. >> most of the ministers are from tunis and the biggest party. a small number are from the opposing party it's main rival. >> political leaders seem to have put aside differences on how much influence religion should have on state affairs and focusing on the issues they do agree on. >> like improving the economy that's a priority for leila. she renovated this historical building into a boutique hotel. she wants more economic reform. >> i think there are tremendous investment opportunities in tunisia in almost every sector and a lot of educated youth to create jobs for so i think the priority would be to make the administrative process a lot smoother. >> it doesn't have the ethnic and sectarian divide which is a problem elsewhere but there are security threats here. there's a fear libyan violence might spill over the border. the government says there are thousands of young tunisians fighting for isil. the president and parliament said the country needs unity. >> we agreed as we felt that this is a phase that we are passing through a phase of diale

we will assist the opposition to make for the people of tunis. >> let's go live to our correspondent correspondent. is there any doubts that the new government will be confirmed. it's a matter of rubber-stamping, is it? >> tunisian politics came up with many things over the last four years. they need 109 votes from members. and you would think that number one and two biggest parties are in the bost enabling for is to be past and the government to get to work. it seems that it is a party promoting political system and nidaa tunis, a secular type of party, have put aside their differences on religion and the role it should play in state affairs, and decide to focus on the economy. they come together forming the unity government. >> tunisians for the most part. what do they make of the coming together of the two. a vast number needed for nidda and assumed they'd take up an opposition role to act as a check to nidda tunes, which they won't as they are in a government. ounes, which they won't as they are in a government. . >> yes, it weakens it. in october, when tunisia had elections, peo

al jazeera tunis. >> the new greek finance minister has failed to convince his german counter port to support his anti austerity plan, the meeting with one of greece's toughest critics. the meeting was the first since the power taking place in grease. greek banks will no longer be allowed to get cheap credit. >> germany is seen as one of the strong effort opponents to any reduction of greece's bailout debt. remind us what came out of that meeting with the germ finance german finance minister. >> it is not surprising that the statement of we didn't even agree to disagree, saying we didn't get to the point of discussing the greek debt or a possible haircut. greece is saying we want a dialogue with our creditors not unilaterally but want everything up for discussion. the european side are saying look you've got to say you are committed to doing everything previous governments were committed to and from that point on we'll discuss any further austerity measures or 11ateion of the economy but you've got to sign on to what previous governments have signed on to. the government cannot do tha

. >> many leave the villages and head to tunis or europe in a change of life. in the second part of our series been owe popularization we travel to tunis. >> reporter: for almost all of her children's life this woman has been a mother and a father-figure. her tunisian husband stayed in france after they married. they facebook and skype, but only see him once a year. she doesn't want to educate her children in france. her children will live separate lives. she wishes to find work here. if there are salaries and good jobs, it would be better for all of us if they can come back. >> that is why there's no work. the desert region has a harsh dry climate. there's a lack of water and facilities and no tourism. imfederation here is nothing new. people started to move to the coastal cities and went to places like algeria. most of the people in this town ended up in france. >> many of the new villas were built with money from abroad. they have seen the town change. there's an influx of money, and a growing rift in society. >> translation: tunisian authorities and people

and the country really was polarized on whether to vote for nidaa tunis. they won. but they are going into coalition with the opposition. leaving a thin opposition in parliament. it almost will become like a one-party state. others say look the party is so polarized at the moment unity is good to bring about stability which the country needs. to sort out all the economic and social matters. >> nisreen al-shamayleh live from tunisia >>> fighters with i.s.i.l. briefly had control of an oil field in kirkuk city. the governor told al jazeera it was a major assault and a setback for i.s.i.l. and he expects the group to try again. zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: for two days the oil field south-west of the city of kirkuk belonged to islamic state of iraq and levant. the attack on the habaz installation was part of an i.s.i.l. offensive. last friday i.s.i.l. fighters pushed out from their strong held taking kilometres of territory. >> it was a great influence. they did make progress. >> kurds recaptured lost ground over the u.s.-led coalition. they lost a lot of men. com

