namely asaib ahl al haq. >> the shiite militias that have been funded and trained by the iraqi security forces and now by the u.s. have committed gross violations. human rights watch has documented murders and crimes and torture committed by both the iraqi central government forces directly or by shiite militias affiliated with it. >> the refugees here say they are caught between multiple armed groups -- from isil to the shia militias, and they don't know if they will ever be able to go home. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> near the end of our trip to iraq we came across shia militia fighters from asaib ahl al haq. >> they were recapturing a village from isil in the eastern province of salaheddeen [sa-la-ha-deen]. none of them would speak to us on camera. but their allies in this battle kurdish peshmerga fighters -- agreed to take us to the front. >> this is daesh. >> this is the village suliaman bek. yesterday the islamic state were holding this village. they first got there in june. there were air strikes from the us last night. now peshmergr

namely asaib ahl al haq. >> the shiite militias that have been funded and trained by the iraqi security forces and now by the u.s. have committed gross violations. human rights watch has documented murders and crimes and torture committed by both the iraqi central government forces directly or by shiite militias affiliated with it. >> the refugees here say they are caught between multiple armed groups -- from isil to the shia militias, and they don't know if they will ever be able to go home. >> watch more "faultlines" on demand or visit aljazeera.com/faultlines. >> tonight on "techknow". >> we should not be having earthquakes in texas. >> the true cost of energy hits home. >> my yard is gone. >> are we destroying our way of life? >> contaminated water from the fracking activities come here. >> they stick it into the core of the earth. >> but this cutting-edge technology could be the answer. >> the further of fracking is about the water. >> protecting the planet saving lives. >> how do you convince a big oil company to use this? >> "techknow". tonight, 6:30 eastern. only on al jazeera a

left to launch their offensive in tikrit, leaving only the shiite militias in that battered city of. they say the shiite militias, not isil, systematically destroyed their homes to keep them out of el dour forever. >> are there hid an general duhs about the town? we want official to his tell us we can get back to our homes are not. we want them to give us answers. >> reporter: both the shiite militias and iraqi security forces say isil is to blame. >> translator: it is isil who blew up these houses before leaving. >> we are calling on the families to return, we are waiting for them to help. >> reporter: when military operations began in neighboring ca tikrit, those still left fled to avoid more violence with tikrit almost purged of isil it may be safe enough for these refugees to return, but they say they still fear the militias controlling their city. natasha ghoneim, al jazerra. >>> officials from thailand, indonesia and myanmar have been travel to go remote islands in eastern indonesia to investigate investigations of abuse of fishermen. a year-long investigation by the associate

are these shiite militias people advised by iran a shiite power, going to be able to lead to the nationaloncileiation that's going to be necessary to bring the soupeny enysunnis on board to fight against isis as well and a question so far there hasn't really been much of an answer to. the iranians say they're the ones they believe are putting the manpower on the ground organizing the iraqi forces and militias but what happens next wolf. >> that's a huge question. all right. thanks very much fred pleitgen on the scene in tehran. check back with you tomorrow. the fight against isis the situation in yemen, the nuclear negotiations just some of the latest developments that are raising iran's profile in the region. joinings us to talk about that and more our cnn global affairs analyst the managing editor and retired colonel james reese our cnn global affairs analyst former delta force commander. bobby, to say the united states has this complicated relationship with iran right now is, obviously, an understatement. how does the obama administration balance all these diverse situations unfolding

mostly shiite militias. iran has been supporting those militias and they did not succeed against tikrit. and then the coalition was successful. charlie: they had a offensive that did not succeed. i thought they were part of the effort to drive isil out of tikrit that militias had helped drive out isil into crete, that it was a success for them and later american airstrikes came in to buttress their effort. michael: more or less. they have supported these militia. they were originally doing it on their own. there is this perception we cooperate with the iranians. as i said we have a pretty capable intelligence community that a lot of our commanders have at their disposal. so the offensive, the iranian led defensive did not succeed. it could not take tikrit. the prime minister of iraq went to the coalition and said can you help us do this? the coalition did supported and it was successful. of where their members of the militia forces with the iraq he army? yes, but under the control of the government of iraq.

