reduced fights. in aleppo this is where a building was destroyed by shelling. here local people said opposition forces were to blame for the death of at least 13 people. local clinic two of the women badly injured in the attack. it was the suffering of syrian women that was highlighted by the u.n. envoy staffan de mistura staffan de mistura. he recorded a message to mark international women days >> many many weem inside and outside syria. i've been able to see them during this terrible five years of conflict, how enormous it has been the sufferance and their dignity. >> reporter: the stalled syrian talks were su

every day this holds that means that all the forces can fight on, fighting i.s.i.l, and nusra, al qaeda, rather than fighting each other. >> and they've got a meeting in geneva next week. hope they come up with something. doug, thank you for coming. how the life blood of i.s.i.l. could be the key to victory over them. >> in a little more than two years i.s.i.l. has become a major player in the conflicts raging in the middle east. in that time the group has taken over al qaeda as the greatest threats in the mind of most americans. smuggling of oil in the territory it croams i controls in syria and iraq. howard shatz studied it back when it was still known as al qaeda in iraq. the richest terrorist organization. howard good to see you, thank you for being with us. this is a very distinct difference between al qaeda and i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l.'s got a ready source of revenue that does not depend as much on a donor network, does not depend on countries that give you money through the back door. they've got a bit of a business going. >> absolutely. they've always been that way. donations have alwa

al-nusra and i.s.i.l. are not part of that truce. demonstrators in syria protested against the bashar al-assad regime. marches were held across the country in at least 15 cities, including azaz where people were seen chanting slogan against the government. in a small town to the north of idlib, al-nusra supporters disrupted the demonstration. meanwhile members of the u.n. security council have been accused of making the crisis in syria worse. aid groups say countries, including the u.s. and russia, are unioned mining their positions by supporting opposite sides in the war. >> reporter: it is a grim milestone. almost five years since the start of syria's civil war and a new report by aid agencies, including oxfam, action aid, save the children and several syrian charities says the past year has been the worst yet. the report titled "fuelling the fire", notes that some 50,000 people have lost their lives in the past 12 months, with almost a million civilians forced to flee their homes. 200,000 of those homes were partly or completely d

every day this holds that means that all the forces can fight on, fighting i.s.i.l, and nusra, al qaeda, rather than fighting each other. >> and they've got a meeting in geneva next week. hope they come up with something. doug, thank you for coming. how the life blood of i.s.i.l. could be the key to victory over them. >> that harmony, that politeness and that equilibrium that japanese people call "wa". at the other side of history, fukushima's heroes were not enough. people have lost their trust, especially in the authorities. the myth of nuclear energy, of it being economic, safe and clean has been swept away. >> "fukushima: a nuclear story," narrated by willem dafoe. >> in a little more than two years i.s.i.l. has become a major player in the conflicts raging in the middle east. in that time the group has taken over al qaeda as the greatest threats in the mind of most americans. smuggling of oil in the territory it croams i controls in syria and iraq. howard shatz studied it back when it was still known as al qaeda in iraq. the richest terrorist organization. howard good to see you, t

yasuda is believed to have been taken by members of the al nusra front, an al qaeda-linked militant group. staff members at nhk's cairo bureau spoke on the phone with the syrian man who says he received the video from al nusra. he declined to disclose yasuda's whereabouts out of concern for his safety. a professor is an expert on the middle east. he says the video. doesn't include specific demands so negotiations for yasuda's release have probably not begun. japanese officials are analyzing the video, trying to understand why it was posted. sources say the government has received proposals from people volunteering to act as go betweens with the hostage takers. >>> a japanese official is set to take on a key u.n. role. diplomatic sources have told nhk the u.n. security council has approved the appointment of y yamamoto as secretary-general for afghanistan. he's been serving as special representative since 2014. in his new position, he will also head the u.n. assistance mission in afghanistan. he previously worked for japan's foreign ministry. yamamoto steps up to the post as security deter

