the syrian regime syrian government is too careful, too experienced. i don't think any retaliation could come from the syrian side. regarding the permission - the turkish government - it's clear, i'm talking based on the press release by the foreign ministry that the turkish government informed the syrian government and if syria expected a delay of the operation by turkey waiting for permission they are expecting too much from turkey. >> i wonder why now. the turkish government until now had been reluctant to intervene in syria, they were under pressure to help the turkish forces in kobane. they intervened then. there'd been threats in the past. i.s.i.l. made threats. why intervene now? >> the situation, the two situations, kobane and this one is completely different. kobane was an incident beyond turkish incident and borders. the operation was executed to in a sense, to extract turkish military from a very serious threat. i mean turkey had to conduct this operation, and there is a sound international law basis which is 1921 ankara agreement in this re

the syrian government used barrel bombs in this offensive. >> can i ask you for the update on the syrian christians taken by is? >> the details are still unclear. sources -- the numbers we have four estimates of how many people were abducted between 19 and 285. we do not know their whereabouts . the ice is stronghold -- another isis stronghold or in the mountain range. a large number of syrian christians have pleaded the area -- flleeed the area. a large number of people fled this area. thousands of the fled -- that would meet several thousand people. nothing like the exodus of people fleeing isis in iraq, but a substantial part of their committee. the question is what the intentions of isis are, the purpose of this abduction. perhaps they want to use them as a prisoner swap. to the pessimistic end, to make another propaganda video. airstrikes will continue. unfortunately, as we know, the islamic state has followed through with those kinds of threats when they made them. >> one person has been killed and two others wounded in a bomb explosion in the egyptian capital. the blast occurred o

the free syrian army and syrian revolutionaries front al-qaeda andal nursa front, isis, operate that in this conflict committee crimes against those unable to leave siryria. we know and this was in the testimony by the deputy assistant secretary clemens half of its prewar population in syria has been displaced. and that is almost without precedent anywhere in the world. the mediterranean human rights network reported in 2013, that least 6,000 women have been raped and that the genuine figure was likely much higher. it was reported two years ago that the primary reason for syrians to flee their country has been fear of rape. fz the various armed groups terrorizing people in syria operate with impunity. it is not a party to the rome statute, international criminal court has no jurisdiction over these human rights violators. although there could be a referral from the security counsel. even if they the icc could get involved, russia has already indicated its opposition to that kind of referral. that is why again i introduced last year and will do it again soon, a resolution to create an

they have always relied on syrian waters catching big fich. they say the waters are less polluted and not overfished. >> when we used to go into syria there were way more fish and we could make a living. the syrian navy has now stopped us. >> they used to catch around $500 worth of fish a day. now they get around $100. we are about 300 meters close to the border. back on shore the lebanese village of arida is a few hundred meters from syria. the border is this area, sometimes armed groups from lebanon fire towards syria and the syrian army fires back, hitting houses and a mosque. some have caught syrian fishermen placing explosives into the sea trying to blow up their ships. >> they worry that people will smug weapons or terrorists. >> two years ago this fisherman's nephew was out at sea when he was shot by the syrian army and killed. >> translator: once i see us getting close they fire towards us. it happened yesterday. i went under the bridge into the river and asked the officer why they did this. he said it's routine and started laughing. >

we are now joined in us tan ball from the syrian coalition.t looking at a map detailing the current situation on the ground in syria. we heard from president assad earlier telling jeremy syria is not a failed state. when we look at the map, he is clearly not in control of syria, but neither are you. is syria a failed state? >> at this point, control 28% of the land. if you look at the state of -- a very dire story. we are talking the industries going from bankruptcy last year by the end of 2014 except for the tobacco industry. unemployment rate is 17%. the death for syria prior to the revolution was $8 billion. now, to maintain his rule over the country, his grip he had to borrow close to $35 billion. even in the areas that he controls or so he claims he doesn't have actual command or controlled structures over the militias from lebanon, iraq afghanistan and iran. really we are going to very dangerous slippery slope where he does not have control, the state is failing. he continues to kill more and more civilians. the numbers are scary. >> wha

