ii.s.i.l -- shia militias. the alternative is a shia-led government had baghdad, shia militias, not a united iraqi army. that's how i.s.i.l. gains its strength. this fight cannot be won unless shia and sunnies come together in iraq. the very fact they can move between iraq and syria gives them strength. lack of partners on the ground especially in syria. >> schoard, livzeina khodr, livn that area. >>> macedonia he police there have started to let in bands of refugees. hundreds of people still waiting to get through. on friday security forces fired stun grenades to stop them from crossing over the border. jonah hull, are on the greek side of the border any sense how many have been let in? >> reporter: to be honest, there hasn't yet been permission for 96 to cross over this formal border. they're talking about repeating what they did later in the day. as your pictures indicated there are hundreds perhaps a couple thousand at this point on a rail line. essentially, the last town in greece and the first town in mace

also providing rockets, mortars, and funding for the iraq shia militia. estimated dead conservatively is over 1000 as a result of that. the general houston was here -- general holsten was here, he believes it is closer to 2000 u.s. dead. the united states, of the 4400 dead we have in iraq, the united states military did pull out of lebanon and saudi arabia. while the iranian trained shia militias were defeated in iraq by the u.s. and our allies and the iraqis in 2008, the only defeat and iranian proxy has ever suffered, the u.s. military did eventually leave iraq as we know in 2011. this 35-year track record of using proxies to kill americans has not only succeeded, but no u.s. president, republican or democrat, has ever countered. despite full knowledge of who sponsor is of the proxy clients. as to israel, they directly or indirectly through their surrogate, syria, substantially armed the hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza with missiles, rockets, and mortars. based then and now -- faced then and now the most significant missile and rocket for any cou

. >> managed to recapture the airport from the shia militia the houthis and the allies. hundreds of tons of much needed aid now delivered by the qatari air force now being unloaded by locals here. passenger terminal, when we had arrived here a few months ago the sign had read, "enter in peace and security" two things yemenis wish they have more than anything now. some estimated over 80% of the population in dire need of some source of humanitarian aid. look at the control tower behind me of the airport. you can see the sheer destruction that has been inflicted in this battle for this strategic city. around we see the armed men those fighters like i said, loyal to president abd rabbu mansour hadi, they are volunteers never picked up a gun before. however, there are some special forces which we've seen that we understand belong to the gtc coalition that has been supporting the government by request of president head hadi, for the government to return with an outlook to hopefully as far as they're concerned spread their authority not only in aden but the rest of the country

shia militias also known as the popular mobilization forces have become the real power here. they led the fight against i.s.i.l. but were accused of reprisal killings against sunnis. many feel the action of these groups are a continuation of years of sectarian policies by the shia led government. >> translator: this is why sunnis move to areas where their communities live. same is true for shias. the ongoing attack of i.s.i.l. and lead to political strife. >> more than 100 people were killed in a recent suicide truck bombing an attack i.s.i.l. says it carried out hasn't helped reconcile communities. >> translator: our community is being targeted. why the killing? now we are suspicious of everyone. those that are responsible want to prevent co-existence. >> reporter: shias and sunnis once lived in this town. now the divide has grown deeper and it is tearing diyalla apart. zeina khodr, al jazeera, diyalla. >>> the u.n u.s. president is calling for recognition of climate change. talks are ahead of a summit this year. here is a taste of what will be on the agenda. rich countries

the shia militia came to destroy the country. we did not ask for it to happen. >> reporter: according to eight medical facilities in yemen the country's health care service is close to collapse. called for all sides to respect hospitals and allow people to get to them. >> a whole lot because they couldn't function under bombing and under shelling. those who remain are coping with extensive difficulty. the reason although they are less now. because there is no fuel. there is no medicines to the provided. >> reporter: as the fighters continue to receive medical many of them believe jordan is likely to receive more as the conflict drags more. al jazeera, amman. >> jason rezaian has dual iranian american citizenship and was arrested last year. authorities have not released details of his charges. u.s. president, family members and rights groups have called for his release. his family has been critical of the trial and says his release is politically motivated. >> iran's judiciary claims to be dependent but this has all been behind cl

shia militias also known as the popular mobilization forces have become the new power here. were accused of reprisal killings against sunnies. many feel the action he of these groups are continuation of years of sectarian policies led by the shia led government. >> translator: the same is true for shias, the aim of the ongoing attacks by i.s.i.l. has caused strife. >> the residents in diyalla feel the same. more than 100 people were killed in a recent suicide truck tbhoamg an attack i.s.i.l. said bombing. >> our community has been targeted. why they are killing us? now we are suspicious of everyone. >> reporter: sunnis and shias once lived together in this town. now divide has become greater and is tearing diyalla apart. zeina khodr, al jazeera, diyalla. >>> the camp's tough conditions have not deterd students from finishing high school but as nizren shamala reports, that doesn't deny them a place in university. >> they have all passed the jordanian secondary exam with good grades but none of them can afford to attend a university. they have approached charities for scholars