message that was once again also under lined and stressed by the russian president and that only al-nusra and da'esh may be targeted. we have asked russia to use its influence to make sure that the assad regime follows this as well. we have also pointed out that the situation in aleppo is of the utmost importance. we have all agreed and this is important that we all agreed that the political process has to start off as soon as possible because it's the basis of transformation. as and interim step of course it is of the utmost importance that the humanitarian situation improves, we have spoken about detailed questions as to where we can do more on a humanitarian level, i believe that this will be a very important message to the people in syria if the situation improves and first improvemen improvements are actually visible and also made it clear that we support the work of mr. staffan de mistura who is leading this political process and bringing together the political parties. it was important i think to have the talk with the russian president together with all tell european leaders and o

people in this town deny nusra fighters are here.ctivists in the area have told al jazeera that the group is a number of rebel groups controlling this area. the terms of the truce can be interpreted differently by all sides. the ministry of defense in moscow says russian strikes are not a violation of the terms of the truce because al-nusra front was the target. the russians say they recorded nine violations on the rebel side in the last 24 hours. fighting is also being reported between government forces and the rebels. turkey's president is also warning kurdish fighters the ypg who are fighting isil in syria, that the turkish army will stop them from creating a free corridor on the southern border, and that could worsen the fragile truce. >>> moderates and reformers have made big gains in iran's parliamentary election. together the two blocks secured a majority in the 290-seat parliament. it could help the president who wants to loosen social restrictions and reform the economy. it's the first parliamentary election in iran since th

it's aiming to restrict everybody to attacks against isil and al-nusra front.have also asked russia to use its influence on the assad regime. >> live now to paris and al jazeera's paul brennan. paul, so many fractures in the ceasefire. the russians this time yesterday saying 24, 25 breaches of the embryonic ceasefire, but the leaders emphasizing the need for the ceasefire to be comprehensive, they are sending a strong signal to moscow. >> they are, and via moscow to damascus as well. the theme was taken up early on friday, when the foreign ministers of britain, germany, and france met. the french foreign minister said that the outlook was positive compared to a week ago. but he said he wanted meetings to restart, and it was a question of goodwill on all sides. the british foreign secretary said the ceasefire was by no means perfect, but offered the best chance, and the focus should be now on improving the quality of the ceasefire. when the leaders met, and then by telephone with the british prime minister, the italian prime minister, and the russian president w

not just the al nusra, but other groups as well. others backed by western governments, including the united states. that's something that has been categorically denied by the russias. they are saying they are striking at the al nusra front and in talks with other rebel groups to bring them into the cessation of hostilities as well. there are violations on all sides, it seems, but for the most part, the cessation of hostilities is holding for the first time in five years. >> maybe some positive signs at last. matthew chance for us in moscow. thank you. >>> new developments. the fight against isis. the pentagon turning to mosul. american backed forces are trying to work the ground from isis strongholds in raqqah and syria. the iraqi prime minister said the full operation could begin this month. >>> let's get an early start on your super tuesday. a nice start to march. dow futures are higher because of a rise in oil prices. crude closing in on $35 a barrel. slight gains in european stocks right now. asian stocks rose overnight. the ber

people in this town deny nusra fighters are here.ut activists in the area have told al jazeera that the group is one of a number of rebel groups controlling this area. the terms of the trust -- truce can be interpreted differently by all sides. the ministry says russian strikes are not a violation of the terms of the truce, because al-nusra front was the target. fighting is also being reported between government forces and the rebels in latakia province and in other areas. turkey's president is also warning kurdish fighters, the ypg who are fighting isil in northern syria that the turkish army will stop them from creating a free corridor on turkey's southern border, and that could worsen the fragile trust. >>> a clash has erupted in calais, france today as authorities started clearing out sections of the camp. officials say the camp needs to be cleared out for humanitarian reasons. they say only a thousand refugees will be affected, and they will be moved to better conditions in a different section of the camp. >>> and on the greek b

hollande says the only military action tolerated in syria will be action against isil or the al-nusrant. >> translator: any other action would violate the ceasefire. we have all agreed there is a communal will and more or less on the ground it has been observed. we have also wanted for humanitarian aid to be brought to the syrian people. they find themselves without basic goods. >>> now a week after the cessation of hostilities came into play in syria, the country's opposition has occurred the government of breaching the agreement. >> reporter: a moment of peace. for many people in syria, these scenes are unusual. life seems normal in this marketplace in the city of aleppo in northern syria. >> translator: people are out and buying. women are even stopping to bargain about the price. before the truce, they didn't, they used to be scared. >> reporter: but no one is under any illusion. the temporary pause in fighting could be shattered any minute. the opposition says it recorded over 150 violations by government forces and russian air force, while the russians accuse the rebels of more