since the crisis, the syrian navy stopped us. sometimes we go in 200 meters and they shoot at us, not to kill us, but to make us go back. >> they used to catch $500 worth of fish a day now lucky to get $100. >> this is as far as lebanese fishermen can go, 300 meters from the syrian border. before the war, they were able to sale north sue syria around 20 nautical miles and work near the port city. >> back onshore the lebanese village is a few hundred meters away from the syria. the border is this river. people in the village say sometimes armed groups from lebanon fire towards syria from here and the syrian army fires back hitting houses, and the mosque. syria has caught some fishermen placing explosives in the sea to try to blow up their naval ships. >> all of our years the syrians used to help us. they were decent, now with the war, they don't allow anyone to cross the waters. they worry that people will smuggle weapons or terrorists. >> two years ago this fisherman's nephew was out at sea when he was shot by the syrian army and

fighters attack villages in northeastern syria and kidnap dozens of syrian christians. ♪ this is al jazeerave from our headquarters in doha also on the program leagued cables reveal behind the scenes dealing between the u.s. israel and palestinian authority that they would never admit to in public. australia government slam as report in the treatment of children in detention centers and fifa recommends moving the 2022 qatar world cup to the winter months. ♪ we begin with syria where at least 90 people from a syrian christian village in the northeast have been kidnapped by islamic state of iraq and lavate i.s.i.l. attacked villages on monday morning and we are joined from neighboring jordan with more and what more what are the details of this? >> well according to the syrian observatory for human rights at least 90 residents, christian from the ancient minority in northeastern syria were kidnapped by i.s.i.l. fighters on tuesday morning. they come from the towns of mainly a syrian and christian towns and they are close to the christian town which is controlled by kurdish fighters which is ca

there are also syrian refugees there. a lot of humanitarian organizations, including my own struggle to provide hope to all of these people. we put thousands and thousands of kids in school. we provide shelter and services for these people, but we lack funding. we lack attention for our work, and we lack access from all of the region to the syrians in greatest need, because as you've proven in the two previous pieces of yours the absolutely worst conditions is inside syria, including in aleppo, and 2014 was a horrific year. we did not reach the syrians that really needed us the most. >> how many people inside aleppo, i'm not asking you to be exact, but how many people would you guess inside aleppo, syria's biggest city, would like to be able to get out go somewhere safe and are unable to do so? well, it's a very good question. there are hundreds of thousands trapped in crossfire in that city. i was there myself two years ago, and the war was terrible at the time. missiles were raining over at the time. there have been mor

they need to oust the syrian government. if you talk to the syrian government. they say the only way to find a solution is to deal with us. we are the only partners on the ground and can get rid of this terrorist organization. >>> human rights watch says it has proof that syria's government used barrel bombs to attack rebel held areas, and said the bombs killed more than 6,000 people since the u.n. security council passed a resolution last year calling for an end to aerial attacks. houthi rebels have taken control of an army camp in sanaa. the armed group controls the capital and wants the president abd-rabbu mansour hadi brought to justice. he fled the capital and is in the southern port of aden trying to don sol date his -- consolidate his power base. his move doesn't sit well. there's concern if the power shifts from sanaa to the south, it will trigger instability. >> reporter: this is aden the de facto capital since abd-rabbu mansour hadi arrives here. the houthi militia makes the call and puts him under house arrest in sanaa. he escapes, and now is trying t

half of syrian children are still not in school. last week tom stalin i saw thousands of them while visiting the camp. it is bursting at the seams with an official tally of 35,000, but far more are seeking services not available in overwhelmed host communities. heroic efforts are underway to educate, feed, shelter, and clothes the displaced, but everything is in short supply. more than eight out of 10 syrian refugees live outside of camp, straining host communities across the region that was already economically fragile and politically volatile. syrian refugees are crowded in communities. in lebanon, one in four residents is refugee. in jordan, housing shortages have doubled rents. schools and hospitals are overcrowded. municipal services cannot keep up. tensions are rising and the legal governments are tightly managing borders. to ease these pressures, the department is coordinating humanitarian and development assistance and funding programs with clean water and economic opportunity. to both host communities and refugees. we have