. >>> security forces say two suicide car bombs hit military vehicles and a shia militia unity. the coalition militia also known as hashat al shabi have been used to take back militia in ramadi. >>> demanding an end to government corruption in baghdad. their government protests has been backed by the top shia cleric. zeina khodr reports. >> the momentum is growing, so is the number of protesters. for the first time, joining a spontaneous protest. muqtada al sadr. , has supporters in government and parliament. >> we need support from different forces in iraq. so sadr members very important to us, actually the evaluation in baghdad is too much maybe about 50-50. >> reporter: people are no longer just asking for better services. they want crups official corrupo leave government service. they won't back down. >> no one can stand in front of the iraqi people. the people taking the wealth of the country won't be able to do that any longer. >> that won't be easy. abadi has done nothing but reduce the number of government seats and cut spending.. >> abadi is president and commander in c

sponsorship of has law, shia militias in iraq. -- of hezbollah, shia militias in iraq. they will develop the conventional technologies, the ability to destroy an american aircraft carrier and purchase chinese technology to do it. they will develop long-range rockets. why would you build long-range icbms? only one reason. to put a nuclear warhead. that alone should tell us everything we need to do. the u.s. congress imposed sanctions on iran and individuals and the banks. though sanctions are in the books today. but what this president is going to do is he is going to use the national security waiver to lift the sanctions. when i am president, we will reimpose though sanctions. we will remove that waiver. countries around the world will have a choice to make. they could have access to the iranian economy or american economy. but they will not have access to both. i hope we can add additional tariffs and banks to that list. we will continue to do that until iran realizes they have a simple choice. they can have an economy or a nuclear weapon program but they cannot have b

obviously, we all know about the support for shia militia other involvements in the region support of terror historically that we have opposed. laura: john kerry has also been meeting russian and saudi foreign minister's to discuss the situation in syria, where a civil war is in its fifth year. russia supports president bashar al-assad whereas the saudi and americans insist he must set aside. in syria, a government war plane crashed in a northwestern town hitting a crowded market and killing at least 31 people. the town on the border with turkey was seized by islamists last year. meanwhile, iraqi troops are preparing to retake the town of falluja from the islamic state group. the city fell two months ago. our reporter's with the group as they prepare for the offensive. reporter: in the crosshairs of these shiite fighters, islamic state positions just west of baghdad. is that falluja? see the canal over there? we have already arrived. how far are we from the city center? we are here. we just have to cross this farm. iraqi security forces and allied militia have launched a prolonged ass

two trucks with explosives targeted explosives and shia militia men. iraq's prime minister haider al-abadi ordered military commanders to face trial for abandoning positions in ramadi this year. i.s.i.l. took over the city in may after months of fighting. we have more. >> haider al-abadi came out ratifying recommendations that has been made to him, and members in iraq's military that conducted an investigation into officers abandoning their post when i.s.i.l. took over the city of mike amadio last year. the prime minister is dagreeing with the assessment of the military officers saying any of them were in the army, abandoning their posts, must be court marshalled. it's not clear when they'll happen or if they have happened behind closed doors. this is following up on hours, and hours of investigations by members of the iraqi military. they came up with the recommendation, and it was approval recommended that the previous prime minister and members that abandoned their post should be court martial led and that may happen soon >>> children are among doze

security forces say two car bombs struck military vehicles and a shia militia unit near anbar university. >>> in baghdad, thousands have rallied to demand an end to government corruption. the protests began earlier this month. police called for better public services. iraq's top cleric has backed the demonstrations. a verdict is expected for three al jazeera journalists facing retrial in an egyptian court. this is the seen in cairo at the moment. it's been a pretty frustrating legal battle for the three. the retrial was playinged by pl. they are accused of helping the now banned muslim brotherhood. they hope the hearing will end the long struggle to clear their names. >> reporter: for the past 20 months these al jazeera journalists have been waiting to hear the words not guilty. the judiciary has another chance to deliver the justice they say they deserve. mohamed, mohamed fahmi and peter spent more than a year of their lives in an egyptian prison. the men's fight for freedom began when they were arrested in december 2013. they were charged with aiding the now banned muslim brotherhood.

