over the last to years they have lost significant ground in southern aleppo, homs and other areas. many commanders have been killed, and it comes under mounting pressure to join talks with assad. >> joining talks with an archenemy is seen as a major concession by the rebels who hopes to push bashar al-assad out of power. >> sunni fellow at the university of beirut. >> a lot of this depends on person charisma, diplomatic savvy, some of it depends on the ability of the leader to lead on the ground. alloush's strength came partially from the fact that he was on the ground with his troops all the time and he had tremendous credibility with ordinary people. it depends on his ability, the new leader's ability to work diplomatically with the saudis, the western world, the u.n. and the russians and other players who are going to be involved in the geneva process. but the russians and syrians together pro sumbly don't want this type of strong centrist syrian based opposition group to gain ground. by killing the leader they think they can knock out the whole group. again, that remains to be

over the last two years it has lost grounds in southern aleppo, homs and other areas. many of its commanders have been killed, and is coming under mounting pressures to join talkings with assad. joining talks with archenemies seems like concession by the rebels who had hoped to force assad out of power. but now while alack of leaderships like america is no longer insisting on i sad leaving as president. >> the big fear in damascus now is that with these fighters, but also welcome jaysh al-islam, they'll want some revenge for the killing of their leader. we'll see further shelling, shelling that will effect the area and the capital itself. >> moving to iraq where forces say they're close to the center of ramadi in their latest advance to retake the city from isil. it has engaged in gunfight against isil there. meanwhile, security forces say 27 soldiers have been killed by isil fighters south of ma lou gentleman. seven civilians were killed after the neighborhood was shelled by the army. the military has besieged fallujah for a year now in an attempt to force isil fighte

the attack is said to have happened in southern aleppo.here a russian air strike on a popular market is believed to have killed at least 23 people. >>> the u.s. and russia say they are reaching some common ground on syria. john kerry said the two sides view the future of syria in the same way. the comments came ahead of a meeting in new york own friday. the main sticking point has been the future role of president bashar al-assad. >>> just a few hour's time the u.s. federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade. a move that many fear could have wide-spread impacts on global markets. interest rates have hovered around 0 to a quarter of a percent. low interest rating make borrowing money more attractive and can help stimulate growth. but with signs of the economy recovering, the federal reserve chair has given strong indications a rake -- rate-hike could happen. it raises fears that a hike could trigger market disrup shun. just when china's economy is slowing. we have this report from rob mcbride from hon

over the last two years it has lost significant ground in southern aleppo, moms and other areas. many of its commanders have been killed and is coming under pressure to talk with bashar al-assad. >> reporter: joining talks with the major arch enemy has been a problem. some of their heavy weight such as the french and americans are no longer insisting on an immediate departure of the syrian president >>> the former iraqi ambassador to the united snagss says that the developments are a boost to the syrian regime. >> mr zahran alloush having been some sort of a moderate is somewhat surprising to me considering some of his rather immoderate statements about groups in general which would have been calculated to scare them rather than to reassure them. i know he backed away from some of those comments more recently before his death, but it is very difficult to sort out the partys. in sir it is a truly doctor - syria it is a truly difficult mess. you can't score the players without a score card. all of this is to the benefit of a regime responsible for far more deaths of syrian civilian

. >>> syrian activists say that an attack that happened in southern aleppo. elsewhere in the east of the province, an airstrike is believed to have killed 23 people. two aids agencies have started getting food to thousands in the city of homs. until recently the area was controlled by rebels. aid was unable to get through because of rebel forces controlling the city. u.n. chief ban ki-moon said he'll put forward a plan next month to help prevent violent conflicts. he spoke about the need to end syria's five-year civil war. >> syria is an open sore on the middle east and the wider world. we're pressing for a nationwide cease-fire and for the start of negotiations in january on a political prance significance, and we must not relent. countering the threat posed by terror groups is trucial. >> james bays is live for us at the u.n. what is the latest move on the u.n. from syria? >> well, it goes beyond the u.n. this is an international initiative, and much of the work has been done by the russian minister it's known as the vienna process because it's known that t