>> reporter: christine, we understand from this syrian observatory for syrian rights and syrian human rights network that yesterday morning at 4:00 a.m. a group of isis fighters entered these two villages. they overpowered these small number of guards who were standing by in that town. they broke into house after house, and they abducted according to the syrian observatory for human rights around 150 people most of them women, children and the elderly because many of the men in the village were away elsewhere fighting isis. now, we don't know the fate or the current status of this approximately 150 people. we understand however, that 700 families have fled those two villages and are now taking refuge in the city of hasakah in northeastern syria. so a very worrying situation there. and we know from past experience of course that isis when they take prisoners from other minorities from the yazidis, the christians they oftentimes sell them as slaves. now, just to explain to you where we are, we're in a valley north of erbil, the kurdish capital, where there's training exercises going on

the syrian army and armed men are causing problems for the lebanese state. we don't know who is who. they are made to leave for their own safety. if the early carries out military operation these people will be in the crossfire. >> some u.n. staff showed up to register everyone forced to leave. they tell us they don't have enough international support no aid and no money to deal with the more than 1.5 million syrians now seeking shelter in lebanon. these people are desperate. >> this man asks where am i supposed to go? do they want me to go to the moon? do we become terrorists? look at my daughter. where am i supposed to take her? there is no justice. he tells us he has land in syria and hasn't seen his family in four years but they cannot go back. one family's story among hundreds of thousands of ears left alone with no money, no dignity, and powerless to change their fate. al jazeera on the lebanese syrian border. >> jordan's king is in the hometown of a murdered air force pilot who was killed by isil, paying his respects to the family of muath al-kaseasbe

a conspiracy that would allow syrian government to launch more assaults. then there's the disconnect between the syrian opposition in istanbul and fighters on the ground. they may not comply. zeina khodr is on the ground. it's not going to be easy is it? >> for months he has been trying to broker a deal in aleppo city. what he calls a freeze in the fighting. there has been little progress since october. shuttling between the damascus deposit and rebel groups in turkey. there is little details emerging from his meetings in turkey. we're not sure which rebel groups he is holding talks with but like you mentioned the syrian government promised to stop air and ground bombardment for six weeks. but he is not under any illusions, it is going to be difficult. he needs to get them to say yes we will stop target fire to the west of aleppo, because aleppo city is divided. what he hopes to do is reduce the violence and suffering of the people. allow aid in but starting a political process and he wants this process to start in aleppo. but like you said, very little pr

the syrian observatory for human rites says at least 90 people from a syrian christian village in the north-east has been kidnapped by i.s.i.l. the area is near the scene of heavy fighting. between kurdish fighters and i.s.i.l. >> armed gunmen of foreign origin kidnapped 30 people from the ethnic hazara community. they were kidnapped from a bus while travelling from iran at the province on monday afternoon. leaked documents obtained by al jazeera reveal pressure on the palestinian leadership over a bid for a u.n. membership. australia high commission published scathing reports on conditions faced by children in the immigration center. it rejects the finding calling for a political such-up from sydney. >> he lis in sydney and is studying to be an accountant. australia government held him for a year in prison-like detention centers. he was 14 years old and alone. he came by boat. he coped in detention, but saw others that didn't. >> i saw kids who are cutting and it's not something i could forget. we are damaging. we are damaging. physically. >> the yusufi's experience is similar to man

she did very good things for the syrians but isis don't care about syrians actually. >> reporter: when did she send you that 15-second audio you were talking about? as she was being kidnapped, do you think? >> after three months or two months and a half for anyone to help us. she begged for help. please try to help me. get me out of here. i'm so sick. i'm dying. >> reporter: you can imagine those last words and how heartbreaking that was for barakat to hear. she tried to reach back out to kayla to try to send messages but got no response. she worked behind the scenes with other militia groups inside syria and nobody had results trying to reason with isis to free kayla and she says the other three hostages who were taken with kayla were eventually released but again she says they were syrians and she believes they just had no value to isis. >> ana cabrera thank you. >>> unc chapel hill a man accused of killing three young muslim students. was this a hate crime? we'll talk to someone who knew the victims. >>> plus who replaces jon stewart in late-night tv and will brian williams ever ret

meanwhile, syrian's information minister says if the u.n. ceasefire to succeed, it has to get the countries that back the rebels on board. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: the moderate syrian opposition which is battling both isil fighters and the president's forces is about to get some much-needed help. the united states military says it has identified 1200 syrian opposition fighters for potential training. the turkish government will provide an equal number of trainers. the agreement was signed on thursday. >> the region is better off. and i agree this is the start. >> reporter: the turkish government says the opposition fighters could also target president bashar al-assad's forces. >> translator: they will fight against the islamic state and the elements. >> reporter: u.s. officials say a deal for a training facility in jordan is imminent and locations in saudi arabia and qatar could be ready within the year. on the ground the battles continue. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: these are fighters from the front, an alliance of sunni oppositi