. >> the head of the biggest shia militia involved in the fight against isil and iraq has accused the u.s. of creating a sunni force that is dividing iraq. [ gunfire ] >> u.s. military advisers in iraq have been training and equipping sunni tribesmen in unbar province as part of their strategy to defeat isil. hundreds of them are already on the front lines. the obama administration believes their role will be crucial to recapture the mainly sunni region. the program is backed by the iraqi government. but there are powerful voice who is are raising questions. a top commander of the mobilization forces that have largely replaced the iraqi army on the ground. >> if the americans are concerned by the sunnies, then they should not violate iraq sovereignty. america is creating a sunni force. this is not charity force. >> ameri has a strong presence in parliament. he does not hide his good relations with iran. sunni politicians fear that commanders like ameri are growing in strength at the expense of the state. for them the u.s. training program is a step in the right direction to create the

and the ahead of the biggest shia militia soft in th militia involved in the fight in iraq. >> u.s. advisers in iraq have been training and equipping sunni tribesmen as part of their strategy to defeat isil. hundreds of them are already on the front lines. the obama administration believes their role will be crucial to recapture the mainly sunni region. the program is backed by the iraqi government. but there are powerful voices who are raising questions. a top commander of the popular mobilization forces which groups shia paramilitary forces which have largely replaced the iraqi army on the ground. >> if the americans are concerned about the soonies they should not violate iraq sovereignty. they should give the government the capability to train them. this is not charity work but a planned to divide iraq. >> ameri heads the organization the military wing of the supreme iraq council which has a strong presence in parliament. he does not hide his good relations with iran. it was found there had in the early 1980s. sunni politicians fear that commanders like ameri are growing in stren

shia militias also known as the popular mobilization forces have become the real power here. they led the fight against i.s.i.l. but were accused of reprisals against the sunnis. the action he of these are groups many feel are a continuation of years of sectarian policies by the shia-led government. >> translator: this is why sunnis move to areas where others live. same for shia. the ongoing attacks by i.s.i.l, link to political parties have caused strife. >> the residents in the area of diyalla feel the same. recent truck bombing an attack i.s.i.l. says it carried out hasn't helped reconcile communities. >> translator: our community has been targeted. why the killing? now we are suspicious of everyone. those who are responsible want to prevent co-existence. >> sunnis and shias once lived together in this town. now the divide has grown deeper and it is tearing diyalla's society apart. zeina khodr, al jazeera. >> still to come, the high achievinachieving syrian refugeo can't afford to pursue education plus. >> i'm charles stratton. search for a product to bring the country gre

. >> reporter: iraqis shia militias prepare for an assault. this is the image that they want you to see, that they are confident and ready to defeat isil. the prime minister says that this battle will decide the future of the islamic state fighters in iraq. he hit with senior officers on the outskirts on tuesday. >> translator: now we will plan to secure the whole situation as the enemy have tried to find a break from the pressure it has demanded. the operations are going smoothly and the enemy has been besieged there. they are trying to open another front to jeopardize the situation. the forces to defeat the enemy's plan is a great success. >> reporter: but the country has been here before. the oil refinery and the town have changed hands several times. but neither the iraqis security forces or islamic state have ever been in full control. fuel refinery is a major source of income, but retaking it and holding it will be a big victory for iraq, a victory it badly needs. in anbar people still try and flee the violence but are held up at the las

. >> shia militias let's known as the popular mobilization force has become the real power here. they led the fight against isil but were aused of reprisal killings between sunnies. many feel that the actions of these groups are a continuation of years of sectarian policies by the shia-led government. >> this is why sunniys move to the areas where the communities live. the aim of the ongoing attacks by isil and the militias are linked to political parties have caused strife. >> the residents feel the same. more than 100 people were killed in a suicide truck bombing in an attack that isil said it carried out has not helped to reconcile communities. >> our community has been targeted. why are they killing us? now we're suspicious of everyone. those responsible want to prevent coexistence. >> the sectarian violence over the years changed. the divide has grown deeper and it is tearing the society apart. al jazeera, de dee di diyala. >> during president obama's three-day tour he will highlight how alaska's stunning environment has already been damaged by the client change. martin kize

they have been very careful to hold the shia militia at length.the minutes actually refuse to provide air cover, close combat air support when the shia militias attacked sunni-arab, predominantly sunni area of tikrit in the spring which in my opinion is a very smart move. how they will cooperate with the iranian allies in iraq in the future is not clear yet. only in the iranians are willing to cede authority of these militias to the baghdad government of prime minister abadi, i think would we then have a greater margin of manuever with the iranians in iraq. that's the good news. the bad news in syria is that the war is no longer really a stalemate. actually the outside -- assad regime is now clearly losing. i was talking to gonul and tom, the syrian opposition is closing on the homeland. assad's holm town. that is how close they're getting. but there is no sign, no sign that iranians are backing off their support for the assad regime in syria. just last week the iranian foreign minister was visiting kuwait and qatar and in kuwait, he said, promise

