>> i don't know. >> rose: the shia militia supported by iran is an issue. >> right and shia militias in iraq the most extreme have had a mixed record militarily on the ground against i.s.i.s. so i understand the concern and the reality they're kind of parallel interests here in the sense that iran and its allied shia militias don't want to see i.s.i.s. have success, and we're certainly working hard to defeat i.s.i.s. but that doesn't necessarily mean you will see close coordination. >> rose: when the history is written to have the two terms of the obama administration, is it possible that history will say this president because he came to power when the u.s. was withdrawing from iraq and he was committed to that to seeing it through, even to the fact that he left no troops there, and the afghanistan were, which he both surged and then began to reduce that he was so conscious of the lack of success in our military involvement that he made decisions that were too cautious too conservative and in that circumstance, i.s.i.s. grew, and part of the responsible has been that we didn't do en

in early june without warning the main shia militia leader, the head of of the badr organization decided to shift toward fallujah. the militias pulled back and focused on fallujah for about a month right now. that offensive, which was at the initiative of the militia organization is now bearing fruit. now i think this is the reason for the timing of this announcement. >> is it a bit of a delayed reaction to what's been happening in anbar? >> i think all of it's been very reactive. that was the main criticism with the defense of rimadi is the united states there were just standing in place most of the time. then there was that withdrawal which precipitated a collapse on may 17. there was an immediate reaction toward rimadi. the real problem is that there's no genuine command and control so nominally, the prime minister abadi is the commander-in-chief. the popular mobilization, an umbrella group for mostly shia militias some noon's involved, some christian involved in this organization, but is an umbrella group for militias, they, each of those individual militias, i mentioned badr, their

our armed forces along with shia militias, special forces federal applies are now advancing towards the targets. [ explosions ] >> military operations have been continuing in anbar for months, but predominantly have been concentrated on the city of ramadi. 10,000 troops will be used in this offensive. the operation will focus on liberating fallujah, the second city in iraq's largest province. by retaking fallujah iraqi military commanders hope to reopen a corridor to cut off isil from ramadi. but isil has the advantage are allowed to use safe havens in syria to great advantage. iraq's real challenge on its hand to defeat isil, but this operation is notable because it does involve pro governments in fighters who are key to defeating isil. the prime minister has control over the army units and the military and the individual militia leaders run these individual militias, and there are a half dozen really big ones and half a dozen small ones. the federal government i think is trying to do is capitalize on this essentially make the best it can of a very disorganized situation. >> the iraqi

he said that shia militia iraqi government forces and sunni tribes men were all taking part in the operation which began early on monday morning. isil fighters seized anbar back in may, there is an operation ongoing at the moment in anbar province by iraqi troops, shia militia and sunni militants also to take back anbar province. let's return to the discussions in greece. and speak to jacky rowland who is in brussels there. so question finally have a deal, jackie, finally, but still a long way ahead. >> reporter: yes, we do have a deal after talks that went on all night. the question is at at what price the deal and what price to greece since that's what it's all about. certainly at stages during the night there were concerns, one stage an official actually described what was going on in those closed rooms is the mental water boarding of alexis tsipras. a very graphic image suggesting the kind of pressure brought to bear on the greek prime minister, now as all the individual leaders individual national leaders are holding their briefings to give their analysis of what happened clearly everyo

shia militias, sunni forces and government are all taking part. we have this update from baghdad. >> the operation was announced on state tv, they said that it began at 5:00 a.m. now this involves at least 5,000 troops within the province,s are they're saying there are 6,000 troops surrounding to stop isil fighters were getting out of the province and towards baghdad. 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

