they'll allow the peshawar as well. in the last hour, in fact, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan had a bit of a dig at the united states. in the phone call he got from president obama, he told them that support that they are giving in terms of the air drop to the kurds in kobane. recep tayyip erdogan says lock what has happened now, a box has gone astray. recep tayyip erdogan reiterating that he thinks the support should go to free syrian army fighters. he's not happy at all that weapons are in the hands of kurdish fighters. >> for now, thank you very much, indeed. so we have just got in. the news were erbil. the capital of northern iraq's kurdish region, that the kurdish regional government had approved the use of kurdish peshmerga forces to go into kobane, northern syria in order to assist kurdish fighters, who are defending kobane from the i.s.i.l. attack. this is the latest to come out. we'll go live to erbil in nowhere iraq in a short while. that's the latest to have come from the kurdish regional government.

we spoke to the peshawar spokesperson who told us there were a number of i.s.i.l. fighters killed, including a commander, there were more skirmishes, fighting around the mountains involving the peshmerga, and the yazidi militia. this front line is changing continuously. it's not - we have 40km or so away from erbil. although things seem quiet it's described as a smoke and mirrors situation. there are fears that sending too many fighters to the front in kobane could gepp dice their -- jeopardise their ability to defend a strong front line. >> charles stratford in erbil. thank you >>> to yemen where a new government has not been formed. rival parties are trying to agree on how to administer portfolios, the deadline expires on tuesday, a month after houthi fighters signed a peace deal with the government and other farsis. >>> egyptian prosecutors investigating a blast outside cairo university on wednesday believe a mobile phone was used to detonate explosives - that's according to reports from local media, who say the attack was aimed at police officers. 11 were injur

and 200 people, peshawar are armed with light machine-guns. and others. i don't think that the armaments are marching to what i.s.i.s. has. >> what is the reality of kobane, not in terms of who is going to win or lose, but why so much international attention in terms of the iraqi peshawar getting the weapons, in terms of the free syrian army going in there, is it because the cameras are on the town on the turkey syrian border or does it mean something else? >> well, in my opinion it means something to i.s.i.l., because it is on the border with turkey, and this will keep the flow of fighters from turkey into syria, supporting out the supporters of i.s.i.l. for the kurds, it's something else, they have to defend their places. they have seen that i.s.i.l. dealt with them. they killed the population, they slaughtered them, and they have done the same in iraqi khazakhstan. for the kurdish region, they have shown it over other parties, the forces are merely symbolic. it's not a match to what i.s.i.l. has, and it will not determine the future of kobane, because

the kurdish peshawar - they fire on the city with heavy artillery and a gun. this is the front line on top of the zyrtec mountains, where 500 forces operate. well, they are firing on a position, and the bad news is that we could expect maybe incoming fire. so we are going to leave right now. the deputy prime minister of iraq says he thinks the group can be defeated. >> certainly. because they have no future. the future is ours. the future is for peace loving

can the peshawar forces be freed up to go and defend and fight i.s.i.l. in kobane without jeopardizing the defense here. 1050km line, a lining fluctuating. there was fighting last night in the mosul dam. we here from peshmerga. that was with backup from coalition air strikes, u.s. air strikes. there was more fighting in and around the sinjar mountains, peshawar, backed up with yazidi militia. an example of how fluid the situation is here. and big questions as to whether sending the peshawar in any way will cause problems in defending that front line >>> bernard smith is live on the turkey-syrian border. to bring the viewers up to speed, why the turks would allow iraqi kurds into the northern part of syria via their borders, but they won't allow their own turkish kurds across the border. why? >> that is because turkey don't see the iraqi kurds as a territorial threat. turkey has a good relationship with the kurdish regional government. it's a trading partner. they'll be allowed to transit through turkey to syria. turkish kurds,al lied to the p.k.k. have te