joining us live on the political future of tunis is the president of one of the parties. thank you for talking to us at al jazeera. can you explain to us why anada decided to join the coalition, a government of national unity. >> translation: simply for the reason that at the moment all the political parties, it's in their interests for the people we are 27" as we gained confidence of the voters. we are many in number, however we should live up to the expectations of the people. we should take part in the government to dismiss all the reports and rumours. there is a great deal of polarization over the past four years. we are glad to see this position coming to an end. it will make all the people believe that we are all capable to deliver. >> and do you believe that you can be a strong opposition party, and a member of the government. >> translation: today we elected to being part of the government and being part of the opposition that we would deliver, so long as we are part of the government we will be part of the opposition. >> some have said as a consequence of your jo

finishing second behind the secular needa tunis. parliament will vote on whether to ratify the new government. >> chadian troops operating launched an offensive on a town under the control of boko haram. nigeria said it has retaken five following a joint offensive by its military and vigilantes along with forces from chad and cameroon. they repelled an attack by boko haram in the north-eastern town of maiduguri. three people have been killed and 18 injured in a car bomb attack in a car rally held by the president. it happened minutes after jonathan goodluck left the stadium in the city of gom bay in the north-east. it's a boko haram strong hold. >> nigeria's main opposition leader says he will make the country a safer place if elected president. he was addressing supporters at an election rally. >> our main job is to improve security. it's a priority because people need to be free to go where they want to go and work day or night to make a living. >> large scale human trials for two experimental ebola vaccines have begun in liberia,

. >> a coalition led by the tunis party, with mensters in the new cabinet, tunisia is a success story of the arab spring but faces economic and security challenges. >> hundreds of child laborers were recently discovered in a plastics factory in southern india. police rescued at least 350 children working in the plant. nearly 200 of them are from one of india's poorest states. >> the pilots of an airliner which crashed in taiwan are hailed as heroes. the mayor of taipei said main lives were saved as the aircraft stricken with engine failure scraped past high rise apartments and plunged into the river. the pilot are among those dead, another 12 of missing. we have a report from the crash scene. >> deep into a second night still they bring ashore the fragment of the flight. they seem so light so flimsy. it's hard to imagine they were part of the fuselage designed to with stand the forces of flight, no match for the final steep plunge into taipei's river. incredible that anyone managed to survive. this man did and he saved four ours unbuckling their seatbelts also the water rose around th

is a run of some of these immigrants, some put the number at 1.3 million so a whole lot of numbers tunis want to make sure they are airlifted back to egypt as quickly as possible. >> thank you from the tunisia border. >> qatar recalled its ambassador to egypt recalled him for althoughation after comments from the egyptian envoy to the arab league about qatar allegedly backing terrorism something qatar said it doesn't do. the secretary general said the gulf states are voicing support for qatar. >> the united states claims it's identified 1200 syrian rebels which it describes as so-called moderate fighters which it believes it can train to take on isil. this is part of the u.s. led military program that is expected to begin next month. turkey, saudi arabia and qatar have offered to carry out the training. >> germany rejecting a greek request for more time to pay back his massive loan to the european union. the tsipras government asked for a six month extension the existing bailout agreement involving $270 billion runs out this month. the euro ministers are due to consider the proposal on f

there live in tunis. >>> let's go to northern iraq where kurdish peshmerga forces have been at the forefrontsthe battle against isil. and since june last year, around a thousand of them have lost their lives fighting against the group. some of them in the most heinous of ways. zeina holder happenedder spoke to the family of one victim who was beheaded by aisles. >> reporter: he is too young to understand what happened to his father, he was beheaded by isil. he was a kurdish peshmerga fighter captured in june. his wife can't speak, she is in shock. and so are her children, they are also proud of their father because he died defending their land. >> translator: they kidnapped my father skilled him in a brutal way, we ask our leaders to help bring back his body. >> reporter: he belonged to the tribe, his village is just a few kilometers from the village of the man who beheaded him on video. the killer was identified as a cured from the tribe. iraq's kurds are at war with isil but the armed group has kurds in its ranks. there are no official numbers but isil says it has a kurdish unit. >> transla