. >> shia militias, known as the popular mobilization forces, have replaced an army that collapsed in the face of isil. these groups gained support among the public and their leaders have political ambitions. some have strong links with iran and are allies of maliki, who still has the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> there are serious divisions within the shia house. abadi tried to ask the groups to stop meddling in state affairs, but it didn't work. >> there are fears they might be highjacked by political forces who in many ways are stronger than the state. al abadi needs to meet people's expectations in order to retain credibility. >> senior officials from north and south korea resumed talks to try to ease cross border tensions. the two countries have been locked in a war of words since trading artillery fire thursday. while talks take place, south korea's military has detected submarine movement movements. we have this report. >> the history of these periods of heightened tensions, it's not uncommon for the messages to be sent by both sides to be pretty mixed. sunda

shia militias, known as the popular mobilization forces replaced an army that collapsed.hey have political ambitions, some have links with iran and are allies of maliki, who have the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> there are serious divisions within the shi'a house. this is very dangerous. haider al-abadi tried to stop shia groups meddling in state affairs. it didn't work. >> reporter: the protests emerged from a grassroots movement. but there's fear they may be hijacked by political forces who are stronger than the state. haider al-abadi needs to make people's expectations to ensure credibility. there's more at stake, including the future of iraq as a state >>> thousands of experts gathered in stockholm for world water week. the theme is water for development, focussing on making sure resources used efficiently, and we have enough for the growing needs. normally 40% of the world's water is consumed in four countries, china, india, the u.s. and braz ail. -- brazil. 750 million don't have access to safe water. 40 million live in sub-saharan africa. from ke

. >> this is one of the first areas where they recaptured the airport from the shia militia, the houthis and the allies, hundreds of tons of much-needed aid being delivered by the air force, now being delivered. behind me to the right you'll see the passenger terminal. when we had arrived here a few months ago the sign has read enter in peace and security. two things that millions of yemenis wish they had more than anything. an already impoverished beleaguered by war saying that over 80% of the population in dire need of humanitarian aid. look at this control tower behind me in the airport. you can see the destruction that has been inflicted in the battle for the strategic city. around we see the armed men, those fighters, like i say, loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi. they're not in uniform. many of them volunteers, and never had picked up a gun before. there have been special forces, which we've seen that we understand belong to the gcc coalition that has been supporting the government by request of president hadi to try to establish some sort of security here in aden for the g

. >>> the head of the biggest shia militia involved in the fight against isil in iraq has accused theing iraq. >> reporter: u.s. military advisors in iraq have been training and equipping sunni tribesmen in anbar province as part of their strategy to defeat isil. the obama administration believes their role will be crucial to recapture the mainly sunni region. the program is backed fwhi iraqi government, but there are powerful voices who are raising questions. this man is a top commander of the popular mobilization forces which groups shia paramilitary forces that have largely replaced the iraqi army on the ground. >> translator: if the americans are concerned about the sunnis then they should not violate iraq's sovereignty, they should give the government the capabilities to train them. america is creating a sue any force. this is a plan to divide iraq. >> reporter: he heads the military wing of the supreme military council. sunni politicians fear that commanders like him are growing in strength. for them the u.s. training program is a step in the right direction. >> translator: ther