some of the shiite militias looted and burned houses in tikrit. others are accused of summary executions of sunni muslims, fueling iraq's deadly religiousec tensions. the iraqi prime minister haider al abadi, came to power last year, promising to unite his country. but in the fight against isis extremists, he's done the opposite, relying on the shiite militias and their backers in neighboring iran. >> iran is helping us, and we say thank you to iran.ra we say thank you to all countries who provide us with this support and this help. >> reporter: iranian military advisers have stoked fears in the u.s. of iran's rising influence in iraq, especially as the iraqis face their toughest challenge yet-- retaking mosulf a city of over a million people dominated by sunni muslims. a sunni muslim militia is beingm trained to help lead the offensive on mosul, but it's still small and poorly equipped.s. the u.s. might not like fightingbu on the same side as iran, but,ts scott, if it wants to defeat isis in iraq, it doesn't have much choice. >> pelley: analysis

but only with the help and they wouldn't have been able to do it without the help of these shiite militiasiran-backed. is iran feeling emboldened here that since the lesson that we've learned from this situation with tikrit is that iraqi forces aren't strong enough without these iranian-backed militias? is iran thinking we can throw our weight around we're needed here? >> i think iran is feeling very emboldened by several things by the fact that you have this shia rebel take over of yemen, that you have a very close relationship with their arch former enemy, iraq where they can control a lot of the iraqi defense services. in tikrit it's more of a ix hedmixed bag. the al quds leader had to leave the area. that was a loss of respect and face for iran. so i think a mixed picture in tikrit but i think it will be very important for the united states to continue to insist that these militias not play an outsized role in the taking back of sunni towns because they could win the battle but lose the war if other sunnis feel that they're endangered by these militias. >> there could some reprisals. t

shiite militias are on the front line. capabilities of the professional iraqi military still leave an enormous amount to be desired. so the perception that the u.s. has, essentially shifted its alliances through its negotiations with iran by finding common cause, you know, with hezbollah against muslim sunni fighters in syria have all polarized the sunni-shia divide and made iraq's viability -- which was already remote -- even more difficult to achieve. >> what about, you referred to them -- what about u.s. traditional allies in the gulf? how have they responded? what is their role in the whole unfolding of this political dynamic? >> make no mistake about it the initial funding or more al-qaeda and for isis came from individuals in the emirates. it may not have been official policy of saudi arabia but members of the saudi royal family provided significant financial resources. monies flowed from the uae. there's a widespread view that the u.s. hasn't preserved its traditional alliances. particularly the arab spring and what

with the shiite militias. my question is if we were conducting air operations would someone like sullimani be a target? >> we don't at this time intend to target him. >> why is that? >> we're here to assist the iraqi government in dealing with dash. not to go to war with iran. i think it is important for us to keep that in mind. and i will leave it there. >> when the shia forces are clearing areas, how are they interacting with those left are they oppressing them are trying to have a unified country? >> we have seen reports of massacres and atrocities. those reports are under investigation. they have been condemned by us. they have been condemned by the iraq government con dumbed by grand iatola. i was just in iraq last week. and we didn't know there was shia elements part of the clearing force, and i met with sunni leaders the province that is under way, and i asked about what do we know about the repetition of these atrocities and acts. at the time they were satisfied that this was not happening. but they al

therefore, to get to your point about shiite militias there are shiite militias that have that characteristicthere are those that don't. the prime minister made it quite clear that the latter those not under his command and control, were not welcome there, would not participate in their operations and would not be supported. they certainly won't be supported by us. we support forces that are under the command and control of the iraqi government irrespective of their sectarian makeup which is the whole poin

there a troops supporting shiite militias. the iranian advisors are on the front lines advising the shiite militias. michael: they weren't successful. we were. is what i would say. and the prime minister knows that. charlie: we provided the airstrikes it turned the tide of the battle. michael: it enabled the iraqi security forces under the control of the prime minister to achieve that. charlie: also in the last three months -- talking to him. he very much wants to say to america what needs to work together on this. i hope you changed in being with me so we can focus on isil. what do you say to that? michael: it was a policy manner. various regional actors. he lost his legitimacy to govern by the brutal way he does that. he benefited as his father did from minority rule over a broader population. there needs to be a political transition. it is hard to see how you put syria back together in any form or get after a terrorism problem or bring it to a conclusion to a government that has legitimacy and support of its population. cha