you wouldn't be able to get the heavy weaponry that the peshawar have across there. it makes more sense to go in from the western side in an area covered by the kurdish force, and where they could be given air cover. once in, they will be essentially self-contained. they'll work in liaison with the syrian kurds there. but they have the protection once they get from the air cover and the kurds there. >> back with you a little later bernard smith, i have no doubt. bernard smith in you're fa -- urfa >>> syria is part of the fight against i.s.i.l. the other front is iraq and i.s.i.l. and suicide attacks in baghdad. in some parts the capital is safe, but in some districts violence is increasing rapidly. we have this report from one of the deadliest parts of baghdad, karrada. . >> >> reporter: in one of the dangerous cities in the world, this is worst hit by the violence. the carr arda district is a mixed sunni neighbourhood, hit by 24 car bombs and 62 suicide bombers. 370 people died and 300 injured. on sunday, a car bomb detonated outside this hotel. the clean-up will ta

forces attacked kurdish peshawar here all the time. despite the danger and the winter months, this family will remain, until they are forced to move on again >>> to tunisia, and the opposition secular party, nidda tounis claimed victory. winning 85 of 200 seats, not enough to win a majority, but will form a coalition party. we go there. your initial reaction when you found out that tyne us had won and ennahada was out. >> we expected nidda tounis to do well in the elections. there was a lot of propaganda against ennahda. so they were expected to do good results. to win - not everyone expected. we see that nidda as well didn't do that bad. ennahda came second, there was 15 seats difference between ex nnahda and the nidda government. we have good checks in the parliament, and i think this is quite positive for the democracy in this country. >> very positive in the eyes of many, considering tunisia, what was known as the arab spring, in your country. as a blogger, it appears so far at least that she's been able to administer on this platf

this was a facility with kurdish peshawar soldiers and members of the political party, the patriotic union of kurdistan. it's evidence of how bloody the battle of i.s.i.l. is. not just in diarticle yes, out -- diyala, but across iraq. this is the neighbourhood. in the early evening two parked car bombs ripped through a busy marketplace. those in the vicinity didn't stand a chance. 38 killed, 68 injured. >> a car bomb exploded at the checkpoint killing and wounding several poem. my son was injured and now is in hospital. this is his vehicle damaged in the attack. >> residents take a look at what is left. twisted metal and burnt out vehicles proving how powerful the bomb was. baghdad faced daily bombings, and the city was increasing and dividing with people afraid to

the feels expressed by the peshawar fighters, they are seen as possible collaborators. for them it's a safety thing. they would say you can trust some of them, you don't know which ones. it's better not to have them there at all. joe biden came up with an idea of three autonomous dates in the shia'as, kurd and sunnis - you couldn't do it, mill lions of sunnis lived in the shi'a areas, and now you can. after years of ethnic cleansing and killing each other, and pushing each other out, the lines are clear. >> let's go down the line. the u.s. perspective - any fighters battling i.s.i.l., like the good guys and the conflict, the kurd, as you said the clip we saw, these are kurds supporting in effect as you said on ethnic spending. >> the u.s. sees as a crisis, others sees as crisis and opportunity. the kurds are included in that, in the peshawar. we went along the line and saw p.k.k. fighters. they are listed as a kurdish group. we saw soldiers shelling with artillery. we saw peshmerga. small groups of the iraqi army, and many that you think would never support. all the gro

no one asked about peshawar crossing to kobane. if we get them and enough weapons, the fighting will be over soon. >> reporter: more than 130 u.s. air strikes flattened i.s.i.l. positions, but they will not be enough on their own. turkey, concerned about arming kurdish groups, allied to its enemy, the p.k.k. has not allowed weapons into kobane. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says it would be morally difficult not to help the kurd. they have resisted i.s.i.l. fighters for more than four years, u.s. considers it may be a damaging blow were kobane to fall. a fact that i.s.i.l. commanders will be aware of >>> for more on the u.s. move to help the syrian kurds fight il -- fight i.s.i.l., mike viqueira joins you. >> we heard bernard smith talk about the psychological impact that the fall of kobane might have on worldwide opinion. the visibility of the battle on the border with turkey, having the cameras trained on it caused a change in rhetoric and the goal of the administration. first, they were preparing for the american public