. >> shia militias, known as the popular mobilization forces collapsed. they have political ambitions, some have links with iran and are allies of maliki, who have the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> there are serious divisions within the she ha house. this is -- within the shi'a house. >> reporter: the protests emerged from a grassroots movement. but there's fear they may be hijacked by political forces who are stronger than the state. haider al-abadi needs to make people's expectations to ensure credibility. including the future of iraq as a state >>> britain and iran are reopening the embassies in each other's capitals for the first time in four years. ceremonies in london and tehran. british frelenty -- foreign secretary hammond drotravelled iran. relations improved since world power struck a deal in july. >> paul brennan has this update from the embassy in london. >> it's remarkably low key start to what is a significant development in diplomatic ties between britain and iran. it's sunday morning, we are in a weekend outside of offic

coordinated across the region, orchestrating involvement from hezbollah and syria, sponsoring iraqi shia militias. he is directly behind the aerial bombings of centers, the destruction of bakeries and food centers in syria in order to impact the population. human conducted numerous rights violations under his organization and direction and tutelage. this is occurring in iraq. he has ethnic cleansing, assassinations, torture, all this at the behest and guys of s soulaimani. in some americans think we will be able to work with him. >> the president of iran and the military, the conventional military overran, is not iran, is not involved in dominating the region. that is a problem of two leaders. the rest of the leadership is not involved in any of that. that is the simple way to understand what is truly taking place. given the scorecard that has been achieved, as i mentioned before, it is indisputable that they have had significant measures of success, and the two of them enjoy that success. >> general, you were speaking core thatut the moral leadership requires in the different things that churchi

forces loyal to abd-rabbu mansour hadi recaptured the airport from shia militia, houthis and allies. hundreds hundreds of tonnes of aid dlveredz. delivered. behind me to the right you'll see the passenger g terminal. when we arrived here a few months ago the sign read enter in peace and security two things that millions wish they had more than anything. because an impoverished country, beleaguered by war meaning some estimates put it over 80% of the population in need of control of humanitarian aid. look tower of the airport. the sheer destruction that has been inflicted in the battle for the strategic city. around we see the armed man, those fighters loyal to president ali abdullah saleh, they are not in uniform. many have not picked up a gun. there has been reinforcements, particularly special forces which we have seen that we understand belongs to the g.e. c coalition, supporting the government by request of president abd-rabbu mansour hadi, trying to establish a security in aden for the government to return with an outlook to hopefully, as far as they are concerned, spread their

shia militias are known as the popular mobilization forces have replace places an arm that i collapsedaisles' offensives, they have gained support among the public and their leaders have political ambitions some have strong links with iran and are allies of maliki who still has the largest sinker block in the iraqi par lamb. >> translator: there are serious divisions within the shia house, this is very dangerous, al badi tried to ask iran to stop shia groups from medaling in state affairs but it doesn't work. >> reporter: the protest says emerged from a grassroots movement. but there is fear me that i be highjacked by political forces who, in many ways, are stronger than the state. al badi needs to meet people's expectations in order to insure his credibility. but there is much more at stake. including the future of iraq as a state. zeina khodr, al jazerra, bagdad. >>> the world's largest arts fesfestival and commodity shows play bailing part. comedians from across the globe take part. charlie angela was there and has more. [ laughter ] [ inaudible ] >> we do that the same way that eve

he brought in 5,000 hezbollah, 20,000 shia militia.orce on the ground and assad obviously is still in power. organizing the shia militia and he's been killing americans for years. this is the key man. he works for no one else but the supreme leader. >> so based on all that and what you know why do we see the white house sort of pedaling around this and josh earnest saying i can't confirm if this meeting happened. what do you make of that? >> because it flat underscores the problem that they have and the trust factor with iran. this is behind senator schumer's concern and why he refuses to back this deal and this underscores that. it emphasizes that iran cannot be trusted. he'll look you right in the face and lie and here is soleimani making an arms deal when there's an arms embargo. >> we talked a lot about the possibility of the arms deal happening between the russians and iranians the two guys soleimani and putin. what do the iranians need and want now that they're flushed with cash? >> well the russians want influence and they're si

shia militias who are known as the popular mobilization forces have replaced asn army that collapsed in the face of i.s.i.l. forces. allies of maliki who still has the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> translator: there are serious divisions within the shia house. this is very dangerous. abadi tried oask iran to stop shia groups from meddling in affairs but it didn't work. >> many cases stronger than the state. abadi needs to meet people's expectations in order to ensure his credibility but there is much more at stake including the future of iraq as a state. zeina khodr, al jazeera, baghdad. >>> it was one of the worst natural disasters in u.s. history. when hurricane katrina came ashore no one knew how bad it was going to be. no one who ever survived the storm could forget how bad it actually was. relations between the u.c. and iran, tonight at 9:00 p.m. from havana, cuba, a look at the island nation that has been cut off from the united states, for almost 50 years, antonio mora, shows how warming relations with the u.s. may impact them. them. >> katrina was really a