getting peace - isil and al-nusra and others have not signed on. it is a limited peace at best. >> why do you think vladimir putin made the announcement now, and the announcement that he has? >> well, i think the timing was right. they can put the forces back in. and the bases are important not only for syria fighting, and it's useful for russia to have the basing with respect to n.a.t.o. so, for example, that allows them to launch air strikes or other user air defenses against n.a.t.o. planes in the area. it's another clever move on russia's part. again, they themselves can't bring peace to syria, nor can the americans nor anyone else. i don't think they can. >> and i'm speaking to you now from moscow. i spoke to you when you are in washington d.c. how do you think the u.s. government will receive this news. >> well, there has been positive statements, if not many, because it's been - it's only been a few hours that i've heard. i think from a military strategy point of view, i don't think the pentagon or n.a.t.o. will be very happy. from a diploma

while a ceasefire has significantly reduced violence the cessation of hostilities agreement exclude el nusra front and i.s.i.l. now find itself under increasing attack on two fronts as both countries commit more troops to a fight each has vowed to win. mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera. >>> an iraqi military says its troops have begun their long awaited offensive against i.s.i.l. in mosul, part of the attempt to retake the governate in nineveh. retaking be mosul which fell to i.s.i.l. forces in 2014. >>> belgian forces may be hunting not one but two suspects. belgian ministers offered their resignation over suspected failures. paul brennan be reports. >> reporter: how many attackers? cctv showed three, two known dead and one on the run. but be belgian officials believe there may be two still at large. and as the manhunt widens, serious questions are being asked about the belgian police forces. in january 2010, bakraoui was involved and in september 2010 he was convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison but october of 2014 he was released on parole and subsequently absconded. the first be affi

the government is fighting al-nusra front and isil. neither group is included in the ceasefire, opposition fighters feel the government recent group is part of a plan to we siege the city of aleppo. russian air strikes and government forces were targeting rebel defenses on the main highway. between the i don't have ins of attack i can't and idlib. the government is the target. he took two passport photos from me and asked us to wait for his call. later in the evening he turned up with a british passport, which he said would cost us 350 euros. but before my photo was laminated in to it, the smuggler wanted his money. it's at this point that we decided to stall the process. >> reporter: the smuggler kept calling us the next day. but we didn't respond. the smuggling business is a vast industry with different layers. even greece police acknowledge they face an uphill struggle against the smugglers. those who can't afford to buy fake european documents are forced to walk unofficial crossings in to macedonia and beyond. here refugees film th

they're targeting al-nusra as well as the free syrian army, among others. events in syria as that continues to go on, i.s.i.l. coming under pressure in that country over the border in iraq the military there says its troops have started their long awaited offensive against i.s.i.l. in the crucial city of mosul. this is part of a wider plan to retake the government many of nine strshgs ah. many groups are gathered tom take i.s.i.l. more on this now joining us live via skype is a security analyst and professor at the university of bradford. i ask you about recent developments in syria, the forces of president bashar al-assad along with russian military forces are now targeting the city of palmyra. how constant would it be if they managed to retake it from i.s.i.l.? >> it would be quite significant, but in two different ways. one is that it would represent some degree of achievement for the syrian government, almost the first time that it has retaken territory from i.s.i.l. it has taken territory with russian support with other groups in north-west syria but t

place a construct which will help us to be able to guarantee that missions are indeed missions against nusra or missions against daesh. >> five years into the syrian conflict an entire generation of children is in grave danger. witnessing one of the worst humanitarian atrocities of our time, children are at risk of being traumatized ill abused. according to unicef 8.3 million children are in dire need of basic assistance. 2.2 million syrian children now live as refugees in neighboring turkey, lebanon, jordan iraq and egypt. one of the most basic rights of any child is education but 2.8 million syrian children are out of school. more than five million schools in syria can't any longer be used. jamal el shael met some of them in southern turkey. >> this house no far from the syrian border is the safe haven that tens of thousands of syrian children wish they had. way from bombs, houses 60 children whose parents were killed. run by the maram foundation, a syrian ngo who tries to relieve the sorrow of the syrian children. most of the city of homs has hos been bombed to the ground. teachers tell m