we should certainly not funnel our military aid through them so it can help support shiite militias.need to help sunnies in particular on our own if necessary, even if the government in baghdad is not in support of that. but, so i think, we should certainly should not, it is a complicated answer. we should not wrap ourselves around this totem pole of iraqi sovereignty and refuse to do anything that undermines, quote, unquote, iraqi sovereignty which is more nominal than real at the moment. at the same time we should not realize that there is some magic partition solution that would make all the problems go away. >> yes, ma'am. >> hi, i'm penny starr. give iran and all the domination in this chaos, what kind of impact with the deal with iran which the obama administration is trying to broker very moment, today is the deadline, what impact will that have if they come to a deal on this whole scenario you've spoken about? thank you. >> what if there is a deal tonight, audrey? audrey: i think this is where that multilevel game comes into play. i think a deal at that global level is better

>>reporter: in march, iraqi security forces and shiite militias pushed isil out and then left to launch their offensive in tikrit leaving only the shia militias in this battered city of booby trapped and looted homes. sunni refugees say the shiite militias not isil systemically destroyed their homes to keep them out of the town forever. >> are there hidden agendas about the town? we want officials to tell us if we can go home or not. we want answers. >>reporter: both the shia militias and the iraqi security forces we spoke to say isil is to blame. >> it is isil who blew up these houses before leaving. >> we are calling on the families to return and we're waiting on them to help. >>reporter: when military operations began in tikrit, those still left in el dor fled to avoid more violence. it may now be safe enough for them to return but they say they still fear the militias controlling their city. >>> in egypt, gunmen have killed at least 15 soldiers and injured dozens of people after multiple attacks in the northern sinai peninsula. the region has seen an increase in violence since the o

government troops were aided by iranian backed shiite militias and u.s. air strikes and now if religious tensions don't tear the iraqi forces apart, tikrit may be the jumping-off point for the next iraqi military offensive. i'll speak live this hour with senator tom cotton of the intelligence and armed services committee. he's standing by. also our correspondents and analysts they're standing by with full coverage. we'll take you inside tikrit in just a few moments. but let's begin with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. she has the very latest. >> reporter: wolf when iraqi prime minister abadi showed up in tikrit today, it was a message to the world he was trying to send that iraqi forces have their victory, that they have entered tikrit and driven isis out. but many people here at the pentagon say not so fast. clearly, there are several hundred isis fighters still scattered throughout the city. the iraqis still working to clear the city of them and a lot of questions, because the iraqis not able really to do this all on their own. in the last wee

therefore, to get to europe about shiite militias, there are shiite militias that have that characteristic, and there are those that don't. the prime minister made it quite clear that the latter, the ones not under his command and control, but were not welcome there, would not participate in their operations, and would not be supported, and they certainly won't be supported by us. we support forces under the command and control of the iraqi government irrespective of their sectarian makeup, which is the whole point. the weight got the way they did in iraq -- the way thigns got the way they did in iraq is because of the collapse of i multi-sectarian approach. what the prime minister is trying to do in his own government is to create a fight against isil that consists of shia forces, sunni forces, and kurdish forces in sectarian makeup, but all under the control of the government in iraq. it is those forces, and only those forces that we will provide support to. >> mr. secretary, do you think it is time for saudi arabia to consider winding down airstrikes. could further airstrikes risk desta

this is what everyone feared was going to happen and that the shiite militias were going to get revenge. >> well, and they have. there is no doubt about that. these 1700 to 2,000 bodies were essentially shiite recruits for the iraqi military at camp speicher. by the way, camp speicher has never fallen to isis. camp speicher was built by the u.s. air base that saddam had had. we moved into it 2003. i was there many times. they infer took, isis never took it what happened was the officers for these recruits fled and then the recruits said there is nobody else around let's get out of here. they were captured on their way out of the camp and a headed south. it took over three days for isis killing squads to murder these 1700 to 2,000 youngsters. >> that's extraordinary. murdering or executing or slaughtering, about 2,000 people in three days. >> well and again, they have put these videos of the killings up on the internet. so this is simply finding the evidence of what we knew happened back in june of 2014. this kind of thing, greta has happened in every piece of touraine that isis has capt

