advisors did was stop iraqis from rushing back into ramadi without an adequate plan. >> the ramadi campaignas about to be executed precipitously, is now a very deliberate campaign, first to isolate it and then to go back and recapture it with a supporting effort in fallujah. so our presence in the anbar operations center is allowing the iraqi security forces to take a more deliberate campaign approach and to avoid the very toothpaste aspect of the way isil squirts around the battlefield when you squeeze it in one place and it turns up in another. >> according to pentagon sources, the plan follows classic u.s. doctrine focusing on ramadi and setting up blocking forces around fallujah as well as positioning additional blocking forces to the west of the city to pin isil down. u.s. air power including drones and surveillance aircraft would support the attack. >> ramadi needs to be retaken, and the way to do it is to have a force under the competent command and control of iraqi security forces commanders which has been a challenge, and a plan and the means to as you say, make sure that they don'

taking ramadi and fall uga - the provision to take them is in the first phase. the iraqi security forces is taking towns and cities on the outskirts, and using it as a stage post and going into ramadi and fallujah. 22 soldiers died from the popular mobilization forces and security forces. whilst the operation goes on. they are seeing all of this. particularly iraqi air force, into the center of fallujah. they have hit a mosque and the iraqi security forces say this mosque is housing i.s.i.l. fighters, and they killed 17 of them. six civilians were killed in the attack. it was a propaganda war going on right now. the iraqis are in the first phase of the operation surrounding the city taking the towns and villages and using the staging posts to go in and take the city of ramadi and fallujah. >> it seems as though the battle to retake anbar province will be a long and bloody one. >> that's absolutely right. and we are hearing from sunni pro-government fighters by saying saying that they - the sunni muslims of ramadi do need to leave the area now that anyone that is

and move through ramadi. this will be a test of the competence of the iraqi security forces, and it's a test that they must pass. >> now secretary carter made clear that the linchpin of the u.s. policy is getting local forces to fight and then support them. chairman martin dempsey pushed back against the idea of putting any u.s. forces in with the troops or calling spotters. those are not the silver bullet. the silver bullet is getting the iraqis to fight for themselves. >> that's the administration's presentation. i'm wondering if the lawmakers believe that it will actually succeed here. >> i think it's fair to say that it's a high degree of skepticism on capitol hill here. but this is the test, this is where the strategy is supposed to work. if this doesn't work and the effort to retake ramadi fails it will call into question the entire strategy. so the pentagon is putting a lot of faith in the idea that this plan is going to work out. >> thank you. the u.s. army will reportedly reduce its ranks by 40,000 s

retaking ramadi the large-scale iraqi offensive against the isil controlled city begins. >>> the escape a drug cartel kingpin slips away from mexico's most secure prison. >>> silicon shame, reddit's ceo is forced out. we'll find out about her exit and the dark side of her former company. >>> fruit fight, our special "techknow" report tonight. the battle over genetically modified cropped. ♪ >>> and we begin with the iran nuclear talks. this vienna diplomats from six world powers including the united states are racing to try to wrap up an agreement. officials say a few key issues still remain. the cur rointhd of negotiations has been extended three times since the original june 30th deadline. james bays is in vienna are more. >> reporter: with the key players, all seven foreign ministers involved in the talks, all in vienna there were hopes of an historic deal on monday. >> translator: we believe they cannot be and should not be further delays in the negotiations. >> reporter: but as the intense diplomacy continued, it was clear there were a few final sticking points still blocking a deal

dozens have been held in ramadi. the airstrikes hit a football field.amadi is the capitol of anbar province which israel took full control up -- which isil took full control of at the end of may. >> there has been fighting continuing near fallujah and ramadi and a pattern of iraqi airstrikes including according to local sources, banned barrel bombs that have been increasing killing civilians. artillery and airstrikes against those cities. they appear to be in populated civilian areas. one was in fallujah in ramadi near a football field where young men had gathered after ramahdan. playing football in other games when airstrikes hit. the iraqi government says they were aching at isil fighters. locals say there were so some. they say most were the civil yajz. >> that was jane arraf reporting. still to come in this program . >> i am lucia newman in he can wad dor, the first step of pope francis's week long tour of south america where millions of catholics have abandoned the church. >> good to have you with us. these are the global headlines. voting is finis

if it works the plan calls for iraqi forces to move west toward ramadi. but two months after iraqi forces ran from ramadi isis threatens their ability to get it back. >> first and foremost vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, these are basically car bombs and truck bombs. and those could wreak huge havoc on militia forces and iraqi regular forces that would go into a place like ramadi. >> reporter: in the not so friendly skies over raqqa syria, the u.s.-led coalition found it had unwelcome company. on saturday for the first time the coalition says syrian war planes conducted air strikes over raqqa at the same time coalition war planes were bombing bridges just four miles away. worry the air campaign just got even more dangerous. >> since there's no coordination the risk of a crash or some other incident including firing on each other, could definitely occur. and that is one of the biggest issues that we would have flying over syria. >> reporter: raqqa is very much in the u.s. crosshairs. the working theory is abu bakr al baghdadi the leader of isis

