you've got sunni, shia and kurdistan now. shiastan belongs to iran in terms of the government ministries. the sunnis said why is the u.s. doing this? we are the majority, we are the majority sect of islam. this is just a strategically stupid thing for you to do. so we thought we went in and blundered and accidentally handed the country to iran. today what do they say? they say the united states didn't accidentally do anything. this is all part of a global conspiracy. the crusaders, the jews and the shia, okay? the united states is in belled with bashar al assad in syria, that's why they didn't intervene and topple his government, because he's an allah white, and they're working towards -- it's not that we have any favor toward iran, but effectively, who are the people flying planes and dropping bombs? it's the united states, it's iran, it's now russia, and they're going against the extreme-most wing of sunni islamism which is isis. and even if you're not ideologically sympathetic to isis, you see this, and it maddens you like

at the same time we expect 243, coming from predomestic nabothily shia, two-- predominantly shia to cross. they will be travelling to syria. the process has been undergone since september 24. an agreement was made between an irani iranian. the ceasefire went underway september 24. this is the second phase we will be seeing more phases of this. there is around a thousand fighters and their families held up along with two shia villages in idlib, about a few thousand holidayed up there-- holed up there. this is the first face, to cross into these areas >>> much more coverage on those transfers throughout the news cast. in the meantime, south korea and japan have reached a deal on a longstanding dispute over war time sexual slavery. foreign ministers of both countries you have been holding costs. an apology is being offered. tokyo is offering 8.7 million dollars in compensation for former sex slaves when were referred to as comfort women in war time japan. korea was a jape knee colony for 35 years from 1910 to 1945. histori historia historians-- south korea has maintained japan should apologi

sunni population lives and they have not been using the popular mobilization forces also known as shiaias just to make sure they have the support of the local population after they take this area from i.s.i.l. >> and as you were reporting right now at this moment we are seeing live pictures out of iraq and it looks as if the iraqi armies forces were answering questions about this latest development out of ramadi but to be clear what you're saying is that they captured a few strategic buildings but don't necessarily control the entire city yet but they certainly in the video and in the live pictures rather we are seeing they certainly seem to have a victory stance if nothing else but that is the latest we are getting out of ramadi is the iraqi army says they raised the flag of liberation over the city of ramadi and retaken it from i.s.i.l. and are reporting that they do not control the entire city of ramadi at this moment. and reporting live for us and thank you. a rare deal to evacuate syrians trapped by the fighting in two parts of the country is being implemented. on syria's border w

he was fighting and then captured on his way back home by shia militias. his crime was being sunni he says. he showed us burn marks on his body where he was tortured for ten days in a youth center which was used as a praise. he says his-- as a prison. his uncle died after being tore turret by the-- tortured by the same militia. they used electric torch on me. they had nylon set it alight and put it on my body. they told me to confess and tell them the truth. i told them if they were an iraqi soldier. if i.s.i.l. see me, they will kill me. >> reporter: people we spoke to say there were no i.s.i.l. fighters there and they were pushed by shia militias on the suspicion that they might be harbouring them. they have been denied back to their own areas. it is not the first time that militias have been accused in the province. human rights watch says that militia abusers are wreaking havoc amongst the most vulnerable people. everyone here has a horror story. the divide is everywhere. people are afraid to go back to their homes. they want an international body like

it is not first time shia backed militias have been accused of abuses. slie militiashe blish yasshia md of torture. they want international group like united nations to guarantee their safety. he says the area was besieged for months and the iraqi army toournd blind eye to the abuses. >> we were surprised to see shia militia forces. when they came they started to kill indiscriminately. the militia destroyed houses took our belongings, cattle and burned everything down. we traveled day and night without food or anything else. >> reporter: shia militias are an important part of the iraqi government fight against i.s.i.l. >> translator: for this issue this issue is sill y and has no affect on us. as we continue to make progress we'll get more accusations. we don't care about it, we expect it. >> the sectarian fear runs dean in this country and thousands who don't want to return are coming to grips with the results. osama ben javad, sulemani, iraq. >> battle against the taliban with heavy fighting in sangen. >> qaib hasimi reports. >> it changes every few ho

government shia militias. they said if you would like us to offer you a safe pass only, therefore you have to give fighters safe passage. it was not an easy task. you had to have turkey and iran interfere and broker a deal between the different factions, and as far as the border here is concerned, we're expecting the 100 or so pro government militia fighters to across into the border crossing and then from there, they will be flown to lebanon before they get to damascus. >> there are so many potential variables here, not if the rebels in effect regroup and retrain themselves, if you will. if this his the beginning of some sort of embryonic ceasefire, if there is a weakness in the pots, where might it occur first? >> the weighs remains volatile on the ground. such deals can be conducive to broader political talks about solving syria's political crisis. this is what they hope to achieve in geneva when a delegation from the opposition will sit around the same table with the government about how to move forward, b