leverage we have, which apparently was used in the tikrit battle to be sure that this isn't a shiite militia-led offensive, because if this becomes another version of a war of shiites against sunni, we've lost. this has to be inclusive and i hope that your relationship with the present body of the iraqi government emphasizes that. because it is just essential to a successful outcome in iraq regardless of the short-term advantage of tikrit or mosul. would you agree with that? >> yes, sir, i would. i would say further i take every opportunity to emphasize those exact points to the leader scholarship in iraq when i engage them. >> and it sounds like, this airstrikes in the last couple of days in tikrit were, in fact, conditioned on that kind of consideration. is that correct? >> that's correct, sir. this operation had to be under the control of the government of iraq and iraqi security forces. there had to be a force once the city is cleared, to maintain stability in that city and that force need to be an iraqi security force and so those things, those conditions were met early on the terms of the

the iraqi government forces and iranian backed shiite militia launched in early march. u.s. led coalition forces began air strikes last week to support them. iraqi troops are now hoping to retake mosul. government officials in myanmar and ethnic rebel group leaders have come together to sign a historic peace deal. they're trying to end 65 years of conflict about. >> the government officials and representatives of 60 minorities signed a cease-fire agreement on tuesday, with the president -- >> everyone here will go down in myanmar's history for helping bring peace to our country. >> the agreement came after seven rounds of peace that started in 2013. this concludes the system that will give minor groups -- it also includes equal rights for all ethnic groups and establishment of the cease-fire . the struggle between the government and these groups has acted as a drug on the economic rule. myanmar is part of an asean economic community. planned to be launched at the end of the year. but it is important for myanmar to secure its border regions before the time. they hope the regi

therefore, to get to your point about shiite militias there are shiite militias that have that characteristic characteristic and there are those that don't. the prime minister made it quite clear that the latter those not under his command and control, were not welcome there, would not participate in their operations and would not be supported. they certainly won't be supported by us. we support forces that are under the command and control of the iraqi government irrespective of their sectarian makeup which is the whole point. the way things got the way they did in iraq is the collapse of a multisectarian approach. what prime minister abadi is trying to do in his own government is to create a fight against isil that consists of shia forces sunni forces and kurdish forces in sectarian makeup but all under the control of the government in iraq. it is those forces and only those forces that we will provide support to. >> mr. secretary, do you think it's time for saudi arabia to consider winding down its air strikes? could further air strikes risk destabilizing or prompting a wider role? and gen

that was retaken by isis by iraqi government forces and shiite militia in a convoy along with several other people believed to be his bodyguards. and he is one of the most high profile fugitives still on the loose. one of those 55 in that deck of cards. now, as we mentioned -- as i mentioned, we're waiting for the dna tests to be conducted and for results to come to us. and to confirm his identity. if it's the case that this man has been killed, he was 72 years old. it would be quite a victory as iraqi forces and shiite militia allies are battling for key cities from isis. so this comes at a crucial time in that particular battle and you mentioned izzat ibrahim al douri was thought to be operationally important within isis and believed he had some role as well in the establishment of al qaeda in iraq. the precursor of isis. back to you. >> we'll continue to explore that throughout the hour. thank you so much. big news out of iraq. >>> the tulsa reserve deputy charged with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed man is speaking publicly for the first time. it was

such hardware to the iraqi military it will be secure and not wind up in the hands of isis or shiite militias are very close to the government there in baghdad? >> well wolf one of the issues right now, there's no question the american advisors are there, have a great ability. right now, they're up in t a aji and down in besmya doing great training with the sophisticated weapons, both on air and, you know your tanks and your big weapons systems. but again, one of the things we have to take a look at is while we're going through this training like bobby said we have to build a corps, continue to put up. we as americans if we tell the iraqis that says hey, you can't allow the pmu or some of the shia militias to get involved which were, you know,s the badder corps, very critical in tikrit with the federal police that did a great job in tikrit but if we force them out it could be a major, you know, impact on securing some of the major cities. i also had the opportunity to talk to some guys that i know in the military there and some of the leadership in the embassy and one of the things they're tr