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 one, and smaller ones. what the federal government is trying to do is capitalize - make the best it can of a disorganized situation. >> the iraqi air forces are involved in the new offensive. >> the iraqi air force has been given a boost, receiving the first four of a consign. of 36 f-16 airc

they say the only people that can 3r0 text them from attacks like this are the shia militias.y say they are the only ones that have the power to be able to take revenge. and that's what they want. revenge against the people who perpetrated this attack. the local mayor is under pressure. he is lying low and increased his own security fearful of the mobs outside. >> translator: we need more of everything to protect ousts, more bomb-detecting equipment, cameras, police and soldiers who know the area and can protect us against isil. >> reporter: members of several large shia militia groups have visited. for isil it is a big propaganda victory, which demonstrates they can attack at will. and that has residents scared and angry. >>> the top aid to former chinese president has been arrested and expelled from the communist party. he is to face trial accused of accepting huge bribes as well as keeping mistresses and leaking party secrets. it's part of an anti corruption crackdown. >> reporter: he was at the center of power. he was the top aid for the former president. now these charges

saying they have lost iraqi security force soldiers including the shia militias. they say the figure are around 76. there's a propaganda going on between the iraqis and i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. say they are mounting and fighting back in anbar by iraqi security forces to get rid of them. and are using car bombs to devastating effect. iraqi security says it will be an operation to go after them in anbar province. once it falls, it will be back under government control. >> there has been firry scenes where senior obama officials were trying to sell the deal. the u.s. congress has 60 days to look at the deal. as russell reports, many members are skeptical. >> preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons. can a deal announced get the job done. obama officials were told me wasn't impressed. >> i believe you have crossed a new threshold in u.s. foreign policy. >> now it is a policy of the united states to enable a state sponsor of terror to retain a nuclear development programme. >> the senate foreign relations committee was told it was not true. >> if the u.s. congress move

the question is whether or not the shia militias will be able to infiltrate and put up a fight againstsil against what is a very sunni area. >> is this a positive strategic step? >> i'm not sure that the sunni tribal fighters are engaged just yet. there has not been enough time since the pentagon announced the plan that they would be trained there. so that really hasn't happened. so they are going under the method of hope and once the fighting starts they are betting that some of those sunni tribesmen won't be agreeing with isil, and will turn and help the shia militias. >> let's go bottom line here is this a plan that can work? >> you know, bottom line for it to work it has got to be a campaign that includes all of the military assets in really the air and on the ground and i'm not sure that they are that coordinated. and then you factor into this friction that exists between these two forces and also ga ga -- guerrilla fighting. you bring all of those together there's still a lot of risks, i'm sure the pentagon is going to say it's going to a long time. >> we saw the rival of four f-

it's fighting along side shia militias known as the mobilization force to push isil out. isil fighters are using suicide attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in two car bombs that hit the northeast of the city. on friday the iraqi defense ministry said that the army killed a number of isil, and evacuated houses safely safely safely detonateing bombs. a few days ago 3,000 iraqi soldiers trained by u.s. coalition joined an operation to retake ramadi for the first time. the u.s. army said that coalition airstrikes in fallujah deliberately hit cars with explosives they had inside, and they'll continue to target isil forces and resources to help the iraqi security forces operation and protect civilians. caroline malone, al jazeera. >> syria's president has announced an amnesty for military deserters. state television said that bashar al-assad's decree will lift penalties against thousands of people both inside and outside of syria. the syrian army is the region's largest but overstretched by the civil war. many have left syria or have found ways to avoid servin

. >> shia militias in iraq turn to their young to refill their depleted ranks. >>> and breaking a pact of silence. >> there was a pact of silence. the military paid me but i had to keep my mouth shut. >> exposing the truth about a horrible crime after nearly three decades. >> good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera tonight u.s. intelligence agencies are working to confirm reports that elusive taliban leader mulla omar is dead. intelligence agencies reported mulla's death today decide suspiciously in 2013 at a hospital in afghanistan. this time the white house is saying the reports ever credible. tability fighters had been split on whether to continue the war or they expect omar's death will benefit the peace talks. jennifer glasse has more on omar's death. >> reporter: mulla mohammed omar only a few photographs of him exist. communications from him came through the taliban's website usually on holidays or various. he was never clear if they were really his words. as a young man he was a mujahideen fighter battling the soiflt army's occupation of afghanistan during the 19 80s.

