stephanie dekker reports. >> there are no government troops left here. taliban fighters are now in control of large parts of kunduz city. this battle is not over. the government has announced an operation to recapture dundu did. >> in the first place we should take care of the civilian casualties. we will pay attention and we will continue. the enemy has conceded heavy damage. i don't want to go into the detail of the operations. >> special forces have been brought in, and the u.s. military confirmed an airstrike on the outskirts. it has been proven difficult to reach kunduz because the taliban has set up boobie traps along the way. on monday gunmen broke open kunduz prison releasing inmates, many of them taliban fighters. taliban fighters are telling residents not to worry and to go on with their daily lives. but that will be difficult with a major military operation under way. ashraf gandhi's time as president, and after the u.s. nato troops pulled out last year. the counter terrorism operation remains but this recent move is the boldest in the campaig

that's our correspondent stephanie dekker monitoring developments from occupied east jerusalem. >> we are getting breaking news from israel. the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu is to visit russia next week for talks with russian president vladimir putin on the russian military's deployment in rea. that is according to an unnamed israeli official >>> let's move on and the owners of a crane that collapsed at mecca in saudi arabia have been banned from taking on new building projects. top officials from the bin laden group have been banned from travelling abroad while an investigation takes place. more than 100 were killed when the crane fell into a section of the grand mosque. >> reporter: one of the biggest construction companies has been banned from doing business in saudi arabia. orders were swift. superintendenting contracts and licensing for the bin laden group. it was the contractor at the holiest site, the grand mosque in mecca. friday, a massive crane fell on the eastern side of the mosque, killing 107, and wounding more than 200. an initial investigation blamed the in

stephanie dekker explains why. >> reporter: in the middle of jerusalem's old city. politics stays at the door. this man's family has been selling fabric for generations. >> sometimes, you know, they do it. he shows us fabric provided by pope ben ticket the 16th. and addressed a prominent person in israel. >> i like people to come to my store. they make a friend in my store. >> we see that when we meet a longs-time client. >> i'm a client, more than a client i'm a friend. all of us are coming here, jews muslims, christians. prettiest face of the whole city. every time i come, i'm here. >> the shelves hold the story of another conflict. >> they are full. it's short. i can't go there, because the situation that piece comes from the capital. it is the last one left in the shop. fab rigs from syria are known to be some of the ex-exist if the swelled. it is now been taken over by the islamic state. >> they do the fabric, which is old designs, come by pure silk. >> he only has a small roll of tab rick left. here, business is bad. >> we feel it is a trend. no people to come

it was an action sparking the second palestinian uprising >>> al jazeera's stephanie dekker joins us live from the mount of olives, in east jerusalem. tell us about the situational al-aqsa, is it calmer than it has been in the last few days? >> it certain is. it's very calm compared to pictures we have seen coming out of the mosque compound over the last few days. we have heard from the israeli prime minister that he is committed to maintaining the status quo. this is an important line. this is a concern. we have a movement of the right wing jewish group. this is ongoing for some time, demanding access to pray inside the compound wall. it's a holy site. they call it the temple mount. and the situation has been since 1967 they'll visit. they had pressure from the international community on the israeli prime minister to do something to get it under control. this is a red line. the entire world is an extremely sensitive issue, king of jordan, king abdullah, he is the care take saying relationships with israel is on the line. it has to do with al-aqsa mosque, and the issue can escalate f

stephanie dekker reports. >> reporter: there are no government troops left here, taliban fighters are in control of kunduz city. here they are symbolically raising their flag in the city square. >> the battle is not over. the afghan government has announced a major military operation to recapture kunduz. >> in the first place we should take care of casualties. the enemy conceded heavy damages. i don't want to go into the defail of the operations. >> special forces have been brought in. the u.s. military will strike on the outskirts of the city. this has prison guilt yea because the taliban set up booby traps along the way. as part of the takeover taliban gunmen broke over the prison. releasing inmates. taliban commanders convinced the president not to worry and go about their daily lives. it will be difficult with a major operation under way. it's a significant territorial gain that fighters made since 2001, when the government was deposed by the u.n. led invasion. it coincides with ashraf ghani's first anniversary as president. and the first year afghan forces are facing the taliban

stephanie dekker has more. >> there's no government troops left here.aliban fighter are in control of large parts of kunduz city. here they are raising the flag in the city square. >> in battle is not over. the afghan government announced a major military operation to recapture kunduz. >> in the first place, we should take care of civilian casualties, we pay attention and will continue. they have conceded heavy damages. i don't want to go into the detail of the operations. >> special forces have been brought in, the u.s. military confirming an air strike on the outskirts of the city on tuesday morning. >> it's proving difficult because the taliban has set up booby traps along the way. as part of the takeover on monday. taliban gunmen broke open the prison. releasing inmates. taliban commanders issued a statement, telling residents not to worry, and to go about their daily lives, it will be difficult with a major operation under way. >> it's one of the most significant territorial gains taliban fighters have made since 2001, when the government was depos