over the last two years it has lost significant ground in southern aleppo, homs, and other areas. be manareas. many of its commanders have been killed and coming under increasing pressure to join talks with assad. concession by the rebels who had hoped to force sood ou assad ouf power militarily. no longer insisting on an immediate departure of the syrian president. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera, on turkey's border with syria. >> yoinjoining us is richard wh. thank you so much for agreeing to speak to us. and islam wasted no time in announcing a successor the alowsh. successor to allouch. >> in syria it's been a bit of a mixed picture. he's been in charge of his group for past four years, was thought to be very charismatic leader. the successor is not as well-known, not associated as much with the founding of the group and so on. so there's suspicions that it will even if it stays together it's going to be a weaker force, less dominant in the opposition, will play a less effective role. but in general i wouldn't put too much on the personalities in the opposition. there hasn't been

the syrian government is basically trying to take over areas in southern aleppo, also on the outskirts of the area and to consolidate its gains in dna to tell the international community that now that we're going to start political talks the world has to understand that the opposition is losing the fight. but we've been talking with different members of opposition military commanders. they say although the leader was killed, they're continue t determined to continue the fight. on the ground they say there is absolutely no way that they'll turn back. they'll continue the fight until bashar al-assad is out of power. >> but he had a presence at geneva one and at geneva two. what happens toe that process? >> this is something that the opposition is trying to sort out. >> i think we've lost that line to hashem ahelbarra. we'll try to go back to him if we can at the end 69 program. now it is said that the it will be up to the new leader to make sure that the ne group continues its power. >> some of it depends on military savvy. some of it comes from the ability to be leader on the troops on

over the last two years it has lost significant grouped in southern aleppo, homs and other areas. many of its commanders have been killed and is coming under mounting pressure to joint talks it as sad. >> reporter: the discussions are seen as major concession with the rebels who had hoped to force bashar al-assad out of power. now the french and americans are no longer insisting on an immediate departure of the syrian president >>> in iraq government forces say they are making progress in their effort to retake the i.s.i.l.-held city of ramadi. the advance has been slowed by booby traps and gun attacks with i.s.i.l. forces. they're attempting to lab liberate the last district of ramadi which was captured in may. the defensive began on tuesday and is supported by u.s.-led air strikes. an online awe yo message claiming to be from the i.s.i.l. leader says they lost area. the man purporting to be the leader that despite the losses, the coalition has not weakened the group. it also called the new saudi led muslim coalition to fight i.s.i.l. un-islamic and saying the group is closer to

over the last two years they have lost significant ground in southern aleppo, homs and other areas. >>> many of its commanders have been killed and it is coming under mounting pressure to join talks with assad. >> joining talks with archenemy is a major concession with the rebels, who had hoped to force assad out of power momentarily. now some of the heavyweight allies such as america, are no longer insisting on an immediate de3rdture of the syrian president. al jazeera, on turkey's border are syria. >> joining us via skype in u.k.'s director chris doyle, thank you for being with us. this new leadership has said it will go to the talks in geneva, but how strong is the new leader and can they hold the group together for a month or so until those talks actually happen. >> well, frankly because the talks are imminent, what we will see as we have seen each and every single time there has been political process is an escalation and intensification of the fighting, and therefore it comes as no real shock that we've seen such a prominent leader being killed and it will be very difficult for

over the last two years it has lost significant ground in southern aleppo, homs and other areas. many of its demanders have been killed and is coming under mounting pressure to join talks with assad. joining talks with their arch enemy is seen an a major concession by the rebels. now some have to wait allies such as french and americans are no longer insichting on an immediate departure of the president >>> the newly appointed leaders of jaysh al-islam has called on the opposition to put up a united front. >> translation: we promise the people that we will achieve the goals which zahran alloush stood for, to alleviate the suffering of the people, the imprisoned, the refugees and the displaced. we also call on syria's allies to work towards exposing these criminals and to restore the rights of our nation that has been conspired against >>> more on this. we're joined by the foreign policy analyst and author andrew tabler. quits very good to have you with us on al jazeera. jaysh al-islam has said that they're willing to participate in the upcoming peace process despite the death of