but it's a disaster because of the use of shia mobilization forces that created havoc in their wake anded alienation on the ground. >> explain to us that particular decision to not use the shia of para military forces in terms of ramadi. >> this is really vital. the shia malitia forces and mobilization forces are basical basically iranian trained gangs and not military and not as a state or multi cultural state and not trained in the professional sense of a national army. they are in effect gangs of individua individuals, hired help so to speak, mercenaries and don't necessarily follow the kinds of i think national parts of an army who is to main tan legitimacy in the ground in their wake so it's not about destroy and concur it's about thinking about the day after, what happens after you concur in keeping a positive let's say reputation for the military force and ensuring they treat the citizens fairly on the ground in their wake. >> israel's supreme court has partially acquitted prime minister olmert of two counts of bribery and means one of olmert's jail sentences of six years has bee

and then captured on his way back home by shia militias. his crime he said was being sunni. he showed us burn marks on his body when he was tortured for ten days in a youth center used as a prison. hamid said his uncle. >> they used to set it to light and put it on my body. they told me to confess and to tell the truth. so i told him i am an iraqi soldier. if i.s.i.l. see me they will kill me. >> forced out of their homes. those we spoke to say there was no i.s.i.l. fighters there and they were punished by shia militias, under the suspicion they might be harboring them. it is not first time iraq's government backed shia militias have been accused of violence and abuse, exacerbating sectarian hostilities. everyone here has a horror story. the sectarian divide is everywhere in this town. people here are afraid to go back to their homes. they want an international body like the united nations to guarantee their safety. arif is one of those seeking compensation for their condition. >> we were surprised to see shia militia forces. whether they came they started to kill indiscrimi

basically you have pro-government shia militias operating there. as part of this deal, as soon as the syrian fighters are given passage, they're going to travel from northern idlib crossing the southern city. they will then be taken to a domestic airport. there has been attempts in the past to broker a deal between the syrian opposition and the government. those talks colonel-- collapsed for different reasons. there were concerns from ratty opposition about the ongoing fighting. one of the main obstacles to the deal in past were differences within the opposition. just to give you an idea. you have the al-nusra front which controls these areas, but you have different groups. some of the groups have the view that why do weave to fallout from this area. we're here to fight, and fight until the end, so the government kills us. so what. we have other rebels who will come in and continue the fight. i think the international community, the different players in the region, they think this could move forward the political process. this is why this deal toda

and i think now that you're seeing a shia government, a majority shia government in baghdad supporting a sunni province, it gives some good indications of things to come. >> interesting. so we're seeing this resurgence of iraqi forces. where do you think this leaves isis? are they on the run, or is it just too premature to say such a thing? >> it's premature to say that. this is a tactical victory. they've shown they can regenerate security for the people, that they're connected to the central government and they have the support of not only the groovernment but the people of iraq. that's important, and that's contrary to what isis was using. they were going into territories and basically telling the people there the government in baghdad does not care about you. we are trying to establish a caliphate which is counter to what the shia believe in your central government. well, now you see the central government supporting the tribes in a sunni territory, regenerating army and providing security for the people, and that runs contrary to the dialogue that isis has been having with the loc

he says he was fighting and then captured on his way home by shia militias. he showed us burn marks on his body where he was tortured for ten days at a youth center which was used as a prison. he says his uncle who was a police officer died after being tortured by the same militia. >> translation: they used to hang us and ten people used to hit me. they use electric torch on me. they used nylon, set it alight. i told them that i am an iraqi soldier. if i.s.i.l. see me they will kill me. >> reporter: the area is now a government town after tens of thousands of its people were forced out of their homes. though we spoke to say there was no i.s.i.l. fighters there and they were punished by shia militias on the suspicions that they might be harbouring them. after militias took over, they were denied entry back into their own areas. it is not the first time that the government backed militias is accused of abuse in the province. human rights watch says that they're wreaking havoc. everyone here has a horror store. the divide is everybody in this camp. people are af