is described as the first phase to cut isil supply lines and surround the cities of fallujah and ramadi. the officials call themselves p pfs are surrounding the area. we've consolidated all our efforts including the rapid deployment forces for phase one of this offensive. >> by cordoning over ramadi and fallujah they hope to retake the towns from isil fighters. pro government sunni forces are calling on fellow sunni muslims to leave the cities. >> we are aiming for the next 48 hours to completely finish the cordon across ramadi. we call on all the remaining people to immediately leave the city so they won't be held accountable just like isil. we will consider anyone remaining there with the group to be an isil accomplice. >> this warn something a sign of how tough the battle will be. many sunni fighters have taken out their frustration against the government. >> isil will prove to be formidable foe. using car bombs to a great advantage, but the iraqis say this will be a decisive operation, and when the cities of if a lou i can't andrea mad di --fallujah andrea mad di and ramadi fall. >>

if in fact they can kick isis out of the ramadi.ll be very difficult, but if they can, the next step is to convince the people of ramadi to trust the government in baghdad. brianna? >> might be even more difficult, the second thing there. >>> coming up another deadline comes and goes that the u.s. and other world powers are negotiating with iran. will they reach the finish line? i'll be asks marie harf. wait until you hear what he has to say next. when you're not confident your company's data is secure the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at at&t we monitor our network traffic so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza. he said victoza works differently than pills and comes

led coalition airstrikes on targets within ramadi. the defense secretary is also speaking to his guys on the ground, the americans who are training the iraqis to try to get a sense of how well equipped they are to be able to mount an offensive like this. he's also going to be talking to iraqi generals. it's very interesting the people he is not speaking to. he is not going to speak to the leaders of shia militias, poupt larr mobilization forces, one of the main fighting forces here on the ground. >> what about fighting in neighboring syria in isil. give us an update there. >> syria is becoming a real issue. the americans have what they call an iraq first policy, get rid of isil here first and worry about syria later. without political solution in syria, without military solution in syria isil simply use it as a safe haven they go, regroup and come back into iraq. they'll want more action on syria. the americans have a different position when it comes to isil in syria. although they want to contain them there, they are not going after

when ramadi fell, it was a significant setback.deliberated with the iraqis and prime minister abadi. they pulled together sunni, shia, and kurds for a plan to take back ramadi. it is moving forward. some of the units we trained, it takes months to train these units. they are on the field in anbar. iraqi security forces to the south columbus from ramadi, retook the anbar university. we are coordinating. you may recall the decision the president made to open a new platform, and advise and assist facility. we are there, our special forces are there, and we are advising and assisting this mission to retake ramadi. charlie: who controls falluja? brett: falluja has been under the control of isil for almost 18 months. six months before mosul. 2014 is when falluja fell. but it is now surrounded. isil is isolated inside falluja. they were using it to launch attacks in baghdad anbar province, and can no longer do that. charlie: it is said it would be of significant advantage for american air strikes to have it -- access to turkish bases. bre

by retaking fallujah, commanders hope to cut off isil from ramadi. they control border crossings allowing them to use safe havens in syria to great advantage. iraq has a real challenge to defeat isil. but this is notable it does involve pro governments who long said the key to defeating isil. the prime minister has control over the army units. and the individual leaders run these individual militias and there is about half a dozen big ones and a couple dozen small ones. so what the federal government is trying to do is capitalize on this essentially make the best it can of a very disorganized situation. >> iraqi air force is also involved in the new offensive. >> the iraqi air force has been given a boost. it received the first four of a consignment of aircraft from the u.s. they have arrived. the iraqi air force is hoping they will deliver a decisive blow to isil fighters. but in anbar fighters have sympathy from some of the sunni tribes men. they have proved to be a tough force. >> the conflict in iraq has taken a huge toll. we traveled to anbar pr

ramadi is the capital of anbar, when it took control at the end of may. a big campaign going on to retake anbar from i.s.i.l. this seems to be moving closer to civilian areas. >> it does. that is part of the problem. it's a complicated conflict to begin with. the iraqi government is launching air strikes, including what locals and hospital sources say are barrel bombs, and artillery strikes. the fighting definitely has shifted to anbar. i.s.i.l. controls almost all of the province 8% of it. and in the latest attack. we are told young men have gathered after breaking the day's fast after midnight to play traditional games, including on a soccer field. we are told by local forces they were joined by members of i.s.i.l. trying to recruit some of them that's when the air strikes happened. the iraqis don't have comment on it or similar air strikes. according to sources on the ground. most of the dead were young men. in dispute is who they would have been >>> i.s.i.l. is to entrenched in the areas, it's difficult to get information out of the places. how diffic

