led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as

coalition of committing potential war crimes during last year's operation to liberate the city of raka from islamic state the rights group serves the strong evidence that america and its partners used indiscriminate and disproportionate force of the impact was catastrophic or got more details earlier from our correspondent and us to signature. this amnesty international report a dubbed war of and they have rationed devastating tolls and civilians in iraq to syria is a very highly critical analysis of the airstrikes that were carried out by the u.s. led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everythin

backed forces controlling the syrian city of raka have declared a state of emergency and impose a three day care a few commanders say they have information that i saw fighters who infiltrated the city are planning a bombing campaign i saw was pushed out by the syrian democratic forces last october people in iraq i have been complaining about discrimination from the f.t. yes which is dominated by kurdish fighters elsewhere in syria at least six civilians have been killed in the southern provinces where the act. it's reporting dozens of air strikes and barrel bombs government forces are making advances in the rebel held territory bordering jordan helped by russian air support. us. government helicopters continue to drop barrel bombs on the bubbles last stronghold in southwest syria. the free syrian army or f.s.a. is deploying more fighters to repel the attacks but most units in the face shorter's of weapons and ammunition thousands of civilians have fled their homes suckling in makeshift camps in desert areas. is mounting on the border with jordan where thousands of internally displaced p

this week mark two years since the official launch of the operation to liberate the syrian city of rakafrom islamic state terrorists they had made it the capital of their self-proclaimed caliphate and to coincide with the anniversary amnesty international released a new report on the situation in the devastated city it accused the u.s. led coalition of relentless air and artillery strikes and even said it may have committed war crimes according to the coalition itself the real number of civilians killed in the battle for rocco will never be known. as far as how do we know how many civilians were killed i'm just being honest no one will ever know anyone who claims they all know is lying. by getting to the bottom of what was really happening in iraq as the americans and allies were freeing it who will be bothered to do that or it will take ages the prose of war behind these walls may have thought but scrutiny was inevitable coalition claims that it's precision and campaigns allowed it to bomb islamic state house of raca well causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny

led coalition siege on the isis controlled city of raka syria a further proves just how truly hellish war could be especially on the civilians caught in the crossfire according to amnesty international there is strong evidence that coalition air and artillery strikes killed and injured thousands thousands of civilians including in disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks that by a late international humanitarian law and are potential war crimes. in the report amnesty highlights the losses of four families living in rocco who between them they lost ninety relatives and neighbors thirty nine from a single family almost all of them killed by coalition air strikes. this report of course flies in the face of the official numbers coming out of our friends our good friends at the pentagon which claims that the united states who was responsible for ninety percent of the airstrikes on rocka and coalition forces only killed five hundred civilians in injured just one hundred sixty nine in the half year long siege when reporters confronted the pentagon's public affairs representative one colone

led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everything they could to minimize casualties. we did everything we could in our intelligence assessment in our planning to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties the coalition's claims that it's precision air campaigns allowed to bump islamic state out of iraq while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny on the ground in iraq we witnessed a level of destruction comparable to anything bush seen in decades of covering the impact of wars you know when you're fighting an enemy. uses noncombat as collater

led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everything they could to minimize casualties. we did everything we could in our intelligence assessment in our planning to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties the coalition's claims that it's precision air contains allowed it to bump islamic state out of iraq while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny on the ground in iraq who witnessed a level of destruction comparable to anything we've seen in decades of covering the impact of wars you know when you're fighting and me. uses noncombatants as co

led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that one hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everything they could to minimize casualties we did everything we could in our intelligence assessment. to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties.

front forces controlling the syrian city of raka have declared a state of emergency and impose a three day curfew commanders say they have information that i saw fighters who infiltrated the city are planning a bombing campaign i saw was pushed out by the syrian democratic forces last october people in iraq have been complaining about discrimination from the s.d.f. which is dominated by kurdish fighters. italy's interior minister matteo salvini is in libya for talks on europe's migration crisis salvini tweeted pictures of himself meeting is libyan counterpart in tripoli he had a hardline stance on refugees and migrants on sunday he ordered foreign charities to stop rescuing people from waters off libya's coasts and we're waiting to hear from the interior minister matteo salvini and the libyan prime minister. they're due to speak in tripoli in this hour we'll take you to that news conference as and when it happens of course. and on saturday if he is government propose a new migration plan during an emergency meeting of sixteen leaders in brussels they were hoping to get some solutions o