many feel it's the militias, in particular the shia ones are leading the charge against i.s.i.l. the numbers of militia casualties is hay. -- high. the united states is prohibited by law from supplying military aid from anyway regime which recruits underage soldiers. the u.s. supports the armed -- the u.s. doesn't for the militia, but supports the armed forces which back the militias. critics of the militia say the reason they recruited so young was because of losses on the battlefield, a charge denied. by no means is this a new thing. saddam hussein, former dictator used to use young recruits. he called them his lion cubs, for many, it's a continuation of that tradition, it's a show of loyalty from iraq. >>> china said it recovered more than $6 billion of money and assets lost to corrupt officials, part of an anticorruption drive by president xi jinping, who promised to tackle the matter at all levels of government >>> bangladesh supreme court upheld a death sentence given to a leading opposition politician. he was ground guilty of abduct abducting and killing minority hindus. we

we are basically cohabitating with shia militia who killed americans. the group, the league of righteousness who bragged about killing five americans on a roadside in 2006. the wounds are fresh. the bigger picture is what is the strategy, what is the objective, what do we tell the young men and women in uniform, why we are doing this. >> the state objective is i.s.i.l. is the threat and the united states will work with whom so ever wants to help them take out the threat. and from the other perspective, shi'a militias, they probably don't love the united states, but will work with them to get rid of i.s.i.l. >> but they are backing bashar al-assad and syria, to say they are on one side and suddenly pro-american and understand our policy and bought in it - i think it's naive. we see over and over when we train some of these folks and supply them with weapons, five years later, not that long, they are used against us. >> if you don't put boots on the ground it will happen. >> we made a vow to come out. we are there, doubling down, bringing in troops. it's

. >> shia militias and government forces and sunni tribesmen are all taking part of the operation to retake iraq's largers province from isil fighters. we have reports from baghdad. [ gunfire ] >> the announcement came early on monday morning. a spokesman told iraqis that security forces were beginning a new prescription to defeat isil fight--a new operation to defeat isil fighters. >> our forces along with shia militias, special forces, several police and tribes are now advancing towards the targets. >> military operations have been continuing in anbar for months but predominantly concentrated on the main city of ramadi. 10 to 11,000 troops are used in this new offensive. 5,000 within anbar and 6,000 to secure the borders of the province. the operation will focus on liberating fallujah. by retaking fallujah iraqi military commanders will cut off ramadi. but isil fighters have an advantage, they control border crossings and allowing them to use safe havens in syria to great advantage. iraq's real challenge on its hands is to defeat isil but this operation is notable because. >> the p

shia militia is fighting for fallujah, before the government offensive. what issing it is that the operation will in -- what is interesting is that it will include some sort of tripe. >> it's important, the army will be leading, and it's important to remember the iraqi minister of defence is a sunni. he's been out on the flints having leadership in person and seen in anbar, on the outskirts of ramadi. he's out there showing the flag. we have the ricky police. federal police, and also the shia militias and the sunni tribal fighters. we have a unique coalition, and as the report says the u.s. air force, coalition air force in support. all the pieces are in place. whether this goes well or not, we'll have to see. all the pieces are in place where there's a possibility that this could go well. >> there are reports that they have taken up key positions around fallujah, and in the suburbs there. the u.s. started delivering f-16s to the iraqi government, but this kapt be one from the air -- can't be one from the air. >> absolutely not. air power can help. there

of hezbollah of shia militias etc. we have seen this almost like a end spent monthsing spree that has been going on before the deal was signed. give us a sense of the scale of that? and what kind of equipment they have been prioritizing? the scale is huge, the type of spending that especially saudi arabia but also the smaller states like the emirates, and the qatars have been doing in h the past decade, and especially in the last five years is pretty much unprecedented. and going as far as saudi arabia being one of the biggest spenders in the word. so in tores of tempters of what they are buying they are buying really advanced equipment. the question is how and to what degree are they able to use it. >> on that point, how prepare redirect examination they? perhaps people bought the equipment to say look we have this, and this is a deterrent, put we have seen certain areas where people are us yeahing it. we have noticed in yemen, for instance. has there been a shift in that? >> i think there's a trendrd twos arab states

william burns: the shia militia in iraq, the most extreme, have had a mixed record on the ground againsts. i understand the concern. i understand the reality that they are parallel interests in the sense that iran and allies don't want to see isis succeed. but that doesn't mean you are going to see close coordination. charlie: when the history is written of the obama administration, is it possible history will say this president, because he came to power when the u.s. was withdrawing from iraq and he was committed to that, given the fact that he left no troops there and the afghanistan war which he began to reduce, that he was so conscious of the lack of success in our military involvement that he made decisions that were too cautious, too conservative, and, in that circumstance, isis grew? and part of the responsibility is we did not do enough at the right time? william burns: i understand the concerns and criticism, but i don't agree with them in the sense that you can take issue with specific tactical decisions made. but in general, i think the president has recognized clearly what is