says for the first time the resolution of the syrian conflict must involve the president. a surge in fighting causes ukraine's president to voice concern about the upcoming ceasefire. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of expression. >> and back home, al jazeera journalists baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are freed on bail. >>> a prosecutor in argentina has ordered a fcial investigation into allegations that the president tried to cover up iranian involvement in a 1994 bomb attack on a jewish community center. the allegations were first made by another prosecutor who was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head last month. daniel schwindler reports. >> prosecutors have determined that the case against president kirchner and her minister timerman will not go away. the 1994 are bombing that killed 84 people. the government has always vehemently denied those allegations but the latest revelation has rocked the political establishment. >> one thing that is distinguished, the judicial aspect is highly questionable. while we ten

turkey, of course, is right on the syrian border and is a nato ally.icials say that turkish government agreed to host troops for training. congress has already set aside $500 million to help train and equip the so-called moderate syrian rebels which have thus far proved to be quite elusive. and the pentagon reports it's already screened hundreds of rebels who could take part in that mission. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. what makes this agreement significant? >> reporter: well, shepard u.s. officials confirmed the agreement was signed not long ago at the u.s. embassy in turkey details have not been released as of yet but in essence turkey is expected to host one of throw anticipated)&wwóvçy;çç training sites. in the fall congress passed legislation to train and equipment 5,000 moderate syrian rebels agreeing to a budget request of $500 million. no training has begun, and until recently few pentagon officials could provide any names of those considered leaders of the so-called moderate syrian opposition. >> i mentioned u.s. officials say they hav

suffering of the syrian people.a medical mission run by the syrian american medical society to help young refugee children with dental problems and the families that have nothing. he was giving with his time. tching. erin burnett outfront next.

remember, at that time, the syrian government was striking out against the syrian people and there were widespread claims that the syrian government was attacking and killing its own people. of course, since then well more than 200,000 people have died in the syrian civil war. but kayla mueller had gone to turkey and was trying to help in the region specifically with chirnl. she saw this crisis building. she offered her services to people who needed them. and she made this video. look. >> i am in solidarity with the syrian people. i reject the brutality and killing that the syrian authorities are committing against the syrian people. because silence is participation in this crime, i declare my participation in the syrian sit-in on youtube. >> reporter: so she's on the side of the syrian people. think of what this means big picture. it's just another illustration of the broader problem here. it was a syrian civil war ongoing. isis came in and got in the middle of that. ice ils captured her, we believe, in early august of 2013. they sent an e-mail that showed there was proof of life, if y

the attention has shifted from the syrian revolution and this legitimate demands of the syrian people for democracy and freedom to isis. with the right of isis and other terrorist groups now the priority is with this security which is huge. it is destabilizing the whole region of the middle east and it is threatening international security. it's threatening us here in britain and france. we have witnessed several serious -- of terrorism. >> we have to be very quick now, i'm running late on time. but, the u.n. envoy looking for a freeze we have heard from the president there in a few words, in chance can you see any chance of a freeze in the near future? >> i can't see any future for the plan. simply because it is not realistic and we are talking about a president who lies regularly and who doesn't respect any law, any humanitarian law, any international law. he's a criminal. how could you trust that this person would respect a plan? i have no -- i don't think that this is going to work. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> well you can see the full interview that jeremy conducted

against the syrian people. because silence is participation in this crime, i declare my participation in the syrian citizen on youtube. >> the white house has confirmed 26-year-old aid worker kayla mueller has died in syria. she was kidnapped 18 months ago by the islamic state who claim she died in a jordanian airstrike. an activist who try to secure her freedom. but first, a shocking new report finds nearly nearly 4000 black men, women and children were lynched between 1877 and 1950 -- a far higher total than previously known. >> horrific and terrifying, and we don't talk about it. we put markers about the confederacy if one of the courthouses, but we don't say a word about the thousands of people that were lynched on courthouse lawns. >> we will speak to attorney bryan stevenson of the equal justice initiative in alabama, and then we will stay in alabama to speak with a same-sex couple from tuskegee who just got married despite state efforts to , block them. >> living as a married couple and experiencing the