the al nusra front took a village on monday but were quickly pushed out by government forces. isil was behind deadly rocket attacks another boy in the same vehicle was injured. >> an assault and attack on a nearby village wher the number of dead has risen to 55. our correspondent meets with some of the grieving relatives in the town of jalal. >> in the village of jalal, family and friends are in mourning. their daughter sarah was killed in the attack. she was 15 years old. >> she told me, i will send you and mother to mecca. i will become a doctor so i can afford it. now she's died, and she's a martyr. god willing we will be in heaven thanks to her. >> as we prepare to leave, there is gunfire in the distance. it gets closer. [ gunfire ] >> we take cover inside. villagers were here to pay their respect. now they fear that more people will be killed if the gunmen return. >> we've been told to take cover and stay inside. the army is searching for two armed fighters robing this neighborhood at the moment. clearly this operation isn't over yet. people here blame isil. >> they have

isis, al nusra, even the rebels know that the west is not going to strike hospitals.'t follow those same rules. if the russians believe those hospitals, schools, mosques, whatever, are being used by the rebels, they will go ahead and bomb them. also the russians aren't using much precision-guided munitions. if they're dropping bombs in a city, they're going to cause a lot of collateral damage. >> michael, how significant is this now that russia says they're pulling out? >> they're not pulling out. that was a bit of a putinist head fake. it's true they've withdrawn some attack jets and the bombers from the major airfield. but look, they were very clear, if you read vladimir putin's presidential statement about this carefully and parse it through the kremlin-ological language, they've made it clear they can continue to bomb as they desire. in fact today they're still dropping bombs, we've seen evidence of them waging sorties in strategic locations. again, not hitting isis necessarily, although they are backing up the syrian army advance in and around pal myra, but the m

the government is fighting al-nusra and i.s.i.l. neither group is included in the ceasefire. the opposition fighters fear the government's recent move is part of a plan to be siege the city of aleppo. russian air strikes and government forces were targeting rebel offences on the main highway. it is not far from the rebel-held town which is the government's target. on the humanitarian front, the truce hasn't made any huge difference. the u.n. wants unrestricted access to half a million people in besieged areas. so far eight convoys have reached the areas of two areas as part of a plan agreed on before the truce started. the world health organisation says it delivered a truck of medicine to two cities north of aleppo. officials in damascus say it is too early what impact the truce has had on the delivery of urgent aid. the syrian opposition says the syrian army and allies are continuing with their campaigns. whilst the government has been accused of mobilizing groups. the truce is fragile and the success is not guaranteed but so far it has led to a drop of violence and that is

so isil is besieging 200,000 people in deir ez-zor, al-nusra are besieging about 20,000 people in twoities. >> reporter: those places have been aid, haven't they? >> indeed. and that is something we have been able to do starting in october, but really gaining momentum recently. >> reporter: it's always become politicized and the opposition say that they are fulfilling their part of the bargain. they are letting aid into their areas, and the government aren't. >> everybody has a lot more to do, and the one thing that should not be done is to reopen humanitarian principles for political discussion. these are not for discussion. these are enshrined in international humanitarian law. >> reporter: one item of concern, and i think it follows what the opposition have been saying, saying that there are many violations by the syrian government side, and the russian air force is a report in the west of damascus province in the last 24 hours of the most sustained attack using barrel bombs. we have seen at anytime during this cessation of hostilities, which has now lasted or been in place for ove

and al-nusra is not part of that group. marches have been held across the country in at least 15 cities, including azaz where people were chanting slow gangs against the-- slogans against the government >>> a 10-year-old child has been killed in gaza. shrapnel from an air strike hit the child's home. the ministry said israel carried out five air raids on hamas facilities on saturday. several rockets were fired on friday night causing no injuries. republican candidate donald trump has cancelled a rally scheduled in the city of chicago because of security skerns. cla clashes broke out between supporters and opposition. the demonstrators pushed their way to the crowd. one man managed to get on crowd but security dragged him away. >> reporter: a turn of events here in chicago at this college campus arena where donald trump was going to speak to a campus rally of about 9,000 people inside. however, before the really even started a number of people were kicked out of the arena, exampled on by trump supporters who wanted them out.