and move through ramadi. this will be a test of the competence of the iraqi security forces. and it is a test that they must pass and therefore our and the coalition's involvement is to try to train and equip and support them to be successful and we're going to take the time and encourage them to take the time so that the operation, when they do conduct it, is successful. >> one of the side spinoffs when it is successful, and ramadi is taken back is that isis will then look for a quick p.r. claim somewhere else. >> yeah. >> and so i just want to make sure we're ready in surrounding towns and surrounding areas that when ram yd a falls, we know they will step somewhere else and that we have a plan in place to protect the other towns as well. >> the ram yd a campaign which about a month ago was about to be executed precipitously, with our help, was been to first isolate it and then recapture it and with the supporting effort in fallujah. so our presence in the anbar operations center is allowing the iraqi securi

and outposts around ramadi. this is a long way from an offensive. very few direct attacks, you're not seeing real combat action by these troops. this could take days it could be weeks, it could be months. given their past performance, you have top skeptical. i'm optimistic if they continue to put their troops in the right places and then execute, but i'm skeptical they'll be able to pull it on in any meaningful way. >> mike rogers thanks so much for being with us. >> thank, john. >>> who does hillary clinton think will win the republican hunger games? we might have just found out. she used her first major policy speech to go on the attack and she named names. governor scott walker he will make it number 15. we have a live report from wisconsin, coming up. [ horn honks melody ] well, well. if it isn't the belle of the ball. gentlemen. you look well. what's new, flo? well, a name your price tool went missing last week. name your what, now? it gives you coverage options based on your budget. i just hope whoever sto

has been heavily involved in that war plan for ramadi iraq. getting ramadi back is a must-win for the iraqis but there is a very long road ahead. barbara starr, cnn the pentagon. >>> still ahead on "cnn newsroom," new york city settles the racially charged death of eric garner to the tune of $2.5 million. >>> wild weather in the u.s. midwest. we'll have details on this giant tornado that touched down in kansas. feeling intense knee pain? did you know it may be coming from being on your feet all day? dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts are uniquely designed to provide immediate all day relief from knee pain. what's the most awarded car company of the year? ranking from top to bottom. luxury cars just seem like they would be top awarded. yeah. there better be some awards behind what you are paying for right? the final answer. chevrolet is the most awarded car company of the year. really? i was just surprised. i'm interested to learn more about chevy. let's check out these 2015 chevy's. it's like a luxury car. i was shocked. i mean, this is

the iraqis say that is a decisive operation and when the cities of ramadi and fallujah will fall the whole of anbar province is back under government control. >>> you're with al jazeera. still to come on the program, find out why fishermen in west africa are damaging their waters to feed an asian appetite. stay with us. >>> welcome back. here are the top stories. they're calling for the formation of a unity government following a controversial election. it was boycotted by some but the electoral commission says preliminary results show 74% voter turnout. the incumbent president is expected to win a third consecutive term. >>> a south sudanese military spokesman told al jazeera that investigations are underway into accusations by human rights watch that its soldiers committed war crimes. they say they crushed people with military vehicles gang-raped women and burned people alive. >>> the u.s. secretary of defense ashton carter held talks with saudi king solomon on the third stop of the middle east tour. he also visited israel and jordan. carter is trying to ease fears over the nuclear

ramadi is the confidence of anbar province which isil took full control of at the end of may.ere is jane araf our correspondent reporting from baghdad. >> there has been fighting continuing near fallujah and ramadi. it continues what appears to be a pattern of iraqi airstrikes including according to local sources, banned barrel bombs that have been increasingly killing civilians. as iraq tries to dislog isil from the cities they are controlling, it is launching artillery and airstrikes against those cities. the problem is they appear to be in populated civilian areas. one of them was in fallujah in ramadi rather near a football field, a football pitch where young men had gathered after midnight during ramadan. they were playing football and other games when airstrikes hit. the iraqi government says that they were aiming at isil fighters, local sores on the ground say there were some members of isil in the area that they say most of the young men who died were in fact civilians. >> that was jane araf in baghdad. now to syria: the u.s.-4red coalition said it hit isil's stronghol

as part of new military offensive in anbar and they seized the capitol ramadi in may.and dozens of people have been killed despite a week-long humanitarian ceasefire being in place. the truce started two days ago to allow aid groups to get much needed supplies to civilians and there have been reports of attacks coming from both sides in different areas of the country and erica wood has more. >> reporter: saudi coalition air strikes over the capitol light up the night sky. it's a clear sign for the residents that the humanitarian ceasefire is not protecting them. by morning they try to find bodies under the rubble and many homes, whole streets and families destroyed. >> translator: just after midnight they struck us with a missile. they hit a house which was completely destroyed with the family inside and my cousin and sister and nieces house were hit, ten houses were struck and there is nothing left. >> one report suggests more than 20 people were killed in sanaa alone in sunday's overnight attacks attacks. >> translator: they killed my brother and sister and son and t