therefore, to get to your point about shiite militias, there are shiite militias that have that characteristic, and there are those that don't. and the prime minister made it quite clear that the latter, that is ones that were not under his command and control, were not welcome there, would not participate in their operations and would not be supported and certainly won't be supported by us. we support forces that returned the command and control of the iraqi government irrespective of their sectarian make-up which is the whole point. the way things got the way they did in iraq is the collapse of the multi sectarian approach. and what prime minister abadhi is trying to do in his own government is create a -- a fight against isil that consists of shia forces sunni forces and kurdish forces in sectarian make-up burned the control of the government in iraq. it is those forces and only those forces that we will provide support to. >> julian barnes. mr. secretary, do you think it's time for saudi arabia to consider winding down its air strikes, could further air strike risk destabilizing our prompt

shiite militias like in lebanon and hezbollah. and hezbollah. they will be able to control of the state. and they'll do iran's bidding. this is negative. >> these are not things that could be mediated by iran that doesn't feel under threat? is there an opening for a different kind of regional order if the nuke deal works. >> this gets to the question of is there an islamic state of islam. . is it a revolutionary regime. they are doing it in lebanon and are doing it in iraq. they are backing the bashar al-assad regime. and syria helping them to kill 200,000 mostly sunni muslims, and now they are funding and supporting a houthi takeover of yemen surrounding saudi arabia. yemen surrounding saudi arabia.> you tell me if this looks like a regime that is doing this if threatened. for me this is the nation of the regime >>> let me put it to you what is cthe islamic republic of iran, and what do they want? >> depends who you ask. if you ask hassan rouhani, and i want to take him back to a speech. what we want to do is have a nuclear agreement and build

guest: the issue of iraqi reliance on iran backed shiite militia featured heavily in discussion. obama said mobilization last year was necessary but added that any foreign backed groups should be under baghdad's control. a warning to iran that its fighters must answer to the iraqi prime minister. anchor: the president of turkey is standing tprpl on his view -- firm on his view of mass killings of armenian's century ago. he says they will disregard the european parliament views on the kills from 1915 to 1958 ahead of a debate today. this week the pope called the killings genocide. we will bring in our anchor correspondent jasper mortimer. where is the president taking such a firm substance? guest: what he said is turkey's standard line on what happened to the armenians. i think what gives his words more impact than usual inside turkey is the fact we are having parliamentary elections in june and they are the ones shrugging off criticism will go down left. they will approve of what he said. anchor: you do say turks are nationalistic but the centenary of the killings is coming up. i

even in this sunny arab city they are calling for shiite militias to please come in. which gives you a sense of the desperation there. the deputy head of council, city council in ramadi, telling us this morning that there were two groups of reinforcements that eye raved over the course of the past 24 hours. a convoy of at least 15 humvees. those american supplied military vehicles and then another convoy of 24 humvees and he was saying that simply not enough to help protect that city. he described the city as being effectively deserted. no citizens on the streets. and calling for more assistance saying that isis maintain their positions in control of eastern parts of the city and that iraqi government forces and tribesman are in the control of the center but nobody is giving ground at this time. then have you the beiji refinely to the north which has this very important economic strategic position this iraq. it's to the north of tikrit, isis releasing, again, a very impressive piece of propaganda footage that not only shows drone video of the baiji, sprawling baiji re

[laughter] iran is working with shiite militias in iraq. tikrit was taken back from isis, something folks said would not happen. in yemen, the saudis are getting criticism for being more focused onouthis backed by iran as opposed to al qaeda. talk about the developments. let me start with you, nora. should we be positivelyy inclined to see what are seeing in iraq? is t that positive? are the saudi efforts we are going along with because they are an ally a fundamental mistake? >> in iraq, what we are seeing is inevitable. the move to take tikrit took longer than expected. the iranian proxy forces and militias had a harder time until u.s. airstrikes were involved. if you want to limit iranian influee, that is a a good sign. the relationship with iran is muifaceted as have been u.s. relations with potential adversaries throughout history. there are some issues where we have commomon interesests countering isis in iraq is one. that is whwhy you see tacit and unpublicizedeconfliction in what is going on. in the nuclear area and yemen you see mor