led coalition was fighting i still in the syrian city of raka but it's accused of killing hundreds of civilians and it's international says that could amount to war crimes so can the coalition be held accountable this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. i reports by amnesty international says there's strong evidence the u.s. led coalition fighting violated international law and may have committed war crimes here are the reports main findings hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands wounded by coalition asked why it's this crime disproportionate and indiscriminate i sell use civilians as human shields by the coalition didn't take enough precautionary to avoid casualties british and french forces were also involved by the us was a responsible for more than ninety percent of. more attacks were launched on than an aware since the vietnam war called on the coalition to investigate claims of violations publicly acknowledge the scale of devastation and compensate victims a coalition spokesman says persistent efforts were made to minimize harm to civilians. the u.s. led

backed forces controlling the syrian city of raka have declared a state of emergency and imposed a three day care a few commanders say they have information that i saw fighters who infiltrated the city are planning a bombing campaign i saw was pushed by the syrian democratic forces last october people in iraq have been complaining about discrimination from the s.d.f. which is dominated by kurdish fighters. italy's interior minister met taylor salvini is in libya for talks on europe's migration crisis that either of the far right league tweeted pictures of himself leaving for tripoli in twenty seventeen if he agreed to train equip and finance the libyan coast guard to help intercept and turn back vessels carrying refugees and migrants to europe maybe as picked up another nine hundred forty people in the mediterranean sea in the past twenty four hours and on saturday italy's government proposed a new migration plan during any magine see meeting of sixteen leaders in brussels they were hoping to get some solutions on the table ahead of a bigger summit later this week from brussels his nomin

twenty fourteen to twenty seventeen the jihadists imposed their ruthless moral codex on the city of raka torture beheadings public executions were daily occurrences and here is where attacks around the world were planned to and managed. sandra m. move to iraq and twenty fifteen she made her way there from munich be a turkey since the city was retaken from the islamic state last fall the thirty three year old has been living in a camp run by the kurdish militia y p g in northern syria what i want to say to my government and it's bring us back. just bring us back to. four children twenty three square metres of space things could have been worse there is enough to eat and drink and nonstop cartoons for the kids no war no terror sandra traveled to syria because she wanted to live according to sharia law as a recent convert to islam she didn't feel like sept in germany nor did her american born husband a friend of hers in iraq i suggested they come. since amy covering the islamic state. she sent me videos it was very beautiful q. is how you can if you use windows so yes maybe it's. around thi

backed forces controlling the syrian city of raka have to close a state of emergency and imposed a three day curfew commanders say they have information that i saw fighters who infiltrated the city planning a bombing campaign i saw was pushed out by the syrian democratic forces last october they were in iraq a been complaining about discrimination from the s.d.f. which is dominated by kurdish fighters. as i heard last we're back with another news update on al jazeera after the system. what took place that night my oldest daughter runs along here and she gets her father and says young man is attacking sarah my husband he's holding the pistol down at the floor and he says to him you have four seconds to leave this house instead of leaving the house. a young man decides to come forward. the state of florida requires the rest of my life in here. as a tradeoff for my family's life to park and i'll do it i firmly believe had i not done what i did. my daughter is here would be dead. well for instance this is the american criminal justice system in forces our laws and keeps watch over us that pe

this week marked a year since the official launch of the operation to liberate the syrian city of rakafrom islamic terrorists they had made it the capital of their self-proclaimed caliphate and to coincide with the anniversary amnesty international released a new report on the situation in the devastated city and accused the u.s. led coalition of relentless air and artillery strikes and even said it may have committed war crimes this according to the coalition itself that the real number of civilians killed in the battle for iraq i will never be know. already is how do we know how many civilians were killed i'm just being honest no one will ever know anyone who claims they will know is lying. or to do that or they will take like disproportionate military in the world's history that is paid more attention to the limited value. of ministers from the battlefield and the coalition military were not the perfect guys we can make a mistake and in this kind of warfare will happen but we are the good guys and munitions people on a battlefield know the difference you can't help wondering how man

led coalition was fighting i still in the syrian city of raka but it's accused of killing hundreds of civilians and it's international says that could amount to war crimes so can the coalition be held accountable this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. i reports by amnesty international says there's strong evidence the u.s. led coalition fighting violated international law and may have committed war crimes here are the reports main findings hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands wounded by coalition asked why it's this crime disproportionate and indiscriminate i still use civilians as human shields by the coalition didn't take enough precautionary to avoid casualties british and french forces were also involved by the us was a responsible for more than ninety percent of. more attacks were launched on that and where since the vietnam war called on the coalition to investigate claims of violations publicly acknowledged the scale of devastation and compensate victims coalition spokesman said persistent efforts were made to minimize harm to civilians . the u.s. le