create this i think popular bottom up type of liberation force, and quite different,s disaster of shiarces creating a lot of alienation. >> explain the particular decision to not use the shia paramilitary forces in terms of ramadi. >> this is really vital. you know, the shia militia forces, the mobilization forces are a population mobilization forces, iranian trained forces. they are gangs, they are not professional military. they don't have allegiance to iraq, they are not trained in that professional sense of a national army. they are in effect gangs of individuals, you know, hired help, so to speak, mercy theirs, so they don't necessarily follow the kinds of i think nationalistic aspiration of an army meant to contain and maintain legitimacy on the ground in their wake. so it's not about destroy and conquer, it's about thinking about the day after, what happens after you conquer in keeping a positive lets say reputation for the military force and ensuring that they treat the citizens on the ground fairly in their wake. >> hundred was syrians trapped by intense fighting in two parts

he said he was fighting isil, and then captured on his way back home by shia militias. he said he's sunni. he has burn marks on his body and he was tortured for ten days at a youth center that is been used as a prison. his uncle died by the same militia. >> they used torture on me. they set nile lone alight and set it on my body. they told me to confess and tell the truth. i told them if isil sees me they will kill me. >> this city is now a ghost town after many were forced out of their town. they said that there were no isil fighters there, but they were punished under the suspicion that they might be harboring them. it's not the first too iraq's government-backed militia has been accused of abuses. human rights watches say the militia is reaking havoc and exacerbating the radicals. >> the iraqi army turned a blind eye to abuses. >> we were surprised to see shia militia forces. when they came they started to kill indiscriminately, destroy houses, kill cattle and we traveled day and night out food or anything else. >> shia militias are an important part of the iraqi gov

he was fighting isil and then captured on his way back home by shia militias. he crime was being sunni. he showed us burn marks on his body when he was tortured for ten days at a youth center which was used as a prison. he said his uncle, who was a police officer, died after being tortured by the same militia. >> they used to hang us and ten people used to hit me. they used electric torture on me. they used nylon, sets it alight and put it on my body. they told me to confess and to tell the truth, so i told them that i'm an iraqi soldier. if isil see me they will kill me. >> the area is now a ghost town after tens of thousands of people were reportedly forced out their homes. those we spoke to say that there were no isil fighters there and they were punished on the suspicion that they might be harboring them. now they've been denied entry back to their own areas. it's not the first time that the government-backed militia has been accused. human rights watch say that abusers are exacerbating hostile you had. >> everyone here has a horror story. people here are a

they have to be aware of the shia sunni divide. the sunnis as soon as possible, and move on. >> are they reaching that divide? >> this will be a test for the government, the taking of ramadi if they do what they say, if they turn it over to the tribesmen and provide that level of security, that remains to be seen. >> and if it holds. >> if it holds. >> turning to syria now, officials say at least 19 people were killed in the city of homs. a car bomb exploded this morning and moments later a suicide fighter detonated his vest. >>> the attacks there come as more than 450 syrians were evacuated from three besieged towns. they are heading to turkey and lebanon now. hashem ahelbarra has more from southern turkey. >> reporter: wounded rebel fighters and their families cross into lebanon from syria. the end of months of anxiety and uncertainty about their future. they were trapped near the lebanese border. the city has been the focal point of intense fighting, but after a series of setbacks, the rebels lost most of it to the army that has

what kind of new national identity will iraqis, shia and sunni, form? the only path to a stable iraq h i see is eventually another province in the sunni areas in f the north and orwest. we want it to be over. we may assume responsibility for havingheless i exacerbated it, nonetheless it's the drama of that country and history only ee moves at a a certain pace. we can do things to make it i worse.e in c i believe more active diplomatic engagement might help.peting we sometimes say the iranians are in charge now. sup they have so much influence, but we're not even competing in the influence game in my view. the iraqi government has been asking for our help. i i think that would gain more influence to help some of these things lohappen., >> thanks for holding.. you're on with linda robinson of rand. >> caller: hello, sir. hello, ma'am. a young man called a short whilh ago named sam, i believe. he touched on something that i e agree with. we seem to be himming and hawing around too much about what we're doing. if we're goingmili to fight a w let's do it wit

shia villages have been given a safe route to turkey to travel on to damascus which is mostly held by the government. in the past year there have been similar agreements with in the city of homs and yarmouk, after the killing of a rebel leader put the yarmouk deal on hold. hashem ahelbarra has more. >> wounded rebel fighters and their families cross into lebanon from syria. the end of months of anxiety and uncertainty about their future. they were trapped in zabadani near the lebanese border. the city has been the focal point of intense fighting but after a series of set backs, the rebels lost most of it to the army. it has been laying siege to the area. the wounded and their families will be taken to turkey, their final destination is unclear. they could be sent to refugee camps on the border with syria or moved to areas under opposition control inside the country. also, as part of the deal, shia militia fighters were given safe passage out of small towns in northern syria. these pro-government fighters were evacuated to turkey. it is the first leg in a journey that will take them to