. >> coming up after the break - rising civilian casualties as the syrian government shells the city of douma >>> ramping up cyber security how new efforts in the united states could mean trouble for those tracking hackers. only on al jazeera america >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> good to have you with us. i'm prarn in doha. these are the stop stories. ban ki-moon calls for urgent action. houthi rebels seized power last week while fighting between the army and al qaeda continues in the south. al jazeera journalist mohamed fadel fahmy has left prison on bail after spending 412 days behind bars. and our colleague is expected to be released on bail in the coming hours. an egyptian court granted bail on thursday. the retrial on charges of colluding with the muslim brotherhood reassumes on 23 february. >> the united states

what about the syrian people? >> my chances not super-slim, hopefully the syrian people will see the end to this. but what i will tell them is the u.n. will never give up on the syrians. >> also at the u.n. an emergency session to deal with libya. and i.s.i.l. affiliate. the u.n. is asking for egypt is calling for an international coalition to help it fight i.s.i.l. in libya with air strikes. italy has issued its strongest warning yet about the unrest in libya. it's concerned i.s.i.l. could set up a stronghold in its former colony and stage attacks in europe. italy's prime minister said it's ready, aside from having two rival governments libya's economy is a mess because of two oil production. hoda abdelham abdel hamed is in libya. >> doctors could not save the lives of five other people. >> they say the suffocation took place in albeda. the children were here and the man who appeared on the video with them is from the anesthesiology department. >> some dispute whether the children were killed during the bombing,

. >> syrian airstrikes have killed people in the outskirts of dew mass discuss. at least seven people were killed of which four are children. >> the group behind the shelling of damascus calls itself the army of islam. it's leader has declared damascus a military zone and a target. that was in response to a series of government airstrikes on the stronghold of the army of islam. we have more. >> >> this is the aftermath of government airstrikes on rebel-held positions on the outskirts of damascus. victims are taken to field hospitals. the army has recently suffered major losses in this area, largely controlled by the army of islam, one of the main opposition armed groups in syria. after almost four years of fighting in which thousands were killed and entire areas reduced to rubble, the violence continues. in a damascus suburb, the army has also launched airstrikes using barrel bombs. fighters have been trying to control this mountainous area. if they capture it, they say they can easily smuggle weapons to the outskirts of the capitol. government attacks are aimed

that's how bashar al assad refers to the syrian opposition the syrian rebel groups. also saying that the information that's being shared is not tactical information. it's not any sort of specifics and all of that coming through third-party nations such as iraq. this was a broad ranging interview. one of the key points that was brought up is this issue of the barrel bombs. with the war on isis then a been taking place, a lot of attention is on that terrorist organization and very little attention has been on the reality that the syrian regime continues to bombard various neighborhoods with these barrel bombs. in the interview, assad denied the fact that his government is using this indiscriminate weapon. >> what about barrel bombs? you don't deny your forces use them. >> i know the army uses bullets and bombs. i haven't heard of army using barrels. >> large barrels full of explosives and projectiles which are dropped from helicopters and explode with devastating effect. there's been a lot of testimony about these things. >> we have missiles and bullets. >> you wouldn'

they have always relied on syrian borders for catching big fish.e coast there is less polluted and unlike lebanon the sea has not been over fish. >> translator: when we used to go in syria there were may more fish and can make a living and since the crisis they stopped us and sometimes we get greedy and go in 200 meters and shoot at us not to kill us but make us go back. >> reporter: they used to catch $500 and now they are lucky for $100. this is as far north as fishermen can go and 300 meters from the syrian border but before the war fishermen were able to sale north in syria around 20 nautical miles and to the port city. back on shore the lebanese village is a few miles away from syria and the border is this river. people in the village say armed groups from lebanon fire to syria from here and the syrian army fires back hitting houses and the mosque. syria has called some fishermen placing explosives in the sea to try to blowup their naval ships. >> translator: for years they used to help us and were decent and now with the war they don't allow

the syrian government against the people.ifted thousands last weekend. it should be that the u.s. has. >> the hesitation of a community to help the syrian opposition, due to the fractures nature of the opposition. >> and this is actually what has led me to the other critical issue which that -- the u.s. hasn't any grand strategy. it has to be a grander strategy. because they have to know why they are fighting and what is the goal. this is why it has to be linked to the syrian opposition. >> and was hesitant to say that they are cooperating with the opposition in fighting against isis with the government this is why it has to be linked to the strategy. which can help the people in the fight from one hand, and against -- from the asaad government from the other hand. >> what would you say is the priority now going after asaad forces in. >> and this is why we are now almost the fourth year of the conflict. and the international community was unable to come up with a plan. to end the conflict and the suffering. they call tut larg