. >>> many young people in southern tunisia are leaving their villages and heading to capital tunis orn search of jobs and a better life. but it is feared that the change is damning many close-knit traditional communities. in the second part of our series on global depopulation, we travel. >> reporter: almost all of her children's life, she has been a mother scare father figure. her tunisian husband stayed in france even after they married. they facebook and skies but only see him once a year. she doesn't want to educate her children in france. so her family will continue living separate lives. >> translator: he wishes he could find work here, if there were jobs here and a good salary because are needs have increased and of course it would be better for all of us if he could come back. >> reporter: this is why there is no work here. this desert region of southern tunisia has a harsh drive climate. there is a lack of without and are facilities. and no tourism. immaterial begins here is nothing new. in the 19th century people moved phao*ufrt to the coastal cities then we want to places l

for more, let's go to tunis near the libyan border. what can we say about the attack? we know it's happened. we don't know the target, although we understand parliamentary speaker said it was because of the attacks on libya by the egyptian military. i want to bring something else up, which is the fact that the u.s. and u.k. have said that they are not going to get -- they will not be supporting any idea of arming libya's people fighting on the ground. where does the country go from there? >> well, i think it's not only the u.s. and the u.k. you've heard similar comments here in tunisia and in nearby algeria. the main problem in libya ever since the fall of muammar gaddafi regime, there hasn't been any political unity. there is not one track that has been coming forward and without that, without unity it's very difficult to demilitarize the country, because hundreds of brigade that is exist around the country have said it very clearly ever since gadhafi was killed said there they would not give up weapons until there is unity or neutral national security forces. all of

prime minister officially taking office friday during a formal swearing in ceremony in the capitol tunis. it comes a day after the first post revolutionary government was confirmed. >> protestors gathered in two suburbs in the egyptian capitol. this was a scene in southern cairo. demonstrators there are rallying against the government. protests have been taking place east of cairo. >> al jazeera journalists have now spent 405 days behind bars in egypt. they along with our colleagues peter greste were accused of reporting false news and supporting the outlawed muslim brotherhood, charges they and al jazeera deny. peter has arrived back home in australia after being released early they are week. mohamed fahmy and baher mohammed are still in prison. al jazeera demands their immediate release. >> still ahead renewed concerns over west africa's ebola outbreak as new cases rise unexpectedly. >> a snapshot of iraqi history is trying to break stereotypes at a film festival in germany. >> the streets of dubai can be a painful place. the latest from the dubai tour in sport. >> monday. >> we're goi

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videos are actually inspiring that small number of people and getting them to leave cairo to leave tunis and come out to isil. but at the same time, they're alienating the broader mainstream public. so the way i would reframe your question is, is this drying up their pool of recruits faster than they can, than they can get them and extract them and bring them into their fight in and i think that the answer to that is still unclear, and that's why i'm advocating a strategy in which we try and accelerate their marginalization and alienation from that broader pool of potential recruits. and so, no, i don't think they care in the slightest. the strategy of al-qaeda in iraq czar saw by's -- zarqawi's response to criticism that he was alienating muslims by butchering shiites, he didn't care about the mainstream muslim who has already abandoned god. he chose a base strategy whereas -- which is what isil has done as well. and so we need to recognize that and then try and make them pay the cost for that base strategy. >> and that cost is -- >> that cost is to continue to -- i think we've already

are actually inspiring a that very small number of people and getting them to leave cairo, to leave tunis and come out to, come out to isil. but at the same time they're alienating the broader mainstream public. so the way i would reframe your question is, is this drying up their pool of recruits faster than they can get them and extract them and bring them into their fight? and i think that the answer to that is still unclear. and that's why i'm advocating a strategy in which we try and shirt their marginalization -- accelerate their marginalization and alienation from that broader pool of potential recruits. and so, no, i don't think they care in the slightest. many of you remember the old battles between zarqawi and zawahiri and zarqawi's response to criticism that he was alienating muslims by butchering shiites was saying, i don't care. i'm closer to god than you are right? i don't care about the mainstream muslim who has already abandoned god. he chose a base strategy whereas, you know -- and which is what isil has done as well. so we need to recognize that and then try to make them