in the province and then captured on his way back to home by shia militias. his crime, he says, was being sunni. he showed us his burns that was inflicted on him while in prison. he says his uncle was a police officer who died after being tortured by the same militia. >> translation: they used to hang us and ten people used to hit me. they used an electric torch on me. there was nylon set allied and placed on-- alight and placed on my body. i told them that i am an iraqi soldier. if i.s.i.l. see me they will kill me. >> reporter: the area is now a government town after tens of thousands of the people were forced out of their homes. they were pushed by shia militias on the suspicion that they might be harbouring soldiers. it is not the first time iraq's government backed militias is being accused. human rights watch says that militia abusers are reeking havoc on some of the country's most vulnerable people. >> reporter: everyone here has a horror story. the sectarian divide are wide here. they want an international body like the united nations to guarantee the

the raid reportedly targeted a small shia sect.y says the group was plotting to kill the army's chief of staff. it's leader was arrested. here is our correspondent. >> reporter: the group's leader has been something of a thorn in the side of various governments. he has been arrested by almost every government that has been in power for they say extremist and fundamentalist views. last year, there was some violence in which three of his sons were killed in violence with he military. but the violence that has been playing out over the last 72 hours for many if the somebodies are accurate, is unprecedented. there is international concern growing about what happened. the iran government has apparently summoned its nigeria representative in tehran to find out what went on and call for restraint from the military, various other shia religious organizations have also voiced their concern, and are calling for an independent investigation into these allegations that the military committed some kind of an atrocity in the area. again, this is

others were killed later when the shia leader was arrested.s the killings were at best an overreaction to a roadblock protest, and at worst a planned attack by the government. >>> nigeriaia's capitol is a city under construction hundreds of new homes are built each month, but all too often they are prized beyond the reach of the average person. >> reporter: it's 5:00 in the morning when douglas james says good-bye to his family before heading off to work. by the time he comes back at night, his children will be asleep. >> when they wake up and see me like a stranger, i feel bad, but i pray to god that one day we'll overcome all of the situation. so really it's not helpful for you to continue being without your children all the time. >> reporter: the [ inaudible ] is one of the hundreds of thousands who work in the city but have to live far away from their work, simply because they can't afford to live close by. every month hundreds of new homes are built here, but most are empty. >> the question you need to ask yourself is how many people can

now they are trying to avoid any involvement by the shia mobilization force. the sunni tribesmen there is still fighting. they are against the previous governor, against the council, so who will control it in ramadi? this hasn't been decided yet. in addition to that, there is a big problem, because most of the isil who in fighting them, are also part of the same tribes in anbar, so how they reconcile between these two within the party, how they will deal with them. in addition to all of this, what is the general vision, political approach to the whole problem? if this will end in anbar, how about mosul, how about the rest? but no doubt it's a tactical victory for the abadi government if they succeed in regaining ramadi, but it should not be considered as a change -- change -- changing the game in iraq. it is only a milestone. ♪ >>> u.s. and afghan security forces have conducted air strikes in a district of the southern province of helmand. government troops and taliban fighters battle for control. the taliban say they have captured the center of the district o

at the same time there will be 330 shia predominantly two villages in idlib will be swapped here going through turkey. this is a very significant deal that has been underway since late september. the iran jane negotiator negotiated with the main opposition group in turkey to get to the second phase today. this has been long overdue. there has been several delays. one of the factors that delayed this agreement has been the russian air strikes targeting mostly idlib. there is a glimmer of hope for these people who have been under siege for years now. it will take several hours for us to get to the end of this deal. we expect even more phases. there are roughly a thousand still holed up that are predominantly shia >>> that's on the lebanon side. going to our correspondent near the turkey-syria border. tell us about part 2 of this deal. how is that supposed to work? >> reporter: we're expecting the 36 supporters of the syrian government to be given-- 336-- to be given from the shia villages. we understand from our sources on the ground that the operation is underway and is expected to aarr

thousands of members of iraq's shia militias came out in the capital of baghdad. they're calling on the government to push out turkish troops from the north. >> translation: today turkey is at our doors. they're saying that they will end the turkish invasion by military means. we are watching these people who say they want to fight turkey. if necessity don't do their duty, then we will take action after a while. >> reporter: iraq's government has filed a formal complaint with the u.n. the prime minister want turkish forces to withdraw from iraq immediately. >> translation: sending turkey's armed forces without the permission of the iraqi government is not considered a help against terrorism. it is a blatant violation of iraq's sovereignty. there is no other military armed forces of any other country except turkey on the iraqi land. it is without our permission or knowledge. all said otherwise is pure fabrication. >> reporter: many believe other regional powers are influencing iraqi retrospect rock. since turkey recent shot down a russian war plane moscow is using