help to stop the syrian government shelling of douma outside the capital damascus. there's reports of a rise in civilian casualties. you may find some of the images disturbing. >> it's a city on the brink of destruction. chaos in douma can be seen on the faces of residents struggling to survive air strikes. douma has seen a rise in casualties since the syrian government launched an offensive last week. activists say more than 200 have been killed half in the last few days. the onslaught prompted the president to call on the u.n. and arab league to take immediate access to stop shelling by forces loyal to syrian president. >> these are crimes that have been substantiated by several international organizations. human rights watch recorded the use of 650 barrel bombs. in order to take the bashar al-assad regime to the criminal court, it requires allies to present these to the court. thousands fled their homes in douma, for those that stayed behind the most they can hope for is a narrow escape from the aerial bombardment. activists say syrian air strikes are indiscrimin

to the village in the north near the syrian border, that's largely controlled by the ypg the syrian kurds. i don't think that the syrian kurds themselves are going to try to create any problems with turkey. >> do you suspected chase, that turkey's motives and objectives extend beyond just protecting this too many and its contents. >> there's tune speculation in the past. >> they're trying to cut their losses. the tomb is surrounded and a light. it's just a matter of time. it's a historical footnote that at this point they need to get rid of. ultimately, i think this will more have repercussions in turkey, because it's ultimately sovereign territory and the government will be under territory, because they are withdrawing from sovereign turkish territory. >> if syria were to attack turkey would nato feel compelled to get involved to defend a member state? what would the ram if i cases be? >> nato has said multiple times that if turkey is attacked, and for that matter, any country article five the collective defense clause would kick in, so i mean, i don't -- i wouldn't question that n

with the syrian people. i reject the brutality and the killing that the syrian authorities are committing against the syrian people. i declared my participation in the syrian sit in on youtube. december 2012 travel to the turkish syrian border where she worked for months helping of thousands of syrian refugees whose lives were torn apart by the humanitarian catastrophe created by bishara al-assad and the syrian civil war. according to her family kayla found this work heartbreaking but compelling extremely devoted to the people of syria and their struggle. the struggle. she explained to her family a call to service in this way. she said, i find god in the suffering eyes reflected in my. if this is how you are revealed to me this is how i will forever seeking. i will always see god. some people some people find out in church. some people find god in nature. some people find god and love. i find god and suffering. suffering. i have known for some time what my life's work is. using my hands as tools to relieve s

but they don't differentiate between coalition and syrian regime aircraft. it is really trying to create a mistrust between the jordanian and the u.s. government to show this u.s.-led coalition is not coordinated enough and it lacks management and it does not have a clear sight of what is going on. >> thank you very much lathal cowery. >>> confirmation of kayla mueller death comes as washington is on the verge of the first congressional war vote in 13 years. right now members of congress are awaiting a blue print from president obama outlining his request for authorization to use military force in the fight against isis. chris jansing is the nbc senior white house correspondent. what do we know about the timing and the details coming from the white house? >> reporter: we think it will come soon as soon as tomorrow. it has been worked on since january. he worked with a bipartisan group in congress and since then there has been almost an unprecedented out reach to the hill not just by the congress and including those in his administration, including john kerry

the fate of some 70 to 100 syrian christians is unknown. last night the terror group isis stormed their homes in northern syria. this is according to a human rights group. while hundreds were able to run for their lives, dozens were captured. among them women, children and the elderly. let's talk more about this with brigadier general anthony tata. he was the deputy commanding general of all coalition forces in afghanistan from 2006 to 2007. he's also the author of "foreign and domestic," a book that releases today, in fact about a delta force team in afghanistan. also with us the senior international correspondent who is in erbil, iraq. ben, i want to start with you. this terror group is referring to these christians as enemy crusaders of islam. >> this is the standard reference by isis to any christians. and what we understand is what happened is around 4:00 a.m. local time isis fighters entered several syrian villages. they entered the homes and abducted according to the syrian human rights network, somewhere 2w50e7b 70 and 100 people. a