and move through ramadi. this will be a test of the competence of the iraqi security forces. and it's a test that they must pass and therefore our and the coalition's involvement is to try to train equip, and support them to be successful. and we're going to take the time and encourage them to take the time so when the operation when they do conduct it is successful. senator donnelly: one of the sidespinoffs when it is successful and ramadi is taken back is that isis will then look for a quick p.r. claim somewhere else. and so i want to make sure that we're ready in surrounding towns and surrounding areas so when ramadi falls we know they'll step somewhere else and that we have a plan in place to protect those other towns as well. general dempsey: the ramadi campaign, which about a month ago, was about to be executed precipitously has been with our help is now a very deliberate campaign, first isolate it and then go back to recapture it with the supporting help in fallujah. our presence in the anbar operation

on ramadi has already begun. it began two weeks ago an extended campaign but they're making good progress. this is something we just reviewed at the pentagon. this is also instructive example. when ramadi fell to i.s.i.l, it was a significant setback. we got together as a national security council team and pulled together sunni-shia and kurds as a national plan for taking back ramadi, and it's moving forward. some of the units we've trained, it takes months to train thee units. they're now on the field in anbar, part of the counterattack, and iraqi security forces to the south only a few kilometers from the boundary line of the city of ramadi, retook city of anbar university. the president called two months ago to open up a platform advise an assist facility on the base between ramadi and fallujah. we and our special forces are there and we're helping to revise and assist the operation to retake ramadi. it is slow but ongoing. >> rose: who controls fallujah? >> fallujah has been under control of i.s.i.l for reall

has been very heavily involved in that war plan for ramadi, iraq. u.s.ls say getting ramadi back is a must-win for the iraqis, but there is a very long road ahead. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> nigeria's president has shoeken up his country's military with boko haram carrying out other attacks. he replaced all the military chiefs from the previous sprags and appointed new ones. the president campaigned on promises to improve security and fight the terror group. in the last since weeks more than 500 people have been killed across northeast nigeria where boko haram is most active. >>> the pentagon could soon release its ban on transgender people serving in the military. ash carter called current regulations outdated. a defense source says the white house has been pushing the pentagon to lift the ban. but other officials have said more time is needed to study medical and legal issues. the human rights campaign hailed the decision. >>>age we going agend we are going to take a quick break. >>> malala is attempting to help syrian refugees. introducing

one of them was in ramadi near a football field. a football pitch where young men had gathered after midnight during ramadan. they were playing football and other games when air strikes hit. the iraqi government says they were aiming a isil fighters. local sources on the ground say there were some members of isil in the area but they say most of the young men that died were in fact, civilians. >> the u.s.-led coalition has hit isil's stronghold in syria in what's described as one of the largest deliberate engagements so far. isil video shows the casualties caused about i the attacks targeting raqqa. at least 15 isil fighters and civilians were killed. 38 strikes on saturday blocked key supply routes to restrict the movement of isil fighters. >>> syrian forces and hezbollah say she have stormed the rebel-held city taking krout of the distribute in the west of the city. activists say the government has been dropping barrel bombs on the city 45 kilometers northwest of damascus. of the offensive began on saturday in a bid to cut off a m

not just in ramadi mosul tikrit or the syrian border. it is a unified comprehensive, synchronized strategy, or synchronization, and that is beginning to take shape. that's why i'm optimistic. >> can i squeeze in one more? >> one more. >> thank you. you mentioned commitment to the territorial integrity of syria. politics in iraq is always a major question, and you know, in this report we come out saying it is important not to give up on the iraqi state, that we need to see, as you said about syria and iraq, that is able to maintain its integrity. that requires getting the sunnis in. and you talked about there are some sunni fighters that are actually being recruited and actually joining the fight to retake ramadi. but there is a sense and there are people in this town that would say, you know, we have seen this show before. what is your thought on this concept of functional federalism and on the real willingness for the hard political decisions to be made that could sustain this. this is one of the areas of the greatest skepticism when yo

positions in and around ramadi. while the u.s. planned and is backing the operation its success is not a sure thing. this is tough urban combat. a test the pent gone says they have to pass. while that's the plan, there is a well worn maxim at the pentagon, which says no plan survives first contact with the enemy. toirnt. >> jamieantonio. >> jamie mcintire, thank you. >>> 2.8 million fled their homes over a 16 month period end being april 30th. meanwhile tunisia is stepping up its fight depend al qaeda believed to be responsible for the march attack on the national museum in tunis. at least 20 people were killed and others injured. 90% of the group's operation has been destroyed. >>> talking late into the night. negotiators in vienna are working to close negotiations with iran on its nuclear program. and another explosion rocks afghanistan leaving over a dozen dead. >> in vienna, diplomats from six world powers including the u.s. are racing to wrap up an agreement with iran over its nuclear programs, a few details have not been res