now these families are being allowed safe passage to go to idlib where el nusra are strongest and shias trapped in two towns controlled by rebels and under the u.n. backed deal will be given safe route to damascus where the government will largely still have control. now the fighters and their families will be leaving and headed to lebanon and they will continue on to turkey before finally settling in idlib and shia families will go from idlib to turkey and beirut before settling in damascus. this is not the first evacuation agreement of its kind. in fact, in the past year there have been similar agreements in the city of homs and yurmuk which is currently on hold. and we are joined from the lebanon, syria border crossing. what is happening where you are? >> reporter: what we know now is the u.n. and the international community for the red cross convoys have left the town and heading towards where i am currently and they will be passing through heading to beirut airport and we want to remind viewers this has been under siege since 2012 and witnessing major battles mostly over the summe

direct support of the popular mobilization forces also known as shia militias. antiterrorism forces won't predict when the forces will completely take over ramadi but these forces have overcome hundreds of road side bombs. once the city is clear of all i.s.i.l. fighters will be to clear the houses of home made bombs and ieds. >> while they may have won this battle against the group it will take them longer to win the war against i.s.i.l. osama ben javad al jazeera erbil northern iraq. >>> let us get more from rosiland jordan in washington, d.c. in may the iraqi army was on the run on the retreat now this massive turn around. i would think those people who put a lot of score what they left behind in iraq, the u.s. military, must be delighted what they've seen. >> reporter: they are very pleased, david, but they also say there is a lot of work to do. even so the u.s. military is saying what has happened in ramadi is vindication for the obama administration's policy of focusing on the training and providing support, and advice to the iraqi military. they say this i

iraqi army has fought without the direct support of the popular mobilization forces also known as shia militia. won't predict when the forces will completely take over ramadi but these soldiers have cleared hundreds of road side bombs planted by cite. i.s.i.l. a major issue will to be clear home made explosives and booby trapped buildings. >> iraqi forces are jubilant because they see victory in sight. days in the final offensive to get this far but they also know that while they may have won this battle against the group it will take them longer to win the war against i.s.i.l. osama ben javad erbil northern iraq. >> shortly after those iraqi soldiers celebrated retaking ramadi, the united states military gave its reaction to the latest developments in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> there is still plenty of work to do in ramadi, we still need to stabilize the remainder of the euphrates river valley, we still need to work on the rest of the tigris river valley. so this is going to be a process. i want everyone to be clear that there is still a lot of work ahead of us. this enemy is still

the shia-led government in iraq, shia have been kind of on the hold, reluctant to be liberating sunniands for other sunnis, so there is a real problem there. i think when we look into some of the funding for these groups, certainly there's the issue of the out in the area. the british have been launching attacks from some of the oil infrastructure that isis has been able to benefit from, but i think we also have to look at islamist side groups whether in the arab peninsula, whether in the emirates, saudi arabia, elsewhere getting into isis. there are a lot of people who do not like eye says means and say so, but they kind of appreciate that isis has pushed back it is shia in the arab land. so this is a problem we need to get on top of. >> what is your assessment of the british joining the also, also picking up their pace in terms of air strikes is this what it's going to take? >> this is an all-in process. we need as many friends and allies in, and certainly we should welcome the european involvement. obviously we have huge problems with the russians, and we could forget about ukraine

a mainly shia militia. but president obama said he won't authorize airstrikes to support them. it all goes back to the 2003 u.n 2003 u.s. invasion of iraq. that's when paul bremer was sent by president bush to oversee iraq's transition nat government. bremer made a series of decisions including disbanding the iraqi army that many say have contributed to the rise of isil in iraq. >> i did not disband or destroy the iraqi army. there was not a cybil member of the iraqi army stand at arms on april 17th as the general has testified himself. the question wasn't wasn't to disband. that was a mistake. we should never have used that verbal. the question was should we recall the army. >> the only real debate is whether ground troops are needed whether they be western, arab, turkish or iranian in the fight against isil. and that debate is still raging. imran khan. >> meanwhile the air assault in syria is intensifying in the last two days, 70 people being killed in assad regime and russian airstrikes. the u.s.-led coalition campaign continuing. there are numerous the british government wh

thousands are living in kurdish camps in the north after escaping government backed shia militias and i.s.i.l. many say they were abused and fear more attacks. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: this man used to be a soldier. he said he was fighting i.s.i.l. and then captured on his way back home by shia militias, described as being-- accused of being sunni. he showed us the burn marks he received whilst in prison there. his uncle died after being tortured by the same militia. >> translation: they used to hang us and ten people hit me. they used nylon and set it alight and put it on my body. they told me to questions and tell the truth. so i told them that i am an iraqi soldier. if i.s.i.l. see me, they will kill me. >> reporter: it is now a ghost town after tens of thousands of the people were forced out of their homes. those we spoke to say there were no i.s.i.l. fighters there and they were pushed on the suspicion that they night be harbouring them. they have been denied entry back to their own areas. it is not the first time iraq's government backed militias has been accused