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tunis or morocco. that would by itself would be a significant sufficient concern to warrant our attention we are obviously mind full of what they will try to to do expand into europe as well. threaten interests there. okay. a final question. if iran stopped supporting terrorism what affect would that have on the region? and on our terrorist operations? operations? well, if iran got out of the business of providing state sponsor ship to terrorist organizations it would obviously lower our potential level of concern about the capabilities of some of the groups that we worry about. i don't necessarily know it would look like an on off switch though. some cases, they are relationships and capabilities that have developed over decades and decades. so i don't know that it would all be unraveled and unspooled by just flipping a switch obviously there is not a switch that we have access to but there is a lot of connection there's. >> understand, thank you sir. senator rubio. thank you mr. rasmussen. to take on

region of north africa or if the intent is to give themselves the ability to attack cairo or algeria or tunis and potentially affect our interests there. >> one final question. if iran stopped supporting terrorism, what effect would that have on the region and on the terrorist operations? >> well, if iran got out of the business of providing state sponsorship to terrorist organizations it would obviously lower our potential level of concern about the capabilities of some of the groups that we worry about. i don't necessarily know that it would look like an on/off switch and these are the capabilities that developed over decades and decades, so i don't know if that would be unraveled or unspooled by just flipping a switch. >> obviously, that's not a switch that we have access to, but there are lots of connections there. >> thank you, sir. >> senator rubio. >> thank you, mr. rasmussen. i want to go deeper into libya. isn't it a fact that there have been multiple open source reports in the media that it is a growing hub for isis, is that not right? >> i do think yes, sir. >> and there are open s

government territories acupuncture them in such a way that the alienated disenfranchised youth in tunis or in libya doesn't see it as an attractive, noble or heroic thing to go and join this group. i think that's the way we need to approach that, to undermine them and to deflate them rather than to exaggerate their capabilities. >> thank the gentleman. mr. o'rourke. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general flynn, thank you for your testimony, for your service. i think he made a number of excellent points, including the need to have a clear and comprehensive strategy from the administration before we move forward with an authorization for use of military force. you also talked about our need to rethink our relationships with our regional allies. i think he said something to the effect if they fail to adhere to global standards and norms and values, and international law that we need to rethink our ties. i think you may be said cut off those ties but when i think about our allies, the royal family in saudi arabia, the leadership in yemen, maliki prior in iraq, general sisi, these are governmen

of north africa or if the intent is to give themselves the ability to attack cairo or algieres or tunis and potentially affect our interests there. >> one final question. if iran stopped supporting terrorism what effect would that have on the region and on the terrorist operations. >> well, if iran got out of the business of providing state spansorship to terrorist organizations it would obviously lower our potential level of concern about the capabilities of some of the groups that we worry about. i don't necessarily know that it would look like an on/off switch and these are the capableilityies that developed over decades and decades, so i don't know if that would be unraveled or unspooled by just flipping a switch. >> obviously, that's not a switch that we have access to but there are lots of connections there. >> thank you, sir. >> senator rubia. >> thank you, mr. ras mussen. i want to go deeper into libya. isn't it a fact that there have been multiple open source reports in the media that it is a growing hub for highsis,isis, is that not right? >> i do think yes, sir. >> and there

simply to give themselves the capability to attack western interests in places like cairo or algiers or tunisocco. that by itself would be significant sufficient concern toward our attention but we are mindful of what they might try to do too expand into europe as well as potentially threaten our interests there. >> one final question. if iran stopped supporting terrorism, what effect would that have on the region and on our terrorist organizations -- operations? >> well, if iran got out of the business of providing state sponsorship to tears organizations it would obviously lower our potential level of concern about the capabilities of some of the groups that we worry about. i don't necessary know that would look like an on-off switch. these are capabilities that are have developed over decades and decades, and so i don't know that would all be unraveled or unschooled by just flipping a switch. >> that's not us which we have access to but there are lots of connections there. >> i understand. >> i yield back. >> senator rubio. >> thank you. i would go will be been delivered to their have been