and move through ramadi. this will be a test of the competence of the iraqi security forces. and it's a test that they must pass and therefore our and the coalition's involvement is to try to train equip, and support them to be successful. and we're going to take the time and encourage them to take the time so when the operation when they do conduct it is successful. senator donnelly: one of the sidespinoffs when it is successful and ramadi is taken back is that isis will then look for a quick p.r. claim somewhere else. and so i want to make sure that we're ready in surrounding towns and surrounding areas so when ramadi falls we know they'll step somewhere else and that we have a plan in place to protect those other towns as well. general dempsey: the ramadi campaign, which about a month ago, was about to be executed precipitously has been with our help is now a very deliberate campaign, first isolate it and then go back to recapture it with the supporting help in fallujah. our presence in the anbar operation

hospitals in fallujah and ramadi are controlled by i.s.i.l. iraqi government doctors here have been pulled out. this i.s.i.l. video appears to show young men said to have been killed when government air strikes hit a gathering on a football pitch on saturday. the defense ministry denies they were civilians playing football saying i.s.i.l. bans the game. medical sources and political leaders say some civilians are being killed by barrel bombs dropped by iraqi security forces. they are band under international law. military leaders here deny that. >> translator: we are using air force jets and army jets and artillery and other precise methods. these are our people. they are iraqis. i hear about the use of barrel bombs in the media but there is no such thing i assure you. >> iraqi commanders say among i.s.i.l.'s main tactics are hiding in civilian areas. even if they want to leave there isn't much place they can go because i.s.i.l. controls so much area in be anbar. they can only leave through baghdad, where the route is tightly controlled. jane

the first is to take back control of fallujah and ramadi. imran khan spoke to commanders and analysts about the fight for anbar. >> iraq security forces are calling this the operation. while that is ongoing, those who are fleeing from the violence are suffering. one of the bridges linking anbar to baghdad have been closed as a result of heat exhaustion little help has been available. the brim will open on sunday, and the relief was offered. in baghdad, those that are not escaping the violence are suffering. after sunrise it is too hot, and there's no electricity. it's hot at our homes. >> reporter: the operation to remove i.s.i.l. from anbar involves 11,000 iraqi soldiers and have been running since sunday. the u.s.-led coalition stepped up air strikes and hit targets near fallujah. >> what we are doing is sending troops to take key roads to break up safe houses used by i.s.i.l. this time if we need to we can change tactics. the coalition and the iraqi air force is involved. >> so far the push has been to take certain roads and villages in p

forces are trying to force the islamic state of iraq and the levant out of ramadi and fallujah. attacks on populated areas put local people in danger. jane arraf has this report. >> fighting is intensifying around be these areas one of the most difficult to recapture is fallujah. i.s.i.l. is believed to have launched dozens of suicide attacks in the past two weeks across anbar province. iraq security forces are using air strikes and artillery. the intensified operations though on the edge of cities are killing civilians as well as fighters. the government says it is only targeting i.s.i.l. but some of the victims are clearly women and children. the details are difficult to confirm, hospitals around fallujah and ramadi are controlled by i.s.i.l. iraqi government doctors have been pulled out. this i.s.i.l. video appears to show young men said to be killed when government air strikes hit a football pitch on saturday. the ministry denies they are victims at a football game since i.s.i.l. bans the game. barrel bombs band by international law military leaders here deny that. >> transl

one was in ramadi, near a football pitch where young men gathered after midnight during ramadan. they were playing football and other games. the iraqi government says they were aiming at i.s.i.l. fighters. local forces that there were members of i.s.i.l. in the area, but most of the young men were, in fact, civilians. >>> mark kimmitt was the assistant secretary for political and military affairs under the former u.s. president george w. bush and joins me live from washington d.c. thank you for joining us. how are the iraqi army doing against i.s.i.l.? >> i think they are doing better than they had been in a past couple of months when they were fleeing from certain cities to include ramadi. the fact they were standing and fighting, the iraqi army and police forces indicates that the i.s.i.l. forces are not gaining more ground than they had gained up to this point. >> what are your thoughts on the u.s. stepping up. they avoided putting troops direct action troops on the ground. is it time to do that. i.s.i.l. are pushing on. >> they are not necessarily pushing on. they have hit a

ramadi is the capital of anbar province which was taken over by i.s.i.l. in may.e arraf is there, does it seem civilians are caught up in the battle to retake anbar from i.s.i.l. >> it does indeed. according to local sources air strikes happened after midnight around two in the morning when young people were trying to beat the heat. out playing soccer and ramadan games in a makeshift soccer fields. there were some i.s.i.l. fighters. local sources say i.s.i.l. fighters were there, attempting to recruit some of the young me. the sir strikes that hit killed them indiscriminately. that seems to be what is happening in anbar. there is some of the fiercest fighting in that province but it's largely out of sight of everyone, that too, is part of the problem. >> i appreciate it must be difficult to get information out of areas like this because i.s.i.l. is so entrenched and it's dangerous for supporters to go in there. how sure are we about what is going on? >> well that is a key question and it's more important than ever to get as many sources of information as possible