. >> shia militia members demanding withdrawal from iraq. they have accused turkey of violating international law. so far turkey has refused. >> thousands of members of iraq's militia came out. they're calling on the government to do more. one of iraq's most powerful shia clerics put the dispute on the battlefield. >> today turkey is at our doors. today we're watching these people who say they want to fight turkey. if they don't do their duty then we will take action after a while. >> iraq's governor has filed a compliant with the u.n. >> sending turkish armed forces without permission of the iraqi government is not considered a help against terrorism. it's blatant violation against iraq sovereignty. it is without our permission or knowledge and anything said otherwise is future fabrication. >> since russi >> they have been here for years. there is an agreement between the peshmerga iraqi troops, turkey and u.s. to club mosul from isil. they did not parachute in. they came in at the request of the governor. >> turkey believes that it's prese

militia and iranian, iranian support and shia.nd i think most sunni arabs are very uncomfortable in seeing shia militia, some who are just as extreme as isis on the other side being the ones to occupy their territory. so that's the problem. kurdish boots on the ground. the kurds have been great, but you cannot expect the kurds to control arab arias of iraq. that is the difficulty with finding boots on the ground that are acceptable. >> and turkey doesn't want the kurds to get too much momentum, because it could cause domestic problem for them. >> absolutely. you don't want the shia militia in iran. the kurds do not want the kurds. that's the whole crux of the matter. >> hi, greta, hi, mr. betino. first of all, do we know the objective that isis is fighting, is looking for? and do we actually, do we know what our objective for the middle east there. is the objective of isis trying to secure their culture? their law, like sharia law, where we're trying to yes, ma'am pose minority rights, more minority rights? is that why we're over

i heard him say they are clarngs, unnamed, unspecified shia, whatever.erica who are are hiding these people. well, okay. probable cause means i have are a do you believe evidence at this mosque cleric a is doing something. i think if we had that we would have prosecuted him or her but we don't why are doing what trump is doing that clown. watch out, close all the mosques. this is a terrible policy. >> we don't needing ting closing all the mosques and saying clown. he is not. >> he is. >> the president spied on fox news reporter james rosen. you remember that. >> do you think he was with a mosque? i'm not justifying spying. >> spying on a suspicious mosque. is that what you are telling me. >> because i'm a registered democrat doesn't mean i believe in surveillance without any evidence, without search warrants, without articulable suspicion. i am not that person. i believe that you have to have suspicion of wrongdoing and you should get a search warrant and act upon it here we have people by the basis of their religion are a suspect. and entitled to robust

shia militia are an important part of the iraqi government's fight guess isil.hey deny accusations against them. for us, this has no effect on us. we will get more accusations. we don't care about it. we expect it. >> fear runs deep in this country. thousands who don't want to return are coming to terms with these tents as their new homes. arizona. northern iraq. >> palestinians demanding the return of their loved ones. about 150 protesters took to the streets of occupied east jerusalem near the old city of damascus gate. soldiers fired tear gas and hit demonstrators with batons. several have been arrested. knife 7 bodies held. israeli forces have shot did a palestinian nan occupied east jerusalem. israel's military say the man tried to stab an israeli. on friday, border guards killed a palestinian woman who they say was trying to run them over. another palestinian man in the border with the gaza strip has been buried. 22-year-old was killed on friday for allegedly throwing rocks at israel soldiers. a wave of violence that started in october has left one 37 pale

how can we create coexistence between the sunni and the shia in that part of the world? this is the most important thing. >> you mentioned some external vulnerabilities of islamic state. the question, i think, was about internal vulnerabilities. do you see anything inside the administration that might weaken the organization? >> yes. you know, external and internal are actually related. we cannot separate the external from the internal vulnerability. that's the most important thing, you know, because usually the internal vulnerability is feeded by outside. i mean, the region itself or the western power. this is the most important. yes, it is vulnerable inside. vulnerable because, as i mentioned in the beginning, because of the lack of good government. because the people, actually, they are not involved, they are not determining their future. this is the problem. you have autocratic regimes there running the whole country and depriving the people of having a say in their future and their present. this is the most important thing. look at saudi arabia. okay, now they are t