is so great that kurdish peshawar are helping the iraqi army defend it. the company state use says the k.r.g. and baghdad have a role in running kirkuk. the office behind me was set up by the k.r.g. government in kirkuk. the rivalries between turkmen, sunni arabs and kurds is deep-rooted. some say that that rivalry is jeopardizing their ability to defend the city against i.s.i.l. the chief is trying to solve disputes between different ethnic groups. >> everyone is threatened by i.s.i.l. in iraq. this it was is trying to bring people from all groups together. they are becoming enemies towards each other. it was not hike this. there was marriage between the groups. there was understanding. now it's different. >> political leaders from the turkman population agree. they say the problem is not just in kirkuk. >> turkmen are not just in danger here. they are anxious in other areas. they are squeezed out demographically. >> kurdish peshawar and iraqi army face attacks around kirkuk. tension among the people could make defending it harder >>> coming up next - yo

no one asked about peshawar crossing into kobane. if we get them and weapons, the fighting in kobane will be over soon >>> more than 130 u.s. coalition air strikes flattened i.s.i.l. positions. there will not be enough to stop i.s.i.l.'s advance. turkey, concerned about arming groups allied to its enemy p.k.k. has not allowed weapons into kobane. now the secretary of state john kerry says it will be irresponsible and morally difficult not to help the kurds. they have, after all, resisted i.s.i.l. fighters for more than four weeks. it would be a damaging psychological blow to the coalition were kobane to fall - a fact that i.s.i.l. commanders would also be aware of >>> a roadside bomb killed four african soldiers in the capital kabul. the defence minister said it struck a bus. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack >>> the first batch of an experimental ebola drug developed in canada has been sent to the world health organisation. there's no proven treatment for vaccine against ebola. the canadian drug is one of three drugs

a week ago the iraqi army and kurdish peshawar forces swept in. clashes lasted for days. i.s.i.l. was defeated. leaving likely armed residents to protect the little that is left. so, it's now a ghost town, uninhabitable due to i.s.i.l.'s tactic of booby tracking buildings. that is a challenge. >> the main problem that we are facing is only the main roads and streets in the city are clear and safe. almost all the house, schools and government direct rates have been wired by tnt and explosives and could blow up any time. >> the iraqi army and peshawar had to leave to fight i.s.i.l. >> the situation is an indication of the challenges that iraq faces. it doesn't have the kind of troop numbers to leave behind once it defeats i.s.i.l. fighters, and that has residents worried. because the troop left, they fear that i.s.i.l. fighters will return. >> translation: now we only have a handful of families remaining to defend it. we are hearing that there are huge congregations by i.s.i.l. in the village of basheer sh we are afraid they'll attack us. for now, residents wonder if anyone will com

the threat is great, that kerredish peshawar is helping the iraqi army defend it. iraq's constitution days the k.r.g. and baghdad have a role in running kirkuk. the office was set up by the government in kirkuk. the rival wries between turkmen, sunni arabs and turks is deeply rooted. it is seriously jeopardizing the ability to defend the city against i.s.i.l. >> the mission is to resolve disputes between members of different groups. >> everyone is threatened by i.s.i.l. in iraq. >> this office is trying to bring people from all groups together. they are becoming enemies to each other. before, it wasn't like this. there was marriage between the groups, understanding. now it's different. >> political leaders from the turkman population agree. he says the problem is not just in kirkuk. >> turk many are not just in danger here, they are anxious in other areas. they are squeezed out demographically by other groups. >> the kurdish peshawar, and the army face attacks around kirkuk. tensions among the poem that live here could -- people that live here could make defending

a convoy of 161 iraqi peshawar fighters left erbil on tuesday, and are said to have arrived in turkey, where the turks have promised to allow them to cross the border. four more strikes were blasted in town. the fight for kobane was coming to an en, with i.s.i.l. coming out on top. for nor, i'm joined from nick schifrin, who is not far from the turkey-syrian border. >> peshawar fighters are supposed to deploy. reuters is quoting a senior kurdish politician who said they entered turkey from iraq. will the turks, who have been reductant to help the people fighting in kobane, allow them to go through? >> that's the $64,000 quest. so far we have seen little evidence of turkey allowing these kind of fighters into kobane. i spent the day with two smugglers, who say since turkey promised to open the border, nothing has changed. they can get 6-8-10 fighters in, not more than that because the boarder is heavily policed and manned. turkey is under pressure by the united states, by n.a.t.o. to open its border to try to say kobane. it needs a lot of help, despite 150 u.s. air strikes or drops int