. >> shia militias also known as the popular mobilization forces have become the real power here.they led the fight against isil but were accused of reprisal killings. many feel that the actions of these groups are a continuation of sectarian policies by the shia-led government. >> this is why sunnies move to areas where the community live. the aim of the ongoing attacks by isil and the militias that are linked to political parties has caused strife. >> more than 100 people were killed in a recent suicide truck bombing an attack that isil says it carried out has not helped to reconcile communities. >> our communities have been targeted. why are they killing us? now we're suspicious of everyone. those responsible want to prevent coexistence. >> the sectarian violence over the years changed that. now the divide has grown deeper and it is tearing the society apart. al jazeera. >> the world's health organization has made a deal with saudi arabia to provide humanitarian aid to yemen. more than 15,000 people are in urgent need of medical care. the unmanned aircraft will change the gains

shia militias, known as the popular mobilization forces replaced an army that collapsed in the face of.l.'s offensive. they have political ambitions, some have links with iran and are allies of maliki, who have the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> there are serious divisions within the shi'a house. this is very dangerous. haider al-abadi tried to stop shia groups meddling in state affairs. it didn't work. >> reporter: the protests emerged from a grassroots movement. but there's fear they may be hijacked by political forces who are stronger than the state. haider al-abadi needs to make people's expectations to ensure credibility. there's more at stake, including the future of iraq as a state >>> marathon talks are under way trying to ease the tensions on the korean peninsula. officials from north and south meeting at a village in the dmz. harry fawcett is fallowing the talks. >> in the history of periods of heightened tensions between north and south korea, it's not uncommon for the messages by both sides to be mixed. so it's turned out. sunday the south korean delegatio

washington has apparently asked haider al-abadi not to use shia militias. those militias who are more than as the popular mobilization forces, now, one of the commanders of the forces feels there are attempts to stop them about. >> translator: some western embassies should review their positions, we won't let anyone to interfere in internal affairs, this is a red line. >> reporter: hadyr el amry is an influential man has a strong influence in parliament. >> amry is a number 1 man in the force he and prime minister abadi or anyone is el, the u.s. is worried about its strength especially in the post-i.s.i.l. phase. it wants to contain its power and numbers has pressured abadi to do this. >> but the militias have become stronger than the state or the army. purported to number more than 100,000 member, the government pays some of their salaries. they have largely replaced the army in the provinces of diyalla and anbar. the city of fallujah, as well as on supply routes, it is knot expected to be a long fight not just in anbar. zeina khodr, al jazeera, baghdad. >

. >>> iraq's shia militias, the popular mobilization forces prepare for an assault an baiji. this is the image they want you to see, that they are confident and ready to defeat i.s.i.l. this battle will decide the future of the islamic state fighters in iraq. he met with senior officers on the outskirts of bangui. >> translation: we plan the whole operation as the enemy is trying to find a break in ramadi. the operations are going smooth le. they are be-steeged there. they are trying to open a front. the ability of forces is a great success. >> the country has been here before. the oil refinery and the town changed hands many times. neither of the forces have been in full control. the oil refinery is a major source of income, retaking it and holding it is a victory for iraq. the government say they will not let them cross, because they don't have the relevant paperwork. i.s.i.l. killed consider commanders in an attack, seen as a blow to iraqi security force, who are losing experienced commanders, in a sign that i.s.i.l. is far from complete >>> in spain, an i.s.i.l. suspect a

. >> in iraq, iranian-backed shia militias are leading the fight. opposition to some have increased sectarian tensions. the reconciliation allowed i.s.i.l. to capture another capital in may. a council offensive made little progress. it may be a short-term setback. but i.s.i.l., requiring a political solution in iraq and syria, where i.s.i.l. controls significant territory >>> joining us now to talk about significance of the strike is a military analyst and former u.s. thank you for being with us. based on what has been reported about this, this appears to have been a targeted attack, it would have been based on intelligence that they had. how certain can they be that they have the right guy? >> certainly. taking you back to 17 may, we went in with delta force on the ground. attacked the forces. >> this is special forces. >> up on the ground. confirming death. we went in and confirmed death. this time we are getting intelligence reports from the ground that he is dead. we had reports in november that he was dead. he's moved up the chain of command an