they're moving close for ramadi in efforts to take the city from isil. >> the operation to take anbar province continues. forces are moving in troops and moving heavy equipment into the area and taking towns and villages on the outskirts of ramadi and fallujah. they take these towns and villages from isil and use them to stage an attack on two big cities. if they take the cities of ramadi and fallujah that will give them control of the province that's the point of the operation. we've seen 27 airstrikes targeting 67 positions around the city in fallujah has taken place in recent areas. the largest u.s.-led coalition airstrikes campaign we've seen. it does mean a stepping unfortunate in the u.s.-led coalition airstrikes. all of this is leading up to the retaking of those two cities of ramadi and fallujah, but maybe nothing will move for another ten days or so as forces get everything into place to mount those final offenses. >> hundreds of stolen iraqi artifacts have been stolen and returned by military forces. we have reports from baghdad. >> there have been lots ever allegations. but

the ultimate goal is to retake ramadi. jamie mcintyre is here to walk us through how the u.s.opes the operation will unfold in the coming days. jamie joins us live from washington. jamie. >> i want to make it clear right up front, we're not giving away the invasion plan. what i run through with you is based on our conversations with pentagon sources. it's is the general idea of how this plan is supposed to go. here is fallujah, where isil is in control, about 40 miles west of baghdad, and that's where isil forces are holding that place. here is the air base where the u.s. advisors have set up shop that's just south of where most of the iraqi security forces are stationed. here is the plan that u.s. advisors essentially devised. they say you have to fix fallujah. that means you have to engage the opposing force so they can't maneuver against you. they want to have these isil forces busy so they can't, a, reinforce isil forces in ramadi and they can't along behind attacking the iraqi forces from behind. over the last couple of days some of these iraqi forces have moved south aro

seized anbar's capitol ramadi in may. well in eastern afghanistan a car bomb explosion near a u.s.se has killed 33 people. afghan troops and civilians are among the dead and close to camp chapman on the outskirts of the city of cost and u.s. military commanders said none of its personnel were hurt and jennifer glasse has more from kabul. >> suicide bombings happened in the early evening in a busy time of the day as afghans are going home for the meal and often the case in these situations the dead and wounded were all afghan security personnel and civilians including women and children. even though the target appeared to be an international base there, camp champman on the host province and in 2009 it was the deadliest attack on the cia in more than 25 years when 7 cia agents were killed by a double agent there, that base provides intelligence in eastern afghanistan and not far from the border of pakistan, 15-20 kilometers from the border of pakistan and post province and one of the more secure in afghanistan and seen suicide bombings in months and a difficult fighting season for a

they would cut the supply lines and surround the cities of fallujah and ramadi. >> they are shelling houses that they say contain isil fighters. >> we're bombarding. we're consolidating all our efforts including the rapid deployment forces in the mobilization forces for phase one of this offensive. >> by cordoning off ramadi and fallujah they hope to retake the town from isil fighters. >> we're trying to cordon the area to ramadi. we're asking people to immediately leave the city so they're not held accountable just like isil. we'll consider anybody remaining there to be an isil accomplice. >> this warn something a sign of how tough the battle will be. many soony fighters have taken the side of isil in anger towards iraq government. >> there is no indication of when this will be over. however, the iraqis say that this will be a decisive operation. and when the cities of ramadi and fallujah will fall, then the whole of anbar province. >> the crackdown in the philippines as the government steps up the fight against child pornography. >> lagging behind a town in a crease to cease-fire.

supply lines and surround the cities of fallujah and ramadi and pmf are shelling houses they say contain. fighters. >> translator: we are bottom boarding within the perimeters of fallujah and consolidated all our efforts including the rapid deployment forces and mobilization forces for phase one of this offensive. >> reporter: by quartering it off they hope to strengthen positions and retake the towns from i.s.i.l. fighters. pro-government sunni forces are also involved in the fight and are calling on fellow sunni muslims to leave the cities. >> translator: we are aiming for the next 48 hours to completely finish the across ramadi and call on remaining people who are deceived by i.s.i.l. to immediately leave the city so they won't be accountable just like i.s.i.l. we will consider anyone remaining there with the group to be an i.s.i.l. accomplice. >> reporter: this warning is a sign of how tough the battle will be. many sunni fighters have taken the side of i.s.i.l. out of anger of iraqi government and say they would rather die than surrender. no indication when this operation will be ov