also, as part of the deal, shia fighters were given safe passage through small towns. these pro government fight precious evacuated to turkey. it's the first leg in a journey that will take them to lebanon and then syria's capital, which is still largely a stronghold of bashar al-assad. this complex movement of people was made possible because of a deal brokered by iran and turkey. it is seen as a significant development in a country battered by more than four years of violence. the united nations hopes this deal will create some level of trust between the government and the rebels ahead of a crucial meeting in geneva next month. there is a growing sentiment that no can decisively win this war in syria, and a compromise may be the only way to bring an end to this face of the conflict. >> the emergency agency said that at least 30 people were killed in a wave of overnight attacks. there have been reports of a suicide-bombing, too. at a mosque. let's go to mohammed idris from maidugari, tell us why you think that events have increased so much over the last 24-48 hours? >

baghdad chose to leave pro-government shia militias out of the operation.n the past, human rights organizations have accused iranian backed groups of abusing sunni iraqis. the iraqi military dropped leaflets urging residents to leave before the attack began, but up to 30,000 are expected to be still in the city. christopher: let's get more from our correspondent via skype from iraq. thanks for joining us. do we know anything yet about the number of casualties in the fighting in ramadi on either side? >> it is indeed very difficult to verify the number coming from different sources in terms of the casualties. multiple iraqi sources have reported as many as at least 100 i.s. fighters being killed in different sorts of attacks by iraqi forces and also airstrikes by the international coalition, which is led the united states, but on the iraqi forces side, yesterday, we know that around 15 fighters were killed. the majority of them were the shia militiamen who are actually stationed outside the city of ramadi. they are not taking part in the offensive, per se, a

been slow, because the iraqi government wants to rely on its own troops and sunni tribes rather than shiaitia who have been accused of human rights abuses. retaking ramadi would be among the most significant victories against isil thus far. this map shows ramadi in isil's support zone. this is where it's fighters are allowed to move freely. this helps isil maintain these areas, where it has enough of a presence to control local populations. these no longer include sinjar. and there are the attack zone areas where isil conducts offensive maneuvers. zana hoda has more. >> reporter: it has been described as the final assault to recapture ramadi from isil. [ explosion ] >> reporter: the iraqi military says it's troops are moving in on the center of the city. the provincial capitol of the maintain sunny anbar province has been under isil control for months. ramadi is an urban battleground, progress has been slow. isil is fighting back using suicide bombers. it's not known how many armed men isil has in the city, but it is believed it could be up to 300. there are also civilians trapped inside.

now you see iraqi security forces with the iran-backed shia militias going in to push these guys out. i don't know what that is going to do. we'll have to wait and see what happens. if they succeed it's because they killed isis and the sunni population. we have to watch ramadi to tell anything about mosul. >> just one final thought if you need to build a sunni militia, the iraqi government seems to be against that from what you said. what chance is there of isil being defeated there, and, in fact, is there a will on behalf the iraqi government to do so? when i talked with the peshmer peshmerga, they carry iraqi flags. iraqi is more concerned about kirkuk man mosul. they're funneling international monies to shia militias that iran backs to go up against the sunnies. that's something that we need to get them to do the right thing. >> thank you. thank you very much, indeed. >> the british defens defense minister said that they hit an oil field in the east of the country. well, the former high ranking u.s. diplomat who has written extensively on the american foreign policy in the middle e

shia, thee sunni, the kurds. they don't belong together exist together -- along together. they don't exist together. you have to understand the division, which has existed forever. , waswho was a shia assassinated in a city in iraq. there's not another person running for president incities. i did not study it. i know it. there is a revenge that exists cts.een those se to get in the middle of it is and flying into someplace walking and when allie which is a knife fight going on -- into an alley where there is a knife fight going on. we are not going to be a. it.to be able to stop to pushwent to iraq saddam hussein out of kuwait, we had the arabs and the west. i remember that, because i have a friend who was the former egyptian in her, who stood in the rose garden and said, we are all going. stopped, george bush and d remember what people said? job."ould finish the no, he shouldn't have. if we went in there, we would own the place. do you know how it was put wwi, they justr went in and drew those lines. so now we have advisors and share you -- in syria. i don't want the unit