they say the only people that can protect them from attacks like these are the shia militias.y say they are the only ones that have the power to be able to take revenge, and that's what they want. revenge against the people who perpetrated this attack. the local mayor is a man under pressure as a representative of the government anger is directed towards him. he is lying low and increased his own security. >> translator: we need more of everything to protect ourselves, more bomb-detecting equipment, more cameras, more local police and soldiers who know the area and can protect us against isil. >> reporter: members of large shia militia groups have visited the town one of them warned they will get revenge for this attack. for isil it's a big propaganda victory, which demonstrates that they can attack at will. and that has residents scared and angry. >>> still to come on this news hour, top aid of china's former president is arrested accused of accepting bribes and keeping mistresses. >>> plus we'll look at the controversial prison causing problems between the u.s. and cuba. in

led airstrikes and shia militias on the ground. >> that's absolutely right. he comes at a time when the death toll is actually spiking particularly in anbar province. isil have released through social media accounts they're known to use a death toll they say is 113 in the last 24 hours. the baghdad operation command say over that period, they lost nearly 76 soldiers from the popular mobilization forces and from the iraq security forces, but isil say they went in and gaining the upper hand are using car bombs to devastating affect. here in the capitol where they use cars, they are using american made humvees against the iraqi forces, humvees that used to belong to the iraqi forces. >> thank you for that. imran kahn updating us there. >> earlier wednesday deep concern was expressed over government barrel bombs dropped close to the lebanese border. >> the situation in syria spilling across the border into turkey. the outlawed kurdistan workers party claimed responsibility for killing two turkish policeman. the p.k.k. accused them of cooperating with isil and sai

the various shia militias are playing a role in the battle. i am not suggesting we have an optimally configured set of ground forces in the region, but i am equally clear that injecting boots on the ground would not be the solution. it would not deliver us a solution. hon. member: we are confining our remarks to syria, not iran when it comes to military intervention. can i move us on, if i may? hon. member: what kind of long-term analysis is being done for what you hope to achieve with airstrikes? you mentioned ground forces, and we are talking about syria. what of the lessons we have had is about planning afterwards. what is the analysis for the situation after the next -- strikes? mr. hammond: the overall plan in syria remains to see a political transition in the regime to a government which has legitimacy and can take the fight to dash. that is the outcome. it is not going to be easy, we recognize that. in the meantime, it is easy to challenge the efficacy of airstrikes. i do not think anyone, certainly in relation to this campaign, has sug

shia militias are already moving toward fallujah an attempt to freeze isis in place.orks the plan calls for iraqi forces to move west towards ramadi from the air base. but two months after iraqi forces ran from rawmadi isis threatens their ability to get it back. >> these are basically car bombs and truck bombs, and those could wreak huge havoc on militia forces that would go into a place like ramadi. >> reporter: and in the not so friendly skies over the capital raqqah syria, they found they had unwelcome company. on saturday for the first time, the coalition says syrian war planes conducted airstrikes over raqqah at the same time coalition war planes were bombing bridges four miles away. worry that the air campaign just got even more dangerous. >> since there's no koord narks 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: raqqah is very much in the u.s. cross hairs. the working theory is abu bakr al baghdadi mayic nearby. three

in tikrit the shia militia moved on to create and then got stalled. and us air power came in. they finished that fight. but tikrit still from what i know i know is largely impossible to move enough people back in to get the clear, get the whole -- hold and build part going. you could argue the same in the anbar province. the terrible setbacks in the loss event or solvents. so how us and coalition operations work with iran will be shaped in a time after the nuclear deal is reached, reached, assuming that in the next couple weeks by july 9 that can be done is one of the real challenges for us and iranian officials. will it be possible to have some more effective alliance that draws in sunni countries? saudi arabia is going to have to be comfortable with that. is that going to be possible? i don't know but i but i am sure we will try to find out. >> i have been a long believer, and engaging with iran. it is essential. i do not think we can go through life and not have engagement with a country like iran. i am hopeful there is agreement. i don't want to see a disconnection. i i am

