stephanie dekker has more. >> reporter: the man filming this has just arrived on the scene. this is what is left after the syrian regime dropped a barrel bomb on a camp of people forced out of their homes. a lot of what has been filmed is too gruesome to show. a dead child is picked up, and there are mai many more dead. >> shame on you, where is your conference conscience, this man screams. have you forgotten who the enemy is, he asks? there has been fighting between those two groups around the idlib province. this video appears to show of taking control of the village in the area. al jazeera cannot confirm it's authenticity. >> there is a lot of tension in these areas because of the infighting especially between the free syrian army corpse and the al nusra front. this is causing a lot of fear for civilians. people are nervous because of this infighting. >> reporter: while that goes on the government is making head way on a highway to south that leads here. and syrian state television wants to show that everything is under control despite the casualties suffered. syria's war

stephanie dekker reports 1234 the man filming this has just arrived on the scene. this is what is left after the syrian regime dropped a barrel bomb on a camp on people who have been forced out of their homes. a lot of what is filmed is too gruesome to film. a dead child is picked up, and there are more dead over here. "shame on you, where is your conscience" this man screams. his anger is directed towards al nusra front and alqaida affiliate. have you forgotten who the enemy is, he asks! there has been fighting between those two groups in the idlib province. this have shows the al news ha al nusra front taking control. al jazeera cannot confirm it's authenticity. >> there is terrorism because of the infighting, this is causing a lot of fear for civilians. we don't see anyone in the streets. people are nervous because of this infighting. >> while that goes on the government is making head way on a highway to the south that leads here, and idlib city remains in government hands despite an attack on monday. syrian state television wants to show that everything is und

syrian activists believe the fight has been forgotten, and as edin dzcko reports -- stephanie dekker reports bashar al-assad's army is taking advantage >>> the u.s.-led firepower focus on kobane, there has been an increase in air strikes by president bashar al-assad's air force on rebel decisions. >> he is busy and his priority is to instill military success. first is damascus, and the road between damascus and further. he has taken advantage, and this time to intensify his military provisions. >> the syrian observatory for human rights reports since monday there has been 450 government air strikes across the government. many inside syria feel no one is paying attention now the narrative is all about i.s.i.l. we spoke to an activist in the damascus countryside. >> they are ignoring the actions, concentrating on i.s.i.l. we should mention an important point that a few hundred people are besieged. 800,000 civilians under government siege were left without food or medicine. >> there has been reports that multiple brigades want to join the fight. >> this woman in aleppo is asking why is

stephanie dekker has more now from neighboring lebanon. >> this has been a coordinated push on the government-held city of idlib. we hear in the early morning hours they held check points on the outskirts of the city, and we know that a few of their fighters managed to get in from the city. however, television confirmed the attack and said that the city is secured. we know that the government is responded with attract and using air bombs in those areas around the city of idlib. people will tell you that it will be hard for the group to take over the stronghold from the government, and we need to talk about the humanitarian basket of thi impact. people will tell you if this becomes a new front line the humanitarian affect will be huge. >> a suicide-bomber killed 21 people and wounded 37 other people. it took place in a town recently taken by isil from the iraqi army. >>> hundreds of thousands of people in the kurdish town have had to leave people behind. >> i'm her mother. she is my baby. i have lost the dearest thing in my life. >>> they were forced to leave the town when isil fighters overran in

stephanie dekker has more from beirut. >> it's been tense in the northern city of tripoli, with the army fighting armed men. for the first time we have seen the battles, the center of a city, that is no different to the spillover in lebanon. there's two neighbourhoods supporting the revolution and another supporting bashar al-assad. they have fought together, but it's been quiet. the recent flare-up. the army raided on apartment north of tripoli. they arrested a man, a main recruiter for i.s.i.l. we sat with a commander on friday, and he received a statement. it called for attacks from the army in retaliation for the arrest. the army is ready. there's a concern that this will go on. lebanon no strange are to the spillover of the war. it's sectarian and divided, a concern to the people here. politicians, divided, giving the message that they stand behind the army. >> sobering figures on the ebola outbreak in west africa. the world health organisation released data. the number of people sickened by the virus rose above 10,000. of those 5,000 have died. in other developments nigeria and sen

stephanie dekker with the latest from the border. >> reporter: martyrs never die. the chant of a final farewell. the bodies of two fighters at the ypg, the kurdish group fighting isil in kobane, are laid to rest across the border in turkey. >> these two people who we buried today are taken to hospital. here in turkey. they were injured, none had lost their lives. >> reporter: on saturday the non-stop sound of the stand off sources inside kobane tell us there is a fierce fight under way on the southwestern edge of the town. there have been more kurdis airstrikes here but it's far from over. turkey's military is here. you can see the tank formation behind me. but the fact that the military has not done anything yet to get involved in the fight against isil. >> reporter: the fight for kobane has become hugely symbolic for the kurds. >> kobane is under siege for 26 days. the kurdish people are with kobane. we are peer t here to protect the border. >> reporter: back at the cemetery the mourners have now gone. this is not where these fighters would have wanted to be buri