across the country in at least 15 cities including azaz, in a spall town to the north of idlib, el nusra front supporters disrupted the peaceful demonstration. >>> the greek government is hoping to clear out a makeshift camp at the macedonian border within two weeks. people jostle for food aid. macedonia be along with other balkan states have shut its borders to refugees for now. afghan refugees make part of the influx of refugees to europe but for orphaned children, the journey can be terrifying if they are caught by officials before reaching their destinations. hoda abdel hamid has been speaking to some of them. >> reporter: it is a moment of spite otherwise filled with hardship. teenagers who dream of a fresh start far away in europe. like 17-year-old haasim. >> the smugglers told me to bury my hands for five hours in snow. i don't know how to find my parents. >> he is now receiving medical care in a macedonian camp about 16-year-old yasim is in the same situation. he's an orphan who first worked in iran as a janitor. >> translator: they were trying to deport me because i did not have

anand alqaida-affiliated al nusra also has not been invited to the talks. >> i don't know whether anyone else has a plan b, i'm only aware of a plan a, which is giving the maximum chances with the maximum pressure by international community in order to insure that this type of talks and the cessation of hostilities and the humanitarian task force is given the maximum opportunity. the alternative to that to my knowledge would be regretbly returning to where we were, which was basically an ongoing conflict, which is going to be celebrated sadly and tragically until this time. >> diplomatic editor james bays is in geneva and joins us live now. hi there, james, what does syria's chief negotiator have to say? >> he said that they've had an useful meeting, but they said it was an useful meeting but then talked about what had happened in the meeting. it was mainly procedural issues that they had been discussing. now this is understandable in a big diplomatic gathering like this, you're going to talk about the procedure, they like to use the word modality. and that's the way you're going to do t

after the advances from the fight al nusra. because they are squeezed in aleppo. have one ofs, they two choices come either fighting the islamic state and al qaeda in order to have a place for negotiations, or vanishing, having a place in these upcoming areas. the name of fighting islamists and radical moves is also a western him since many months today. this is why we can say that putin and russia managed to achieve their political agenda and to invoke their political agenda on factions that were closed to the west. molly: thank you very much for that analysis. in other world news, burma has elected a new president. parliament has chosen a close ally f aung san suu kyi. the constitution blocked her from becoming president. willgtime ally of hers take office, where he is expected to act as her proxy. our regional correspondent, ishmael wolf, has more from bangkok. ishmael: today is a momentous day in the history of five decades or more of rule, and now they have -- who is this man, is the question? this is the man chosen, by aung san suu kyi, the leader of the pro

place a construct which will help us to be able to guarantee that missions are indeed missions against nusrar missions against daesh. >> americans head to the polls to elect a new president in november. some say it's proven to be the nastiest and most contentious u.s. election ever. march the 1st is the most important date on the calendar so far. here is felicity barr on the significance of super tuesday. >> super tuesday the day when multiple u.s. states choose who they want as their candidate. for the democrats a straight battle between former secretary of state t hillary clinton and bernie sand issues. after her landslide win, she has a strong lead over sanders with 544 delegates to his 85. tonight, there are 865 in play. it's more crowded race in the republican camp. business tycoon and reality t.v. star donald trump, cruz and it carson and k kaesich. >> defying earlier expectations, donald trump remains in the lead. there are 595 at stake tonight. these are the races we are looking at on this super tuesday. twelve states are involved. as we have seen in recent weeks, anything can happen

says the only military action that would be tolerated in syria would be action against isil or the al-nusrant groups which are not involved in the pause in fighting. >> translator: any other action would violate the ceasefire. we have all agreed that there is a communal will and more or less on the ground it has been observed. we have also wanted for humanitarian aid to be brought to the civilian people. they are the victims of this conflict, and they find themselves without basic goods. >> reporter: paul brennan has been following events in the french capitol and joining us live now. another meeting about syria, paul, and again, a call for countries to try to do more to help the situation. >> reporter: yes, barbara, in particular for russia to bring its influence to bear on the regime of bashar al-assad. the foreign ministries involved here in europe, prime a marly, germany, france, and britain, met this morning and acknowledged explicitly that the cessation of hostilities which has been in place coming up on a week now, is by no means perfect, and they basically said there needed to be a