it's fighting along side shia militias known as the popular mobilization force to push isil out. soldiers are on the outskirts of the city of fallujah and have suffered significant casualties in the last few days. isil fighters are used suicide attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in two car bombs that hit them northeast of the city. on friday the iraqi defense ministry said that the army killed a number of isil fighters and evacuated houses safely detonating 70 bombs. two years since isil emerged in the region the armed group controls most of anbar province and iraq's second biggest city of mosul. a few days ago 3,000 iraqi soldiers joined an operation to retake ramadi for the first time. the u.s. army said that coalition airstrikes deliberately hit cards to detonate improvise explosions they had hid inside. they'll continue to talk forces to help the iraqi forces operations and to protect civilian it's. >> now syria's president bashar al-assad has issued an amnesty for deserters from his army. it effects those who have runaway either within syria or abroad. assa

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 soldiers killed by a car bomb in turkey. they targeted the kurdistan workers party or

they say the only people that can protect them from these attacks are the shia militias. they say they're the only ones that have the power to be able to take revenge and that's what they want, revenge against the people who perpetrated this attack. >> the local mayor is a man under pressure. as the representative of the government anger is directed towards him. he is lying low and increased his own security, fearful of the mobs outside. >> we need more of everything to protect ourselves more bomb detecting equipment, more cameras, more local police and soldiers who know the area and can protect us against isil. >> members of several large shia militia groups have visited the town. one of them have warned they will get revenge for this attack. for isil, it's a big propaganda victory, demonstrating a vacate attack at will. that has residents scared and angry. al jazeera. >> coming up here on the program, cooking the books the scandal that's forced top executives at a japanese corporate giant to step down. >> we report from bolivia where thousands of striking miners have ta

iraq's army says 7 soldiers and shia militia men have been killed in anbar province filing isil for controlf ramadi and fallujah. reports say four were killed from airstrikes. >> reporter: the iraqi army is on the attack in anbar province. it's fighting alongside shia malitias known as the popular mobilization force to push isil out. -on-soldiers are on the outskirts of fallujah and have suffered significant casualties in the last few days. isil fighters are using sueciled attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in two car bombs that hit the northeast of the city. the defense min strip evacuated houses detonating 70 bombs. two years since isil hemerged from the regionong, the armed group controls most of anbar province and iraq's second biggest city of mosul. a few days ago, 3,000 framed by a u.s. coalition in iraq jointed an operation to retake ramadi for the first time. the u.s. army says coalition air strikes in fallujah deliberately hit cars to detonate explosives they had inside and they will continuing to target isil forces to help the iraqi security forces operation and

they say the only people who can protect them from attacks likes these are the shia militias. they say they're the only one who is have the power to be able to take revenge. that's what they want, revenge against the people who perpetrated this attack. >> anger is directed towards the mayor. he's lying low fearful of the mobs outside. >> we need more of everything to protect ourselves. more bomb detecting equipment more cameras. more local police and soldiers who know the area and poke us against isil. >> they have warned they will get revenge for this attack. for isil it's a propaganda victory, which demonstrates that they can attack at l and that has residents scared and angry. >> still to come here on al jazeera feeling the pinch. how sanctions against russia's president are actually hurting his people. and the curse of talaq. how men in india can simply divorce their wives by saying a word three times. this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient ins

it's fighting along side shia militias known as the popular mobilization force to push isil out. soldiers are on the outkurds of the city of fallujah and have suffered significant casualties in the last few days. they're using suicide attacks to push them back. many soldiers were killed in two car bombs. on friday the iraqi defense ministry said that the army killed a number of isil fighters and evacuated houses several detonating 70 bombs. two years since isil emerged in the region, the armed group controls much of the province and mosul. 3,000 iraqi soldiers trained by u.s. 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