therefore, to get to your point about shiite militias, there are shiite militias that have that characteristicer made it quite clear that the latter, that is ones that were not under his command and control, were not welcome there, would not participate in their operations and would not be supported and certainly won't be supported by us. we support forces that returned the command and control of the iraqi government irrespective of their sectarian make-up which is the whole point. the way things got the way

is sending more arms to yemen to fight the shiite militia. since that air campaign started two weeks ago the united nations said more than 500 civilians have been killed a humanitarian crisis is growing. hundreds of americans are stuck in yemen. >> one san francisco man managed to get out and arrived home today. ali shares his frightening or deal. >> the photo makes it look like he's taking a pleasure cruise but this was no vacation. the san francisco man began his journey from yemen to america. >> it was like an action adventure novel. >> he spent the past 5 months in yemen meeting with coffee farmers. march 27th, he woke up to the sound of bombs exploding in the capital. >> i didn't know if i was going to live into the morning. >> the airport was destroyed and the only way out was by sea. >> he convinced the stranger in this photo to take him across the red sea to africa. >> it was a small boat. i started thinking what the heck am i doing. >> he went through two african country tries and then bohreded a flight from amsterdam to the u.s.. >>

when you look at a rack iranians are supporting the shiite militia in iraq.ted states is engaged in airstrikes. they just had an airstrike yesterday into crete. -- in itikrit. president assad: many others joined. so it is a mixture now. charlie: what is the possibility of iranian -- american cooperation? president assad: i do not think that anyone trusts that the american administration really wants to fight these kind of terrorists. the whole launch, much less the airstrike [indiscernible] why did they join? they want to get part of the cake? we defeated isis, where were they in the last two months. it is not something we wanted to attack and -- charlie: so what do you think they want in iraq? president assad: they want to get rid of the terrorists. no one knows how long it will take. they there is isis and many extremists. charlie: when you look at the future, in view look at the battle ahead, how much of the conflict that is here today can the syrian government withstand? how much of the syrian country this a very in -- the syrian loss? will there be anyth

the other problem, of course, is whether the iraqis and kurds even these shiite militia groups will gethat they need to stop isis. of course, when you talk of shiite groups and kurds, you don't get a lot of se support from the sunni arabs. that said, others have been supportive, jordan is one of them. it is something that requires constant diplomacy to make sure we can dry up funds dices and constant diplomacy to make sure that arms are being transferred to those who are actually in the battlefield, dealing with isis. i think one of the points that prime minister a laal-abadi will make today is, look, you want to battle isis, my army is the one out there battling them, give us more to do it. host: is the iraq he army winning -- iraqi armie winning? what is your assessment of the situation on the ground now? guest: my assessment -- i would follow the conventional wisdom that the iraqi army is doing better, but its success is often dependent on these shia militia groups coup are dependent on support from iran. that is not a very positive development. i think the iraqi army is in the right

>>reporter: both the shiite militias and iraqi security forces we've spoken to say isil is to blame. >> it is isil who blew up these houses before leaving. >> we are calling on the families to return and we're waiting for them to help. >>reporter: when military operations began in neighboring tikrit those still left in al-dor fled the violence. it may now be safe to return but they still fear the militias controlling their city. >>> a peaceful political rally was rocked by a suicide blast in afghanistan today. this was the scene in the east of afghanistan. at least 16 people were killed and 40 others injured. the demonstrators were calling for the removal of a local governor. the president of afghanistan condemned the attack calling it a cowardly attack >>> meanwhile, the president met thursday with the family members of a woman killed by a mob of men after being falsely accused of burning a copy of the koran. there was no evidence. jennifer glass has this report from kabul and we must warn thank you video you're about to see is disturbing. >>reporter: the last half hour of farkhunda

sunni residents say they're being targeted by shiite militia. prime minister haider al-abadi who is shia, made a point over raising the flag over liberated tikrit. >> does the coalition have a moral obligation to stay engaged as long as possible to essentially get both sunni and shia to learn how to coexist again inside iraq? >> the u.s. government but also more broadly the coalition governments are very much committed to assisting prime minister abadi and in creating the environment of governance that brings to an end the kinds of sectarian strife that have characterized iraqi policies and society to this point. glfer >> reporter: then there's the problem of foreign fighters. general allen and others are trying to prevent them from joining i.s.i.l. and coming home. >> in the end we are a compassionate people. it's important to explore how rehabilitation and deradicallization can be brought to bear. >> reporter: allen says the fight against i.s.i.l. will take years but ultimately the group will be defeated. the challenge is not letting up the pr