it says the only action will be against isil or the al-nusra groups?nslator: any other action would violate the ceasefire. we have all agreed there is a communal will that has been observed. we have also wanted for humanitarian aid to be brought to the civilian people. they are the victims of this conflict, and found themselves without basic goods. >>> and the conflict in syria wasn't the only item being discussed in paris. the french president met the german chancellor to discuss europe's refugee crisis. leaders want turkey to do more to control the flow of people coming to greece. border restrictions are creating a bottleneck at the greece macedonian border. hoda abdel hamid is on the greek side of the border and joins us now live. where you are, of course, is where the bottleneck is. explain to us how you have seen what is now effectively a refugee camp there grow. >> reporter: well, actually i have been here for about two weeks, and when i first arrived here, there were a thousand people who were in the official transit camp and that was it. you wo

. -- al-nusra fighters. it has been more than a week since the start of that partial ceasefire in syria. violence has dropped significantly and this has allowed children and families to spend time outside. a report from our correspondent. >> reporter: this park has never been as business as it has in recent days. it is an atmosphere that these children have missed for a while, fun calm and hope. they do what children do best. but they seem aware of their reality which surrounds them. >> translation: the conditions are good, but sometimes the plane comes and hits. >> translation: i came to play with the swing. it is better now. there are no planes, no water and no electricity. >> reporter: entire families have ventured out, enjoying a breakaway from the fighting and the sound of explosions. >> translation: we are having a good time. i hope it lasts like this always. we also hope to get clean water back. >> reporter: the sky above aleppo is quiet. there are no war planes or helicopters. the partial cease far h

and al-nusra are not part of the cease of hostilities. while the ceasefire is in place, demonstrators in syria protested against the bashar al-assad government. marches were held across the country in at least 15 cities including azaz where people were chanting slogans against the government. in a small town protesters did you say erupted the demonstration-- disrupted the demonstration. aid groups say countries including russia and the u.s. are undermining their own commitments by sporting opposite sides in the civil war. >> reporter: it is a grim milestone, almost five years since the start of syria's civil war and the new report by aid agencies, including oxfam, action aid, save the children and several syrian charities says the past year has been the worst yet. the report entitled "fuelling the fireskwoets, that's some that 50,000 people have lost their lives in the last 12 months with almost a million civilians forced flee their homes. 200,000 of those home were partly or completely destroyed in 2015. a millionian and a half people ar

more organized grouped like al-nusra were able to take large parts from government forces, but dozens of other groups have also sprung up, including some declared as terrorist organizations. those who left syria joined others in exile to join a democratic coalition. they started recording casualties. faced with criticism of not being inclusive, another body called the syrian national coalition was formed. none of these groups had much sway over the escalating fighting on the ground. the high negotiations committee was formed in saudi arabia with the hopes of representing the opposition groups. even that did not manage to bring together all the fighting groups. the opposition says that while their friends held meetings, others sent weapons and fighters to back bashar al-assad. a fractured opposition couldn't do much to stop the killing of hundreds of thousands or the displacement of millions. but as soon as partial truce gave syrians a chance to come out, they used it to remind the world there is still opposition against the regime >>> the saudi-led military operation in yemen may soon

or al-nusra fighters. they estimate that more than 200,000 people have been killed during the five-year civil war. in yemen gunmen killed two police officers in aiden. the government is not based in the city but it is struggling to secure security. >> reporter: children shouldn't feel out of place in a schoolyard. there is something wrong with this picture. this school isn't a school any more. it houses seven families in the city. they are among the roughly 2.5 yemenis forced from their homes in the ongoing fighting. a former classroom is turned into a makeshift kitchen. the set-up is crude. >> translation: we have mass tremendouses esbut we still need help to feed the kids. >> reporter: war has worsened the humanitarian situation in yemen which is already grappling with widespread poverty. more than 80% of the population is in dire need of food, medicine and basic necessities. >> reporter: my monthly medical bills are over $120 and there are some here just like me. they have similar preexisting medical co