stephanie dekker reports. >> reporter: it's home, buts these days it feels like a prison. israeli forces put this 14-year-old on house arrest after being accused of throwing stonts. he ace his life has been turned outside down. >> translation: i go to sleep at 4:00am, wake at 2:00 p.m. i have breakfast at 2:00 p.m. everything changed. >> it's been a month. he has five more until his trial. he's been denied the right to go to school. while we interview him, his mother cries. he was taken to this detention center after being arrested. he was kept for 15 days before being transferred. he was interrogated without a family member being present, and he was handcuffed. and shackled. >> the israeli government passed a law where stone throwers can receive up to 10 years in prison. prime minister binyamin netanyahu wants to push through harsher measures. >> the present situation is unacceptable. we intend to give soldiers and police officers the tools to act firmly against those that throw stones and fire bombs. we'll adopt changes in the rules of engagement. and a minimum sentence

stephanie dekker has the report. >> the moment taliban fighters broke open kunduz prison, around 600 prisoners were behind bars, including taliban fighters. the attack is one of a string of events that left the group in control of most of kunduz city. the people of congress is under fear, they are in fear of the house, no one is in the street orr the city. they are worrying about the attacks. >> reporter: the afghan interior ministry sent special enforcements, and air support. it's an unpredicted situation. the taliban made major games in kunduz since fighters surrounded the city in the early hours of monday morning. government leaders say the stay -- city will be retaken. there has been casualties on both sides, bodies of fighters and a policeman killed in the fighting. civilians are reported to be caught up in the battle for the city. it's the first time the taliban has taken control of kunduz, since the u.s.-led invasion in 2001. kunduz was the taliban's former northern stronghold before the government was overthrown 14 years ago. taliban fighters hold some part of the province, l

stephanie dekker has more on the battle for one of afghanistan's largest and wealthiest cities. >>> there are no government troops left here. taliban fighter are in control of large parts of kunduz city. here they are raising their flag in the city square. this battle is not over. the afghan government announced a major military operation to recapture kunduz. >> in the first place we should take care of civilian casualties. we have paid attention, and we will continue. i don't want to go into the detail of the operation. >> special forces have been brought in, and the u.s. military confirmed an air strike on the outskirts of the city on tuesday morning. it is difficult for some reinforcements to reach kunduz because the taliban set up booby traps. as part of a takeover on monday, the gunmen broke open the prison, releasing inmates, most taliban fighters. commanders issued a statement telling residents not to worry, and to go about their daily lives. it will be difficult with a major operation unt way. it's a significant territorial gain since 2001, went the government was deposed by the u

stephanie dekker, al jazeera. >> al jazeera has this update. >> we would retake the city. but they suffered ten soldiers in these attacks now what we are hearing in the last few minutes from our colleagues in kundunz, they're trying to control the airport now they're giving close even to the walls of the airport, trying to get in to the airport. >> describing the situation as a set back, they have expressed confidence in the afghan security forces. roslind jordan is in washington, d.c. have they talked about the situation at the air bother? they did indicate that the situation in and around kunduz is very fluid. >> we've seen the afghan security forces face challenging time on several occasions over the last several months. this is not--this is a difficult fight for them. and they're risking their lives every day, and our effort to try to train them, provide support for them has helped. they're in a better position today because of the support provided to them. >> how much support in this instance do you think they'll get? >> what peter cook has described as the aircraft d

stephanie. steph astefanie dekker monitorie situation from east jerusalem. >>> let's go back to the refugees crisism he had jamjoon is joining us live in serbia with the border of hungary. what is the situation there. we can see pictures, earlier we could of tents put up, people milling around. >> reporter: yeah, he liz belt we are actually here between border crossings between the border crossing in to serbia. between the border crossing in to hungary. as you can see behind me, there are hundreds of refugees here, there are tents that are put the. i have spoken to syrian refugees here who are saying that they are demanding to try to get in to hungary. but that they have not been able to. they are not being allowed in to up gare. just a few moments ago we heard chanting going on behind in at the border crossing. dozens of refugees staging effectively a peaceful protest asking once more that the government lets them in. let them pass through hungary so they can get in to austria and go on from there in to germany. that is the preferred defamation of most of the refugees that we have been speaking wi

. >>> stefanie dekker joins us now from the syrian-turkey border. stephanielot of syrians crossing over that border, just describe the scenes there for us. what's happening? >> reporter: well, we are actually seeing something of a reverse flow here at the moment. just behind me is a processing point, we -- i'll just step out of the way and we can show you geography of it. syrian refugees who have been living in turkey some tell us a year, up to two years, even longer, want to go back in syria. now, the refugees camp is right next door. this host a of people. the jointer of refugees inside turkey, almost 2 million people live outside these camps. and that means that they have to fend for themselves. and this is what we are being told by the people behind me who want to go back to syria today to places lying idlib, aleppo, they say it's becoming incredibly difficult to live here. the turkish government doesn't give them formal paperworks. because they will tell you that they have their own workforce that is struggling to work, unemployment is high. so they are