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report detailing human rights abuses and the article noted widespread looting after forces and shiite militia recaptured it from i.s.i.l. last month >>> let's go to a retired lebanese army general joining us from beirut to talk about the strategy going on in the fight. go to have you with us. let's talk about how important ramadi is. it's like other battlefields where i.s.i.l. is making a stand, isn't it. >> yes, it is not far. fallujah ramadi a city - fallujah fell under the control of i.s.i.s. also under the control of i.s.i.s. and let me tell you something, despite the great success in tikrit i think that the iraqi government has a long way and difficult time to defeat i.s.i.s. they haven't controlled on the two biggest province in the north, including in the capital. anbar, and to whom it may concern. size is big, it's more than 100,000 square kilometres. 10 times the size of lebanon. the capital is ramadi. now we are talking about the problem is ramadi. that is the capital. it's surrounded. surrounded by i.s.i.s. i.s.i.s. succeeded to take over a very important position in control in ram

that allowed the iraqi army with the help of shiite militia men backed to by iran to liberate the townhe leader was congratulating iraqi forces. the international correspondent was on the ground arwa damon, where isis was said to leave traps behind. >> this is the main road leading through the center of the city. that building we were told had a suicide bomber in it a sniper on the roof. there's still various gunshots. pockets of resistance still exist. that's the governor's compound. when iraqi forces went inside one of the majors was telling us it was booby trapped. the stairway had explosives in it. one of the officers stepped. two officers were killed three soldiers wounded inside there. if we swing around there, you see smoke rising and plumes of smoke throughout the entire city. >> my goodness what a moment. let's go to the pentagon and correspondent. kudos for arwa and her crew for risking themselves to report there. how big are pockets? >> u.s. officials are telling us it numbers in the hundred of isis fighters still in various parts of the city. the iraqi forces and the militi

he growing to use them against isis or use them against his own people which they seem to do, shiite militias seem to be doing now. >> that is very important question. how good of a deal did we get? we trained this army and military. we left an equipped, trained army they scattered when the fighting began. what will be different this time? will he use this money for a cycle of retaliation is which is iraq's long history. melissa: you're depressing me. >> sorry. melissa: more depressing news. sorry about this one. the government wasting your money? i know. it can't be! but it turns out redundant federal programs are costing billions of taxpayer dollars. according to the government accountability office. the report highlights 12 different ways that it could possibly save you money. so there were eight federal agencies, that are responsible for the safety of consumer products. eight of them. going to look at the same things. there are two different agencies that inspect the same laboratories in the same year. do the exact same thing. totally redundant. did you know, hud, the department of housin

military will prosecute anyone arrested but at the same time human rights organizations accuse shiite militias by carrying out attacks to burn sunni homes so they cannot return. u.s. is now helping the iraqis prepare for a major offensive to retake that city. >>> at framework with a nuclear deal of iran is a historic understanding that will make the u.s. our allies and the world safer the word today from president obama despite calls from his critics to scrap the deal. under the agreement, iran agrees to cut the number of centrifuges used to enrich u rain yam by two-thirds and reduce stockpile too low to build a flep.nuclear weapon. they say it puts iran on the path to a nuclear weapon. israeli wants something added to the deal. what is it? >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu has been vocal opposing this agreement. after a top iranian military official was quoted as saying that eraseing israeli off the map is quote, nonnegotiable neal called for a line for israeli's right to exist. >> the cabinet is united and strongly opposing the proposed deal. this would propose a grave danger to the region and