over the last two years it has lost significant ground in southern aleppo, homs and other areas. many of its commandsers have been killed and is coming under mounting pressure to join talks with bashar al-assad. >> reporter: toying talks with anywhere arch enemies-- joining talks is seen as to see bashar al-assad out of power militarily. those are no longer insisting on the immediate departure of the president >>> an iraq government forces say they're making efforts in taking the city of ramadi. the process has been slowed. they're attempting to liberate the last remaining i.s.i.l. held stronghold in ramadi. the offensive began on tuesday in a u.s. led air strike. online audio message claiming to be from i.s.i.l.'s leader admits that the group has lost territory in syria and iraq. a man purporting to the leader says that despite the losses, air strikes by the u.s. led coalition in russia have weakened the group. it said the group is getting closer to fighting israel. america's national security contributor, former director at the security council. joining us from washington dc. t

we have seen that happen in places like aleppo where the government launched a surprise attack to recapture the southernt of aleppo. rebel groups of different stripes united and launched a counter offensive. >> hashem ahelbarra with the latest there in turkey. thank you. >>> and iraqi forces and sunni tribal fighters say they are tightening their grip on ram after recapturing it from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. 52 families have been rescued. sweeping and clearing operations are underway on the northern front. but isil says it has launched a counter offensive. there are also reports of fighting in the city of fallujah. our correspondent sent this update. >> reporter: according to the anbar police chief, 500 sunni fighters have come to the front lines in northern ramadi to help carry out the clean and sweep operations. these are the two areas in northern ramadi which are key in order for the iraqi forces to cross the euphrates river into the central part of ramadi. they are confident they can take on ramadi, but also other areas like fallujah and the surrounding areas. but the fighting still

the southern front, operating around damascus with an estimated 25,000 fighters. a number of other groups surrounding aleppo totalling around 14,000 fighters. all of them have so far been mainly fighting the syrian army which is battling to keep president bashar al-assad in power. around 20,000 fighters from the kurdish popular protection units or ypg have been battling i.s.i.l. for control of their territory in the north. the russian air force has bombed oil facilities controlled by i.s.i.l., oil revenue is revenue to i.s.i.l.'s finances the. a think tank says the russian russian air campaign has hit syrian opposition groups in the countryside south of aleppo and in another province. bashar al-assad's arm is supported on the ground by fighters from the lebanese group hezbollah and other shia militias from iraq, iran and afghanistan. high ranking iranian officers are said to be leading the iraqi and afghan militias in syria. 76 iranian soldiers have been killed in syria in last two months. they were advising syrian troops on the battle field tactics amongst i.s.i.l. among those killed were a commander from

the southern front operating around damascus with 25,000 fighters. and a number of other groups surrounding aleppo totaling around 14,000 fighters. all of them have so far been mainly fighting the syrian army, which is battling to keep president bashar al-assad in power. around 20,000 fighters from the kurdish popular protection units or ypg have been battling isil for control of their territory in the north. the russian air force has becomed oil facilities controlled by isil. oil revenue is vital to isil finances. but the institute of the study of war says that the russian air campaign has mainly hit syrian opposition groups in aleppo and hama province. assad's army is supported on the ground with fighters from lebanese groups hezbollah and shia militias from iraq, iran, and afghanistan. high ranking iranian army officers are said to be leading the iraqi and afghan militias in syria. 76 iranian soldiers were killed in the last two months. they were advising troops on the battlefield tactics against isil. among those killed was a general from iran's revolutionary guard. >> the stand off between ru