shia militias also known as the popular mobilization forces have become the real power here. they led the fight against i.s.i.l. but were accused of reprisal killings against sunnis. many feel the actions of these groups are a continuation of policies by the shia-led government. >> this is why sunnis moved to areas where their community lives. same for the shias. this is called strife. >> the residents forts shia fee. the attack they say i.s.i.l. carried out isn't helping. >> why they are killing us, now we are suspicious of everyone. those that are responsible want to prevent peaceful co-existence. >> sectarian violence over the years changed that. now the divide has grown deeper and it is tearing diyalla's society apart. zeina khodr, al jazeera. >>> insisting national elections next weekend should go ahead as scheduled. >> otto molina diaz denies allegations and says he will not resign. david mercer joins us via skype of ann teagu antuiga. >> this is the first time the president has appeared in public, if you will, for more than two weeks now. last sun he did issue a video

washington has asked president haider al-abadi not to use shia militias, those militias who are known as the popular revolutionary forces, now one of the commanders of the forces feel there are attempts to stop them. >> translator: some western embassies should review their positions. we won't let anyone to interfere in our internal affairs. this is a red line. >> reporter: hadi al amry is an influential man. he has been leading the fight against i.s.i.l. amry also belongs to a political party that has a strong presence in parliament. >> translator: amry is number 1 man in the popular mobilization forces and prime minister abadi or anyone else cannot marginalize him. the force has become a military institution and the u.s. is worried about its force. it wants to control its power and numbers and has pressured abadi to do that. >> but the militias have become stronger than the state and the army. the popular revolutionary forces is said to number around 100,000 men. they were given official status by the government which pays their salaries. ing iin diyalla and other places, around ano

stab in the back threats from iranians on the ground who don't want us there and from the radial shia militiasave killed thousands of americans while we were there. so if you're going to use american forces, to me, you use american forces. you go in, you hammer them and you leave. lou: i'm going to raise my hand there, i'm going to raise my hand there. we are now a year since this president said he would degrade and destroy the islamic state. this president doesn't have a strategy anywhere in the middle east as best i can judge. he doesn't have one in south asia. he doesn't have a strategy in dealing with china, with russia. why in the world would a general responsible for those troops talk somewhat, if i may say, offhandedly about putting our troops at the mercy of a commander in chief who is not interested in pursuing a victory? >> i think general odierno was reaching for something because we're losing. you saw the huge car bomb in baghdad today. just absolute slaughter. we saw islamic state use captured syrian mustard gas on the kurds. lou: ralph, it's clearly established this administratio

iraq's shia militias known as the popular mobilization forces plarp for an assault on baiji city. this is the image they want you to see, that they are confident and ready to defeat i.s.i.l. this battle will decide the future of iraq. he met with senior officers. >> now we plan to secure the whole situation as the enemy tries to find a break. the ramadi operations are going smoothly and the enemy besieged there, that's why they advance, trying to open another front in baiji to develop the situation. >> the forces plan to defeat the enemies. it is a great success. >> the oil refinery and town, kilometres from each other changed hands several times. neither the iraqi security forces or the islamic state has been in control. retaking it, holding it will be a big victory for iraq, one badly needed. >> in anbar, people tried to flee the violence. the government say they will not let them cross because they don't have the relevant paperwork. i.s.i.l. killed the commanders north of ramadi in an attack seen as a blow to security force, who are losing experienced commanders and a sign that

shia militias also known as the popular mobilization forces have become the real power here. they led the fight against i.s.i.l. but were accused of reprisal killings against sunnis. many in that community feel the actions of these groups are a continuation of years of sectarian policies led by the shia led government. >> this is why sunnis move to areas where their community lives. same is true for shia, linked to political part parties has causd strife. >> reporter: more than 100 killed in a recent truck bombing i.s.i.l. said it carried out hasn't help reconcile communities. >> translator: our community is being targeted. why the killing? now we are suspicious of everyone. those who are responsible want to prevent co-existence. >> reporter: sunnis and shias once lived together in this town. now the divide has grown deeper and it has torn diyalla's society apart. zeina khodr, al jazeera, diyalla. >> al jazeera has condemned the handing down of three year sentences for al jazeera's journalists. baher mohamed, mohamed fahmy, and peter greste were found guilty of aiding a terro