we're getting reports that both sunni and shiite militias are moving there in an effort to try to clear out that area. but in fact, in the last week, isis have succeeded in making a push into baiji, and they've also succeeded into making a push into ramadi. that town that is only about an hour's drive, some 70 miles west of baghdad. a push that led the city leaders there to make panicked appeals to the iraqi governments for marine forcements. we're starting to hear that some of those reinforcements are starting to arrive. but what it does show despite an injection of a sift france a u.s.-led coalition from powerful allies like iran to the iraqi government security forces, you're still seeing that isis are allowed to not only hold on to some territory, but also make advances. and it just shows what a difficult enemy they are on the very bloody iraqi battlefield. >> yeah, it certainly does. definitely confusing situation still there on the ground. ivan watson, we thank you. >>> krousd of native south africans set immigrant businesses on fire friday as xenophobia continues to spread. some

is this an indication isis is feeling some sort of pressure from iraqi forces shiite militia forces especially after the latter helped liberate tikrit what's going on? >> this is just as message that we've seen repeatedly if you come to the caliphate we've created there's going to be -- you will have an ordinary life and do the things that ordinary people do around the world. that's the message being communicated with the video. not often you go to a game where one of the kids is holding an automatic weapon. that's the message. >> trying to show life is good under isis rule. >> when you look at the number of europeans and americans who have attempted to go there they buy that message, not only the cause but they will find some sort of happiness and fulfillment and more and more not just young men the typical target group but young women as well. >> i want both of you to stand by. more to discuss. up next an american journalist held in iran now after nine months nine months in prison he knows what he's accused of we'll tell you the charges the u.s. reaction to those charges stay with us. you're

there are shiite militias that have that characteristic and those that don't, and the prime minister made it quite clear they latter ones not under his command and control were not welcome there, would not participate in their operations and would not be supported and they won't be supported by us. we support forces under command and control of the iraqi government. irrespective of their sectarian makeup, which is the whole point. the way things got the way they did in iraq is the collapse of a multisectarian approach. and what prime minister abadi is trying to do in his own government is to create a fight against isil that consists of shia forces, sunni forces, and kurdish forces in sectarian makeup but all under the control of the government in iraq and it is those forces and only those forces that we will provide support to. >> mr. secretary, do you think it's time for saudi arabia to consider winding down its airstrikes? could further airstrikes risk destabilizing or prompting a wider role? and general dempsey the -- your russian counterpart today talked about targeting nato miss

this was a group that was a government militia, people who were loyal to president bashar al-assad. they are shiites. they were talking openly about the rourke -- loyalty to the government, openly expressing their shia faith. they are trained by iranians revolutionary guards. their allies with hezbollah. amy: that was richard engel three years ago. now, two years after being kidnapped in syria, nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel reveals he was actually seized by militants tied to the u.s.-backed free syrian army, not shia militias tied to the asad government. did nbc knowingly cover up the truth? we'll speak to asad abu khalil who openly questioned nbcl's -- nbc's claim back in 2012. then to the house the herman built. >> what you see before you is a model built to scale of herman wallace is cell. he spent years in solitary confinement for a crime he could not have possibly committed in louisiana. 27 of those years were spent in the cell. amy: we will speak to artist jackie summell about "herman's house," her collaboration with former prisoner and black panther, herman wallace. and w

. >> in syria in iraq okay, the iranians and their allies, hezbollah, the shiite militia who are a dreadful bunch, assad, are fighting isis. they are fighting al qaeda. the houthi rebels in yemen are fighting isis in al qaeda? >> -- >> who are they killing, sean? they are killing our enemies. they are killing our enemies. >> okay. and then we're also fighting against them in yemen with the saudis. so explain that logic to me. >> you tell what the saudis are going to do. the saudis are making a terrible mistake. if they go in there on the ground, it will be their vietnam. when i was a young editorial writer, egypt -- >> if they don't go in there, then they're going to be surrounded by the iranians which by the way wants to clearly build themselves a huge power for themselves in the region. and that would be more dangerous as the jordanians and egyptians believe. >> sean, the reason iran's going to have a power in the gulf because your president george w. bush invaded iraq and turned it into a lot of iran. >> excuse me, pat, if you're going to bring it up point out that the surge worked. >> t