stephanie dekker has more from beirut. >> reporter: it's been tense in the northern city of tripoli, with the army fighting armed men. the center on the old suit of the city. it's no stranger to the spillover in lebanon. there are two neighbourhoods. they have och fought together. it's been quiet for the last few months. the recent flare-up gives you complex. an apartment was raided on thursday, at dawn. they arrested a man believed to be a main recruiter for i.s.i.l. in lebanon. we sat with a military commander. we received a statement calling for attacks on the army and retaliation for arrest. the army is ready, but there's a concern that this will go on, lebanon no stranger to the spillover of the syrian war, a sectarian society, divided and it's a huge concern to the people. politicians are divided, all giving the same message that they stand behind the army >>> tonight there is video of a hostage held by i.s.i.l. the 6 minute video shows british journalist john cantlie reading a scripted message, in it criticizing the u.k. and u.s. cantlie was kidnapped in syria in 2012. it come

in the north, and as stephanie dekker reports, bashar al-assad's army is taking advantage. >> reporter: the syrian regime controlled the air here. as the eyes of the world and the u.s.-led coalition firepower focuses on kobane. there has been a significant increase in air strikes on rebel positions by bashar al-assad's air force. >> he is busy. he has priority to achieve military success and priority. the first is damascus. second is syrian cause. and then their own. he is now taking advantage, and this time his intensive military observations. >> the syrian observatory for human rights reports since monday there has been 450 government air strikes across the country. many inside syria feels no one is paying attention now that the narrative is all about i.s.i.l. we spoke to an activist in the countryside. >> the world is ignoring the regime actions. we should mention an important point in kobane, a few hundred people are besieged. in the east or west, 800,000 civilians under government siege were left without food or medicine. >> reporter: there has been reports that multiple brigades

stephanie dekker is on the boarder. >> reporter: the message from kurdish fighters is one of optimism and positivity. there seems to be a change. they say the coalition air strikes seem to help and they have made headway pushing isil back from the eastern positions. they say they're more on the attack now rather than a defensive stance. this is something we heard from one of the fighters who came out of kobani just yesterday. he was pulled out, and once he's fit to go back in, he will. when you speak to some of the people here, the kurds watched this unfold in front of them. they think international help has come too late. almost 200,000 refugees had to flee into turkey, many of them living under extremely difficult conditions. there's a fact many people want to go back to kobani to help humanitarianly, to help fight, and turkey is not allowing them to do that. there's a lot of frustration here. they can just sit by helplessly and watch the battle for kobani play out. >>> while the world's attention is focused on the battle for kobani, fierce fighting continues elsewhere in syria, and

it stefanie dekker more on the ainge their stephanie was talking about.ds have held demonstrations right across turkey. accusing them of doing nothing to safeco ba save kobane from f. they threw stones and molotov cocktails at police who responded with water cannons and tear gas, bernard smith reports. >> reporter: across this kurdish city the sounds of clattering pots and pans echoed through the apartment blocks. unlike earlier this week in there were no deaths or violence, just noisy protests. political leaders in this city have called for calm. and the streets tonight have been relatively peaceful. but not quiet. this is another very effective way of getting a message across. kurds here are frustrated at what they believe is the turkish government's failure to stop syrian city of kobane falling to the islamic state of iraq and the levant. >> translator: we want aid to be sent to co back i but when they say no this these it upsets people. why are they sending tons of weapon to his others but when it's kurds they don't do anything. >> translator: if koba

dekker there for now. can you hear me at all? >> ilk hear you now. can you hear me? >> certainly can. stephaniewe were just saying that you're close to the fighting. tell us: is there any idea as to who could be making headway right now? >> no. it's a stand-off. we know that the area where the fighters are hold up is around a kilometer from where we are. their holed inside there. the army has that area surrounded. they have checkpoints further out. whooefshing artat out going from the army. we heard one of the shells hit a civilian who before seen ambulance coming out here. we don't know expected who is in there. we know the army is checking ambulance to see who is inside, also fighters so it doesn't seem like anyone is making head wafrlings. we know there was fighting north of here that is under control. the folks now really is on this neighborhood where the army is on al stand-off. there are leaders meeting talking at the moment to try and resolve this because it is where we have had statements snt last couple of days warning against the zihad, against the army because the army put it in to c