. >> according to the syrian observatory for human rights, 90 christians from the ancient syrian christian minority were kidnapped in northeastern syria. they come come from two villages which are close to a town under kurdish control. we understand that early on tuesday morning isil fighters launched raised and attacks. clashes broke out with the kurdish-syrian fighters there and as a result, the kidnappings happen. these kidnappings coincide with the major push by syrian kurdish fighters in northeastern syria and close to the border with iraq that ever compounded heavy losses for isil and kicked them out of areas that they had once controlled. as well, these kidnappings are believed to be in retaliation for these attacks by kurdish grooms and to take revenge of what the kurdish groups were able to do by pushing out isil by basically kidnapping a large number of people who belonged to a minority in syria that kurdish fighters are protecting. these kidnappings come just over a week after isil and libya issued a graphic video showing the executions of 21 christian egyptians and until now th

nor was the syrian government in damascus involved. the turkish government has no appetite to involve its military in the war in syria. it might have needed to pull its troops out in the shrine to avoid the risk that isil attack them, so forcing turkey's hand. it comes as turkey and the u.s. agreed agree to train free syrian army fighters here, the first time turkey has agreed to take such an o vert role in the battle against isil. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >> a former brigadier general for the turkish army abdul somisdork said despite the inaction in the syrian city of kobane, this time it was justified to enter the country. >> the two situations, kobane and this one is completely different. and the kobane was, was an incident. beyond turkish national interests, beyond turkey national borders. this operation was executed to, in a sense, to fasttrack turkish military from a very serious threat. in turkey thicker to conduct this operation and actually there is a sound international law basis which is 1921, ankara agreement in

and the syrians will. according to her family she found this work heartbreaking but compelling she was extremely devoted to the people of syria and the struggle. she explained her family her call to service. she. she said, i find god in the suffering eyes reflected in my. if this is how you are revealed to me this is how i will forever seeking. i will always seek out. some people find go to church, some people find god in nature some people find god and love. i find guide suffering. i have known for sometime that some time that my life's work computers using my hands as tools to relieve suffering. when she traveled back home to visit her family in arizona in may 2013 she spoke about her experiences at the club where her father was a member. after recalling helping a syrian man his wife had been murdered to reunite with a six-year-old relative he was desperately searching for after their refugee camp was bombed she said the story is not learned. this is a reality. with a hear i am an american they asked him

jordanian leaders are worried about sleeper cells operating in the syrian refugee community. there has been government crackdowns on i.s.i.l. supporters in imam, including those that support the i.s.i.l. ideology. >> joining us from washington is douglas oliphant a security fellow and director for iraq at the national security council, he helped to plan the surge during the iraq war. good to see you. i.s.i.l.'s beheadings is what finally woke up the world to the threat the group posed. does it not realise increasing brutality could backfire. what is the strategy. >> i.s.i.l. strategy is less devoted to people like you and me and more about shoring up the base and sympathizers. among the groups the barbaric acts seem to generate for them more recruits and support in the demo graphics from which they draw. you and i are clearly appalled by this. >> couldn't it back fire. the pilot was a devout sunni. could this lead to an anbar awakening like what happened during the iraq war when sunni tribes revolted against al qaeda in iraq which was i.s.i.l.'s predecessor? >> the potential

controlled by kurdish syrians and is also mainly a syrian town.derstand what happened according to the observatory for human rights is that i.s.i.l. fighters attacked early on tuesday morning and there were clashes that broke out between kurdish fighters and i.s.i.l. fighters and then the abductions happened. we also understand that the abductions also coincide with a major push by syrian kurds in northeast syria and close to the border with iraq that have compounded severe losses for aisle in syria in resent days so this may also be a retaliation by i.s.i.l. fighters against syrian kurdish fighters for these losses for i.s.i.l. in syria that have weakened i.s.i.l.'s position because as well the kurdish fighters are known to be protecting minorities like the minority christian syrian group inside syria. now, also this comes just over a week after i.s.i.l. and libya issued a graphic video showing the executions of 21 coptic christians from egypt in libya so there are fears over the abductions of these minority christians in syria after this video s

we have told the syrians we will not go after syrian military positions. >> let's assume brett's right. >> i think he is right. >> okay. and i think that's right, too. that is really going to create problems for turkey for example, and the saudis in particular. not to mention the israelis. and we need the turks and the saudis as an alliance to defeat islamic states. aren't we -- isn't there a contradiction here? >> well, there certainly is a contradiction. and it does do all those things. but i think brett has put his finger on it. the iran nuclear deal is the tail wagging the entire middle east dog for the united states. that determines everything. barack obama needs him to be on board for this deal. so he's willing to allow these other events to occur. the question is, will the middle east degrade to the point where it will simply be impossible to get this deal with iran. look we just had our supposed ally in the middle east. we heard at the end of this week that the obama administration is now reaching out to who have replaced the yemeni government. >> what about the argument that l