the peshawar have stopped their charge whilst waiting for air strikes for coverage.housands fled from there into turkey. bernard smith joins us from southern turkey. tell us about the fighting, the shelling that you are hearing about. >> well, i'm on the turkish side of the border with kobani. it is behind me. it has been quiet overnight. there has been no advance as far as we understood by i.s.i.l. forces. just in the last 20 minutes or so - there's another explosion - there has been sustained gun fire and mortar exchanges between the two sides. we see explosions going off into the distance. this going off is an intensity that has not been here in the last few days or so. there's a stepping up of the fighting over there in kobani. it's a few hundred meters behind me. we have spoken to an activist in the town who says pretty much everybody who can has already left. there's few people that have left, just those that have absolutely no money, or no means to leave, or who are unable to leave. there's one or two families that stayed behind because their sons or husbands

the kurdish peshawar - they fire on the city with heavy artillery and a gun. this is the front line on top of the zyrtec mountains, where 500 forces operate. well, they are firing on a position, and the bad news is that we could expect maybe incoming fire. so we are going to leave right now. the deputy prime minister of iraq says he thinks the group can be defeated. >> certainly. because they have no future. the future is ours. the future is for peace loving poem. >> others are less optimistic. when i.s.i.l. fighters took hold months ago, they killed three people. we have seen the new road. forcing the road to go behind them. peshawar fighters control anything that leaves or enters the city to the east, but not the other roads that connect i.s.i.l. to other territories in syria. the rebels - back at the zyrtec outpost. the general says his 3,000 men are waiting for better weapons, and assets to match the enemy below. moral among the soldiers is high, there's still a lot of waiting around. >> our spirits are high. we are motivated to fight and we are getting pa

>> i think the peshawar forces coming from iraq show great competency. i believe you'll see the troops inside kobane let them have the mission. they are ready to fight, they are ready to defend. i don't think there'll be an issue. they have the same goal. in fact, this will work to unit the kurds and lead to possible unification country. that is what turkey is afraid of, especially when you bring the groups together. >> turkey is as much concerned about the kurds as i.s.i.l., is that fair. >> they want a stalemate to happen. they don't want the kurds inside of syria to be that successful. >> is the coalition holding together? >> look at the theatres, the iraqi theatre is different to syria. there's an emergency taking place in iraq. we are focussed on syria. the question is what will happen in the next few days. will the ammunition, supplies and stock help the seem in kobane. >> we see kobane, and think there's an emergency there. when you say there's an emergency in iraq, what do you mean. ? >> 70% of anbar is controlled by i.s.i.l. they are 8 miles fro

if you look at iraq you have the peshawar, the yazidi, the iraqi army, and a host of forces. the u.s., brits, dutch and all of this requires coordination, all of this is ineffective unless you have coordination. it requires ground forces to be on the same frequency. >> you are talking a lot about what happens on the ground as opposed to air strikes we heard so much about. do you think it's necessary for the united states to put boots on the ground to make this work? >> i don't think the u.s. should be looking at that. >> what i think we need to do is we need to harness forces there already. what we need to do is when we talk about arming rebels, whether it be in syria, the free syrian army,... >> the moderate rebels. >> yes. when it comes to the kurds, that's the best example that we have of an organization that wants self rule but isn't aligned to israel ideals and could fuse with a political party to take the country to the future. i think the kurds are the key. that will require reconciliation between the kurds. the kurds in turkey, the pkk have been at odds with the kurdi