led coalition was fighting icily and the syrian city of raka but it's accused of killing hundreds of civilians and it's international says that could amount to war crimes so can the coalition be held accountable this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i am husham how about a report by amnesty international says there's strong evidence the u.s. led coalition fighting violated international law and may have committed war crimes here are the reports main findings hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands wounded by coalition asked why it's this crime disproportionate and indiscriminate i sell use civilians as human shields by the coalition didn't take enough because shien's to avoid casualties british and french forces were also involved by the us was a responsible for more than ninety percent of. more attacks were launched on than an aware since the vietnam war called on the coalition to investigate claims of violations publicly acknowledge the scale of devastation and compensate victims a coalition spokesman says persistent efforts were made to minimize harm to ci

it was two thousand and fourteen when the islamist terror group took control of the syrian city of raka they made it the capital of their self declared caliphate setting up a reign of terror from here they planned attacks in other parts of the world they enforce their extreme interpretation of islam with public beatings and executions sandra says her husband soon started to have doubts. me i don't know anything because i was all the time at all and like i said before my husband come sometimes and say. there is a lot of bad things in the islamic state we have to go about he not say me what he said better you don't know what's happened he he just say me we have to go. but getting out of rocca was a lot more difficult than getting in especially if the u.s. led coalition was now waging war on i-s. watch trying to leave syria sandra and her husband who called by kurdish militia knew qubani since then her husband just been in prison along with hundreds of other known syrian supporters thirty five from germany alone the kurdish administration here is keen to be rid of them as soon as possible.

reputational disaster if proven things that amount to war crimes the us led coalition mission to free raka went on for more than four months from june sixth to a cobra twelfth last year and the pentagon proudly told the world they'd fired thirty five thousand artillery rounds while they were at it that fired more rounds and rockets syria than any other marine that tillery battalion any marine battalion since the vietnam war yet we kept hearing from those whose orders matter how cautious they wore their it has been known military in the world's history that is paid more attention to the limited value of each of the guests of ministers from the battlefield and the coalition military we're not perfect guys we can make a mistake and in this kind of warfare will happen but we are the good guys and munitions people on a battlefield know the difference you can't help wondering how. any innocent locals general mattis has actually met i'm sure you can find many of those who are genuinely grateful to the coalition for kicking myself out but just compare his words to some of the witness accounts our

no one will ever know how many civilians know how many civilians were killed in the syrian city of raka killed in the syrian city of. international. international the u.s. led coalition the u.s. led coalition. liberation of. fury fury in germany after the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. ambassador's accuse accused of backing. this. crossing the e.u. is crossing swords with this with the u.s. so the union posts train us so the union posts train terrorists promising terrorists promising counter counter measures measures for next month or next month . feel.

led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everything they could to minimize casualties. you know when you're fighting an enemy that uses noncombatants as collateral damage you know it's very difficult when you when you fight an enemy like that you to completely avoid. any casualties of war like that but i can tell you we have a process that we go through. this to minimize you know civilian casualties at all costs the coalition's claims that that's precision air campaigns allowed to bump islamic state out a frock while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny on the ground in ir

well in other developments a state of emergency has been declared in the syrian city of raka where u.s. backed forces have imposed a three day curfew commanders say they have information that i still fighters inside the city are planning a bombing campaign the syrian democratic forces took rocket from my cell last october with u.s. support but locals have complained about discrimination from the s.d.f. which is dominated by kurdish fighters. to argentina now where labor unions have led a national strike against the government of president married see a mockery they're angry about his economic policies which have caused the local currency to drop in value and inflation to nearly double unders there is to raise a bow reports now from. roadblocks all around when a site is this is how argentina's capital look on monday after the country's largest workers' confederation called for a general strike against the government of. left wing groups blocked major roads leading to the capital protesting against what they say is a government that rules for the rich. there is a social crisis and a poli

