in the mountains beyond rada' are the sunni militias fighting the houthis. as the team arrived, an argument broke out over whether they would be allowed to film. >> al ahmad: many of the sunni tribes in al bayda province are allied to al qaeda, but not all. however, they are united in their fight against the houthis. >> al ahmad: abdullah al khubzi was a commander under the al qaeda leader tariq al thahab. now he leads several hundred men against the houthis. >> al ahmad: opposition to the houthi advance is spreading across the southern bayda province. the fractious sunni tribes from the region have come together. thousands of fighters have joined this new alliance. the head of that alliance, ziyad al majdali, says he is not al qaeda but he is unequivocal that he has a religious duty to fight the houthis. >> al ahmad: but in other parts of bayda province, some people feel al qaeda has not gone far enough. ahmad khamis, a prominent local jihadi, says he respects the isis leader, abu bakr al baghdadi. >> al ahmad: back in sana'a, the capital, just a few weeks

. >> translator: we arrived yemen by sea then we took the road across rada until we entered saudi arabiarst we were only 30 and another 20 joined us. when we were captured the middleman escaped and i paid him 500 for service. >> reporter: three weeks since this began and no let up in the air campaign. with daily efforts, the coalition says the strikes are breaking the houthis and slowly causing them to lose the fight. >> translator: we have targeted a number of caves and have been converted into weapons and ammunition stores and command center, we destroyed them. >> reporter: saudi arabia says it managed to muster support of major tribes and it has been announced monday the tribes to confront the houthis and the forces loyal to former president. but many believe that without a unified command to coordinate their operations and those tribes may not be able to tip the scale in favor of the anti-houthi campaign i'm with al jazeera on the saudi border with yemen. >>> sudan leader cast ballot in presidential and parliamentary elections and ruled the country for 25 years and running for anothe

. >> translator: we arrived to yemen by sea then we took the road to rada to ta'izz. first we were only 30 then another 20 joined us. i paid the man 500 reales for his service. >> no legality up in the letup in the air campaign. slowly causing them to lose the fight. >> we have targeted a number of caves. they have been converted into weapons and ammunition stores. they have also become command centers. we have destroyed them. >> saudi arabia session it says it has managed to muster major support to confront the houthis and the forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh. but many believe without a unified command to coordinate their operations even those tribes may not be able to tip the scale in favor of the antihouthi campaign. mohamed val, al jazeera on the saudi border with yemen. >>> largest oil refinery, images that the group says show its members storming the area around erbil, earlier the group released a video showing its fighters destroying the ancient city of nimrod. during a visit with president obama on tuesday iraqi prime minister haider al-abad

each has strong hopes for the future, but for judy, it all ended in a detention center in miss rada'. decided to leave ethiopia after her husband died. >> they caught me in the desert. so i came [ inaudible ] then i came here. before this [ inaudible ] catch me one week here like two weeks. i want to leave this place. i want to cross to europe or something to change my life. >> reporter: these are only a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of migrants who are waiting in libya for the opportunity to reach europe. the country has become a transit point. many of the migrants stay here for several months to earn enough money to pay for crossing the mediterranean. there are hundreds of kilometers of empty beaches. typically migrants are gathered in places like this one and at night under the cover of darkness, the boats sail off. libyan coast guards have limited means and rarely go out. here there is one vessel available. it was donated by the e.u. it's for short patrols. >> translator: we need support from the land forces. they should try to stop people before they board the boats. once

some members of that civil society are now in rada. they have gone, they have been elected. they're part of the politics now. they can move that. the second thing about the point about there have been nations in the eu who have opposed expansion, both in the eu as well as in nato, it's going to take time for the ukrainians to develop the capabilities, the characteristics, the norms the standards, required in order to be a real applicant, a real serious membership applicant for both eu and nato. and so, attitudes can change in europe. they have changed. so we don't have to worry, we should be concerned about what today's attitude is but it need not be that way forever. >> excellent point. so well -- this gentleman, please? >> hi. sorry i didn't introduce myself before. my name is ernie robison. this is kind of a technical question and kind of a policy question. where did karkov and mariupol fall in the east, west, north, and south. if there was a center of russianism in ukraine it was karkov, although when the '91, '92 time happened there was a massive exodus back to russia.

the package of reforms already put forward by the government and enacted by the rada is impressive in its scope and in its political courage. just last week the ukrainians passed budget reform, expected to slash the deficit significantly this year and give more control to communities. they have made tough choices in just the last few days to reduce and cap pension benefits. and to phase in a higher retirement age as requested by the imf. they have created new banking provisions to stiffen penalties for stripping assets from the banks at the public's expense, a common practice among oligarchs and passed laws cutting wasteful gas subsidies and closing the space for corrupt middle men who buy low, sell high and rip off the ukrainian people. ukraine will use the $400 million in increased revenue from these measures to care for the 1.7 million people who have been driven from their homes by the conflict. with u.s. support, with your support on this committee and in this congress, including a $1 billion loan guarantee last year, and $355 million in foreign assistance and technical advisers,