the city has become a staging ground for former shia militias under the command of the iraqi government. they've left their mark. inside, there's evident of target practice. although this was once the most glorious cities in the world most iraqis don't know it. now essentially, the only visitors are off duty fighters. asked what was here, mahmoud explains it was once a huge mosque. the iraqi government is trying to continue excavations here and hopes to restore some of the buildings, but doesn't have the money or staff. this was just one of the palaces in what was once a huge city stretching 40 kilometers along the river. it's considered the best preserved city of its size of its time. there are parts now that are completely occupied by security forces. >> this capital was built in the golden age of the islamic empire. innovations in art, architecture and sciences spread from here to other parts of the world. these were baths. water was brought in by pipes from the river and then heated. even before isil, the site was listed as endangered, threatened by military activity and neglect. wi

iranians have even more arms and then because of the relief of sanctions, more money to pour into the shia militia. so i think one of the big things to look for if we're looking for end of negotiation concessions will be how they resolve the question. >> rose: to appreciate the argument made by the iranians, we rebroadcast a conversation in airplane with javad zarif the foreign minister of iran, negotiator for that country meeting often with secretary of state john kerry. >> i want you and the american public to understand that it's not the sanctions that has brought iran here. we were always at the negotiating table. we were always prepared to reach a negotiated solution. it was unfortunately segments of the united states administration whobled, and unfortunately continue to believe, that they can impose their views on the rest of the world. they can't. and the sooner they realize that, the better we all will be. >> rose: the iran negotiations approach the end. as we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider

. >>> shia militia government forces and sunni tribes men are all taking part in the operation to retake i.s.i.l.'s occupation of anbar province. >> reporter: the announcement came early monday morning. an announcement that security forces were beginning a new operation to defeat i.s.i.l. forces. >> translator: the military operation to restay anbar started at 5:00 this morning. special are forces are waiting pitch battles in advance targets. >> military operation he have been continuing in anbar for months but be primarily focused on ramadi. the operation will focus on libertying fallujah, the second city in iraq's largest province. by retaking fallujah iraqi commanders hope to reopen a corridor. however i.s.i.l. has an advantage, allowing them ouse safe havens in syria to great advantage. iraq has real challenge on its hands to defeat i.s.i.l. but this operation is notable because it does include prosunni fighters. >> the prime minister has control over the armed units and the interior department runs the militia units and then half a do you big and more small ones, the government is t

with haider al-abadi and senior generals, but not leaders of the popular mobilization forces and shia militias. one of the things they'll discuss with the prime minister and senior generals is the delivery of the f-16 aircraft that the iraqis are using to great effect. i have four of the f-16s making a total consign. . of 36. it may be a schedule for the rest of these to be discussed, looking at regional powers. the one thing that will not be discussed is syria, there's a lot of people that have begun to criticise the u.s.-led iraq first strategy. saying that iraq has been put under too much pressure when it comes to dealing with i.s.i.l. without a political or military solution i.s.i.l. will use the safe havens that they have to mount attacks and the strategy means that iraq is under a tremendous amount of pressure. >> the u.n. envoy to syria will meet the government in the capital damascus. wednesday, deep concern was voiced over the plight of civilians. government air strikes caused widespread death and destruction. the town which is close to the lebanese border, has been subjected to sever

the city has become staging ground for former shia militias under command of the iraqi government.hey have left their mark. instead there is evidence of target practice. lou once the most glorious city in the world most iraqis don't know it. now the most of the visitors are off duty fighters. it was once a huge mosque. they're trying to continue excavations and hope to restore some of the buildings but it doesn't have the money or the staff. this is just one of the palaces in what was once a huge city stretching 40 kilometers along the river. it's considered the best plea served city if. but there are parts now completely occupied by security forces. this capital was built within the golden age of the islamic empire. these were paths in one of the complexes. water was brought in by ceramic pipes from the river and heated. even before isil this site was listed endangered. threatened by military activity and neglect. with fighting on its door step 80% of the city still buried protected mostly by earth and sand. samarra, iraq. >> now final finally an ancient tower bringing unity to a

at least 77 iraqi soldiers and shia militia men have died in their fight for anbar province.y were part of an operation to retake the main cities of ramadi and fallujah from is ill isil. barack obama is on the first day of a visit to east africa. one of the items is security. the country has been the target for a number of armed groups. the 1998 bombing of the u.s. embassy in nairobi in which 200 kenyans and 12 americans died. the al shabaab attack on the west gait shopping mall in which 67 were killed. the attack on university that killed neil 150 penal 3 months ago. well, let's talk now to mustafa yousef ali. andrew simmons was telling us president obama is at the statehouse and he will have talks with president kenyata about corruption and counter touchily. i am sure they will say something must be done. until real terms, what's likely to happen? >> reporter: exactly those two words: corruption and counter terrorism. these are two words president obama is going to discuss more privately with the kenyan government officials, starting with the president of the republic of ke