elsewhere, iraqi forces say they are moving closer to ramadi. khan has more from baghdad. >> reporter: the operation to take anbar province continues. the iraqi security forces are moving in troops and heavy equipment into the area and taking towns and villages on the out skirts of the two major cities ramadi and fallujah. this is a tactic we have seen the iraqi security forces do before. they take these villages and towns from isil and use them as staging posts to mount an attack on these two big cities. if they take these two cities it will give them control of the whole province. but also we have seen an increased number of u.s.-coalition-lead air strikes in the area. some 27 air strikes, targeting nearly 67 positions ash the city of fallujah have taken place in recent hours. this is the largest air strike campaign we have seen in anbar province, so it does suggest a stepping up of the u.s.-lead-coalition air strikes. all of this is leading up to the taking of those two cities like i said ramadi and fallujah however, experts say maybe nothing

hospitals in fallujah and ramadi are controlled by isil.overnment doctors here have been pulled out this. video appears to show young men said to have been killed when airstrikes hit a gathering on a football pitch. the defense ministry denies they were civilians saying isil banned the game. medical sources and political leaders say some civilians are being killed by barrel bombs dropped by iraqi security forcesser banned under international law. military leaders here deny that. >> we are using air force jets and army yet and artillery and other precise methods these are our people, they are iraqis. i hear about the use of barrel bombs in the media but there is no such thing, i a sure you. >> reporter: iraqi commanders say among isil's main tactics are hiding in civilian areas. even if civilians wanted to leave fallujah fallujah and ramadi there are not a lot of places they can go, because isil controls so much territory, there is only one route out for most families through baghdad where access is tightly controlled. that's left 10s 10s of

supply license and to surround the cities of fallujah and ramadi. iraqi fighters along with shia militia are shelling houses with i.s.i.l. fighters. >> we are bombarding i.s.i.l. with fighter jets and shelling as well. we have consolidated all of our efforts including the rapid deployment forces and the hopeful mobilization forces for phase 1 of this ordinancive. >> by cordoning off ramadi and fallujah, iraqi troops hope to retake the towns from i.s.i.l. fighters. pro-government sunni forces are also involved in the fight and are calling on sunni forces to leave the cities. >> we are naming for the next 48 hours to completely finish the cordon across ramadi. we call on all the remaining people there to immediately leave the city so they won't be held accountable just like i.s.i.l. we will consider anyone remaining in the group to be a i.s.i.l. accomplice. >> this is a warning how tough fight will be. said they would rather die than surrender. somewhere there's no indication when this operation will be over but once again i.s.i.l. have proved to be a

when ramadi fell to isil it was a significant setback.t together and the liberated with the iraqis. the prime minister got his government together and pulled together sunni, shia, and kurds, a plan. it is moving forward. some of the units we have trained -- it takes months to train them. there are now on the field in anbar. iraqi security forces to the south, a few kilometers from the boundary line, retook anbar university. we are enabling this, we are coordinating. you may recall a decision the president made two months ago to open up a new platform, and advise and assist facility at the air base the between ramadi and falluja. we are there, special forces are there, and we are helping advise and assist the operation to take ramadi back. it is slow going, but ongoing. charlie: who controls falluja? brett: it has been under control of isil for almost 18 months. it felt new year's years of 2014. but it is now surrounded. isil is isolated in there. there are using it as a hub to launch attacks. there are no longer able to do that. charlie:

now, it is a little bit confusing because they've been fighting in ramadi for a number of months now. that town fell to isil fighters in mid-may. and there has been an operation to retake it from isil fighters. they are likely to come towards the town of fallujah under isil occupation for a number of months. the iraqis will be looking for propaganda victory to announce. this may be it for them. but while all of this was happening coalition airstrikes reportedly hit an isil radio station and media base west of ramadi as well. so there is a number of things happening. this operation does seem like it's quite big bigger in nature than perhaps we've seen in recent months to try to retake anbar province. take a look at the type of fighters involved in this as well. we're seeing mainly shia militias sunni fighters, iraqi military forces and police forces. >> activists in syria say that 35 people have been killed after the government bombed the town of al bab. barrel bombs hit a market and residential area in isil-controlled town. >> a russian military barracks collapsed trapping 23 men insi

. >> at least 33 fighters from the combined iraqi forces have been killed during fighting in ramadi. it is part of the anbar offensive to retake ramadi and fallujah. >> palestinians and israeli police fought outside a sensitive holy site in jerusalem. worshippers were praying at the western wall on a day of mourning and repetance >>> aid agencies say israel's 50 day bombardment of gaza has been catastrophic for health care. many thousands injured are losing hope as imtiaz tyab reports. >> for this man spending time with his 2-year-old daughter is the happiest part of his day. he struggles with depression after losing his legs in an israeli strike on the united nations school he and his family were sheltering in during the war. his father and brother were killed on the site and has bits of shrapnel. still lodged in her skull. >> i am destroyed. i lost my legs and job. i can't leave gaza, we are under siege. all i want is one artificial limb to feel like a normal person again. >> reporter: once a week he travels to this clinic, where he receives physiotherapy and is taught ways to mana