this was a facility with kurdish peshawar soldiers, and members of the political party. it's further evidence of how bloody the battle against i.s.i.l. is, not just in diyala, but to cross iraq. in the capital baghdad, more tears for more killed as a result of violence on saturday. >> this is the neighbourhood. in the early evening two car bombs ripped through the marketplace. those in the vicinity didn't stand a chance. 38 were killed. 58 injured. >> a car bomb exploded at the checkpoint, killing and wounding several people. my son was injured and is now in hospital. this is the vehicle damaged in the attack. >> residents look at what is left. twisted mettle and burnt out vehicles prove how powerful the bombs were. baghdad faced daily bombings. the community is decisive. >> no one claimed responsibility for the attacks, but people are worried about what the future may held. the head of the provincial council in anbar said there needs to be boots on the ground. he didn't say whether it should be n.a.t.o. peace keeping forces or american boots, but that is the only way to

this entrance to the area is one of two that could potentially be used by the iraqi peshawar when and if they come to kobane. you can see how close we are just hearing the gun fire and the artillery in the distance. the other border crossing right in the center of kobane is where i.s.i.l. forces have been shelling with mortars, because they want to stop, take control of that border crossing to prevent the passing of the peshawar so they can control access to kobane there. that is why this border may be the one used instead. here the turkish military are in control on this side, and on the other that, for the time being, is in control of syrian kurdish fighters. >> bernard smith on the turkey-syrian boarder >>> in iraq security forces say they have taken back part of the key city from i.s.i.l., south of baghdad. it is considered a biggest gain. the army was only able to do it with help from a controversial military brigade. imran khan reports. >> mortars hit i.s.i.l. positions. in a rare success storey for an army described as dysfunctional. the fighters are from a shia militia force.

lily experienced peshawar forces. we need weapons, sophisticated weapons in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> kurdish leaders control about two-thirds of the town. more from bernard smith. >> the iraqi peshawar fighters spent the night at a town near the turkish border. 10 of them went in, advancing before the bulk of the fighters and heavy weapons make their way in. the belief is they'll wait for the cover of darkness, and they may go into the west. >> right now the governor of pennsylvania is revealing details about the capture of fugitive eric frein. let's listen in. >> all the disirnt -- different law enforcement officials who repeat the hundreds of thousands involved, have been working very, very hard out there, looking every day to see this day come. when this day did come, as had been talked about the day of the shooting to the day after. he was placed under arrest and handcuffed with the handcuffs of corporal dixon. it should be noted that while everyone was out there, nobody else got shot after that day. trooper

this was a facility with kurdish peshawar soldiers and members of the political party. it's further evidence of how bloody the battle of i.s.i.l. is, not just in diyala, but to cross iraq. the capital baghdad - more were killed as a result of violence on saturday. this is the neighbourhood. in the early evening two parked car bombs ripped through a busy marketplace. those in the vicinity didn't stand a chaps. 38 were killed -- stand a chance. >>> a car bomb exploded at the checkpoint. my sun was seriously injured and is in hospital. this is his vehicle damaged in the attack. >> residents take a look at what's left. twisted metal and burnt-out vehicles proving how powerful the bombs were. baghdad faced daily bombings, and the city is becoming divided with people afraid to leave their neighbourhoods. >> no one claimed responsibility for saturday's attacks. people in iraq are worried what the future fight mould. in anbar, the head of the provincial council said that there needs to be boots on the ground. it didn't say whether it should be n.a.t.o. peace-keeping forces or a

despite the peshawar's own changes. they remain in negotiations with the government about how much aid in terms of humanitarian and military aid along with the fighters, and the route they take as they transit turkey into kobane. >> now, jewish community leaders speak out about a report that nazi war criminals and guards received millions in u.s. social security. >> the world jewish congress says it is backing a push to end the payments. morgan radford has the story. >> reporter: when the report came out the anger was immediate. >> the united states of america, a country one of two principal leaders in leading the fight against the nazis is rewarding the perpetrators by paying them a pension. >> the associate press found the war criminals and concentration camp guards collected millions, after leaving the u.s., and some are getting that money. the report points to a legal loophole allowing the united states government to pay benefits to encourage nazi suspects to leave the country. the justice department denies doing th