. >> starting at 5:00 this morning, armed forces, shia militias are now conducting pitched battles. >> ten to 11,000 troops are to be used in this new offensive. 5,000 within anbar and 6,000 to secure the borders of the province. fallujah second largest city in iraq's province, hope to open a corridor to cut off i.s.i.l. from ramadi. however, i.s.i.l. fighters have an advantage. they be control be the town of trebil. iraq has real challenge on its hands to defeat i.s.i.l. it does include pro-government sunni fighters. the interior ministry runs the militia units about half a dozen really big ones and then a custom dozen small ones. so what the federal government i think is trying to do is capitalize on this, essentially make the best it can of a very disorganized situation. >> reporter: iraqi air force is also involved in the offensive. received the first 4 of a consignment of 36 f-16 aircraft from the u.s. they have arrived at ballard air base in salad adin province. hoping to deliver a decisive blow against somewhere i.s.i.l. fighters. because of that they've proved to be a very tou

sites that they used saying they've killed at least 113 popular mobilization force soldiers, the shia militias. that's been denied by the baghdad operations commander who said that they have lost iraqi security forces, including members this year. they say the figures are around 76. there is a propaganda war going on between the iraqis and isil. isil say they are mounting a fight back against the operation by the iraqi security forces to get rid of them and using car bombs to devastating effects. the iraqi security forces have said this will be a decisive operation to go after isil in anbar province and once the cities of ramadi and fallujah fall the whole province will be back you should government control. >> u.s. defense secretary ash carter is visiting iraq, meeting u.s. commanders and roc's prime minister al abadi to get a firsthand assessment of the fight against isil. they are preparing to take ramadi from the armed group. they've sent u.s. trained troops to the area. >> there have been fiery scenes at a u.s. senate committee where senior obama administration officials are trying to sel

iraqi soldiers along with shia militias are shelling houses they say contain isil fighters. >> we're bombarding isil with fighter jets and shelling as well. we have consolidated all of our efforts including the rapid deployment forces for phase one of this offensive. >> 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

but not leaders of the popular mobilization forces, the shia militias one thing they'll discuss is the delivery of the f-16 aircraft that are used to great effect. they have four at the moment. total consignment is 26. it may be a schedule to be discussed and look at regional influences and powers. and for that iran. one thing that will not be suffed is syria. a lot of people criticized the u.s.-led iraq strategy, saying iraq is being put under too much pressure when it comes to dealing with i.s.i.l. that without a political solution. to mount the attacks. it means that iraq is under a tremendous amount of pressure. >> meanwhile, the unenvoy is having talks with the government. he was concerned that barrel bombs have been dropped over some towns. government air strikes caused death and destruction in civilian areas. the town, which is close to the lebanese border has been subjected to several attacks this week. the situation in syria is gradually spilling across the border to turkey. the outlawed kurdistan workers party, the p.k.k. has claimed responsibility for killing two turkish pol

he won't meed with the leaders with shia militias. iraqis will be pushing for further deliveries of the f-16 aircraft. the total consignment is 36. they will also talk about regional influence. the one thing they won't be talking about is syria. there are a number of people here that have begun to criticize the u.s.'s iraq first policy. too much pressure is put on iraq to deal with isil. without a solution, whether political or military, isil will use that to their advantage to be able to continue to mount attacks in iraq. lots to talk about for the defense secretary. how much of the iraqis will say to tomorrow and how much they will get when it comes to arms and weaponry, they want more than they are being given still remains to be seen. >> thank you. >>> pro government forces in yemen say they managed to push houthi fires from their remaining strong holds in the city of aden. they have managed to recapture the presidential palace. >> reporter: pro government forces celebrate victory at the presidential palace in aden. these fighters