and its allies targeted civilians in the syrian city of raka that's according to an amnesty international report it contradicts claims by the u.s. along with britain and france that they only targeted eisel fighters during the four month siege which ended in october hundreds of civilians were killed some of them in their homes the exact number is unknown because many bodies are still buried under the ruins the report is based on more than one hundred interviews with survivors it says that many strikes were disproportionate or indiscriminate and would political war a potential war crimes american british and french coalition forces carried out tens of thousands of air strikes in russia but u.s. forces accounted for more than ninety percent of them. turkey and the us say that a plan to withdraw kurdish fighters from the northern syrian city of man which stripped them of their weapons will begin in ten days time the agreement was reached during a meeting on monday between foreign minister level because of shots of force lou i'm sorry and secretary of state mike pompei o ankara considers the

ever know how many civilians were killed know how many civilians were killed in the syrian city of raka in the syrian city of raka international claimed international claimed the us led coalition may have committed the u.s. led coalition may have committed war crimes liberation of the war crimes liberation of the city last year city last year. as if you. was impure in germany after the us ambassador in germany after the us ambassador was accused of backing far roger was accused of backing far right groups groups in europe europe. make. maybe needs to be a little bit more careful he needs to be a little bit more careful. on the use crossing the use crossing swords with the usual rules with the us. post trade tariffs promising counter most trade tariffs promising counter measures for next month and calling the move by watches for next month and calling the move by washington illegal illegal . thanks for joining us for joining us maybe it's midnight here in moscow and here in moscow my nicknames the. this is our society entity internationally. it's been years and years is this is the start

says it's impossible to know how many civilians died in last year's liberation of the syrian city of raka as last amnesty international slams the u.s. led coalition in a new report alleging possible war crimes during the battle for the city. there's fury in germany after the new u.s. ambassador is accused of lending support to far right groups in europe. maybe he needs to be a little bit more careful this isn't just do this just to. be you it's crossing thoughts with the u.s. over newly proposed to impose the trade tower of promising countermeasures for next month and calling the move by washington illegal. and u.s. senators consider a bill which would greatly expand the president's war powers.

led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everything they could to minimize casualties you know when you're finding it and it me. uses noncombat as collateral damage you know it's very difficult when you when you fight it we like to completely avoid. any casualties of war like that but i can tell you we have a process that we go through. to minimize you know civilian casualties the cost. the coalition's claims that its precision air complaints allowed it to bump islamic state out of iraq while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny on the ground in iraq we witnessed a level o

they did their homework they visited forty two coalition air strike sites across the ruined city of raka they interviewed one hundred twelve civilian residents and i'm sure our military didn't take the time to do that when they tried to do their number counting on how many innocent lives were killed in this and they talk to hundred twelve civilians who all law you know who all not only survived all of this but then also lost loved ones the victims highlighted in this amnesty report tell of that they cut across all socio economic ranges i mean you're talking you know everyone from one year old children one year old babies to eighty year olds imagine living in a city where your family your own family think about your own family and you lost let's say your sister or brother is one year old and also your grandmother who is eighty years old how are you going to feel about the country that does that to you regardless whether it's the united states or any other country dropping bombs on the city this is why i cannot stand warfare well it's the same reason when you when you go to baltimore and y

well a state of emergency has been declared in the syrian city of raka away u.s. backed forces of impose a three day curfew commanders say they have information that i still find is inside the city planning a bombing campaign the syrian democratic forces took rucka from my celeste october with american support locals have complained about discrimination from the s.d.f. which is dominated by kurdish fighters. geria is being accused of abandoning more than thirteen thousand refugees and migrants in the sahara desert the u.n. says they include pregnant women and children who've been left without food or water. denies the allegations which it says a part of a malicious campaign victoria gate will be ripples. disorientated and dehydrated these migrants have just been deported by algerian border guards and dumped in neighboring. the nearest villages a fifteen kilometer walk in the sahara desert and they have no food or water. the un migration agency says algeria has expelled an estimated thirteen thousand migrants in this way in the last forty months janet camara whose

led coalition that involved britain and france on the city of raka from june to october twenty seventeen in their fight against isis and this amnesty international report talks of decimated families and neighborhoods says that not enough was done to protect civilians and that some of the attacks resulted in violation of international humanitarian law and indeed talks of potential war crimes as a result of the these strikes the report finds that hundreds of people died and thousands were injured despite the coalition saying they did everything they could to minimize casualties. we did everything we could in our intelligence assessment in our planning to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties the coalition's claims that it's precision air campaigns allowed to bump islamic state out of iraq while causing very few civilian casualties do not stand up to scrutiny on the ground in iraq we witnessed a level of destruction comparable to anything we've seen in decades of covering the impact of wars you know when you're fighting an enemy. uses noncombat as collate