at the moment the iraqi security forces, the iraqi army, the peshawar, and many shia militias are moving slowly and deliberately, and are not really taking advantage of the air strikes, if they don't do that, it becomes a slow and laborious war. >> a mass grave has been discovered in southern mexico, close to where students went missing. the students were forced into vans during a protest to support rights. 23 police officers have been arrested in relation to the disappearance. adam raney has been following the story in guerrero. >> reporter: we are here in guerrero, a poor state. the governor of the state and the leading prosecutor held a press conference in which they say they are sending remains from the bodies found at the mass grave to see if they can do d.n.a. testing and other studies to see if they are, indeed the 43 students missing more than a week. we don't have confirmation that these are the remains of the students. they are just a short distance from where the students were taken. parents of the students have been pushing for marathon a week for state and federal officials

the kurdish peshawar forces have been fighting fiercely with i.s.i.l. forces, particularly as you go down from the base, a town under the control of i.s.i.l., and half upped the control of kurdish peshawar forces. in anbar to the west, the police chief was ambushed. he was killed with three body guards. it's a blow to security. they have put a curfew across the region. more and more sunni law-makers are saying that the i.s.i.l. threat cannot be dealt with by coalition air strikes. that you need boots on the ground. and a leader of the provincial counsel said that may well be american boots or peacekeeping forces. he did not say which one, just that they needed international supporters on the ground. >> imran khan reporting live. thank you >>> kurdish forces in syria say they shifted from defense to attack. i.s.i.l. pushing in. the kurds say they made gapes in the east after coalition air strikes. stefanie dekker report as the kurds prepare to bury those that lost their lives in battle. >> reporter: martyrs never die, the chant of a final farewell. the b

. >>> kurdish peshawar in the north are continuing to fight i.s.i.l. thousands fled their villages, and are pouring into other cities. our correspondent joins us from there now. monica, what is the situation in erbil for all the people coming. how are they marking eid there? >> well, the situation for them is really pretty sad. let me tell you where i am. there's 250 families at the refugee camp near erbil. this is the first eid without their families, away from home. for most of the people who are iraqis, and internally displaced. they had to flee their towns and cities, back in june and august when i.s.i.l. carried out both its advances. a woman told me she never thought she'd have to spend the religious holiday with nothing to give her children. a lot said they have received meat, lamb, from charities, but it's a sat situation and a sad reminder of their lives, because the thought is sinking into many of them that they'll have to stay for a while. they cannot go back to the territory that i.s.i.l. is in now. >> what do they hope will happen here? >>

only after that did turkey agree to let around 200 iraqi peshawar forces join the battle against i.s.i.l. they have yet to arriving. >> turkey has been a reluctant partner in the u.s. battle against i.s.i.l., largely because the government believes the regime of syrian president bashar al-assad is a big threat. it wants washington to add washington to the target list. it won't. turkey is yet to give permission for the u.s. to make use of military bases, bases that would help the campaign against i.s.i.l. >>> now, shi'a deployed hundreds of police officers near the border with its northern neighbour, after a dispute over a planned leaflet drop. activists planned to send thousands of leaflets critical of pyongyang across the border by a balloon. as faust reports, thinks -- harry fawcett reports, things didn't go according to plan. >> the activists are here, they say the remains of the balloons on the truck, carrying leaflets, criticizing the north korean regime. this is blamed on left-wing groups and groups opposed to them. they are met in acrimonious style by the residents of the area, wh

the peshawar held off an i.s.i.l. attempt to cut off the supply lines. fighting has been taking place since mid-september, and kurdish leaders say they need more help. bernard smith is near the turkish syrian border. >> saturday into sunday was a day of the fighting, according to the kurds, trying to defend their towns. there was intense fights, building to building. there remains something of a stalemate. a couple of days ago the kurds managed to regain positions unopposed by i.s.i.l. fighters after u.s. air strikes destroyed some of the i.s.i.l. bases. nevertheless, i.s.i.l. controls about 30% of kobane, to the south and the east. no indication that turkey will get further involved in this, apart from providing humanitarian assistance, in terms of housing refugees. u.s. president obama, and turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan talked on the phone, and they'll continue to cooperate on matters regarding the fight against i.s.i.l., but no assurances or guarantees, it will allow the coalition partner to hughes turkey's base as a base to launch military