nor was the syrian government in damascus involved. the turkish government has no appetite to involve its military in the war in syria. it may have needed to pull the troops out to avoid the risk that i.s.i.l. attack them forcing turkey's hand. it comes as turkey and the u.s. agree to train free syrian army here the first time turkey agreed to take a role in the battle against i.s.i.l. >>> well let's take a closer look at relations between turkey and its neighbour syria. turkey has been opposed to the bashar al-assad regime since the civil war started four years ago. it has condemned the crackdown. ankara trained the fighters from the free syrian army. turkey is not part of a u.s.-led military coalition. in september the turkish parliament passed a motion authorising action against i.s.i.l. this week turkey announced it will train moderate syrian fighters to fight i.s.i.l. and the bashar al-assad regime. ankara has been criticized for being lax on i.s.i.l. troops crossing the border into syria our guest is the professor of internationa

there's a syrian army. this is causing a problem. they are also made to leave, carrying out any military operation. these people will be in the cross-hair. some showed up while we were here. they tell us they have enough international support, no aid, more than 1.5 million syrians now seeking shelter in lebanon. these people are distrait. >> this man asks where am i supposed to go. do they want me to go to the moon. where am i supposed to take her. is there no justice. the man has not seen his family in four years. they can't go back. a family's story, hundreds of thousands left alone with no money, dignity >>> rescuers in taiwan scouring a river from those missing from the plane crash. the main part has been lifted up from the water. the plane went down killing 31 of the 58. we have more from the crash site. slowly the wreck of transair flight 235 is hauled out of the water. they are not looking for survivors, but many are still missing. the twisted and tangle to the plane who recovered from fast-moving waters. industrial cranes wer

it is mostly syrians and iraqis.lion or 7 million people within the confines of the islamic state. if you are calling up all the young men, you can put a very large army into the field. to defeat them, we are the iraq he army hrereere, but it has not recaptured a single city or town since january of last year. so talk of them defeating the islamic state, of taking mosul in these other cities, looks pretty optimistic. in syria, the syrian kurds are fighting for jihads. they have been advancing, that is one of the reasons these poor syrian christians have been kidnapped by atomic state was supported by u.s. airstrikes, but that only really happens where there are a lot of kurds in syria, which is not that big. and the rest of syria, it is very noticeable the u.s. airstrikes are not against islamic state where it is combating the syrian army. so the pressure is there but it is not sufficient to defeat the islamic state, to my mind. the islamic state plus many enemies are all there, but they gave each other almost as muc

the syrian observatory said the rockets came from the army of islam. we have a report now from the lebanese capital of beirut. >> a significant attack on the syrian capitol, 50 rockets and mortars landed around 7:30 in the morning people telling us of a sense of fear. the capitol has been relatively save throughout the conflict, the occasional mortars raining down but not on this scale. it follows the warning by the leader of the islamic army, warning on tuesday that damascus was now a military zone and there would be retaliation for the government besieging and bombardment of their area. the fighting around the capitol has intensified along the bored we are lebanon. that is having a significant impact on the syrian refugees seeking shelter here in lebanon along that bored we are syria. >> they've been given 24 hours to leave but as i they say they have nowhere to go. >> the army said we have to leave, the tents have to be removed all along the border. they gave us no reason. they told us go and people thought maybe they won't go through with it. they

says syrian president bashar al-assad must be part of a solution to end fighting in the country and oppositions he is the problem. youtube turns ten, we take a look at how the video sharing site has changed the internet over the last decade plus. >> i'm daniel lack in canada yukon territory and looking at how scientists are studying the amazing athletes in this ultra endurance race the yukon ultra to learn how conditions might be for humans in space. ♪ fighting is intensifying in eastern ukraine hours before a new ceasefire is due to take effect pro-russian separatists and ukraine army are battling near the town and these images claim to show a build up of russian artillery northeast of the junction town and tweeted by the u.s. ambassador jeffrey piat on friday and said we are confident these are russian military and not separatists, ukraine president had this to say about the latest violence. >> after what this is of minsk it's not just an attack of ukraine, this is an attack of minsk results and without explanation because unfortunately after minsk the defense operation of russia intensified

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