. >> in iraq, iranian-backed shia militias are leading the fight in mainly sunni arab areas.ition to the arming of sunni baghdadis have increased sectarian tensions. the reconciliation allowed i.s.i.l. to capture another capital in may. a council offensive made little progress. it may be a short-term setback. but i.s.i.l., requiring a political solution in iraq and syria, where i.s.i.l. controls significant territory well a military analyst and former colonel says that he shouldn't be described as second in command of i.s.i.l., but rather as a big player. >> he's former iraqi military that's critical. these guys were the guys when we said in is you are part of the ba'athist party, you can't be part of the new government. what has he done in 10 years. set up his family. he goes - he's a valuable military leader. i.s.i.l. picks him up. i can ris don't pick him up, the iraqi government don't pick im up, because he was bathurst. and the rule was no ba'athist. and this is a guy that bleeds out of the policy and becomes a strong leader. from mosul to syria. he's a big guy. the bat

iranians have been using surrogates for many years and yemen and hezbollah and lebanon, obviously the shia militias in iraq, and building almost like something akin to a terrorist hedgeemmon in the middle east. the go to guys for conventional weapons, chemical weapons, all out of the terrorist factories in iran. and by the way, this is the very nation we're trusting to do the right thing on the nuclear deal. it's not a good story. tom: they have proxies all over the place. pakistan, the fact they're really increasing their manufacturing into the nuke warheads and nuclear capability. they've had nuke capability for a long time. please bring us up to speed because i thought their beef was with india. is there a bigger danger there because of their proximity in the middle east? >> no, it's an arms race, tom. and india is also not only increasing the numbers of their weapons but the quality of the delivery systems, and as you know, right across the border they've been facing each other off since independence in 1947. the pakistanis are trying to increase the number of nuclear weapons, increase their a

shia militia said in iraq. officials warn they'll do what is takes to match iran's nuclear capabilities. secretary of state john kerry is not the only one in doha russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov is here. relations have been strained because of syria. the gulf countries support the syria opposition and russia is a backer of the syrian president bashar al-assad, along with iran. analysts say that the presence of sergey lavrov here in doha could be a sign that ending syria's long-running civil war will require the consensus of all sides. >>> earlier in tehran president hassan rouhani said iran has never sought to make nuclear bombs. >> translation: if the opposite side things it has succeeded, let them think that way. we know we have never been after nuclear bombs, and never will be >>> now, something that may not have crossed the mainstream radar with regard to what is happening in iran but the government is cutting subsidies it's giving to many citizens since sanctions came in subsidies to make their liv

northeast of the city of falujah, two trucks filled with explosives targeted a group of soldiers and shia militia men who had been fighting alongside them. iraq's prime minister has ordered military commanders to face trial for abandoning positions in ramadi earlier this year. located in the anbar province, ramadi is the capitol of the sunni hartland. in may, the predominantly shia government battled isil in an offensive that lasted three days. isil pushed military forces out and took over the city. the prime minister said anyone of officer grade or above who left their post during the battle must be court martialed. mohammed jamjoon has more on this from baghdad. >> reporter: abadi tonight ratifying recommendations that had been made to him by members of iraq's military that had conducted an investigation in to officers having abandoned their posts when isil took over the city of ramadi last year. now, the prime minister is now agreeing with the assessment of those military officers saying >> mosul, for the past several months, this committee was about to publish its findings more recently. i th

so as a consequence, what you see instead is baghdad sending in shia militia. how that goes on -- goes over over there in sunni-led ramadi. and in the neighboring anbar province. the province that ramadi and fallujah are in. this is a problem of iranian influence having so much influence on the government in baghdad. the shia government is still dictating terms and saying no to arming those who are actually fighting isis from the sunni tribes with the equipment they need and arming the 180,000 fighters in the peshmerga, the kurdish forces that are fighting isis. they cannot get the weapons on the ground. and you hear a lot from them about that in protest. >> weapons is one thing, but you just heard the outgoing army chief of staff endorse, in effect, putting more u.s. troops on the ground. ground control, as they can call it, air strikes. maybe some forward deployed advisers. this is something that you hear from several of the republican presidential candidates as well. but that's not exactly a huge number of troops. we're not talking about 140,000 on the groun

. >> well, it's interesting because two shia militia leaders have said today that they will take part in a big demonstration to take place tomorrow. many are saying that al-maliki is trying to come back in the political scene and damage the government of prime minister abaddi and that this is the motivation behind the let's say the magnitude of the demonstrations. >> victoria from the american university of dahuk in kurdish northern iraq, thank you for talking to us here at al jazeera. >> there have been street battles in taiz, yemen after anti houthis broke into a prison and freed the detainees. they released 25 people captured by houthi forces. taiz is yemen's third largest city and has been under houthi control since march. >> four palestinians have been killed, 43 others wounded by an israeli rocket. according to gaza medical centers, the rocketed was fired during the war, but lay unexploded. it did go off when locals were removing rubble from a house that had been destroyed. >> we've got more to come on this al jazeera news hour. a brighter future, we visit a makeshift school in