fierce fighting between the kurdish forces and i.s.i.s. 400 have been killed, with peshawar forces outgunned. even with the help of u.s. air streaks, calls for help are growing. sheila macvicar reports. >> reporter: smoke rising from another air strike on islamic state forces. one of five strikes that the u.s. central command says were carried out today, targetting groups of i.s.i.l. fighters. it's not enough to stop the flag of this well armed war machine from flies high. >> translation: the islamic state group attacked us. we left our villages, they say they are killing infidels. we are not inified else, if they are mus -- infidels, if they are muslim, why are they fighting us. they took our women. and animals. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. are fighting for the rest of the control. battling street for street, with kurdistan militia standing in their way. 400 people have been killed during three weeks of fighting. with tank and artillery, syrians and the army, i.s.i.l. arrived at kobani, after keeping through villages in northern syria, much like in northern iraq, driving more than a million iraqi

we may make a pass and hit one or two tanks or trucks, but none to the effective nts from the peshawar forces. >> the free syrian army says they have not been in coordination with the americans. is that something easily rectified? kurds aren't either? >> you'd have to put people in harms way. put some troops on the ground to call for fire, has the capability, radar, the ability to laser in a target. it is easily rectified. >> pick up a cell phone saying we need an air strike, it's not as easy as this? >> no, you can't call for fire using that means. >> there's an issue relevant to turkey, i'll try to put it in commonsense terms. let's say they were invaded by a terrorist group. we see what is happening across the water in windsor, and american troops are sitting doing nothing. how would america respond saying why aren't we there helping them. if that goes down, we should expect something on our border. why isn't turkey more involved? >> the ground situation is more complicated. they are kurds in turkey, which turkey has a problem with. the same kurds are in syria. they have had problem

a lot came from the peshawar forces transferred to northern iraq. follow me if you can. the turks and the kurds have a generations long animosity. the p.k.k. is the kurdish group operating within turkey, leading a military revolt, designated as a terrorist group with the united states. they are affiliated with the syrian kurds. the syrian kurds we are on the side of, sending them arms, ammunition and medical supplies. putting this in another perspective. over the course of the last two weeks, we heard countless officials from the secretary of state say that kobane is not a vital strategic target at all. we have secretary kerrry telling us that it's a humanitarian crisis s that the syrian kurds fighting to hold the town have had a long, tough fight, are running low on supplies and help them. it's portrayed as a military opportunity for the coalition. the top military commander said i.s.i.l. is presenting itself as targets outside tomas kopecky. and, there are, we are going to hit them. undeniably a lot is to do with the high profile of the town. it's across the border, ca

. >>> the peshawar held off an i.s.i.l. attempt to cut off supply lines. u.s.-led air strikes seem to be helping the kurds hold on to the town. fighting has been taking place since mid september. kurdish leaders say they need more help. bernard smith is another the turkey-syrian border. >> reporter: saturday saw a heavy day of fighting. there was intense fights, street to street, building to build. there remains something of a stalemate. a couple of days ago the kurds managed to regain positions left unopposed by i.s.i.l. fighters after some of the i.s.i.l. bases were destroyed. i.s.i.l. controls about 30% of kobane. no indication that turkey is going to get further involved, apart from providing humanitarian assistance in terms of housing refugees. the u.s. president obama, and turkish president recep tayyip erdogan talked on the phone on sunday, and said they would continue to cooperate regarding the fight against i.s.i.l. no assurance, no guarantees that it will allow the coalition partners to use the bases as a base to launch military assaults or air assaul