the tribesmen fled their homes during fighting during government-backed shia militia and isil. some are now living in camps in the kurdish region. >> he used to be a soldier. he said he was fighting isil i, he said that he was sunni. he showed us burn marks where he was tortured for ten days in a youth center. his uncle, who was a police officer, died after being torture by the same militia. >> they used to hang us, and ten people used to hit me. they used electric torture on me. they used nylon, set it alight and put it on my body. they told me to confess and to tell the truth. i told them that i'm an iraqi soldier. if isil sees me, they will kill me. >> this area is now a ghost town where people were reportedly forced out of their homes. those we talked to said that there were no isil fighters there, and they were punished by militia saying they were harboring them there. it's not the first time iraq government-backed militias have accused of abuse in the provin province. human rights watches say they're reaking havoc and exacerbating sectarian hostility. >> the divide is eve

isil is a sunni group and in many cases they have targeted shia.says we are willing to help in the fight against isil. the gulf states do not want armed iranian backed troops on the ground. that's not a deal that the gulf states and the arab world, the sunni arab world is interested in the u.s. cutting. but they made that point. >> but isn't that part of the problem in syria is that not only do you have all of these proxies but you have this great regional rival between saudi arabia, a sunni country, and iran playing out in places like syria and yemen. and does the u.s. end up caught in the middle? this >> right. and the u.s. has said that it wants bashar al-assad removed. that's entirely at odds with what the iranians think. while you are in iran while there is an anti american and anti-israeli sentiment, in their minds saudi arabia is the big threat. that's the one you are not supposed to like. the regional rivalry is very serious. the west seems to be preoccupied by the fact that iran has anti-israel sentiments, that is secondary or tertiary to

can they prevent ramadi from breaking out in sunni and shia fighting, and they -- and can they turn ito a larger holding? those would be a nice accomplishment for the iraqis to develop a sense of momentum, and get a sense of more than just a one-off. that it was the beginning of a changing in the times. >> we heard from the iraqi prime minister today saying that he predicts the total defeat of the islamic state group in the next year. very confident words from him. but given what you just told us, it will not be as easy as that. >> it is as easy as saying it, but perhaps the prime minister will be proven right. but there is a long way to go from what the iraqis have accomplished in ramadi. that is a victory, but a modest one. but going from that to retaking mosul and destroy isis the , iraqis are a long way from that. many civilians and fighters from a war-torn charity have been allowed to board buses and leave the town that has been under siege from fighters. >> anxious, exhausted, and desperate. fighters with their families waiting to be bused out of their hometown. a deal that took

we travelled day and night without food or anything else. >> reporter: shia militias are an important part of the fight against i.s.i.l. they denied the accusations against them. >> translation: for us, this issue is silly and has no affect on us. as we continue to make progress, we will get more accusations. we don't care about it. we expect it. >> reporter: the distrust and fear runs deep in this community and thousands who do ninety want to return come to terms with this in new homes >>> around 2000 fighters and their families have begun leaving a refugee camp. fighters from the rival rev group al-nusra front are also leaving the camp. fighters have been given safe passage as part of the deal with the government. the aim is to make the move safe again so that people trapped there can receive aid. the camp has been under a government siege since 2012. two african migrants have drowned trying to enter the spanish town on the border with morocco. hundreds of people tried to reach the enclave by swimming from the coast or climbing barbed wire fences. red cross volunteers tweeted 185 of

the progress has been slow, because the iraq government wants to rely on it's own troops rather than shia militia. they have been accused of rights abuses. >> it has been described as the final assault to recapture ramadi from isil. the iraqi military says the troops are moving in on the center of the city the provincial capitol of the mainly sunni province has been under isil's control for monos. for weeks they have been trying to reach the main complex, but ramadi is an urban battleground, progress has been slow. isil is fighting back using suicide bombers. it is not known how many men the armed group has in the city, but iraqi intelligence believes there could be up to 300. there are also civilians trapped inside. and there are reports of casualties. the iraqi military drops leaf let as few days ago calling on people to leave. but isil is reportedly stopping them so that they can use them as human shields. isil stormed ramadi in may, at the time, much of the western province was already under the armed groups control. ramadi fall was an embarrassment for the government. the iraqi army

who are shia backed by iran. i went back to a former al qaeda in the arabian peninsula official, i went back through a trove of things that he had posted online under a pseudonym after he was killed. they talked about what a pseudonym was, the cuban, for time he spent in gitmo. it was extraordinarily anti-shia. was surprising to me at time. resonated with old zarqawi and less where al qaeda had taken itself. he described shias as main enemy of muslims. i think it was situational for the theater and situation that they faced. they don't have a consistent approach but in general i think al qaeda's outlook is, don't cause unnecessary conflict with the shias because it could hurt your reputation but where you can really benefit from it, like in yemen, then they're pretty anti-shia. i was had not to figure doug's point which is excellent point, excellent framing about the question of time. i agree with him entirely that isis's view is caliphate now. al qaeda's view the time is not yet right. but in addition to prepari