shia militia say they have already recaptured nearby villages held by the armed group.neighboring syria, activists say heavy fighting is taking place on the outskirts of the isil city. it's home to the historic site of palmero, a unesco world heritage site. government fors launched an offensive to take the city on friday. hopes for a much needed humanitarian pause in fighting in yemen have faded. saudi-led coalition forces have bombed sanaa. rebels have attacked the southern port city of aden. the truce was supposed to come into force on friday to allow aid to be delivered to more than 21 million people. jamal reports. >> there is no cease-fire in yemen. after the un's announcement of a humanitarian pause in fighting there have been two straight days of air strikes and gun battles. houthi malitias and fighters have continued shelling several towns and cities. residential areas were attacked in aden taiz. popular committees fighting on behalf of hadi haven't laid down their weapons either. they fought off the houthis' advances in taiz and aden. the saudi-led coalition an

shia militia effectively, as they move closer to the city. 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 city has become a staging ground for former shia militias under command of the iraqi government.eft their mark. inside there's evidence of target practice although this was once the most glorious city in the world, most iraqis don't know it. now essentially the only visitors are off-duty fighters. this man explains this was once a huge mosque. the iraqi government is trying to continue exka lagss here, and hopes to restore some of the buildings, but it doesn't have the money or staff. this is is just one of the palaces in what was once a huge city. it is considered the best preserved city of this size of its time there are parts now that are completely occupied by security forces. this capitol was built in the golden age of the islamic empire. these were baths in one of the palace complexes. water was brought in by ceramic pipes from the river and then heated. before isil the site was listed as endangered. with fighting on its doorstep, the more than 80% of the city still buried it's protected mostly by earth and sand. jan arraf, al jazeera. >>> the renewal of diplomatic ties bet

iranian people but even with tough national sanctions in place, iran has bolstered hezbollah, shia militiasas and the assad regime. if this deal goes through, how would you propose to keep this new-found wealth out of the hands of terrorists and tyrants. next while i'm glad iran will be limited in its development of advanced centrifuges for eight years, i worry what happens down the road. iran could quickly move towards the next stage of its enrichment activities. i would like to know what other provisions in the deal if any will mitigate this risk. finally, i have a fundamental concern that 15 years from now, iran will essentially be off the hook. if they choose iran's leaders could produce weapon's grade, highly enriched uranium without limitation. this amounts to iran being a legitimized nuclear threshold state in the year 2030. my big question is this what happens then? are we back to square one? is this deal just pushing the pause button for 15 years? i must also say that i have trepidation, barely a week after the iranians signed the deal with us there was the supreme leader the ayato

so, in tikrit, shia militias moved onto tikrit and got stalled. and u.s. air power came in and finished that fight. but tikrit still, from what i know, is largely unpopulous. it's been impossible to move enough people back in to get the clear -- to get the hold and build cart going. you could argue the same in anbar province. that iran's strategy, whatever it is iran shares in the terrible setbacks in the loss of anbar province. so, how u.s. and coalition operations with iran will be shaped in the period after a nuclear deal is reached, assuming that in the next couple weeks by july 9 that can be done, i think, is one of the real challenges for u.s. and iranian officials. is it going to be possible to have some more effective alliance that draws in sunni countries because saudi arabia is going to have to be comfortable with that. is that going to be impossible after a deal? i don't know. but i'm sure going to be trying to find out. >> i've been a long believer and david knows this in engagement with iran. i think it's essential. i don't think we can go thr

there are shia militias in iraq.m showing you a very short collection of dozens and dozens of rockets that are all gearing up to fight isis to take a part of iran the person park of iraq taken by isis. now, talking about creakivety in syria, the local rocket production and sits here for two hours with all this fascinating stuff. for me as an engineer, fascinating stuff. but here the warhead is a canister commercial canister of -- gas. there is a short video showing it being tested. believe me it's a fuel airborne. it destroyed buildings. it's amazing. so the creativity here is really -- here it's being loaded into the launcher of this pipe. is not a tube. it's not a gun. it's just to stabilize it when it goes out. the syrian army is increasing its firepower with the help of outside for hiss. we see this russian made 220 millimeter organ. the last time we saw it in action was in 2008. very impressive firepower. look at this em brem here. this is a syrian office and this is the emblem you find in google of the russian