no sign of the peshawar from iraq. >> thank you. bernard smith with a live update from the turkey-syrian boarder. >> moving to other news, a deadline to form a government in yemen expired. rival parties can't decide how to allocate 34. last month yemeni and houthis and other parties signed a peace deal. that is not looking solid at the moment. 34 ministerial portfolios - are they important ones we are looking at as well? >> yes, it's not looking good. we are talking to diplomatic sources and political sources involved in the discussions, and they are not optimistic. they tend to agree that it will take two to three days. let me give you the breakdown according to the leagues. according to the loogs, the president will name the key ministries of defense, finance, intor, and the foreign affairs. the names, candidates need to be approved. the rest as following. the germ people's congress will get in my opinion back. congress led by the former president. the southern movement gaping six, and the joint meeting parties get nine. among tho

kurdish peshawar troops are on the offensive. bernard smith is on the ground with more on the fighting. >> reporter: saturday, more explosion, artillery and gun fire coming from behind me in kobani. for the syrian and kurdish fighters in kobani, news of a positive news. turkish kurdish mps have been allowed to go into town, to speak to the syrian kurdish fighters. after a couple of u.s. air strikes overnight on friday hitting i.s.i.l.'s position, they feel strengthened, confident about the ability to hold the town. this is a fight that ebbs and flows and i.s.i.l. are keeping up the pressure on kobani. >> i.s.i.l. released a video appearing to show a former army ranger supplying medical aid in syria when kidnapped. this is the fourth execution video. after keeping quiet for a year after his kidnapping, his parents published a video message to their son. >> our son is abdul rahman, formerly known as peter. he disappeared on october 1st last year, near raqqa syria. >> please know that we are praying for you and your safe return. mos

you have an iraqi army that is having trouble, and a peshawar.he kurdish forces are having problems. it's as many american officials have been saying, it's a long-term process. >> let's talk about the coalition, the relationship with the turks, a key part of whatever we do in that area, given the border they have with syria and iraq - that the turks keep waffling about how they are going to help. it certainly sounds as if u.s. officials are getting frustrated. >> no question. the historically good relationship between the u.s. and turkey is a casualty of this. the turks have not been all that helpful on kobane, and to hear the turkish prime minister, it's as if he want to make a deal "we'll do this if he promises to do that." that's not the nature of the alliance. >> is the issue that he's seeing the kurd, that there have been long-term rebellion there, it's been peaceful over the past couple of years. buzz he see the kurds -- does he see the kurd as a bigger threat? >> it's part of it. there's another aspect. he's worried that they can get direc

you have an iraqi army that is having trouble, and a peshawar, the kurdish forces having problems. it is, as many american officials are saying, it's a long-term process, it will not end soon. >> let's talk about the coalition, the relationship are with the turks, a key part of what we do in the area, given the border with syria and iraq, the turks waffle about how they are going to help. it sounds as if u.s. officials are getting frustrated. >> no question. historically the relationship between the u.s. and turkey seems to be a casualty. the turks have not been helpful on kobane, and to hear the turkish prime minister, it's as if he wants to make a deal - we'll do this if you promise to do that. alliance. >> is the issue he's seeing the kurds with whom he's had issues, there has been long-term rebellion, it's been peaceful over the past couple of years, because of negotiations. does he see the kurds as a bigger threat. >> i think that's part of it. there's another aspect of it as well. he is worried that to get directly involved is to invite i.s.i.l. attacks in turkey itself. many

at the moment it seems the iraqi security forces, and peshawar and shia militias are moving slowly and deliberatedly. they are not taking advantage of the air strikes. if they don't do that, it will be slow and laborious. the i.s.i.l. people are adapting to air strikes. they are not in the open, they are deserting many outposts, abandoning many from the buildings, they are not using electronic communications. they are getting harder to hit with the air. what they are doing, will have to do eventually, slowly is stop being an insurgency and become an urban force, an urban terrorist organization which is harder to shift. it will take months, if not years to do that. the coalition has a choice and seems to be making the long-term slow, expensive risky choice of the two it has available to it. >> thank you for your time. >>> the muslim world is celebrating the holiday of eid. we have this report from a refugee report in erbil in northern iraq. >> eid is the celebration for young and old. it's a specially enjoyed by children. the holiday is a time for presents and new clothes. this man says