coalitions in iraq rejoined the coalition to retake ramadi for the first time. coalition airstrikes in fallujah deliberately hit cars to detonate i am profiesed explosives that they had inside, and that's how they'll continue to target the forces to help iraqi security forces' operations and protect civilians. >> three months after nepal's earthquake disaster tens of thousands of people are living in desperate conditions in danger of landslides. the process has not yet started. >> just you outside of nepal's capital more than 200 people have camped out in a school ground. a village all of them have lost their homes. landslides have destroyed most areas around their village and the river has been eroding whatever remains of their land. this woman thought she had escaped the worse of it until she got here. >> my sister gave birth here in the tent. we didn't have the money or transport to take her to the hospital. but five days on she went man. she refuseed to wear clothes. she would scream and hit me. she didn't remember how many children she had. every time she w

it's part of ongoing offenses to retake ramadi and fallujah from i.s.i.l. the combined force consists of terrorism troops and shia militias. still to come. president obama addresses the kenyan people in nairobi. we'll be live with our reporter from the stadium. >> cultivation in hong kong a city more known for its skyscrapers than rural landscapers. taking in? >> we don't know what chemicals are in these things. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> i'm standing in a tropical windstorm. >> can affect and surprise us. >> wow, some of these are amazing. >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back. let's recap the headlines on al jazeera. in yemen, saudi-led air strikes hit a military base near the capital, sanaa, hours before a ceasefire is due to start. two sold

coalition in iraq joined an operation to retake ramadi for the first time. the u.s.rmy says coalition airstrikes hit cars to deton ate improvised explosives they had inside and they will continue to target isil forces and resources to help the iraqi security forces operation and to protect civilians. caroline malone al jazeera. >> coming up on al jazeera, barack obama is on a trade mission to kenya with a battle to contain extremism is high on the agenda. we will have analysis from nairobi. >>> the fight against drug resistant bacteria. how slow research is making matters worse. . >> >>t ♪ >>> welcome back. top stories here on al jazeera, the u.s. president has addressed a global entrepreneurial summit in the kenyan capitol. barack obama praised the country's young people calling on harnessing their business ideas. >> hitting areas in northern iraq targeting camps in the kurdistan worker's party or the pkk. at least 77 iraqi soldiers and shia militia men have died in their fight for anbar province. they were part of an operation to retake the main cities of ramadi an

the battle to retake ramadi could begin in days, and tells the u.s. a lot about whether iraqi forces regained the will to fight. >>> an air force f-16 collided in mid air. the wreckage crashed to the ground. two people on board the plane, a single engine cess na were killed. the f-16's built ejected safely. and the commander said he was on a routine training mission. >> our pilots are well trained to nigh the approaches in and out of there, and all the facts at this point indicate that the pilot was talking to air traffic controllers. they normally do. unfortunately, everything beyond that is subject to speculation and we'll be under investigation. the n.t.s.b. is investigating the incident >>> a homicide case renews a fiery debate. today an undocumented immigrant was charged with murder. now the question of who is responsible for putting them back on the streets after being deported five times. tens of thousands spend a night in the sold to catch a glimpse of pope francis. his message to catholics on catholicism is on decline. [ singing ] >>> a memor

they have made some gains and are moving towards ramadi. imran khan reports. >> reporter: the announcement came early on monday morning. a military spokesman told iraqis that security forces were beginning a new fight. >> the military operation to retake anbar started at 5rk. shia militia, special forces and tribes are advancing towards the target. the military provisions have been continuing but are predominantly concentrated on ramadi. tens of thousands of troops are used within the new offensive. 500 within anbar. the operation will focus on liberateing fall usualingee. ricky fighters hoped to open a corridor. fighters have an advantage, they control border crossings. allowing them to use safe havens to great advantage. iraq has a real challenge to defeat i.s.i.l. but it is notable, because it involves pro-government fighters who said the key to defeating i.s.i.l. >> the prime minister has control over the army units and the interior ministry runs the police units and militia units run the individual militias and there's half-a-dozen big

. >> by cordoning off ramadi and fallujah they hope to take the towns from isil fighters. sunni forces are also in the fight and are calling on fellow sunni muslims to lead. >> we are aiming for the next 48 hours to completely finish the cordon across ramadi. we call on all the people there to immediately leave the city so they won't be held accountable just like isil. we will consider anyone remaining in there with the group to be an isil accomplice. >> this warning is a sign of how tough the battle will be. >> there is no indication when this operation will be over. but once again isil have proved to be a formidable foe using car bombs to great tactical advantage. however, the iraqi is say that this will be a decisive operation. and when the cities fall, then the whole of anbar province will be back under control. >> the u.n. special answer crow to iraq say that a quarter of iraqis are relying on handouts to survive. they called for. >> they're working to provide assistance. but funds are running short. close to 80 health facilities are closing. food rations have already